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Montana labor news., 1945-10-18

of Arkansas Power and Light, which is
a subsidiary of Electric Bond and
Share, and Purcell j. Smith OF Chi
cago, of the Middle West Corporation.
Second only to power trust in its op-
position to MVA is a group Of 80
water development" associations The
acting president of its co-ordinating
committee is Roy Miller OF Corpus
Christi, Texas, president of the Intra-
coastal Canal association of Texas and
Louisiana, who has had great success
as a lobbyist in Austin for the Texas
Gulf Sulphur company, primarily in
holding its state taxes down, and who
also knows his way round Washington.
The term, water development associa-
ton" is elastic enough to include the
Pittsburgh Coal Exchange, an industry
which fears the competition Of hydro
electric power A strong friend Of this
group is said to be Senator Overton of
Louisiana.
Another segment in the opposition in
cludes the political bosses of a number
of the cities which would be affected by
the establishment of a Missouri Valley
Authority. They have for too long en-
joyed the gravy from municipal power
revenues to accept anything like iva
setup, where revenues from municipal
power distribution must be used TO re-
duce rates, expand facilities or retire
Indebtedness. There are also the Army
engineers and the Reclamation bureau
OF Secretary Ickes, which were men
sociation and the National Reclamation
toned above A Mississippi Valley as
association have joined i'm, too Finally
there is a Western Reclamation assoc
citation made up Of large-scale CONNER
cial farmers who seek to overturn the
provision in the Reclamation act put in
at the instance of Theodore Roosevelt
and continued in the Murray bill, that
farmers bcnefittng from government
provided irrigation must own 100 acres
or less. T hese men are deadset
against continuing such encouragement
of the establishment of family-ype
farms. particularly when they, might
have a chance to buy up large sections
of the new land which would be opened
up by adequate irrigation
Facing this formidable array OF
wealth and expert lobbyists is a largely
unoraanized group Of MVA well-wsh-
ers Although the project has had
C certain mead of encouragement in
wide range OF socially minded periodi-
calls it is the St. Louis Post-Dispatch
and the St. Louis Star-Times which are
in the van of the supporting journals.
There is also the AFL building trades
councils of the Missouri valley, which
has announced its backing Of the Muir
ray bill. One of the strongest forces
is the National Farmers. Union, whose
official publication, the National Union
Farmer, of 35Ol East 10th avenue, Den
yer 10. Colo, makes a special point TO
"Kccp-Up- -to-Date on the MNA" All
Omaha. Ncb., on July and T. a permo-
ncnt organization was formed 10 sup
port the Murray bill. At one of the
organization meetings State Senator
Claude B. Ricketts, OF Missouri who
had Just returned from visiting the
TVA about the same time that | was
there, spoke on the necessity for con
centrated, co-ordinated authority over
Montana labor news., 1945-10-18
DO WE WANT THEM?

Do we want our servcemen to return to Mon
tana or do we want them to go elsewhere to seek
opportunity and future9 Do we want our
young people who will be graduating from school
in the postwar period to remain to build Montana
or do we want them to build some other state9
These are pertinent questions and they not
merely academic questions either They
questions that must be answered by the people OF
Montana, by the public authorities of Montana,
by the men of influence in Montana. They must
be answered now A letter received by this
writer from a northern Montana rancher gets to
the crux of the situation rather acuely. He says;
have talked with no fewer than six ex-
servicemen from this vicinity who are leaving
Montana to get start somewhere else They
feel there is opportunity here or else they
feel they have outgrown provincialism and are
seeking job or business in more cosmopolitan
surroundings
This is just a smattering of what will happen
when discharges start on a wholesale scale.
An important point is that all these fellows are
the young progressive type, and if we don't
make an effort to hold Montana S returning
servicemen we will soon be a state of old men
stepped in provncialsm
| am impatient to see Montana out of this
period of narrow thinking and out making
bid of some sort for industry and labor to help
us develop our industries.
1t is indeed true Either Montana will make
it worth while for her young people to remain
in this state and build the states future or Mon
tana will soon be state of old people who may
have done well enough in the past and may be
managing the present but who must soon put
the burden down. Who is going to take it up?
At this time when the whole country is think
ing about how to provid epostwar jobs it is being
suggested by some Montanans that there is no
need to be concerned now about public works
program Their argument is that the program
can wait until the legislature in l947 does some
thing about it, How many of our returned serv-
icemen and how many of our war industry work
ers will wait that long to see whether Montana
is going to have jobs and opportunities for them}
Great Falls Tribune Oct. A. l945.
Montana labor news., 1945-10-18
@Ll,1r1T5LAEn

Sometimes said Mr. Dilworth. I'm
SO happy about our return to normalcy
that find it hard to remember to view
with alarm"
Sometimes commented Little Lu-
ther, you sound like a perambulatng
dictionary of hackneyed phrases"
use shorter words so l can tell
whether you are insulting me- his
father demanded.
"Oh, skip it, Pop" Little Luther said.
what is it that's so normal you're so
happy you forget to view what with
alarm"
Well Mr. Dilworth admitted, 81
couldn' thelp but feel uneasy while we
were at war and had to deal with all
those foreigners on our side. I'll con-
fess you had me worried sometimes in
those arguments about the Roosians
and Redcoats. l always felt the Ger
mans and Japanese were more orderly
more our kind of people"
so now you're happy You can go
back to hating our allies, talking soft
and swinging a big atomic bomb?' Lit
tie Luther asked
you've hit it on the head, Mr.. Dill
worth said
Some day the big ugly facts OF life
are going to hit you on the head, father"
the lad said.
"I suppose the facts of life ARE
ugly" Mr.. Dilworth agreed. But some
how it makes me feel at home again
and comfortable to see pictures of cops
bangng pickets on the head. It's like
the good old days before That Man
went and upset everything"
"They ought to put you in a mu-
seum," Little Luther remarked "But
II everything's so wonderful, with tear
gas and everything, why are you wor-
ried about not viewing with alarm"
Somehow" the parent confessed, 81
have a feeling it's all bad dream and
TIL wake up some day to discover that
pickets won't lie down when they're hit,
or people won't want TO be a part Of a
pool of unemployed, or this United Ma
tons thing may still work and TIL
have 20 keep thinking about all sorts
OF things its easier not to think about
81 can understand why you'd object TO
thinking admitted Little Luther.
so" Mr. Dilworth continued, "I
think I'd better start viewing with
alarm. The people are getting alto
gcther too uppity."
Aren't they his SON agreed. They're
getting as fresh as me-"
Montana labor news., 1945-10-18

the diverse problems and the diverse
areas across the numerous state and
county lines" At present the Missouri
Valley association is seeking 100000
signatures fayoring the Murray bill in
the 10 valley states for the purpose of
presenting it TO Congress. Significantly
enough. the first signer was Elmer Ben
son, chairman of CLOS Political Action
Committee and former Governor of
Minnesota. Finally. the warmest MNA
supporters will be found among the
great majority OF those who have seen
something of the iva in person.
The only way this second group can
be victorious is through widespread
popular pressure from those outside
the Valley. A recent Washington visitor
tells me that the only constructive meas
ure of any compass which has a chance
of passing Congress in the near future
is the Murray Bill or something
similar Its opponents can be counted
on to throw in everything including the
claim that since one day we shall be
able to utilize atomicv energy for
worthy purposes there IS today no longer
any need for ne wprojects providing
cheap hydro-electric power Scientists,
of course, DO not talk this way And
power is not the foremost considera-
tion in the Missouri Valley
1t is hard to say where the smaller
businessmen of the Valley as a whole
stand in regard to the creation of the
Authority. The fact that they oppose
it in large numbers seems indicated,
however. by the hostility of all the Gov
ernors of the affected States except for
Governor Hunt of Wyoming. l suspect
that similar situation faced the advo-
Gates of the IVA before it came into
being. Yet today all the Governors of
the Tennessee Valley States are more
than favorable toward an institution
which has done so much for their re-
spective constituents already and
promises so much more for the future; /;
they say explicitly that there has been
nothing TO interfere with States rights
i'm IVA operation. The businessmen
in Decatur, Alabama, whom l met were
as conservative if not more so than the
general average of American business
executives. ! was not impressed favor
ably by the working conditions in their
plans. Yet once they had realized what
flood control cheap power, cheap navi-
cation facilities and expanding purchas-
ing power were doing for their busi-
nesses and for their community. they
became as strong advocates of IVA as
most socially minded liberal" To
make the Missouri Valley businessmen
conscious Of the proposed MVA in such
terms would seem to be the biggest job
in selling that idea throughout the Val
ley. Oppositio namong the farmers is
not so widespread in a poll they are
currently conducting in the area the
Farmers Union has found that all but
I out of 500 locals want an MNA of
the type envisaqed in the Murray Bill.
The completely demonstrated success
of IVA has given this ration an un-
paralleled opportunity And nnprepared
as we are for recOnversiUu. we are
sorely in need Of economically expansive
factors on the scale OF NVA. Perhaps
even more do we need further proof OF
the constructive powers latent in our
political democracy.
Montana labor news., 1945-10-18
MISSOURI VALLEY AUTHORITY
is UNITED STATES GREATEST
PEACE PROJECT

MISSOURI ALLE1 a 4 AOhAA I
is UNITED STATES GREATEST
PEACE PROJECT
Continued From Page Three
also be applied in the Arkansas and
Columbia river valleys Grand Coulee
dam) Georgia and South Carolina are
already considering something similar
for the Savannah river valley while
legislation has already been proposed to
bring the Cumberland river valley
(Kentucky and TENNESSEE into the
iva system itself
1t was a year ago that a bill setting
up Missouri Valley Authority on
IVA lines was first proposed in Con-
gress by Senator Murray of Montana.
This bill was revised last February and
again presented to the Senate Is. 555).
An identical bill has been introduced
in the House by Representative Coch-
ran Of Missouri CHR 2203). The Muir
ray bill has been referred to three COM
mittees it was turned down flat by the
commerce committee and a like fate
is believed to await it at the hands OF
the irrigation committee; hopes for the
bill reside in favorable reporting out
by the Senate agriculture committee,
which once approved the IVA.
Even in midsummer the lines are be-
ing drawn for an all-out battle. 1t is
a contest between powerful private in
terests and those upholding the COM
mon good The opposition is well or
ganized. In the forefront are the pri-
vate utilities. This is why. In the
Missouri valley, where power is gem
Grated and sold by such utilities, even
those consumer co-operatives which are
organized under the Rural Electriiica-
tion administration have to pay from
two to three times what the TVA
charges its wholesale distributors. Or,
to put it another way. If you take the
Missouri valley outside OF Montana, you
will find that commercial and industrial
users there have TO pay three times
what business consumers of electric
power have to pay in the Tennessee
valley while home users have to pay
twice as much The full-page "ad"
which l67 light and power companies,
"seli-supporting and taxpaying busi-
nesses,' ran in the August issue Of
Life significantly enough urges that if
dams, ETC., are built the new power pro-
vided should be sold to existing power
systems" For ! learned at the Chat
tanooga municipal power board that
the big profits in electricity come
rather from distribution to the con-
sumer than from production. (TVA
distributes through neutrality-suspicious.
municipal power boards and rural cleo
trio co-operatives) Also the "ad" says,
Government in any business endan-
gers all business"
1t ssaid that some IS per cent Of
the private (pubic0 utilities industry
has banded together TO fight the MVh.
Last spring it was reported in the St.
Louis papers that nearly a dozen highly
paid New York promotion men had de-
scended upon the Missouri valley 10
drum up opposition The National
Union Farmer reports that this power
ful grouplis setting up a national asso-
citation OF power companies to lobby
against MVA in Washington. II men
tions as spokesmcn, {. llmalton Moses
Of New York. chairman Of the board
Montana labor news., 1945-10-18

We enjoyed the yarn that Comedian
Jack Benny told us, concerning ST..
Peter and St. Paul, who were playing
golf on a heavenly course. St. Peter,
teeing off first, made a hole in one.
St. Paul then took his turn. He, too,
made hole in one. Both marked down
their scores and headed for the green.
Now, Paul" said ST. Peter, Tets cut
out the miracles and really get down to
business"
Montana labor news., 1945-10-18
STRIKE TIES UP
AREA BAKERIES
Operators Charge Union Has Not
Supplied Enough Help

Operators Charge Union Has Not
Supplied Enough Help
While Butte is suffering from a
printers strike, Spokane is experiencing
similar pains of strie fthe bakeries
The Spokesman-Review describes it as
follows:
Growing concern was felt by the Spo-
kane public yesterday as the strike cpl
demic spread into channels affecting
virtually every home in the city. With
the tie-up of 10 bakeries in Spokane and
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho over union de-
mands for a IS per cent wage increase,
added to the strie in the lumber in
dustry and the halting OF bus transpor-
tation on the Overland Greyhound lines,
the paralying effect of the work stop
page threatened the city's reconversion
to a peacetime economy.
insufficient Help
That the BMakers' Union has not
been able to supply the bakeries with
sufficient help to operate on a 4O-hour
week, necessitating the payment of time
and a half for overtime, was charged
/ by the operators in their refusal to grant
the union demands for a IS per cent
increase.
This overtime has increased the
earnings of the bakery workers mate
rally" said James A. Brown, attorney
for the bakeries. "The union has not
furnished sufficient help to the bakeries
so that their work could be done in
40-hour week. AS a result the bak-
cries have paid time and a half each
wee to their employees for all time over
40 hours which has amounted from 8
to 25 hours per week per employee.
Mr.. Brown said he had been author
ized to negotiate with the Spokane
Bakers Union and auxiliary, local No.
"A, when the union demanded a IS per
cent increase on August %.
No Price Raise
BY reason of the fact that there
has been no increase in the sale price
OF bread or bakery products since be-
fore the war, Mr. Brown said he noti-
fled Walter c. James, business agent Of
! the bakers union, that the bakeries
could grant an increase of only per
cent, retroactive to September %.
lie also called attention to the fact
that there has been a sharp increase
IN the price of all ingredients and ma
terials used i'm the manufacture oi
bakery products, to say nothing OF the
| Increased cost of labor through th'
payment Of overtime.
THE master bakers feel that unit
such time as you are able to furnish
them with sufficient help to reduce the
workweel- to 40 hours, they only car
I grant an increase of s per cent Mr.
Brown advised the union.
The few non-union bakeries in the
city. together with the four which have
met the union demands, cannot begil
to meet the public demand for bread
| Picket lines are expected to be posteC
at the non-union bakeries.
With the issuance Saturday of cour
Injunction restraining the A. f. Of J.
lumber workers from interfering witt
the operation of mills hiring c. I. o
labor. picketng was transferred iron
the c. l. o. plants to the non-unioi
woorworking plants in Spokane.
Wor kwas halted yesterday at TIN
Paul Octtel Match Block compan.
Evening star., 1945-03-21
HOUSES FOR SALE.

COLORED-Desirable Groom row brick,
for, 3 apis, or owner can live in property
sISslss shS sa: assn,s EN- Mosss9Ra s..
COLORED-Direct from owner, 3-family
suitable for ONCE. business Or inv estment
Act at once. MR.. JENToNS. RA. 1867
CobL6RE2D-Lookl Before you decide to
buy let me show you these thoroughly
modern, practically new brick homes, only
$500 cash, $50 mo. Call MIR. DICKENS
c6LoRED0Nr' 6 9sfT Of h MIMI aei ave. and aault p
ne; 7-rm. detached, modern bath, oil
h.-w.h., nice large lot; in good condition
Price; $3.50; terms. GUNN g. MILLER
coLoREDEe5s G. st. ne; rooms. h !:
Payment, aWIs Nv balanse nj ike .os rent. MRS
thing, very lovely house, 8 rms, tiled
bath, hardwood floors, ba asement., h.--w.h.
Is owner occupied. Shown by appoint.
ment men ,,, Prise 1s $500, with sl'soo cash
COLoRED-An unusual opportunity to buy
refrigerators, hardwood floors throughout
tiled bath do and shower; and basement; M S22e ,5s
a9TH $50 nE mo For nH anhS call MIR
COLORED-Unit block of K st. ne; II
rooms, | bath. h.-wh,, cleo, rented in ;
9IT ipDrs rIs for $50 e per month Price a Ss50o S50
CoLORED-Apartment house, ,2801 1ltf
SMichheenn Kit hen and tiIed d bath each; finished rsers.
heat; $1,000 cash down payment.
Brookland. $500 18th st. n.e.-Cornei
property, rooms, tiled bath, .pine-panelee
SO BOO So 900 cash. n0 LA SALE REALTY
CO., MA. 3S44.
Evening star., 1945-03-21
APTs. FURNISHED fcent.) J

LARGE FRONT ROOM in cheerful Chevy
Chase I'd. CD home, two girls or man and
wife; board provided in exchange for get
Ting II, meals for editor and two teen-age
RGETOWN-Attractive house to share
with other girls, S42 30 maid and utils in
cluded IN rent. 1891 P st. W., DE 1856.
MAN WILL SHARE with cne other. two
pm. Ex. 554S. 1920 18th st. NV. About
SIS a month.
$500 X ST: NV, Apt. No. 40s-Jewish
girl under 81 to share apt. with 2 other
JEWISH GIRL to share apt. with two other
girls, conY. NV. section, unlimited phone;
252 Gsllatin st. NV; $50 mo. RA. 1853
100 c ST. Ne, Apt. 2os--Modern bldg,
for refined, permanent couple; conv. transp.;
attract, furn. utilities; Sl35; seen by ap-
JEWISH sERviCEMAN's WIFE to share
apt. with another lady: conv:. transp.: S35.
1862 W. Va. ave ne. Call after $50
SERvICEMAN's WIFE or settled woman to
thing furn; S36 1907 w pl. NV, apt.
q; Or So 665l after s, ,.,..,ou 49,.
asuts sS n SEQ eaeh FR a54 faf0 after $50
4I2 F ST. N.E.-Bedroom, twin beds.
kitchen, semiprivate bath, suitable 2 emp.
girls; private home; S14 wk. double. 22'
Ills X ST. N.W.-Small furnished apt,
1st floor; gas, electricity. steam heat: SIS
mo, | person only.
/ GIRL to share comfort. 3rd floor, 6-rm
apt. with . other girls. 1923 Chaplin st.
NV. tbelow clifton ST.. NO. 1925. 23'
29S 8, Ho+sIEIN AVE- TAX Pk' Mod Mod
yard; family with children preferred, $50.
81 5157.
Evening star., 1945-03-21
HOUSES FOR SALE.

7O6 18th ST. s.E.; S3,S50-6 rooms and
bath front and back yards; convenient to
sSossSRps RhH9s RFaGHTs r. 12s4 ss4 HOrner
h.-wh large lot: will sell furnished, on
ea easy R terms ios ca HaoS Mi REA e. Sas e.
1a9a EyEIxNH EEK York PaKk aKf, nT Near John Eator
porch. roomy hall. living room, dining
room, kitchen, pantry, rear screened porch
terms. THOMAS L. PHILLfPs, Reaitor
NEAR Mo 79o2 D29PoSr S5 5ls cSPn
story row brick, l rooms; 4 bat baths, apts
gos Ross Ss + PHEdPs pH LES MA $780, Evenings Mr.
POTOMAC p, c. HEIGHTS; s19 ESQ
lovely, small detached home is completely
It is freshly decorated and immaculateiy
IT'S large 5eeTsaton room WITH
lot approximately 5ox10O; gas heat, %7cal
T and Tae shops es % Gn
ford. ford IA. 1900; eves % and Sun, 81. e6os
BOSS 8 PHELPs; dEIPs 14I5 St: NV,
rms rms an and bath, framed ASBESTOS shinglea
bbgggs0w ad y9g baS kfdben abns wb
laundry tubs: s.. .450. FRANK L. HEWITT
Jr.. exclusive, S40S Ga. ave. SH. 3293
CUNT apartment house on 14th st; NV
Income S4,470 yearly. Only S31 300. A
real bargain today. Call RE. 0493. Ia
1904.
SEQ OTIS PL. NV. near Soldiers Home;
and everyfhing 70" for $3.50: $1,000 down
SaSef sfSsr o& s$Ss f.,
Washington University; 10 rooms, baths
Income s5,736 yearly; Invest your none.
in real estate. Call RE. 04S9, DI. 1915
saesg on in sdh5on ham St o9I6 Close nGomf 20 hSd t
etc Yearly rent S1,26O unfurn.; ami
in every detail. Only 50, 500 Substantial
cash required. RE. 0493. EN-. 6315.
NEAR 18th AND r. I. AVE. N.W.-Furn
apts. and l furn. room: fire escapes or
$3.50 monthly oil heat. Hurry bargaiI
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BETHESDA, near new suburban hospital
6-rm; brick, perfect condition; slate roof
attached garage. screened porch: large lo
close @ to scSoo and bus preed rsh
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comfortably furnished, S6,750; rms
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T. T WRIGHT Y WI; 471s. Ewes. WI. 5344
complete baths. new-house condition Con.
Price. s1ssoo. i Appointment % aaG only. .fafsp Nj
white. SHANNON & LUCHs CO.. 1905 4
st. NV. MA. 2345.
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ROOMS FURhIsHED-korthwest

75OS 18th ST. NV, / blk. from Walter
Reed. Large room Newly decorated
1895 SHERIDAN sT. NW.-Master bee :
room. private bath, twin beds, large
nc. GE S97S
I43t \ ST N.W.-Rm. for gentleman with
bath, shared by other gentleman, 500
noon or after pm, NE. 1890.
1928 VT. AVE, APT. 6I-5Girl share large
room with gentle girl; large closets, 3
windows: living room privileges: homelike
atmosphere: walking distance, SIS wk. RE.
DUPONT CIRCLE. 1896 10Th st. NV
Large desirable room, semibath, gentleman,
328 ALLISON ST. N.w.-Rehned girl tc
bath, twin beds, separate closets, dreSsersi
express bus: $50 per month. Call Elk. 246O
as TS Sr 0f{XSen NWsm5p 5nr5 pn Single basement
room; refined home. gentleman only, $50
CHEVY CHASE, $500 Nevada ave. NV
Pleasant room, Semiprivate bath S35 a
3IiS 0 ST N.W.wLarge. single room. lst
floor. for girl. Sd week. Phone De l15S.
MT. PLEASANT. 32l6 Walbridge pl. NV
Stuqio rm, pvt. shower, large WINDOW
double double exposure M gas 1iTeplace; r @ 5us a.
Standards; $40. co. 1916. Gentleman.
1925 ST. NV, doors, west OF the
Ambassador Hotel, large double and triple
629i 33rd ST. N.W-Double room, twin
beds. girls only; unilm. phone, S22 so ca.
Oh. SO6i.
1901 DELAFIELD PL. N.w.-single nm.
semprIvate bath and shower, unlim. phone;
near express buses, of of 18th St. Is min.
downtown: gentleman; pvt home; S35;
garage, 50 extra. Phone GE. 1896.
1871 MONTAGUE ST. N.W.-Newly dec
GRATED room, twin beds. inner springs. pri-
yate bath; men: S55 for ?. S45 for /.
NR. WHITE HoUsE-single front room.
mr. bath and shower: $3.50: 3rd-floor apt.
Ill Penna,, aye. nv. DEFRANCIs;
Wk: sinele rooms; 10 min. d,town. on car ar
ers, baths, c.h.w. good beds. AID. 4330.
1929 10th ST,-LNacaRcies for girls; triple
1861 MONROE ST. N.W.ELisrge room.
twin beds. ~lO week: also single room. 50
week: gentlemen only. Call after I'm,
OVERLKG. SHOREHAM, 23O9 Calvert ST,
-Larse dble.. rm.. twin beds, daily linens,
maid; $50 VIZ: men. AID. 3120.
ana 3rd ST. N.W.-AttractIye single rm.,
next bath. pvt. home. for refined woman;
SH5 IA @H6I
IIl3 nth ST, N.W.-Large twin-hed room
adjoining bath. IS week.