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Montana labor news., 1945-08-09
suite Miner Gets
Recognition


Don F. Alexander, who has worked for
years in the mines Of Butte, reared a
family here, has boys in the service, has
received national recognition for a song
hat he wrote about the war. The Mon
tana Labor News is pleased to reprint
this song. Perhaps many Of readers
have already heard it. The music was
written by Leo and Hector Richard.
Mr.. Alexander has written several other
songs which he expects will also be sung
over the radio. The song referred to
above is called Little Old soldier in =
Jeep" and is as follows;
Little old soldier in a jeep.
Little old soldier fast asleep,
Infantry tanks all pass him by,
Little old soldier sigh and sigh.
Big guns they belch and amor roar,
Little old soldier snOre and snore.
Little old soldier in a jeep,
Little old soldier fast asleep,
Fighters and bombers in the sky,
Little old soldier sight and sight.
Shells soon come down with a great big
shrek,
Hit poor soldier in the ieep.
Little old soldier in a jeep,
Resting now in eternal sleep,
Meets with his Maker in the sky,
Little old soldier gone bye-bye.
Little old soldier weep no more,
He's happy on the golden shore.
Little old soldier with no jeep
Up in the sky st. Peter meets,
Little old soldier in the sky,
Didn't think I would rate that high.
Little old soldier woke up and screamed,
Found out it was just a dream.
Montana labor news., 1945-08-09
NMU CALLS ON LABOR
TO FIGHT FOR
ROOSEVELT POLICIES

The Fifth National Convention Of the
National Maritime Union has called on
its membership. its brother trade unions
in CLIO, AFL and Railroad Brotherhoods,
and on all patriotic sections OF American
life to Join in an intensified political
action campaign to realize the Roose-
welt policies and rout every vestigate of
fascist philosophy from the American
scene.
I They ask that labor dedicate every re-
source to the achievement of the follow
ing program Of vital legislation for the
completion of the war and for the post
war.
l.. Immediate confederation and
prompt passage Of Full Employment and
Social Security measures $3.50, H. R.
22O2, and S. 1850 and H. R. 1928, to
promote capacity production, $4,000, 600
jobs, and full health and educational
benefits for all workers. Broadening and
strengthening Of the Wagner Act to in
sure full collective bargaining rights.
?. Immediate passage Of a Fair En-
ployment Practices Act, backed by a
budget appropriation which viii be ade-
quate to enforce the concept of equal
economic opportunity for all. Immedi-
ate passage of the Lynch Bill to outlaw
the use Of the mails to spread anti
Semitic propaganda.
8. Continuance and extension of
OPA, and immediate legislation to wipe
out black markets.
4. Immediate enactment of Breton
Woods and Reciprocal Trade measures,
free of all multiplying amendments.
5. Immediate ratification of the san
Francisco United Nations Charter.
6. Abolish the Poll Tax and enable
the democratic forces of the South
Negro and white-to sweep the Rankins,
Bilbos. Eastlands and their ilk out of
office,
T.. Enactment Of legislation to guar
antee a minimum annual wage for all
workers, and a minimum hourly wage of
Csc, revision of the Little Steel Formula
and a new national wage policy based on
parity between wages and prices.
8. Extension and broadening of the
CT Bill of Rights and other veterans
legislation and immediate enactment Of
the Seamen's Bill of Rights.
9. Enactment of President Truman's
proposals for extended unemployment
insurance with coverage for merchant
seamen.
10. Extension of seamen's war Risk
Insurance.
II. Passage of a realistic Ships Sales
Bill to set a reasonable price on bottoms
which will discourage bargain counter"
speculation and encourage full opera
ton.
IL. Naturalization Of alien seamen
who have sailed three years in our war
time merchant marine, and the right Of
entry into the United States Of foreign
seamen who have sailed at least a year.
Full voting rights for merchant seamen.
Immediate citizenship for Filipino sea-
men.
Montana labor news., 1945-08-09

just as blind to the dangers which
threaten IN country as the reaction
aries and tories Of England over
whelmingly defeated by the people
who no longer could accept a system
which Offered so little in happiness, OPP
portunity and security"
It's one Of those ironies Of washington
life that the blindness Murray so stern
ly warned against is most deep-rooted
in Congress. For while the outstand-
ing grim conclusion to be drawn from
both the Mead report and the Wagner
hearings is that there's so little precious
time left for building a strong fortress
against postwar disaster, Congress itself
has picked these critical days to take
a vacation until oct. l.
Montana labor news., 1945-08-09

Cecilia Harrington n Katherine White
Of the local Teachers Union.
Miss Borchardt is a delegate to the
Central Labor Council of the District OF
Columbia. Upon leaving Butte she will
address a group at the University at Mis-
soula and also make a talk at Kalspell.
She made two talks at Dillon Monday.
A communication from Kaispell Trades
and Labor Council stated that the Temple
Tea Room at Kalispell had been declared
unfair by the Hotel n Restaurant En-
ployes and by the Central Labor Coun-
ell.
It was reported that members of local
65 of the Electricians Union had been
awarded back pay Of SC an hour from
Sept. l, 1914.
Harry Oates acted as vice president in
the absence Of John Mcleod and MI.
Holly Of the BARRIERS served as sergeant
alarms.
Montana labor news., 1945-08-09

President Steinmetz urged all delegates
to consider the changes which they
think desirable in the present Unemploy-
ment Compensation Act and have the
local unions bring in recommendations
to the Assembly. All unions should be-
come familiar with experience rating and
its effect on the unemployment fund.
JOHN EVANKO, Jr., Sec'y.
Montana labor news., 1945-08-09
Servicemen to Get Special
Gasoline Rations

Special gasoline rations will be pro-
vided for servicemen discharged from
the armed forces for use in attending
to personal affairs and making adjust
ments to civilian life, the OPA has an
nounced.
The special ration, which local Wal
Price and Rationing Boards may now
issue, is limited in each case to the needs
Of the veteran and may not exceed 80
gallons Of gasoline.
Issuance of the special ration is re-
stricted to veterans who have been sep
arated from active service within the
preceding 80 days. or to officers on ter
minal leave preceding their separation
from the service.
Montana labor news., 1945-08-09

Leo Stewart reported progress for wage
negotiations now being conducted with
the merchants association.
Montana labor news., 1945-08-09
CLIO MAN NAMED
TO LABOR DEPT.

WASHINGTON - (FP) ~ Secretary OF
Labor Lewis B. Schwellenbach has APP
pointed President John w. Gibson Of the
Michigan CLIO Council as a special assist
ant. making him the first CLIO appointee
to the Labor department,
Assigned to help in a drastic %reorgani-
zation of the department planned by
SchWellenbach, Gibson will work with
Assistant Secretary Daniel W. Tracy of
the AFL. sChwellenbach said there
would be no labor partisanship in his
administration Appointees would act
for all interests, he said.
Montana labor news., 1945-08-09
News Of The Cascade
Trades Assembly

Regular meeting of August 3, 1915.
Communications
From James E. Murray, B.. X. Wheeler
and Mike Mansfield acknowledging our
letters protesting the War Labor Boards
policy of r%eopening established conditions
in contract negotiations. Placed on file.
.
Committee Reports
Ray Rebal reported for the Chamber
of Commerce Committee on their meet
ing Tuesday night, on motion the scale
of wages for various crafts and labor
were ordered furnished the Chamber of
Commerce.
Montana labor news., 1945-08-09

The State department has been warn
ing Japan to accept its unconditional
surrender terms or else face total defeat.
Next thing you know they'll probably
be telling the Nazi bigshots to admit
they're war criminals, or else they'll
have to punish them.
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Mediation Bourd
Asks Ruise For
Express Workers
union man.

Washington, d. C. QLNS).-An in
crease of 10 cents an hour in the pay
of about 1850 employees of the Rail
way Express Agency represented by
the Brotherhood of Teamsters in 8
major cities has been recommended
by a Presidential emergency board.
The amount recommended was the
sum originally asked by the union in
Cincinnati Cleveland, Newark, Phil
adelphia, st. Louis San Francisco and
Chicago. In New York the union had
asked an increase of 20 percent. The
union attempted to raise the demands
after President Truman modified the
national wage policy in August.
Drivers, who constitute the largest
number of the vehicle employees COW
cred by the wage case, now receive
$4996 per week, or $216.49 per
month, in New York. In Chicago
they receive $210.10 per month. The
express agency showed that the aver
age compensation per straight time
hour now paid the employees is $1.O9.
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American


fC0nffnued ~Er0m rage OnSJ
ment ruins people for society and
makes them useless. They forget that
the despairing unemployed easily turn
to the cursed cure of totalitarianism
If this country is every destroyed, it
will not be by foreign enemies, but by
destitution and wretchedness within"
Charges Campaign of Distortion
Calling upon Americans interested
in America and the world to support
measures which will secure decency
and JUSTICE" the speaker advocated
the enactment Of legislation providing
for full employment, and adequate un-
employment compensation plan, 65
cents per hour minimum wage law,
and a permanent Fair Employment
Practices Commission.
Citing the tremendous flood of ma
terial that spelled defeat for our enc
mics" as an answer to those magnified
strikes of labor unions, and using gov
ernment statistics to support his de-
nial that labor waxed rich during the
war, Bishop Shiel said that he was
"disgusted and dismayed by the un-
reasoning attack that has been made
upon union labor iby a powerful and
vociferous sectiOmsof our press"
"With what is apparently deliberate
malice, they have embarked upon a
campaign of distortion that has not
yet reached it's peak" he added.
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ShipbuiIders Plon
Sifdown Strike

Seattle (FP).-The sitdown strike
of northwest lumber industrialists
against full employment is spreading
to the waterfront, where the Seattle
Metal Trades Council (AFL) accused
shipbuilders Of trying to provoke
strike action as an excuse for shut
ting down operations.
Council Secretary M. +. McLaren
charged that provocative acts of the
Puget Sound Shipbuilders Association
were being maneuvered by the Todd
Corp, which controls the association.
"A strike at this time would help to
freeze out the smaller operators and
restore the prewar monopoly which
the Todd Corp, enjoyed" he said.
Todd's most recent provocative act
was to refuse to pay it's workers for
vi Day, while at the time it handed
out bonuses to executives and admin
istrative officials. The council cited the
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Pofmon Says All
Foscisfs Oppose
Employment Bill

Washington (FP). = Apparently
tired of hearing the charge made on
the House floor that only the "pinks
and reds" are supporting the full en-
ployment bill indorsed by President
Truman, Rep. Wright Patman %,
Tex) retorted boldly Nov. 8 that
"every fascist in America is opposing
this legislation"
Challenged by Rep. Carl T. Curtis
Or, Neb.) to name some OF the Amerl-
can fascists, Patman replied; The
Committee on Constitutional Govern
ment represents lot of them. There
is this fellow Gannett, big chain
newspaper publisher, his working
partner, this fellow Pettingill, rene
gade Democrat, and this fellow Me-
Clure, who spent 2 years over IN
Italy studying fascism under Musso-
lini, who is working with them, and
Edward Rumley, their wheel horse, an
ex-convict who was convicted OF deal
ing with the enemy-Germany-ln
World War l." (Rumley was pardoned
later Dy FreSluent WoodToW "hoonl'
Patman later made fuller identlflca-
tions of the men he named, pointing
out that he meant Frank Gannett,
Rochester, N. ~, publisher and foun-
der of the Committee on Constitution
al Government; Sam Pettingill, form
er congressman from Indiana, and
Samuel S. Mcclure, publisher of Nc
Cures Magazine and founder of the
Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.
Asked again if he classified Pettin-
gill as fascist, Patman replied "Yes,
/ do; the No. / fascist in America"
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What Do You
Do?
BY RUTH TAYLOR

Don't you dislike people who always
say things in a positive tone? | know
one person who prefaces most remarks
with a definite "There isn't doub
about it." Frankly, even when agree
with him, | find an argument on tht
other side.
There's danger in being too definite
If you say "This-or ,else," the chance:
are that it will be cor else". The wore
danger, you know, is derived from
dominarium, the Latin word for domi
nation.
don't mean you must appease
those to whom you speak. There's loi
of difference between appeasing and
compromising or even conceding. Only
those who are willing to live in com
plete isolation, to withdraw from the
world can avoid doing one of the
three.
To appease is to placate, or to
pacify. To compromise is to adjust
or settle by mutual concessions, or by
a partial surrender of claims, pur-
poses or principles. To concede is to
allow as right, to assent or acquiesce
in the propriety or truth of, to admit.
Never appease-when appeasement
means giving up a principle-but do
appease when it is a question OF
speaking fairly and calmly. A soft
answer turneth away wrath, and a
pleasant way of speaking averts an
tagonism.
Compromise only on material
things. And then do not compromise
with another persons rights or free
doms. Be willing to give up advan-
tages but negotiate from strength not
weakness, and never at other peoples
expense.
Concede-yes-whe concessions are
in order. Always be willing to con-
cede the rights of other people to be
the same as your own. But do not
concede your own ideas of right nor
your own rights.
Admiral Hart is quoted as the auth
or of a prayer which sums it all up.
"Dear God, give US strength to ac-
cept with serenity the things that can
not be changed. Give us courage to
change the things that can and should
be changed. And give US wisdom to
distinguish one from the other"
All of this is on a personal basis,
it is true, but it only as we learn
first to apply rules of conduct to our
selves can they form the basis of rules
of conduct for a group or nation.
If we, as individuals, learn to act
toward our fellow men i'm the proper
spirit, then can we as peoples enter
into the full exercise of freedom which
is the right of all men.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1945-11-15
Union Veterans
Demand Higgins
Open His Shops

New York (FP). - "Open. ,syour
shops, Mr.. Higgins" the National
Conference Of Union Labor Legion
naires demanded in message to An
drew J. Higgins, who locked out $500
employees at his New Orleans plants
where an AFL strike was in progress
Referring to Higgins statement
that he had voluntarily shut down
shop because of the harassment of
organized labor unions and govern
ment agencies" the union legion
naires said: "We, too, were harassed
--harassed by gunfire and rocket
bombs on blody beaches from Nor
mandy to Okinawa-and we didn't
shut down.
"But you are harassed--and being
harassed you will deprive men OF
their food. The lockout is the most
their fod. The lockout is the most
vicious form of oppression, yet you
have the effrontery to boast that you
are using it.
"Look, here Mr.. Higgins - your
plants were built on government ord
ers, your profits have been made from
the sacrifices of American fighting
men in defeating fascism.
"We demand that the tools Of pro-
duction, bought and paid for by Amer
lean fighters and by American tax
payers, be used to produce for the
needs of our people and to provide
jobs for our veterans Of war service,
at home and abroad"
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Ldbor-Mdndg dgernent
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(C0nffnned From rage OneJ
ference "an industrial peace confer
ence, the purpose of which is to evolve
plan through which employers and
workers can arrive at the best obtain
able way of working together, pro-
ducing together and serving the pub
lie together in harmony"
ut is not a conference to outlaw
all disputes and abolish all strife" he
said. Instead, we are commissioned
to seek and, if possible, find way to
minimize industrial strife and deal
with the cause or causes of strikes
and lockouts.
Causes Must Be Removed
"Strife of any kind, and industrial
strife as well, can be prevented only
through the removal of its causes. To
attempt to outlaw disputes by legal
mandate is to ignore the real prob
lens that underlie disputes.
Labor cannot and will not forfeit
its right to protest." Green added. at
cannot and will not surrender the
right to strike. The right to strike
is part of the free enterprise sys-
tenn"
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Letter To
The Editor

Editors Writing from his
home in San Diego, Calf, where he
seemingly is enjoying the "life of
Reilly" the following story was sent
in by R. H. (Rube) Smith, familiarly
known by many throughout the trade:
Reading and listening to the talks
on reconversion and private enter
prise, it seems silly to me that they
don't touch on the main question. No
time in the history of our country
has there been any ways near full en-
ployment unless you have war, and
then after your loved ones return
from the service they have less op-
portunity of finding job than before
the war.
eIt seems to me that in our so call
ed christian world the only way you
can feed the people is by sending
some of your family to war to kill and
be killed, so the rest of the. family
can. have a job. at fair wages.
"The question now is what is a
fair profit for private enterprise?
say that the only fair profit is what
is left after the workers have enough
to purchase what they need from the
products of their labor. They tell you
that private enterprise produced the
war machines and material to carry
on and win the war. Nothing of the
kind. The government of this country
furnished the money and the supervi-
sion in all the big industries that
made war material. Now that the
war is over, the industries want the
government to give them these in
dustries or what amounts to the same
thing, at prices that is practically
donating them.
"Take the Government Housing
Projects which has been criticized so
much. Even their temporary homes
are better and more sanitary than the
modern dwellings of private enter
prise. Take the homes in our national
capitol, Washington, d. C. Some of
these homes for the working class are
a disgrace TO civilization. If private
enterprise is the best solution to the
problem, why do these conditions
exist?
"If you can provide jobs for all
the people by having a war, why can
not some means be found to provide
jobs for the people in peace time per-
iods. l cannot figure where it is
to have to kill a lot of
people, in order that others may have
an opportunity to have bread.
"In conclusion, my Interpretation
of private enterprise is to encourage
the workers to cash in their savings
Of war bonds, and then when their
money is gone, put them in bread
line, or offer them work at reduced
wages. "HIS NOBS."
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medical care and education of veter-
ans.
"You and | are not alone tonight as
we launch this Victory Loan, Secre-
tary Vinson said. I'VE are joined in
spirit by those who made possible
this occasion, the spirit Of the Ameri-
can dead who brought US to this won
drous opportunity of building better
world Thousands of Americans who
fought for this opportunity lie be-
meath the earth Of foreign lands and
under the high seas More thou
sands, seriously injured are the living
dead.
"Their sacrifices, patriotism and no.
bility are forever enshrined in the
annals of our history and in our
hearts. Their loss is an irretrievable
loss. That cost is on the books for
keeps. The war had other costs.
Some of these, fortunately, we can
make good--can wipe off the books.
Although these costs are also heavy,
we can meet and conquer them.
"How will the money you put in the
Victory Bonds be used? 1t will pay
the costs of bringing home our boys;
it will be used for mastering pay;
it will meet the cost of medical care
for our injured; it will help out vet
erans to pick up their interrupted
education or work. Putting your
money into bonds, moreover, will build
a sound economy for the nation that
will afford you prosperous future.
AS we whipped the enemy overseas,
we beat an enemy here at home in
flation. Initiation is the ogre that
takes the power, the value out Of your
hard-earned money. There is one
very bad thing about fighting this
ogre: you have to beat him every
round. 1t would be pathetic, If after
beating him every round all through
the war, we should now lose the last
round and the fight.
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Muchinists' Strike
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line.
The San Francisco Labor Council
(AFL) has called special joint meet
ing of it's executive board with those
of the Building Trades and Bay Cities
Metal Trades Councils to establish a
policy on the strike.
p. A. Hart, one of the struck Oak
land shop owners, wired California
congressman and senators asking
them to demand immediate passage
of anti-strike legislation" to "force
union leaders to be responsible for
the observation of contracts"
Object of the walkout, which has
not been authorized by internationals
or councils, is 30@6 wage raise from
$l.28 to $1.65 an hour.
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Wellsville Plant
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ailments common to large plant.
A recent survey of the employees
who submitted to X-rays showed that
there are no serious cases Of silicosis
and only small percentage of those
x-rayed have any traces of the dis
ease.
Treatment of those who wish to
take it is entirely voluntarily--lt is a
simple matter Of standing at the end
of a hose with a sanitary mouth-piece
and breathing aluminum-saturated air
for specified period. There is no be-
forehand preparation, or after affects.
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Look for the Union Label when you
purchase clothing.
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Victory Loom Drive Most
Importunt Of All Drives In
Defeating Infldtion Ogre

Washington, D. QNS)Ponting to the imperative need
of successful victory drive Treasury Secretary Vnson
radio opening the campaign drive warned against the
winning all the last and thereby
losing fight His warning reference to the past
bond drives and the buwa bond sales provided
against initiation.
nfaonay point of vew Secretary Vinon pictured
Victory Loan the most important of ALL At the same time
cited funds meeting of mastering
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ENDORSE RESOLUTION

New York (FP).-A joint petition
compaign indorsing Representative
Samuel Dickstein's resolution 80 con-
demning anti7Semitism has been
launched by the Trade Union Commit
tee for Jewish Unity and two other
national organizations.
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Smith Recalls

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they purchased the present property
and maintain their own printing plant,
he wonders how many who opposed
such a move in earlier days, would
want to return to private enterprise.
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Compound interest and advertising
are very similar; the longer they are
continued the better are the results