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Montana labor news., 1945-01-11
News of The Cascade
Trades & Labor Council


From the Rocky Mountain Sportsmen's s
association enclosing resolution request
ing that labor organizations write Gov
ernor Ford and members of the 1915 Leg
islative Assembly protesting against the
enactment Of any legislation permitting
lottery in the take Of game fish. birds
or animals or that would increase the
cost Of hunting and fishing licenses; also
as being opposed to the enactment Of
any legislation that would give the state
of Montana the right to trap for the
purpose of pelting beaver or any other
fur bearing animal. On motion resolu-
ton was concurred in.
From p. J. Gilfeather that a Missouri
Valley Authority Committee was organ
lied in Helena on Dec. II and that a
statewide meeting is being called for
January Z at l 80 p m. at the court
house in Helena, at which time all in
terested persons should be present and
take an active part.
The Assembly and the various unions
are invited to send Representatives and
take an active part in the meeting. On
motion delegate was ordered sent to
Helena meeting
From the Great Fails Unemployment
Service advising tina tthe labor-manage-
ment committee does not think the Great
Falls area should be changed from group
to group g. Filed.
Committee Reports
Leo Stewart reported for the Legis-
lative Committee and committee recon-
mended that state law be amended tC
make it mandatory and compulsory fol
all employers engaged Or partly engaged
in any work which is deemed hazardous
under the provisions Of the Workmen''
| Compensation Act be covered and bounc
by one of the, three plans of the Act
also that Secretary secure more informa-
ton on the Montana Librarians associa-
ton and Library Commission and theh
Legislative plans.
On motion recommendation Of COM
mittee were concuITed in.
Roll call of delegates and absenteei
were noted.
Unfinished Business
Don Chapman, president Of the Mon
tana Farmers Union, spoke on the neeC
of an NVA and urged everyone who cal
to attend the meeting at Helena in th'
Courthouse at 1870 p. m. on Sunday
January 7.
On motion matter Of sending delegate
to Helena was reconsidered and thTe'
Montana labor news., 1945-01-11

ployment insurance. The fact that some
employers in Al states-talking credit for
wartime reductions in unemployment
paid contributions at reduced rates under
the experimenting provisions Of state
laws, cut total collections in 1943-44 by
about s494 million from what would have
been collected under the normal 81 per
cent rate. On the other hand, special
war-risk contributions collected in 10
states brought in about $50 million
The question of making nationwide
provision for unemployment insurance
was set aside in 1914 by this question:
/ Can the federal-state system actually
established under the Social Security
Act meet the nations needs during the
transition to peace and the years ahead?
Congress left the problem in the laps Of
the states, and the Social Security Board
sent recommendations to the governors
of all the states and to the administra-
tors of state unemployment compensa-
ton, outlining the major changes that
the board believes would strengthen
state social security legislation and ad-
ministration.
In brief, these recommendations were:
% extension of coverage, particularly TO
employees in establishments having as
few as one employee; % lengthening Of
the duration of benefits to 26 weeks for
all eligible individuals who remain un-
employed that long; 80 increase Of the
maximum weekly benefit amount to SOS,
in order to reflect the general rise in
weekly wages; "a elimination of unduly
restrictive disqualification provisions in
order that they may not continue to
nullify the purpose of the program, which
is to compensate for Involuntary unem-
ployment
Raising the maximum weekly benefits
would not result in having some work
ers eligible for more in benefits than
they receive in wages while working but
would result in having many more high
paid workers receive in benefits the same
proportion of wages as low-wage work
ers now do. In most state laws. the
weekly benefit amount is limited to so
per cent to 65 per cent of the workers
weekly wages. If the limit were as high
as 65 per cent, only those workers hav-
ing been paid more than about $3.50 per
week would be entitled to the maximum
weekly benefit amount Of SOS. The
worker who had been paid only $50 per
week would be entitled to a weekly bene-
fit of s13.
Montana labor news., 1945-01-11
SOUTHERN PAPER
COMEDIES FEPC
HERE TO STAY

AUSTIN, Texas - (FP) ~ Southern
newspapers are reluctantly having to ad-
nit that the present Fair Employment
Practices Committee, established to pro-
tect job rights of racial and religious
minorities, will probably be made per-
manent government agency by Con-
gress.
The Austin Statesman is one of many
southern papers which are beginning to
concede defeat in fight waged by big
Dixie landowners who want to keep their
Negro farmhands on the land at starva-
ton wages. In an editorial headed Fair
Employment Bill, opposed by South, Is
Very Likely to Pass, the paper admitted:
Opponents Of the measure-led in the
House by west Texas Congressman Clark
Fisher of San Angelo-haye an uphill
fight on their hands. Backed by labor
unions and big vote-holding eastern
state, the measure (referring to the per-
manent FEPC bill before Congress) is
almost assured Of passage in the House
despite the opposition"
Montana labor news., 1945-01-11

varied activities in the field Of human
relations, her courage, energy and deep
concern for national and international
unity have given inspiration to women
all over the world"
Others listed by the Council included
the following:
Executive Secretary Anna Arnold
Hedgman Of the National Committee
for the Establishment of a Permanent
FEPC for her dynamic leadership in the
struggle to secure passage Of an FEPC
bill with teeth.
Columnist Dorothy Thompson's bril-
liant analysis of major issues in the
1874 political campaign won her a spot
on the roster.
Executive Secretary Katherine Schry-
yer Of the National Committee to Abol-
ish the Poll Tax was cited for her states
manship in the legislative and education
al campaign to wipe out undemocratic
voting practices.
Author Lillian Smith of Strange Fruit
and editor Of South Today was named
for her fearless presentation of the ef-
fects on human behavior Of the mores
of the South.
international Vice President Dorothy
J. Ballanca of the Analgamated Cloth
ing Workers (CIO) earned praise for mo-
bilizing women to vote in the 1914 CAM
paign.
The council named Miss Lena Horne
singer. for her resolute stand on refus-
ing to play Jimcrow roles on screen and
radio.
OF those named above Mrs. Hedgemar
and Miss Horne are Negroes and the
list included others
Mrs. Bethune said the women nance
by the Council symbolic accomplish
ments of women throughout the nation
and she paid high tribute to others il
labor. religious movements, civic affairs
and the armed forces who quietly anC
unassumingly have earned recognition.
Montana labor news., 1945-01-11
LUHRSEN ASKS UNITY
FOR BROAD
POSTWAR PROGRAM

WASHINGTON-FP call for "a
harmonious and concerted effort and
trial by industry agriculture and labor
working out a program with rancor or
strife" To create full employment was
sounded January by Executive Secre-
tary J. G. Luhrsen Of the Railway Labor
Executives association.
Speaking before the Extension msti-
tute here, Luhrsen said, "The sooner we
recognize the fact that there must be
full employment at a fair wage to pur-
chase what we produce, the quicker we
will find ourselves on a basis of perma-
nent rather than temporary prosperity
for all. Let us devote a study to better
distribution of wealth, thereby diminish
ing unhappiness. corruption and def
ance of law, and substitute tolerance,
moderation and temperance in all
things"
Diversity of opinion among the ma
tions people can be harmonized and
better results obtained when a greater
degree of equality maintains" the s.
year-old railway union leader said.
AS a representative of l9 national and
international organizations engaged in
the railroad industry in the U. S. and
Canada, Luhrsen said his association "is
not confined to the usual title 50 gem
orally used: Railroad Brotherhoods and
explained that the International Broth
erhood of Boilermakers (AFL), the IN
ternational Brotherhood Of Electrical
Workers tAFD, the International Long
shoremens association (AFL) were in
cluded along with the regular railway
unions. with total membership Of
200 OOO"
Luhrsen suggested congressman and
senators be given additional financial
allowances for research and data upon
which sound conclusions can be reached.
He asked for more publicity to permit
the public to know who in Congress
stopped or obtained action on vital mat
ters'
Among other points in the program he
advocated were closer cooperation be-
tween the farmer and labor and disposal
Of surplus government lands by turning
it over to veterans for 40 or 5O-acre
farms.
Montana labor news., 1945-01-11

delegates were ordered sent to Helena.
William Davey, E. R. Eennison, j. Molen
and B. j. Steinmetz were elected to
attend Helena MVA meeting. President
steinmetz to act as alternate for Molen.
on motion letter was ordered written
to Governor expressing our desire for an
NIVA and labors' opposition to the views
Of the Governor opposing a Missouri
Valley Authority
on motion Sgt Calfas Of the East
base was invited to attend any Assembly
meeting and a subscription to In Fact
was ordered for him.
Announcements
The seni-annual election Of officers
for the Assembly will be held on January
u, Friday Each affiliated union that
has not already done so should send in
the QUESTIONABLE sent out on their Off
GERS meeting date, etc, as soon as pos
sible.
Adjournment at 9:55 p. m.
JOHN EvANKO, JR., Secretary.
Montana labor news., 1945-01-11
UNEMPLOYMENT
INSURANCE FUND
IN FINE CONDITION

UNEMPLOYMENT insurance is one gov
ernment program that operated on a
small scale during 1943-44-and hopes to
continue that way only about million
persons were out of work, and most OF
these for Just brief periods between JOBS
This is a far cry from 1885, the year the
Social Security Act was passed, when
unemployment figures were variously
estimated at 9 to y millions.
During the fiscal year June l94S-44,
for which figures have recently been re-
leased. only 115 million persons filed in
itial claims for unemployment insurance
and only X million actually collected
benefits. Payments to these unemployed
persons amounted to about $6l million
for "A million weeks. On the average,
each person received about $ll0, or SOME
what less than S14 week in benefits
for weeks.
The greatest amount of unemployment
occurred in California, Illinois and New
York These states together had less
than a third Of the workers eligible for
unemployment insurance, but they PAID
almost half the claims in the fiscal year
The average number of weeks compen-
sated per beneficiary was 10 in Cali
fornia, s.5 in New York, and sc in I'LL
nois.
There was very little unemployment IN
Region XII, which embraces the states o.
Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Montana and
Idaho. What little compensate unem-
plovment did occur was usually in the
short interval between Jobs, or was O.
casioned by seasonal industries such as
canning. or by the completion OF wal
contracts and closing of certain plants.
AS claims for unemployment insurance
shrank under the impact Of war produc'
ton, tax collections for the unemploy'
ment insurance funds reached recort
high. Fiscal-year collections under the
81 state laws amounted to Sl,S53 mil
lion. about Il per cent more than in th'
year preceding. The amount paid ou
in benefits represented only as per CEN
of contributions, whereas in l939-4O, TIT
last fiscal year unaffected by war in
fluences, benefits paid out were SOS pei
cent of that years contributions.
On June 80, 1914, the state unemploy
ment insurance trust fund totaled $5.'
billion. If this were divided among al
workers who had earned wage credits II
1s43. it would mean that each could re-
ceive Sl2O in benefits. In other words
looking at the fund on nationwide
basis. it is large enough to pay benefits
to all covered workers at the averag
benefit rate and duration prevalent il
1894
States differ widely, however, in nearl,
all factors which control relative income
expenditures, and resources for unem
Montana labor news., 1945-01-11
for music for entertainment.

Tor music Tor entertainment.
The welfare committee reported that
it had interviewed the county commits
sioners about a complaint that the State
Welfare Board intended to reduce its
allotment to the needy people Of Silver
Bow county. It was explained that there
are a number Of people in Silver Bow
county not entitled to old-age assistance
nor to old-age benefits and consequently
must be taken care Of by Silver Bow
county and the State Welfare Board. The
county commissioners informed the COM
mittee they intended to go 70 Helena
and interview the welfare board. The
Trades and Labor Council is very much
interested and will give the county COM
misSoners all the assistance possible.
Montana labor news., 1945-01-11
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT
TOPS LIST OF l944'S
LEADING WOMEN

WASHrNGTON-FP)-The name Of
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt heads the roster
Of l944s outstanding women drawn up
by the National Council Of Negro wom-
en- and announced January 4 by the
Councils president Mrs Mary Mcleod
Bethune.
The omission of women from various
national polls for outstanding perform
ance during the past year drew fire from
the famous Negro woman leader. Wom-
en- both white and Negro, she said, have
made remarkable contributions to the
war effort. national unity and toward
promotion Of better racial understand
ing. She said she thought their role
had not been reflected in published re-
suits Of such polls
Mrs. Roosevelt was named the Woman
Of the Year because the Council felt her
Montana labor news., 1945-01-11

Then the paper gloonnily pointed out
that the filibuster tactic. used success
fully by southern senators to block anti
lynching and anh-polltax legislation,
probably won't work in the FEPC fight.
The Statesman said; On the Senate,
where it Cthe bill was blocked last ses-
sion by threat of a filibuster, it un-
doubtedly viii have a lot tougher going.
Proponents have expressed their inten-
tion Of getting it up for a vote in the
Senate as soon as possible 50 that there
viii be so much time ahead that fill
buster attempt would be almost futile"
Montana labor news., 1945-01-11

NEW YORK -(FP)-Attempts to re-
woke or modify labor's no-strike pledge
were condemned by the executive board
of Transport Workers Union atCTO). RE
dictionary employers, defeatists among
American indtstIialists and irrespon-
sible elements in labor's ranks" Pres.
Michael J. Quill told the board, ARE
trying to cook up national crisis by
exploiting the legitimate grievance and
wartime difficulties for their own self
ish ends"
Montana labor news., 1945-01-11

NOW PLAYING THROUGH SATURDAY
..9avs OF GLORY" with Tamara Toumanova
and GREGORY Peck on the same program
Boss of Boomtown, with Rod Cameron
Montana labor news., 1945-01-11
News Of The Silver Bow
Trades & Labor Council

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Last week it was decided to ask Mr.
Walter Barnard Of the Veterans Advis-
ory Council and Fred Lehn of the U. S.
Re-employment Service to come before
The Council and explain the effort that
is being made to establish a trade train
ing school in Butte Mr. Barnard and
Mr.. Lehn both made excellent talks and
the delegates displayed a keen interest
as was evidenced by the questions asked
The speakers. 1t was told by both Mr.
Barnard and Nlr. Lehn that the G. l.
Bill Of Rights passed by Congress re-
cently) gives certain definite privileges
and rights to returning soldiers. For
instance returning veteran is privi-
legged to 60 to college and finish his
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A suggestion that the Trades and
Labor Council put up some money to
support lobbyist at Helena during the
Legislative session met with cool re-
ception. one Of the delegates said that
the Montana Federation Of Labor and
the state CIO Council and the Farmers
Union all have lobbyists at Helena ano
that it would be superfluOus for the
Trades and Labor Council to put up sddi-
tional money
A letter from the Teachers Union
called attention to the fact that nc
teachers had been assigned to the COM
mittee appointed by the Office Of Educa-
ton. The letter is as follows
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Montana labor news., 1945-01-11
DRAMATIC CALENDAR
- WHERE TO GO



NOW PLAYING THROUGH SATURDAY,
sDavs OF Glory" with Tamara Toumanova
and GREGORY Peck. on the same program,
.sposs OF Boomtown.n with Rod Cameron.
selected shorts and news.
STARTING sUNDAY-"Can't Help Singing
with Deanna Durbin, with selected program
Of shorts and news.
cOMING-"To Have Or Have Not. starring
Humphrey Bogart and Lauren BacaH'
PARK
NOW PLAYING THROUGH SATURDAY
overland to Deadwood,n with Charles star
rett and Russell Hayden. On the same pro
cram. She's For Me" starring DAVID Bruce
md Grace Mcdonald. Chapter eight OF Inc
Great Alaskan Mystery, with seleeVeu sloi' u
and news.
suNDAY-TUEsDAY- -"Happyland," with Don
Ameche. Frances Dee, Harry carey Alse
paris After Dark" with George SanoeIs am
brenda Marshall. Selected shorts ana news
CLOSED WEDNESDAY.
THIJRsD AY- SATURDAY" Slightly Terrilie
starring Leon Enrol, Anne Gwynn and Eaole
cuillan, Selected program Of shorts ana news
ooAuNo-"The Gangs All Here with Alice
Fave Carmen Miranda and Benny Ioouillall.
Also THE yellow Rose Of Texas win Roy
Rogers.
RIALTO
NOW PI.AYIEG-"Tall in the Saddle with
Iohsa Wayne and Ella Raines. On the same
program. 'Take 1t Big" with JacA Healy ana
harriet Hiuiard Also the latest March Of
srime and Fox Movietone News.
STARTS sUNDAY-"The American Ro-
nance with Brian Donlevey and Ann Rich
ards filmed in technicolor. On the same
PROGRAM. "The Unwritten Code, with ann
savage and Tom Neal. Plus the latest FOX
MoYietone News.
AMERICAN
STARTS wEDNEsDAY-Allan Ladd and
Loretta Young in "And Now Tomorrow.
NOW PLAYING-"Greenwich Village star
ring Don Ameche and Carmen Miranda. Also
on the same program, Laura" with Gene
Tiernev and Dana Andrews. Plus chapter o
of the Desert Hawk"
STARTS SUNDAY Spencer Tracy and
siene Hasso in "The Seventh Cross on the
same program Marriage Is Private affair
with Lana Turner ana John Kodiak Also
the latest news.
THURSDAY SATURDAY Irish Eyes Are
smiling with June Havor and Dick Haynes
on the same program Lights Of Old Sante
Fe" with Roy Rogers.
Evening star., 1945-06-02

592 .439 are in the Old Testament"
The question about the time Jesus
was born might seem simple to an
swer, and person might say quick
ly, "On December 25, in the year
l." Yet the reply given in this book
shows why the problem has puzzled
Christian scholars.
The question about Beelzebub
takes us back to the ancient Philis-
tines, who had god of flies
known as Baalbebub. There was a
similar god among the Greeks, and
he was asked to drive flies away
from animals offered in sacrifice
Although the name is spelled Baal-
zebub in the Old Testament, it ap-
pears in the New Testament as
Beelzebub.
Mr.. Simpson is a widely known
writer, and for many years has
been a close student of the Bible
as we'll as of the works of Shake
Speare. You may remember that
spoke of talking with him two
years ago, and of how he told me
that for many years he had followed
the custom of reading selection
from Shakespeare every day. Per.
haps the time will come when he
will provide the public with a ques-
tion-and-answer book about Shake
speare. using the same plan as his
| present volume about the Bible.
Evening star., 1945-06-02
LEGAL NOTICES,
Filed May 81, 1945. Charles e. Stewart
Clerk
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James L: Wroe: Harriet E. Wroe, William
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4; wros, Samuel G. wroe. Daisy P. Wroe
Martha J. ,Wroe. James, T. Blakeney, Han
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gideon psss q Mafs e W. Bs1s
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oa Ssrsn 'ns on or aRbeso befor;
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after the day of the nrst publication Of
proceeded with as in case Of defauiti
lished once, week for three successive
weeks in the WASHINGTON Law Reporter
and The Evening Star Newspaper, good
cause having been shown why longer pub.
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Evening star., 1945-06-02

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.t ln q Of Fi e Of papsl ssues xns HssnE aats S h
be The Last viii and Testament ot Laura
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6ssess1 .' sss os$sr!d 5'I ;hss 6, tSs
concerns publication. IS IS amended to read
as follows: It Is ordered that this Order
SsnS niStd td ne nee Nees toT Of The or issues
ssssivs Weeks '1Ss II the se9 WasSinston tom Law Law
Ssias iSsy! e.. 'as ;ss
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ans essss'ea she ssy sad nans
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as required by law2 Three: Was the said
h m.n snd HHisn 81 the Or tine o
ing Of sound and disposing, mind and
ing dated the 18th day of August, 1873
obtained or the execution thereof or the
subscription thereto. procured from the
by fraud or deceit practiced upon her
by any person or persons? Five: Was the
August, I943. obtained or the execution
thereof. procured from The. saiL Laura
Gertrude Hoston. deceased, by the undue
Eerson or persons? May. %. 1945. r
p!rTtNSoN LETTs: Justice. Consented
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