Montana labor news., 1945-08-23
STATE De ARTMENT SAVED MIkAD0
is MONTANA A DEAD DUCK?

II Yes, Montana Is a dead duck ana the Montana Stand
ard, which is one of the nine subsidized newspapers of the
A. {. M. chain, would have you believe Montana is up and
coming. Montana is being held back by the A. G. M. Com
pany and for no other reason but that this company wants
to continue in control so it can gouge the citizens of Mon
tana, as it has been doing for the past fifty years. They
want no new industries in this state for, with new indus
tries, there would be a greater number of workers and
these workers, in turn, would become voters of this state
and if they were not working for the A. c. NJ. Company,
they would vote against the interests of the company and
the company knows this to be a fact. If we had large in
dustries in the eastern part Of the state last general cleo
ton, the labor party would have elected all of their can
didates.
It gives us a laugh when they say: "Montana, on the
other hand, is just getting a good start toward the attain
ment of her place i'll the sun as a self-sufficient, progressive
and prosperous entity How about the prosperity in
Butte, Montana? How about the prosperity in other Mon
tana communities? How about the prosperity in all of
Montana?
Another statement made by the editor Of the Montana.
Standard is: ut should be remembered that Rome wasn't
built III a day, that only 70 years ago the Indians were still
a menace in Montana. What a joy it would be to the citi-
zens of Montana if we had the Indians back. The A. c. M.
Company tried their damndest to recruit the Indians of
this state to work in their mines and smelters during the
past years but the Indians were too wise for these big
mogels. All they could get out of the Indians was a big
" heap-no-good, y and they went back to their reservations
Wise Indians. And the dumb white men are leaving this
state also, in droves, and are going to other places where
they can live like white people. Can VIC have prosperity?
Jobs? It's very doubtful.
The A. c. NJ. Company thinks it will have the service
men and women to fill their mines with cheap labor after
the war. There is every evidence the cooper collared'i
boys are victims of their own propaganda. The men and
women in our armed forces and those in war production
R BY NO MEANS anti-union and anti-labor. The
armed forces will not forget the A. G.. M. Company and
their WIRE DEAL. If we have anything to do with it,
we will NOT let the armed forces, or anyone else, forget
this deal.
WE WILL NOT AVE PROSPERITY IN THIS
.STATETIL THE A. c. M. COMPANY IS CUT LOOSEI
FROM CONTROL OF OUR STATE LEGISLATURE.
STATE OFFICERS, STATE INSTITUTIONS AND
CITY M COUNTY OFFICIALS. AS to the service
men, they are determined to get something DECENT for
themselves and their people when they return to civilian
life. And they know they cannot find it in Montana underI
the present setup. They simply won't go for it. Butt
there will be plenty of jobs for them when the GETS
under way. And it will get under way in spite of all the
a. I. M. Company does to hinder it. These men have seen
the abundance America can produce. They have seen, or
heard about, the IVA or the huge power dams of the West.
about the Public Housing Authority, about the slums that
were cleared, the roads that we're built, the millions of
jobs that were provided by the government during de
preston, and they know, with their future and that of
their families at stake, that is not a healthy situation toll
line up against public works programs nor any steps the
government may take to guarantee full employment. And
the vets will be the decisive political force in our country
for the next % years. They may serve the best interests
of our country as well in peace as they did in war.
Is Montana a dead duck? QHack-quack-q uack. And
a big quack to the Montana Standard and it's editor and
the other "quack" newspapers of the state of Montana.-I
Anaconda S~melte1men's Voice.