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St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-12-21

Once again it is Christmas time
and our wishes ore that it may bring
Joy. happiness and prosperity to oil
our friends.-Mr. and Mrs. ]. E. Jones.
2s00 Portland Ave. -.
May God Bless oil of our friends
of Duluth and the Twin Cities at this
Holiday SeQson.-Rev. and Mrs. L C.
Hdrris and family. 3lls 18th Ave. So.
Mr.. and Mrs. HGrold C. Combs.
1885 Fourth Ave. So. wish for their
friends. q very Merry Christmas and
q Happy New Yeor.
My Christmqs wish is that the
spirit OF the Christ Child fill oil our
heUts and His Joy. love and peace
come into this confused world
DOVE PhelGn.
May the some sweet message Of
peace and happiness which rong
over Bethlehem come to you this
Christmas and throughout the New
YeU.-Mr. and Mrs. julius Glenn
mons. 322 Western Ave.
II is our wish that the socredness
and beauty Of ChristmQstide bring
happiness to every home and Peace
on earth and good will toword men"
The Moore F0nilY. 662 w. Cen
trol Ave.
We join in wishing for the people
OF our community q Merry. Joyous
Christmos Season Mr.. Gnd Mrs.
Spencer Shivers and Daughters.
A very Merry ChristmGs to oil qnd
q prosperous New YeU.-Bessie
Powell 979 Charles St.
Best wishes for Happy Christ
mas and q Prosperous New YeU to
friends. both old and new.-Walter
Dodson. $500 Smelling Ave.
We join in wishing oil our friends
q Merry Christmos and q Happy and
Prosperous New YeU.-Mrs. Auxie
Dial and Mrs. Moro B. Crawford.
We're taking time out to wish our
friends and neighbors q Merry
Christmds and q Happy New YeU.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Wilson. 374s
Fourth Ave. So.
5Ssfss ID ri ss ri ssS sSs
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-12-21

Sincere good wishes for your
health and happiness at Christmas
time and every day Of the New
YeU-Mr. and Mrs. c. v. Wagner.
$3.50 Fifth Ave. So.
The best Christmos ever and q
YeU full Of prosperity is the wish
we send forth for all our friends and
neighbors.-MT. ond Mrs. Forrest
Mckinney and Kenneth.
10y to the Word. to our friends and
ucquGintonces. we wish you health
and happiness through the holidays
and may the spirit Of peace and
goodwill become q permanent fac
tor in our lives throughout the COM
ing YeU.-Mr. and Mrs. ]. L Cooke.
MdY God Bless oil Of my friends
ond oil monkind at this Holiday Seq
son.-RGmon L Sissen. 2l0 living
Ave. N.
ME. and Mira. jones Sisson, 2IO
Irving Ave, No. extend the Seasons
Greetings to oil their friends and to
the tine men 6nd women who have
served their country in the armed
services.
MoY God Bless oil of our friends.
II is q pleasure to wish you q Merry
= Christmas and q Happy New Yew.
Mr.. and Mrs. Morcus H. Jackson.
1887 E. Eronklin Ave.
Merry Christmos ond q Happy
New YeU TO oil my friends and YouI
friends.-Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Cobb
ond tomilY. 534 GirGrd Ave. Ne.
MoY Christmos blessings fill your
heTt with true happiness and brine
you Joy and peace oil through the
coming Yeu. LenG o. Smith. So:
Palace Bldg.
I In the spirit Of the season it's {
pleasure to express q very Merr1
Christmas md best wishes for the
coming New YeU.-Mr. and Mrs
ThomGs Neal 53l ST. Anthony Ave
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-12-21

Merry Christmos and q Happy
New YeU to oil our friends and your
friends too. - Mr.. and Mrs. Leroy
Howard. lsll E. FrGnklin Ave.
Merry Christmas and q Happy New
Yew to all my relatives and friends.
Mrs. Anna Matthew's. S7S3 Fifth
Ave. So.
Cpl. Arthur ChGndler McWGtt.
Long Beach. Army Air Corps. and
fo1nilY extend Holiday Greetings to
their friends in the Twin Cities.
MoY good old ST. Nicholas come
laden, this Christmds Of le4S. with
more Of the good things OF lie for
you than you have ever before en-
joyed.-Mr. and Mrs. Robert TdYlor.
1856 Fourth Ave. So.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-12-21

Merry Christmos ond q Happy
New YeG to oil our friends and
your friends. too.-Mr. and Mrs. E.
L Boyd. 1888 Fourth Ave. So. -
MoY God bless OH of our, friends
and oil Monkind at this Holiday
Seoson.-LeliG R. McClellGnd. 1000
Clinton Ave.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rufus Boyd and
daughter. 1877 Iglehort extend to oil
their best wishes for the Holiday
Season and good luck during 1916.
We wish to extend the seasons
greetings and best wishes for q
Happy New YeU to oil our friends.
MIR. and Mrs. c. E Boil. $50 No.
Dale st.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-12-21

Sincere good wishes for q Merry
Christmds and bountiful New Yew.
Mr.. and Mrs. H E. Toussoint and
children. Eugene Gnd Eloise. $50
Iglehort Ave.
Holiday greetings to oil and my
sincere hope for q prosperous New
YeU.-E. Gertrude Boldly. GOT st.
Anthony Ave.
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Mr.. and Mrs. B. H. HGrveY. 1881
Bryant Ave. No. wish for oil their
friends oil the happiness ond good
cheer the Holiday Season and the
New YeU con bring.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-12-21

Wishing you q Christmos Of Good
Cheer and q New YeU Of hoppi-
ness.-HorrY. Charlotte and Ritujean
Dovis. ll07 Emerson Ave. No.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-12-21

In the spirit OF the Season. it's q.
pleasure to soy. Merry Christmas
and q Happy New Yen." Mrs.
Anna Thomas. 5s4 St. Anthony Ave.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-02-21
Myrtle

"a pint OF blood can save a
life. Call Red Cross NOW for
your appointment"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-02-21

Dykstra, Pfc. James L.-Brayor
Center.
Eagleton, Pfc. Harry-Pontiac.
Engle, Pfc Carl battle Greek
Flood, Pvt. Gilbert A-Sault Ste
Marie.
Future, Pfc. George Detroit
Frantz, Tee. { Harry Midland
Gould, Pfc. Daniel detroit.
Grimes, Sgt. Louis T.-Melvin.
Hankinson, S. Sgt Lemarre R
Detroit.
Herrick, PFC. Edwin Flint.
Jagow, Mai. Robert Ann Arbor.
Jay, Pvt Henry D-Detroit.
Johnson, Pfc. Leroy L-Ludington.
Jovanovich, Pvt. George N-De-
troit.
Kaezynski, s. Sgt. Eric J-Detroit.
Kangas, Pfc. Arvie H-Rudyard.
kasper, Pvt. Thomas A-Detroit.
hettunen, Pfc. John V.-Trout
Creek.
Kintigh, End 1t. William C-De-
troit
Knuth, Pvt Arno H.-Onekama.
Kolnowski, Pvt. Robert R-Alpena.
Kosciolko, Sgt. Thaddeus T-De
troit.
kotch, Pvt. Jerome-Detroit.
hrakowlak, Pfc. Edward j De
troit.
krantz, Tee. Robert H-Flint
kraska, Pfc. Elmer K.-Lincoln
Park.
Kutz, Cpl. Leonard M-Detroit.
kuznicki, Tee. 4 Edward DE
troit.
Lame, Tee. 5-William E-Mass.
Leduc, Pvt. John P.-Utica.
Leese, Sgt. Roy L-Saginaw.
Lisi. Pvt. Rocco-Detroit.
Lutin, Pvt. Willis-Niles.
McGraw, Pfc. John-Detroit,
Osmond, Pfc. Frank H-Saginaw.
Pascoe, Pvt. Charles MEX Rap
ids.
Patton, Pvt. William j., Sr.-De-
troit.
Petersen, Tee 5 Ivan Howard
City.
Prokipchak. Tee. John-Detroit.
Prosser Pfc. Herbert E.-Muske-
gOn.
Puflett Sgt. George R-Muskegon.
Reist, Pfc LLOYD O.-Lansing.
Ruotanen, Cpl. Henry A.-Ontona-
gon.
Schaeffer, Pvt. Arthur Essex
vile.
schmid. Pvt. Henry E-Grand Rap
ids.
Schneider Pvt. Ernest P-Grand.
vile.
Schultz, Pfc. Eugene ebay City.
Schultz. S. Sgt. Jerome R-Grand
Haven.
Wagner, Pvt. Garrett battle
Creek.
Workman, Pfc. Virgil E-Pontiac.
thinner, Pvt. Delmer E-Detroit.
Wounded in action in Mediter.
ranean area:
Crocker, Tee. 5 John F. Suttons
Bay.
Johnson, LIST 1t. Donald R-Flint.
Kimber. Pfc. Harold-Holland
Lehmer, Tee Edward G., Jr.-Bald-
win.
Lopez, End 1t. Frank Saginaw.
Waldie, S. Sgt. Leland-Coopers
vile.
Skinner, S. Sgt. Milton W-Detroit.
Wright, S. Sgt. Emil W-Bay City.
Zamorylo, Pvt. Nicholas Dearborn
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-02-21

Cronkright. Pfc. Cecil Flint.
DegroOd. Pfc. Frank E-Detroit.
Delaney, Sgt Walter C.-Detroit.
Delich, Tee. Steve-Wakefield.
Demitrakos, Pvt. James G Detroit.
Bernardo. Pfc. Samuel bay city.
Dieter, Pvt. Donald F.-Alma.
Dufort, Pvt. Robert Rockford.
butcher, Pfc. Earl W.-Eaton Rap
ids
Duyall. Pfc. Isadore E.-Monroe
Dyer LIST 1t. Otto NJ, Jr.-Detroit
Dyk, Sgt. Jake-Hudsonville.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-02-21

Blome. S. Sgt. William F-Peters
burg.
BLOOM, Pvt. Congratulations
Cain, Pfc. Clyde Marquette.
Carlson. Capt. George D-Ironwooj
Carlson, Tee. 5 John G.-Strongs.
Chile, Pvt Benjamin F-Detroit.
Christensen, Pfc. Gunner B-Royal
Oak.
Collica. Pvt. Thomas P.-Deuoit.
Collins. Pvt. Ruford A.-Drayton
Plains.
Corner, Pfc. Norman G-Royal Oak.
Cox, Pvt. Hubert E.-Detroit.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-02-21

Apley, Pfc. Otto D.-St. CLAIR
Shores
Aronoff. Pvt Isadore M.-Detroit.
Arsenault, Pvt. Leo J-Detroit.
Athey. S. Sgt. Robert S.-Decatur.
Paddock. Pfc. Godfrey Wayne.
Barbu, Pfc. Standardization.
Benedix, Pvt. Carl H Benton Har.
Dor.
Bergeron, Pvt John A-Barbeau
Bird. Pfc Cecil F-Owosso,
Bleyins, Pvt Jack H-Ferndale.
Block, Pvt. Alfred E.-Saginaw.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-02-21
Annual Dinner Held

The annual dinner for stockhold-
ers OF the Saline Mercantile Co. was
held Thursday at the Masonic Hall
with the O.E.S. serving the dinner
TO sixty guests. The officers re-
elected were Arthur Heininger.
president and manager; John Wied-
mayer vice president: Ferman Gle.
ments, secretary; Alfred Hertler.
treasurer; other directors are
Charles Lambarth, Mark Sweetland
and Fred Finkbeiner. James Bliss.
Lansing, Of the Michigan Elevator
Exchange. was speaker and motion
pictures were shown.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-02-21
Saline News
GIVE FAREWELL SUPPER

Saline. Mich.-A family night and
potluck supper was held at the Fed.
Grated Church Tuesday evening as
farewell TO Rev. and Mrs. William
Bach. who left Thursday for their
new pastorate at Hazel Park. The
tables were decorated with red,
white and blue. and following the
supper, a program was announced
by Mrs. Hazen Jewell. who had
charge OF stunts, and assembly
singing. Jimmie and Jean Austin
played a duet Mrs. Luella Parsons
gave a humorous reading, and Mrs
Bach sang solo. John Miller, sup
erintendent OF the Sunday School.
presented Rev. Bach with a purse
and the Christian Endcavor also
gave a gift. On Wednesday eve.
ming, the Young Married Peoples
Glass gave farewell party for the
Bachs at the home OF Mr.. and Mrs.
orion Thaler.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-02-21
Assumed Shin

1t. Robert Royal, who returned
in the fall from India where he flew
the Hump" with supplies. has been
assigned to pilot hospital ship
from San Francisco to New Guinea
carrying Army personnel and sup
plies on the trip out. and bringing
wounded on the return trip.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-02-21
Spend Week End

Mrs. Bessie Collins and son. Mid
shipman Max Collins, Notre Dame
University, spent the week end with
Mr. and Mrs. T. NJ. Clay at East
Lansing. Mr.. and Mrs. Don Fran
cisco were Sunday guests to see the
formers brother, Navy radioman
&c Robert Clay. who had spent d
brief furlough en- route from the
University OF Wisconsin TO Nor.
folk, Va. NJ. A. ALDER spent Satur-
day at the Clay home.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-02-21
Attend Federation

Those attending the Washtenaw
County Federation OF Women's
Clubs at the International Center
in Ann Arbor Saturday were Mrs.
Thomas Shurtz. Mrs. Max Fosdicks
Mrs. Rosie Woodbridge, Miss Joan
Wondergem, Mrs. Bessie Collins
and Mrs. Walter Macarthur.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-02-21
Spends Furlouuh

1t. John Arend OF the Panama
Canal Zone is spending a short fur
Tough with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Arend, after which he
will report to Key West, Florida.
His wife and two children will re-
turn with him and make their home
there.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-02-21

1t. Frank spindler is spending
month with his mother, Mrs. Mary
Spindler. After finishing his so mis-
sions as bombardier IN Europe, he
has been at rest camp at Miami,
Florida.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-02-21

WASHlNGTON-AP - Senator
V ilson (R-lowa) drafted legislation
Monday calling for a congressional
investigation into Japanese afro
cities against American war prison.
ers. The proposal would set up a
three-member Senate Military Sub
committee empowered to hold hear
ings on the West Coast to get first
hand testimony from liberated
Americans.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-02-21

Michigan Army personnel wound
ed in action in the European area
are:
Anderson. Tec.4 CIR. Elwood T.
e Boyne City.
Montana labor news., 1945-07-05
UE WARNS AGAINST
REVIVINC GERMAN
OPTICAL CARTEL

NEW YORK, (FP)-Ih German op-
tical industry has been permitted to
operate full-blast while in the U S.
thousands of workers are being laid off
because of the shutdown of American
optical plants, Local 1925, United Elec-
trical Radio & Machine Workers (CTOl
charged
In letter to Secretary Of State Ed
ward R. Stettinius, Business Representa-
tive Thelma Ostrow OF Local 1925 de-
manded Qualification of the State depart
ments policy. III it is the policy of your
department to permit German manufac-
ture of optical goods, we ask that this
policy be reversed Immediately she
said.
we have been informed that German
manufacturers are being permitted to
produce scientific instruments, optical
goods and Photographic apparatus while
American manufacturers producing SINH
lar products are being forced to lay off
people in these very same industries be-
cause of cutbacks and curtailments," the
letter said
The union reminded Stettinius that
because Of cartel agreements the U. s.
found itself at the beginning Of the war
with practically no optical instrument
industry 1t cost the American govern
ment huge sums of money to develop an
industry in this country of such proper
tions that it could supply two-front
war with the absolutely essential optical
instruments Miss Ostrow pointed out.
TO permit the cartels to develop these
industries in Germany at this time and
force the American manufacturers and
workers to be idle because of such pro
gram would put us in the same position
were were in at the beginning of the
war when we were solely dependent upon
German manufacture Of these vital in
struments Of war, she said
If Germany were deprived of her
optical industry, She would find it prae-
tically impossible to fight another war
There are today in Germany $500 per-
sons already engaged in the manufacture
of optical goods. To permit this to con-
tinue is a serious and dangerous threat
to the economic security of thousands Of
American workers and to our hope of a
lasting peace.
US District Representative Marcel
sherer said the union would testify on
the question before the Senate military
affairs committee, headed by Harley Kill
gore DIV. Va), now holding hearings
on German plans for a third world war.
Montana labor news., 1945-07-05
new LAYOFTS Hit
LOCKHEED PLANTS

BURBANK, Cal -(FP) Recent Army
announcement Of drastic cutbacks in pro
duction Of Bit bomber planes will af-
feet additional Lockheed aircraft plants
ia the saa joaquin valley, Vice President
L. M. Bach of Lockheed Aircraft Corp.
announced.
Two plants, one at Fresno and one at
Bakersfield, viii close entirely by July /
while one remaining plant in each city
will function on a 4O-hour week basis
instead of the 48-hour week in effect
until now
The two Fresno plants, one scheduled
to close and the others to reduce oper-
ations, have produced more than 5O,OOO
parts for the B-l7 bomber and P-Ss
Lightning fighters since they were opened
early in 1949. They employed 500
workers at peak but employment now
numbers some 400. The two Bakersfield
plants also made parts for the Bit
bomber and, like the Fresno plants, mum
bered some 900 workers at peak en-
ployment BY the end Of June the re-
naming Bakersfield plant will have a
force Of only co. The two Fresno and
Bakersfield plants with reduced forces
will manufacture parts for a new Lock
heed navy medium bomber.
Layoffs have been underway at Lock
heed in Burbank, where the company
announced 12.5Oo workers would be let
out by July 81. The Burbank plant is
under contract to Lodge TT, Interna-
tionaI Association of Machinists (AFL)
Montana labor news., 1945-07-05
FE BOARD WARNS
AGAINST
ECONOMIC RUIN

CHICAGO. .-FP) a recon
version program which it described as
othe minimum necessary to save workers
from economic ruin the executive board
of United Farm Equipment & Metal
Workers (CIO) warned that the next few
months will determine whether we shall
head for a crushing depression or strive
for full employment at decent wages"
Labor remembers President Roose-
velt's promise of go million jobs, the
board said. We went through one great
depression We do not want to plunge
into another The FE program for
averting postwar disaster included the
following demands:
l. An immediate general 2Oqo wage
increase to compensate for the rise in
the cost of living.
2. No reduction in take-home pay
3. Exemption of the farm equipment
industry from Executive order 924O;
time-and-a-half for overtime and double
time for Sundays and holidays.
4 Authorization by the President OF
National War Labor Board guidance in
the maintenance Of purchasing power
in deciding wage cases.
5. Immediate lowering Of taxes on in
comes less than $4,000 year in order
to maintain mass purchasing power for
full production. No decrease in taxes
nm hiph bracket incomes
g. Immediate passage of President
Truman's request for supplementary fed
eral unemployment compensation to
raise present inadequate state standards
to decent levels.
2. a guaranteed annual wage and
two-week vacation.
g. Immediate passage without amend
ment of the price control act.
9. Immediate hearings on the Murray
full employment bill
10. Immediate hearings on the Wag-
ner- -Dingell bill, which broadens
the coverage and raises the BENEFITS OF
he present social security act
Failure Of Congress to enact legisla-
ton providing for unemployment com
pensation and 'fntolerable" WliB delays
we're denounced Industry the board
charged was "more interested in the war
against labor than the war against
Japan
Montana labor news., 1945-07-05
AUTO WAR PROFITS
AFTER TAXES 2Oq5
OVER PEACE YEARS

DETROTT-CFP CFP)-Despite all the brag
by the auto manufacturers in their radio
and magazine advertising, their war
work was more profitable to them-even
after heavy taxes and hidden reserves
than their peace production was This
cold profiteering fact was dug up by
Director j. H. Wishart Of the United Auto
Workers (ClO) research department and
appears in all its unsavory detail in the
June Research report.
The results of the survey covering 2g
leading auto and parts companies com
prising more than four fifths of the in
dustry show. Wishart summarizes, that.
"1941-44 profits before taxes in
creased 12O1qo over the 1868
average.
"194l-44 profits after taxes in
creased 2O6ge over the 1869
average.
THE facts brought out by this auto
industry profits survey are clear. In the
first place the industry has profited
enormously from the war. In the second
place the industry is in a good position
not only to finance a rapid transition to
peacetime production but even to in
crease its facilities for the production Of
civilian goods and the employment OF
hundreds of thousands more workers
than were employed in the prewar years
THE workers whose muscles and
brains helped the auto industry pile up
these profits--and who don't have con-
tingency reserves amounting to the mill
lions-wil be watching to see how many
jobs they will be used to create"
Though the Big showed smaller
rate of profit increase they have piled
up plenty, Wishart indicates, citing the
fact that General Motors and Chrysler
salted away $ll9,276, 1857 in postwar and
contingency reserves ($76,O51 ,805 for GIN
and s4s,22495S for Chrysler). This is
actually greater than the average profits
after taxes $72199164 ALL THE
OTHER 27 companies Of the industry
we're able to pile up in the same four
years C1941-44.
Montana labor news., 1945-07-05
THE WASHINGTON
SCENE
By TRAVIS X. HEDRICK

Let's Argue With a Liberal
WAsHINGTON.-(FP)- II have bone
to pick with Thomas L. Stokes, the able
columnist of the Scripps Howard Ali
ance, whose column appears in scores OF
newspapers, and who is by most defini-
tions of the term a liberal
Tom wrote a column June 26 that said
American labor is a big, strapping fell
low now and should put on long pants
and take the chip off his shoulder"
What Stokes meant was the shouts Of
anger that came from labors ranks when
Senators Ball, Burton and Hatch intro
dueed their new labor relations bill-the
"straitjaeket bill
Undoubtedly Stokes has a right o say
whatever he chooses about the bill and
about labor But the fault 1 find with
liberals such as Tom Stokes is that they
all have a blind spot You can't be for
the Ban-Burton-Hatch bill and be a
friend Of labor. u don't believe you can
40 so and be a liberal either)
Stokes says he is alarmed that labor's
"carping standoffishness" may hurt la
bors best interests. He also champions
the sincerity Of purpose of the three
senator's and calls them "estimable and
respected gentlemen sympathetic to
labor and progressive in inclination"
Now Senator Joseph Ball, the Mime
sofa Republican, is no friend of labor
You can prove that by asking the AFL
Congressman from Minnesota, Represen-
tative William j. Gallagher, and also the
members of the Minneapolis-st. Paul
Newspaper Guild (CIO) Ball is regard
ed as a phoney by the AFL in Minnesota,
and as a renegade unionist by the News
paper Guild. He was a member Of the
staff Of the st. Paul Dispatch and left
the union when he disagreed with the
outcome Of national referendum cleo
ton. Neither Of The other two has a
union record as a union member.
Stokes doesn't like .ne "shrieks let ont
by professional labor leaders, and he
opines that 4labor's approximations at
titude seems unjustfied' He honestly
believes that labor should agree TO Ger
tain notifications to protect employers
My gawd. Toni The employer has all
of the protection necessary Nobody is
taking over his business the barri-
cades aren't up and nobodys armed The
Wagner act is not an act to protect en-
ployers. 1t is simply law to define the
RIGHTS Of labor and to insure the pro-
lection of those elementary principles
against infringement by employers. To
say that we have to let that law be
amended to protect employers simply
means a watering down Of the RIGHTS
of labor.
ANY employer. anywhere, can go into
court and challenge infringement OF his
rights under long established law. There
is no doubt Of that The employers
have been well represented in the ma
tional and state legislatures for genera
lions. Amy court from a simple squire OF
justice of the peace to circuit or SUI
preme court would be ready and eager tC
act on an employer petition defending
one Of his legal rights
The trouble with Stokes and other
CONTINUED on Page Three
Montana labor news., 1945-07-05
Lumber Shortages
RAnain Critical

HELENA, July 3.-Critical shortages
Of softwood plywood needed for military
and essential civilian uses is due chiefly
to lack of manpower in the woods and
to a resultant curtailment Of log supply
WPB officials stated today.
Current production Of softwood ply
wood is at a rate Of ,S5O,OOO,OOO square
feet per year, and is not sufficient even
to meet military requirement. Though
present production is 1875 per cent
greater than that in the pre-war year.
1910, it is IS per cent less than amount
Of softwood plywood produced in 1912
Distributors inventories now amount to
only 2l,OOO,OOO square feet, representing
about a three weeks supply. The inven-
tories in many cases include plywood
already sold ard awaiting shipment
Montana labor news., 1945-07-05
Norman LeFevre New
Manager of Coop Oil
Comnanv at St. T0natius

Norman LeFevre, chief clerk in the
local ration board office and a former
state supervisor of the Workers Project.
WPA has accepted the position as man
ager Of the Farmers Union Oil company
cooperative enterprise at st. Ignatius,
Mont, and left last week to take up his
new duties
A resident of Butte for the past %
years Mr. LeFevere was active in labor
circles as a member of the Butte Miners
Union. He invites all his friends to drop
in on him in his new position.