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The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-10-19

THE PEOPLE on manage
ment's side don't 60 much for the
STAR. FLORENCE HALL, Stew
ard in the Stewart-Warner plant
writes that the Industrial Rela-
tons Manager there has gone
out of his way to keep workers
from seeing our paper. Mrs. Hall
wrote the STAR that Miller (the
Industrial Relations Manager)
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-10-19
Sylvia Woods opens
new campaign center

The campaign send Sylvia Woods Springfield
21s Senatorial District rolled high
with the opening campaign headquarters
w.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-10-19

AsCD SCdlcS uO IlOt dIlSWeT Lie
lack of the housing, the crisis in
education, the proposal to militar-
ize the youth, the lynchings and
discrimination against minorities.
The AYD program is con-
structive in giving an answer
to the many pressing problems
OF youth. We are busy working
our solutions. And any young
person interested In this prof.
ect can join us. We do not dis
criminate because of religion,
color, or political belief.
Eyes, Rev. Booth there are
some who are trying to under
mine the youth. May we suggest
a sermon on the new Gerald l..
X. Smith youth movement; or on
some of the questionable ele-
ments in Youth for Christ; or
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-10-19
Youth reply to ed-boiting
attack by Evanston minister

American Youth Democracy replied
batting of N. Booth of pointing
facts clear, but Rev Booth did not have them"
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-10-19
By RUSS NIXON
UE Washington Representative

WASHINGTON - In consid-
ering the custer of former Secre-
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-10-19

WE ARE raising a fund to be
used for promoting the STAR
through ads in other papers; ra-
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-10-19

The clergyman was quoted III
the Chicago Sun as stating that
two dangers facing America are
archaeological warfare and the
American Youth for Democracy"
= I'VE have outgrown the DOGGY
man stage, Rev. Booth" the H.
linois regional board of the AYD
declared.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-06

A stroller that will give both
you and baby long years of
comfort and convenience. Py-
roxylin coated gray drill cover.
Collapsible.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-06

Here's the answer to a shortage
of storage space in your home.
Sturdy, well constructed 4-draw-
err chest made of selected hard
wood with plywood ends and
drawer bottoms. Finished In
rich walnut or maple.
Montana labor news., 1946-07-25
MeLEoD IS LOVED
BY WORKERS

Al Mcleod. republican candidate
for the office of sheriff incurred the
wrath of the corporate interests. espe-
cially the Anaconda company and the
Montana Power company when he re-
fused to do their bidding when rioters
damaged some property. There is a
question in the minds of some people
in Butte whether these outrages were
not instigated by the company. At any
rate. the sheriff tried all ~peaceable
ean to curb the destruction, and as
a result, no one was injured, no blood
was shed and actually. with all the
furore and national notoriety. ii was
just an incident.
Perhaps there could have been a re-
petition Of the massacre on the Ana
cOnda Road or other occasions of
blood shed here. Al Mcleod did his
duty as he saw il. In other words, in
paraphrasing Lincoln. 'He followed
the light as he saw it" and it turned
out to the best interests of all.
AL Mcleod is loved and respected
But in the recent primary election,
nearly everyone thought it was not
necessary to vote for him; he had it
sewed up But it turned out otherwise
through just such taking things for
granted. The miners and all the other
workers owe AL Mcleod a debt of
gratitude.
Montana labor news., 1946-07-25

officials. still on the job, reported that
steak which had been retailing at from
60c to 79c a pound are now available
at 95c to 81.
In New York daily street meetings
and baby carriage parades were being
held in neighborhood shopping areas,
leading up to a citywide buyers strike
set for July %. Buyers resistance
against uncontrolled %profiteering was
already evident in leveled-off sales OF
butter. The U. S. Agriculture Dept,
reported that chain and daily stores
in New York and Philadelphia were
finding a ready market for butter at
7Sc to soc a pound but that smaller
dealers selling at S5c to soc were
feeling the effects OF high prices"
In Chattanooga, Tenn, grocers said
that women were beginning to stop
buying butter and certain meat pro-
ducts whose prices have gone up
sharply. One grocer reported that OF
the first Is women who priced butter
that morning, II refused to buy when
told that it was SSc a pound.
Prices on retail meat, dairy products
and other foods have left old black
market prices in the dust. surveys in
Chicago showed. Meat prices, in parti-
cular. were way out of reach of the
average pocketbook and butchers were
%unhappily finding themselves with
plenty of meat but no customers on
the hook. While black market prices.
during OPA's reign, ran from 6G to
1870 above ceiling prices, most meats
in Chicago, were selling at prices
ranging from 20G to 1000 above the
old ceilings. One retail butcher called
the wholesale prices he had to pay
Outrageous He said that boiled ham
had previously cost him iSc a pound
was priced at 75c and vas retailing at
81 a pound.
Thousands of Chicago consumers
flocked to a giant demonstration in a
city park in answer to an Are You
Fighting Mad?' appeal sent out by the
CONTINUED on Page FOur)
Montana labor news., 1946-07-25
truth IN ADVERTISING

With reference to a full page advertisement in one OF Buttes a'Need
newspapers adroMly prepared by the Merchants Division OF the Cham
ber of Commerce. with greed and selfishness reeking from their hearts
and souls, they ask a question in bold backfaced type do You Know
THE FULL STORY ABOUT BUTTER???'
Yes, indeed. W e do and so does the lowly housewife in Butte She
knows also why and who was responsible for keeping butter off the
grocery shelves in Butte prior to June 30th.
She also knows all about during the war it was necessary ~---.to
hold the price line.
her sons and daughters were winning the war with their blood. Yes,
Mr.. Merchant Division of the Chamber of Commerce, she knows. 1t is
quito unnecessary for you to continue to prepare and publish" unless
you stick to the facts.
Did you ever hear of "TRUTH IN ADvERTISING? If so, did you ever
hear of a consumer buying at retail for wholesale prices?' Yes. she
knows. She knows sinkaroos and she know revolving stinkaroos She's
fully aware of these more simple everyday problems. Frankly. to hear
your superabundance OF economic knowledge is to laugh.
If she had a superabundance of cash to pay s175 an inch for adver-
Using, she could no doubt tell the people of Butte a story that would
spin their wheels for a moment or two.
TRUTH IN ADvERTisING! Did you ever hear Of such a thing?
Montana labor news., 1946-07-25

All independent grocery and meat
stores in Camden. y. j., shut down for
an indefinite period July Is after mem
beers of the Industrial Union of Marine
& ~Shipbuilding Workers (ClO) started
pickets marching before 100 stores
where prices out -distanced workers
ability to buy the simplest foods. Sec.
Thomas G. Saul Of Local | followed up
with a proposal for a 3-day strike by
merchants and consumers against
soaring prices. The plan brought in.
stant approval from Ernest Dublin,
counsel for the Meat Dealers Assn. OF
South Jersey. who said the organiza-
tons 4S5 small business members
We're eager to cooperate. A buyers
strike was already underway through
out the state at the call of ALL, CLIO
and rail union members Of the defunct
OPA's labor advisory committee.
Butter Sales LeveIIng OFF
A. citywide boycott 0 merchants
selling at over OPA ceilings was or
dered in Philadelphia by Pres. Harry
Block Of the Philadelphia Union Coun-
ell on behalf of its la. 900 members.
The strike call came after CLIO pickets
staged a houi-long demonstration at
the Reading Terminal Market and at
the office OF a landlord charged with
boosting rents as much as 1870. CLIO
members prepared to canvass neigh
horhood shops and real estate agents
to find out whether they were increas-
ing prices and rents. Those guilty Of
aiding initiation will be picketed. OPA
Montana labor news., 1946-07-25

asked. He was referring to the pos
sible loss of the table and chairs but
the query touched on a broader sub
ject.
A boiler fireman, Griscr told the
union he earns S1.1Sl. an hour. In
June his takehome pay was $685. 90.
How do you feed - kids on less than
5000 a month? Here's how
Griser says he buys two dozen
OF oranges a week and that's all the
fruit for his entire family He buys
milk, potatoes, corn and beans as fam
lily staples. Meat? For me the price
is out of this world" says Griser. Its
lucky this is summer Four of the
youngest children don't have any
shoes and have to GO barefoot. Buy
ing clothes is a real G,oblem."
Added to Griser's constant financial
headaches was a fire last January
which caused severe damage to his
house. When Gfiscr was in the army
he served with the 18th raiders thru
the Battle OF the Bulge and in Ger
~many-his wife drew a government
allotment Of $3.50 a month because Of
his large family The frauleins in Ger.
many told him he should have lived
there under Hitler. Lots OF money
for 50 many kinder.
But Griser prefers the democracy
OF America eyer a democracy in
which representatives Of the people
voted TO lot ~lriees 20 up.
The UE in Wilmerding is planning
assistance for The Griser family And
it's doing still more Along with the
whole ClO lis taking part in the cam.
paign for congress to restore rigid
price ceiling and prevent initiation
and hum1l SuffDfIN2
Montana labor news., 1946-07-25

tilul ItT 0ulttu EltttTiCui ItdulO a
Machine Workers (CIO). Here are
some Of the things that happen to a
man when his wife presents him with
his 18th and 18th child. the UE spokes-
man said
Mrs. Griser delivered her fourth set
OF twins on July 3-three days after
OPA ceilings were eliminated. At
about the same time Griser told his
children they could no longer enjoy
the canned chicken soup he formerly
got for them. The price had gone up
Sc a can-too high for their budget.
Griser. a World War II veteran. an
employee of the Westinghouse Airbrake
Co. and "A UE member, also took a
long look at the increased cost of milk
and knew that it would no longer be
possible to buy enough for his entire
brood. But the Griser's milkman
started leaving two extra quarts a day
free of charge.
The furniture store SEN a man
around to collect S5S or pick up the
table and four chairs on which the
payments were overdue. 1t was then
that Griser went down to the union
office. How can | feed my kids" he
Montana labor news., 1946-07-25
POWER TRUST SPENDING $1,340,0o0
THIS MONTH ON PROPAGANDA
CAMPAIGN
E%ighty-Five Per Cent of Utility Companies Taking Part In
Enormous Advertising Schedule

by the Federal Trade commission OF
public utility practices.
4 summary OF the power trust prop
uganda campaign following World war
| Is included in the famous report.
Monograph g q the Temporary Ma
tional Economic Committee.
"The deliberate shaping Of public
opinion was the avowed objective Of
the propaganda campaign" OF the
power trust Monograph % points
out The methods used in placing
these views before the public included
use Of the newspaper press and the
schools. Twenty;four OF the 2S state
committees N public utility informa-
ton were directed by widely known
and experienced newspapermen
They aimed 10 create newspaper
good will through advertising; in
spirei news articles written by the
director but bearing the signatures OF
prominent persons We're inserted, Der
sonal contacts with editors were
made newspaper men were enter
tAiANA. 40 JANUS Ways, ucWS OuilS-
tins and clip sheets We're prepared and
widely distributed and many speech.
es were made. either by members OF
the utilities industry or someone paid
by the utilities to represent their In
t~erests.
The success attained through use
Of these methods is impressive. The
total annual expenditure for public
utility advertising in 1923 was be-
tween % and so million dollars
Financial support or subsidy OF So
called newspaper news and editorial
services helped to forward a pro-
gram u publicity in harmony with the
utilities views. Generally there was
n disclosure to the public OF the
financial support and employment OF
these agencies 1t is almost i'm
possible to list the various activities
undertaken by the electric and gas
utilities to impress their views on the
people OF America"
Power is indeed a profitable bust
ness.
Montana labor news., 1946-07-25
0PA MURDER BIG AID
TO COMMUNISM
By Federated Press

Detroit.-The d%eathblow admins
tered to the OPA by congress, says the
Detroit Labor News, was designed by
the republican party to curry favor
with the Natl. Assn. of Manufacturers
"as a meal Of raising a campaign
fund for the next national election.
The paper, which is the official organ
of the Detroit & Wayne County Fed
Grafton of Labor tAFL), acknowledges
that some democrats helped but IT
points out that the republicans took
the lead.
Nothing could have contributed
more to the growth Of communism
than this act of congress- the front
page editorial concludes. which in
substance licenses the commercial
element to rob the American people
m a grandiose scale never heretofore
dreamed Of"
Montana labor news., 1946-07-25

He urged into irrational control uf
and lhofium. and SAID an international
development authority as proposed 10
the United Nations could become the
first world university. the first world
industry run for the henefi, OF all
At the entrance or the hall. AS llig
inboiham spoke. WAS displayed a set
of Japanese Oh the.spot photographs
Of the Nagasaki and hiroshima do
struction. taken a few hours after the
1915 blasts. showing the horror OF
heaped oharrel bodies amid the smok-
ing ruins Of homes. schools and fac.
tories.
Sen Brien Mcmahon ID, Gonna In
Producing Higinbotha IN. said he
thought America had come long way
from the lets keep the secret policy
OF almost z year ago and that h.
shima. to soc his civilian control bill
enacted into law and atomic energy
in the hands Of - high minded com
mission The bin. as he spoke. was
about TO come before the House with
military affairs committee members
cunning Tor is civilian control proyi.
sions
The same day The Natl Patent coun-
I'll attacked The patent lsalures Of tn
Mcmahon bill which provide thai no
private patents on processes and tech
niqilcs for the production Of iission
able material shall remain in private
hands The patent group claimed in
these clauses "siibyersiye forces deal
Montana labor news., 1946-07-25
Leading Scientist Forecasts Atomic World
America Has No Lasting
Monopoly Of Bomb
Production


W. a. IIigginbotham of the
Federation of American Scientists gave a SOLDERING picture July
Is of what can happen in a world in which atomic energy is not
harnessed for peaceful use.
Speaking at an institute Of the National Committee on
Atomic Information, liginbotham said "nen must cease to
think Of this primarily as a weapon or we are doomed. One of
the top knoW-how men of the Manhattan project. Iiginbotham
warned America has no lasting monopoly Of atomic bomb pro
duction. In four years other powers can have these bombs"
He said there is no forseeablc defense in science against the
atomic bomb. and that a political program to prevent atomic
warfare was the only reasonable solution for civilization.
I'VE shall breathe easily in an atmosphere of world trust and
safety, or else we must scatter ourselves against the powers now
loose in the world. We shall give up the concept of separate
nations in an atomic arms race. or We shall have to give UP the
concept Of cities. he said. outlining the serious proposals of top
I. S. military leaders for breaking down the country into small
communities and locating vital industry in vast underground
Montana labor news., 1946-07-25

Report OF auditing c o III m I G G
showed actual cash balance of $1203. 49
as of June 80. 1916. On motion report
Of committee was accepted and placed
on file.
Officers Reports
T.. X. Bergren reported progress on
the sale of tickets on the Studehaker
car to be ratified off on Labor day.
President Steinmetz reported that
this years rodeo will cost three times
that of the rcdeo at the last Labor day
celebration in 19i1. President Stein.
metz urged that all local unions sell as
many tickets as possible among their
members on the automobile being raf-
fled.
On motion fireworks display adver-
Using was turned over to Chairman
Steinmetz for appropriate dispositions
Roll Call and Report Of Delegates
Richard Hamms Of the Carpenters
reported that Northwestern Life ms.
Co. refuses to insure colored children.
+. II. Richards reports that the
Painters had been granted a wage
scale Of $l.6212 per hour.
Good And Welfare
Ed Waller Of the Carpenters and
John Eyanko. Jr.. reported on the
Labor Institute held at Missouula. The
need for Workers Education was
stressed also that a workable tax pro,
gram should be substituted for a pro.
posed sales tax.
On motion matter relative To the
signing of waivers to strike before
receiving wages from certain govern
ment funds was referred to the legis
IKE committee for appropriate ac,
ton.
Ira Siebrasse called attention to the
book The Great Conspiracy against
Russia" which sells for sl.00. This
book is a fantastic tale Of the long and
devious series of plots against tbs
Soviet Union from the White Emf
grees. Anti-Bolsheviks, and interven
~tionistts Of 1918 to the Trotskyites ant
Rightists of the 1920's and 193O's. tht
America Firsters. ~Anti-Semites anC
native Nazis of yesterday. and the
contemporary preachers Of World wal
III
Montana labor news., 1946-07-25
Buyers Strik historical. Organized .,,,'! n
In Many Sections ~
The Nation
Many Small Businessmen Joining With Labor
Organizations In Strugggl lie To Stem Tide
OF Inflationary Price-Profit Spiral
By Federated Press

Buyers Strikes and mass demonstrations were the watch
word throughout the U. S. July Is after two weeks without
OPA controls brought Indignation of the American people at
profit-happy prices and rents to the swapping point.
Adding to the anger of the people were reports that the
tory bloc in Congress was standing pat against any changes in
the new version of an OPA bill which all observers agreed
was just as bad as the one vetoed by President Truman.
AS the U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported a Pits
increase in the prices of 20 basic commodities since OPA's
death, $50, 900 United Auto Workers (CIO) members in De-
troit and Chicago prepared to walk off their jobs July 16 in
a 3-hour demonstration for restoration of the price control
Montana labor news., 1946-07-25
WAGE B0OSTAvERTS
STRIKE

san Francisco OPP Renewed
throat 81 4 Department store strike
vas asffied Nhen lht napt store
Employs Union AFl.l voted ) 70 I
% acecpt 4 general $40 across-the-
board faiss
Hasic wage under thu new agrees
meni Witch Is retroactive . May l.
1916 and will remain III effect 70 May
lati. Is S3a - a week
settlement WIS effected by joint re-
comme ndafions IF the san Francisco
Employers Council and Il special com
Of the san Francisco Council
q the unlon and the Retailers Coun-
ell
Montana labor news., 1946-07-25
AN 1NHumAN' INTEREST STORY The
PAPERS MISSED
BY FEDERATED T.

New York-Newspapers from coast o coast a their pictures When a
husband and wife have -four sets of twins in six years that's SHOWS When there
are enough "singletons' in the same family, the oldest II. TO run the total up
to Is, that's " bigger news.
But the newshawks Oft the commercial ress missed quite 4 few angles in
the EAST of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Griser of Pitcairn, Pa. according to a spokes.
Montana labor news., 1946-07-25
BY KNEELANO STRANAHAN

The power trust expects TO spend
s1.3i0,o00 in a high.gear. nationwide
newspaper propaganda campaign dur
ing the month Of July.
Eighty-five per cont Of all utilities,
loo firms in all, grouped under the
name Electric Light and Power
Companies will place dozens OF ads
in hundreds OF publications. claiming
that government operation is 'uneco-
nomical,' that whore public power is
cheaper it's because OF government
subsidy. that IVA Is in the red. that
IVA IS unsuccessful in fulfilling its
original detectives. y. W. Aver & son
handling the expensive campaign.
Plans for the huge advertising pro-
gram were disclosed in the June 5
issue OF Editor and publisher, unof-
fetal orsan Of the newspaper industry.
That the proposed July propaganda
activity is merely a new phase Of a
going program IS shown by the fact
that the power trust IS already spon-
soring a magazine program reaching
10, 100 900 circulation and a radio
schedule with a reported listening
audience Of 5.790.0o0 persons.
Enormous Covera9e
Individual power firms are also re-
yealed TO be regularly placing news
paper mats in sol newspapers. 50
sunday papers. and in 2.39S weekly
publications with a combined circula-
ton OF 20,256.0o0. AT the present time
the utilities magazine program alone
costs $4,000 annually, the radio
budget calls for SS50.000.
II is still too early to predict wheth-
er the current utilities propaganda ac-
tiyity will approach il scope and eff
feet the terrific power trust drive OF
the lg20's when. in the words of a
high powered publicity director, every
means Of publicity was used except
skywriting. These activities reached
such gigantic proportions that finally
in 1926 the L. s. senate adopted a re-
solution calling for a full investigation
Montana labor news., 1946-07-25
Silver Bow Trades
And Labor
Council Notes

a committee from the Butte dc.
velopment association highlighied the
proceedings of the Silver Bow Trades
and Labor Council at lis meeting July
- The committee consisted Of Rich
ard Donavan OF the Building Trades
Council and T.. Il Blinn. accountant
Donaavn urged that the union support
the association and contribute libcr-
ally 10 the cost OF operation He told
Of the survey that Is being made here
for new enterprises. and gave a ten
tative promise that Butte would have
a new housing project Both speakers
Indicated that the ACM and the Mon.
tana Power were giving their full co
operation.
The Butte development association
is designed to provide Il common meet
ing ground for the unions. business
and professional people and to really
assist in the development OF Butte and
to eliminate all basis and prejudices,
real or fictitious which have hereto
fore dampened the progress Of the
community
Montana labor news., 1946-07-25

The next meeting of the
Silver Bow Trades and La
Dor c o c | will take
place Tuesday, July %,
500 p. m. at the Carpen-
ters' Hall.
Montana labor news., 1946-07-25

rineton Of the efforts Of the Silver
Bow Trades and Labor Council to Sc
cure a raise in salary for the teachers
Of school district No. ! The report
described a meeting with the school
board at which the board agreed 10
include IN the teachers salary SEQ
which had hitherto been given as a
bonus. Teachers also asked for d dol
lar ana 4 half a day ilcrcas. in wages
but this the board said must be passed
by the legislature. The school board
and a board of county commissioners
arc now struggling over a formula 10
Montana labor news., 1946-07-25

stephen II Horn. international rep
f~esentatlve of the ACM q b W. Of
\. A., addressed the Council and told
Of assistance he had been rendering
James l.nnnev and the m~eatcuttors
IN their negotiations for higher WAGES
he said that the Butte butchers ware.
rot getting the standard wages re-
crived throughout the country TIE
meat cutters have taken Il strike
vote and unless something IS done
about i, the meat shops may be
closed Mr.. Horn also stated lhas h.
had attended the sheep shearers' con
vention The Trades council enjoys
belnh host to state and national rep.
resentatiyes for the union.
Montana labor news., 1946-07-25
Cascade County
Trades and Labor
Assembly
communicated

Report Of auditing m [ e G
showed actual cash balance of $1203.49
of committee was accepted and placed
on file.