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The union times., 1946-03-16
Employer Group Admits Attempt
 At Retrenchment
AMA Hears Consultant's s Plan To Deprive Labor
 Of Wartime Gains

Chicago (LPA) - A nationwide drive by anti-labor employers to can eel out many of labor's wartime gains including union security, dues check off and paid vacations was disclosed here last week by Ralph A. Lind, New York industrial consultant, in an address to the American Manage ment Association.
 "The majority attitude of manage ment regarding some of the provis- ions they were compelled to accept during the war under War Labor Board orders" includes the following according to Lind:
 ''l-Maintenance of member ship clauses should be removed if possible and if removed the com pany should try to get in return the benefits it wants.
 ''2-Ceck-Off provisions should be refused. If continued they should be voluntary instead of compulsory.
 '3-Paying for holidays not worked should be refused.
 "4-Premium pay should be given for Sunday work, as such, but not for Saturday, as such, un- less Saturday is the sixth cOntinu- Ous day of work.
 '.5-Bonuses for the second and third shifts acceptable. Some ob- ject to bonuses where the shifts TO- tate."
 Lind echoed all of the discredited arguments of General Motors when he told the management gathering that what is new and alarming in the present attitude of some unions is that they are trying to control the prices that the employer shall charge, and the profits he may retain. The real significance of this attempt is that if it should succeed it would mean that industry no longer will be free, that management will have lost the most essential functions of man. agement and that our government will undergo a fundamental change by taking over arrangements respon- abilities"
The union times., 1946-03-16
Retail Cigar Clerks Elect l946 Officers

Local Mo- o61, Retail Cigar Clerks of New Haven and Vicinity, has elected the following officers for 1o46:
 James Harkins, New Britain, Presi- dent; Ben Terrace, New Haven, 1st vice-president; Janet Moran, New Haven, End vice-president; Richard L. Buckley, recording secretary James Walsh, Bridgeport, financial secretary-manager; Hon. James P Geelan, Washington, business agent (advisory) William Callahan, New Haven, sergeant-at-arntS.
The union times., 1946-03-16
President FayOrs RuralP lower CO-Ops

BUFFALO, N. Y. (LPA)-Pow- CT co-ops, to provide rural areas with electricity, got a boost from Presi- dent Truman last week. In message to the National Rural Electric Co., operative Assn. convention he said,
 The part which cooperatives and power districts have played in the progress of rural identification in America during the past decade war rants feeling of real pride keep working on the task at which you are now engaged, you will have the full and active support of this nation. The Administration will provide every pos sible aid"
The union times., 1946-03-16
New Haven Asks Increase In Pay
 For 20. Workers
Council Votes Support After Feinmark Report-C.I.O. Attempted Raids Are
 Condemned

The New Haven Central Labor Council, at its meeting Thursday. unanimously voted to endorse the efforts of Post Office employees to obtain a long-needed raise. Acting upon a motion presented by Harry Feinmark, the Council instructed Secretary John Redmond to write the Connecticut delegation in Con. gress urging them to vote for the bills sponsored by Rep. Burch of Virginia and Senator Mead of New York, which would give post OfFic, workers an increase of 20 per cent
 Feinmark pointed out to the dele gates that in the 20 years since 1925, P. o. employees have had an increase of total of $1.69 weekly, although the cost of living has risen by more than 409o. The bills offered by Burch and Mead would offer only $500 raise, Feinmark said. adding that $500 would barely give the P. O. employees what they deserve.
 In his letter to the Congressional delegation, Redmond wrote:
 "The Central Labor Council is of the opinion that the postal employees are at present grossly underpaid, and that any sum less than $500 yearly would not solve their problems or bring their wages to the level of work CTS in other lines"
 For Wyatt Housing Bill
 Strong support for the Wyatt hous- ing bill, with ceiling prices on all housing, and subsidies to building materials manufacturers, was voted by the Council, which opposed the changes in the bill voted by the House of Representatives, and called upon Senators Brien McMahon and Thomas Hart to vote for a real housing measure.
 Strong condemnation of the ef- forts of CLIO. union to raid the A. F. L.'s International Printing Pressmen's Union at the National Folding Box Company was unani- mOusly voted by the delegates, after Feinmark gave detailed report on the situation. In letter written by Secretary Redmond to the COnnecti-
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The union times., 1946-03-16
Low Wages Cause Shortages --Bowles
Price Ceilings Are NOT Curbs On Production
Ex-OPA Chief Says Output Remained Low Despite
 Price Allowances

WASHINGTON - Chester Bowles, Economic Stabiliza. ton Director, charged that low wages of wOrkers-nOt price controls-are to blame for the nationwide shortage of building materials and clothing.
 The Labor Departments wage ad- justment board, meanwhile, ruled that 1t will refuse any requests for wage increases in the building industry it. self if such increases threaten the sta- bilization and housing programs.
 MT. Bowles, in his weekly radio talk contended the clothing short age exists 'sprimarily because the workers. in the mills which make =. cloth have always been miser- ably paid, and production of the needed textiles has suffered.''
 Similarly, he said, the shortage of building materials has grown out of the "traditionally" low pay of work men in the lumber and plumbing in dustries.
 Says Prices Aren't at Fault
 MT. Bowles declared that prices are not at fault. The Office of Price Ad- ministration, he said, has granted more than thirty price increases for the lumber industry and thirty-6ve special price adjustments to the plumb ing groups, BUT PRODUCTION IS STILL BELOW 1889 LEVELS"
 In the case of clothing, he said, machinery is also a problem, with many of the looms badly in need of repair. But it is fundamentally a problem of man power" that has creat- ed the shortage of shirts, suits and underwear, he said.
The union times., 1946-03-16
Raps NAM Lobby

WASHINGTON (LPA)-No vet eran of the Washington scene was willing this week to predict the out come of the fight to extend the Price Control Act without crippling amendments. While Congressmen eyed with interest the public opin- ion polls indicating that an over- whelming majority of their constit- uents wanted the OPA continued, both Senate and House nonetheless voted to slash deficiency apropria-
 Continued on Page Three)
The union times., 1946-03-16
Churches Support Labor

COLUMBUS, Ohio (LPA)-La- bor's goals were strongly supported in report presented to the plenary session of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America here.
 The churchmen reafirmed the right of labor to strike, called for good faith in collective bargaining" sup ported the basic right to work at an adequate wage and at a mans high est capacity regardless of creed or race, and urged that the competitive motive in industry be kept at mini mum.
The union times., 1946-03-16
POW's Take Vets Jobs

NEWPORT NEWS, Va.-OPA) Use of war prisoners on military reservations is keeping veterans out of jobs, the AFL Brotherhood of Painters, Paperhangers & Decorators charged. About 30 painters are on the active file of the local USES while German POWs are painting public buildings at Fort Monroe.
The union times., 1946-03-16
Prevailing Wage Not Used In Bids For Highway Job
State Council Sends Vigor- ous Protest To Wage Board
 And Commissioners

The Connecticut State Build ing and Construction Trades Council this week filed strong protest with state officials over the fact that the State Highway Department has advertised for bids in the Hartford area on the new Trunk Line system, specify ing wage rates for laborers and mechanics which are far below the prevailing wage system, as called for by state statute.
 Barry Finds Error
 The error by the State Highway Department was discovered by Pres ident Michael J. Barry, who imme- diately telephOned Secretary James O'Kane. As result, Secretary O'Kane immediately sent letter to Raymond H. Wilcox. secretary of the State Labor Wage Board, which is charged with the responsibility of determining prevailing wage rates on all state construction. The text of O'Kane's letter follows:
 Dear MT. Wilcox:
 ''This office has been informed that the State Highway Depart ment has advertised for bids fin the Hartford area on the new Trunk Line System.
 ''I trust that an error has been made in the Wage scales as pub Iished for they are most certainly out of line with the prevailing wage rates of today.
 Furthermore, I wish to re- mind you and the State Wage Board, of the agreement wherein the Connecticut State Building and Construction Trades Council, were to be consulted for wage rates in any given area, before the bids were sent out or the con- tract let.
 ''I trust you will do all in your power to correct this situatiOn."
 HOLD UP BIDS
 In letter to A. w. Bushe1l, Deputy Highway Commissioner, O'Kane specifically requested that the call for bids be held up or recalled, until such time as the matter may be strengthened out with the Wage Board.
 These rates are so far out of line with the wage rates prevailing in the Hartford area that it appears an error must have been made" O'Kane wrote to Bushell.
 Both Barry and O'Kane, at the meeting of the State Building Trades Executive Board, held "Wednesday in New Haven, urged all locals to send Tn their approved wage scales, SO that all state agencies might be given off cial information when preparing calls for bids.
 BOARD MEETS
 A number of matters came be. fore the executive board. John Bike, Bridgeport Plumbers, who was seated in place of Charles Freedman, reported on the increase in the cost of plumbing supplies and suggested that all crafts deter mine the rate of price increase in materials handled by them, so that they would be able to refute the false claim that the increased costs of buildings and homes are due to the high wages paid labor.
 A motion was passed that a com mittee of three be appointed to sub init plans for publishing a Year Book under the Councils auspices. The committee consists of President Barry, Secretary O'Kane, and Ma
 Continued on Page Tvo)
The union times., 1946-03-16

Famous last words: ''Honest to god, officer, I didn't know that atom was loaded"
 BUSINESS AGENTS GEORGE SABO, Waterbury Electricians, and JOE CRIMES, Bridgeport Sheet Metal Workers, are new additions to the Yale Labor-Management course on labor legislation. The dis cussions at this course, to para phrase a well-known business agent, generates both light and heat.
 CIGARETTE smokers - this is for you to remember.
 Down in Charleston, s. C., 1900 workers in the plant of the Ameri- can Tobacco Co.,, which manufac- lures Lucky Strike and Pan Mall cigarettes and various pipe tobaccos, have been on strike for l4O days at this writing. The workers, 300 whites and 900 Negroes, receive 45 cents an hour as base pay-$l8 a week for 40 hours, plus $4.5O for eight hours overtime, making a to- tai of $23.4O. That's not ''take- home" pay. It doesn't take much to figure out that that isn't a living wage.
 What do the strikers want? A 65- cent hourly minimum, no discrim- nation against Negro workers and union shop. So, you Lucky Strike and Pail Mall smokers, bear these facts in mind. There's indeed some thing you can do until this strike is won. You may even help win it!
 Demands for Company security clauses delayed settlement of some of the major strikes. What does the infringement want-a union squad to stand guard over their profits?
 JOHN BIKE, Bridgeport Plumb CTS, has the right idea, He points out that there is tendency on the part of some people to blame the high cost of homes on labor, de- spite the fact that building trades were frozen throughout the war, and have increased by less than Is per cent since VI Day. All this against the fact that building mate rials have jumped in price by over 4O%. It's up to organized labor to refute this islander against building tradesmen.
 Continued on Page Four)
The union times., 1946-03-16

NNO0 QdOdLd7H .@Q1a Ld0O0 9 1EVdGIT ELVLS
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The union times., 1946-03-16
As We See It
 by THE STAFF

Famous last words: ''Honest to god, officer, I didn't know that atom was loaded"
The union times., 1946-03-16

''. We believe that demo- cracy's future shall and must be even greater than its past. And to the future we pledge all we have to give"
 From A Creed for Americans
 by Stephen Vincent Benet
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1946-08-08

Oil companies expect to pass
out $50 million road maps this
summer as history's greatest
stampede of motoring vacation
lists are on a touring rampage.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1946-08-08
Locals

Mr.. and Mrs. R. P. Ross left
Saturday for Great Falls, where
they are visiting at the home
OF Mr.. and Mrs. r s.. Ross and
family
James Anderson of the Mac
Phail school of music in Min
neapolis, Mimi, is visiting at
the home of his parents, MI.
and Mrs. o. E. Anderson. James
is studying for his master de-
gree in music.
Jack Buzzetti, Ellsworth
Skeie, Jean Kelley and Ruth
Ann Buzzetti left Friday for
Missoula where they are visit
ing.
Leo F.. Weinberg who has
been under medical care and
observation in a Billings hos
pital has been transferred to
the Big Horn County Commu-
nifty hospital. His condition is
reported as serious.
George Houser left Monday
for Sioux City, Iowa. where he
will transact business.
Father Peter O'Grady, S. j.
of Gonzaga university arrived
in Hardin Tuesday to visit with
Father C. L. Owens, S. j..
Mrs. Buckner of Huntley Is
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1946-08-08
CIVIL SERVICE
EXAMINATIONS

The Civil Service commission
announced todav examinations
for the positions of traNsporta >
ton evami"er. inspector of To-
oOnotivoS. incNect0r of safety
9rH'iances. inspector Of hours
Of service and inspector of rail-
wav sionalt1G and train con-
troll. with tho Interstate Com
mere commission.
From these examinations
nrobational appointments will
be made leading to permanent
status.
Apoli"ants for the position of
transportatic.o tariff examiner
must have had at least four
wears of appropriate expert
ence dealing with Interstate
freight rate tariffs. These po-
sitions. which nav 81 1877 Der
year. are located in Washing
ton, D. c.
All of the inspector positions
are located in cities through
out the country. Locomotive
inspectors salary is $5,152 a
wear and for other i1spectors.
S4.9O2 a wear. Qualifications for
locomotive inspectors are that
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1946-08-08
= E&h'
ATGlRm

CAS- a service to veterans in his
community, this newspaper will pub
fish a weekly column of questions
most frequently asked contact men
Of the Veterans Administration IN
r",s area veterans, eol "0 ssou difat eontae !R'o or
unit at Rooms 327 & 529, P. O. Bldg,
Billings, Mont.)
O.. What effect does the
guaranty of a loan for a vet
eran before the act was amend
ed have on his right to guar
anty on other loans?
A. Any amount of guaranty
which was used is deducted
from the amount to which the
veteran is entitled under the
act as amended.
@. How many veterans are
attending school or receiving
on-the-job training under the
provisions of the CT bill?
A. At the end of June, 1928
veterans actually were enrolled
in educational institutions or
taking on-the-job training as
provided in Public Law No. 346.
In the Branch II area wash
ingtOn, Oregon, Idaho, Montana
and Alaska. 29,353 were taking
advantage of the education and
training provisions of the CT
bill.
@. May a veteran purchase
real PROPERTY with a non-vet-
eran and obtain a loan guar
anty?
A. Yes, but the amount of
the loan on which the guaranty
is based is in proportion to the
veterans interest in the prop
erty.
@. May unemployment COM
pensation under the Service
mems REIMBURSEMENT act be
paid concurrently with subsis-
tence allowance for a veteran
in training?
A. No.
@. If I am drawing a disabil
itv COMPENSATION, can I assigi.
all or any portion of it as
premium payments on my Ma
tional Service Life Insurance?
A. Yes. File Form 1877 at your
nearest VA office.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1946-08-08

visiting in Hardin at the home
of her daughter in-law, Mrs.
Cecilia Buckner and family.
Father John Hurley, S. j., left
Monday for his home in Spo-
kane.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. L. Egnew
and Miss Violet Alexander
spent Sunday in Billings, Lau-
rel and Edgar.
FULL line Pyrex ware on dis
play at Elder Hardware.-Adv.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bob Moeller of
Los Angeles left Hardin for
Quincy, ILL.,, via the Black Hills
Thursday after visiting several
days with Mrs. Moeller's sister,
Mrs. J. Ernest Weinberg. They
were accompanied by their two
children, Robert and Patsy, and
have been touring points In
Canada as well as Glacier and
Yellowstone parks. They plan
to return to Los Angeles later
this month. The MOellerS are
store operators in Los Angeles:
Jack Helmann has sold his
interest in Slattery Super Serv-.
ice to Austin G.. Slattery and
will be employed at B. H. Nc
Carly Seed Co.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. A. Corkins
left Tuesday for South Dakota
where they will visit friends
and relatives.
Mrs. J. Ernest Weinberg and
daughter, Rachel, left Saturday
morning for Quincy, ILL.,, where
thew will visit friends and rel
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1946-08-08
Admission Prices at
Midland Empire Fair

The following admission and
seat prices at the forthcoming
Midland Empire Fair and Rodeo
at Billings August 12-17 include
the Federal tax; which is 20 per
cent except as otherwise noted:
General admission tickets lat
outside gates) adults, day Coo,
night SOC; children under 7 years
free; children 7 to II (no tax) &c;
children IL to IA, day (includes
10c Federal taxi soc, night lin
cludes SC Federal tax) zoe; season
tickets (six days and six nights)
$3.50. All children free on Chill
dren's Days-Tuesday and Sat-
urday-except for Federal tax of
10c for children IL to IA. No tax
for younger children.
Grandstand reserved seats: Day,
from $1.00 to SIPS; night, from
$1.00 to $1.50. Bleacher seats:
Day, adults, Goo; children, Csc to
soc. Night, adults SOC, children
SOC.
Prices for the Horse Show
August 10 and II are: Adults,
grandstand or bleachers, $1.O0;
children, grandstand or bleach
ers, SOC; box seats, if available,
$1.50.
Automobile single parking per-
NIT, day or night, Csc; season
parking permit, S1.00.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1946-08-08

he must have had at least six
or eight years of experience
and other inspectors must have
had at least eight years of ap-
Drcpriate experience with rail-
roads operating as common
carriers.
Written tests will be given in
connection with all of the ex.
aminations. The age limits for
tariff examiner positions are
ID to 81 years and for inspec-
tor positions. % to So years.
The age limits will be waived
for veterans.
Applications for these exam
nations must be on file with
the U. S. Civil Service commits
0i"n, Washington Is, D. c., not
later than September 9. Furth-
err information and application
forms may be obtained from
the commissions local secre-
tarv. James Torske or from
most first and second-class
postoffices, or the Civil Service
Washington rs, D.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1946-08-08

vacation in Hardin visiting with
friends and relatives.
Francis Chambers of Colum-
bus spent Saturday night and
Sunday in Hardin at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. w. L. Bell.
Sam Haverfield left Monday
for his home in Wallace, Idaho.
after visiting at the w. L. Bell
home.
SOME hard-to-get items in
stock now at Elder Hardware
Adv.
Mrs. G. w. Kicker left Tues
day for Lewistown, after visit
ing at the home of her son and
daughter-in-laW, Mr.. and Mrs.
Oarr Kicker.
J. J. Ping was a Billings call:
er Monday, where he attended
the salesman display at the
Market Week being held there
this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Don Hunt and
son, Roger, spent the first part
of this week in Hardin visiting
friends. Mr.. and Mrs. Hunt
have been visiting in Colorado
Springs, Co.., and were en-
route to their home in Spokane.
| Wash.
Mr.. and Mrs. John c. Kisler
of Colorado Springs, COL, are
visiting this week at the home
of MI. and Mrs. T. A. Weir.
MI. and Mrs. J. R.. Vickers
and daughters, Lois and Mar
ion, and MI. and Mrs. r. A
Vickers returned Tuesday from
Tacoma, Seattle. Bremertoll
and Sumner, Wash, and Mis-
soula, where they have been
visiting for the past two and
one-half weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. D. Holmes
left today (Thursday) for a
two-week vacation. They will
spend a few days in Yellow
stone park and visit various
parts of Montana.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leo Colstad are
parents of a son, born Tuesday
in st. Vfncent's hospital in
Billings.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. R. jacobson
and infant daughters, Joan
anu LOIS, VI FOlC OlClId1u
Wash, left last Friday for Bot
tineau, N. D., to visit Mrs. ia
cobsen's parents after spending
the past two weeks visiting Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Olsen and A. M
Jacobson. While they were here
MI. and Mrs. Olsen and Mr.
Jacobson and their guests spent
several days in Yellowstone
park fishing and sightseeing.
MI. and Mrs. Ed Larson and
MIR. and Mrs. Raymond Christy
and two sons, Gary and Gale,
of Sheridan we're at the R. B,
Saunders home on Monday.
WI have two platform rock
ers marked down to cost for
clearance, Elder Hardware
Adv.
MI. and Mrs. Fred r. Dankc
and son, Arnold, of Denver
COL, arrived in Hardin thll
week to make their home. Mr.
Danko served five and one-hal1
years in the army.