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Evening star., 1946-11-03
Aiding Dismissed Workers

The veteran Federal employees
who, after many years of faithful
service, find themselves suddenly
out of their jobs because OF the per-
sonnel-reduction program are thor
oughly entitled to the special con-
sideration which the Civil Service
Commission is giving to their plight.
The employees in question are not
emergency workers taken on during
the wartime expansion of Govern
ment agencies. They are career men
and women, some of whom have
served for fifteen or twenty years.
They have been forced out by appli-
cation of both the employment CELL
ing and of the veterans Super
seniority" rule, undef which World
War II veterans receive preferential
treatment.
The commission hopes to aid the
dismissed employees by placing them
on furlough for year. During this
period they would draw no pay but
would retain their status as civil
service employees available for i'm
mediate unemployment without ne
cessity of submitting to written tests,
physical examinations or other pro-
cedures. They would thus have
priority over new applicants for civil
service jobs. If re-employed, their
record would show no interruption
of service.
This gesture will be hollow one,
Of course, unless vacancies occur
which the discharged workers can
fill. The trend now is toward fur
ther retrenchment, especially in the
war agencies. Congress ordered a
100000 personnel reduction by July l
of next year and the new Congress
is expected to be even more econ
omy-minded. AS the Joint Economy
Committee recently pointed out,
however, the reductions in a number
of the war-born Offices have been
partially offset by expansion of some
of the old-line departments and
bureaus, particularly the Veterans
Administration. It is in this post
war enlargement of a few agencies
that places could be found for many
of the deserving men and women
who have been squeezed out Of their
jobs. This would be happy solu-
ton of a distressing problem, and
one that would benefit not only the
employees affected but the offices
fortunate enough to obtain the serv-
ices of experienced workers.
Evening star., 1946-11-03

ance of the law that prevents employees
from entering and leaving their place
of work.
"Allis- Chalmers has offered the union
a wage proposal in line with national
pattern of 1914 cents. Five cents was
granted production workers last fall and
the additional 131b cents was offered
to the union even before the strike was
called. The company has further Of
fered the union a voluntary checkof
but has refused any kind of maintenance
of membership or all-union or closed
shop.
"The company is offering contract
procedure adequate for the processing OF
employe grievances, but with controls
necessary to prevent repetition OF past
abuses on the part Of union leadership"
nsorth American Newspaper Alliance, Inc.)
Evening star., 1946-11-03

and put In still more successfully run
ming order the necessary machinery BY
swhich the greatest amount Of spiritual
illumination (synonym for light and
TRUTH may be generated among man
kind; how best prepare to receive and
transmit the spiritual messages Of the
fathers Of the Republic; to carry out, as
far as practicable, the suggestions Of the
spiritual congress: In short, to determine
among ourselves what legislation in be-
half Of the organization is necessary, on
the part of this national association, that
shall best serve the spirit world or
spiritual forces now working through
such human instrumentalities as are
here and elsewhere found available"
A PRAYER for WISDOM" written by
George Lansing Taylor. D. D., L. H. D..
was feature of the
HoIi of History program arranged for
T.remonv the formal laying Of
the cornerstone Of the
Hall Of History Of the American Uni
yersity, as chronicled in The Star Of
october 81, 1895. Bishop Thomas Bow
man actually placed the stone. Its con-
tents included Bible, a list Of trustees
and oficers, copies of washington news
papers, a Masonic calendar and other
documents. Bishop John F. Hurst exc
planning the purpose of the new insti-
tuition of higher learning, said: Our
object has been to found here q uni-
versity in harmony with the great de.
mands of the century and to furnish
facilities equal to those Of the foremost
universities Of the world"
For many years one OF the best.
known men In washington" Lloyd
Moxley died at tbs
Mr MoxIey's home Of his sister, Mrs.
neoth Elizabeth Shoemaker,
SIT Thirteenth street,
October "a, 1896. The Star. discussing
his demise, recalled that he had been
a resident of this city for the better part
of his life." At different times he had
been manager of Carusi's and the Cam
terbury Thester. Later, he practically
controlled the outdoor advertising IN
washington and was well known as the
city bill poster" He also owned pro-
prietary medicine which proved quits
a successful venture" BY these and
other means he accumulated quite .
tidy fortune" Hearing Of his death, an
associate testified: II have had dealings
with him for many years, and never
knew him to do . small or tricky thing
Of any sort
Evening star., 1946-11-03

places 1t more in line with farm
prices as q whole. AS of Friday,
the trading In the exchanges was
quite vigorous. On its face, the re-
cent tumble thus seems to have been
something which the Nation-apart
from the bruised speculators-can
take in stride, without much worry.
Evening star., 1946-11-03
Fifty Years Ago


Of October II, 1896, explained that: "The
event of next week
Sunshine and will be the produc-
Temperance ton OF The Sun
shine of Paradise
Alley at the Lafayette Square Opera
House, when Denman Thompson and
George w. Ryer, authors of (the) last
ing success, The Old Homestead will
endeavor to show the one half OF life
how the other half lives-if it doesn't
know it already. The simple story fol-
lows the theme of the well known song
from which 1t takes its name" Four
scenes were indicated-an East River
dock and Brooklyn Bridge, the apart
ments of Sunshine and her mother, the
famous Paradise Alley itself and Bronx
Park in autumn. Sunshine was "a very
pretty and very clean girl whose mission
in life is to induce fathers of families
to take the pledge. She is successful,
but her proteges break their promises
often enough to provide some thrilling
acters-"a splendid company Of play
ers."
The Star on October Is, 1896, an
nounced that Helen Keller; blind, deaf,
scentless, tasteless," had
Miss Keller passed the Harvard ex-
To College animation with credit
and will enter Radcliffe
at a younger age than most freshmen"
Born in Alabama July ~, 1880, "at the
age of Is months she lost all senses ex-
oept that of touch" but learned to speak
and understands what is said to her by
resting her finger tips on the lips OF
the speaker" The article concluded
with the words: "Her requirements
have been the marvel Of educators
everywhere" Half a century later. Miss
Keller deserves such a compliment more
than ever. Her triumph over circum-
stance has encouraged literally thou
sands Of other Handicapped" people.
Front-page space was accorded in The
Star of October 10. 1896, reporting the
marriage Of Miss Mary
Miss coIdwelIs Gwendolin Caldwell,
Wedding founder OF the Divln-
ity College of the
Catholic University, and the Marquis
Des Monstriors-M The cere-
mony took place at st. Joseph's Church,
Avenue Hoche, Paris, and Bishop Spal-
ding of Peoria, ILL.,, guardian and ad-
ministrator Of the estate of Miss Cald-
WELL" oniciated. It was noted that "the
music was superb" The guests in at
tendance included: The Duke and
Duchess Doudeauville, the Marquis and
Marquise De Micecourt, the Count De
Turenne and the Marquis De Vogue.
Meanwhile, somebody attempted to de-
stroy the King and Queen Regent Of
Spain by blowing up the railroad at
Sumarraga. The two stories shared the
same column.
The fourth annual convention of the
National Spiritualists' Association Of the
United States and Can
Spirituolists ada was called to order
AssemhIed at Masonic Temple on
October 29, 1896. and
The Star of that date carried complete
account OF the proceedings. Harrison D.
Barrett Of Lily Dale, N. Y, presided. An
address of welcome was delivered by
George A. Bacon, who said: "The ques-
ton that presses In upon US at this time
! more than at any other Is how to equip
Evening star., 1946-11-03
Foreign Policy Wreckers

II Henry A. Wallace thinks that
the Russian political purges were of
great benefit to the world, as he is
reported to have told students at
the University of Wisconsin, there is
no occasion for undue surprise at
any attack he might make on our
foreign policy structure.
With the fullest allowance for this,
however, as well as for the extrav-
agances that seem inevitable in the
closing stages of our political cam
paigns, Mr.. Wallace's current attack
on Senator Vandenberg will come as
something of a shock to most Amer
leans.
According to the Wallace thesis,
the Michigan Senator's show of col
laboration with Secretary of State
Byrnes on foreign policy issues is
no better than a mask for his sin
lister designs on the Russians. Sec
retary Byrnes, Mr.. Wallace would
have us believe, is a nice fellow and
a reasonably good Democrat, but not
quite bright enough to cope with the
willy Senator Vandenberg. And it is
the latter, Mr.. Wallace says, who is
the real tough guy" behind Amer
lean foreign policy-the modern
Machiavelli "who really hates Rus
sia."
If this nonsense were coming from
Mr.. Wallace in his recently decreed
role as private citizen, if it lacked
any suggestion of authoritative
sponsorship, 1t might well be dis
missed as a political speech and un-
worthy of comment. This is what
Mr.. Byrnes has done. But the fact
is that Mr.. Wallace spoke in ca
pacity somewhat different from that
of private citizen.
In his prediction tour he is ap-
pearing as spokesman for the DEM
ocratic Party, and failure on the
part of the party leaders to disavow
what he has said could properly be
interpreted as an Endorsement of
his remarks. Actually, however, far
from disavowing anything that Mr..
Wallace has said, the recognized
spokesmen for the party are ratify-
ing the substance of the Wallace
speech.
Thus we find Senate Majority
Leader Barkley stating that he
"gravely fears" that our present BIZ
partisan foreign policy would not
long survive a Republican majority
In Congress. If the Republicans win,
he says, the Nation can then "say
good-by to any real hope of further
progress along the hard road to in
ternational friendship and peace"
This, coming from man of Sen
ator Barkley's stature, can be inter-
preted only as product of political
desperation. But the important
thing is that, in its impact on the
public mind, there is little difference
between what Senator Barkley is
saying and the views expressed by
Mr.. Wallace. Both of them are
guilty of knitting our bipartisan for
eign policy in the hope of securing
some partisan political advantage.
And it is they who should be clearly
identified as the wreckers If the re-
suit of their efforts is the destruc-
ton of the united front on inter-
national issues which has been 50
painstakingly formed in recent
wears.
Evening star., 1946-11-03

The administration is rushing to
decontrol foods and commodities
through fear that voters may de-
control Democrats in Congress.
Evening star., 1946-11-03

Salaries of teachers certainly re-
fute the theory that 1t is more
blessed to give than to receive.
Evening star., 1946-11-03

Does any one remember back to
the good old days when the town
market was the public meating
place?
Evening star., 1946-11-03

The lifting of meat controls
marked the day when the moo re-
place the boo In the stockyards.
Evening star., 1946-11-03

suit of work, interfering with an officer,
or cutting trolley wires on street cars.
Law enforcement authorities, stating
that spectators were causing much Of
the trouble, decided If necessary to dep
utize every spectator present to main
tain peace and order" This decision
is based upon statute empowering
them to deputize civilians when law and
order breaks down.
Mayor Arnold Klentz Of West Allis,
alarmed at the turn of events, tele-
graphed Secretary of Labor Schwellen-
bach, urging that he attempt at once to
have the company and union resume
negotiations.
Both the union and the company have
presented pleas to Gov. Walter S. Good
land. The union asked Gov. Goodland
'to ask the company to close its plant,
stop violence and arbitrate the issues
in dispute" The union charged that the
company had employed "hoodlums and
strike breakers to provoke violence on
the picket line"
In reply, Walter Geist, president Of
the company, denied the charges and
said that 'the only real issue in the
strike is whether the company shall re-
tain operation OF It's business or whether
UAW Local 248 shall control it," Geist
added, obviously, this Is not an issue
for arbitration"
Geist charged that the "falsehoods"
being put out by the union ARE part of
the Communist tactics being employed
by the irresponsible leadership of Local
248."
w. G. Vancleaf, director of industrial
relations of the company, told this writer
that the company would not negotiate
while there Is illegal pdcketing in def
Montana labor news., 1946-04-18
LET CONGRESS KNOW

Organized labor /, letting It's repre-
,entatiycs in Conpre> know il i, watch
ing their vote on The following lcgis-
lation
CAST Ellf air. 52o2l
Ntiongi senate labor committee has
taken ont ,4nc 81 worst provisions, this
bill remain "a anu labor measure.
Nife senator. to vote against
lit NTH BILL q loom
Maener Murray Dinecll bill SET, up
Z. health insurance ,sstcm paid ior by
payroll deductions. bringing medical
care il All Mirc senator to support
Milen iatur committee reports bill out
PRICE CONTROL cir S270j
ls'cnd, Oi'A another year. Tell al
e%pfe,emote 3, and ,euator, TO support
tut d All Ncabenng amendments q
tered ~ minority member, q liaus'
hankaae committee.
HOUSING dir Al
senate commune action N restoring
r,, e~cilne, on existing homes am
subsidies l1r hei,icncok materials max
TIL, a mu>' measure Nlre member
u huli mouse, - support
Montana labor news., 1946-04-18
G. l.. K. smith
SENTENCED
TO SO DAYS

enc N,O ~ OPP a 90 day jail
scntcno, was slapped on Gerald l.. \
smith. Nlncrica FIRST leader. hprll \
ior contempt oi court during trial OF
o, his AIDES. Ar,hur " Terminello,
Who Mas later convicted ot di>ordcrly
conduct and lined 500
smith and his publicity agent. Don
l.uhbcek. wcfr citcd ior contempt March
Is when ,hcs passed out statements III
the courtroom calling Tcrmincllo's trial
a cold bloodcd persecution Scn,cnc
ing Of Smith was postponed until the
conclusion Of his aides trial.
In passing sentence. Judge John y,
Mccormick said III the conduct oi
you and your associates III and towart
an American court OF law affords 4:
test oi your attitude toward othe
J American ,%nsttutions, il behoove
Americans to look squarcly at the phi
losophy which conironts them Re
leased on $1,000 bond, Smith said h,
would appeal the verdict The Americ.
ltlrsi leader still awaits trial on charge.
81 di>urdcrly conduct growing out OF .
Fascist rally held here February 7.
Montana labor news., 1946-04-18
DOWNEY ASKS NLRB
TO CLARITY
.CANNERY DISPUTE

san FRANCISCO. ~ dFP) - Giving
up plans for further hearing, III the
yamncrN dispute between the Inter
national l,fn,llerhpud 81 Transfers
CAl'lA and Food. Tobacco and \gri-
cultural Workers fClDl. senator Sher-
dan Downts 10 has returned 10
Washington
"An immediate decision pn legality OF
the NiRE order would clarity the stu
alton he SAID. referring IL the Nl-RB
ruling that the California Professors
and Growers association Mas to siRr
| no union contracts until the outcome .
a collective bargaining election between
the rival unions. The NIRB mus,
adm, that it docs not have the power
to enforce lis order or to convince the
AIl MOI that ii does" he added.
CONTINUED rPe,A negotiations with
the MI has led 10 RI A. tilitp a com
plant nih The NJ RI While charging
|%"collu,ifc acton between plant officials
and tcamstcrs." ETA has offered TO
co operate arlrtratc and meet with
other union and the industry ~ an
effort 10 settle the dispute
lnl international Representative II,
mar Mohn ,aid the NIRB order created
q 1heA dai ior ruthless employers. who
Guild pick and choose between the
Nl'l and the raiders, and destroy the
Mage and condition, Ne fought nine
years to establish
Montana labor news., 1946-04-18
F. 7. A. PmLLY
STRIKE ENDS
in VICTORY

PHILADELPHIA. - Ip1 Hail
ing 'onc Of the outstanding labor uuion
victories III the tobacco industry 1tl
members nt Food. Tobacco and .Ngri-
cultural Workers (CIO) April 9 unani-
%nlousls ratified a contract settling the
,ix-month Strike in American Tobacco
company. Settlement. ending a two
year fight for a contract with the maker
Of Lucky Strikes. had ALREADY been
approved by workers at the Trenton
| y. J.. and Cllarles1un. s. e., Pants.
The wage Increase is II cent, al hour
ior all workers now earning under 81
with 4 IS per cent raise for those earn
inp more than 81. Workers on Roi-
Tan cigars Will get Sl.I per thousand
with SlS71s Tor workers on ilavanas.
Other gains include time and one
hall for overtime IN excess OF eight
hours a da, or ~ a week. siN paid holt
days a year with double time il worked
Jour hours call-In pas regardless OF
available, no discrimination
against strikers. maintenance Of mem.
bcrship after a >evcn-day escape period
and grievance machinery
The contract runs lot a year, witt
a no-strike. no lockout ,lause. Com
menting on the strike. winch was backct
By a nationwide Go BOYCOTT OF Amer
lean Tobacco products. ETA Vice Pres
ldent Lewis Bentley said II was ON,
OF the outstanding labor union Veto
ric> in the tobacco industry ant
viii 90 lar to setting d pattern Tor tht
industry throughout the nation The
Negro people Of all three cities should
be especially commended Tor their un.
wavcring support and solidarity
throughout the strike.
Montana labor news., 1946-04-18

WASHINGTON. = (FP) - House
supporters Of the Pepper-Hook IS cents
minimum wage bill moved into action
with the formation OF 4 House mini
mum wage committee pledged to fight
for it3 passage
Montana labor news., 1946-04-18
LABOR ARTICLE
A MONTH IN
IEX-CI MAGAZINE

NFW YORk.-tFP)-An indication
OF veterans interest in organized labor
is seen in the contents OF Salute, the
new magazine produced by former ed
itors and writer's OF Yank and Stars
and Stripes, whose second issue. now
on the newsstands, features an ex-GI's
interview with John l.. I.ewis-"I .abor's
Angry Man
Salute's maiden issue contained
Bread and Butter Front an article
explaining problems OF jobs. wages and
higher living costs facing the veteran
aud how unions help him solve them.
Statutes editorial director Durbin Lee
| Horner told Federated Press a labor
article will appear in every issue be-
cause "a good many million veterans
are union members-and labor plays a
| vital part in issues like housing that
concern veterans.
The May labor article. BY Dewitt
Gi.lpin, explains many things about
Lewis that veterans might not know
how, before the war, "a red-hot Go
New Dealer who iathcred Labor's
Non Partisan league, to mobilize the
labor vote Tor Roosevelt in 1886. today
is a Republican, back in the .AFL he sc
bitterly attacked and miles apart from
the Go on attitude toward prices,
wages and political action.
Salute sells for Is cents on the news
stands. Address. Vet Publishers, Inc.
~ Park Place. New York 7. n. Y.
Montana labor news., 1946-04-18
MURRAY SC0LDS RADIO INDUSTRY
MATCH CARTEL
BROKEN

NEW YORK.-tFP)-The intrrna-
tional match cartel inspired by War
Kreueer. Swedish match king who ON
mitted suicide in 1892 alter swindling
millions on an international scale. died
BY consent decree in federal court here
April ..
The dominant American. Swedish and
british match manufacturing firms on
>entcd to dissolve the cartel which the
Justice department had charged with
restricting production OF matches. iiN-
ing prices, control OF production oi
chemical, used in match making and
dividing the world market. The com
plant. filed in May. 1914. charged tina,
the cartel controlled patents. raw mate
rails. chemicals and processes To main
tain lis grip on the industr, and pre-
vent competition IRON entering the
match market.
Firms conserving To the decree IN
cluied the Diamond Match cumpan,
and subsidiaries Universal Match com
pary. Ohio Match company. Lion Mattel
company, Swedish Match company. OF
Sweden. a kreuger concern. and The
Swcdi>h-owned Trans-.American Mattel
company and New York Match com
pails.
Montana labor news., 1946-04-18
SILVER BOW TRADES
AND LABOR
COUNCIL E0TES

The Silver Bow Trades and ab
Council had a regular quiet scsslon,
although a number OF things ii interest
came up. \. resolution was received
from the Mis>oula Count, Central la
Dor Council pertaining 10 control OF the
atomic bomb. The resolution is printed
elsewhere III this issue.
4 letter was received from the social
security board explaining the difference
between unemployment insurance and
the social security system. The letter
is as follows.
TWO INSURANCE SYSTEMS.
DON'T CONFUSE THEM!
People sometimes confuse their rights
and responsibilities under the old-age
and SURVIVORS insurance program with
those under unemployment insurance.
To help keep these W. insurance sys-
tens straight III your " thinking
here are a few important pointers t.
remember
O1.D-AGE AND SURVIVORS, IN
SURANCE benefits are paid by The
United States government under tlt
social security act to you and Your tam
ily-if you qualify at age d, or over
and are no longer at work. Or they
are paid to your family If you we're in
surcd at the time OF you d~eath-what-
ever Your age. Before you can collect
old-age and survivors insurance. you
must first file a claim for benefits a,
your local social security board field
office.
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE.
or unemployment compensation, is paid
out OF state funds under state unem-
ploymcnt insurance laws. Benefits are
paid if you are eligible and no suitable
work is available. The, are paid with
out regard to your age. Before collect
in unemployment insurance, you mus
first register Tor work at your loca.
I. 5. employment office, and then ill,
a claim Tor benefits al your local state
employment security office. CBoth q
these offices are usually located in thu
same building)
The engineers union. No. 80. informed
the council that it had submitted a seal,
Of wages TO the highway department
The wage scale as submitted was ap
proved by the council.
The bus drivers reported that tn,
union had signed a new agreement will
the Butte City Lines providing for
substantial increase in wages.
The miners kept the council informe,
OF the negotiations with the compan
and the government. but made no pre-
dlctions as to a settlement.