The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-05-24

! speaking ABOUT InlS Ioller Bailey
he's a darn hard guy to dislike-that
know. However, don't be taken in
| by his charm when it comes to this
issue of the senatorship. Only wish
he would get on the side of all that's
right and good for the people of Mon
tana for change.
I. I. !.
Saturday afternoon I took time off
from remodeling the bathroom to at
tend a portion of the meeting of the
Montana State Federation of Labor
Executive Board at the Placer hotel
in the interests of seeing established
strong, active organization of tech
nical engineers here in the state. For
some time there has been growing
sentiment in Great Falls and Helena
among engineers and craftsmen for
the organization of Union to collec-
lively bargain for them. More recently
added emphasis to this need has been
evidenced in Butte with the firing of
over a hundred technical men by
the ACM because these men refused
to "scab" in mines while the strike
was on. The organizing of engineers
and craftsmen to bring about better
working conditions and financial re-
Enumeration more in keeping with the
skill necessary to perform such work
is long overdue here in the state. For
too long have employers of engineers,
architects and other technical men
considered such men necessary evils |
to their operations, and in most cases |
paid only bare survival wages rather
than what they would be forced to if |
these professional and semi-profession- |
al men had Union to collectively bar
gain for them. Such niggardliness is |
not confined to private employers |
alone. The state legislature in it's ap-
for the highway depart |
ment, water conservation board, etc,
has always proven to be most miserly
on the subject of salaries. State en-
ployees might we'll take a page from
the activities of federal employees
who, through Labor Unions have ac-
much in recent years to
bring about higher federal wage stan
1ards. So long as state employees re-
main unorganized, then so long will
hey be numbered among the forgot
en-" income groups of our present
lay national economy. At this time
here is but one answer-UNIONIZE
hat you may be in a better position
O collectively bargain with the next
tate legislature. For further details
Irop me phone call at 26-J, Helena
central.
4. i. I.
Willard Bullerdick who for almost ,
score of years was associated with {
he Choteau Acantha at Choteau,
topped in to the office this week
ar. Bullerdick very soon will start a ,
in the thriving town of ST. !
gnatius in the beautiful valley just
0 the west of Montana's scenic won +
er, the Mission Mountains st. Igna- E
ius is one of the oldest communities
4 the state, having been established
lmost 80 years ago by the Jesuit mis-. G
ionaries.
X X X t
More opposition to the sales tax
as forthcoming at the April meeting n
f the Dodson Farmers Union No. 500, b
hen members of that body went on
ecord unqualifiedly against sales a
TX in any form. Keep up the good
ork, farmers, labor-impress upon
our prospective legislators, the gov p
nor, and all other sales tax propon- a
ats that you want none of this Mon
ma Tax Evaders association scheme Il
shift more and more taxes on to fl
10 common people of the state. In
st they make stand on the issue b
sfore election, better still, do your W