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Detroit evening times., 1946-01-23
ATTENTION!
CALL HO S558
RADIOS - All makes repaired. work
guaranteed. East Side. LIE e535.
RADIO AND CHANGER

Service. 2a-hr service on request: city
wide calls. 81 or bring In store
OPEN Ewes TIE 1-7l40
IDEAL HOUSEKEEPING SHOP
SOFT Woodward at Warren
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PLUMBINC-SEWER SERVICE


A la CLEANED electrically drains and
sewers. SIS 20 SIS. Work guar. Any.
time Anywhere. TIE 2235e,
Al ELECTRIC sewer cleaning; work
guaranteed. Call any time. TIE 2-3o13.
AL Sinks Cleaned aetf.e-sewef
service, "a hr. We T-3l75. UN 2-2654.
a LICENSED vET-Repairs. electric
sewer cleaning. anytime. TE l-3454.
ABBOTT Sewer Service-CIeaned cleo
tricany all hours and sunday. S6 TO
SIS Free Est. Guaranteed TY 7-7ees.
ALL PLUMBING repairs and complete
installations VI. Swartz. UN 3-ss54.
ALL SEWERS and sinks Electrically
cleaned, boilers Installed. rY 75i1o.
PLuMR.- DIGGING 10 MESS
Sewers. drains electrically cleaned: IS
years exp. OR 2f4a: TO s-7s5o.
ING REPAIRS, ALTERATIONS. BATH.
ROOMS TERMS TO s035
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RADIO SERVICE
Al ANALYZING
BADGE RADIO
r CT 47s1

Any tube replaced--Eet your radio r'fy.
ing, changer. car and home radios ~
paired 24-hOur service
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GAS HEAT

Reconversion burners available now Ap-
proved by the American Gas Association.
iagr-hoHr service. Complete instaiIat ton.
s2l0. FILA terms no 4374.
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;CREENs-sToRM SASH
Sewing MISUNDERSTANDING
TILE AND WALL TILE

SPECIALIZING On beeMg machine re-
palts oi a makes. ~ 5-43s1.
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2 YOU Ike o. draw. sketch ot paint
,life Tor Talent Test tNl fte C.s.
-e and occupation address B11 B-zue7.
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HELP WANTED--lnsiruciion

uruJt STEERING sprin trs. ,tprrrrrt
fap ~ac.s nice slap 1881 GO Fi,r
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Is Your Furnace Sick?

Call P \ KILLER Furnace Doctor AIR
and beat runs Installed Equipped f0r
prompt cuick scryice day ri night.
p q miller sheet Metal VI i-l6I9.
at7s " Lafayette
or BUPs'FR aud gcser service FRED
LAW HFFNCE To f-fhtl
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-23
PLUMBING AND HEATING

AL PLUMBING AND HEATING. Make
your hot water heater automatic s2s
complete. Gas heat installed no down
payment. PinWee e5O5
All Sewers Opened
ELECTRIC MACHINE
ALL HOURS. INCLUDING SUNDAYS
TE 1896 TU 2-7472
Montana labor news., 1946-08-15
REuTHER APPEALS FOR
CONTINUING BATTLE
ON Initiation

Flint. Mich. lCNS)-The fight for
price control is only the first step in
the battle against initiation. unemploy
ment and depression, Walter p
Routher. UAW-CIO president, told a
meeting OF union members and con
sumers here. July 23. at rally open
ing a campaign to raise 100000 for a
coop super market The auto workers
president said one of the most vital
next steps is the organization Of con-
sumer co-operatives on broad scale
10 establish democratic ownership Of
distributive and productive facilities.
Reuther called on the consumers of
1 Flint to get behind the cooperative
movement and join in the work of
/ building new democratic controls over
the economic system.
He said that consumer co-operativcs
establish such democratic controls be-
cause they give the people ownership
Of the machinery of production and
1 distribution. and return patronage di.
vidends to the consumers The coop
system eliminates unearned income
and increases purchasing power. h.
declared
AS President Of the UAW-CIO," he
said II have directed the Education
Department Of the union to place the
organization of co-ops near the top OF
our agenda We are really going io
get serious about co-operatives. and
throw our full strength into building
them in cooperation with the Coop
erative League and the progressive
farm organizations"
Montana labor news., 1946-08-15
BUYER RESISTANCE CAN STOP PRICE
RISES, SAYS ECONOMIC OUTLOOK


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Montana labor news., 1946-08-15

Chairman Paul r Smith Of the
Montana Railroad aud Pubic Service
Commission announced recently that
an investigation llo the telephone
service in Montana is being made by
the commission 1lephonc J companies
and supervision .9i them is placed
under the Public service Commission
by Montana law
Many complaiu have been re-
ceived from diilellt parts Of Mon
tana as to unsatisfactory phone sorN-
ice in the last s,t al months These
complaints incMAp unusual delay in
receiving an alsN-f rom the operator
excessive delay receiving reports
back on calls placed and poor or in
attentive service ne complaints re-
ceivcd involve all HE large systems
operating in MoiHt and many Of the
smaller indepeiRs f systems
1t is cXpecfe. vat many of the
causes for soN nd unsatisfactory
Montana labor news., 1946-08-15
DOG RACING EXTENDED
TO AUGUST 81

Because Of the great lnteret shown
by the people of Butte and vicinity IN
the Greyhound racing the Montana
Greyhound Racing Association has an
nounccd that the races will continue
through August 3
Each evening except Sunday. there
will b. ten races \ new feature OF the
races will commence on Monday Aug
nst - when electrical appliances will
he eiean rs gate prizes These appli-
eane arr now 90 exhibit At The race
track
ros time for the tirsi race each
evening viii continue az 500 p m
rnire timo Racing fans are advised %
COM carly for the best seats
Montana labor news., 1946-08-15
18th CONGRESS Needed Man,. But
RESISTED LABOR, SAYS Nam. NEWS

New York = tFP) - Topping Con
gress' long lists of gifts to the Natl
Assn of Manufacturers was its deci
sion to stay out of Washington until
January, the NAM said candidly in its
weekly newsletter Aug. 3 as it rated
the congressional voting record the
best--for big business-in the last Is
years.
The fact that Congress did not want
fall session lis an encouraging bust
ness factor to the extent that the work
left undone at the Capitol consists
of thousands of bills which would i'm
pose additional costs or regulations or
BOTH on industrial enterprise the
NAM News said.
"A majority Of the Congress has had
no liking for this legislation, and since
VI Day, it has displayed more back
bone than any Congress in decade
and a half in resisting New Deal bur
eaucrats labor and the do-gooders
who now constitute major nuisance
in economic and social life
THE reconversion picture would be
far less encouraging today If the con-
gress had not resisted the ill-advsed
S25 per week federal unemployment
compensation program, an immediate
increase in the minimum wage rate
the socialistic full employment pro
gram and the OPA-Bowles philosophy
of boosting wages without compensate
ing price increases .
THE congress showed definite de-
sire to protect the system of private
enterprise. 1t voted relief from the
excess war profits tax, discontinued
the re-negotiatlon Of profits law
Montana labor news., 1946-08-15
BY NELSON CRUIKSHANK

Social Insurance Director for the AFL
Congressional failure to bulge an inch on
the Federal Health Bill must not be allowed
to obscure the fact that we have gained con-
siderable progress in the last few months for
national health insurance in America.
This is a necessary social advance which
the American people want, as has been shown
by every public opinion poll. But the Ameri-
can Medical Association has fought the pro-
posal bitterly, yes fought it with quack medi-
cine. in the mistaken fear that the legislation
would cut the income of doctors and ply
sicians. And congress thus far has seen fit
to string along with the association.
But the opposition is weakening When
the American Federation of Labor enlisted
in the fight for broader social insurance we
knew that victory could not be attained in
day or in year Now that we have won
ground, we are encouraged to renew the
drive for this legislation next year with in
creased hopes of success.
Public hearings conducted by Congression-
al committees this summer clearly demon
strated that the main argument of the opposi-
tion does not hold water. They asserted that
Federal health insurance is unnecessary be-
cause voluntary health plans now in effect in
Montana labor news., 1946-08-15
READER OFFERS PARTIAL SOLUTION
T0cITY FINANCE PROBLEM

reporting tax due the city of Butte
by the Butte Water Company that has
never been paid at any time since it
became law
In 1908 the supreme court of the
state Of Montana. in an action en-
titled Helena Water Company VS.
Settles, decided that the entire vaua-
ton Of the Helena Water Works Com
pany, private corporation at that
time, was taxable by the city and the
school district lying within the city.
This decision of the supreme court
was obeyed by the company and they
paid taxes on their full taxable valua-
ton to the city and school district
from 1908 until they sold their proper
ties to the city of Helena. at some
later date.
1t was argued at the time that water
for domestic purposes had but little
value where impounded but that this
same water became very valuable
where used (Which is at the consum
els pISHllotSJ duu tHtItlOIe SuOulu Dt
taxed where used, which is within the
city and in the school district Of the
city
The county of Silver Bow collects
taxes from the Butte Water Company
on taxable valuation of over 500,
100000 and the city collects a tax from
the same company on taxable yalua
ton of about 100000. The city oi
Butte and school district No. l should
collect taxes from the Butte Water
Company on the same taxable valua
ton as the county collects its taxes
from this company
The proper procedure is for the City
Tax Commission to appear before The
County Commissioners when they si
as the Board Of Equalization and re
quest them to tax the Butte Wate
Company, according to law on thei
full taxable valuation for the city O
Butte and school district No. /.
am sure there will be but littl,
opposition to this increase in take
as the officials Of the Butte Waite
company are we'll aware Of the fac
that they have been evading this tax
Montana labor news., 1946-08-15

ara aiding ihe Mead committee in its
continued Investigation u the wide
spread Carson interests
Another possibility for future In
quiry WAS raised by Sen Glen Taylor
IL Ida who has alleged that rail
road executives in army and navy uni
forms approved excessively high rates
during the war for government traffic
and that they have since returned 10
their old employers and been rewarded
with promotions
The ralefiNins american Assn Of
Railroads which holds the Interstate
G . M N cree Commission practically
powrrless had made blanket denial
of the Taylor charges but an inquiry
into the facts Is certain to be made
Taylor documented his statement
with names Of the officers and the
railroads to which they returned after
serving terms uf military duty as
sporfa'ion rate experts.
Montana labor news., 1946-08-15
MAYOR WON'T PERMIT
COUNCIL TO SLEEP
ON TAX QUESTION

One Of the most fantastic cpl
sodes Of the Butte city council oc-
Cured on Monday and Tuesday
when a deadlock occurred over the
adoption Of budget. The scrap ap
peared to be over whether the coun-
Gil should increase the pay OF the
firemen and the policemen.
Barry O'Leary. mayor, refused (,
entertain a motion for adjOurnmen
and the council has been in session
since Monday and this IS Tuesday
afternoon The spectacle Of the alder
men sleeping in their chairs Is no.
very cdfyina
The whole trouble probably lodges
in The objection of the Anaconda Min
ing Company the Montana Power
Company. the Milwaukee Railway and
the Northern Pacific. to pay their just
portion Of taxes so that the public en-
ployes. fircmen, policemen and others
can receive a living wage
Montana labor news., 1946-08-15

and resisted numerous proposals TO
put the federal government III direct
competition with busincss
1t provided in the Ops extension law
a program to liquidate lllal agency
within year.
Under headline. NAA1 lccded
Often AS 18th Congress Wrote Record
OF Help To Enterprise ~tunt Atten-
ton To Left:sts. Ike -..AM Tailed its
legislative scorecard as follows.
Eleven bills which it supported were
passed.
Three which it supported We're d.
feated
Three which il opposed became law
Ten which it opposed were defeated
Congress is returning home to face
IAN uncertain electorate which is
being emolionally stirred by the co
PAC and the ncwly-organized AFI-
PAC." said the neY sletter, but il car
ries with il the blessings Of the NAM.
Montana labor news., 1946-08-15

sections of the city. They are we'll
stated and equipped to handle your
every need in the meat line
Only 81 Boost Since 1923
Investigation by anyone interested
will disclose that the Butte Meat Cut
ters Union members have secured
wage increases amounting to only 81
per day in the 23-year period extend
ing from 1923. This compares very un-
favorably with what other Unions in
Butte and throughout the nation have
secured in the same period of time
At the present time the wage scale for
lowest in the nation. Weekly scales
as high as SIS prevail in all the neigh
boring metropolitan areas extending
from Butte to the coast
Taking into consideration the four
years of apprenticeship necessary be-
fore becoming journeyman butcher
we are sure the general public of
Butte realizes that what the members
of Butte Meat Cutters Union No 1926 is
asking for now is long past due them
and that they are certainly justified
in their demands
All market operators in Butte know
that it has been necessary for them to
pay from S55 to S65 per week for
meat cutters during the past several
years. Any attempt to frighten the
public into thinking that our new con
tract will cause higher meat prices in
Butte is simply without foundation.
We will do everything in our power
to arrange for continuous operation
Of all those markets that have signed
our new agreement If any one Of them
closes their doors you can be sure
it is as a result of pressure brought
to bear on them by the Employers
Association or the large Meat Pack
ers
In recent newspaper advertise
ment several dates in the month of
August were referred to- We want to
assure the public that the local Silver
Bow Employers Association, which
represents the few holdout operators.
have not met with us since July Goth.
We stand ready and willing to meet
with them at any time. Strike Com
mittee. Butte Meat Cutters Union
Local No. 1926
Montana labor news., 1946-08-15

money available for buying il, and its
not dvflationary effect. while difficult
70 estimate, certainly is not overpow-
eyiuS
W. would be ilaavised to rest
Easy III he SIMPLE faith that produc.
ton will rise like a cool tide to quench
the fires Of initiation Long before the
slow creep of those waters reaches
The bonflre consumers either will
NhaVsled the funds which they have
@ spend or viii have quit feeding
their dollars into the flames because
hey have discovered that they are
s'okrs the fire that is giving them
roasting
Montana labor news., 1946-08-15
War Profiteuing Probe Scope Is Widened
BETTER HEALTH FOR AMERICA

many cities offer a better medium of group
Insurance.
his argument was demolished by the tcs-
tNen> given at the hearings by experts In
laei the director of one of the most success
fHi voluntary health insurance groups told
congress that it cannot begin to meet the
needs OF the American people and that it
offers no protection to the people who need
Insurance moSt-thosc in the lowest income
brackets
enc by one we exploded other arguments
e proved that the bill does not entail Fed
eral RECOMMENDATION of the medical profession,
thai II Will increase rather than reduce the
income Of physicians and that it will not in
tericrc in any way in the freedom of choice
bN doctors or in the freedom of choice by
patients.
- Ihus the air has been cleared of the propa-
rinda harrage laid down by reactonary
forces III the path Of this great undertaking
You can be assured that national health in
surance is coming in America. with your sup
port It will not guarantee that every
American will always be healthy But it
Will insure all the American people against
the costs Of medical care and save them from
vast amount Of tragicallv unnecessary i'll
hess due to their present inability to pay
doctors bills
Montana labor news., 1946-08-15

to the Union demanding overtime TOT
the sixth day The Union demand is
simply for 40-hour week at $50 and
no demand has ever been made by us
for overtime on the sixth day. Ar
rangement OF the working days in any
shop is determined by the shop man
ager
The Butte Meat Cutters Union has
signed working agreements with the
owners OF 80 butcher shops in Butte
which is fair indication that the
contract which these few operators re-
fuse to sign is considered fair by a
great majority of the total market
operators in Butte The following meat
markets have signed our new agree
ment with us and we urge you to give
them your patronage:
These Markets Are Fair
Excelsior Market, 422 n. Excelsior
St. Supreme Market e. Grocery, S15
S Main St: Contratto's Market, 665
Maryland St. Dolilles Market Utah
Ave. Floral Meat Market. 2940 Floral
Blvd. Waldorf Market, 120 w. Park
St: Victory Market, 105 +. Park St:
Miners Market. 60 Main St: Meader-
ville Ccserani's Grocery. 2200 Leath-
erwood: Pay n Save Market Harri-
son Ave. Mcqueen Market. 2125 Yew
St. Mcqueen; Chadonich Market 300
Cherry St. McQueen Becky's Market,
7i0 W. Granite st.
New Park Market. 615 w. Park St;
Standard Market, G77 SO. Main ST.:
Pay n Takit Market, 554 So. Main;
Jim's Market. 11i0 +. 2nd ST.; Smiths
Economy Grocery, 240o Harvard Ave; !;
Murphy's Cash Market 1905 S. Mon
tana: Montana Cash Grocery Col S.
Montana. Better Meat Market. 203 S.
Main, New Grocery & Market. 745 +.
Park st. Meadervile Mere. Co., AZ
Main. Meadervile; Montana Market
4 Grocery 491 T. Park ST. Richards
Market, 1905 Garfield Ave, Lester
Market, II w. DAILY Walkerville;
Geralds Market. 403 ~ Main St;
Hancock Market, 33 W. Granite St;
Fishers Market. 116 n Main St: Cav
anaugh Grocery Col +. Mercury Cot
tage Market. TAO W. Park St. Di-
mems Market, 703 n. Montana St;
] & ] Market 800 +. Park St, Cobban
Market. 1859 Harrison Ave. Carts
Food Shop, 1927 S. Montana ST
You will find these markets in all
Montana labor news., 1946-08-15

munitions scandals, actually tn pis
ger fish haven't yel been hooked
Among the other subjects soon "a
be aired by investigators here is tile
famous canal oil project a. Wartime
cxtrayaganza that vas 10 have cost
the nation an estimated Sli million.
but wound up with an outlay Of SO
million
There's also the probe OF the pre-
Pearl ilarhor construction work III
Hawaii. with confused pictnr" rs 10
the exact role OF Col Theodore Wy.
man who was in charge The Wyman
probe Involves such characters as tho
American fascist George sylvester
Niorck and the california state un.
American activities committee Both
Nierek and the Little Dies commit
tee are oul TO smear Wyman and both
have been aided by General Counsel
II Ralph Burton OF Rep M:y's Ilouse
military affairs committee
The Wyman case will be opened
soon by Il subcommittee Mead Is send
Higgins Says It's Barroom Gossip
ing to Hawaii
Down in New Orleans. the Depart.
menl Of Justice has started an inyes
tigation OF Roatbulder Andrew J
Higgins, whose firm is accused Of max.
ing false and fraudulent claims against
the government
! Higgins hotly denies the charges as
"barroom gossip. and promises q
showdown
Another warmade giant, Henry J
Kaiser. is the target OF Il similar in
vestigatiotl It's announcement was
roundly chneefd by the COP and those
who bitterly fought The New Deal pro
gram
kiser replied With Il statement that
he is ready and eager 70 testify and
that he wants To tell the country the
real story which has never been heard
before
The West Coast indusirialis' wants
a congressional examination Of The
steel industry Amoug the questions
Kaiser wants answered are these
| Why L S Sl~l Corp spent s4ao
million Of he governments money 10
build is Geneva Ulah plant and then
bought Il back FOR zoe on the dollar
Why ihr government furnished
the steel corporations over 81 billion
for steel facilities and the corpora
Montana labor news., 1946-08-15
PREDICTS DEMOCRATIC
VICTORY THIS FALL

Washington tFPl - Democratic
Nat. Committee Chairman Robert +.
liannt gan predicted a democratic vic
tory ii November on the basis OF the
defeat OF Rep. Roger Slaughter Cd.
Mo n the Missouri primary.
Slaughter was officially opposed by
President Harry 5. Truman and the
victory of Enos A. Axtell In the
kansas City district was seen as "a
strong vote OF confidence in President
Truman
Axtell will oppose the republican
uomiaee. Albert L. Reeves, Jr, In the
November election.
Montana labor news., 1946-08-15
OPEN LETTER

Butte, Montana
August s. 1916
The Ways and Means Committee
Of the City Council
City
Gentlemen.
Being one who is highly in favor of
the city police and firemen, being paid
a living wage and having heard that
owing to the financial condition of the
city at this time there is some hesi-
tency on the part of the mayor and
council to grant this increase, am
Montana labor news., 1946-08-15
DeCoNTRoE BOARD NAMES TWO

Washington tFpl The Price Con
irol has named David Cobb a So year
rid attorney as us general counsel
cobb has hern With the UNRRA as
istau' general counsel since his
discharge from The navy in February
belmar benam II Washington has
betr named The boards director OF in.
formation IT, Is 35. ana formerly with
OpA's Information section
Montana labor news., 1946-08-15
for many years.

for many years
Trusting this communication VIII
assist the mayor and city council In
their present financial difficulties, |
remain,
Pat c. Sullivan
402 West Mercury
Montana labor news., 1946-08-15
Misleading Az: Il; ~.'.:,,rified w., By
Butte Butchers Union
IS Meat Markets Have Already Signed New
Contracts; Butchers Have Had Only
Sl.OO Raise Since 1923
YES, LET'S LOOK AT THE RECORD!

To The Union Men and Women and Friends of Organized
Labor in Butte:
This message you from Butte Meat Cutters Local
No 1926 and put aid you in forming fair opinion
the controversy existing between Butte Meat Cutters Local
26 and few market operators belonging to the Silver Bow
Employers Association In recent newspaper advertisement
these operators eneavor msead the public by referring
Montana labor news., 1946-08-15
R.R. COMMISSION IS Investigating
Telephone COMPANIES

service viii be corrected during the
course of the investigation The com.
mission viii take appropriate action
10 correct any causes nf unsatisfactory
service which remain after the nvosti-
cation is completed and the true facts
asccrlained
Mr. Smith stated he expects 10 re-
ccive the cooperation Of the telephone
officials IN finding and correcting
causes OF the complaints and that The
Montana Railroad and Public Service
Commission will take all proper means
within its power to improve the tele-
phone service available 10 the people
81 Montana
FLASH-The City Council at its
session Tuesday granted the fircmen
and policemen s. per day increase
beginning August l. 1916, and end
ing March l. 1917. Continuance Of
boost after March ! is contingent
upon action Of Legislature.