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Montana labor news., 1946-08-08
WALLACE Did ASK VETO
OF HOBBS bllLbY
PRESIDENT
by FEDERATED PRESS

Of
Of Secretary of Commerce Henry A..
Wallace in the labor press has aroused
considerable resentment among his
friends here.
formed labor press service tnot Fed
Grated Press vent as follows. In part
Secretary Henry Wallace was
given partial blame this week for Pres.
Humans signing the Hobbs bill to
which organized labor vigorously OBJ.
jected.
THE President asked all members
of his cabinet to make recommends
tions OH whether he should sign the
bill. Only Secretary of Labor Schwel-
lenhach recommended a veto. It was
learned. Wallace did not recommend
Il veto
Although FTP did not carry the story.
it was asked to state that there il no
truth in the statement. and that to
the contrary. Wallace submitted a
| written recommendation for n veto
through the Bureau OF the Budget. All
such cabinet communications are d.
rected through the bureau III the ex.
wecutive office.
Among other papers. the erroneous
story was carried under a two column
headline "Wallace Failed To Fight
Hobbs Bill in the July ~ issue Of the
Wage Farmer. official organ Of the
Assn Of Catholic Trade Unionists, in
Detroit.
Montana labor news., 1946-08-08
JERSEY WORKERS
PROTEST USE OF
ScAbS

Elizabeth. y J. tFPl-A mass de-
the gates Of the struck Phelps Dodge
Corp plant here July 81 and the sim
ultaneous sympathy stoppage by 90
600 United Electrical Radio q Machine
Workers lCIOl members in northern
New Jersey marked labor's indignant
reply to the corporations use OF goons
in Il vain effort to break the 1.month
uE strike.
The demonstrators, representing TO-
600 AL. co railroad and independ
on unionists Of the Joint Labor com.
mittro 70 settle the Phelps Dodge
strike, protested the recent shooting
of strike committee Bert Eckstein by
company oon They also denounced
the company's refusal t. negotiate
with the union.
Al the sam time 1900 UE workers
at tho singer Sewing Machine Go.
here. others IN Westinghouse plants
il New Jersey Bloomfield and Tren-
ton and additional unioui IS III score
OF plants throughout northern Now
Jersey conducted short %stoppages in
protest against Phelps Dodge
During tbs day state CO Chairman
Carl lIoldcrman conferred with city
state ana federal officials. seeking an
official INVESTIGATION Of Phelps Dodge
recruiting uf strikebr"akors ard thtir
80
Montana labor news., 1946-08-08
MODEL AIRCRAFT MEET
TO BE HELD IN BUTTE
AUGUST 18TH

The Butte Exchange club is spon-
soring the A. NJ. A. sanctioned Model
Aircraft Meet which is to be held Sun
day, August 25, 1916. This meet will
take place opposite the Butte Gun
club on Reservoir road, five miles
south of Butte. beginning at $50 a. m.
Contest rules provide that contest
flights be limited to ten minutes, with
the exception of a declared Record
Trial: no substitution Of planes or
parts is permissible; although a con-
testant may enter as many planes as
he wishes. each plane can be placed
only once III each event, all U-Control
entries will be subject to a physical
safety test. each contestant must fly
his own entry except in a case of a
physical handicap where a waiver by
the contest judges may be granted;
no metal propellers will be allowed.
Prizes for the five different events
will consist of gas engines. airplane
rides, model airplane accessories, and
other worthwhile prizes.
Those who are interested may
obtain further information and entry
blanks from the Hobby Center, 200
West Broadway.
Montana labor news., 1946-08-08
Clio AUXILIARY MEETS
IN ANACONDA THIS
next SUNDAY

The Montana State Council of Wo-
mems Auxiliary CLIO will hold its fifth
annual conference on Sunday II in
Anaconda.
Headquarters for business and
social activities will be in the Mon
tana hotel where delegates from Great
Falls, East Helena, Butte, Basin and
other points will be located.
Women Of the Anaconda auxiliary.
which is the hostess group, have plan
ned for a luncheon and dinner for
which reservations are requested.
A state board meeting will begin at
9 and the conferences will open at II.
Lodge business and election of Off
GERS will be followed by the introduc-
ton Of guest speakers, including Miss
Angelina Golubin and State CLIO presi-
dent, Mike Lacey, and other speakers
of Butte.
Current events OF special interest to
women will be discussed.
The present state officers and board
members Of the Women's auxiliary are
Mary Orlich of Butte. president; Thel-
ma Murray Of Anaconda, vice presi-
dent; Mary Green Of Anaconda. secre-
tary-treasurer and board members.
Margaret WIZARD, Great Falls: Cath
crime Penny, Butte; Ada Moe and
Eleanore Smole of East Helena.
Montana labor news., 1946-08-08
BUTTE MEAT CUTTERS
GO ON STRIKE

The Meat Cutters No. 326 went out
on strike Thursday. August /. because
the employers refused to grant a
reasonable increase in wages asked
by the Meat Cutters Union. 4 major
ity OF the markets. however. did agree
10 the terms asked by the butchers
and signed up only a few stubborn
employers refused to grant the re-
quests. The Butchers Union was very
patient in this matter and tried To
avoid any conflict. II Is anticipated by
both the union and the employers
that the difficulty will be ironed out
during this week.
II should be remembered that the
Meat Cutters have only had a dollar
increase in the last % years. Butte
should be ashamed Of itself because
these craftsmen are the lowest paid
IN their trade in the United States.
Some years ago the butchers worked
hours a day and sometimes ais
hours before they got out OF the shop
Then the people passed the hour day
10 the constitution which allowed the
meat cutters e come on shift az 9
and leave at 6. Hitherto. they had
been working from 5 until any time
they got through
Jimmy Iunney. business agent fol
Local 326, is being assisted by Stephea
II. Horn, international representativ
from Los Angels. Mr.. Horn had been
in Butte for the past several weeks
While here. he attended the conven
ton of sheep shearers which was held
at the Eagles Hall in the Miners Union
Building on the 18th day Of July
Montana labor news., 1946-08-08
OAK RIDGE ATOMIC WORKERS TO HOLD
NLRB ELECTION AUGUST 2O-22

Washington-fFP)-A spirited cam
paign for the richest prize in all Dixie
will be climaXed at Oak Ridge, Tenn.
Aug. 20-22 when the NLRB holds a
secret ballot election to determine
whether the AFL. CLIO or either labor
organization shall represent the men
and making Americas potent
atomic bomb.
Announcement Of the election date
was made by the NLRB here. marking
the second step toward democracy in
the 6 Ivy II mile area that is tightly
guarded by L. s. Army security regu-
lations.
The first toddling step Of the areas
residents toward normal expression. of
American democracy came Aug. /
when they were permitted to engage
III Tennessee's primary election bal
loting-a privilege that had hitherto
been denied them.
Both the AFL and CLIO have had a
host OF organizers at Oak Ridge for
several months, seeking to enlist
workers in the three huge plants that
produce the nations top secret
weapon.
Under the regulations announced
by the NLRB and approved by the
army's CO Intelligence and security
sections. balloting will be on an in.
dustral union basis in each of the
three plants. Ballots of each plant
will be counted Separately at the
Carbide & Chemicals Corp. Tennes
see Eastman Corp. and the Monsantc
Chemical Co
The rival union chiefs on the spot
in the guarded community neal Knox
vile are AFL Southern Publicity Di
rector James Barrett and Southern
Director Cole w. Danenburg of the
Gas Coke & Chemical Workers (CIO)
Barrett's forces 90 into the election
as the AFL Atomic Trades e. Labor
Council while Danenburg's local or
ganization is on the ballot as the CIC
Atomic Workers Organizing commit
tee.
Have Three-Way Choice
Each Of the production and main
tenance workers in the three plants
will choose between the two rival labor
groups or mark his ballot for neither
Montana labor news., 1946-08-08
oPA RULES GOVERNING
tenant EWCTI0NS

Every tenant should know the fol-
loving things about the new OPA rent
control law
Tie rents o. tenants twho live in
OPA Rent areas are rolled back to
what they were Oh June 30. Tenants
should not Yay more than they paid
on June 80.
Tenants Who are threatened with
eviction should report Immediately to
The opA rent office Many e~yictions
can BE- stopped or delayed by oPA.
Opa can do nothing TO get rental
units back for tenants who are already
eyicted.
OpA cannot help any tenant get a
refund for an o~yerceiling rent thar
was paid for the period from July | TO
July %.
Landlords who collected security de-
posits from tenants in rent control
areas during the period after July l.
1916 are given until 80 days to refund
the deposit.
Montana labor news., 1946-08-08

can Mining Congress scheduled TO be
held in Denver Sept. 9-l2, according to
mn announcement made by Julian D.
con rer. secretary OF the ASSOCIATION.
A. frcyiew OF the program for the
meeting reveals that the metal mining
industry viii focus its attention moi
only on The operating problems incl
dent 70 the production OF raw mater
ials hpt on the economic future Of the
industry and on tariff policies. federal
labor legislation. stockpiling. future
~ metal subsidies. manpower prob
lens. labor relations, unemployment
compensation. development OF ore re-
serves for the future. taxation. and
public land policies, The program has
been planned by a committee repres-
enting all metal mining areas. headed
~ J. Il. iiaffner. general manager OF
Bunker Hill < sullivan Mining & Con-
centrating Co. Of Kellogg. Idaho.
Ten sessions will be held. six OF
which will be devoted to policy and
economic matters and four to impro-
vements in mining and milling prac-
tice. mechanization for greater pro-
ductivity, geophysical prospecting. and
safety.
National figures who will address
the more than 2000 mining men at
tending the meeting include Interior
Secretary j. A. Krug and U. s. Sena-
tors Ed c. Johnson OF Colorado. Wayne
Morse OF Oregon. and Joseph Fl, Ball
Of MISUNDERSTANDING Record
Montana labor news., 1946-08-08
Investment Group Predicts
Full Year Returns Will Be
Greater Than In 1916
Sham OPA Law I~rgaIizc, BIackmarkct Prices
Plus. \ Some Indu>tric, Report 100 Per
Gent Profit Increase Over 1915

New lork-tFPD Op.As first comeback action was
to grant price relief to thousands Of manufacturers. profits
in the first quarter Of 1916 reached new heights and are ex-
pccted to continue their dizzy climb upward.
Virtually abandoning any plan OF relief for consumers,
OPAs administration of the new legalizcd initiation price con-
troll law is expected to increase the cost of living at least 20E
over June 80 levels.
Although consumers can expect rising prices to cut deeper
than ever into their standard Of living, a survey in Labor Re-
search Assn August Economic Notes revealed that big bust
ness looks forward to continuously booming profits.
In some industries. according to a Commerce Dept. report
on first quarter profits, "production and sales broke all pre-
vious records and. with the elimination of the excess profits
tax and some reduction in other corporate leves. it was almost
inevitable that net earnings would reach new highs
Montana labor news., 1946-08-08

II this period tile results were sur
ptisingly good almost half the manu-.
itcturlng companies included in the
tahulation showed higher ~firstquarter
profits after taxes than a year &
and more than a fourth Of those with
Increases had gains exceeding looee...
Poor reported
Despite pnssimism In certain Wall
street circles We lind the leading fin
aneial services ~viewing the future
quite hopefully Ira said Standard &
poors Oatlook July - predicted both
high corporate profits and more lib-
elal dividend payments" while In an
earlier issue the same investment
weekly declared Profits In prospect
for industrial corporations generally
over the next few years are likely to
make 1929 ad 1897 look small by
comparison"
The more realistic opinion in the
financial community" Ira said, lis
that profits III large corporations will
exceed any previous level and be
higher even than the swollen net
profits.of wartime Rising prices will
Increase profit margins
Big BIZ Fears Consumer Wrath
Although stock prices are expected
ia Join the upward trend, fear Of new
wage demand and buyers strikes are
credited BY Ira with keeping the
-. 4 ....f a. .,t.. t.l r.s
Montana labor news., 1946-08-08
PRICE CEILINGS have
Been TAKEN OFF

Price Ceilings have been taken off
thousands OF building equipment
items, including many items Of hard
ware, screening, cast and sheet metal,
heating and winter air conditioning
controls. valves and pipe fittings, and
plumbing equipment all furs except
mouton lamb Limitation beaver and
rabbit certain electrical equipment,
machine tools. petroleum. drilling and
producing equipment, mining mach
inery, farm equipment. Annual sales
Of this equipment amount to more
than two billion dollars a year. Many
items made of rubber. such as air
mattresses and pillows. bands and
cushions for artificial limbs. horse and
mule shoes, fruit jar rings, portable
bath tubs. medicine troopers, bulbs,
etc. rentals Of power lawn mowers
musical instruments and some sport
ing equipment gold and most gold
filled sterling foutain pens and mech
anical pencils photography serv-
ices, pho~tostating. blueprinting and
micrOfilming several types OF
clocks. machine-attached snap fasten-
ers, and rubber floor mats
Montana labor news., 1946-08-08
RECORD CROWDS ATTEND
DOG RACES

The Montana Greyhound Racing as
ISOLATION is being complimented with
record crowds at the dog track every
evening. The association is very much
interested in the American Legion
Champion Baseball team. The Ameri-
can Legion is sponsoring the meet.
Butte people enjoy the. dog races
and participate literally. Look in the
advertisement in this issue for prices
paid and for the news
Montana labor news., 1946-08-08

ing meeting. We want and need your
friends and your friends friends. Mis-
souIa. Sunday, Aug. 10. Mark it on
your calendar-spread the word-ar-
range a acknowledgements up the old
jalopy- load her full and be there.
Above all, let us know as soon as pos
sible how many will be in your party
and what you will need in sleeping ac-
commodations so that we can make
arrangements.
III see you at this assembly point
preparatory to another battle ground.
Sincerely yours.
Fred G. Huntington,
President MVA Association.
l.. S. United States Senator Glen II.
Taylor of Idaho will attend and speak
at our meeting. 1t is hoped that one.
possibly two other L. S. senators will
also be on the program.
Montana labor news., 1946-08-08
WDL Joins Fight for Vacation
Pay To Vets From GIN

New York City--fWDL)-Joining
the struggle TO make General Motors.
the worlds biggest industrial corpora
ton, give 1916 vacation pay TO return
ing veterans. the Workers Defense
League has offered aid TO the United
Auto Workers in its forthcoming
court case on this issue. The corpora
ton has refused on the grounds that
vacation allowances are based on a
percentage Of workers earnings for
the previous year.
You are undoubtedly correct In as
sorting that veterans are entitled 70
these allowances as a matter OF right
under the ~selective service law. Rev
Aaron S. Gilmartin. national chairman
wrote Walter p. Reuther. president OF
the JAW.
Montana labor news., 1946-08-08

Thanks to many hundreds of crusad-.
crs like yourself. MVA vol a smash
ing victory in the recent primaries.
This is a victory that helps turn the
tide. not only in Montana, but in the
nation. However. 1t is but one battle
in a prolonged war for decency, right
and justice. and to create opportunity
for full scale democratic development
of our great Northwestern Empire.
Corporate controlled forces of reaction
are still lined up solidly behind the
so-called unified or Power Company
Plans for Missouri Valley and Column
bia Valley Development. A harder and
still more important battle is coming
up in November.
To organize for more aggressive
action-to prepare plans and work out
s~trategy--to acquaint all with the
latest developments-to expose some
more Of the opposition's hole cards
to grid for action, there will be a meet
ing in Missoula, on Sunday, Aug. IS.
This will be nj ordinary MVA meet
ing. 1t will be a joint meeting of MVA
and eva officials. members, and SYM
pathizers with leaders and delegations
from Washington, Oregon. Idaho, Mon
tana and the two Dakotas. 1t is hoped
that the st. Lawrence waterway and
IVA will also be officially repres-
entcd. Details of the program and
names of nationally known speakers
will be announced later.
We want and need you at this rous-
Montana labor news., 1946-08-08

On The OASIS Of lirsE VlaflNr sNoW I
ings. Poor's Investment Advisory Sery,
ice. discussing retail trade profit
predicted that full year net profits in
most. instances should at least double
the favorable results reported IN
1916.
Except manufacturing, whore labor.
management disputes are in progress
Montana labor news., 1946-08-08
JOINT MvA, eva Conference WILL BE
HELD IN mISS0uLA AUGUST IS

A joint meeting of proponents of Missouri and Columbia Valley authorities
lay plans for concerted action in the next congress will be held in Misoula
Sunday August Is, Fred G. Huntnton. MvA president and Billings attorney,
has announced.
In announcing the meeting, President Hunginton released the following
letter which has been sent to the thousands of Missouri Valley Authority
supporters:
Montana labor news., 1946-08-08

The election ~circumvents a number
Of standard NI.RB Practices II is a
consent election, bit instead Of the
NLRB regional director paul Styles
OF Atlanta conducting il as provided
under the rules. 8 srecial NIRB rep
resentatiye, Charles VI Brooks will be
in charge.
All but two or three Of the ballot
boxes will be on company property in
side the reservation Because Of this,
union watchers viii all be security
cleared employees of the three on
Germs. None viii he fnll time union
employees.
BY agreement With the unions and
the companies. The army and NLRB
permitted the election without a hear
Ing. with no inquiry into the question
Of interstate commerce
Petitions for The election were filed
with the number Of employees marked
unknown" and ihe type Of product
similarity unidentified although it is
common knowled9e ihat the bomb is
made at Oak Ridea
While at one tiup the A-bomb plants
there had some $4,000 workers, the
joint payroll TOW wins to only 10000
and possibly less iAan $1,000 will be
certified as cligihl. voters.
Does Not Include white
Collar" Workers
Evening star., 1946-09-08

from States with worn-out soil were
much more likely to be rejected fol
poor health than those from States
where the soil is still of high
quality
The first indication of soil deple-
tion. Carver said, is a reduction in
crop yields. This will show up with
in the next five to 10 years at the
rate we are going" he predicted.
Actually we already would be
seeing lower yields if it were not
for the introduction of hybred corn. >
the bank economist said. Hybrid
corn gives a greater yield to the acre
and this fact has covered up the
drain in soil vitality"
Fertility May Be Lost.
- This fertility of the soil cannot
forever be drawn upon without
eventually overdrawing the account" /"
10 meet the problem of soil deple-
tion, the Farm Bureau is urging
greater use of high analysis" fer
tilizers.
In the past, the bureau said, "the
emphasis by many has been largely
on pounds and tonnage of mixed
fertilizers rather than upon pounds
G. plant food nutrients, and a low
grade fertilizer cost the farmer less
per bag or ton than one that car
ried a high-plant-food content.
The emphasis should be on cost
per unit of plant food rather than
on the tonnage of the fertilizer,
Evening star., 1946-09-08
Jews, Arabs Express Doubt
OF Conferences Success

JERUSALEM, Sept. (PD.-Jews
and Arabs of Palestine alike eX-
pressed doubt today that any i'm
portant contribution could be made
to solution Of the Holy Land prob
which appeared destined to open
lem by the London conference.
Tuesday with no Palestine repre-
sentation from either side.
The Arab press was unanimously
skeptical about the conference.
Jewish papers were not published
today because of the Sabbath. but
the general Jewish view appeared
TO be that little could be accom-
pllshed in London. Palestine Jews
and Arabs both have rejected the
conference.
The seven states of the Arab
League will be represented at the
conference and Khalidi expressed
confidence those representatives
would support the Palestine execu-
tlves inSiStence on "Palestinian
independence as an Arab state"
Evening star., 1946-09-08

patients, it was recalled that john
son experienced a slight numbness
in mis- left arm and hand last March.
A stroke in April was attributed to
a brain tumor, and an operation was
found to be inadvisable.
Johnson, after being in extremely
critical condition for several weeks.
rallied. A partial paralysis had set
in but he is believed TO have re-
sponded we'll to treatment.
Those who see him and those
at the hospital or Griffith Stadium
who receive occasional calls about
MIN are confident the general pub
lie. after all these months, has not
lost the interest and concern it
showed when he was so desperately
i'll in April and May.
He is in there pitching every
Gay" an old friend said of the man
who won Ala big league games and
set record of 3.497 strike outs be-
fore he retired in 1885. II know
Walter will win this one. too
Evening star., 1946-09-08
Canada S Wheat Crop
May Be 100 Million
Bushels Over Average
By Q. n. Mortinson
North American Newspaper Allionce


WINNIPEG, Sept. 7.-Western
Canada will harvest a wheat crop
of 430, 100000 bushels in 1916 as
compared with 282 900 900 bushels a
year ago and the 10-year average
of 347,000,000 bushels. The average
will be III bushels per acre as COM
pared with about Is bushels per
acre for the 10-year average, sur
vey reveals.
Many factors combined to take
a toll of the crop. with losses from
saw fly activity alone estimated of,
at least. 25000.0OO bushels.
Manltoba's wheat crop is placed
at 90 100000 bushels, or an average
yield of 2l.3 bushels per acre. This
compares with 100000 bushels
harvested in l945 and the 1888 1912
flve-year average of 56,340,00O
bushels.
SasEatcheWan'S wheat crop is
forecast at 224.000,00O bushels or
an average yield of Isl bushels
per acre. A year ago, Saskatchewan
harvested 162.000000 bushels of
wheat and her f1ve-year 1898 1912
average is 225 100000 bushels.
Alberta is expected to produce
l46 100000 bushels as compared with
80 100000 bushels in l945. The
average yield this year is estimated
at 1875 bushels per acre and the
five-year 1938-l942) yield averaged
Isl 100000 bushels.
There will be a wide variation in
grades this year, with Nos. 2 and
3 northern predominating.' Sas-
katcheWan and Alberta will show a
greater percentage of low-grade
wheat than Manitoba, as result
OF frost damage in these two prov
lnces during July and again recently.