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Montana labor news., 1946-12-26
Sickness Insurance Is Proposed

proximately $500, 900. This would leave
a balance larger than necessary to
cover administrative expenses. and the
reserve fund.
Some Other Hiehlights Of Report
Total benefit funds collected for the
past 10 years were 1872. 294,736. OF
these. S"27.733,S14 were paid in via
taxes by Montana employers. S2.922.-
CPS were federal repayments to the
state for veterans allowances. and ST.
616.139 represents interest earned on
trust funds.
Total benefit OUTLAWS over the 10
year period were s13.301,426 These
break down as follows. state UCC
benefits. SS,S31 .562. veterans unem-
ployed allowances. S2.951 .313. and ST.
51S.551 as allowances for self-employ-
ed veterans.
Highest amount of benefits paid out
in a single year was S2.912.226. from
July 1. 1910 to June 80, 1941. as com
pared with employer contributions for
that year of S2.TS7.742. lowest benefit
payments came between July /, 1914
and June 80, 1915, and were $73,431-
Employer contributions for that same
year were S3.551,535. Highest EN-
ployer contributions were between
July |. 1915 and June 80, 1916, and
totaled S3.7Sl.0S1.
The highest number of covered EN-.
ployers in the pre-war period was 10,
145 in 1871: in postwar period. the
first nine months Of 1916 found 10.
PSI covered employers. During the
war years, reflecting the fact that
Montana had little in the way Of wal
industries, there was an average OF
only S,S32 covered employers. Commits
sion estimates are that ii is but a mat
ter of months before there will be al
least II 900 covered employers in the
state. This does not take into account
the possibility that the legislature may
expand the classifications of workers
covered by unemployment compensa
tion.
Montana labor news., 1946-12-26
Differential Is
Cut In Packing
Industry

Atlanta. Ga.-The United Packing
house Workers tCIO) took a healthy
slice off the long hated southern pay
differential for men and women work
ers in its newly won contract with the
Cudahy Packing Co.
The contract gives the workers IA
~ q general wage increase, plus 81.
cents per hour for male workers IN
the company's plant in Albany, Ga,
and an additional &c per hour for wom-
Ell workers.
Previously the differential in south
ern packing houses was pc per hour.
The new contract with Cudahy reduces
the d~ifferential in that firms south
ern plant by slightly more than $3.50
and the remaining trio of the Big
-Four packers-Swift, Armour and
Wilson-are expected to fall in line
soon.
Montana labor news., 1946-12-26
LITTLE LUTHER

please pass the rlapiacks-' Little
Luther said in an appropriately mid
toni of voice. I'm hungry.
From Mr.. Dilworlh's end OF the
table came a deep silence marked by
the occasional slurp Of maple syrup.
Il said how about the flapjacks'
said Luther. raising his voice just a
little.
But you've already had two said
his father. raising his eyes for a
moment from his own stack. You
know I've made Il scientific study OF
this and I've calculated that on the
basis of the work you do. two medium
sized flapjacks is quite adequate to
replace the energy yon put out.
Then you musf be- substituting for
an atom-bomb pile if wheat-cake con
sumption is any index said Little
Luther.
THAT'S quite another question: said
Mr.. Dilworth SHARPLY. 'and if You dc
not watch your toneue, you'll find out
how much energy | can put out. After
all, | make the motley that pays FOL
these pancakes"
YES, you seem 10 keep your cor
poration full. whether its flapjacks
or finances. | guess you squeeze YOU
Little Dimity diapers to the last droI
too. But there's 4 fallacy in your figur
ing" said Luther. picking up a crum'
that had escaped his eye. IF | hadn'
run down the corner to Greenshaw's
grocery last night for flour and i
MON hadn't got mp early to whip III
a batter. all you would have had is {
plateful of greenbacks and silver fo1
breakfast. And il may he ont of order
but | haven't heard any rnmors tina
you handkerchief those Dimity diapers
yourself. either. The way | see it, yol
do nothing but live on other people
honest labor. Nov how about anothe
flapjack?'
You'll see it differently when | &c
through panning you, growled MI
Dilworth. "Shall we make an appoint
ment for the woodshed where we cal
engage in a little genuine correctly
bargaining?'
Montana labor news., 1946-12-26
BY UNION DOCTOR. NJ. D.

Second of a series Of 4 articles)
Last week we described how hun
dreds Of unions made a logical ADJUST
ment to the governments wage stab
ilization policy during, the war. Faced
by steadily rising prices at the same
time that employers were accumulat-
ing the biggest excess profits IN MS
tory. they developed a new issue for
collective bargaining. Through sue
cessful negotiations for group lnsur-
ice they won important protection
for their members against various eX-
penses arising from sickness.
This type of coverage has been i'm
properly called health insurance for
many years. 1t is a long step IN the
right direction, since it recognizes the
employers responsibility for the
health of his workers. And partial pro
lection is bci'-r than none at all,
especially il management pays the
whole premium.
Union members have a right tc
know. however. that they cannot sit
back in the belief they have achieved
complete security against sickness
once a health and accident clause OF
a disqualification expense clause has
been written into their contract
Group insurance is not all that it's
lcracked up to be.
Not Broad Enough
First, it is not health insurance in
the true sense of the word, since sub
Montana labor news., 1946-12-26
Taxes and Wages

some tax experts. who are. We suspect in the upper income brackets
suggest that the base Of the taxation system must be expanded sc that
as they say-"Every person will feel that he is paying a share of HIS
government.
Just how much of a share do the people in the lower brackets pay,
anyway?
II is estimated that before the war, about zoo OF the income OF a
l0wraid family went into taxes. This a a tremendous proportion
So high that it was not equaled except in the brackets above 5000
4 wear With high wartime taxes, and adding in state and local taxes
The rate is now even higher
fHeh taxes on such low incomes actually deprive people of bare
necessities. If the taxes were removed the tax money would be
spent on food and clothing and other necessities which cannot be
bought today for a family of four for less than $4,000 a year.
Taxes that reduce consumption hurt at two ends. They hurt those
whose consumption is cut. and they reduce the amount of goods and
services that can be sold. Thus. they cut production, throwing higher
paid workers ont If their jobs that much sooner. They also cut farm
income and this again cuts the amount of production that can be
bought.
To develop a tax program that encourages consumption, find the
basic income needed for health and decency and tax only above that
level Taxes on lower incomes should be at a lower rate than those
on higher incomes, since a 2G tax after exemptions, on a low income,
obviously hurts much more than a higher tax rate II a much higher
income
In view OF the high wartime taxes our tai system is for the moment
progressive Will ii remain that way if the federal government reduces
taxes in the upper brackets primarily. while states impose sales and
other nuisance taxes
Are we headed for the same situation that created the depression
oil the 1905? There is a general agreement that reduction of taxes
on income At a time when capital and idle savings werep iing up at a
tremendous rate. was one of the factors that brought on that depression.
Montana labor news., 1946-12-26
TAX EvADERS SHE'LL OUT

Washington.-Investigations by the
bureau of internal reevnue have net
ted Uncle sam s54G, 900, 900 in the first
four months OF 1916, the Treasury
said Dec. II. Most Of the money came
from unsuccessful tax BIZ
hapls involved Jack Berman Atlanta
truck and bus operator, and Charles r.
Prettyman, Jr., attorney and real es-
tate operator Of Neosho, Missouri.
Montana labor news., 1946-12-26

That. too, was the mouth organ for
pro-nazi groups in the L. s..
Now He's a Digest Editor
Stewart is under indictment for per-
jury in connection with some Of his
testimony when a grand jury looked
into his nazi ties. Eggleston is not.
Instead he is one Of the editors OF
Readers Digest.
Readers Digest also has other inter-
esting contacts with men who had
contacts with nazis. Paul Palmer, a
former editor of American Mercury
magazine, was friendly with numer-
GUS official and unofficial nazis, ac-
cording to Rogge. Among his close
friends was Lawrence Dennis, who
looks upon himself as the intellectual
leader of L. S. fascism. Palmer, too,
went to Readers Digest as an editor
from 1899 to 1915.
In the summer of 1871 he prevailed
upon Readers Digest to hire Dennis to
do q series of articles. In Dennis own
words: Last June, 1911, l did some
work for Paul Palmer of the Readers
Digest. | did n thing for them and |
got $500 in 1871. l had lunch with
DeWitt) Wallace. He is the editor
of the Readers Digest. Wallace had
lunch with me last spring and he
said he wanted me to line up a set of
articles on this quart Of milk for
everybody in the world, and freedom
from want and poverty and all that
sort Of thing, the pros and cons, and
he said he would have to be very care
full not to let it be known that he was
using me in any way.
"He said: You will have to stop
your letter before it gets you in Jail.
dennis was writing a private pro
nazi newsletter at the time.) They are
not going to tolerate that kind Of free
speech now"
Wallace Paid Hush Money
Dennis said Wallace also arranged
to give him a monthly stipend Of
$500 il he would shut down his news
letter. and negotiated the deal thru
a public relations counsel "in order to
keep the thing very confidential"
Readers Digest is very sensitive
about IFS relations with these men.
Top officials like Wallace are hard to
get to see but they write long letters
defending their hired men who are
known to have worked With the nazis.
One of the more important of Read
ers Digest editors. asked by Federated
Press about the relationship, brushed
it aside with You know. there were
Il lot of us who opposed getting into
the war before it started And
man of the right to make a living just
because Of a little thing like that?'
Montana labor news., 1946-12-26
NICE CHRISTMAS PRESENT

Philadelphia -Thirty-three hUnureu
members of Local "a. Transport work
ers Union lCIO). have received about
800 each as half-payment OF retro
active wages due them from the
Philadelphia Transportation Co Totai
payments. which will come to S'oo,ooo
will reimburse workers who were en-
ployed in duties above their JOB classi'
lications for the last two years.
Montana labor news., 1946-12-26
tat LABOR LAWS FAR
BELOW STANDARDS
OF lilo

Observation-Disclosures the com
mon boast that American living stan
dards are the highest in the world.
American labor standards in many
cases fall below the international
standard set by International Labor
Organization convention.
That was the gist of a speech to 200
delegates to the Labor department
conference on labor legislation here
by assistant secretary David Morse,
who heads international activities of
tho department.
The shortcomings. Morse said, arise
from the fact that the United States
constitution requires regulation OF
workers in purely intrastate establish
ments to be left in state hands. Many
states. he showed. have not yet enact
ed labor laws up to the recommended
standards which the ITO has set for
world labor. Among them he listed.
1. The lo~ngstanding lilo convention
prohibiting night work for children un-
der Is in manufacturing, and the re-
cent inclusion of mercantile employ
ment. Only one state meets the manu-
Featuring standard. none of them meet
the mercantile standard.
2. The lilo standard requiring medi-
cal examination of persons under Is
entering employment has not been
met by II states.
3. The principle of one day Of rest in
seven has been made law in only sew
en- states.
4. Only is states have an S-hour day.
iS-hour week requirement. and these
apply only to women and minors.
5. Although compulsory universal
c%overage is the first principle of work
mems compensation. only 30 states
make it compulsory and many workers
in small establishments are excluded.
Only 80 per cent of the employed
workers in the United States are coy
cred by workmen's compensation laws.
6. Although the ILO standard calls
for q j-day waiting period in compen-
sation, only 10 states have so short a
period.
Z. Twenty eight states pay less than
the lilo standard Of &C 23 per cent of
the wage i'll compensation benefits.
Workers earning only $500 per yeal
are still taxed on their inadequate in
comes.
594 Americans have been lynched
since 1919.
Montana labor news., 1946-12-26
OUR TAX PROBLEM
Nv ARrHu A. ELDER, ALL Tax Consultant
tSecond in a Series of Articles on Taxes
A Limit On Income Taxes

4 proposed amendment TO the I. : Constitution is gong The ROUNDS
Of the state legislatures. 1t calls for a limit of 25t on the income tax
that HE federal government may collect from any individual
This is called tax relief. For whom is il relief? Obviously only
tor the taxpayers in the upper income brackets. When the taxes IN the
upper brackets are cut so sharply. the only way 10 make up for the
loss is to put even more of the burden on the lower income groups
This proposal. then. is designed to shift the burden from the upper
10 he lower brackets.
n is in direct violation of the wellestahlished tax policy that rates
should be established according 10 ability to pay.
The state legislatures that are approving this proposal are riding 10
an awful fall They seem To have forgotten the depression days when
they We're begging the federal government for more and more financial
ala II those days return. the federal government will have TO be able
h. Levy high income taxes if il is to meet the states needs
Not only are they helping cut off a source OIL help they will probably
need i'm the future. but they are helping produce the depression that will
make The need acute
When the people in the upper brackets are relieved of taxes. that
fact does not increase the amount of goods and services they buy Bt
when those in the lower brackets have 10 pay higher taxes they cant
as they need. That means that higher taxes in the lower brackets
reduce production and start the nation toward unemployment and de
! preston.
Montana labor news., 1946-12-26
.CN Head Declares
War On Unions
Again
BY PRESS

Bosion-As the United Auto Work
ers tClO) executive board ended its
sessions in New York with an appeal
for a real collective bargaining ap-
proach from industry on its demand
for a 23lac hourly wage increase.
Chairman Alfred p. Sloan OF General
Motors Corp. virtually declared open
war against the union.
Addressing Il luncheon of the Boston
Chamber of Commerce at the Copley
Plaza hotel. Sloan outlined a broad
plan for smashing labor's rights and
indicated that he regarded the auto
industry as the testing ground for the
coming battle.
The idea that a wage increase is
justified souLdly by an increase in liv-
ing costs is an economic absurdity,"
Sloan declared. Centering his attack
on the monopoly ASPECTS of unions,
the line of battle which was mapped
at the recent Natl. Assn, of Manufac-
~turers convention. he demanded that
the sherman antitrust law be con-
verified into n weapon against unions
and proposed that the jurisdiction of
any one union be limited by law ito
the point where the public interest is
not substantially p~rejudiced by
strikes"
How About Dissolving Trusts,
Such AS GIN?
To accomplish this he urged either
dissolving existing unions into parts
or limiting the power Of unions to pre-
vent industrywide strikes. Directing
his fire against the Wagner act, he
1 principle of equal rights for ALI and
! special privileges for none then the
! Wagner act either falls or must be
drastically amended
| Among other things, Sloan demand
/ ed:
F! /. Freedom Of speech for employers
J to propaganda employees agains'
] unions.
| >. A ban on industry-wide collective
! bargaining.
! -. 1ONll IttltW Vi ull dulululStI dllNt
! decisions. including those of thu
NLRB.
4. Penalties against unions fol
! breach of contract"
5. Prohibiting foremen from joining
| unions.
/ 6. O%utlawing the closed shop.
! Z. Intervention in the internal af
J fairs of unions to provide for demo
cracy."
s. Prohibiting unions from making
!. contributions and, as such, supporting
political activities" Requiring them t.
make public all their financial opera
tons.
o 6. Heavy penalties against "al
n forms Of violence and coercion whicl
in the industry lexicon refers to mas
/, pickcting and other forms Of economi
pressure.
10. Unlimited right for employers t
70 petition for bargaining elections.
If Sloan praised the Truman admins
ia tration's elimination Of price control
as che first national step taken in tn
le dill ection we must ultimately 60"
Montana labor news., 1946-12-26
READERS DIGEST HIRED NAzI AGENTS,
SUPPRESSED RoeGE REPORT SHOWS
BY MIRIAM KOLkIN q ALLAN l.. FLETCHER
FEDERATED PRESS

New York Readers Digest tn title magazine with III big cfculatoh
has tied itself to the coattais OF a paid nazi agent
Tho publication, which has been buying pages of advertising IN III labor
recently IN an effort to sell labor peace" is the present employer of a
John Rogge. former assistant ATTORNEY general. al N Of the receivers Of
Montana labor news., 1946-12-26

Workers earning only $500 per year
are still taxed on their inadequate in
comes.
594 Americans have been lynched
since 1919.
Montana labor news., 1946-12-26

That. too, was the mouth organ for
prO-nazi grouDS in the l.. s.
Evening star., 1946-06-29
Is Receive Permits
or Nonresidentia|
Building in Area

Thirteen applications for nom
residential construction and repairs
valued at $195, 500 were approved
and nine applications valued at
s188,998 were denied for the Wash
ington area during the last week.
That announcement was made
yesterday by Edward M. Synan
manager of the Civilian Production
Administrations District Ccnstruc-
tion Office.
Since the inception of the con-
struction limitation order March
26. Mr.. Synan's Office has approved
297 construction projects valued at
$13,569, 1873, and has denied 202 jobs
valued at s10,318,025.
Projects approved follow:
Peter Robbins, erection Of reinforced
eeenerete stairs 1101 street NV,
City City Bank. installation of air-condition-
inss Ninth and Massachusetts, avenue,
J, Giunrid. and Bro. concrete floor
station, 1880 North Washington Boulevard,
Arssph Ri1ef Terrace IRA ehuTeh conversion of
frame building into church, South cor
ner Clay street and Anacostia avenue,
Joseph H Fleitell. alterations to store,
1o0T-1@O9 street NE. $4,000
william w. Leishear, erection of truck
storase garage. 944 Golden street SW..
5000.
Pan American Union, alterations to
building, Pan American Union Building,
Seventeenth and Connecticut avenue,
$4,000.
Ellsworth ]. Randall, erection of auto
repair shop, 5000 Dix street NE. $1,000.
The New Colonial Hotel Inc, irstalla
tion of conditioning. 1855 Fifteenth
street NV. $4,000.
Comdr. Eugene Carusi and Helen. C..
Lombard, alterations to office building,
s16-S2O Thirteenth street NV. $4,000.
Robert o.. Scholz Co. Inc, alterations
TO once building, $40 Seventeenth street
NV, $4,000.
Continental Baking Co., installation of
boiler, 64l S street NV, $4,000.
Evening star., 1946-06-29

summer the Saturday holiday Will
be In effect.
Evening star., 1946-06-29
THE EVENING STAR, Washington. D. c.
SATURDAY. JUNE ~, 1916

remodeling the house, you should
engage the services of an architect,
but if this is not possible, perhaps
a competent builder will do a good
Job. If the contemplated remodel
ing concerns the heating system
only, consulting heating engi-
neer would help advise and plan
the whole layout. For the name and
address of an engineer near you,
write to the American Society, of
Heating and Ventilating Engineers,
81 Madison avenue, New York City.
OF course, this service is done for
a fee.
Settlement and Cracking.
Question: My brick house is built
in an ell shape. The ell has settled
and a large crack has formed in
the wall Of the main part of the
house. How can this be remedied? 4?
Can you give me an idea of the
cost?
Answer-You should call in a
competent building contractor to
make thorough examination of the
foundations, footings and all other
structural parts of the house. Let
him take care of the work and do
not delay too long, as the condition
is none too good. He is the one
to give you an estimate of the cost.
tReleased by Consolidated News Features.)
Evening star., 1946-06-29

Form CPA-43S6 Nonfarm applica-
tions should be directed to the local
FILA office, farm applications to
the county agent Of the Department
of Agriculture.
PR-33 establishes priority ratings
for materials for building which is
deemed essential to the Veterans
Emergency Housing Program, and
the local FILA Offices are giving
quick action on applications fol
such ratings. Materials to which
these "HH" ratings apply include
common and face brick, clay sewer
pipe, structural tile, gypsum board
cast-iron soil pipe, bathtubs, lum-
ber and other items.
A veteran may authorize a builder
to use such a rating on his behalf
or the builder himself may obtain
ratings in order to build homes for
sale or rent to veterans. Applicants
must furnish description of the
proposed structure, and the pro-
posed sale price or rental must meet
with FILA approval.
Applicants must further show
that they will be ready to start con-
struction within 80 days, and that
all arrangements for land, financing
utilities and permits have been
completed. The accommodations
must be made available solely to
veterans during construction and
for a period of 80 days thereafter,
and a sign to this effect is to be
displayed on the construction site.
Any purchaser Of the property Is
Evening star., 1946-06-29
Wood
Continued From Page B-l.

dence for more than five families
$1,000 limit.
Restoration of a dwelling after a
disaster such as a fire or flood
$4,000 limit
Any job whatsoever costing less
than 5000 may be undertaken with
out authorization. The limitation
order also does not apply to re-
painting and repapering; or to
greasing, repairing or installing re-
placement parts for existing equip
ment, where no change is made in
the structure itself.
Authorization Forms.
Individuals who wish to construct
housing prohibited in this order
may apply for an authorization on
Evening star., 1946-06-29
First Aid
Continued From Page BID

an old house. Where could we OBJ
tain help in drawing plans for such
remodeling and installation? We
have some ideas of our own, but
thought a heating engineer could
figure out if they were practical.
We cannot afford to engage an
architect.
Answer-If you are planning on
Evening star., 1946-06-29
Navy Yord to 10y OFF $500

PHILADELPHIA, June 20 (P.-
The Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
Will lay OF men at the rate of 1000
3 week commencing July IS, Com
modore A. I. Mckee, commander of
the yard says. Commodore Mckee
said reduced appropriations make it
necessary to cut the present force
OF IL, 900 by $500. The wartime peak
was 10000.
Evening star., 1946-06-29

pledged to the same 30-day prefer
ence for veterans In the event of q
resale, and the sale must be made
at or below the maximum sales
price originally paid.
Released by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.)
Evening star., 1946-06-29
materials and new methods OF con-
&truction.

The Frank s. Phillips real estate
firm today announced return to the
organization of Earl w. Farr, jr.,
who served two years in the Navy.
Mr.. Farr was appointed sales depart
ment manager. He formerly was en-
ployed in the sports department Of
The Evening Star.