The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-05-24
'HITLERISM' IN WORST FORM IS Being
PRACT|CED IN MINING CITY
ACM Intolerance and Discrimination Against Its Salared
Employees Bitterly Contested by Butte Citzenry

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The montana Anti Discrimination League recently
formed Butte and by about 80 labor
tons is worthy the moral and financial support of all right
thinking in this community regardless the aeg
of these people might feel they the company
The action of the officials of the Anaconda Copper Mining
company in dschargng employees who had been their
for simply because they would not bow the will
these officials and become Scabs by going behind
the fence and bearing against their fellow citizens
Hitlersm in its worst form and if armed forces fought
this to democracy then is high time
ed practcng democracy in this community if Macarthur
make work in Japan certainly should be able make it
work here
Not many months ago meeting held the Fox The
atre protesting intolerance Many of the clergy and others
from all walks of life attended this meeting including
of the high officials of the Anaconda Copper Mining company
All present appeared to be against intolerance of kind
being countenanced in this community and at the time
peared that all present sincere in their desire
eliminate intolerance.
What has happened change the views of these officials
of the Anaconda Copper Mining company? They respo
sbe for the discrimination being pracced the Richest
Hill Earth at the present time and they do not know
that intolerance and discrimination practically the
thing it is about time they informed of that fact
Would Not Destroy Ideals Democracy
There about 1885, of these former employees who
long union) whom the company refuses
work. not because they took active against the
during the strike but because they would not destroy
their ideas of democracy by bowling to the will of these
pany officials and making themselves what known
circles as the lowest form of human life, 'SCAB"
Many these born and reared in Butte and many
of them have lived here many years and the positions that
the and with certain amount of security Cor
they thought Many of them have families and of them
tear themselves by the roots sacrifice their homes and
become wanderers the face of the earth until they for
tunate enough to secure another position?
One of these discharged has been employee of the
for AT 80 of this time working the
station technical and responsible position All but
this station have been laid off, leaving the he'll
metweang miners at the of who know practically
nothing of the art of taking of these helmets
of the other paraphernaa used in fighting fire. which
sdered technical work. requiring considerable expert
The members of the stations take of
injured workmen and getting them the surface requires
considerable skill the discharge of these experienced men
and their replacement by of experience angle
of the companys boosted SAFETY FIRST?"
1t certainty that the will lose by replac
these experienced by with little SKILL so
the only conclusion to is that this vicious
tack these who refused let the officials
do their thinking for them This most certainly intolerance
Unions Proposal Given Cold Shoulder
When the miners negotiating their contract with the
without prejudice the would forget about
who worked behind the fence and the company would
rre all whom they had discharged because they would
work behind the fence The spokesman for the in
explosive and in words not printable informed
the that they, the company would hire whom "THEY
JOLLY WELL Pleased but not in those words.
One hardly believe that such condition could exist
part of "BOASTED DEMOCRACY" but these 1875
who being Disseminated against know that
this condition does exist and should be the duty every
who calls himself citizen of the 'GREATEST DEMOC
RACY to do everything within his power eliminate this
UN-AMERICAN, condition pos t
sibe and that these fellow citizens given square
deal.
The these has placed before the National
Labor Relations board and the has been studied
this agency suit will be filed the federal
behalf of these but this will doubt take considerable
time.
the meantime the labor of Butte
letting the different organizations this community
Continued n