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Montana labor news., 1947-07-31
WAGES FOR THE LIBERATED"

There's a story going the rounds in Eur
one to the effect that a Russian asked a Pole
for a match with which to light his cigarette.
The Pole handed over his box of matches;
the Russian lighted up and then started walk
ing away with the Poles matches. Hey,
yelled the Pole, You have liberated my
Matches
That's the kind of Liberation Taft, Hart
ley and Ecton refer to when they promote anti
union legislation. Here are some facts:
In industries, where less than one-third of
the workers belong to unions, the average
wage is down, the hours are long, and the
working conditions are bad. Wages average
from so to Is cents an hour. The workers
are completely free from union domination"
They pay no dues to the unions; they have no
rules to obey. There are no such evils as paid
vacations, sick leaves, insurance, welfare
funds, grievance committees.
Taft and Ecton would say such workers
were properly liberated"
Let's see about that question Of dues.
Workers who belong to unions pay from SO
cents to as high as So a week in dues. The
money goes to pay for union representatives
to adjust grievances, to negotiate for better
wages and working conditions, to lay aside
strike funds, to finance insurance and other
benefit plans.
Union wages average from $18 to $24 a
week higher than non-union, liberated"
wages. In other words, the liberated" non
union worker, in the liberated" plant gets
out of paying union dues, but he pays the en-
ployer SIS to $24 a week for the privilege.
This is basic: a Labor Union is a voluntary
association of workers organized to use the
collective strength of all to improve wages,
hours and working conditions. Non-Union
groups, like the Republicans under Taft, Hart
ley and Ecton, are organized to use their col
lective strength to keep wages down, to
lengthen hours Of toll, to destroy good work
ing conditions.
Montana labor news., 1947-07-31
NORTH CHINA SETTLES
UNUSUAL LABOR
DISPUTE

Hong Kong. (ALN) = Efforts to get
women to take jobs outside the home
in North China's Liberated Areas ran
into an unexpected snag. After trying
it, the m began to quit their jobs
because, as they said, "all they earned
was pocketed by their men and there
was still homework to be done"
The local governments then decreed
that no husband should touch his
wife's earnings but the men protested
that this was unfair because they still
had to feed the family.
Mass meetings Of working husbands
and wives finally reached a new solu-
ton. Now both retain 400 of their
earnings for personal expenses and
turn the rest into a family kitty. So
North China women, who never held
jobs before, are turning out for work
in unprecedented numbers.
Montana labor news., 1947-07-31
CONGRESS ADJOURNS-LOOK AT
THE RECORD

The SOth Congress, which recessed this
weekend, represented an overwhelming vic
tory by the Republican party at last Novem-
ber's election. That victory was a mandate"
they said. 1t marked the end of the New
Deal and the first Republican decision in 16
years.
When the 80th Congress went to work in
Washington on January 6, the Republican
party went to work, doing its stuff.
On March 6, two months later, the Gallup
Poll published results OF a quiz on voters
party preference-with a finding that the
voters had gone 81 per cent Democratic.
1t had taken the COP nearly 16 years to
get the majority vote it had chalked up in
November.
1t had taken the Republican party less than
60 days of actual operation to hand that ma
jority back to the Democrats.
The latest Gallup figures show the Demo-
cratic preference higher than it was on the
eve of FDR's victory in 1914.
Tom Stokes, veteran Washington column
mist, called this phenomenon the most dram
attic reversal of party prestige in all the his
tory of American national politics.
Today, at the end of the first half of the
80th Congress, the record amply explains that
reversal-and the throwing back in the teeth
of the Republicans, their campaign slogan of
last November.
Had Enough" the Democrats are ask
ing.
The 80th Congress has wrecked rent con-
troll with a fake extension bill and the famous
Is per cent extortion clause.
The 80th Congress has thrown labor re-
lations in a turmoil by amending the Wagner
act to shreds and e~nacting the NAM formula
of government by injunction.
The 80th Congress has botched the hous-
ing program, defeated the hopes of a million
veterans, and delivered Americas homeless to
the tender mercies of the landlord lobby.
The 80th Congress, e~nacting the old COP
notion Of "relief for the greedy" twice ran
afoul of a presidential veto and wiped out all
hope of tax relief for the needy.
The 8Oth Congress has bickered and STALL
Montana labor news., 1947-07-31
CONGRESSIONAL ARITHMETIC

Many congressman voted recently to cut
income taxes.
IN the average income Of $4,000, the tax
payer would save about $13.55.
Many of these same congressman also vot-
ed recently to permit rent increases of fifteen
per cent. Based on the average rental pay
ment of $48O a year or $40 a month, this
means a rent increase for Mr.. Average Ameri-
can of $72 per year.
Now subtract 1885 which is saved on in
come tax, from $72 extra rent per year, and
Mr.. Average American family is hooked
$58.45 MORE than before.
That, ladies and gentlemen is our con-
gress.
(Note: Ecton and D'Ewart voted for de-
creasing your income tax $13.55 and raising
your rent $72 per year. Murray and Mans
field voted against both measures.)
Montana labor news., 1947-07-31
IT UNFAIR LIST

Henningson Engineering Co.. Omaha.
Nebr.
Guys Garage. Rocker.
433 S. Arizona St.. VIM. Luckner. Owner.
631 Utah. J. c. Noebus. Owner.
Ryan Fruit Company. Billings.
Ray Garrett & Properties.
Ray L. Hofstatter. sol S. Washington
St.
Montana labor news., 1947-07-31
LEGAL NOTICES
NOTICE TO

Estate OF JOHN McNULTY. Deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the under
signed, Administrative OF the estate Of
John McNulty. deceased; to the credi-
tors of and all persons having claims
against the said deceased, to exhibit
them. with the necessary Vouchers,
within four months after the first pub
LEGATION of this notice to the said admin
~istratrix at the office Of Howard A.
Johnson, Attorney at Law. First Ma
tional Bank Building, Butte, Montana.
the same being the place for the rams
action Of the business of said estate.
in the County OF Silver Bow, State Of
Montana. MARY McNULTY,
Administrative of the Estate OF
John McNulty. Deceased.
Dated Butte. Montana, this 9th day OF
July, 1947.
First publication July 10, left
Montana labor news., 1947-07-31
o o UNITY

San Francisco. tFP) An SOS to
the AFL and CIO to resolve their
differences" Immediately and form a
united labor movement was dispatched
to national headquarters by delegates
to the Retail Clerks Init. Assn. (AFL)
convention.
Montana labor news., 1947-07-31

ed while profiteers courted initiation and
prices mounted to an all-time high.
The S0th Congress has earned credit. for
just one actual service to the people-lt has
washed out any last illusion they may have
cherished about the Republican party.
They've had too much!
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-05-02

weeks with her parents accom-
panied them home.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Howard Fore
Of Bunkie. La. spent the week
end with Ms. Fore's sister, Mrs
Louis Nichols. +.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kermit Farmer
and children, Betty 10 and Ker-
NIT, j., of Pr'tchard spent the
weekend with Mrs. c. II. ROB-
erts.
Odell Salisbury, who has bad
an attack OF pneumonia, is able
TO be olt again.
Mrs. M. II. AdatGs and daugh-
ter, Sylvia, honored Curtis Jay
mes with a surprise party Sat
urday night. Refreshments Of
birthday cake, sandwiches and
soft drinks were served to the
following: Alene Knight, Dorothy
Johnson, Sylvia and Dorothy
Adams, Violet and Rubye Coch-
ran, Vernon, Betty and Dolores
Rouse, Bobby Douglas, Dorothy
and Jimmie McVeay, Edward
Cruise, Buddy, Delcris and Viot
let Holiness Leverne Ladnier and
Mrs. Earl Berries.
Mrs. Walter Shaw, Mrs. M. A.
Penton and Mrs. Lester Reeves
were business visitors to Mobile
Monday.
Mrs. James McGrath and Mrs.
Joseph Wilkerson and Dorothy
Gautier were business visitors to
Mobile Friday.
Little Charlotte Ann Reeves
Is still unable to use her foot
which she cut over two weeks
ago.
Mrs. Della Martin spent a long
weekend with her brother, Scott
Gray, in McHenry. She lief.
Thursday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Melton Seymour
and children of Ocean Springs
visited Mrs. C. II. Roberts Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Sass of New
Orleans spent the weekend with
their on-in-law and daughter,
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry LeBatard.
Evelyn Tillman, young daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Till
man, is in Jackson County Hos
pital with pneumonia. Mrs. Till
man is the former Juanita Hut
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-05-02
MOSS POINT
Methodist

The meeting of the Wesleyan
Service Guild of the Moss Point
Methodist church will be held
at the church on Tuesday eve
ming at 1880 instead of the reg
ular meeting date on Monday.
AT this time the Rev. Norman
Boone will outline the mission
study book. All members are
urged TO attend and visitors will
be welcomed.
The previous business and So
eial meeting in the home of Mrs.
Martin Hamilton proved to be
a most enjoyable one in that af-
ter the members assembled it
was decided that they attend
the entertainment BY the Moody
Bible Quarete at the high school
auditorium. Returned to the home
Of the hostess, following a devo-
tional led by Miss Elizabeth
Harper plans were discussed for
the sending of a box of summer
clothes TO the Philippines. Mrs,
Hamilton then served a delici-
GUS party plate and iced drinks
to those in attendance.
Mrs. j. F. Cooley was hostess
to the W. S. c. S. of the Metho-
dist church on Monday afternoon,
Rev. N. IT, Boone gave the de-
votional and program. After the
business meeting a social hour
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-05-02

News From Coulter -.
Grammar School Basketball Teams
Given Banquet On Friday Evening

The Gautier grammar school
basketball girls and boys were
given a banquet at the school
house Friday night. The table
was arranged in a u shape and
q color scheme of green and
white was carried out. Those
present were H. C.. Penton, Jr.,
Jimmie McVeay, Budddie
Holmes, Francis Yocum, Elvin
and Charlie Webb, Earl Gautier,
Calvin Thomas, Leland Collier,
Audie Kent Ladner, Lester Bal
ius, Robert Salisbury, Jack God
frey, Marion Delcomyn, Jackie
Draughn, Malva Beasley, Roberta
Salisbury, Dolores Holmes, Do
lores Rouse, Barbara Ann Ross,
Dorothy Gautier, Dorothy Adams,
Professor Liston Draughn. The
banquet was prepared and serv-
ed by Mrs. Jack Miller, Mrs.
Liston Draughn and Mrs Carl
Delconyn.
A group of girls met at the
school house Monday night 70
organize a girls softball team.
Mrs. Betty Roberts was elected
manager, Mrs. Eleanor McGrath,
secretary and treasurer and May
fax Gautier field captain. The
Immediate plans are to practice
on Wednesday and Saturday af-
ternoons.
The boys softball team de-
feated Orange Grove Thursday
night by a score of II to 8. The
game was played in Pascagoula
and a feature was the pitching
Of J. c. Trussell, Jr., who gave
UP three hits and struck out ten
men.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney Orrell and
children of Theodore. Ala, visit
ed Mr.. Orrell's aunt, Mrs. Louise
Thomas Thursday and they ell
enjoyed an all day picnic at
Graveline.
Mrs. James McGrath and Mrs.
Wesley Robinson were business
visitots to Mobile Wednesday
and to New Orleans Thursday.
Jack H. Green of Brookhaven
and his mother, Mrs. II. B. Green,
and brother, Gilbert Green, of
Ferriday, La, visited Mr.. and
Mrs. Lee Thon as Monday en-
route from New Orleans to Brook.
haven. Mrs. Jack Green who has
been spending the past two
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-05-02
Institutional
Users To Get
Sugar Increase

Jackson, Miss, April 30--Mis-
sissippi restaurants, hotels, hos
pitfalls, and other institutional
users will receive increased sugar
allotments for the May-June al
lotment period, j. Corbett Bat.
tale, director of the Sugar Branch
Office, u. S. Department of Ag.
riculture, here said today.
Application forms for May-June
allotments will be mailed by the
Sugar Rationing Administration
to Mississippi institutional users
shortly, and should be returned
to the Jackson Sugar Branch Of
flee not later than May Is in
order to avoid deductions for late
filing.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-05-02
Mr.. And Mrs. Otis Join
Motor Curuvun For
Florida Vocation

Mr.. and Mrs. Harrison G.. Otis
of 1902 East Tyler avenue, left
Pascagoula Wednesday morning
with a motor caravan of ac-
quaintances from Louisiana for
a short vacation in Florida.
All members of the party are
affiliated with the New Orleans
branch of the New York Life In
surance Company, and were
guests of the manager, Luther
Byrd.
The itinerary includes points
of interest in Florida and two
days fishing at Homosassa.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-05-02

ments will average approximate
ly % per cent, and are the result
of larger civilian sugar alloca-
tons for the second quarter. The
second quarter. ALLEGATION, total
ing l,740,000 short tons, raw val
ue, for the nation is 355,000 tons
greater than the second quarter
ALLEGATION for last year. Increased
allotment for public eating places
and for institutional users, Bat
taile explained, is in keeping with
similar increases announced re-
Gently for housewives and in
dustrial users.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-05-02

was enjoyed during which the
hostess served refreshments to
the thirteen members present.
Baptist
The Margaret Lackey Circle
was entertained in the home of
Mesdames j. T. Thompson and
w. H. Hawkins on Monday af-
ternoon. Mrs. w. H. Nelson, Jr.,
led the devotional. A box was
packed for the orphans. During
the social hour the h~ostesses serv-
ed delicious refreshments.
The Juanita Byrd circle met
in the home of Mrs. w. L. Allen
on Monday afternoon. Mrs. 7. l..
DeLashmet presided over the
meeting. Following the business
meeting a social hour was en-
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-05-02

The Venetian church of St.
Marks originally was the private
chapel of the Dage.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-05-02

MI. and Mrs. Marvin Polk ard
daughters, Daphne and Hattie,
visited relatives and friends in
Prentiss, Miss, over the week
end.
Mrs. w. l.. Steel, mother of
Mrs. Louis Nichols, returned to
Atmore Sunday after spending
a couple Of weeks here.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-05-02

joyed when the hostess served
delicious refreshments to the
twenty members present.
Presbyterian
Circle Number One will meet
with Mrs. G.. A. Graham in her
home on Monday afternoon.
Circle Number Two will meet
on Monday afternoon with Mrs.
Gregory Wood.
Circle Number Three will meet
with Miss Margaret Colmer.
All members are urged to at
tend the meeting of their circle.
Authorities disagree as to
whether coffee originated in
Abyssinia or Arabia.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-05-02

They're really beautiful
and SO finely made. Take
your choice of lacey or
tailored styles!
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-05-02

Practical. adorable pias-
tics and plastic patents to
match Mothers spring
and summer ensemble!
Many new styles!
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1947-06-12
Hardin Merchants
Defeat Eagles
In League Contest

Continued from Page y
Waddle took his base on an
error. Helmann also made first
base on an error advancing
Saunders to home plate. G.
Kerrick was hit by a pitched
ball bringing Perkins in for an
other score. Waddle advanced
to home when hammers was
the third victim of a pitched
ball.
The Eagles got their final
runs in the fifth inning when
Van Voorhees, batted Frickle in,
who had singled. Kelly singled
scoring Van Voorhees, who had
advanced to third
Hardin chalked up eight
more runs getting three in the
sixth inning and five in the
seventh.
Fromberg will tangle with the
Merchants here Sunday at
2:30 pm. and the local nine
will travel to Forsyth Thurs
day evening to compete in a
n~on-league game. Hardin will
battle with Red Lodge Tuesday
evening at the Billings Athlet-
ic park.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1947-06-12

the Red Owl grocery store,
spent a few days in Hardin
this week. They were enroute
from a vacation spent in the
western part of Montana to
their home in New Castle,
Wyo., where he is manager of
the Red Owl store.
Mrs. Lucy VIM has accept
ed a position on the nursing
staff at the Memorial hospital
in T~hermopolis, Wyo. Miss Pat
ricia O'Brien is superintendent
of the hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bob Young
were Billings visitors Saturday.
Seth Thompson made a bust
ness trip to Billings Wednes-
PRACTICAL gifts for Dads
day. Marshall Wells Store.
Mrs. Harold P. Hammer and
Mrs. Dooley Pauley were Bill
lings callers Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bob Moller of
Billings and Miss Vivian Elarth
of Sheridan visited Mrs. Goldie
FinlaySon Sunday.
Barney Worp made a bust
ness trip to Casper, Wyo.,
Tuesday night.
Mrs. Betty Newkirk and Miss
Wanda Newkirk transacted
business in Billings Friday.
Mrs. Fred Cation and June
left Sunday for Colorado where
they will visit Mrs. Cations
mother for a month.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Stanton,
Donna and Wendell left We'd
nesday morning after spending
a few days in Hardin.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1947-06-12

MIR. and Mrs. Ray McKit-
trick attended the graduation
of their niece, Miss Illah Engle
from the st. Vincent School of
Nursing. Graduation exercises
were held in the Catholic
church in Billings.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur PilOn
of Helena spent the Memorial
day week end at the homes of
Mrs. Pilon's sisters, Mrs. Ray
McKittrick and Mrs. Hawks OF
st. Xavier.
Mr.. and Mrs. Steinborn and
children of Butte were week.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1947-06-12
Locals

Bob Sweet arrived home Fri
day night from Montana State
college at BoZeman. He has
gone to Wyoming to work for
the Bureau of Reclamation.
Clarence S. Jones returned to
Hardin Thursday after visiting
his sister, Margaret, in Calf
orn1a for several weeks.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-02-19
DISCORD IN "EDEN"

Indio, California = Here in
Americas "Garden of Eden,"
dates, not apples, are the
source of discord.
Packers, growers and CO. op-
eratives are at each others
Threats. Accusations of price
cutting and grade Juggling
come from every side. All are
worried they have more dates
this year than they can sell.
Back from the wars and
looming in the background are
shiploads of dates from Iraq,
Egypt and Algeria.
Midst all the fuss, this des-
ert garden 100 miles southeast
of Los Angeles, near Palm
Springs, is winding up the
picking of one of the largest
crops in it's 50-year history. Es-
Inmates now put the harvest
at "better than 20 million
pounds. The record crop, in
1914, was "a million pounds.
In Arizona, where the only
other sizable domestic date
garden is located, the crop is
expected to run about one and
a quarter million pounds.
The total supply of dates for
u. S. consumption next year is
estimated at about 121 million
pounds. Export, will send
nearly 80 million Of those to
the U. S.. Ten million pounds
or so will come from North At
RIGA. The rest will be home
grown.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-02-19
MODEL CAR
COMPETITION

Enrollments in the model
car competition of the Fisher
Body Craftsman's Guild will
be accepted until March l, it
was announced by Thomas P.
Archer, vice president of Gen.
eral Motors and President of
the Craftsman's Guild.
The March 1 closing date
for enrolment in the 1947
compttition was set so that
sufficient time would be al
lowed for completion of the
miniature cars before June Is,
the date they must be finish
ed and ready for judging,
Archer explained.
Boys from IL to 20 already
enrolled in the Craftsman's
Guild have been making good
progress on the construction of
miniature Napoleonic coaches
and model automobiles, &C
cording to reports from many
members. Enrolment for the
coach competition closed Dec
ember 81, allowing members
time to complete their models
before June Is. Coach con-
struction is considered to be
more difficult than building a
model car.
AS stimulus to encourage
creative ability, the Guild this
year is offering $4,000 in
cash awards and university
scholarships to boys who build
the best Napoleonic coaches
and model cars. The eight
scholarships, which range from
$4,000 to $4,000, may be used
for any college or university
the winners choose.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-02-19
TIE FheOCrat

plications for new phones.
Working with feverish haste,
it's men have since been Install
ing more than a quarter
million instruments month by
month. Result: A. T. & T. still
has two million families and
firms waiting for phones.
The pigmies of the indus
try, some 5000 independent
phone companies, pant the
same tale. Half a million talka-
tive folk are waiting to be
hooked up to their lines, more
than at this time last year. Yet
in the meantime they've in
stalled $4,000 instruments.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-02-19
RAILROADS GET
COAST TRAFFIC

American merchant ships,
of vaster tonnage than all
other world fleets combined,
are sailing on borrowed time.
The war swept away some
800 of foreign shipping space.
The first full postwar year
has had mountains of cargo TO
be moved from one continent
to another. The u. S. fleet,
fourfold fatter than in 1889,
has reaped a bumper business
harvest.
But ship men know it can't
last. And they fidget nervous
ly as the brief candle burns
lower. This is the handwriting
they see on the wall: Cd For
eign maritime nations are
feverishly building back lost
fleets. GU Freight to be NOV
ed promises to be much small
err.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-02-19

tive, and former members who
served at any time since the
beginning of World War II,
Secretary Forrestal points out
that of every 100 men of the
Navy and Marine Corps who
were wounded in World War
II, 81 recovered. Declaring
that ''every Individual who
was thus saved from death,
owes an everlasting debt to
the Navy's Hospital Corps"
the Secretary adds that Gin
earning it's 'well-done,' the
Hospital Corps is assured no
other unit of the Navy did bet
ter in the degree of essential
duty inspiringly performed"
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-02-19
NEWSPAPERS
DIFFICULTIES

Daily newspapers are get
ting ready to present bigger
bills to their advertisers.
Costs of gathering and
printing news are sky-high,
even by comparison with 1945.
They are headed higher. To-
day, newspaper payrolls are
an estimated 500 loftier than
in 1941. AS in all service in
dustries, the payroll is the big
load, ranging between 400
and $3.50 of total expenses for
typical publications.
Newsprint paper, second
biggest cost factor, has jump
ed from $4,000 to $500 a ton
in the same five-year span. Pa
per represents between 1919
and $3.50 of newspaper costs
depending upon the size of the
publication.
What's worse, roughly half
the rise in both pay and paper
has been damned into the past
year.
Statistics like these gave
publishers the witches. They
think it high time to again
share their cost troubles with
advertisers in the form of high
er rates.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-02-19
RIGHT HAND OF FELLOW
SHIP

The Right Hand of Fellow
ship was extended by Overseer
M. J. Mintern to the following
named persons on Lords Day,
February 2, 1947, in Zion Aud
itorium, Zion, Illinois:
Gayle Brownlow Zion, Illinois
Jesslyn Burgess. Zion, Illinois
Patsy Detienne :. Zion, Illinois
Evangeline Maynard, Zion, Ill.
Janet Maynard =. Zion, Illinois
Della Naffziger E. Zion, Illinois
Leon Naffziger =. Zion, Illinois
Gloria Rusch 49,. Zion, Illinois