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Montana labor news., 1947-08-28

ganized or unorsanized-is impossible
to predict. But this much is clear. the
extent Of the reaction and whether
and when il will he turned. depend in
large part upon what organized labor
does about it. how labor does 1t. and
when.
Sober reflection and a careful con
sideration OF the course Of labor-man-
aeement relations over the last few
years point 10 the fact that there was
need for some corrective legislation
which would restrain those who could
not exercise the needed degree of self.
restraint. but which would not at the
same time penalize the many for the
excuses Of the few.
Unfortunately. the congress itself
failed to exercise self-restraint. In
stead, it enacted the Taft.Ives. Hartley
act, which | and many students OF
labor relations have criticized as an
Enthusiastically unavoidable piece o.
legislation. having the definite poten
TALLY of doing irreparable harm Il
relations between labor and industry
in this country.
The point that must now be made,
since the Taft.lves- Hartley act is the
law Of the land. is that organized labor
and its leaders must be ever watch
full that their actions do not result
in victory for those who desire the
enactment Of even nor restrictive
legislation. Open defiance of the law,
or attempts to Sabotage" ii. will only
strengthen the position of those who
would reduce labor to a position OF
complete inequality and will furnish
a springboard for a campaign for more
! Progressive proposals. In fact. the
ground is now being prepared for just
such a campaign.
Members Of organized labor need to
work diligently within the framework
Of our democratic process, at the grass
roots, in order to bring about a condi.
ton which will permit orderly change
in existing law. The public generally.
and elected representatives in the CON
gress and state legislatures in partic-
ular, have to be convinced that labor
unions are tremendously worthwhile
American institutions, and that their
ileaders and members. on the whole,
compare i~ayorably with any other cit
liens in the United States.
Only by intelligent action in the
discharge Of their Obligations as cit
liens Of a free country can members
Of organized labor reverse the trend
exemplilied by the Hartley
labor law and bring about the enact
ment and Improvement OF social legis-
lation dealing with such subjects as
old age benefits. minimum wages, edu.
cation, health. and others.
Montana labor news., 1947-08-28
LABOR DAY
SEN. wayne MORSE

AS we review the condition OF or
ganized labor on this day-L.abor Day
1947-and attempt to look into til,
future. 1t can fairly be said that /;
period OF reaction has begun. Ger
tainly that is true II we consider the
labor and social legislation passed and
not passed by the congress in the
session that has just ended and the
performances Of the various state leg
islatures in the same field.
How serious this reaction will be Il
the Legitimate detectives and aspira
tons of working people-whether or
Montana labor news., 1947-08-28
FIRST LABOR DAY BILL
ADOPTED 1887

First state to declare Labor Day a
legal holiday was Oregon. which on
February p. 1887. designated the first
Saturday in June as Labor Day. The
legislature adopted the idea only five
years after it was first proposed by
Peter ]. Mcclure. Six years later
Oregon amended its law to set aside
the first Monday in September.
1t took SO years before all the states
followed suit and passed laws making
Labor Day a day Of tribute to workers
throughout the land.
Milford chronicle., 1947-12-19
Parents Attending School
For Courses in Family Life

SEATTLE, WASH. = More than
1000 Seattle parents have begun
free courses in family life educa-
ton.
Supervised by the Seattle school
board, which also supplies teachers.
the parents started back to school.
Their first subject was Under
standing the Teen-Ager," a weekly
course of eight two-hour sessions.
The local school system has sched-
uled four other courses in family
understanding. They are Under
standing the Child; two courses in
Understanding the Infant, T" and
one course designed especially for
fathers, Understanding the Fam.
ily."
Milford chronicle., 1947-12-19
Keep Livestock Out Of
Houses, BerIiners Told

BERLIN, GERMANY. - Meat
hungry BerIiners no longer may
keep pigs, goats or other live
stock on the balconies or in base
ments Of their homes, the city
government ordered.
The ordinance provides that all
purchase. sale or barter of live
stock must be reported to dis
trict offices within three days, or
unreported animals will be con-
fiscated without compensation.
Purpose Of the order is to appor-
ton scarce fodder only to COM
mercial livestock raisers.
A companion order requires
that all Berlin households which
own more than two chickens
must sell their eggs to the food
ministry.
Milford chronicle., 1947-12-19
DRIVE FOR SUSSEX
CENTRAL CONTINUES
(continued from nrst paRe1

John S. Isaacs, $5,0O0.0O; Fred
j. Goggin, $500; Harold w. T.
Purnell, $4,000; Charles w. Spi-
Ger, $500; Ashland Collins, $25;
Charles Polk Spicer, $40; Walter
A. Belts, $50; C. w. Workman,
$500; Goldsbury and Revel, $25;
Eli A. Short, $25; Doris NJ. Short,
$50; William L. Henry, $25; Gran
vile o. James, $25; Donald c.
Dukes, $50; Norma t. James, $25;
Harley Dolby, $25; Norris l..
Blackson, SIS; Howard D. Rich
ardson, $25; Walter Tyndall, $25; +;
Lester Pusey, $50; DR.. Heinz Com
/ pany, $50; Loda and Madge King,
! $25; G. v. Townsend, Jr., $50; Al
4 ton B. and Leah Isaacs, $50; Mr.
and Mrs. Linden Isaacs, $100; Mar
tin Wells, $25; Irwin r. Murray
/ $50; John L. Briggs, $10O; Karl c.
Seeger, $50.
A special meeting of the fund
committee and directors is expect
ed to be held within a short time
following which, special plans will
be made public. Colonel Ralph S
4 Baker, campaign chairman, stated
he was we'll pleased with results
thus far in the county, due to the
hard work on the part of the work
erS.
Milford chronicle., 1947-12-19
Mountain Climbers Brave
l00.MiIe-an-Ilour Winds

WASHINGTON. - 1t. William D.
Hackett told how little band Of
rnountain-climbers braved 100-mile-
an hour winds and treacherous
slopes to set up the worlds highest
cosnnic ray laboratory near the top
Of 20, 260-foot Mount Mckinley.
The 29-year-old mountain trooper
from Portland. Ore. revealed that
the laboratory finctioned for al
most a month on the lofty slopes Of
the Alaskan peak. 1t gathered valu-
able new data which was turned
over to University Of Chicago for
research purposes.
Cosnic rays are those of ex-
tremely high frequency and pene-
trating power Scientists believe
they are produced beyond the
earth's atmosphere by transmuta-
ton Of atoms.
Hackett said his party Of 10 spent
n days amid subzero temperatures
and winds OF gale force on the
upper slopes OF the peak.
Besides setting up the laboratory,
they tested the arny's winter war
fare equipment and food rations,
dropped to them by parachute.
Milford chronicle., 1947-12-19
2,sTe Citizens still In
jail In Italy as Fascists

ROME. - Italy still has 2,978 of
her citizens in jail on charges of
Fascist misbehavior and has barred
100000 others from voting. accord
ing to figures released by Giuseppe
Grassi, Italian justice minister.
OF those in jail, Grassi said. 1900
have been tried and sentenced.
while the remainder await court
action.
Grassi's announcement followed
an article in the Christian Demo-
crat newspaper. II Popolo, which
declared that Fascist cleanup laws
had created .'an absurd and dam
gerous change of public opinion"
Milford chronicle., 1947-12-19
Odd Fellows
news
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Monday nights meeting was
called to order by our Vice Grand,
BRO. Leslie Blades. as our Noble
Grand was not able to be present,
as the stores In Milford are open
evenings. to accommodate the
Christmas shoppers, and our Noble
Grand was compelled to work, but
Bro. Blades did a bang-up job in
fliing the Noble Grand chair.
DO
A notice to the members of the
degree team. the initiatory degree
will be conferred on four or five
candidates from Ocean Wave Lodge,
Rehoboth Beach, on Monday even
ing, January IL. It's true that it is
a long while on, but would all who
are on thhe degree team be present
before that date as the Degree
Master would like to have re-
hearsal
@
/ asked Jimmie Hall if he be-
lieved in dreams and he told me he
certainly did, because the otner
night he dreamed he was eating
gsannel cakes and when he awoke
the blanket was gone.
CO
Card games are going strong af-
ter the close of the lodge, but there
are two players we certainly dc
miss, and they are Brothers
George Swain and Ernest Macklin
two very good pitch players; sc
boys come out next Monday night
we will find some one to play you
CO
From desert to sea- from eartf
to heaven, the spirit OF Christina
encircles the world. TO each anC
every one Of the members o
Crystal Fount Lodge wish you ;
w0nderffui Christmas abundan
with health, happiness and pros
perity.
Milford chronicle., 1947-12-19
Air Force TO Modernizs
500 U. S. lei Fighters

WASHINGTON.-Arrny air forces
announce that SOB iet-propelled fight
er PLACES win be modernized to
keep pace with rapid develop
ments in this field.
The contract with Lockheed Air
craft corporation calls for modify
ing the early model P-8OA Shooting
STAR to incorporate features of the
new P-80B. Five of the modified
planes will be coming off the pro-
duction line daily by November SO.
The entire job viii be completed by
next spring.
Milford chronicle., 1947-12-19
Bloodhound, Finder Of Babe,
Succeeds in Another Case

HARRISvILLE, N. H. = Queenie
did it again.
In her first test, Sheriff Arthur N.
Jennison's three-year-old blood
hound led a posse through a mile
and half of swamps and wood
lands at Fitzwilliam to find three
year-old Louis Dunton, missing since
the evening before.
In her second test month later,
Queenie piloted another search
party to Anthony Leoni, 28-year-old
war veteran Of South Boston, who
was found unharmed after q night
in the freezing woods.
Leoni, patient at Aldworth Man.
or, a private sanitariun, disap-
peared. Queenie found him in dense
woods a half mile from the hospital.
Sanitarium doctors said that al
though recuperating from a recent
brain operation, Leoni went through
the experience in good condition.
Milford chronicle., 1947-12-19
Rush to she Cities

The first census in 1870 revealed
that only 5 per cent of the nations
population lived in cities. Today,
cities claim so per cent Of all
people.
Milford chronicle., 1947-12-19
Bic Orchard Income

Orchards growing non-citrus fruit,
such as apples, cherries and peach.
es, cover only about one-thirteenth
! the acreage of wheat. But income
from the fruit is three.quarters that
of the wheat crop.
Milford chronicle., 1947-12-19
slne Volume Library

Manhattan's telephone book, which
does not include listings in Brook
lyn, Long Island and other bor-
oughs, weighs pounds, contains
l,4lS pages and has 565,0OO listings.
It is exceeded by the Chicago di-
rectory. which has l,736 pages.
Milford chronicle., 1947-12-19
Christm,,,a.s Plant

The poinsettia plant, now tradi-
tional Accompaniment OF The Christ
mas season, is sturdier and more
streamlined than its ancestor q
huge bush in Mexico.
Milford chronicle., 1947-12-19
CoIlects Mexico,s Best

More than 100000 specimens Of
scarabs, flies, ants. scorpions and
assorted insects were secured from
Mexico by the American Museum Of
National History. New York City.
Milford chronicle., 1947-12-19
Burma's New Flag

The new flag OF Burma is red. with
a blue canton bearing one big and
eve small white stars. A canton on
the Gag Ii the rectangular part next
to the staff.
Milford chronicle., 1947-12-19
cruelty Prevention

Both the Society for the Proven
tion Of Cruelty to Animals and tbs
Society for the Prevention Of Cruel
ty to Children were organized BY
Henry Bergh. New York City.
Milford chronicle., 1947-12-19
Our Thirsty Industry

U. S. industry drinks" approx.
mately q billion gallons of water .
day, an amount equivalent to twice
the daily flow of the Hudson river.
according to ski.
Evening star., 1947-04-24
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anything but peaceful means of win
ming the strike" He said the con-
duct of the union thus far should
bear out its intentions of fighting
fairly.
An outbreak of pushing and SHOW
ing. coupled with a bit of alleged
shin kicking, led to the arrest of a
woman picket in front of the C. g. P.
offices at 723 Thirteenth street NV.
yesterday afternoon
These incidents, Jumped with
more violent outbursts earlier this
week in other communities and other
reports of sabotage" to telephone
lines. gave Government conciliators
greater reason for pushing settle
ment efforts.
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.,
one of three key units invited to
Washington for renewed negotia-
tions, wired acceptance to the La
Dor Department. The long-lines di-
vision of American Telephone &
| Telegraph Co. and Western Elec-
trio asked for more time to think
it over.
/ The Labor Department had hoped
the three companies and their re-
Ispective unions would begin meet
ing with conciliators this afternoon
IN an effort to work out q new set
tlement formula Chances that the
companies would come prepared to
make wage increase offer to the
$40, 900 strikers dirnmed when
Southwestern officials agreed to the
meeting ryith the explicit under
Evening star., 1947-04-24
Carson
Continued From First Page.

committee chairman, Mr.. Smith
said.
May indorsed both checks be-
cause his son had gone into the
service and was not Immediately
available, Mr. Smith continued.
May then sent the money to the
Democratic Campaign Committee. "
II hope the Government will not
pursue this matter Of the two 81 900
checks in this trial." Mr.. Smith
said. "If 1t does, Andrew J. May
will disclose the entire transaction.
That may prove somewhat enbar-
RAISING. 1t will involve some high
party officials and even some men,
bers Of Congress.
"We will be able to bring to the
stand, If necessary, the very men
who took the money and turned
it into the Democratic campaign
fund"
Mr.. Smiths discussion of the two
checks came as he completed his
opening statement for May. He
declared the evidence will show that
May did not keep for his own use
any of the $4,000 which the Gov
ernment charges he received from
Murray Carson or any of the ap-
proximately $53, 900 paid by the Erie
Basin Metal Products, Inc. and the
Batavia Metal Products, Inc, Cars
son af1liates, to the Cumberland
Lumber Co. in Kentucky.
Interest in Firms Denied.
May had no financial interest in
any of those concerns and acted
Evening star., 1947-04-24
BY .he A.sesietsd Pre.s

RIO DE JANEIRO. April "a
Selma the Terrible, !" enchanting,
scandalously dressed Paraguayan
government spy, Is the object OF q
frantic search by Paraguayan reh-
els, dispatches from the border said
today.
The dispatches said the lady COM
pleted an espionage mission for the
government, completely deceiving
the Paraguayan rebels In their head
quarters at Conception, and then
disappeared. s
Asapress, Brazilian news agency,
reported from the Brazilian border
town OF Ponta Pora. 4s
There was In this city for few
days q Paraguayan government
woman spy, who mysteriolsly dis
appeared. leaving the rebels at Pc
dro Juan Caballero frantic.
"She was an enchanting woman,
always wearing expensive, scanda-
lous dresses and pretended to be an
ardent rebel. 80
The first moment she arrived
here in Ponta Pora, she Immediately
Evening star., 1947-04-24
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was found the recent Lewis safety"
stoppage at Government-held mines
has caused and will cause no real
injury to the people of the United
States"
After Justice Goldsborough fined
the union $3,50o,000 and Mr.. Lewis
$4,000 for contempt, the Supreme
Court upheld the decision, but or
dered the unions fine reduced to
100000, providing the defendants
withdrew all strike-inducing notices
and took no action to bring about
another stoppage.
Two weeks ago Justice Goldsbor-
ough continued the unions refund
petition, finding at the time that
by calling the safety stoppage and
other actions Mr.. Lewis and the
union had not shown good faith"
compliance with the Supreme Court
mandate.
Following assessment of the fine
last December, the union posted
So, 1000 and Mr.. Lewis $4,000 in
Government bonds to cover the
penalties pending appeal to the Su-
preme Court. Mr.. Lewis was allowed
to pay his fine, which the Supreme
Court had approved, two weeks ago.
Actually what happened today
was that Justice Goldsborough ac-
cepted union check for $1,000
for the fine and signed an order
returning the $3,500,00o in bonds to
the unlcn. In addition, the union
was assessed court clerks pound
age fee of one per cent-$35, ,000-
which District law requires when
bond is made in cash or securities.
Union counsel agreed to pay the
poundage fee Gin order to expedite
matters before the court" Earlier,
payment OF the fee was contested.
Injunction Read.
Before agreeing to the refund,
Justice Goldsborough pointed out
that the Supreme Court had ruled
that the $2,800,000 could be re-
tanned by the lower court in order
to coerce" the defendants into
compliance with its mandate.
Justice Goldsborough read the in
junction which he issued at tn,
Governments request during las
falls coal strike and remarked tina
sit is still in full force and effect" !"
Justice Goldsborough commented
at the conclusion today that he
presumed there lis no intention
of pressing" the matter of a de-
claratory Judgment on whether or
not Mr.. Lewis had a right to end
the UNIV contract with the Gov
eminent.
Either the Government or the
union could have this issue de-
termined by Justice Goldsborough
by giving five days notice, but
neither side has acted, and the
Judge said he supposed the matter
would 'be in abeyance" until the
Krug-Lewis agreement passes out
of the picture on June 30.
Evening star., 1947-04-24
Poroguoyon Matt Hori Hunted
By Rebels Who Fell for Her

contacted the rebels. becoming the
mistress OF an important rebel Lead
er who is the best dressed man on
this frontier.
She used to visit constantly In
Ponta Pora telegraph station, talk
ing with the telegrapher and all
persons who sent kilograms.
Selma La Terrible the rebels
used to call her-was always insist
ing upon going to Conception to
have an opportunity to speak over
the radio. Voice Of victory. FINAL
" she got permission to speak on
the radio. Her speech was cen
sored. However. Selma read the
speech as originally written, espe-
cially emphasizing Phrase 49,
Sought by police in order to ex-
plain why she disobeyed censors' IN
structions, Selma was not found In
Conception, Pedro Juan Caballero
or Ponta Pora Only then did the
rebels discover her true mission. She
was sent by the Paraguayan govern
ment to spy on rebel activities and
seend military information. This
authentic Paraguayan Mata Hari
caused tremendous sensation
among the rebels, principally to her
lover"
Evening star., 1947-04-24

simply as Kentucky agent for Henry
M. and Murray Carson in estab-
fishing and operating the lumber
company, MIR. Smith declared.
Mr.. Smith admitted that May
did not advertise that the GarSsonS
owned the lumber company prop
erty" He also conceded that May
wrote several letters at the time
referring to the Cumberland concern
as "our company" But the defense
will prove, Mr.. Smith said, that May
did not own the property, did not
keep any of the money sent by the
Garssons for its operation, and did
not do anything out-of line with his
position as chairman of the House
Military Affairs Committee during
the war.
Many character witnesses, includ-
ing members Of Congress, will be
called to testify to Mays high and
unimpeachable moral character"
Mr.. Smith announced. The defense
will prove, he said, that May, in
assisting the Garssons and others,
took no bribes Of any kind and did
nothing which no other Congress
man would have done under similar
wartime circumstances.
At the close Of Mr.. Smiths state
ment the Government called it's first
witness, Emil Kohout, an employe of
the American National Bank &
Trust Co. in Chicago. He was asked
to identify various checks made out
by the Erie Basin and Batavia
afiliates of the Carson syndicate.
Kentucky Banker Testifies.
Also for the Government, for
mer official of the First National
Bank of Prestonsburg, KY, the home
of May, appeared and identified
three checks drawn on Carson
companies and deposited in Mays
personal account.
Glenn Spradlin, former vice presi-
dent and cashier of the Prestons-
burg bank, told how May opened an
account for the lumber company
with $4,000 deposit in June, 1943.
The bank, Mr.. Spradlin explained,
waived its customary rule that no
large corporation account could be
started without an order from the
appl ant Board of Directors.
May informed the bank officials,
the witness said, that the lumber
company was merely incorporated
and had no board of directors" :"
No one except May was authorized
to draw on the lumber companys
account, Mr.. Spradlin added.
Special Prosecutor William A.
Paisley handed the witness a num-
Der OF ledger sheets, cancelled checks
and deposit slips relating to the
accounts of the lumber company
and of May. The Government has
contended that May received and
kept several arge sums Of money
from the Erie Basin and Batavia.
These sums, totaling more than
$4,000, were paid by the Carson
companies to the Cumberland COM
pany, but in reality were payments
to May for services to the Garssons,
the Government charges.
Mr.. Smith told Justice Schwein-
haut and the jury of seven men and
five women in his statement yester-
day that Mays only motive in help
ing the Garssons was to speed war
production. He declared the former
Representative did not personally
get or receive or spend one cent"
of the $1,000 which May Is charged
with having accepted from Erie
Basin.
Evening star., 1947-04-24

tC0nLlnued fTom fuSt rage
current one, somewhere along the
line somebody made q mistake
don't really know how it happened. :
When the mistake came to light.
White House advisers cast about for
some way in which the President
could sunveto'' the bills.
on Capitol Hill the parliament
tarians said it couldn't be done.
They declared you can no more
recall q presidential veto than an
unkind word.
Senator Hatch, Democrat, of New
Mexico spent hours trying to un-
snarl the situation last night.
He finally told newsmen the par
Iamentarians are right.
Only Two Methods.
He said there seems to be only
two ways to get around Mr.. Tru-
mans mistake" veto yesterday of
Legislation which would permit Mr..
Wheeler, the residents old Senate
crony, to act as special counsel for
the Senate War Investigating Com
mittee:
!. Have Congress override the veto.
2. Ask the lawmakers to pass a
new measure covering the same
ground.
Chairman Brewster Of the War
Investigating Committee, who ap-
pointed Mr.. Wheeler to the counsel
job, said the more embarrassing
|overrider is preferred "by several Of
my comrades who are sadistically
inclined" 1t takes q two-thirds vote
of Congress to override.
Clifford Disclaimed ANY Part.
Senator Brewster declared in the
Senate, 'The basis of the veto was
clearly an erroneous impression Of
Mr.. Truman's legal adviser" and
that after talking with the White
House Il think the White House is
in accord"
Senator Hatch said he later tele-
phoned Clark Clifford, special presi-
DENTAL counsel, who disclaimed any
part in the veto decision and told
the Senator he would take it UP
with Attorney General Clark.
The situation recalled President
Truman's nomination last May 81
OF Edmond M. Hanrahan to sue
ceed Ganson Purcell, chairman of
the Securities and Exchange Com
mission.
A few hours after the nomins-
ton hit the Senate, the White House
learned that Mr.. Purcell had never
resigned, as he had talked of doing
several months before.
The White House Withdrew the
Hanrahan nomination.