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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-11

Bees have a special ILL.,,
blue-colored flowers ''Nlns ior
Montana labor news., 1947-04-17

Nevertheless. Senator TAFT
gamblcd with hiS'political fut-
urc in offering this measure
first for approval by the COM
mittee and. if that is obtained.
by congress.
According Ia immediate reports the
II members Of the committee were
almost evenly divided on the Taft
bill. At least siN Of the senators
were said To be opposed to II because
of its stringent provisions. with at
least one other senator doubtful.
Therefore promp, action by the
millions OF orgauilet workers Of this
country In writing To their senators
expressing their disapproval Of such
legislation might help 10 swing the
tide against the TAFT bill aud defeat
its evil detectives
outstanding provisions Of the bill
which Senator Taft offered tentative
Is to the committee include.
It would permit the federal GOV.
rrnment 10 obtain Goday court III.
functions against any strike held to
impcril the national health or safe
~ thus restoring government BY in
junction
. II would outlaw the closed shop
and permit milder forms Of union So
Montana labor news., 1947-04-17
Silver Bow Trades
And Labor
Council Notes

Regular meeting Of the silver Bow
Trades and Labor council was called
to order at ) pm Tuesday by President
Crawford
Minutes Of the previous meeting
were read and approved as read.
Credentials We're read, from the Min
~isterial association for Rev. Logee.
Same were accepted
Scotty Campbell was given the floor
and spoke on an advertising program
for Butte on the betterment OF the
city, and flrthering the building up
of Butte. and asking the council to
subscribe 10 same.
\ communication from the Miners
union asking for a committee from
The council 70 aid in arranging for the
June - celebration on motion 4 com
mittee Nas appointed
a communication from American
cancer society asking for a contribu-
ton 70 the cancer drive VAS read. No
action vas taken
\ communication from the Butte
Miners union asking for a committee
y attend a meeting in protest against
vicious anti labor legislation in Wash
ington y c Committee appointed,
comprised 81 Harry Oates. Oscar Hill
and John Nickers.
A communication on peacetime con-
scrint.0n was read and filed.
The grievance committee reported
on $40 North Excelsior, %concurring in
actior OF the Plumbers union in declar-
Ing faiS place unfair. The report was
conclrred III by the council.
Meeting adjourned.
Montana labor news., 1947-04-17

gress. and the excl is still looking
for a place to live.
Sen. Robert A. Taft Or, o.. accused
by the real estate lobby Of fathering
a communist bill, used the same tech
nique himself last winter when he led
a successful fight against the full en-
ployment bill. "Un.American.' he
called it, and the assurance of jobs
for all became a lost dream.
Another measure which still hasn't
reached first base in congress is the
Wagner-Murray-Dinge health bill to
provide medical insurance for work
ers and their families Using the sure
fire red-baiting prescription, the pow
erful American Medical Assn.'s prop
uganda campaign against the bill
termed it the first step toward social
ization of all professions, industry,
business and labor The AMA's
friends in congress hastenA to agree.
Listen to Rep. Charles A. Plumley
(R, Vt.): 1T is a proposal to estab-
lish a form of socialism, a socialistic
movement as unadulterated as if it
came from the sanctified pen Of Karl
Marx himself"
Equal rights is an old American
principle. but the Columbus CO..
Chamber of Commerce sees 'commu-
Montana labor news., 1947-04-17
NFu LEADER HITS
TRUMAN LOAN
PROPOSAL

WASHINGTON 1Fpl-The Truman ad
miuistraiian deliberately turned down
the chance 70 help relieve hunger in
Greece last fall. Legislative Secretary
Russell smith Of the National Farm
ors Union told the house foreign af-
fairs committee April . in expressing
NfI opposition 10 the 800 million
Greeh Turkish loan
Last September in Copenhagen in
lhe United Nations Food q Agricul-
ture organization conference Smith
aid "a speclal Fac mission reported
on The needs OF Greece and recon.
m~Hdsd Il course Of action through IN
aeenries lie added the British and
Us governments '~collahorated in a
do nothiue policy that finally resulted
in lhr present emergency.
Instead OF working through the uN
AGENCIES the | s ostentatiously paved
thc way for uuilateral action by send
ING to Greece lis WI separate mis-.
sions. the so-called Porter economic
mission months otter the Fac report
hfd hc.n available to it..
smith urged Administered relief
in Greece and 4 bar 10 military aid
10 either Greece ur Turkey
Montana labor news., 1947-04-17
Lilienthal Okeh Is
VictoryO Over The
Power Trust

Notwithstanding senate con.
firmed David +. Lilienthal as chair
man Of the U. S. Atomic Energy com
mission April . by a 50-31 vote after a
eleven weeks battle marked by wild
red batting and mud singing. Con.
firmation had been assured after a
motion to send the nomination back 10
committee had been defeated April 3,
52-3S.
Backed by labor, Lilienthal had been
opposed by Sen. Kenneth Mcclellan
3D.. Tenn, primarily on his record
as head Of the Tennessee Valley Auth
ority. Spokesman for the power trusts
opposed to IVA and public power pro-
jects resembling it joined the Nickel
lar attack.
Thirty democrats and 20 republic.
cans voted for Lilienthal, with 26 re-
publicans and five democrats voting
against
Montana labor news., 1947-04-17

VanclnR AmerlcdnlSm, Wnen
some of us insist upon the right
Of the American family to live
in a decent home, we think we
are advocating essential Americanism;
when some Of us insist upon the right
of working men and women to be pro-
vided with medical and hospital and
home-nursing care for themselves,
their wives and their children. we
think we are advancing essential
Americanism, and when some of us
defend the right Of labor to act to-
gether collectively and to use their
combined resources to better their con
ditions, we think we too are advancing
essential Americanism.
yet when we defend those rights,
we are accused of being communists"
The senator was not talking through
his hat Since Claude Pepper Cd, Fla.)
made that speech on May 81, 1916,
more than a dozen so-called anti-com-
munist bills have been thrown into the
congressional hopper along with over
200 bills aimed at smashing unions d.
rectly.
The anti-communist bills have an
ever broader target. They are aimed
at the welfare of the whole American
people-for when Pepper was defining
what he meant by Am~ericanism, he
was also defining what his opponents
meant by cOmmuL SIN. Every social
measure advocated in the programs OF
the AFL and CLIO. outside the straight
union principles, has at one time or
another been denounced as commu-
nistic. subversiye or un-American by
responsible men in congress. by big
newspapers, by pressure groups OF
businessmen and industrialists.
Take rem control. for intance. To
millions of Americans it means the one
stable item in their inflation-dizzy
budgets, but to Pres. Morgan L. Fitch
of the Natl. Assn. of Real Estate
Boards rent control is the spearhead
of the communist 'front.' The same
argument helped kill OPA and intro
duced Enthusiastically high prices into
the Natl. Assn. of Manufacturers
american way of life"
What about the Wagner-Ellender-
Taft housing bill, the one measure of
hope for ill-housed America? Dan
gerous' and communist" according
to NAREB Vice Pres. Herbert U.
Nelson. 1t "opens the door to total
communism" chimed in the National
Home e. Property Owners Foundation.
The bills still kicking around con-
Montana labor news., 1947-04-17
AFLASkS TRUMAN
TO help HALT
INITIATION

Washington. CFP)-Prices must be
forced down to a reasonable level be.
fore there is an economic crash bring
ing mass unemployment to America,
ALL Pres. William Green said April
8 in urging President Truman and
congress ito do everything in their
power to halt and reverse the rising
price trend"
Green's statement came out sOon
after Truman met with his cabinet
and council Of economic advisers for
a special round-table discussion of
economic conditions. The White
House announced no action plans were
made at the conference.
THE workers of our nation cannot
indefinitely shoulder the heavy burden
Of a cost Of living which impoverishes
them and renders their labor profit
less" 'Green said. He added that in.
dustry and merchant profits are gen
orally regarded as high enough today
to Justify a general 20qe price re.
duction
1T is the duty and high function
of our government to exert leadership
in the present price crisis and to CLAMP
the brakes on initiation and start
pushing prices down." Green said.
Montana labor news., 1947-04-17
Initiation Is Basic Cause of Labor Unrest
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Montana labor news., 1947-04-17
Cascade County
Trades and Labor
Assembly

Meeting of April II. l9i1
Meeting was called to order by Vice
President Larry Price, in the absence
of President Steinmet2. John Dusak
was appointed vice : .. den pro ten,
Credentials from the City Firemen
for c. A. Thorsen. William Spady and
Johnny Allen were presented and ac-
cepted.
Communications
From IN Fact. That its group sub.
scription rate is $50 with the pro
vision that ten or more subscriptions
must be sent in Il single block. on
motion assembly is to maintain club
and solicit subscriptions.
From the board OF recreation ac.
~knowledging our desire to sponsor a
junior team this summer. Placed on
file.
From the Operating Engineers that
the Central hotel is now fair to the
engineers. The James. Carlton and
Harris are still declared unfair by the
Operating Engineers.
From the Painters union thai they
are opposed to the city manager form
of government and suggesting that
the assembly get out a withdrawal
petition. Referred to the city election
committee.
From the Yellowstone County Trades
& Labor assembly that they are spon.
soring candidates for king and queen
of the eco Western pageant and par.
ade to be held in Billings beginning
June 20. Their candidates are Kenny
Anderson am Alberta Love, both mem.
bers Of organized labor.
Committee Reports
William Daycy reported for the city
and school election committee and slg-
gested that their activity be turned
over to the Cascade county legislative
committee 81 motion the suggested
action was ranclrred in.
Roll Call and Delegates Reports
Fred Car on reporting for the Bak-
ers that they are sponsoring 4 junior
Continued on Page Four,
Montana labor news., 1947-04-17

WASHINGTON. D.f 1LNSl- Pending
labor restriction proposals overlook
the causes Of Industrial unrest that
havo swept this country since vi
Day." President William Green Of the
American Federation Of Labor told the
House Labor Committee in vigorously
d%enonncing the labor bills before TIL,
committee.
"The bills he declared. are prem
ised on an assumption that is entirely
without merit. namely. that orr prob
lens in laboflmanagement relations
stem from alleged eScesses u the prat.
tees Of trade unions
The maintcause Of the unrest is in
flarion. Green insisted He declared
that in the critical period following
the end of the war. rNG ont Of evnIy
100 workers who engaced 10 a work
sfoppage did 50 only hrcanse ,ler
were caught in the economic wise IF
rising Prices and declining postwar
income
THESE postwar strikes Green con
'inned did take place because
oil . breakdown Of voluntary collective
bargaining they did not occur heeans"
of the failure OF unions TO carry oa'
the peaceful purposes and procedures
% which labor is dedicated The rec
ord shows that the haste cause of that
unrest was initiation
"'rhe other major cause was govern
menf intervention into labor.mauage'
meni relations Not one Of these bills
relates in any manner TO the problem
ol initiation. and all OF them increase.
rather thar remoye. government inter
ycnlion
What then. is he real purpose be-.
hind these laws Any fair minded
student Of these proposals viii newt
ably reach the conclusion that the real
Montana labor news., 1947-04-17

nism's blood-red hand in Fair En-
ployment Practices Commission legis-
lation guaranteeing against job dis
elimination. To Sen. Theodore Bilbo
Cd, Miss FEPC is a fool communist
concept and what Bilbo and his Dixie
colleagues think is important. as the
victims Of his senate f~ilibusters have
discovered. Opponents OF the polNtax
system have been smeared with the
same red brush.
Education goes hand in hand with
democracy, but a congressional com
mittee heard a bill providing federal
aid to schools blasted as a step TO
ward collectivism We would 500
be making America over, perhaps
somewhat after the Russian pattern"
Labor's proposals for sitter taxes
on the high-income brackets, accord
ing to David Lawrence. columnist and
COP theoretician, seek the destruc-
Continued on Page Tomr)
Montana labor news., 1947-04-17

curity only if ratified hy employee
elections
2 1t would prohibit secondary boy.
colts and mrisdictional strikes.
I Strikes in supposed violation Of
contracts could be stopped by injunc-
fion and the union could be sued in
tho federal courts for damages by the
employer
:. Industry wide bargaining would
be greatly restricted. il not entirely
discouraged
6. 1t would profoundly modify the
Wagner act in favor Of employers.
company unions and professional
workers
: Unions would be made subject
Ia unfair labor practices. including
charges Of coercion. and would be com
PEELED To file financial a%cconnfings.
: The judicial and prosecuting
functions OF the National Labor Re
wlations Act would be separated and its
decisions would be subjected TO wider
review by the courts.
. Collective bargaining elections
could be obtained by employers at
their own request. foremen would be
excluded from membership in unions
and employers could not be required
IN dismiss Il workman ousted from the
union. except Tor non payment OF dues,
10 The Cancellation Service OF the
Department of Labor would be re-
placed by a new and independent
Federal Mediation Service.
Finally, the measure would set mp
4 joint committee Of congress 10 make
q continuing Study Of the causes OF
friction in labor management rela-
tons and TO conduct investigations OF
internal union affairs. annual wage
plans and incentive and profit-shar-
ms schemes.
tontinued IN Page Four
Montana labor news., 1947-04-17
State Teamster Meet
Held In Butte On
April 1918

Montana state Transfers held their
annual meeting at the Transfers Hall,
liz East Park street. Butte, Satur-
day and Sunday. April ~ and 10.
Delegates were present from every
local in the state. Many resolutions
were passed by the convention.
Election of officers took place with
the following results: Frank Birming-
ham, Butte, president; Norman Sloan.
Helena, vice president: Austin G.
Thompson. Great Falls, secretary
treasurer: Thomas ]. Hartley, Billings,
recording secretary.
Trustees are: Walter Drost, Havre,
elected for ~three-year term. II. C..
Norwood. Bozeman and John Mogus,
Anaconda, were holdovers.
Montana labor news., 1947-04-17


The committee, set up to fix
responsibility for the Central
ia, ILL.,, disaster heard the two
U. S. officials claim an improved safe
ty record under the federal mine safe
ty code in the $500 soft coal mines
taken over by the government last
May.
But, Collision said: Events sur
rounding the disaster at Centralia
demonstrate that neither existing
state not federal inspection and safe
ty systems nor past procedures of the
Coal Mines administration adequately
protect against the possibility Of ex-
plosion causing great loss of life
He detailed the record of Centralia
No. 5 mine where the disaster took
place March 25. and said U. s. Inspec-
tor PERI checked the mine five days
earlier, and then wrote the OMA a let
ter claiming "a serious dust explosion
hazard But, said Collision, PERI
did not state there was immediate
danger"
After Centralia, he added, officials
decided to draw the line not at I'm
mineht danger but at "a serious haz-
ard Of explosion and there fore de-
cided to close down SIS mines in that
class. He complained that union Off
Gals were not cooperating in getting
the mines reopened pending their full
observance of the federal safety code.
Avoiding the topic under discussion,
the Centralia explosion, Krug painted a
picture. for the senator's OF improved
safety conditions under the federal
code and government operation But,
said Krug. "the miners have not re-
Montana labor news., 1947-04-17

ceived any substantial safety benefit
from the operation of their mine safe
ty committees or from the efforts of
tho international headquarters of the
UNIV"
He said the code provision allowing
the local union safety committee to
close down a mine found too danger
GUS to work was justifiable. but claim
ed the April 5 Lewis request to en-
force all provisions of the federal code
before a mine reopens was unreason-
able I'VE concluded" said krug, that
motives other than a concern for safe.
ty must have led to this request"
Krug suggested a 5-point program
to reduce mine injuries:
|. THE mine operators should con
tinue. with more dispatch and vigor,
the program to achieve full compliance
with the federal mine safety code"
., The UNIV should start a cam
paign ito sell mine safety to its mem
bers.'
3. Future UNIV private operator
contract should continue the federal
mine safety code and, in some form,
the health and welfare fund" Mine
safety committee powers would be con-
tinued III the union should accept its
responsibilities for safety and not use
its safety powers for Interior ends
4. Federal legislation to give the u.
s.. bureau of mines power to force cor
r%ection Of unsafe conditions or prac-
tees.
5. Appropriation Of s19 million to
provide a federal mine inspection force
OF 1900 to visit each mine once a
month.
Montana labor news., 1947-04-17
News of Great Falls
Building Trades

Minutes of regular meeting held
April 10. 1917. Meeting called TO order
at 7:35 pm. by President Davidson.
with all officers present
At this time Mr.. Goggans was ad
mitted and explained his case in re.
After hearing his side. the council ex
cused him and advised that he would
be notified Of our action.
Credentials
From Carpenters local 2s6 advising
that Brother John Moser is now their
delegate to the council, replacing
Brother Sieben. Motion made and
carried that the credentials be accept
ed and Brother Moser duly obligated
and seated.
Communications
Minutes of the Cascade County
Trades & Labor assembly for March
Is and April { read and filed.
From the Painters local 2Go adyis-
ing that they are ycrN much opposed
to the city manager form Of govern
Jnent and have requested the trades
aud labor assembly TO get out 4 with
drawal petition in an %endeavor to get
members Of organized labor TO With
draw their signatures Motion made
and carried to concur in the action Of
the Painters.
From Senator Murray and Repre-
sentatives D'Ewart and Mansfield III
regard To the resolution sent them
relative to elimination Of fPA con
trolS. Filed.
From Senators MURRAY and Eeioa
ana Reps. Mansfield and DEwart in
reply to our letters Of March i. rela-
tive to the proposed land grab in
continued ON Page -Four,
Montana labor news., 1947-04-17
Tai Pushes Drastic Anti Labor PROPOSAL
These Subversive Americans,
By MIRIAM KOLKIN, Federated Press

~ '1T11K0' O71K11V :! uor"teU 1fVoo
A distinguished senator was speaking.
He'd held the floor for several days, fighting an uphill battle
against his colleagues who were determined to push through a
bill-any bil-that would show those union people their place.
A coal strike was on, and a nationwide railroad walkout was
less than a week away. Many angry words had been spoken,
many taunts and insults thrown at the senator. By now he was
angry too, and his voice shook a little as he spoke
"When some of US advocate the working men and women of
this country getting a fair wage" he said, 1--WE think we are ad.
Montana labor news., 1947-04-17
Union Sponsors Leland Stowe

New York fFP)-Setting a prece-
dent in radio history, the United Elec-
trical Radio & Machine Workers (CIO)
is sponsoring a 52.week series of
weekly news commentary broadcasts
by Leland Stowe. famous foreign cor
respondent.
Montana labor news., 1947-04-17
MORE CENTRAL|AS LIKELY
kRuG and COLLISION
ADMIT TO Senate

Washington-FP-Though trying to shove the blame for
coal mine hazards on the United Mine Workers (AFL) and the
careless acts of individual workers, Interior Sec. J. Krug and
Coal Mines Administrator N. H. Collision told a Senate public
lands subcommittee April 10 that there are not vet ADEQUATE
safety measures to protect miners against the danger of explo-
Montana labor news., 1947-04-17
MEASURE WOULD ShACkLE
LABOR, OUTLAW The
CLOSED SHOP

Washington. D. Can omnibus bill, designed to run over
and cripple organized labor, was submitted to the senate labor
and public welfare committee by its chairman, Senator Robert
A. Taft, Of Ohio.
This. bill is a prize package in which almost every variety of
anti labor proposal is included. 1t strikes directly at the basic
freedoms and key advantages which American workers have
won by long years of struggle through their trade unions.
Montana labor news., 1947-04-17

1T Is the business of the
old party politician to get
campaign contributions from
the rich and votes from the
poor on the ground that he
will protect one from the
other. Ameriger.
Montana labor news., 1947-04-17

An economy that relies for
its stimulation on waste and
disaster i taking the road
to oblivion ~ surely ~ the
dinosaurs, those ereatures
Nt8kat we're all bulk and no
brains Stuart Chase.