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The Nome nugget., 1947-05-02
WASHINGTON, (P) - Explors

WASHINGTON, (P) - Explora- tion and research of fissionable and other strategic minerals may have to be abandoned or sharply curtailed July 1 for lack of funds, Dr. R. R. Savers, director of the bureau of mines, said today. Pa cific northwest projects which he said would be hit through slashing the bureaus appropriation from S10,533,875 to $4,233,750, include coal exploratory work in Alaska.
The Nome nugget., 1947-05-02
NEWS TN BRIEF

CATSKILL, (PD - Fifteen hun dreG AFL cement workers in nine plants in New York and Maine struck Thursday, union officials said, in a dispute over seniority rights.
The Nome nugget., 1947-05-02
Demands Not Be Given Exclusive Right To Alaska

from Oregon and California that .nair shipping interests be given 2o opportunity along with Seattle firms 70 serve Alaska today made more involved an already much debated situation.
 And, Governor Ernest Gruening supports their position.
 California and Oregon members of Congress demanded after a con- ference yesterday that the mari time commission eliminate from contracts with three Seattle ship ping firms a clause giving them ex- elusive right to serve Alaska until June 30, l948.
 The contracts have been under study for weeks and only last week the maritime commission announc- e1 it's approval of their form.
 The Seattle companies immedi- ately filed new tariffc for 35 per cent overall increase in rates to Alaska.
 The contracts were drafted after Congress passed interim legisla- ton to permit the commission to charter government ships to the private operators at nominal rates, with the commission paying in surance on them and recapturlng 75 per cent of any profits.
 Representative of chambers of commerce who attended the con- ference joined the Congressman i'll urging that the commission elim- mate the exclusive clause but al low the Seattle firms to go ahead with the Alaskan service with the understanding that any other ship ping firm wishing to compete may do so on the same terms. Witnesses testified that at the time the contracts with the Seattle firms were prepared no other ship ping companies were interested. Alaskans announced they would fight the proposed increases though they said the shipping companies had notified them they would not start the privately operated service if the rates weer opposed.
 Since early in the war the serv- ice has been operated by the gov ernment at a loss and the lines must be returned to their owners l by June 30.
 ! Joseph K. Carson, member of the commission was present yes teroay and was asked to present 1 the request for elimination of the exclusive clause in the Seattle con- l tract to the commission. | Rep. Jackson D.-WashD former i chairman of the House Territories subcommittee which worked out the law under which the commits sion would contract with the Seat tie firms told the conference eff 1 forts had been made to find other 1 lines interested in the Alaskan | trade without success.
 ''I am not in favor anytime of a monopoly" Jackson said, "but we simply were unable to get other shipping firms interested in the Alaskan trade. I want some com petition in that trade"
 Other members of Congress maintained the commission had no right to give the Seattle companies exclusive rights of. the Alaska trade.
Montana labor news., 1947-05-15
N. MANSFIELD NOT
FOR fake RENT
CONTROL BILL

By a vote Of 20i-1S2 the house last
week passed a "watered down" YER
sion of an effective rent control Law
Although proponents Of the house YER
sion claim that the allowable - per
cent boots incorporated in the bill
must be mutually agreeable between
landlord and tenant. the opposition
took the position there were 50 many
loopholes in the measure I'll. 32N3l
that the mutual part of it applied
to the landlords only. in other words,
IS million American tenant families
are stuck for an additional II per
cent cost OF rentals.
The bill would also end all admin
istration control over ALLEGATION Of
building materials and give to local
city and county authorities the au-
thority 10 decontrol all rental proper
ties. The bill is now in the senate.
Although rents have been under
control for several years. facts BROUGHT
out in the house debate revealed that
few landlords the nation over had not
Increased their profits off rentals,
above pre-war years. because Of the
continuous occupancy of rental units.
Rep. Mansfield voted against this In
flationary rent control measure.
Rep DEwart voted for the bill.
Montana labor news., 1947-05-15

UOlIlR WHdL lev IltH III AMER
lean history have dared to do
prove that an editor can
practice freedom of the press
and still survive
Commenting on its own poll, thu
farm newspaper said: "ln our eyes
the sorriest characters in this drama
OF freedom of the press are not the
10 businessmen who have led the at
tack-but the newspapers editors OF
North Dakota who deliberately
shirked their responsibility to pick up
their guns to fight the thing which is
slowly turning them from guardians
OF democracy to slaves and prostitutes
OF reaction and suppression
The Matchan case began when 40
Valley City businessmen, ansered at
the editors support Of Henry A. Wal
lace and his fighting progressive pol
icies. held Il secret meeting to discuss
the town of 5000 people. The meet
ing decided to send a committee to
Matchan and offer him a price for
his paper. II Matchan refused. they
threatened to f%naugurate Il boycott
that would be 9Ol effective
Matchan asked the committee for
80 days to think over the proposal
and then Went into action. He eX-
posed the whole attack on him in his
paper and named the men who We're
leading the fight To suppress his pa
per. On the front page Of the Times
Record he printed a ballot asking the
people to vote on whether he should
sell out or whether they believed he
had the right to express himself
freely.
From that day on. letters and bal
lots started pouring i'll by the hun
dreds. Immediate local reaction was
) to ! in his favor. Within q few
days it became nationwide news that
a small town editor was single-handed-
~ defending the American tradition
Montana labor news., 1947-05-15
GOVERNMENT REPORTS SHOW PRICES
SLOWING UP 1947 HIRING

new permanent dwellings, started in
indicate that orders for cotton goods
woolens and worsteds are falling off. ;
While the apparel industries normally
March 1916. The 1916 March figure
was a 40 per cent gain over the pre-
ceding month, whereas the March 1917
total was only rs per cent more than
February la41. a far slower rate of
spring pickup.
Severe winter weather in many To-
c~alities during February and early
March and resistance to higher build.
ing costs are reported to have caused
many builders to delay starts BIS
reported. Estimates show > per cent
fewer housing starts in the first quar-.
ter Of this year than in the same per
iod in 1916.
Trying to strike an optimistic note,
Goodwin said: .".Although a business
dip later this year is a much discussed
possibility, it seems clears that sea.
sonal rises in demand for workers in
agriculture. construction. food process.
sing and certain other fields will tend
to keep employment high during most
If not all Of the calendar year"
Montana labor news., 1947-05-15

Washington-FP--A group Of GOV
eminent reports here add substance
to the claim by organized labor that
runaway prices exhausting consumer
purchasing power are heading the ma
ton into unemployment and depres-
sion.
U. S. Employment Service Director
Robert S. Goodwin. releasing a survey
of labor market conditions in 50 major
areas. said factors making for bust
ness expansion which sem non-aeri-
cultural employment sharply upward
last year have lost their upward drive"
The usual seasonal rise in hiring has
not materialized in 1917. he said, add.
ing that employment levels are gen
orally below those anticipated by en-
ployers in previous months
The time has apparently come. he
said when it will be more and more
difficult to maintain current levels of
employment and output at present
prices
Public employment offices placed
only 391 90 job applicants Ill %non-a@rI-
cultural industry this March. compar-
ed to $4,000 placements in March.
1916, USES said.
A bureau Of labor statistics monthly
employment check released April 20.
showed the overall job picture in
March slightly better than in Fehru-
AIRY, with durable goods industries such
as refrigerator. machinery and ma
chine shop products offsetting declines
in non durable goods industries.
The largest drop in manufacturing
employment was 10000 in textiles. BIS
said, adding that preliminary reports
increase employment at this season,
their job rise was slight in 1917. and
mems clothing actually showed a drop
in employment. These are items on
which some of the steepest price rises
have been registered in recent months.
Home building. often referred 10 as
an employment stabilizer, was badly
off in March. BIS reported, with only
53,400 new permanent homes started
in March. 1941. contrasted with 60. 400
Montana labor news., 1947-05-15
GERALD SMITH IS
FOR TRUmAn'S
LOAN BILL

Washington Fp Americas No. |
fascist leader. Gerald T.. X Smith, at
4 news conference april Is boosted he
had over three million folio. ers' and
plans & nationwide conference in st
l.ouis May IT'S To organize "a great
new Nationalist party
Smith said he approved OF Col Char
les A.. Lindberph's recent statement
npholding the Truman doctrine q aid
to Greece and Turkey and II approve
Pres Trumau's letour Of the United
Nations The IN is merely a ghost
that walks
Nationalist smith also declared that
sen Theodore G. Bilbo T.. Miss.l who
has delayed opening his fight for his
seat. lis 80 popular in the south that
he could he elected governor OF Louis
lana or Mississippi or almost any other
southern state il he could qualify
After predicting that Herman Tai
mulge would be the next governor OF
Georgia without any doubt. smith said
4 lev biua word Tor the Norwegian
opera star. Kristen Flagstad. whose
fascist husband Was arrested by the
ulegeround FOR aiding the Nazis. only
a die before he could be tried He
charged the .ime extremist elements
which arr iisinrbiug Kristen Flagstad
are the ones which have promoted
riots and picket lines At my meetings
Smith also called for the outlawing
Of the Communist party and attacked
Sen Arthur Nandenberg tR.. Mich for
his support III David I.ilienthal as
chairman NJ the atomic energy com
anf.st.r
Montana labor news., 1947-05-15

gotiations GOVERNS more than one EN-
ployer except Tor employers with less
than loo WORKERS each in plants with.
in a au-mile radius. The senate bill
would allow industry.wide bargaining
if both sides wanted it. hut would not
ban strikes to force an employer To
negotiate nationally.
Closed Shop
Both bills would outlaw the closed
shop, in which Il new employee much
join a union before he can be hired
Both would permit the union shop,
which requires Il new employe to join
within 80 days. if it is favored by
Il majority Of the workers. The house
bill bans strikes for the union shop.
JurisdictionaI Strikes and
Secondary Boycotts
Both outlaw them. The house would
permit private employers to obtain
injnnctions against them and sue the
union for triple damages. The senate
bill would permit the national labor
relations board to seek injunctions in
ase affecting the national welfare,
and would permit employers to sue
for simple DAMAGES. The house bill
provision also would apply to sym
rathy and sitdown strikes.
Unfair Labor Practices Of Unions
Both bills would make it unfair for
Continued on Page Four
Montana labor news., 1947-05-15

previously BY a group of open
shoppers headed by ex-Trust
Buster Thurman Arnold.
Now representa- nelson POINTER.
publisher of thu seat printed ST. Pet
ersbnrg dailic> ArAail and the other
a%nti.unioA NitIrs aimed The It'll
laws and Was' were driving
small publish Ys 81 ia wall,
Randolph teid Aairman lleineg
Carchart i, lAa the Other sen
ators that tie lTl formed III ls52
and that from iN- inning ii la@
We're a laif "a 1ntract hriNfen
employer ami eali g. He recalled
that the Amer ~ Newspaper Pub
fishers ASST a union Shop
contract MiiH file lI IN 1897 aNl that
Montana labor news., 1947-05-15

Of freedom of the press letters
backing Matchan are now pouring III
from all parts Of the country.
Although The commercial press OF
North Dakota Is sitting N. the battle,
the Union Farmer reported that
Matchan vas getting tremendous pop.
ular support. Farmers i'll Barnes
county are saying: "A boycott can
work boil ways don't aivags
agree with Matehan some Of us never
debut we say that Nlatchan las a
right 10 write as he nleascs IN his
editorials. Turner's there are g,t.
ting petitions aiancd and preseufine
Continued On Page Fomr)
Montana labor news., 1947-05-15
Spruille Braden, Ex-Montanan, To Speak
At Mines Commencement Exercises

Spruille Braden, assistant secretary
of state for Latin American affairs and
a native OF Montana. will be the honor
guest and commencement speaker for
Montana School of Mines in Butte,
June Z. Braden is a native OF Elkhorn,
the ghost mining camp OF the early
days in Montana, situated a few miles
uphill in the heart Of the Rockies from
Boulder.
This vigorous representative OF
American intrests in South American
diplomatic circles comes of a national
~ known mining family which started
mining in Montana. His father and
two uncles are remembered by pio-
neers of Helena, East Helena, Marys-
vile and Butte.
Among the Montanans who knew the
Braden family in the early days, and
who have been invited as special
Montana labor news., 1947-05-15
Missoula Transfers
VictOrs in NLRB
Election

Following a long period Of success
full organizing efforts. the Missoula
Transfers union reports the winning
OF bargaining rights at the Missoula
warehouses. 1t is said that the COM
pany made an effort to protest the
election. but that il was oyer-ruled
by the Regional National Labor Rela-
ton Board.
This is considered a major victory
for the Transfers local of Missoula
ard for union members OF Western
Montana in general.
Montana labor news., 1947-05-15

Nclopmcnt--the west will make.
lis full anger felt Sen. James
T.. Murray charged last week.
The. Interior Department
appropriation bill. and other
legislation which the Republic
cans have sponsored. would
hayt the effect ~ taluiie our national
forest over to the his lumber litter
osts for eNrletafion would deelror
CONSERVATION measures for the desrl.
upment and wise use Of our mineral
resources would briag about iAe
aainafiou Of vast publ, grazing land
and would turn over to the monopo
listic utility industry all profit TO be
made from the development OF hydro.
electric power from the streams and
rivers which are public property.
The effort IL r%ractiouary forces
within The Republican party to bring
THIS ahoni has fhroan the spotlight
III pihlic attention upon the strauee
conflict that RACES within the party
Of course w tll know that the H
publican party is dominated and con
tiulled by the biz financial and indus
tiial Interests ~ The east There Is
enis a handful If liberal minded pro-
arrssiNe members Of the Republican
raftA ID the congress- from the west
The vast meinrifN ri members Of tho
party are uu,lsr the control aud dom
Ration ~ the Republican high com.
maud. Whfah il turn Is controlled and
directed ly the National Association
OF Manufacturers aad other represent
.ltivcs ut eastern monupolistic inter.
ests These greedy. eyploitativc III.
tclestS controlling the Republican
party ar, OIL 10 destroy all programs
desienel 20 Develop tile Vest
Il wish that it We're possible ~
prevent tn. issue Of western resnnrc
development from becoming a parts
Montana labor news., 1947-05-15

guests to meet Mr.. Braden when he
comes here, are Norman b. Hotter, c..
i. Power, Charles y. kessler, II. II.
piggott and William Scallon. all of
Helena. as well as leaders in mining
and in other fields in the Treasure
state.
Spruille Braden's father, William
Braden. came from Massachusetts In
stitute Of Technology to Marysville in
1889. where he was engaged as chem
isl and assayer. lie later went to
l.eadville. Colo, and came to Butte
as an expert engineer for both the Bos-
ton q Montana and the Butte & Bos-
ton mining companies in their litiga-
ton with +. a. Heinze in 1898 to 1901.
one Of Braden's uncles. Eugene, was
head OF the American Smelling & Re.
filming lead smelter at East Helena for
many years.
Montana labor news., 1947-05-15

OVERWHELMING approval 70 The
Hartley labor death warrant
bill, conferees from the two
houses will meet to work out
a compromise proposal which
will be acceptable to members
of both houses. The senate c~onferees
will be. Sens. Joseph II. Ball. Mimi,
Irving Ives. New York. lanes +. Muir
ray. Montana: Allen Fllender. La.
Montana labor news., 1947-05-15
TU Chief Tells Senate
WHY NEWSPRlNTS SCARCE

Washington-(FP)-A 9Opage brief chock full of facts
and figures was crammed into the record of the senate SUBJ
committee on newsPrint and paper shortages May 7 by the
council of the init. Typographical Union (AFL).
Headed by Pres. Woodruff Randolph, the TITUS officers an
swered a smearing attack on its practices and standards before
Montana labor news., 1947-05-15
OF PRESS fight
RAGING IN NORTH DAKOTA

Jamestown, N.D.-(FP)-A poll conducted by the North
Dakota Union Farmer showed only one daily newspaper editor
in the state willing to back the free press fight of Don c.
Matchan, Valley City publisher whose campaign to save his
paper from a local businessmen's boycott has brought him
attention. Matchan, said the Union Farmer, rs
Montana labor news., 1947-05-15
Major Provisions Which Must
Be Compromised

WASHINGTON, May Il Pr Major
provisions Of The house and senate
labor bills which must be comprom-
Used by conference committee.
lndustrywide Bargaining
The house bill would outlaw indus
Montana labor news., 1947-05-15
Murray Critical Of COP Reclamation Cuts
EASTERN money
SEEKS TO RETARD WEST

THE blndly destructive policy Of the Republican party in
striking down the bipartisan program of the administration
for development Of western resources will cause great damage
to the west and will arouse terrific resentment. When its full
implications are understood by the west = its duplcty, its
bungling, its downright vicious plan to hamstring western de-
Montana labor news., 1947-05-15
Cascade County
Trades and Labor
Assembly


Nicotine al May . wts tllltd - Of j
=. II >pa I'm Is Niee m, ileui l..
lritr Roll elll ~ officers bowed
rro-ideni stainHier1 absent loln
nsah WIS appointed ,fr ffes deaf
ps tom
Credentials
From The reial CLERKS for la i
Tfpsk,y and Russell & Jon, On
motion ,iel,r.irs pie,t we're nll eaiod
aud seated
Communications
From the sturkoil miners that dizzy
Mil be unable to participate in this
Years Labor Day celebration filoi,
From the Retail Clerks that their
executive hoard is DESTROYS OF meet.
liz with the general grievance com.
mittee of tn. assembly On motion
referred To the special grievance com.
miltee appointed on the SINGER Sew
ing Machine grievance
On motion the Treasurer Was auth.
"a itf'i ~ F'Aiff ri ~ i~lsliit' u 'fsil'
pleto the income tax report tor the as
sembly
Officers Reports
William IaNeN reported on a meet
Ing with the new mayor aud that he
seems favorable To a revenue bond Is.
stlc 10 finance tire new sewer project.
Brother lpavey further reported that
the petitions for the citl manager
form Of government are 10 be turned
IN about May 20
Reports Of Delegates
Ray Graham reported on the meet
ing Of the Montana state Industrial
Union Council in Butte and that reso.
lwntions urging continuance oi rent
control and opposition TO the screen
ing OF federal employees as to their 10y
atty. were adopted. ON motion IN,
resolutions were cOneurrcd in by the
assembly.
sefnal 1.eary lopnrtg that lie ite'ail
clerks VIII participate in this Years
Labor llag celebration and also have
q float.
Coed and Welfare
Ira ST. hrasse ami Walter Davidson
reported on a meeting Of the Building
continued on Page Four
Montana labor news., 1947-05-15
Senate Tusses Taft Labor Bill
MURRAY BACKS WORKERS.
ECT0h FOLLOWS Taft

American workers Tuesday took another knockout punch
when the NAM-sponsored majority of the senate passed the
Taft-Ball antilabor connection 1924. Forty-seven Republi-
cans were joined by Fl reactionary democrats in voting ap-
prevail of this measure. Arrayed against it were three GOPers
and FL democrats. In view OF the house having earlier given
Montana labor news., 1947-05-15
For Your Box Score
Senator Murray voted against
the Taft-Ball anti-labor bill. Sen
ator Ecton voted for it.

Major provisions Of the house aud
senate labor bills which must be re-
conciled by the senate-house con
ferees. as published in the Great Falls
Tribune. follow.
Montana labor news., 1947-05-15

ut 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., 1947-05-15

An economy that relies for
its stimulation N waste and
disaster n taking the road
to oblivion as-sureH A. the
dinosaurs, those creatures
that were all bulk and no
brains Stuart Chase.
Montana labor news., 1947-05-15

the same committee a fortnights
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-27
FLIERS RESCUED
OFF FROZEN LAKE
Canadian Pilots Fly Nine
Men To Goose Bay, Lab
rador Late Friday

HALIFAX, Dec. 26. -R)-
Nine fliers who had been ma
rooned on frozen Labrador
lake since their Flying Fortress
crash-landed Christmas Eve are
safe at Goose Bay, Labrador,
after being flown to the base in
rescue plane the RCAF
Search and Rescue Division re-
ported tonight.
The numbering rescue plane,
equipped with skis and carrying
portable jet-propulsion appar-
atus to assist in the take-off
from the small frozen lake,
picked UP the seven crew mem
bers and two passengers late
this afternoon and flew them to
Goose Bay.
Jato, jet-propelled take-off as
sistance apparatus, was neces-
sary to lift the big rescue ship
and her load from the heavy
snow blanketing Lake Astray
where the Flying Fortress Ian
ded after running out of fuel.
The plane was carrying Christ
mas presents to isolated outposts
and settlements along the bleak
Labrador coast.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-27
Along The Cape Fear

He entertained lavishly both at
his beautiful Airlee residence,
the Bungalow, marvellous
home just North of Summer
Rest, in a setting of original
growth of Long Leaf Pine, and
for a time at the old Governor
Dudley home which he owned
and occupied.
"On the site of the old rice
mill across the river was sub
sequently operated an excelsior
factory by Wright Meares and
Ernest Baltzer. This was pio-
neer attempt to make a product
of something that normally was
a by product and it was not sue
cessful.
"In thinking of rice planta-
tions, history takes us back to
Sir John Yeamans, King Roger
Moore, the Hills and their de-
scendants of Colonial days.
Memory recalls the plantations
of Orton, Clarendon, Lilliput
and Kendall and the individual
names of McRee, Waters, Nc
Ilhenny and Kidder, Mr.. Fred
Kidder, a courtly and we'll loved
citizen, owner of Lilliput and
See CAPE FEAR On Page Eight
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-27
MIDDLE BELT HAS
EXCELLENT YEAR
Over us Million Pounds
Marketed At $42.16
Average Per Hundred

RALEIGH, Dec. 26.-P)-Sell-
ing of the second largest crop
in the history Of the Middle Belt
flue-cured tobacco markets was
completed Dec. 19, with gross
sales for the year totaling 49,
666,530 pounds averaging $42.l6
SO per hundred. pounds. The
State Departments of Agricul-
ture reported today.
The volume fell 1877 million
pounds, or seven per cent. be-
low last years record of l89,330,-
C18 pounds, which averaged $46.-
SO per hundren pounds. The
lowest general average since 49,
43 was established when a drop
of SAB from the previous year
took place.
demand which was subantiaily
weaker than in 1916, and as a
result, practically every grade
showed price decline. Averages
ranged downward from $1.00 to
$11.5O per hundred; however,
most decreases were from $500
to $500.
Green Leaf Drops
Sharpest drops were recorded
for green leaf grades On the red
side, green primings, monde
script, and low and common
qualities of red and dark red
tobaccos. Several cutter grades.
See MIDDLE BELT On Page 8