davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1947-02-01

when the strange noise awak-
ened me, l switched on the lights.
and there, sticking out from under
my bed was a mans feet, When
l started to scream, the man
crawled out. 1t was my husband.
He had heard the noise first
Montana labor news., 1947-09-18
NATIONWIDE LOCKOUT OF PRINTERS
URGED ON PUBLISHERS

New York-Fp-Editor & Publish
er has invited Americas billion dollar
publishing industry to stage a nation
wide lockout Of ALL printers in a fight
to cram the ft.Hartley law down
their threats.
E&P. leading trade magazine which
generally expresses the views OF the
American Newspaper Publishers assoc
citation. made its proposal in an editor
ial August 80 condemning the Init.
Typographical Union for its recent
convention decision to get around the
new law by abandoning signed con
tracts and enforcing the closed shop
through unilateral conditions Of EN-
ployment" posted in each shop.
The battle must be fought low. and
il must be won even II it means clos
ing down every printing plant in the
country" EXP asserted.
Describing the ITU decision as the
biggest threat IN history" to the free
dom OF American publishers. EXP
said III is time for the newspaper
publishers Of this country, and other
employers Of printers. to show some
CUTS and stand up and fight. II union
members prefer 10 stupidity throw
Montana labor news., 1947-09-18
J.. HEAD URGES
PROBE OF FOES
OF c0-0PS

Observation-Disclosures James
& Patton OF the National Farmers
Union announced September II he had
written Rep. Walter G. Ploeser iR..
Me- urging an investigation ri groups
attacking the cooperative movement.
ploeser. acting head OF the house
small business subcommittee HOW
probing the nations farm and con.
sumer co-ops, has leaned heavily on
thu arguments and testimony OF
spokesman for the National Tax
Equality Association and other bust
ness groups, in joining the attack. He
is an o~utspoken advocate OF new taxes
on co-operatiyes.
Criticizing Ploeser's preiudicial con
duet OF hearings so far. Patton wrote
III your subcommittee is genuinely
interested in the conduct OF an inquiry
worthy the dignity OF congress. We
recommend that you spend as much
time INVESTIGATING the attacks on CO.
operatives as investigating co-opera-
tives themselves
Specifically. he mentioned the Ma
tional Tax Equality Association, the
tax lobby for business interests. Rep.
Wright Patman ID, Tex.). who has
. stoutly defended co-ops during the
hearings. had already called for a com
mittee probe OF the financing OF this
group.
Montana labor news., 1947-09-18

Tie real cSldlc anu
lobby has been freshman Sen.
Joseph R. Mccarthy (R., Wis.,.
His basic idea on housing is
that people will do anything
for money-therefore. we will get lots
OF housing if we offer lots of profit
in the housing field. He hammered
away consistently on this line in the
senate banking and currency commit
tee.
A foe of rent and price control, Nc
Carthy tried to make every witness
in committee hearings say yes, when
he asked IF rental housing would
come on the market if we took con
trolls off spare rooms, attic apartments
and easements to let?" He would stall
hearings until he got his answer.
Killing rent control would make
more people rem out space. he argued.
and killing price control on materials
would make producers speed up oper-
atoms for a profit killing. This, he in
sisted. would make housing follow
the dollar.
Aside to reporters he smirked that
high rents would make a lot Of fast
livers give up their 'out-of-the-way
apartments, which they use only for
lovenest purposes" The idea was
that the homeless could then move in.
A New Mccarthy?
But starting September II Mccarthy
found himself in temporary control Of
a joint committee to investigate the
housing shortage which looks no bet
ter even after his ideas on materials
prices were carried out and the weak
ened rent bill he pushed was enacted.
Top government housing officials told
! his committee the US needs some ! "
million new housing units a year but
that the present market demand" is
only $4,000 because prices are so high
the customers aren't biting.
After listening to some OF the facts
of life-that the general index Of build.
Montana labor news., 1947-09-18
Retail FOOD
PRICES up Ia
< CENT

Washington-The family food bill
in So large cities advanced IA per cent
between mid,June and mid-July. ac-
cording to the monthly survey by the
Bureau OF Labor Statistics. US. De-
partment of Labor.
Higher prices for eggs. dairy prod
ucts. and meats were the chief factors
in the rise oyer the month. Between
March and July. the rise IN food prices
averaged 10 per cent which Is approx
imately equal to the usual seasonal
increase over this 4-month period.
The bureaus retail food price index
for July vas lG per cent above a year
ago and los per cent above the August
1899 index, reaching a new peak for
the second consecutive month.
Egg Prices Jumped II Per Cent In
Single Month
Egg prices jumped more than sea
sonally-l II per cent on the average
between mid-June and mid-July as a
result Of strong demand. declining
production. and abnormally low stor-
are stocks. Advances we're reported
in all cities, ranging from ) per cent
to II per cent,
Prices OF dairy products rose o
than / per cent. the relatively short
storage stocks of butter and ~seasOnally
lower milk production. Butter prices
were up over S per cent, fresh milk 3
per cent. and cheese 2 per cent.
Consumers paid li2 per cent more
for meats. fish, and poultry. as a group.
on July Ii than on June Is. Prices OF
all beef cuts advanced from 2 TO BIZ
per cent, pork and lamb about one
per cent fish > per cent.
Prices Of fats and oils declined more
than 3 per cent with lard down 6 per
cent. All fruit and vegetable prices
declined liz per cent during the
month.
Montana labor news., 1947-09-18

away their own rights and privileges
and refuse to oppose this one-man
rule. then the publishers will have &c
carry the fight alone
The publishers cannot afford to wait
for the outcome Of a fight in the courts.
E&p said. advising instead a head-on
clash with the union and calling for
the hiring OF scabs.
Adequate printers can be trained
in six months it advised. II has been
done before and newspapers have con-
tinued 10 operate under ITU strikes.
II can be done again"
Meanwhile. the TITUS new strategy
was the main topic OF discussion at q
closed ANPA meeting in Chicago Sep
TENDER rs. More than 300 newspaper
executives gathered there heard ANPA
general counsel Elisha Hanson hail
the Taft-Eiartley law as ushering in
" a new era in employeremploye re-
lations in the US Hanson said the
law would have "a lasting beneficial
effect upon our political, social and
industrial economy
Montana labor news., 1947-09-18

ing material prices is II per cent above
those of 1926, with lumber costs 1863
per cent over that year-McCarthy
agreed something should be done and
by the federal government.
Up to now opposed to Washington's
saying boo to a business man, Nc
Carthy suggested an investigator
check into materials middlemen's prof
it situation. AS a last resort, he said.
congress may have to crack down on
them, He even mentioned something
about unnecessary profits" which
almost amounts to sacrilege Of his
dollar-god.
Again, some of the. federal govern
ment housing officials told the group
that the steel industry was not turn
ing out nails for housing fast enough
because nails are a low profit item.
Once more Mccarthy suggested duress
on private enterprise. This time it
would be in the form Of a conference
to threaten the steel men with legis-
lation for an ALLEGATION plan. The
threat, he thought, might do the trick.
1t is too early to draw the conclu-
sion that Mccarthy represents a great
change in the thinking OF the people
in congress who voted to stimulate
home building by offering bigger prof
its. But it does show that they are now
in a spot where they have to offer a
program. They are concerned about
public dissatisfaction, and next year
there is a presidential election.
Perhaps the COP leaders will decide
passing the Observation-Disclosures gen
eral housing bill, long boosted by labor,
will be a wise move. II they do,
though. don't be fooled into buying a
pig in a bag. Under the name OF that
bill they are likely to carry on such
an amendment campaign that il the
measure energies with the OK-GOP
stamp it may be as weak as dishwater
' That move will bear watching.
Montana labor news., 1947-09-18

the consumer.
Opinion of experts revealed
that the cost of living is due to
go up rather than down, as the
profit-hungry interests boosted
prices to maintain or increase
their record take.
In produce markets. dealers conf
IDENTIFY predict retail prices OF 81 a
pound for butter and 81 IA dozen for
eggs.
In Chicago. prices OF corn and oats
hit new highs for the second consecu.
tive day. while wheat advanced sever.
al cents a bushel to a new peak for
this time OF year. ut the height Of the
harvest.
The Bureau Of Labor Statistics re-
ported an increase in the wholesale
price index for 900 commodities for
the ninth straight week. The index
now stands at a level col per cent
above Il year ago.
The jump In corr price was nlam-
ed upon more bad weather reported
from the corn belt. Or top OF this came
the warning from John r. krey. chair
mar OF the American Meat Institute.
that the corn crop may be damaged
further by frosts.
II frost at the average time
this year, from one-third to One-hali
the corn crop will be in danger. kre,
: said.
He forecast a drop In meat prodnc
ton this year. 'at a time when there
is more need and demand for meat
than ever before
Montana labor news., 1947-09-18
MISSOURI FARMERS
HAVE had ENOUGH

Missouri farmers indicated last
week they had had enough"
Angered by congressional action
to cripple and destroy farmer co
operatives as well as government
lending agencies for agriculture
such as the Farm Credit Admins
tration and the Rural Electrical
Administration" the Missouri
Farmers Association, with a men,
bership Of III, 900, took to political
action.
A resolution adopted by the MIA
at its annual convention condemned
the seeming persecution of farm
er c~o-operatives by the house small
business committee and called on
its members to see to it that
known enemies Of the farmer now
in office are retired to private life"
Rep. Walter PlOeser, chairman
Of the committee Investigating"
co-operatives. is from Missouri.
Montana labor news., 1947-09-18

an to receive the award which will be
presented at the 18th annual meeting
of the association in Atlantic City,
October 8. The 7S-year old scientist,
now living in retirement. will receive
81 900 and a gold statuette Of the
symbolizes victory over death and di-
sease
DR.. Hamilton's interest in occupa-
tional diseases dates back to her youth
when she lived at Hull House in Chi
and through her contact with
workers realized how little was known
about the industrial dangers to which
they were exposed. She decided then
that her life work would be To combat
such diseases.
During long years of service with the
Labor department, she studied such
industries as lead smelling. the making
Of white lead, glazing and decorating
pottery. printers and painters trades.
the making Of storage batteries, enam-
cling Of bathtubs and sinks, the com
pounding Of rubber goods and aniline
dye works. In the first world war she
risked her life visiting plants manu-.
featuring explosives.
Through her efforts to prevent lead,
mercury and INT POISONING and her
later investigations OF benzol. carbon.
disulfide and other organic solvents.
she contributed to the control Of these
Montana labor news., 1947-09-18

cause Of lack of dollars workers will
pay in layoffs because actual and po-
tential SURPRISES cannot be sold to
other countries.
For the economy as a whole. the
downturn in exports has serious i'm
plications. During the first half Of
this year business buying Of goods for
stocking up purposes and to fill sup
ply pipelines fell off sharply and con-
sumner buying was held down by
dwindling purchasing power. 1t vas
foreign buying that largely took up
the slack.
Even with future large-scale govern
ment assistance. the peak in foreign
buying has admittedly been passed.
The economic motivation behind the
Marshall plan is the need to provide
a pump-primer for foreign trade, since
a sharp drop in volume would deal a
serious blow to the American economy.
UnfavorabIe Balance Exists
The difficulty that conrronts for
eign countries is that the US has been
selling about 81 billion a month more
than it has been buying from them.
They have to make good the difference
by depicting their gold and dollar re-
sources. With foreign countries scrap
ing the bottom Of the barrel for dollars,
they would be helped if American i'm
ports Of their goods and commodities
increased. Instead, there has been a
drop in imports since May Of this year
that has paralleled the more spectac-
ular fall in exports.
Montana labor news., 1947-09-18

Meanwhile the Agriculture depart
ment told the world that farmers this
year have averaged about ~ cents a
dozen for eggs. the highest price in
history and about : cents above last
years price.
Although egg production Is higher
than a year ago, prices are expected
to remain high because Of the short
age OF red meat. the department said.
Mr.. Green. in his letter to all local
ALL groups. urged them to present
to the congressional committee the
facts Of the present price situation
in their true light" He said:
The continually rising prices OF the
important problem confronting Amer
lea today.
Government figures. which can
only partially measure the rise in the
cost Of living. show that the prices OF
products purchased by an average
family hit IA new high during the
month Of June, when they were Sc
per cent higher than in January. 1941.
Food and clothing, which require the
bulk of the average workers wage.
rose in price % and 81 pev cent. re-
spectively. Preliminary figures for
july and August are even higher.
The first session OF the S0th Con-
gress closed its eyes to this continu.
ally rising cost OF living. Its only
action was to authorize the present
Investigation OF the high cost OF liv-
ing. Labor should take advantage of
the opportunity to present the facts
in their true light"
Montana labor news., 1947-09-18
VETS BENEFITS
Are EXPLAINED
BY VA BUREAU

Editors note: Ex-servicemen and
women are vitality interested in the
benefits which their government Of
fers them through the Veterans Ad-
ministration and they are asking
thousands Of questions daily.)
@. Does Veterans Administration
pay compensation to veterans with
arrested pulmonary tuberculosis?
A. Yes, VA a make full compen-
satiOn payments to veterans who have
been discharged from its hospitals
with arrested pulmonary tuberculosis
up to two years after date of discharge
il necessary.
@. | would like to study abroad on
a student exchange basis. How can |
arrange to do this?
A. Arrangements to study abroad
on a student-exchange basis must be
made through the Division of Inter
national Exchange of Persons, De-
partment of State and not through
Veterans Administration.
@. | am a World War ii veteran and
would like to know the minimum and
maximum amounts of government in
surance | can take out?
A. The minimum for National Serv-
ice Life Insurance is $1,000 and you
can get more in multiples of $500 up
to $4,000.
Q. Do National Service Life Insur-
ance policies participate in savings?
A. Yes, If favorable mortality expe.
rience and interest earnings warrant
a premium adjustment, dividends from
gains and savings will be authorized
by the Administrator of Veterans Al.
fairs.
Montana labor news., 1947-09-18
WOMAN FIGHTER AGAINST DISEASES
OF INDUSTRY WINS AWARD

hazards and the establishment OF the
profession Of industrial preventive
medicine in the US.
Outstanding were her studies OF the
dangers OF the rayon industry and an
analysis OF silicosis. dread miners d.
sease.
Her %unwavering stand for the better
ment Of workers health and close work
with unions are credited with passage
Of workmen's compensation laws. DR..
Hamilton was also the only woman
tons health committee and the first
womnn professor at Harvard.
Montana labor news., 1947-09-18
PROPERTY RIGHTS HELD
SACRED BY 80Tn
CONGRESS

The S0th Congress has restored
property rights above human rights.
1t was a negative congress. 1t looked
backward longingly and stepped back
ward definitely. 1t was a National
Association Of Manufacturers Con-
gress with the welcome sign out to a
few special interest outfits, such as
the private utilities, sugar interests,
real estate dealers, etc. Fifteen major
problems were ignored by the SOth
Congress says the NEW REPUBLIC.
Those problems include housing, mon-
opoIy, prices, fair employment, social
security, farmers, unemployment COM
pensation, health, education, poll tax,
%IynchIngs. minimum wages Missouri
Valley Authority, International ECO
Monies and displaced persons.
Montana labor news., 1947-09-18
Trouble In
Conn. Courts

Waterbury, Conn. Up Personal
liability for over 5000 in local union
funds appropriated and spent Illegally
was charged in law suits filed by three
Init. Union of Mine Mill & Shelter
Workers (CIO) locals against former
officers who led a secession movement
earlier in the year.
Montana labor news., 1947-09-18

VI les dUIOdu IulI OuC VI OOIIdI .
with which to purchase food,
machinery and the goods they
need for their reconstruction.
Until the decline set in, exports abroad
accounted for about 10 per cent OF
national production. Before the war
the share Of national output that was
exported was only around 5 per cent.
5 To 6 Million Jobs At Stake
Some 5 to 6 million jobs have been
supported directly and indirectly by
foreign trade. Substantial proportions
Of basic items have been going abroad.
These include freight cars (53.5T),
motor trucks and buses COCO, rails
1860, rolled steel products (10.6%).
With foreign demand weakening be-
Montana labor news., 1947-09-18
OF Interest To Tenants

Washington-FP-A tenants organ
izatiOn from now on will have the
right to examine the records filed by
a landlord for a rent raise before the
Frank r. Creedon said.
Montana labor news., 1947-09-18

New York-FP-A pioneer fighter
against industrial diseases is II Of
five winners Of the American Public
Health associations l9i7 Lasker
award.
She is Dir. Alice Hamilton, first WON.
Montana labor news., 1947-09-18
SHOWDOWN OF US FOREIGN
TRADE MEANS LAY0FFS
Has Been An Important Factor In Sustaining
Inflationary Boom In America

Foreign trade-one of the props that has been sustaining
the inflatonary boom-is definitely on the downgrade. Ex-
ports during the first half Of this year hit an annual rate of
more than $40 billion, with the peak being reached in May.
But in June exports fell Is per cent below the May level and in
July they dropped 7 per cent below June.
The 2-month decline of 10 per cent below the May peak in
dictates that the foreign trade prop is weakening as the coun-
Montana labor news., 1947-09-18
Profit Gouging To Boost HCL E 1 e Higher
BEGINS CAMPAIGN TO
EXPOSE SITUATION ON
PRICE FRONT

Local Union Groups | rsed TO Flood Hearings
OF Scnatc-fIOu,c Committee With Facts
Washington-The American Federation of Labor launched
a vigorous campaign against the rising cost of living A. reports
from all over the nation indicated that prices are soaring to
new high levels.
AFL President William Green directed a letter to the local
AFL affHiates in all cities and towns in which the Senate-House
committee IN the economic report is preparing to hold hearings
on the prices of consumer goods, urging the local groups to flood
Montana labor news., 1947-09-18
PROFIT CHICKENS
COME HOME TO R00ST
Building Materials Profiteering Hampering
Construction Program On New Homes

Washington-FP-Fact are stubborn things, they cannot
be argued away forever. The fact that profiteering in the
building materials and construction field is hampering rather
than helping the construction of homes for American workers
and their families is coming home now to those who brought it
about.
One of the most persistent hustlers in the SOth Congress for
Montana labor news., 1947-09-18

ut IL 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.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-10
NINE TEAMS LISTED
AS PROSPECTS FOR
ORANGE BOWL BIDS

NEW YORK, Nov. 9 -WD-
The Miami, Fla, Orange Bowl
committee today listed nine
teams headed by Georgia Tech
Virginia and Boston College as
prospects for the New Years
Day game.
A delegation of IS Florida
business and civic leaders
gathered here today to mark
Orange Bowl day at the New
York Yankees-San Francisco
Forty Miners All America con-
ference pro game following
scouting expeditions in thee East
over the weekend. The Mayors
of Miami, Miami Beach and
Coral Gables were in the party.
In addition to the three teams
secuted Saturday, others hold
ing interest for thee OrannbA
ing interest for the Orange
Bowl, the committeeman report
ed, are Alabama and Mississippi
State in the South, Texas and
SMU in the Southwest, Penn
State in the East and Missouri
in the Mirrlewest.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-10
GEORGIA INVITED
TO GATOR BOWL

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Nov. 9
-(AP) The University OF
Georgia has been invited to play
in the third annual Gator bowl
game here New Years day,
Arnold Finnesfrock, sports edi-
tor of the Florida Times Union
and a member of the selection
committee, said today.
When the Georgia team re-
turned to Athens last night af-
ter trouncing Florida "a 6, each
Wally Butts remained in Jack
sonville but couldn't be located
today to confirm report that 6
tentative acceptance has been
given.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-10

edged North Carolina State and
Wake Forest and handed Mary
land that one spanking, a 1877
job.
There'n be a lot of interest
in two other conference games
Saturday-The William and
Mary-Washington and Lee tilt at
Roanoke, Va, and the North
Carolina-Maryland encounter at
Washington, D. c.
William and Mary, victor yes
terday by 1920 over Virginia
Military Institute, is the No. 2
team in the league standings
and could win the championship
very easily this season-if Duke
should drop one of it's two re-
naming games.
North Cardinals Tar Heels,
who apparently have found
themselves after couple of
early season reversals at the
hands of Texas and Wake For
es, will have to beat Maryland,
boasting its finest club in years,
if coach Carl Snavely's boys ex-
pect to remain in the running
for the 1947 bunting The Tar
Heels are defending champions.
North Carolina exploded for
its biggest scoring spree of the
season yesterday when the Tar
Heels thrashed North Carolina
State, which had previously
yielded only IA points to five
foes, 41-6. The beating was
States worst in years.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-10

Other weekend results includ-
ed Davidson's 1877 triumph over
the University of Richmond;
Wake Forests 14-13 conquest of
Boston College; Clemson routed
Furman, 35-7; South Carolina
blanked The Citadel, 12-O, and
Maryland chalked up it's sixth
victory of the campaign, blast
ing Duquesne, 32-O.
Schedule for the week:
Saturday afternoon-South Car
olina at Duke; Maryland VS..
North Carolina at Washington,
D. c.; Virginia Military Institute
lat The Citadel; Wake Forest at
North Carolina State; William
and Mary VS.. Washington and
Lee at Roanoke, Va; Clemson
at Duquesne; University of
Richmond at Virginia Tech;
George Washington at Wayne
University.
RICHMOND, Va, Nov e-(P)-Records
OF Southern Conference football teams: