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Montana labor news., 1947-04-24
FBI Accused Of

Chief Of the thugs was Key y. tsedl
Daily. SO. who was no sooner freed
OF the charges, Federated Press
learned. than he was fired by NcNear
for the astounding reason that be had
been swearing at pickets.
This. OF course. is far ont Of keen
ing with the union-hnstins record 81
McNear. who publiclY hoasted oi hain4
the first main to win a strike from lhe
railroad brofherhoods in ia-A whose
vicious a|nti.union police forced fed.
eral seizure Of his lire In March lsi1
and who resumed use Of injunction
and strikebreakers to defy the rail
b~rotherhoods when his lines we're ne
turned to him in 1915.
After several unsuccessful attempts
Daily managed to face McNear in per
son and told him he expected MS iol
back or he'd take him 10 court. Fl
was informed Then. Unexpectedly
Daily signed q formal statement q
release and left the line last What
he got or was promised ii return his
not been disclosed
Daily then went out ard lost thrcS
Jobs II short order before iindine i
spot with the Never Furnace 60 hcls
q shop organized ~ the l'uiie,
Farm Equipment q Metal Worker.
iclOl. Here again his record as a.
anti.union man cauell en- With lin
and The WORKERS threatened 10 STRIKE
unless he was fired lle quiclslg bc
came unemployed
That was the situation whei lis 8
The nine slues from the 40 shotsui
shell we're pumped into MeNear'- hoa'
during an %upportune blaekout cause'
by a %blo~n-0ut electricity transformer
McNear died without regainina con
seriousness
laily Was picked up without ehal-.
questioned two days and released y.
chief oi detectives Fred Nussbaum
who said ne WAS convinced Daily hat
absolutely % eonne ton with the XIII
ing since then PEORIA lone reaal4
FIJI agent has been reinforced by 3
additional agents with Instructions 4
crack IN, ease By coincidence
most Of the agents are stationed il
the downtown hotel which houses tn
railroad brothcrhoods strike strategy
committee But there is little cyi
deuce that they have attempted I,
follow ur the underworld connection.
McNear established in his role as
strhebreuker.
Montana labor news., 1947-04-24
UE Wins l5c Boost
From General
Motors

Detroit. cFPb-An overall loc hour-
Nv wage increase for more than 10000
workers in four General Motors divi-
sions was jointly announced here April
IA by officials OF GIN and the United
Electrical Radio & Machine Workers
tCIO).
The wage settlement, effective i'm
mediately. includes a straight II "
Increase for all hourly rated UE mem
bers employed by GM. The remaining
3l.c will he used TO owe the COST
Of six paid holidays and other econom
ic items. This is the first time uk
has won paid holidays from the cor
poration. Discussions Will continue
on the unions other principal demand
lor a health, welfare and retiremen'
fund.
The contract will run until Aprl
rs, 1913. after which it may be re
orened for termination or modificatlol
at any time by either side. Both side
said the agreement recognizes in
creased living costs and the necessit,
for maintaining continued maximum
and uninterrupted production to NEE
the demand for GIN products
Montana labor news., 1947-04-24
AHEAD

The count is heading for a de-
preston. Simply stated. the reason
for this is that the overwhelming
majority of the people do not have
the purchasing pGwer to buy at IN
f%lationary prices the flood OF goods
which is pouring into the market.
Soaring living costs have cut the pur-
chasing power Of the pre-war dollar
to 64.5c. And with their dollars worth
less than Csc. workers and their fam
lilies have been priced out of the mar
ket for almost everything except the
bare essentials of life.
The economy is in for trouble be-
cause purchasing power is being" 81
phoned off into excessive profits. Last
year corporate profits after taxes were
S12 billion. an all-time high. BY con-
trast. in the lush year of 1929 the
previous peacetime profit peak was
SS.3 billion. During the first quarter
of this year corporate profits after
taxes were running at the unbelievable
annual rate of S17-$1S billion. Shrink.
ing purchasing power and su~per-profits
are shaping the pattern of the coming
depression.
In a last desperate effort to head
off a bust. the government is appealing
to businessmen for voluntary reduc.
tons in prices as a means of boost
ing purchasing power. Pres. Truman
has warned business and industry tC
read the handwriting on the wall and
cut prices before it is too late. In his
recent Jefferson Day address, the Pres
ident criticized the kind of selfish
ness which is now expressed in the
form OF unnecessarily high prices fol
many commodities and for many man
ufactured articles" He emphasized
that business has the responsibility,
of playing fair. Of not going whole hog
for profits. The alternative is infla
ton, industry priced out of the market
and eventually men priced out of theil
jobs"
Montana labor news., 1947-04-24

dents are lel 10 think they are soy
crYire themselves hut are being tact
fully persuaded To adopt measures
handed down h. their sn%pcriors
Mr Krangli. charcine the NEA with
alagin 1t ihe rapid growth Of real
uaiens among teachers. said
The N3.A Las recently adopted n
policy of attempting 10 stop the IN
ioniratian of teachers by 'ont-union-
ting Tho nrion' Following the advice
~ he er0ln Of PSYCHOLOGISTS who ad-
vecate. assnmc a virtue il you have
II rot.' the NE.A has suddenly as
sumcl the tranrines and t~erminolosy
OF the Il Dor movement
"Nm-uniun associations have sud
deul- become locals and n Hand.
book for Locals has recently been
n~uhli-hed.
"T.ia naraloxieal policy of attempt
ine 4 masquerade as unions. while
st the some time vigorously opposing
nniols for teachers. can accomplish
i4itlt tiitti AFitiAl " Nffl'tN ~ w.
pary union complexion Of the NEA
afiiliates
"Jrsf. as company unions were large
~ re- ponsihle for the d%eplorable work
iN- conditions in the public schools
which have driven thousands Of teach
ers from he professions and discour-
AGED yonns persons from entering the
profession, 50 organization of strong
teachers, unions affiliated with organ.
Ted labor is the logical solution OF
tho crisis facing the schools.
The very security Of the nation will
depend to a large extent upon whether
or net company unions among teach
ers are REPLACED by honafide unions
controlled hy the teachers themselves
and possessing sufficient power to
make teaching a profession which will
attract and hold the most competent
~9ersaWnel."
Montana labor news., 1947-04-24
COAL mINER'SulFE
ALSO CHEAP IN
COLORADO

Denver. tFPl-A state inquiry into
mine safety in Colorado has revealed
the same disregard for the lives Of
coal miners in this state as caused
the recent mine disaster in Contra
liza. III.
As a Us. government order closed
l6 Colorado mines as unsafe. state
Sen. sam T. Taylor, chairman of a
Joint legislative committee which has
been Investigating safety conditions
here. frankly admitted to newsmen
thai the states mine inspection de-
partment is far understaffed." There
arc only five inspectors TO cover the
entire state. he said. and of these. one
has 30 mixes in his territory. another
has more than 10.
In such cases, Taylor admitted. it
is impossible to check whether safety
violations have been corrected once
they are pointed out to mine operators
Frank Hefferly. head of the United
Mine Workers fAFL) Colorado dis
tlict. warned the committees: We'll
have a similar disaster Ito C~entralia)
in Colorado unless we can get oul
mines remedied"
Ilefferly charged state coal mine in
spector Thomas Allen was unfit and
should be removed from office. "Allel
has never once prosecuted operators
OF mines despite teh fact that there
have been several explosions he
charged.
He said A men have been killed il
five explosions in Colorado mines since
1885 but no action has been taker
against operators for any violations.
Montana labor news., 1947-04-24
Investigation Of

* untfnucu from IUEe Ouct
Of who may have assisted in its prep
aration.
At this point Rep. Fred A. Hartley
tR, MD. chairman of the commit
tee. interposed that it had heard from
both farmers and industrialists as well
as labor representatives" but had ex-
perienced difficulty in getting labor
leaders to help out. I'VE had to sub
noena Pres. James Petrillo Of the
American Federation Of Musicians
lAFLo."
Put the fact remains. despite Hart
lev, that the bill was not written in
the offices of the house labor com
mittee. 1t was prepared on the fifth
floor of the new House Office Build
ing in rooms assigned by Rep. Ralph
w. Gwinn tR, N.Y..
Among those who helped write the
measure was William Ingles. a regis
tered lobbyist who represents ]. |.
Case Co. Chalmers and Inland
Steel. Ingles reported he makes 500
400 a year for his lobbying work for
American ind~ustrialists.
Another character busy in the draft
ing of the Hartley bill was Theodore
Iserman, a lawyer who represents the
Chrysler Corp. and who has worked
with Sen. Joseph Ball Or. Mimi in
the preparation of some of Balls labor
busting legislation.
Others whose identity has been
Learned and who have helped draft the
bill are Mark Jones. an industrial
promoter of New York, who is vaguely
connected with the Rockefeller inter
ests and Jerry Morgan, former con
gressional legislative craftsman, who
is now engaged in private law prac
tice here. He represents a number
Of corporations. including the Alaska
Development Co.
The rooms on the fifth floor Of the
new House Office Building were bus,
day and night while the bill was being
drafted without aid or advice from
the Democratic minority or others in
terested in the preservation of labor's
rights.
And mixed in with those named
Witnesses report. were Il constant
stream of lawyer and consultants oil
the NAM and u. S. Chamber of Com
merce.
The time has come for the country
To know who writes anti.labor legis
lation for congress.
Montana labor news., 1947-04-24

Irwin K. kuenZll. nationals
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES of the AL.
a trade union affiliated with
the AFL. opened the s~corchlng
attack in an article published
under the title: Company IN
ions and the School Crisis.
Sparinc no punches in his comment
on the school situation o~onirontias
many states today. kuenzli made the
blunt assertion that credits are given.
toward teaching certificates II the
teachers will join company unions
while such recognition is being denied
10 those who resist such pressure.
The tragic conditions facing the
schoolsh today. the low professional
status of teaching. the exodus OF teach
ers from the profession and the fact
that very few yonng persons are pre-
paring themselves for the profession,
are craphie as we'll as tragic evidence
Of the complete failure OF independent
associations to provide for the profess
sional interests of teachers MI.
Kuenzle declared.
While battling against the orsani-
cation of teachers into bonafide I'M,
ions. the n%on-union associations have
failed to battle for education and for
the rights of teachers.
Mr.. Kuenzle fatty asserted that iii
many states teachers are given credit
toward their teaching certificates for
belonging to company unions while
denying similar credit for membership
in the teachers union. He charged
that school administrators exert un-
holy pressure to compel teachers to
ioin non-union associations which
have done nothing and are moi in
terested in doing anything to secure
for teachers a decent scale Of WAGES.
Before remedial action can be
taken to solve the school crisis, the
ALL union official pointed out. the
basic cause OF the difficulty must be
determined To those experienced in
the affairs of organized labor. ii Will
be no surprise To learn that the basic
trouble may be described in two tam
liar words-'company unionism.
The million teachers OF the nation
constitute the only large body OF work
ers whose organizations are controlled
largely By the employers In nm
dreds of cities and towns the superin-
tendents who hire the teachers and
determine their salaries are the key
men in the teachers organizations
which are supposed to protect the civil
rights Of the teachers.
MANY of the administrators WHO
control the teachers organizations are
deeply involved in local politics and
many of them have been imported
by chambers of commerce. taxpayers
leagues and other organized groups
for the specific purpose OF keeping
teachers salaries down"
The secretary of the AFL's national
teachers union then went on 70 de-
molish the MEAS contention that the
NEA and allied comnany-union organ
izations are professional and that
straight trade unionism is unseemly
for teachers.
Teachers have been led TO believe,
he said that the comprehension or
carnations are professional. although
they do not possess the power u dc
things which a professional organize
ton should do
Teachers associations have oper
ated much like those forms Of stu
dent government in which the stu
Montana labor news., 1947-04-24
Court tpholds Open
Shop Law

Clinton, Tenn. tFP) = This states
new open shop law passed its first
court test April II as chancellor ]. r.
Ketron ruled the act is constitutional.
His opinion dismissed a suit filed by
the Federal Firefighters of Oak Ridge.
an AFL union. charging that the anti
closed shop act violated provisions of
the federal and state constitutions and
the Wagner act.
ketron said the act was designed
TO protect n%on-union workers against
loss of lheiH Jobs OF employment on
account Of. their failure to join Il
union"
Montana labor news., 1947-04-24
Building Trades

u ontinrcd tron rage Onc)
made and carried that the matter take
tho usual course.
From the Carpenters Local .Si. cop
ies ol letters relative To strike vote
taken at a special meeting held, April
NJ. Filled for future reference.
TELEGRAM from William 4. O'Brien,
deputy e|xpeditel'. Washington. d. G..
relative to unemployment conditions
III this area. Motion made and carried
that The secretary answer same.
From the L.aborers' Local 273. a
Cory Of their letter to the L. $. De
lrartment of Labor relative to strike
vote taken at a special meeting held
April II. le47, Filed for future ref.
erence.
From Ren. Mike Mansfield enclosing
copy OF a letter he received from the
director Of the office of the housing
nxreiiter. Filed.
Letter from the Great Falls art cen
ter received and filed.
4. From the Plumbers Local l39 enclos
inr check for s2Q.25 to cover second
quarter per capita and first quarter
buttons.
Motion made and carried to concu
in letter written by the secretary t
the Electrical Workers regarding.th
work they had done for Mr.. Worstell
Roll Call
The ron was called ard the follow
ing DELEGATES noted absent. Czifrc
johnson. swanson, Stewart, Wilsor
and NanTiehem.
Reports Of Committees
The committee to meet Mr.. Worste'
reported meeting him and that a sati.
factory agreement had been reached
| Notion made and carried and that tn
rerurt he accepted and %concurred in.
J The Veterans advisory committe
4 reported that no meeting had bee
held.
Tine club room committee reporte
that there would be no more manager
hired and the club books were bein
2 hIaNeht up TO date ana a financial r
G port would be Forthcoming soon.
The swanson committee gave the
< srepurt on activities Of Mr.. Swanso
and recommended that he be place
oA the Unfair list. Motion made an
carried that the committees repo,
be acceifel and that Mr.. Swanso
and an his property be placed On ii
nnfdi list
= The audit committee reported OF II
audit o. the books. Motion made AZ
rarsied thai their report be accepte
Z Con ideratle discussion was had {
Montana labor news., 1947-04-24

San Francisco tFP)-The ship seal
ers in the Init. L.ongshoremen's &
received an arbitration award of 13c
hourly wage increase, retroactive to
February /, bringing their basic pay
to $1.5S an hour.
Montana labor news., 1947-04-24
NEA IS A COMPANY UNION
SAYS AFT SPOKESMAN

Washington, D. C-Charges that the National Education
A.sociation and the state and local teachers affiliations are
in the class of company unions and responsible IN large degree
for the crisis in public schools throughout the nation were con-
tanned in the American Federationist, official monthly pubhca-
ton of the American Federation of Labor.
Montana labor news., 1947-04-24
Business Profiteerins Heading Country
For Worst Depression In History

Blu past experience shows that such
appeals are not going TO have much
| effect on the big %monopolies. Ii the
| end result of their inflationary spree
is an economic bust with millions of
unemployed. that is okay as far as big
business is concerned. II counts on
its monOpolistic controls to ride out
any economic storm at the expense OF
labor and smaller businesses.
According to a spokesman for big
business. there are las many advan
tages in depressions as in booms
Smart folks take advantage of the
boom and then are ready for depres-
sion-time bargains 1t is to be
hoped that depressions are never abol-
ished, for they have many desirable
features"
BIG BUSINESS USES VETO
A year ago organized labor urged
the continuation OF effective price on
troll to prevent another boOm-and-bust
cycle. But big business, speaking
through the National Association of
Manufacturers. said that il price con-
troll were destroyed. production would
rise and prices would come dow auto
matically. The controls were wiped
out but big business used its veto
power on the law of supply and de-
mand. Production reached new peaks
and so did prices and profits The
only thing that came down was the
living standards of the American peO-
pie.
BY the end of 1916 the public was
buying 7cc less goods but was paying
14ce more in dollars. Higher living
costs reduced the purchasing power of
wages and salaries by more than 1870.
in 1916 compared with 1915 end the
l gap between production and purchas-
: ing power has been growing ever
wider.
Big business is responsible both for
!, the current initiation and the coming
+ depression. Last year it used the ex-
cuse of wage increases to boost prices.
Government studies have shown that
a price increase Of only 1.4% would
have offset the wage increases granted
in all manufacturing industries be-
tween January 1915 and October 1916.
But the actual price increases during
: this period we're 27.3ct, or more thar
30 times the amount required to cover
tho wage increases.
e BUSINESS ON PROFITEERlNG
u BENDER
, Since last fall price increases have
:, been made without even the excuse
that they were required to cover wage
!, raises. Big business simply went on
, u profiteering bender. This was stated
bluntly by X. II. Macy & Co. of New
York recently in full page ads calling
:. for lower prices to prevent IA depres-
!, sion. According to Mays, Profit
margins in many cases are higher than
normal. These profit margins, when
pyramided from primary sources
j, through the retailer. are a substantial
!, part of price rises"
1t is unrealistic to believe that big
:, business will reduce prices voluntarily.
: 1t didn't back in the 192O's-and tisn't
today. The only alternative is to in
crease workers purchasing power
through substantial wage raises. Other
wise the shadow of another depression
with its unemployment and misery
4 will fall on the country.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-04-25
Mrs. Chus. Block
Found Dead

Della Black, 81, 1876 Aurora Ave-,
st. Paul, died of a cerebral hemor-
rhage at her home Thursday, April
II. She was found dead, sitting in
chair, by a roomer about two
o'clock in the afternoon.
Mrs. Black, who weighed $50
pounds, is said to have performed
her regular household tasks Thurs
day morning. She lighted the
water tank and had sat down to
wait for the water to heat suf-
ficiently to do her family washing.
A roomer returning home, early in
the afternoon, found her there,
dead.
Charles Black, her husband, a
Great Northern Railway employee,
was en- route to Seattle. He was
reached by wire in Spokane and
advised Of his wife's death and re-
turned to St. Paul Immediately.
A special built casket was OBJ
tanned for the body. Funeral serv-
ices were held at Neal Funeral
Home, Tuesday, April %, at 2 p. m.
Rev. Floyd B. Massey, Jr., offici-
ated. Mrs. S. Ed Hall was at the
organ. Ermine Hall Allen sang.
Interment was at Elmhurst ceme-
terry.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-04-25
By BEN PERRY

Dear Mr.. Newman: l received
your note requesting me to get
some news and fast. | went every
where and couldn't find any. ! went
TO st. Paul municipal court and
there was just one guy in the bull
pen. ! asked him what he was in
for and he told me that he hadn't
done anything-just pushed his girl
friend away from him and that she
had fallen down. That there was
nothing to it. l went back into
the courtroom and was just get
ting ready to go some place else
to find that news, when a woman
came in and sat on the edge Of the
bench like she was sore in some
places.
/ asked her interest there, and
she told me that her boy friend
had socked her and kicked her so
hard that she could not sit down.
l stuck around and they called
the case Of one Thomas Duncan
Of 632 St. Anthony Ave. Charge,
assault and battery. The lady went
up to Judge F. W. Finehout and
said: Judge, he has been a nice
fellow and never given me any
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-04-25

cooked and served by members Of
the committee clad in colorful
house frocks, also additionally
American. {
Contributors To Festival Fund
Contributors to the fund Of the
Negro Committee on Festival Par.
ticipation in addition TO those an
nounced in last weeks paper In
cluded st. Paul Recorder, IS; Min
neapolis Spokesman, IS; Central
Super Market, SO; Martin Barber
Shop, 81; Towards Barber Shop,
81. A total Of $l1.85 was contrib
uted by the following persons and
organizations: Mrs. Thomas Neal,
Mrs. Matte King, Mrs. AddiS
jackson, Calvin Parker, Frank
Branson, Mrs. VIM. Godette, Mrs.
Hector Vassar, Mrs. De Honey,
Laissez Nous FAIRIES bridge club,
Mrs. Ollie Griffin, Mrs. Carrie
Powell, Rufus Boyd, Emmett Cal
lOway, and Owen Howell.
Mrs. Z. v. Marshall, Minneapolis,
raised see by giving 4 silver tea.
She also had charge Of ticket Salos
in Minneapolis. Other contributors
included Veterinarians club, IS;
Janeabelle Murphy, 81; Dining Car
Employees Union Local SIG, SIS;
Meyers Tailor Shop, 81; Artis
Boyd, IS; William Whitnsr, 81.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-04-25
Negro President,
Spokane School
Student Council

SPOKANE, Wash, April %. -
SPECIALTohn Hopkins, Negro
student at Conzaga High school
here, has been elected president Of
the student body, it is announced
in the Gonzagan, student paper,
Enrolment at the school, which
is run under Catholic auspices and
conducted by the Jesuit Fathers,
is predominantly white.
Commenting on the election, the
Chronicle, Spokane daily newspaper,
has complimented editorially the
Gonzaga student body for the mice
sense Of values" they showed in the
election.
There is no good reason that
this honor should not have been
paid" the editorial asserts. young
John Hopkins has been an inspira-
ton to his fellow students. He has
maintained a straight "a" aver
age for seven semesters in the
classical course in addition to par
ticipating in competitive speaking.
More than that he has won the
respect of his fellow students, or
he would not have been named for
this high office.
Zone cannot help wondering how
many Negro boys like Hopkins,
with the will and the ability to
succeed, have been crowded back
into social oblivion in other parts
Of the country where prejudice
dooms minority races before they
have a chance to show their wares"
the editorial continues. How many
fires Of greatness have ben snuffed
out cruelty and ruthlessly in many
regions where youngsters, although
touched by the divine spark Of am
bition and spiritual urge to grow
have had it all crushed out by being
reminded at every hand that OPP
portunity and recognition are not
for them no matter how hard they
try. Fortunately Spokane does not
subscribe to such benighted notions,
as the student body at Gonzaga
High school has testified so elo-
quently."