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The Chicago star., 1948-07-03
Raiders toI<e all

THE results in the Hurley Cicero plant
where the washing machine builders
into Tafarley representation election. STAR readers will
recall that of last week the outcome the election hung
four ballots challenged by the Before these
opened the union that had represented workers
for five years. but barred from the ballot
Hartley complerthe UE had rolled total of SIG
"No" votes.
The only union the ballot the rading UAW-CIO
which able to count only 518 votes And the four
challenged repeat challenged ballots
seemed to indicate that the final the poll go
against the company.
But The Taft Hartley board the companys
Opening the challenged ballots in secret with
Hurley worker and of UE representative
the TIL board up with result keeping with
ord Three of the ballots said the board members
cast for the UAWCIO Only registered
for keeping the UE in the plant.
But UE organizers intend stay in there pitch
prevent the repetition of the kind deal
brought the UAWCIO into the plant in the first place.
Pat Greathouse and other Chicago
Reuther administration will not be able to take
HurleyThor Their questionable victory of O38
the UE practically breathing down their necks.
The Chicago star., 1948-07-03
Bio steel locals
elect progressives

Germano, Chicago district
director for the CIO Steel
workers, was confidently ex-
pected this week, by mem
bers of Inland Steel Local
1910, who voted in an entire
progressive slate of officers,
with only two minor excep-
tionS.
The spreading revolt against
the Germano machine was fur
ther emphasized by the vote in
the 16,O00-member Local 1014, in
the Gary plant of Carnegie-Illi-
nois Steel. Early tabulations in
the Gary local put the head of
the Progressive ticket, j h n
Mayerik, in office by a 300-vote
majority, with his running-mate
for vice-president also elected.
Both the Gary and Indiana
Harbor- Inland Stee elections
were victories for the wage pro-
gram first proposed by Nick Mi
gas local 1910 at the Boston
convention of the Steelworkers.
The treatment given Migas at
the convention, where he was
beaten for proposing immediate
reopening of negotiations for
25-cent-an-hour wage increase,
has backfired throughout the
Calumet steelmaking region.
MIGAS. an avowed Commu-
mist, ran unopposed for grievance
committeeman of his department.
Although it is not customary for
the membership to vote for un-
opposed candidates, 164 workers
from the department which Mi
gas will represent showed their
confidence in him and support
for the struggle to increase steel
wages, by marking their ballots
for him.
Migas was also elected in the
face of repeated assertions by Joe
Jeneske. personal representative
of Philip Murray. Steelworkers'
president. that he would not be
permitted TO serve as grievance
committeeman. However. Migas
will have the support of at least
IL to Is members of this 2l-man
committee who already support
the Migas wage and local au-
tonomY program.
Another factor in the progress
sive victory in Local 1910 was
the open intervention of Works
Manager F. M. Gillies in the
election. Members noted that the
position taken by their boss was
identical with that of Murray,
who promulgated his own Little
Taft-Hartley Act" after sitting
the Migas program for wage in
crease while increasing his own
salary and raising dues.
A SIDE NOTE on the Local
1910 election was the overwhelm-
ing defeat of three candidates
who, as delegates to the Boston
convention, sought to apologize to
Murray for the Migas attempt to
lay a program for wage increases
before the convention.
The Gary victory was also re-
markable for its reputation of
the Murray no strike. no-wage-
incre e Sc. no-Communists in
office" program. Gary progress
sives called for election of fight
ers." Such men. they said. were
those who. like Migas. fought
the shameful decisions of the
Boston convention"
Those running in opposition to
the progressive slate in Gary,
said the progressives' prediction
leaflets, 'are either vowed
sri ohf UinoarS fac tbov co1l
The Chicago star., 1948-07-03
Hotpoint votes No

HE UE story has happier chapter at the Chicago
i Heights Hotpoint plant. Here the UE has been plug
gng at organization of Hotpoint workers
years But this small subdivision of GE
dered the time ripe for bringing in union already sofened
by compliance with the Taft Hartley Act,
Naturally they eager beavers heading the
Internat Assn of Machnsts dnaiaed the first union
surrender its independence by complying
Act The LAM petoned for election the TaftHarey
board responded with speed.
But in election held June 23 only So
for Misrepresentation Two votes enough influence
the result challenged by the company And 1877
cast for mo union" by Hotpoint
TEEN the record of the UE in fighting their
The Chicago star., 1948-07-03
DOROTHY BUSH HNE L L
COLE. Progressive Party Cam
didate for Congresswoman
from the 9Th Cong. Dist.

wv HEN a ne wspap
w grounded in the labor
progressive movement passes
The Chicago star., 1948-07-03
INSIDE LABOR
Fur, leather bIitz

rT1HE CIO leather workers last week series
i of blitz victories Chicago employers
Fifty wallet the shop by the E. S. Whom Co.,
86 W. North Ave. shut the place down tight for day Con-
vinced, Whom through with tencentan
hour increase retroactive to May when negotiations began
and paid the SO workers for time the picketline
Another 100 leather workers Geib, muscal inru
cases., N. Park only
before the recovered its Senses and
through with ten cents
KleinzwaY Inc. fur cleaners at 1850 Oakley stood
It's Taft Hartley rights by refusing TO negotiate increase
for its 100 workers onedaY strike convinced them
this mistake Results increases ranging from 10 TO Is
cents hour.
400 luggage makers As shops throughout the
city also ten cents negotiated by
Fenglass regional director despite currently
bad economic conditions in the industry.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-10-15
BILLINGS VETS MAY BE ON
WAY TO GAINING JUSTICE

would have had to include sanitary
sewers, water mains, concrete curbs
cutters and street paving but they
sold 25 homes to veterans that die
not comply with the plans and speci.
fications.
Veterans who purchased the homes
found they were subject to special
improvement taxes assessed by Vel
lowstone county for the improve
ments. The government also charges
nine veterans paid over the $4,000
figures for their houses.
An injunction and order also is
asked to make the defendants
make restitution by paying Yellow
stone county special improvement
taxes levied against the houses and
to return all amounts over $4,000
to the purchasers.
Overcharges, including the tax
levy, against each of the 25 houses
sold ran between $1,154.07 and ST.
according to the government.
Vets who purchased homes are
Swan c. Anderson, Leonard o. Apps,
E. R. Balm, R. R. Bailey, F. R. Ben
nett, w. A. Crutcher, J. R. Derden,
Alva A. Harms, Leroy D. Jensen,
Charles Kuhne, A. R. Vanguard, R.
B. McGinnis, F. G. Newman, Leon
ard w. Noyes, John H. Nickerson,
N. A. Potter, Merle R. Price, R. M.
Stearns, Louis P. Studer, John C.
Wade, Howard A. Walters and Roy
Y. Watne.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-10-15

power that is outside of himself.
The essence of Chrst's teachings is Peace and the
bringing of the Kingdom of Heaven to earth. Chris
tianity in action the centuries has meant war
rather than peace. Scarcely decade has gone by
without some nation spilng blood in the name of
Christ Tens of millions of men have died believing
that they dying for Christ Millions of Chris
tions have killed another in the name of Chris
tianity.
Christianity now faces the greatest challenge in
its history.
1t will inevitably go under unless it is able to con-
vince non Christians that it is based philosophy
of action and not merely of passive IDEAS based that
is on true democracy and peace Christianity must
carry this conviction to the colored races, which
comprise more than two-thirds of the worlds popula
ton, most of whom follow faiths of their own-pow
erful and living faiths.
Today organized Christianity stands before the
world with the brand of hypocrisy upon it. The
virus which has tainted Christianity is the same as
that which has tainted AngloSaxon democracy.
Christianity and democracy are not supposed toll
be practised merely among members of Christian
communities, but between those communities and
the other peoples of the world. | very much ques
ton whether person can be true Christian or
real democrat if he belongs to church-or to any
other group-which excludes people from member
ship on any arbitrary ground
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-10-15
From Great Falls Tribune

Three Billings contractors face
federal court action here in gov
eminent suit which claims they failed
to construct 25 Billings housing
units in accordance with plans and
specifications and 25 Billings vet
Grams were overcharged on homes
they purchased.
The units, part of the Calhoun
Lane housing project in Billings,
were given national notoriety in Col
lier's magazine in an article dealing
with substandard homes sold to vet
Grams. One photograph in the mag
azine showed Morning Glories grow
ing between floor joists of one of
the homes.
The suit here was filed by Emmett
C. Angland, assistant U. S. district
attorney, against A. w. Hartwig,
Jeff Tingle and W. c.. Jennings, all
of Billings.
The government claims over
charges amounting to about $4,000
were made against the 25 veterans.
1t seeks a mandatory injunction to
force the contractors to make resti-
tuition of the charges and complete
the houses in accordance with speci-
fications.
The action states Hartwig, Tingle
and Jennings under veterans emer-
gency housing legislation, through
the FILA applied for and secured
priorities for materials with which to
construct 81 homes for veterans in
the Calhoun Lane subdivision, just
outside Billings city limits.
On May IL, 1916, the sale prices
for the homes were fixed at &c.
900; on October 10, 1916, permits
sion was granted to increase the
sales price to $6,465, and on No
vember IL, 1916, to $4,000.
The government claims under the
plans and specifications the builders !
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-10-15

Flashing red lights now used for
such emergency vehicles as ambul-
ances and fire engines would be-
come regular equipment on BUSES
if the 48 states adopt new provi-
sion endorsed by the conference.
The recommendation, which is de-
signed to make it safer for loading
and unloading the five million school
children who are transported to
school daily, will be submitted to the
individual states for consideration.
A uniform system of warning
lamps for school buses, it was pointed
out, will reduce confusion for inter
state motorists. Fourteen states
now use either one or two flashing
lights on their buses.
Also endorsed by the conference is
a provision requiring the drivers of
all vehicles to stop when meeting or
overtaking school bus which has
stopped on the highway to receive
or discharge school children.
Construction standards for school
buses were amended by the confer
ence to permit the use of combustion
type gasoline heaters. Under former
standards only hot-water heaters
were endorsed.
Commenting on conference legis-
lation proposals, Miss Ireland Thurs
day stated:
''Not only would this legislation
mean safety and comfort, but it
would also mean, in the long run,
economical transportation" Miss
Ireland has been vitality interested
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-10-15
NEA Conference Asserts
STATES SCHOOL
BUS SYSTEM Is
OUTSTANDING

'Montana's progress in transpor-
tation of school children was recog-
nized as outstanding at the National
Bus Conference at Jackson's Mill,
Weston, w. Va" reports A. w. John
son, who as a representative of Supt.
of Public Instruction Elizabeth Ire
land, recently returned from the five
day conference.
Montana was commended for Sc
curing legislation at the last session
that would insure the future safety
and comfort of school children riding
to and from school.
Long-range plans for improving
school transportation throughout the
United States were made at the con-
ference, which was called by the Ma
tional Education Associations COM
mission on safety education.
Conference leaders agreed that
recommendations drafted by the
group will give the nations 100000
school bus drivers several new as
signments similar to the "home
work" and "report cards" they hear
discussed daily by their student pas
sengers.
Wide variations among the states
qualifications, licensing
and training of school bus drivers
were revealed in results of a nation
wide survey presented to the confer
ence.
Standards and training programs
for school bus drivers endorsed by
the conference include minimum
age of Is years for school bus driv-
ers and physical examination at
least once year for all drivers.
Other standards recommended per-
tain to character, emotional stability,
training, skill require
ments and special licenses for driv-
arS
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-10-15
THE PEOPLES HEALTH.

Every year $4,000 people die be-
cause of lack of medical and hospi-
tai care.
Every year 100000 man-years
of work are lost through bad health.
The losses resulting from sickness
and disability amounts to $27,00O,-
100000 a year on an annual basis.
These unnecessary deaths and
losses due to i'll health are to be
found among lower-income groups
which can't afford adequate medical
care. They are greater than the
casualties of the United States in the
last war.
Yet congress refuses to pass legis-
lation which would make medical
care available to the entire people
and thus protect the peoples health.
-(Statistics from the report of the
U. S. Federal Security Administra-
ton, The Nations Healthy
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-10-15

4 If the Anglo-Saxon peoples decline in importance
during the last half of the twentieth century, it viii
be because they have failed to apply Christianity
and democracy in their dealings with all the peoples
of the world
Any religion, or any other way of life based on
fear and force will or later disappear The
very essence of enduring religion is the joyous
affirmation of the unity of all life.
That is why peace and good will among all men
are utterly important.
That is why warfare in the Holy Land is so utter
ly abhorrent.
Those who preach holy war in the name of re-
Iligion will lead their people to destruction
Words are stronger than atom bombs and the
heart of is the most powerful thing in the uni
verse If his heart is filled with fear and hatred of
other men, we shall have and expanding circles
of fear and hatred without end until such time the
planet itself is destroyed.
Christianity is failing, and the of it's fail
ure is the magnitude of the of this country.
Democracy is failing and the of it's failure is
the continuance of Jim Crow educational segrega-
ton and the poll tax in the largest nation which pro-
fesses democracy.
Isaiah, Christ and Jefferson have not failed. Their
principles of peace and justice between and
man are fundamental. We have failed because we
have not applied their principles justly and fearless
ly.
We have fought the Communists on their own lev
ell and on that level they have strong and some
times even stronger moral claims than we have.
The modern adaptation of the Golden Rule is,
"Put yourself in the other fellows place"
The destiny of strong United States is to destroy
fear in the world and to replace it with hope.
There will be peace earth when there men
of good will at the head of every naton-men who
are willing to believe well of their fellow
AS long as every foreign office in the world is
dominated by the doctrine of Machiavell instead of
the doctrine of Christ shall have and the per-
petuation of many kinds of dictatorship and false
hood as each of the nations prepares for
The most powerful nation in the world will not
be gutless as it stands before the bar of just hist
Dry and gives it's accounting of what has contrbut
ed to the peace and democracy of the world.
Yet see hope in America. The hopeful sign is
hat many people in the United States-not all
IF whom call themselves Christians-are eager to
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-10-15
see real Christianity and real democracy put into
action
CONCLUSIONS FROM IAN ENGINEERING
Continued from Page Two,

Continued
quired at each point where the canal dumps into or
takes off, from the river In few places old river
channels available to it's use in others some
short river cut offs will be desirable to afford suff
cent canal right of way without running into river
! bluffs Cross drainage may furnish some difficult
but not insoluble problem.
49, Cost of such canal from Sioux City to Gas
conade river mouth has been estimated as S177-
304,780, or about $304,780 more than the presently
estimated cost of Garrison dam. 700 heat
49, AS river conditions now exist the same type
OF canal can be extended up river from Sioux City
Iowa, to Williston North Dakota Some difficulty
will be found between Yankton and Pierre in South
Dakota. This is not lessened much by the high
dams now projected that will require costly locks.
This problem apparently be solved by substitu-
ton ofalower and properly placed dams, as sug-
gested in the body of this report. An intensive
study OF this segment of the development plan with
navigation to Williston one of the primary OBJ
jectives, is needed and should assure feasible up
river navigation plan without the impairment of
other development features.
so. 12foot, rather than 9-foot deep naviga-
ton canal is possibility, but will be costly and
difficult to maintain. It's practically is seriously
doubted
Notifications and Extensions
81. Little that has been done under Pick-Sloan
plan thus far need be wasted. Only two basic
changes are needed. First a navigation channel
that will not rob the upper valley of it's water supply
Secondly transfer of storage capacity from
main stem reservoirs in the two Dakotas up the
valley into smaller irrigation and power reservoirs
Then, with little in the way of notifications and
additional extension the plan can be worked out
to at least 100000 acres of additional irr
cation, 5,000,000,000 kilowatt hours more power
fully effective combination of flood prevention and
CONTROL and complete and fully co-ordinated val
ley development to include forestry, fish and game
ground water restoration, soil conservation farm
fertilizer, sanitation, and industrializaton The
future of the valley and of the nation demands that
the opportunity to do this be not cast away
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-10-15

The foot and mouth disease in
Mexico, long threat to the U. S.
livestock production, appears to be
on the decline. The USDA an
nounced that effective Sept. 20, the
existing quarantine was being lifted
from approximately $4,000 So. miles
of territory now determined to be
free of the disease.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-10-15
Truman Frees Nazi Saboteurs !
PRAISE BE TO OUR new "ALLIES"

Three Nazi spies who landed on Long Island by sub
marine in June 1912 and sentenced to terms of 80
to life turned in Ludwigsburg Germany looking
spc span and cheerful They had quietly been ordered
freed by President Truman with the consent of their for
defense attorney, Kenneth C. Royal who the
us. Secretary of the Army.-IN FACT
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-10-15

in the national standards for bus
transportation of school children and
played a responsible part in securing
passage by the 1947 assembly of
legislation that will protect thous-
ands of school children riding buses
in Montana.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-10-15

struggles that mad been Garfield on Dy
the Crusaders and Moslems in the name
of religion in times past.
Today blood is again being shed in
the Holy Land And one may we'll ask
whether the various religions have
brought more peace to the world or
more strife. My definition of religion,
| should add, is that which commands
the allegiance of the whole man to a
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-10-15

NOTE For a of the greatest living Amer
lean public life the only speaking for Peace and
Abundance in a voice that be heard around the
world study carefully warning and the promise and the
prayer implicit this Atomicage reading of the Sermon
the Mount. by HENRY A. WALLACE.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-10-15

Operations of REA-financed rural
electric systems have paid nearly
$20,000,000 ahead of schedule on
debt retirement.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-10-15

Two months ago / stood in the stable where Christ
was born. | looked out over the hills where the
shepherds kept their sheep and heard the joyous
tidings, peace earth, good will toward men, |
was standing ground that had witnessed the bitter
Evening star., 1948-07-11
3 Days Needed
To Think Clearly,
Parliament Finds
By the Asseeiofsd Press

PARASITIC French Parliament
has agreed it takes three days te
think clearly.
| The Assembly, resembling the
House of Commons and the House
of Representatives, passed bill
authorizing release of a number OF
government workers. The bill was
passed after 80 hours of debate and
sent on to the Council Of the Re-
public for review. The Council can't
veto a bill, but is described as a
reflective body" whose opinions on
laws passed by the Assembly must
be given attention.
The Assembly demanded that the
bill be treated as urgent" and be
acted upon by the Council in the
same time as the Assembly. The
Council denounced such pressure
tactics and refused to think so fast.
A constitutional crisis was threat
ened.
Finally joint body Of the two
organizatio met and decided that
the Council could take three days to
reflect on a bill. Only after that
would it become law arbitrarily.
Moreover, it was agreed that the
Council doesn't have to think on
Sunday. If Sunday intervenes as
one of the three days, it doesn t
count.
Evening star., 1948-07-11
Veteran Saddle Maker
SCOTS at Competitors
And Dude Riders
Nv the Associated Press

DENVER. Frohiep began
making saddles back in the days
when men were men and horses were
bent on disproving it.
For this reason, perhaps, most
modern saddle makers leave him
a little i'll.
THE new school," he says, "just
hammers a bunch of pretty flowers
into the leather and think they done
a job of work. A man don't ride a
bouquet Of roses come roundup time.
He needs something reliable"
Made 5000 Saddles.
Mr.. Frohiep is 81 Almost 40 of
his years have been sent in an
earnest attempt to provide a COM
Portable meeting ground for man
and horse. He's heavy set, gray
ing man; with knuckles about the
size and color of Walnuts and he
figures those knuckles have helped
him make some 5000 saddles. ~
The most expensive job he ever
produced sold for $4,000. But his
average Western stock saddle sells
for $3.50. And IF treated proper
it will last a half century.
Mr. Frohiep takes lot of pride in
the fact that many of his saddles
have outlasted the people who
bought them, real riding and roping
people"
Sometimes nowadays he gets a bit
disguised with dude customers who
order an l8-inch swell on the front
of a saddle. He refers to these as
"zoot seats"
you raise the front of saddle
18 inches and you got no saddle,
Henry sulks. You got horse wear
ing a dashboard. Might as well