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Montana labor news., 1948-01-01

ant construction and housing field 81
per cent of the firms failing attrib-
uted their plight to lack of materials.
These falling businesses were, for
the most part, independent and
smaller concerns, for it is these bust.
nesses which get hit first and hard
est by any system of voluntary dis
tribution of scarce materials. VoIun.
tary controls mean control by Big
Business for Big Business!
l decline to be a party to perpe-
trating a hoax on the American people
and the thousands of independent
businessmen scattered over the coun-
try who have looked to me to protect
their competitive position ever since
my resolution created the senate small
business committee. These people
may be led to believe that the Re-
publican voluntary system of distrib.
.uting scarce materials will give them
their full share, but the voluntary
system now in effect under the leader
ship Of monopolistic businesses stands
convicted OF falling to do so, and the
legal system can do no more.
Would Repeal Remaining Bulwark
Against Monopoly
To add insult to the injury already
inflicted on American independent
business by the system of voluntary
controls now in force, the Republican
plan provides for such agreements be-
tween business firms setting aside
the operation of the anti trust acts.
Over the years, we have learned by
repeated sad experiences that only
these acts prevent the combinations
Of business giants which would wipe
out all effective competition and de-
stroy utterly the independence of
thousands Of successful small bust
nesses. To Iegalize the evasion Of
these anti crust acts now is to invite
that take-over by monopolistic bust
ness which is the greatest single
threat to our free economy and our
democratic institutions.
We must halt this disastrous infla-
ton now. But we must do so in line
with u tried and true ways of life.
| propose as early as possible that
scarce materials for use or inventory
be allocated through an impartial and
fair system under government aus
pices, supported by industry advisory
committees composed Of the parties
at interest, manufacturers, suppliers.
big and small businessmen, workers
in these industries and the consum-
ers of their product. Only in this
way can we be assured of the proper
distribution of scarce materials at
reasonable prices without doing IT.
.reparable damage to our anti trust
laws which form the bulwark Of the
free competitive system in the United
States.
Montana labor news., 1948-01-01
DISPUTE GOES TO
FACT FINDERS

Washinet0n-FP-L Las minute fed
eral action postponed a scheduled
strike Of $4,000 employees of the West
ern Union TELEGRAPH Co. set for De
cember - ana The issues have been
sem to Il fact-finding board.
Three aFL. unions headed by the
Commercial photographers are involved
in the dispute which yer the entire
WI system outside OF the New York
metropolitan area where a Clio union
bargains for the employees.
Fedora Mediator Cyrus $. Ching
announced The acceptance Of the fact
finding proposal, which is to be con
cluded within 50 days. The principal
demand Of the workers is for a l5c
hourly wage increase.
Previous efforts to obtain arbitra-
ton or mediation Of the dispute had
failed because III arrangements re-
fusal to do anything but insist on
saying no.
Montana labor news., 1948-01-01

ridiculcd the proposals of the'
National Association Of Manu-
facturerS to curb initiation.
Senator O'Mahoney. saving
that I'VE can't defeat initiation
with a feather duster,' gave a
detailed account of how uncon-
trolled prices, profits. and black mar
their hold over the economic future of
the average American He declared
Corporate Profits Up $500 Plus
Corporate profits in the first nine
months Of lat1. after paying taxes,
are greater than corporate profits or
the entire - months OF lgi6. which
were the largest in history
He presented long lists Of examples
to prove this. giving the anne Of
the companies and their profits.
Selecting one sample at random
The l.. s Steel Corporation netted
SGT .306. isl in the l9i1 nine months.
compared to S57.l67.s9i in the 1916
entire year. IN other words. profits
nearly doubled.
These profits raise steel prices. and
they are still further boosted by the
steel gray market which OMahoney
described in detail. Other industries.
he said. also have their gray and
black markets.
Will such %proiiteering be remedied
by the voluntary price controls now
being proposed in congress? OMa-
honey asked the senate.
Are we going to try to fool the
people OF America? They will not be
fooled by that sort Of stuff. They
know that prices are going up. They
know they will continue to 20 up
unless the peoples government does
something about 1t.
We shall be decciving ourselves"
O'Mahoney declared. III We imagine
we caa turn over the economy Of this
nation to the small group Of men who
sit at the top of our economic system,
and issue their orders as a private
government. which every man in
America must obey.
Private RECOMMENDATION
I'VE talk about RECOMMENDATION hy
government. but these rising prices
and swelling profits tell us what priv.
ate RECOMMENDATION does.
1T is commerce under private regu-
lation which Is causing the initiation
that can destroy this government.
Have we any intelligence Are
We blind? DO We think We "A fight
initiation with a feather duster. and
with polite phrases?
The time has gone for pussyfoot-
ing for political pettyfogging. The
Montana labor news., 1948-01-01
GREEKS DECREE
Death FOR
STRIKERS

New York-FP-A new Greek law
providing death penalties for workers
who strike was denounced as a fas-
cist action by the Transport Workers
Union tCIO) in wires to President
Truman. Sec. of State George c. Mar
shall and the Greek embassy. The
TWU called on the L. S. government
to protest the new decree.
"As American trade urionists cher
ishing the Democratic rights Of labor,
we recognize in these harsh anti-labor
measures the Taft Hartley law car
teh wires. which were signed by TWU
Pres. Michael J. Quill and Sec.-Treas.
Douglas l.. MacMahon.
Montana labor news., 1948-01-01

joint resolution, 167 follows:
A principle part of the Republican
plan to halt initiation is the provision
for voluntary agreements by industry
to effect the ALLEGATION and inventory
control of scarce materials. Ever
since the killing Of OPA, CPA and
the Wyatt Veterans Housing pro-
gram, many important industries and
business concerns have been operat-
ing under voluntary agreements TO
distribute materials. This voluntary
control method stands condemned by
two years of operation as a dismal
failure. Legalizing these practices
by the passage Of the Republican
plan to halt initiation will make no
difference in the result-for it will
still fail.
The record Of voluntary control Of
scarce materials by industry is a sorry
one. Business bankruptcies, because
Of lack of materials, and grey mar
kets. characterize this haphazard
method Of obtaining precious raw ma
terials and %components. Once the
congress gives legal effect to these
voluntary arrangements such prac-
tees will further aggravate an already
intolerable condition.
A special study of the Department
OF Commerce for the second half Of
the year 1916 shows that about SIS
per sen of all business failures was
due to scarcity of merchandise and
materials. In the retail field almost
two thirds (63 per cent? of the fail
ures was due to these causes. In
manufacturing, materials shortages
accounted for IS per cent of business
failures, while in the vitality import
Montana labor news., 1948-01-01

reSS in our time ne SAID.
Green said it was likely from
present conditions that en-
ployment will continue at a
high level next year. and this
is the 'best insurance against
any possible recession setting
in"
The chief threat for the new year.
he said, is initiation. Green found
the price situation is rapidly getting
out Of hand. Wages as usual, are
losing ground $50.
1T seems inevitable that some form
of government regulation of the price
Of items which enter into the cost Of
liying-especially food, clothing and
rent--will have to be instituted in
1913 to keep initiation within bounds
Green reiterated the AFL position
Montana labor news., 1948-01-01
MONTANA MINING ASSOCIATION TO ORGANIZE
SAFETY COUNCIL DIVISION

Mining Co. At the large annual
meeting OF the National Safety Coun-
ell held in Chicago in October. Mr..
Boardman was elected general chair
maa OF the national mining section OF
the council.
The first business session will start
sunday morning at 10 o'clock. There
will be- a Dutch treat luncheon at noon
and the final business session will
start at , pm.
All interested in the mining indus
Try Of Montana especially those en-
nloying men, and machinery and sup
ply houses. are urged TO have repre-
seutatiyes at this meeting.
Please make arrangements by I'm
mediately contracting the Mining AS
ISOLATION OF Montana, Box 1877. Butte.
Montana labor news., 1948-01-01
Farmers, Labor, Join
Forces

Cushing, Okla.-FP-Farmers and
CLIO oil workers have joined forces to
organize a consumer cooperative de-
signed to serve a %3-cOunty area. More
than $13, 600 was subscribed in shares
during a 6-week organization cam
paign. Locals of the Oil Workers In
ternational Union and the Farmers
Union Gas & Oil Station will each
purchase $500 in certificates Of in
d~ebtedness. The coop plans to carry
refined fuels, lubricants, feeds, ferti-
lizer, groceries and other items.
Montana labor news., 1948-01-01

time IS here to do something for the
people Of America.
People VS.. Monopoly
The issue is between control OF our
economy by the masters OF concen-
traied economic power, and control by
the peoples representatives.. Give the
government the power TO act. or in
flaiion viii %overwhelm the country"
Senator Morse joined with O'Ma-
honey in eondemnlng the NAM for its
anti initiation platform which has been
spread over the newspapers OF the
country in full page ads paid for with
money OF industrial interests which
can be deducted from their income
tax as n legitimate business expense.
The Senator branded the NAM pro-
posal as a serious danger" which
viii regiment our economy by big
business %monopol.es. He added
A Platform for the Greedy
The platform OF the National AS
sociation Of Manufacturers provides
in point after point. apparently through
so-called voluntary arrangements. to
make it possible for greedy interests
III this country to make higher and
higher profits. Why. they ever want
now to permit the lifting OF restric-
lions on interest rates SO they can
charge what the traffic will bear. In
this advertisement they show that
they are not even thinking OF their
stockholders any more because they
even want the controls protecting the
rights OF stockholders removed"
Touching upon the subject OF in
creased wages as the claimed reason
for high prices. Morse declared:
Increase Wages a Buck, Bump
Prices Two Bucks-Or More
when we talk about the need for
increasing prices In order to take
care of increased labor costs because
that is the song and dance OF much of
tho propaganda OF the National Asso-
citation Of Manufacturers-the fact is
that in the major industries OF the
country. every time there has been a
price increase in the name OF an in
crease OF labor cost. the price increase
has been twice as much as was neces-
sary to take care OF the increase in
labor costs.
Il think the time has come to put
the lie on such propaganda as the Ma
tiunal Association OF Manufacturers is
feeding the public OF the country in
the name OF trying to check initiation
as demonstrated By this advertise
ment.
Their program will not check infla-
ton II will lead us to and through
i boom-and- bust cycle
MORAL: DON'T BE A NAM FOOL.
Montana labor news., 1948-01-01
the Rascals Out

Neutrality-suspicious. chief job
in 1915 is to Gust the present stand
pat congress and elect a new II
which will be more responsive to the
needs OF the American people" AFL
President William Green said in his
New Years message.
Montana labor news., 1948-01-01
Hell! The Mayor...

Dearborn, Mich.-FP-All Dearborn
police department members who had
joined the Fraternal Order Of Police
.(unaffiliated) have quit the union und-
er the lash of Mayor Orville Hubbard
who gave them an ultimatum Of quit
or be fired from the job.
Montana labor news., 1948-01-01
Senators Demand Action To Halt Initiation
COPS Initiation Plan Won't
Work -SSe :'I,,,,,, LIN" '~ray

Branding the Republican voluntary initiation control meas
ure for what it is-a sham and a fraud on the American
.people-Senator James E. Murray last week condemned it as
one which is made to order for big business as it continues its
unremitting drive to stamp out all smaller independent COM
petition. Senator Murray's fortnight statement on senate
Montana labor news., 1948-01-01
Of Stand-pat Congress, AFL Goal

chief job in 1948 is to "oust the
present stand-pat congress and elect a new one which will be
more responsive to the needs of the American people" AFL
Pres. William Green said in his New Years message.
Labor hopes to lay the groundwork in 1948 for the estab-
lishment Of real prosperity, lasting peace and continuing prog
Montana labor news., 1948-01-01
0'Mahoney, Morse Attack
NAM Plan AS Bigger
Profits.M Move

Washington, D.C.-Two representatives of the people made
pleas in the senate for fortnight action against
initiation to put an end to the squeeze play perpetrated upon
the citizens of the nation by certain vested interests.
Senators Joseph c. O'Mahoney of Wyoming and Wayne c.
Morse Of Oregon vigorously defended the public interest and
Montana labor news., 1948-01-01
News Of Great Falls
Building Trades

Meeting Of December Is called TO
order by President Davidson With all
officers present. at 7t35 pm.
Credentials
From the sheet Metal Workers Loc-
al 2lG advising that Joe p. Frank has
been appointed as their delegate to
replace r. sand Motion made and
carried that the credentials be accept.
ed and, Brother Frank obligated and
seated whon present.
Communications
Minutes Of the Cascade County
Trades & Labor Assembly read and
placed on file.
From the Painters Local 26n advis-
ing that they have declared the Briggs
Implement Company unfair to their
local. Motion made and carried that
this matter be carried in the minutes.
From the Cascade County Trades
& Labor Assembly in regard to a con
tribution to a fund to help build a
memorial to the DeMolay's who serv-
ed and sacrificed in the World War.
From the Mountain states Tele-
phone & Telegraph Company III re-
gard to a raise in rates, Motion made
and carried to table the matter.
From the Central Trades Council,
Kalispell. announcing that they will
celebrate the tenth anniversary OF
the installation of its charter on De
cember u.
New Business
Motion made and carried that the
committee on Lemarr be excused as
no information from the Roofers had
been received.
Good and Welfare
Brother Yeager reported on the mat
ters taken up by the State Federation
OF Labor executive board at their
meeting last Saturday. The SFL ex
ecutive board asked that any one who
had been refused his unemployment
compensation for the easo that he
would not take any job offered him
to report it TO the state federation
giving all the particulars.
ALL DELEGATES TAKE NOTE:
The Painters Local 260 has declared
the Briggs Implement Company, End
Avenue South and Third Street unfair
to their local.
There being no further business the
meeting adjourned at $40 p.m.--E. r.
! BRITTEN, secretary-treasurer.
Montana labor news., 1948-01-01

Pres. John /. Lewis Of the United
Mine Workers leaves his Washing
ton office after sending ALL Pres.
William Green a curt note "disaf-
filiating~ from the ALL. Approved
unanimously by the JAW 34-man
executive board, the action grew
from Lewis opposition to the ALL
decision to comply with the non-
communist and financial statement
requirements Of the Taft.HartIey
law. Federated Pictures)
Montana labor news., 1948-01-01
New Business

Motion made and carried that the
committee on Lemarr be excused as
no information from the Roofers had
been received.
Smyrna times., 1948-12-02
Funeral of Harry o. Bostick

Funeral services for Harry o.
Bostick took place at his late resi-
dence in FELTON, on Saturday, Nov
ember 20. The Rev. Ray w. Kir-
wan, pastor of st. Pauls Methodist
Church, Clayton; the Rev. ]. E.
Parker, Church Hill, Md. and the
Rev. ]. c. Brinton, pastor of the
FELTON, Methodist Church, officiated.
Interment at Barratt's Chapel. Sur
viving are his wife, Mrs. Mary K.
Bostick; a daughter, Mrs. George
Slater, Seaford; four sisters, Mrs.
Clara Jarman, Clayton; Mrs Maude
Merritt, Wilmington; Mrs. Cora
Rattray, Frederica; Mrs. Margaret
Cohee, Camden; four brothers:
Charles, FELTON,; Cooper, Milford;
John, Smyrna, and Samuel, Will
also one grand-child. Mr..
Bostick had been with the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad for AZ years before
retiring last May. He served for
ten years at Clayton, also num-
ber of years at FELTON, and Har-
rington. He was a member of St.
Paul's Church, Clayton, and past
president of the Smyrna Rotary
Club.
Smyrna times., 1948-12-02
WEEK
OF SEAL SALE
FOrty-secOnd Annual Seal Sale
Will Continue Until
Christmas
BUY CHRISTMAS SEALS

The 42nd annual tuberculosis
Christmas Seal Sale which opened
on November 22nd is now in its
second week and will be continued
until Christmas was stated today
by DR.. William Marshall, Jr., of
Milford, Delaware, President of the
Society. AS usual the sale is being
conducted principally by mail and
returns are now being received at
the Seal Sale Headquarters in the
Buckner Building in Wilmington.
The activities of the Society made
possible by the annual seal sale in
clude: Free X-rays in schools, in
dustries and community groups;
microscopes in state health CEN
ters in connection with regular
chest clinics; nursing service in
the Wilmington area for INDECENT
patients; care of Delaware child
rem at Sunnybrook cottage; reha-
bilitation service for tuberculosis
patients at Brandywine and Edge
wood Sanatoria; chest x-ray clinic
in the Society offices known as the
Buskner Building; health educa-
tion program; research.
Smyrna times., 1948-12-02
BY
REV. r. E. GREEN
In November Issue of "Shep-
herds, BY Methodist Board
Of Evangelism
FORMER PASTOR HERE

Of interest to the people of
Smyrna is the announcement of an
article "The Church Bus-How We
Started Bus Transportation" writ
ten by the Rev. Robert E. Green,
former pastor of Asbury Methodist
Church, which appeared in the
issue of shepherds"
magazine, under the editorship of
DR.. George H. Jones, and published
by the Methodist General
Board of Evangelism. In his art
icle Mr. Green says: "a survey in
Smyrna revealed home after home
where the people stated that they
were Methodist but were inactive
and the children did not attend
Sunday School-there was only one
solution and that was for the
church to make it possible for
them to have transportation which
they had not had. AS a result of
this bus transportation, many
children have been baptized, many
children and youth have united
with the church, and some of the
parents have become interested
and are attending church, a few
of them having already united with
the church. One of the greatest
the Methodist Church
has today is to minister to the peo-
pie of the countryside and one of
the best ways to stimulate their
interest is through bus transporta-
tion. The bus has increased the
of the church school at
Smyrna and established a very ex-
cellent feeling among the farmers
in renewing their giving to support
the church. The church must go
to the people in rural sections to-
day if they will not come to church
otherwise. I believe that many
of these rural people who were un-
churched will become active and
interested people in Kingdom
Building"
Smyrna times., 1948-12-02
AT
CENTURY CLUB
Club Members to Engage in
Work for Christmas
Workshop
MAKE CHILDREN'S TOYS

A luncheon, open to the public,
will be served on Friday, Decem-
ber 10 by the Twentieth Century
Club from 11:45 am. to 1 pm. at
the club house. The price will be
I65 cents and the menu Includes:
baked ham, macaroni salad, string
beans, hot biscuit, rice pudding,
and tea and coffee. Reservations
may be made through Mrs. Robert
Sarde, and she will be in charge of
tickets which are for sale. 1t is
hoped that business people, school
teachers, and residents of Smyrna
will attend. Mrs. Alfred Tilghman
will be hostess. Following the
luncheon the club members will
engage in work for the Christmas
Workshop, and are asked to bring
their needles, thimbles, and scis-
sors. Children's toys will be stuff
ed and dolls clothes made, for
giving to local charity at Christ
mas. The program is in charge of
Mrs. Harry P. Jones, chairman of
public welfare.
Smyrna times., 1948-12-02

HERE TONIGHT
Smyrna Hornets To Open Sea-
son With Practice Game
Against EIktOn
MAYOR TO TOSS UP BALL

The Smyrna Hornets, cunning
for another successful basketball
season and another crack at the
Mar-Del League championship,
open their 1948-49 schedule here
tonight with practice game with
Elkton. Tap-off is set for 8 pm.
when Mayor c. ]. Prickett will toss
up the first ball to add a touch of
officialdom to the affair. A parade
is slated to begin at Z pm. start
ing at Market Street Plaza and
proceeding through the Four Corn
ers to Smyrna School. The Smyr-
ma F'iremen's band will participate.
Several new faces will be seen in
this years Smyrna lineup al
though F. B. Gebhart, coach of the
Hornets for the second consecutive
year, hasn't named his starting
five. Among the newcomers are
Alan ONeal, high-scoring star last
year for Camden; Wilson Lowe,
Don Ennis, Robert FAIRIES, and
William Carson. Gebhart stated
early this week that this years
Smyrna team is the strongest
since Smyrna entered the Mar-Del
League several seasons ago. Smyr-
ma will be deeper in reserve
strength, carrying a squad of fif-
teen men, with any one of at least
ten players well able to assume a
first string assignment, Gebhart
said. Last year Smyrna copped
the Eastern Shore championship
by edging out the Denton Bobcats
in a low scoring, hard fought final
game of the Dover Y. M. C. A. Bas-
ketball Tournament at the Dover
Field House. They were defeated
in the semi-final play-offs for the
Mar-Del League championship by
a strong Middletown quintette.
The first League game, with Har-
rington as opponent, is scheduled
to be played in the high school
gymnasium on Monday, December
6 at $3.50 pm. Season tickets for
adults are $4.00; children, $1.50;
general admission for adults, so
cents; children; Is cents. Season
tickets will be honored for the
practice game with Elkton tonight.
Reynolds Bradley is business man
ager.
Smyrna times., 1948-12-02
.I.O.O.F. To HOLD
QUIZ PROGRAM
Morning Star Lodge To Pre-
sent Quiz Program TOmor-
row Night Dec. 3
BY ERNEST EIERMAN

Ernest Eierman, Recording Sec
retary of Morning Star Lodge No.
6 will present quiz program this
Friday evening, December3. This
Quiz Program was successfully
produced and broadcast over one
of the national net works. Mr..
Eierman has had considerable ex-
perience with quiz programs with
the All clubs. Harry Johnson will
act as Master of Ceremonies, and
Mr.. Eierman will act as the Ques-
tion Editor. He will have the big
job of asking all the questions and
counting the answers right or
wrong. According to Eierman, if
he isn't careful he may find that
the contestants have him out on a
limb, instead of the other way a.
round. The contestants who fight
it out to the last round will receive
prizes. Questions to be asked are
Ia secret, known only to the Ques-
tion Editor. They are said to in
clude some real "stumpers" in the
International field, but also many
that can result only in fun for the
audience, if not the contestants.
All oddfellows are cordially invited
to attend this Friday.
Smyrna times., 1948-12-02
Five Year Old Boy Injured

George jackson, five-year old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey jack
son, of East Commerce Street was
injured last Friday afternoon when
he ran from behind a parked
truck on Main Street and hit the
side of car driven by John e.
Wilson III. No arrests were made.
The child was taken to Kent Cen
eral Hospital, Dover, in the ambu-
lance of the David c. Harrison Post
No. IA American Legion, and later
removed to Temple University Hos
pital, Philadelphia.