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Montana labor news., 1948-10-28

Labor will never forget the ia
that Tom Davis acting as attorney
for the Safeway Stores in 1898, ap-
peared before the Supreme Court of
the State of Montana and attacked
the constitutionality of the eight
hour law.
In his argument TO the court he con-
tended that the law intcricrcd with the
freedom OF contract between employer
and cmployc and deprived the Safeway
Stores oil liberty without due process
oil law. He also commended that the right
TO purchase labor is a part OF the liberty
guaranteed by the l4th amendment to
the Constitution.
By seeking public office, Tom Davis
has submitted his public record for cx-
animation. The printed reports of the
Supreme Court can be found in any law
ycr's office. This case | am referring
TO will be found in Montana 100. page
lS2. The record shows that Davis
worked very diligently to defeat labor
and the cight-hour law in this case and
it was not his fault that the case was
decided against him. In the same case
it is OF interest to note that Wellington
ID. Rankin, appearing in the case repre-
s~cnting the State Federation OF Labor,
argued that the cight-hour law was con-
stitutional and related to the court how
laborwould suffer ii this law were held
invalid. Rankin's argument must have
been very convincing as the Supreme
Court held the law valid and rejected
all the arguments advanced by Davis.
Going back a little further in Davis
career, we find that in the campaign OF
1924 when Metals Mine tax was being
submitted to the people to be voted upon.
Davis made some appearances in the
eastern part of the state, speaking
against the enactment Of this tax.
In a speech at Lcwistown he stated
that he was speaking merely as an in
dividual and not as all officer OF Rotary.
Did he fear that by his actions Rotary
might become contaminated also?
However, the report Of the association
that was formed to raise a slush fund
to defeat this tax measure showed that
they had raised the sum OF $24,545.00
(most Of which was contributed by the
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
and that from this slush fund Tom
Davis was paid the sum OF $4,000 for
compensation and expenses.
As the Metals Mine tax wa spon-
sored by the then governor, it is safe
to assume that Davis also worked to
defeat Governor Dixon, a nationally
prominent Republican, ex-U. S. SEN
ator, and the only liberal governor
ever elected in Montana.
II Davis were a good Republican
would he have worked to defeat Joe
Dixon, the only liberal Republican gov
ernor we ever had?
II Davis were a friend OF labor woult
he have appealed to the Supreme Cour'
to have them nulliiy the cieht-hour law
the only law we have to protect labor
from slavery?
| do not think that Tom Davis is :
good Republican and | am very positive
Of the fact that he is NOT a friend O
labor.
+. J. EDWARDS, a Good Republican
Montana labor news., 1948-10-28
MURRAY REVIEWS
FOREIGN
oAIICY PLEDGE

aibfa,. -oing At Helena on
his VA, ocra,ic rally
at Browning. Scna. fray insisted
that nothing is more crucial to the
United States than maintenance OF a
bipartisan foreign policy.
with the ~,yrannous rulers OF Red
Russia apparently determined in their
attempt to divide, weaken and conquer
the worlds democracies, it is more es-
scntial than ever before that we III
America continue to present a united
front to the men al aggression Senator
Murray said. After years OF service
with the Scnatc's foreign relations COM
mittec. | can say unhcsitatinely that the
unity displayed by both Republican and
Democratic senators in holding to a BIZ
partisan policy on these matters has
been real and has been most effective.
My friend Republican Senator Vanden-
berg has been outstanding in this re-
spect.' Senator Murray said.
"Whcn the prospect OF a modern war
is 50 frightiul to contemplate and when
we are all agreed that Americas best
defense against such a wal lies in build
ing the strongest possible defense it is
more than ever important that politics
stop at the waters edge no matter what
our political differences on domestic
issues. The politician who for self-ad-
vancement would publicly attempt to
weaken Americas united front on inter-
national affairs, would be nothing less
than a traitor TO his country and to
mankind Senator Murray continued.
Il am proud that ever in heat Of a bitter
political campaign, the men who 50 for
got themselves have been few indeed
Senator Murray concluded.
Montana labor news., 1948-10-28

at is the business of the
old party politician to get
campaign contributions from
the rich and votes from the
poor on the ground that he
will protect one from the
other."-Oscar Ameringer.
Montana labor news., 1948-10-28
Cascade County
Trades and
Labor Assembly

Meeting Of October p. 1913.
Meeting Ma called 10 order at s +. N.
rs .lohn Eyanka. Jr.
Roll call ~ olilccrs showed President
Steinmcig and VICE prc>iden, Stewart
afselr lehn Wolic WAS elected prcsi-
dent pro tenn Vice President Stewart
arrived late.
Credentials
From the Carpenters ior w. l.. Del
pcr. On motion delegate elect was nbii-
gated and seated.
The minutes ii the preyion. meeting
were read and approved.
Communications
lfom the planning commission askiru,
iur all-uui support to insure passage 81
the sle2.stu bond issue needed to pay
the elss share Tor a new bridge across
the NiS>aari river at Tenth Avenue
South. On motion referred to the lcgis.
latst committee.
From j, w. .pecr, asking support q
his candidacy ior Judge OF the district
court. Filed.
From liary !. F%rcebourn asking sup
port 81 his candidacy Tor associate JUS
tiec oi the State Supreme Court. Filed
From George 4. Davis asking supper,
oi III, candidacy ior candidate for rail
road and public service commissioner
Illci.
Tie following bills were allowed and
ordered paid:
Treasurer bond. s375. Social secur-
IS. >2-5.
On motion rull call Of delegates was
ordered dispensed with and all delegate,
were ordered marked present.
State Federation board met at Car
penlcrs halt on SUNDAY. Oct. IL. anc
urged support u the friends Of labor
| at the election NOV. ;.
The board onsidered making election
| dag 4 holiday.
1hcboard considered making election
| daj 4 holiday.
The hoard asked that labor vot,
agains, tho constitutional amendment L
take certain lands away from taxation
RAY Graham reported Oh the hearing.
- iHlregse bus rates III Great Falls.
WE DO NOT PATRONIZE LIST
Dixie Stove Co.
Stukenschneider's Barber Shop.
Endlcott Johnson
Dansas MiilIng Co.
Sun Maid Raisins
General Foods.
Anderson Frames.
Dixie Maid (St. Johns).
Dicks Jersey Dairy.
Davenport Candy Co.
Midland Canning Co.
Time and Life Magazines.
Tony NJ. CHM.
Tony M. C.nn and Co.
Andrew Jergens Products.
Forest Products Co.
Paris Gafters and Glass Tex Belts.
T~reasufebelt Cleaners.
Palm Gardens
PAINTS
Acme White Lead Co.
John Lucas Co.
Lowe Bros.
BEAUTY SHOPS
Mary Long. 2527 4th Ave. South.
Edna Node, II Goth st. South.
Katie Bartell, 1917 End Ave. South
Montana labor news., 1948-10-28
BUTCHER SHOPS THAT HAVE sICNED AGREEMENT

Pay & Save, Victory Meat Market, Food Bank, Cobban
Market, Ceserani Market, Cavanaugh Market, Cottage
Market, Miners Market, Main Cash Market, Rice Market,
Western Meat Company, Montana Cash Market, Supreme
Market, Bills Market, New Park Market, Hancock Market,
New Butte Butchering Company, Floral Park Market, Court
House Grocery and Market, Standard Market, Richards
Market, X. Biastocks, Montana Market and Grocery, New
Grocery and Market, Meadervile Mercantile, Contratto's
Msrket, Better Meat Market, Becky's Market on Harvard
Ave., Midway Foods and Cash IN Takit.
Montana labor news., 1948-10-28
AFL BUILDING TRADESMEN
TO AID COMMUNITY CHEST

WASHINGTON. AL building
trades workers here will volunteer their
services free in the renovation of a
settlement house and playground sup
ported BY Community Chest funds.
The project. Jointly sponsored by the
Washington Building Trades Council
and the Building Congress. is planned
as a demonstration Of the give at least
one days t~ake-home pay" appeal Of the
Community Chest Fund drive Tor S.
10000. The sum will go to support
l04 health and welfare services in the
Washington area, and the newly %rcacti-
waited USO.
Montana labor news., 1948-10-28
CANDIDATES ENDORSED BY THE SILVER BOW TRADES
& LABOR COUNCIL ARE:

Democrats: Harry S Truman, President; James E Murray,
Senator; Mike Mansfield, Congress; John Bonner, Governor;
Paul Cannon, Lieutenant Governor; Sam ". Mitchell, Sece-
tary of State; Arnold Olsen, Attorney General; Henry
Menin, Legislature; Mary Condor, Superintendent Of Public
Instruction; Harry Freebourn, Associate Justice Of Supreme
Court, short term; R. v. Bottomly, Associate Justice Of Su-
preme Court, long term. Republican: George A. Davis for
Railroad Commissioner.
Montana labor news., 1948-10-28
FIREMEN AND OILERS WIN

CHICAGO-The right to represent
powerhouse employees at the union sta
ton here was established by the Fire
men and Oilers in a national mediation
board election in which the Go was
overwhelmingly defeated, the AFL
Railway Employees department an
nounced.
Montana labor news., 1948-10-28
Antitrust Prosecutions of
Unions Revealed by Hartley

observation-disclosures forces. while deliberately lying
low during the political campaign. are secretly preparing d al-out
drive to cack down on labor with even tougher legislation than the
Taft Hartley Act during the next session OF Congress.
Iipotf o n what hes IN store for labor it the antlabor forces WIN
Montana labor news., 1948-10-28
Tories Plotting More Drastic Labor Laws
Obem Forum

The Montana Labor News will not
be responsible for Views of their
Correspondents.
Evening star., 1948-12-11

ls4s. We must learn from the past
and adjust our goals for the future,
based on what we learned during
l948 concerning employment and
rehabilitation of the disabled"
Mr.. Truman urged all individual
and organization members of the
committee to cooperate with State
and community committees, "for 1t
Is here that our men and women
must be employed"
There were these other develop
ments at the report meeting:
President Earl o. Shreve of the
United States Chamber of Com
merce promised increased interest
by the chamber and the National
Association of Manufacturers in
opening job opportunities for the
handicapped.
Task "Only Begun"
President A. j. Hayes of the In
ternational Association of Machin-
lists urged continuation Of the COM
mittee and warned thai I'VE have
only made beginning in the tre-
mendous task of eliminating the
apathy and indifference in the pub
lie mind" Mr.. Hayes is chairman
Of a labor group in the committee.
Cecil Duke and J. Hank Smith Of
the Tennessee Governors Commit
tee for National Employ the Phys
ically Handicapped Week presented
members with complete report Of
the program in that State, which
resulted in 1868 placements during
October.
H. Richard McCammant of the
Evening star., 1948-12-11
Executive Order MAY
Continue Group on
Jobs for Handicapped

An executive order giving perma-
nent status to the Presidents Com
mittee on National Employ the
Physically Handicapped Week may
be issued soon.
| Vice Admiral Ross r. McIntire,
U. S. N, retired, committee chair
man, disclosed yesterday at a meet
ing of the committee in the Ma
tional Archives Building that Secre-
tary of Labor Tobin and John r.
Steelman, assistant to the President,
have been directed to draw up the
order.
The committee was formed in
| l945, following a congressional proc
lamation that the first week in
October be observed as Employ the
Physically Handicapped. During
the past October, az 200 handicapped
persons were placed in industry.
Truman Message Read.
President Truman, in a message
read to the group by DR.. McIntire,
declared:
Your meeting today is more than
a recital of past history. 1t is a
promise of continued action for
Evening star., 1948-12-11

ton at the @corinthisn Yacht Club
last night that his totals do not In
clude persons cruising on the river
aboard private pleasure craft.
He estimated that 100,199 pas
senger trips were taken from small
boat facilities in Georgetown Chan
mel, while 421,34o passengers were
carried on various type of craft
leaving Washington Channel.
Association members also heard
reports from Robert L. Wadsworth,
chief of the river and harbor di-
vision of the district Army Engineers
Office here, and Ronald Orr, chair
man Of the river and harbor COM
mittee Of the Washington Board of
Trade.
Evening star., 1948-12-11

Civil Services Commission said al.
most 100000 handicapped person,
have been employed in Federal field
offices in the last six years and
that every effort is being made to
open up more job opportunities III
Government.
william S. Tyson, solicitor of the
Labor Department, welcomed COM
mittee members, after an invoca-
ton by the Rev. Frederick Brown
Harris of Foundry Methodist
Church. Robert Ramspeck. chair.
man of the Executive Committee
presided at q business meeting which
followed the reports.
Evening star., 1948-12-11
100000 Took Boat Trips
On Potomac Durinq Year,

More than 100000 passengers used
excursion steamers, rented canoes
or otherwise used the facilities of
Washington waterways during the
year, according to estimates of 1t.
lOtha Sanders, District harbor-
master.
1t. Sanders told meeting of the
washington Marine Trade Associa-
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-05-15
Constipation and
Colon Troubles
Corrective Treatment Is
ExpIoined in FREE BOOK

Stomach and Intestinal troubles,
Rectal and associated Disorders as
shown on the diagram, are some of
the chronic ailments often caused by
constipation and colon disorders. Such
common symptoms as frequent head
aches, dizziness, nausea, abdominal
soreness and pain are often natures
warning of a diseased colon.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-05-15
HELP WANTED


DO YOU NEED A GIRL or woman for general
housework, an experienced married couple to
work on a ranch or a tenant for your farm?
If you need help OF any kind, a classified ad
In Montana Farmer-Stockman may enable you
to find just what you want. Send your adj
v~ertising order at once so that it will be in
for the next issue. Address your order to
Classified Advertising Dept, Montana Farmer
Stockman, Great Falls, Mont.
MONTANA FARMER-STOCKMAN is looking
for rural statesmen and saleswomen. Must
have car. Producer can earn. S12 to $50 a day.
II you have had experience in calling on
farmers or If you would like to get into this
kind Of work, don't pass up this opportunity.
Write Circulation Manager, Montana Farmer
Stockman. Great Falls, Mont.
MAN, operate Jersey dairy ranch
on salary. Central Montana. rs registered
cows. Must know modern breeding, feeding.
Four-room house, electricity, bathroom. Noun
tain valley, rural school. Write H. G.. M, 516
Seventh avenue south, Bewistown.
WOMEN ANT to sell a fine line of cos
metics. Big cash profits, exclusive territory.
Bedoni Laboratories, 428 N. Y. Bldg, st. Paul
I, MINI.
WANTED@Girl to cook and help in home
on modern ranch. Mrs. John Duncan, Two
Dot, Mont.
AGENTS WANTED-Write Fergus Falls Wooden
Mills, Box 425, Fergus Falls. Minnesota.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-05-15
Conservation
Continued From Page 81

cent of this land should be stubble-
mulch titled to help control wind
and water erosion.
There is also a need for diversion
bitches to take care of runoff that
can not be held on slopes above
cropland. These will total nearly
1,400 miles. The need for farmstead
windbreaks totals at least 1880
acres. erased waterways needed
for safe disposal of runoff, where it
must be taken across cropland either
to a drainage or to be spread owe
pasture or hayland, amount to some
10000 acres. Some of the waterways
are now gullies that will have to be
smoothed with heavy equipment be-
fore the grass is seeded. A good deal
of technical work is needed in Sc
lecting locations for and designing
diversions and waterways.
Privately-owned range land, and
some that is publicly owned, on
which the districts are expected to
extend aid totals 26, 900, 900 acres. Of
this, nearly 19, 1000, 900 acres need to
be classified as to type and condi-
ton so that ranchers can work out
and put into practice the right kind
of grazing management.
Range Development
Development of the range land
will call for 1000 more stockwater
reservoirs, $500 more wells, $500
spring improvements, and 200, 900
acres of water-spreading systems
to flood irrigate pasture and hay
land. Districts need the aid of soil
conservation service technicians on
wells are located where they will
serve the needs, that they are pro-
tected against sitting and are prop
erly designed. Water spreading
should be developed to the fullest
extent to produce winter feed where
irrigation is not available. Some
1000 ponds can be profitably stocked
with fish.
More than 1900, 900 acres of pri-
-vately-owned woodland are in the
districts. 1t is estimated that about
half is in need of improvement
through thinning, cutting merchant
able trees and planting in thin
stands. This will require the guild
ance of trained farm foresters. A
third of the woodlands are consid-
cred especially suited for wildlife
development, as are some $500 acres
of gullies that should be planted to
trees and shrubs for erosion control.
Altogether the conservation job
still to be done in Montana is ire
jmendous. Whether it is done means
much to both the farmers and ranch
ers and the people in the cities and
towns. To the man on the land, it
means greater security and better
living. 1t means the same thing for
cities and towns, because agricul-
tural income is more than half the
states total income and much of the
trade and business is dependent
on it.
But, to be lasting, conservation
must be based on the principle OF
using land according to its capabil-
tiles and treating it according to its
needs. Any other approach will &C
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-05-15

The disease" of which soil ero-
sion is the outer sign, says R. M.
Bond of the soil conservation serv-
ice, is simply using land for pur-
poses to which it is not naturally
suited or using the wrong method
to produce the right crop.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-05

ON personnel expenditures In con-
nection with the Reclamation Blu
reau's $250, 900 900 construction pro-
gram. Interior Secretary Krug, In
announcing reasons for the econ
omy move, said that amount Is
IS, 500 900 less than the minimum
amount needed for efficient opera
ton"
The personnel allowance for the
Washington Office Is 81 ,562 900, which
is s206, $3.50 less than the minimum
budget request.
In a statement, Mr.. Krug said:
1.-THE actions required to meet the
drastic limitation will mean delays
on irrigation and hydro-electric
projects and will, in the end, likely
mean increased construction costs
"This will compel Western water
and power users to pay more on q
repayment basis for the develop
ment of these resources.
/ I'm spite of the handicaps, the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-05
New York Company Denied
Waiver on Auction Here

A New York auction firm has
been denied permission by the
Commissioners to sell the properties
of the washington Gas Light Co.
at Twenty sixth street and Virginia
avenue NV.
The denial was issused by the
Commissioners yesterday. after a
hearing attended by representatives
of the New York firm, Joseph P
Day g. Co., and Washington auc-
tioneers. The out-of-town company
had sought a waiver on the regula-
ton, which requires six months
residence in Washington for auc-
ton firms before they may conduct
a sale.
Attorneys Ringgold Hart and
James wilkes, representing Wash
linton auctioneers, opposed the petit
ton. The Day Co. announced 1t
intends to file a formal request,
but the Commissioners said 1t also
would be denied.
A similar petition in the case OF
the sale Of the estate of the late
Mrs. Evalyn Walsh Mclean was
approved by the Commissioners
several months ago. The local ave
tioneers said they will seek change
In the regulations that will ban
all variances in the future.
A municipal photograph library
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-05
| Reclamation Bureau
Unable 10 Estimate
Worker Cuts Here

Reclamation Bureau officials said
today there was no available esti-
mate Of the number Of employees
who will have to be discharged In
Washington and in the field to
meet restrictions on the 1948-s
appropriations.
Between now and September l, ii
was said, a considerable number OF
the 324 persons employed in the
Washington Office will be dropped
Some of the more fortunate, nc
doubt, will transfer to other agencies
Congress set $48, 900 900 as a limit
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-05

bureau will not lower its standards
Of design and construction, al
though delays may occur"
Mr.. Krug appointed . committee
to recommend steps necessary to
comply with the limitations
All categories Of personnel, in
GLIDING scientific, engineering and
construction, are affected by the
reduction measures. The full extent
of the curtailment cannot be de-
termined until about September l,
officials said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-05

A municipal photograph library
has been opened by Sutton, England
The Nome nugget., 1948-02-13
Kersten Asks U. s. Military Use Of Alaska Highway

WASHINGTON, R-Rep. Ker- sten R.-Wis) proposed yesterday that the United States and Canada immediately work out an agree ment granting this country mili- tary use of the Alaska Highway.
 "The United States presently has no legal basis for the use of the Alaska Highway for military purposes should the necessity therefore arise," Kersten said in a speech prepared for House deliv- cry.
 The 1,500-mile highWay-Which cost some $130,000, 0,000-was built and paid for by the United States during the last war.
 However" Kersten said, "that portion of the highway lying in Canada-1,257 miles of twas, under the basic construction agreement, completely turn e d over to Canada on April 1, 1946."
 This agreement provided that the Canadian portion of the land link to Alaska "become an inte- gral part of the Canadian highway system subject to the understand ing that there shall at no time be imposed any discriminatory con- ditions in relation to the use of the
The Nome nugget., 1948-02-13

road as between Canadian and United States civilian traffic" Kersten said.
 "The Alaska highway was built by us for the military defense of Alaska and now we may use it only for civilian purposes"
 Kersten introduced a resolution proposing an agreement between the two countries to assure the United States military use of the highway both as an overland and an air route.
 He contended that in event of a future war between the United States and another country - in which Canada was not involved it would save Canada from the embarrassment of having to de- eide at that time whether the United States should be permitted the military use of the highway.
 Among the most strategic points of dynamic defense is our Territory of Alaska. As an air and sea base it commands the north ern Pacific and is an outpost of protection to our entire west coast and the western hemisphere"
 Kersten said he did not want a situation to develop similar to the one in Panama where "the Pana- manian government has told the United States to get out of cer- tain strategic defensive positions in their protection of the Panama Canal"
The Nome nugget., 1948-02-13
Statehood And Civil Rights
tBY Mary Lee council)

WASHINGTON - Less than a month after urging upon Congress immediate statehood for Alaska and Hawaii in his State of the Union address on January 2, Pres ident Truman reinforced his be- lief in presenting to Congress on February 2, 10 points for a mini mum program of civil rights legis- lation including a recommendation for statehood.
 "The present political status of our territories and possessions, |" the President stated, "impairs the enjoyment of civil rights by their residents. I have in the past re- commended legislation granting statehood to Alaska and Hawaii. and organic acts for Guam and American Samoa, including a grant of citizenship to the people of these Pacific Islands. I repeat these recommendations. The legislation have recommended for enactment by the Congress at the present session is a minimum program if the federal government is to fulfill its obligation of insur- ing the Constitutional guaranties