The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-01-14
An Appeal For Montana's Disabled
Workers

Workers
There isn't either house of legislature ire
specve of political affiation who wouldn't if neighbo
hit with misfortune Immediately his heart
Monanas disabled workers and their families hope fol
will be $3.50 Increase week in benefitsthat
posed amount larger that will the
did lib 68 in the 1947 assembly
Gentlemen of the legislature Please for the moment
get positions of Importance wepayng businesses
jobs back home Think instead of what has happened to
wives food and clothing budgets these past two
Would $3.50 week begin to the increased cost
OF properly feeding and clothing those kids OF yours? Would
cover either the increased cost of food of clothing for
those you hold most dear?
Gentlemen of the Third House, Two years ago certain
of killed the proposed SIS did everything
possible stop the which finally approx
ed But though did those caous acts back
surely at heart different than of the rest of
You too would generously to the aid of neghbo should
he be in distress. Of that
And these people, these
es just surely neghbors though they lived next
build this disaster Them the
webeng of this state will surely lie the
hands of the children whom thew are presently irving to feed
clohe house something than dollars
month Don't their kids unbessed by at
least modicum of the necessities of life that therein will be
the potential seedbed for all this socaled -Amercanm
and newspapers daily remind of much detail
Therein because Of malnutrtion lies not only major source
of weakened public health today but may we'll repose bur-
den society whole these children reach maturity
Look at Europe ravaged y war; look at the weakened poen
ta manpower all those nations facing children
permitted to sarve for six long There have
horrible example of what happens when mass starvation oc
Here too, in Montana much limited way you
have conditions not dmar with portion of population
Because the percentages high does anyway
lessen the suffering the poverty of those affected by the
nuriousness of our state government
Funds Available For More Substantial Increase
If the Workmens compensation fund could stand sub
sanal increases to the disabled them the matter might be
different But such the call your attention to the
annual of the Industrial Accident Board Therein the
first thing that meets recommendation that rates
by employers be because the fund is loaded with
Of should be loaded when it considered that at the
time the board established and rates determined the
average scale under four dollars per day Wage
scales presently three times what they
that time, and employers continue to similar rates
dollar of wage With this little wrong particularly
when the original intent of the law considered First
relieve employers of abty second setting
based disabled worker drawing approximately so
of his former earnings But though employers have
continued pay rates substantially the thirty
disabled workers longer draw SO cent of their form
earnngsthanks to third house previous leg
satures It would certainly be chargeabe to
fnent if reserves were other than huge
of these unforunates and their families and
of decency think is in order for Mesrs
Glover Wilkinson Savage and Raye to ca off their dogs
time instead of attempting to "bull dog the legsa
should join with other lobbyists and kemnded leg
and help through at least SIS week boost
support other important pieces of social leg
lation.
Even fve-dolar weekly raise won't permit much meat
needed of shoes often the homes of these
citizens who they abe would be happy to take
their place along side other in mine mill factory
How ahou