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Montana labor news., 1949-02-03
LADIES AUXILIARY
MAKES REPORT

Ladies Auxiliary No. Z OF the In
tcrnational Mine-Mill and Smelter
Workers met in the Miners Union
hall Tuesday evening
Cues, speakers were Howard God
dard special International represent
atiyc Tor District No. | and Graham
Dolan. head OF the international Ed
ucation Department.
Mr.. Goddard explained berifly the
program outlined and the need Tor or
ganizatior Of the women in this dis
trict.
Mr.. Dolan covered the International
program and explained reasons for
the stand taken by Mine-Mill on the
Tait-Hartley Law and other legislation.
President Marie Goiorth conducted
initiation OF candidates.
Press and Education chairman an
nounced that an application for mem
bership in Our Book Club had been ao-
cepted and authorized her to select
books for reading and book reviews.
Legislative committee reported the
status OF the Pension Bill, Workmen's
Compensation, and Silicosis bills in the
state legislature.
President Marie Goiorth will head
a delegation Tor public hearing which
will be held on Thursday evening at
80 in the State House in Helena. The
Auxiliary has chartered 4 bus leaving
Butte at II 90 noon Thursday.
Ways and Means Committee re-
ported progress on the social to be he'll
in the Miners Union hall, Sunday Eve
ning. February Is. and asked that four
members be added to the committee.
Good and Welfare reported that nc
illness or death among members had
|, been reported since the last meeting.
: A donation was made to the Charlie.
i Russell Permanent Memorial Fund.
5 A round table discussion brough
E out interesting comment on current leg
: ~islation and legislators.
Meetings are held on the second an
fourth Tuesdays Of each month u u
5 Miners Union hall and all women !
: Mine-Miil families are invited 10 b
come members.
Montana labor news., 1949-02-03
THOMAS MORGAN
FILES FOR MAYOR

Thomas r. Morgan, a resident OF
Butte Tor 40 years. and Tor Is years
alderman from the Seventh city ward.
Saturday filed a nominating petition
on the Republican ticket for the office
oi mayor oi Butte. He i the first To
lille
Mr. Morgan was the Republican
candidate Tor mayor TIVE years ago and
lost in the general election. by a margin
ui $50 votes. On his nominating petit
ton he wrote:
Eighteen years as alderman: knows
the city, problems and needs. Honest,
courageous and efficient administration
oi the law
Since 1914 he has been employed in
transportation circles here. He was a
motorman and conductor Tor the Butte
Electric Railway company, and whel,
buses replaced the street cars here he
became a bus driver for the Butte Git,
Lines. He is widely known in the Min
ing city. and in addition TO his services
a an alderman. has been active in var
ious civic, iraternal and labor circles.
Mr.. Morgan is married and reside.
with his wife a, ,0S9 GAYLORD. He is tht
father oi three children. two sons and
daughter. His youngest son, Thomas
r.. Jr. is a student at Montana Stat,
college in Bozeman. Another son, Der
nard, a member OF the Butte fire dc
partment. is a veteran OF three years
overseas service in the Army. Hi
daughter is married 10 Dorsey Durck
ard OF this city.
Montana labor news., 1949-02-03
News of Great Falls Building Trades

port. Motion made and carried 10 ac-
cept the report as progressing.
New Business
Under new business tie nomination
and election OF officers was i'll order
The Chair appointed Bros. Raess, Har-
old and Kinney as judges 81 the cleo
ton.
Bros. Sims and anderson were nom
mated for President, Bro. Anderson
declined nomination. Bro. Sims was
elected unanimous vote.
Bros. Anderson and Talbot were
nominated Tor Nicc-President. The
vote BY secret ballot showed II votes
cast ior Talbot and 8 votes cast for
Anderson. Bro. Talbot was elected
Nicc-Presidcnt.
For Secretary Treasurer Bro. Brit
ten was elected by unanimous vote
cast by the Chairman
For Trustees. Bros Duncan, Rich
mond and Cassidy were elected b
unanimous vote cast BY the Chairman
For Sergeant-at-Arms. Bro. Duncan'
was elected BY unanimous vote cast BY
the Chairman.
Unfinished Business
The matter OF new institutions va.
/ discussed and a motion made to bu,
constitutions for all delegates and 10
Gals. Substitute motion made that tn
matter be turned over 70 the Bylaw
Committee. Substitute motion carried
Good and Welfare
Motion made that the d~elcgatio.
IRON the City be granted the floor AM
after they had spoken, be invited t
participate in the Dutch Lunch. Motor
carried.
At this time Mr.. jim Carr. Mr.. Frit
Roll and City Engineer McCormic'
we're admitted and gave the Council
picture OF their prospective street pro
gram Tor the coming sear.
There being no iuther business til
meeting adjourned at 10 IS p. NJ.
E. r. Brittle
Secy-Trca
Montana labor news., 1949-02-03
BUTTE MINERS UNION
PROTESTS SILIC0SIS

The report oi the commission to study
occupational diseases III the State OF
Montana. pursuant 10 an act OF the Nth
assembly. l9l7. Chapter 2l1. approved
March :. l947
The union, having had an opportunity
Ia study said report. now wishes to re-
gistcr It's official objection and cxoep-
tons Ia the report based on the follow
ing grounds
The commission confined It's sur
ycy To- All analysis ol the cases rccciv-
ing >ilicosis benefits from the state
a. 81 December. l9E. To receive such
benefit, one must be totally disabled iol
work In short. such recipients Of bcnc-
its are suffering from Silicosis i'll the
third stage, Now every reliable author
ify on Silicosis states that Tor every
one case found in the third stage there
are several eases in the first and second
stage, apparently the commission sim
ply Ignored the possibility Of the exist
entc 81 numerous first and second stage
>ilicotie,
The conclusion that Silicosis j,
confined ia the age group between -
and ~ scar,.i, without any iounda
tinn III fact
! The conclusion that mining com
panic, have taken measures Tor the
prevention oi Nilicosi, IS no borne ont
hy existing conditions.
! The conclusion that Silicosis i,
"dciinctl, on the decline and no longer
a menace III Montana" j. hclied by tn,
very >clf>amc statistics on which the
commission ba>i, it, report The re-
verse Is the truth 81 the matter.
: Despite the direction Of the Legis,
latiNc Assembly TO make a comprc.
l%lcnsiyc and detailed survey 81 occupa.
,ional diseases IT does not appear tina
any effort was made to secure informa
ton q, 10 the extent OF occupationa
/ diseases other than Silicosis. such a
lead poisoning. arsenic poisoning, tn
effect, Of acid fumes OF workers, etc.
For the above mentioned reasons /
j. respectfully requested that prior L
ans action being taken on the repor
that public hearings dealing with til
matter contained in the report be SEIZED
ulcd by the proper committee Of tn
Legislative assembly and that the OF
iicers and members 81 this organizatio
bc afforded an opportunity to appca
and give ~tcstlmoncy. Respectfully your
BUTTE MINERS UNION No.
Neal f. Shea. Recording Secretary.
Montana labor news., 1949-02-03
Drive Is Launched for
Reserve Seabees

The Navy has launched a drive for
$4,000 skilled construction men as a
standby reserve organization of Seabees.
Recruits enlist in the inactive Volun-
teer Reserve for call to active duty only
in the event OF a national emergency.
Recruits will receive full Navy credit
for the kind and amount of their civil
ian experience. Credit for civilian ex-
periencc applies both to the veteran:
and non-veterans.
Montana labor news., 1949-02-03

Meeting called to order at 7:40 P. NJ.
by President Sims with all officers pre-
sent.
Credentials
From the Boilermakers' Local No.
002 Tor Bro. Donald IIerold to replace
Fro. Jack Thorton AS delegate to the
Council for their Local.
From the Plumbers Local No. 139 for
Bros. W. Davidson and c. Cassidy as
delegates and Bro. r. Sllatzka. alter
nate delegate from their Local.
From the Laborers' Local No. 273 for
Bro. Selmer Walstrom as a delegate
from their Local. On motion the del
ceates were duly obligated and seated.
Minutes Of previous meeting were
read and approved as read.
Communications
Minutes OF the Cascade County
Trades and Iabor Assembly read and
tiled.
Minutes OF the Central Trades and
Labor Council, Kalispell read and filed,
+. From the Great Falls Employers
Council. Inc. a copy Of House Bill 81.
Motion made and carried that the bill
be turned over to the Legislative Com
mittee.
From the March OF Dimes Commit
tee a note Of thanks for our contribu-
ton,
From Mr.. Leo {. Graybill. Speaker
Of the House advising that he had put
the Council on the mailing list for
printed bills OF the House of Represent
ativcs By courtesy OF the entire Cascade
County delegation. read and filed.
From the Missouri Valley Develop
ment Trades and Labor Council asking
, that We start a letter writing campaign
!, to all I, S. Senators and Congressmer
!, OF the Ten State Missouri River Basin
t Motion made and carried that the mat.
I ter be referred to the Legislative Com.
/ mittcc.
, From Mr.. Carl Rydbcrg. Sccrctar,
oi the Building Trades Council in Kal
ispcll asking for a copy OF our Build
c inc Trades Wage Scale. This is on
. d many such requests, All organiza
c tons please give us your present wag
c scale so Building Trades schedul
may be made up.
From the Building and Constructio
IF Trades Department relative to the dis
o,.o Lo,rroo, ,ba Cbaat Natal \NorI-or
IS and Painters over the application {
i "Zouritc" referred back to the Painter
J. Roll Call
i The roll was called and the followin
IS delegates noted absent Vernon, Olsor
l. Smith. Iins and Shatzka.
Reports of Delegates
re The Electricians reported that Il
al Fast Base proposition would be take
tn up at their next meeting.
N The Plumbers reported that they hi
lie decided to turn down the East Ba.
proposition as they felt the work shou
ID be done like all other contract work
Fro. Enquist advised that he want,
to il understood and carried in the minut
or that he had informed the Engineer
ID, delegates not to meet with the Machi
re lists under any circumstances. Br
Sims reported he had met Mr.. Bjornl
a and told him that there would be
r. meeting as legal counsel would not
al gotten.
Peports of Committees
Bro. Richmond reported on the pr
fabricated house or 9TH ave. North a
from the>Aze OF it, he didn't think the
would be nfHe&difficulty over them.
y The Audi, Committee reports we
mt read and on motion accepted.
,al Bro. Davidson OF the Legislati
ng Committee reported on some bills NJ
$50 before the Legislature and that a &c
lit tleman from the Smelterman's Unit
nal who is in Helena every week would
IN glad TO appear each Thursday beft
our Council and give us a detailed
Montana labor news., 1949-02-03
AFL Chemical Workers
Win New Pay Increase

BOUND BROOK. \. J.-Ihc Calico
Chemical Division OF American Cy-
anamid Co. signed a new agreement
with the AFL International Chemical
Workers Union. Local Ill. increasing
hourly pay 9 cents. The contract also
increases afternoon and night shift
d~ifferentials. and grants additional
hourly premiums for Saturday and Sum-
day work.
Montana labor news., 1949-02-03
MUSICIANS UNION AIDS
SYMPHONY UNIT

WASHINGTON-For the first time
in history the District Musicians Union
has taken out a membership in the Ma
tional Symphony Orchestra Associa-
ton and has forwarded its contribu-
ton to the 10Th Annual Sustaining
Fund.
The executive board OF Local l6l.
American Federation of Musicians
voted to join the association. At the
same time, the musicians appointed
Pianist Sylvia Altman to head a COM
mittee on labor unions to "apprist
union membership in all fields of the
value Of maintaining a resident or
chcstra."
Montana labor news., 1949-02-03
Silver Bow Trades
And Labor
Council Notes

flFc regular nnccliilG al the SILVER
l'ow Trades and Labor Council wa,
called to order II $ 7. ". h, President
Crawford
Roll cali ri oiii,ef> and ab,cntccs
noted
Credcmial, were read from Municiplc
EMPLOYEES Union ior Terry Harrington
On motion the crcncntials were received
and the delegate obligated
Minutes Of the previous meeting were
read and approved as read
Communications
From the newly organized Building
Trades Council Of Missoula Montana
asking Tor copies ~ our constitution
and by laws 10 assist them III makine
up their constitution and bylaws. On
motion the request was granted and the
secretary vas instructed TO send copic,
la them.
From Governor Bonner stating he
would not appoint Mr. Carl Brattcn
From Charles {. pavi, thanking
the Council ior their assistance to
House Bill No. > and that the bill had
passed the House bl 4 vote OF oS to ,
He requested that We send letters from
the Council 10 our State Senator. the
Governor and It-Goycrnor Paul Can
non in Helena asking them to support
this bill
From the Railroad Commission stat
ing the ruling on the bus schedule
which had put hack i'll force the old
schedule until 800 \ VI on Sunday.
Some oi the delegates said this SEIZED
ulc doesn't meet the requirements OF
their unions and asked that the Council
send a letter d protest. asking the con
iinuancc Tor a full day sunday schedule.
From the MNN asking iuLds to pro-
mote the MNA aud asking the Coun-
eli to send letters to orr Senators anl
Conercssmen asking them 10 supper,
Senator Murray's bill This action va,
carried on motion.
Discussion took place on tic tt
Hospital At Galeu and 81 the effort,
being made to build 4 new hospital fol
TB inmates.
Reports of Delegates
Delegate on the Health Plaunin.
Board reported the name oi the organ
i%zaiion, who had adopted health plan
ning
The secretary reported that alter
80
Montana labor news., 1949-02-03

Under the committees plan there
would be hu, one change in the Wagner
,ct al the time oi il, reinstatement. The
restored law would provide Tor a ,-man
National Relations Board instead ol the
S-mcmber body authorized III the orig
NAL act
The committee proposed to hold I'M
Montana labor news., 1949-02-03
Tobin Receives Okay

WASHINGTON The Senate La
bbor Committee unanimously recon-
mendcd that the Senate ratify President
Truman's appointment Of Maurice J.
Tobin TO be Secretary 81 Labor. Tobin
has held the post since October.
Montana labor news., 1949-02-03
Plan Restores
Wagner Act,
Limits HEARINGS

WASHINGTON-The Senate Labor Committee adopted a pro-
RAJ Of action calling for the early and outright repeal Of the Taft
Hartley law. re enactment of the Wagner Act, and amendment OF
that statute along the lines Of the recommendations made by Pres'-
dent Truman.
The move, which a authorized by the committee in an % vote
along strict party lines, is encouraging to organized labor a a in
dication that the Democrats will mobilize their maximum strength
to make good their campaign pledges for repeal of the antilabor law.
Montana labor news., 1949-02-03

Meeting called to order at 7 40 P. NJ.
by President Sims with all officers pre-
sent.
Montana labor news., 1949-02-03

1T is the business Of The
old party politician to get
campaign contributors from
the rich and votes from the
poor on the ground that he
will protect one from the
other."-Oscar Ameringer.
Montana labor news., 1949-02-03

An economy that relies for
its stimulation on waste and
disaster is taking the road
to oblivion as surely as the
dinosaurs, those creatures
that were all bulk and no
brains stuart Chase.
Montana labor news., 1949-02-03

Meeting was called to order =, 20
j. NJ. by President Stcinmetz.
Roll call OF officers showed all OF
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AT TIE

Burley Bowler

Outside of providing some
amusement for members of the
House while it was being read
by the clerk the report of the
House committee named to in
v~estigate the State Liquor
Board has caused little concern
at the capitol. Neither the leg
islators nor the Liquor Board
are greatly perturbed.
One reason for this is that
statements made by members
of the Committee and their
high-priced attorney when the
Investigation started indicated
what the general trend of the
report would be. Another rea-
son is that the Committee
found no member of the Liquor
Board or employee guilty of
w~rong-doing or dishonesty, de-
spite the impression the author
of the report tried to give by
various insinuations.
A careful analysis of the re-
port reveals some interesting
features. One of these is that
the report contains many half
truths which, when the other
half is told, cast diScredit on
the entire report.
For example: "The Mexican
rum contained dirt, straw,
bloWflieS and bugs The rum
was filtered in Seattle at a
cost of $780,"
The analysis of said rum
made by Laucks Laboratories of
Gil Western Avenue Seattle on
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Liquor Board and Egan, Alley
and associates. These individ-
uals held federal wholesale liq-
uor licenses and our own Mon
tana courts held they could
legally buy liquor, ship it to
Montana and comply with the
law by paying the state the
500 markup. and having the
proper stamps affixed and de-
termining the retailers to whom
it should be distributed. AS
wholesalers they naturally got
some preference from distillerS.
The Liquor Board had no
choice, but it did secure some
of that LIQUOR for distribution
to its retail stores.
If the committee believed this
wrong doing, despite the court
ruling, why did 1t not have
Tom Alley appear as a witness?
He lives here in Helena and
was very willing to appear as a
witness. They interviewed 33
other witnesses, but never ask
ed Tom Alley to appear before
them, although he was casti-
gated in the report.
The Losses by Transportation.
During the acute liquor short
age, losses in transportation,
both by railway and by truck,
were frequent. Even liquor
stores were robbed. Those losses
were covered by insurance and
bonding companies, and every
loss bv trucks was fully paid,
including the excise tax. One
loss by railway is yet to be
settled.
Loss on Poor Liquor.
When distilleries were slowed
up by presidential order, high
grade liquor was almost unob-
tainable. That didn't lessen the
demand made by retailers on
the State Board. Consequently
it bought what it could. When
rationing was over the Board
had a quantity of lower grade
liquor on hand. ct had also in
herited a considerable quantity
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Hiqh School Week
Is April 28. %. 80

The 1e49 High school Week
will be held at Montana Sta IL
college on April %, % ana oy,
according to General Chairman
Max Worthington.
During this time, students
from high schools thGougnouC
the state of Montana will pc
meeting on the campus Of Inc
State College for the annual
weekend Of competition, infor-
nation and fun. The program
for this years session Will pc
about the same as for last year
and will feature scholastic ny
alry in the form of college aptl-
tude tests.
Last years arrangement was
q departure from former years
and seems to have been satlS-
factory enough, with slgnt
changes to continue for an
other year.
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profit of $48, 100000.
The committee report AVOIDS
anv such commendable state
ments. It charges that partial
ity or c-arelessness has peer
shown in the issuance OF ncenS-
es IN the McCarten case the
Supreme Court of Montana rul-
ed according to the Boards m
depreciation that any citizen
with the qualifications quinn
ed by the law was entitled TO
q license if he applied properly
and that the Board had ntIle
discretion.
When it has refused to grant,
licenses it has lost nine out OF
ten cases in the courts: TnaLs
the situation confronting the
Board regarding licenses.
what Has the Report Accomp-
plished?
The committee had the
Boards books audited az a
cost of $1,000. Neither the audit
rGpOIG IlOI LllC IOlilli1ooNS
arate report charges any mem
Der of the Board or employee
with dishonesty or wrong-doi1g.
The audit report says plainly
that none of the so-called loss
eS5on poor liquor or excise
tax-are recoverable. The aud
itors charge no one with either
misdemeanor or felony.
What then, did the investi-
cation accomplish? The gener-
al opinion is nothing-except-
ing an attempt to smear" the
previous administration.
The liquor business has al
ways been a subject of contro-
versy. 1t always will be. But II
is admitted that the present
Liquor Board is the most effic-
lent the state has ever had and
that it has conducted an other
wise questionable enterprise IN
a most commendable manner
the $4,000 investigation not
WithStanding.
IA press operated by steam
J newer was invented in 1882.
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&E est%43I fEEN tEEaFM eH9rE $50 .ZN.M=
from the previous administers
tion.) The Board did like any
good merchant does: it marked
the price down in order to
move it.
Despite such losses trivial in
comparison with the total bust
ness, the Board during the past
eight years turned in a net
profit of more than $4,000, 900
plus the excise tax which
brought the total up to more
than $19,000,000 profit to the
state.
The States Biggest Business.
The state runs 145 liquor
stores besides its office and
warehouses in Helena. In eight
years it has done a $4,000, 900
business. In less than Is years
it has done a business Of ap-
proximately $133, 0OO, 900 at a
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file and shown to the commit
tee says the sediment in the
rum consisted of cotton and
wood fibres, indeScript matter
and a trace of organic matter
of which iron is the main con-
stituent." 1t adds that when
filtered, I'VE can Sc no reason
why the rum would not be per-
fectly suitable for human con-
sumption" The laboratory
would not advise human con-
sumption of anything contain
ing blow-flieS and bugs.
However, filtering of sedi-
ments which precipitates in
Latin-made liquors is such a
common practice that the State
of Washington, which has a
liquor monopoly similar to
Montana's, set up its own fill
tering plant.
Some liquor investigators have
been known to see snakes"
but seeing "bloW-flies and
bugs" in liquor is a new one.
With their vision so impaired,
the committee ignored a re-
ceipt shown to them proving
that the state of Montana was
allowed $1,000 for the cost Of
having the rum filtered. So it
actually didn't cost the state a
penny to have tue rum filtered.
But the report would leave the
public to believe the state was
out $500.
The Excise Tax Shortage
Just as misleading as the
blow-fly and filtering cost
statement is the committees
charge of shortage in the 81
excise tax.
In 1871 the Liquor Board
continued the same method as
its predecessor in computing
the profit and excise tax on
liquor. That was to add 500,
the 500 for profit and the 80
for excise tax, to the cost of
the liquor. 1t had always been
done that way.
Later when the Board at
tempted to add 500 for pro-
fit and then add $50 to the
total for excise tax they we're
stopped by the OPA which pre-
pared to start suit for some-
thing more than 100000
against the state? Gov. Ford
and the Board got Senator
Wheeler to intervene and he
had the suit stopped in Wash
ington, e. G. on condition that
the Board would return to its
former method of one markup
$50 on cost.
That policy was maintained
until the OPA died in 1947,
when the BOARD Immediately
changed again, adding 80 ex-
rise to the total of cost plus
500 profit. AS noted, the diff
ference between cost plus 500,
and cost plus 500 plus 80
amount to about 20 The Liq-
uor Board had no choice in the
matter before. Yet the commit
tee and its auditors charge this
loss in excise tax as about ST.
100000.
Why Wasn't Alley Called as
Witness.
The report intimates there
was an alliance between the
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High School Week dates boo,
to 1890, when various voufk
vocational conferences wosl
combined to form the ona b;c
event. Since that time il hog
grown and attracted Iaruas
groups of high school student
eager to compete with eacS
other in scholastic contests and
to get a glimpse of Montana
State college-its facilities ana
life.