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Montana labor news., 1949-08-25
BIG LOBBY SPENDERS

0lA AOOol ~ AN~.
The biggest lobby spenders in the first sly months OF '94'
were:
II, American Medical Association, $oOo, 39/. ~ LON
m,,.. for Constitutional Government, Inc. S3Oo,Z/Z W
National Association of Electrical Companies. SZZ4,AZZ.
The ANA is bitterly opposed to national health insurance.
po.ed to nearly every progressive measure in the United States,
The electric companies are bitterly opposed to expansion OF
public power for the benefit Of all the people.
Other big spenders included the National Association OF
Real Estate Boards. $8o. 493; Association OF American Kahi-
,oad. x83 Az: National Coal Association. $6O.6l6; Chamber
of Commerce of the l. S.. SIS. "; National Association OF
HI me Builders. S44448; General Electric Co, $34.3|o; Ma
tional Tax EQUALITY Association. $3l.76 Council OF State
Chambers of Commerce, $3l .523; American Farm Bureau red
Grafton, $2o,5l4.
The American Federation of Labor reported spending 81
35O. The Congress Of industrial Organizations. $l6.639; the
Grand International Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers,
50 AS: the National Federation OF Post Office Clerks, $lb,Ioo
the International Brotherhood Of Teamsters, $500; the Order
II Railway Conductors, sc, 900; and Railway Labor Execu-
tives Association, S3,469.
The figures were reported by Congressional Quarterly an
independent Washington news service tor editors and are
based on reports filed with the Clerk of the House by Zo'
organizations who spent 81. million.
The gentlemen who scream loudest about what they term
,he "slnsh funds Of labor unions are the very ones who be
long to the above groups.
There is nothing, in itself, wrong with spending money legit-
;matelv in an attempt to influence legislation. But let 8 not
have the big spenders jumping on working men $ organizations
because the latter. too, spend money for legislative and polt
zeal matters.
Montana labor news., 1949-08-25
Smear
Electrical Union

al
legged investigation OF the internal
affairs oi the United Electrical Ra-
dio and Machine Workers tCIO1
bv the House unAmerican activities
committee began August . with tcS-
timon, on communism by Joseph
Iack kornieder.
Kornieder did not mention CE i'll
his testimony. In his discussion OF
communism. kornicdcr said he had
last been a member OF the commu-
mist party in 1884.
The committee focused its at
tcntion on LIE Local COL in Pitts
.bureli. The hearings were timed
to start live days before an election
in Local DOL To select delegates to
LES annual convention i'll Septem-
Der.
UE Washington representative
Russ Nixon revealed that the COM
mittec refused to postpone these
hearings until after the elections
next Sunday He charged that
the hearings have an only thinly
disguised purpose Of influencing the
elections"
Nixon also charged that the hear
ings were hastily arranged. with
out committee onsen or know
ledge, at the ncfarious request OF
a Catholic Priest, Father Charles
Rice, who, in unpriestly fashion,
raises the religious issue in IN
teriering in trade union affairs, by
John Duly, an expelled and ut
terlv discreditcd former UE member
and by a minor and utterly partisan
officer Of the local union active
with the others i'll the Assn. Of
Catholic Trade Unionists."
The committee III preliminary
statements said it was seeking t.
protect secret government work
done by UE members. Nixon re-
ported that the committee must
know that every worker on secre'
government orders is investigated
and cleared by the appropriate Sc
curity agencies Of government
Montana labor news., 1949-08-25
LEGAL NOTICES

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
SECOND JuDICIaL DISTRICT OF THE
STATE OF MONTANA. IN AND
THE COUNTY OF SILVER BOW
Alice Cook. Plaintiff. IS. Oliver l.
Cook. Defendant.
The state OF Montana Sends Greetings
to the Above Named Defendant.
You are hereby summoned 10 answer
the complaint IN this action winch Is
filed in the office of the Clerk OF this
Court. q copy OF which IS herewith served
upnn YOU. and to file your answer and
serse a copy thereof upon the plaintiffs
attorney within twenty days after the
sereice OF this exclusive OF the
dav OF service. and IN case OF your
failure to appear or answer. judgment
Will be taken against you by default, for
tie relief demanded in the complaint,
Plaintiff complains Of the defendant
and for q cause OF actions alleges
/ That She is .low and for more than
ore year Immediately preceding the date
of filing Of this complaint, has been
an actual bona iide resident of the state
OF Montana.
II. That plaintiff and defendant inter
MARRIED at Pendleton, oregon, or the
l4th day OF January, 1916, and ever
since have been and now are. husband
and wife.
III That there are no children as q
result OF said marriage.
". That the defendant has been guilty
Of wilinl neglect IN that defendant has
failed to provide the plaintiff with the
common necessaries OF life although the
defendant has the ability to do so, and
that aid wilful neglect by the defendant
has existed and been persisted III ior
a period OF more than one ~ year
Immediately preceding the date OF COM
mencement Of his action for a divorce.
Wherefore. plaintiff prays Judgment AND
decree OF this court that the bonds OF
matrimony now existing between the plain
inf and defendant be forever di solved
and that the plaintiff be granted all
absolute divorce from said defendant, and
for such other and further relief as to
the court may seem equitable and just.
Witness my hand and the seal of said
Court this 27th day OF July AID, ls49.
COURT e
FRANK GABSE
Clerk
BY JOHN SULLIVAN
Deputy Clerk
Joseph P Monaghan. 208 Metals Bank
Building Butte, Montana Attorney for
Plaintiff.
Publ II August 4. IL, IL rs
Montana labor news., 1949-08-25
SIMS TRYING TO
FORCE ACTION
ON SCHOOL AID

WASHINGTON = (FP) = Rep.
Hugo Sims 3D., So and some
other members OF the House Labor
committee have been attempting to
force Chairman John L.esinski d.,
Mich) to call a committee meeting
on federal aid to education legis-
lation. Under the law, Sims and
his colleagues can force a meeting,
which l.esinski has resisted, by get
ting names OF a majority OF the
committee on a petition iavoring a
committee session.
Montana labor news., 1949-08-25
House Committee
Agrees On
Social Security

WASHINGTON = (FP) - The
House Ways and Means committee
announced il had agreed OH a series
Of major improvements in the social
security act August s. after month,
Of closed door sessions.
Broadening coverage OF the old
age and survivors insurance pro-
gram and raising payments to ben
e~iiciarics was one OF the principal
campaign pledges oi the Democratic
party in the 1913 campaign. The
law has ne, had an overhaul in ~
years. although Tor much Of that
time the Ways and Means commit
tee has held hearings on needed inn
provements. Labor spokesman and
social insurance experts have re
pcatcdly called Tor changes.
\ summary OF the changes to he
drawn up by the committee ma
%jority in a new bill:
!. Increase in benefits. The for
mula will be changed, to bring a cal
culated average increase Of 30 per
cent i'll monthly payments. Mini
mum benefit raises from $40 monthly
to SIS. Maximum for a family
boosted from $Ss to $3.50 monthly.
J. Extension OF coverage to II
million new workers. An estimated
Az million seli-employed workers
other than farmers are to be covered
along with employees OF non-proiit
institutions. domestic ervants Off
the farm, state and local government
workers. federal workers now out
side the government retirement pro-
gram. and miscellaneous groups in
Guiding agricultural processing
workers off the farm.
B. Total disability benefit cstab-
lished. on same basis as il worker
concerned had retired.
4. Credit Of 500 monthly wages
-lgiven to veterans for time spent in
military service: amount retired
workers may earn without losing
eligibility raised from SIS to $50
monthly; and extension Of entire
program to Puerto Rico and the
Virgin Islands.
Montana labor news., 1949-08-25
BUTTE AND
TRADES COUNCIL

1--WE Do Not Patronize List)
LEES TRAILER SALES-2I0l
Harrison
JOE TORPEY, PLASTERER
South OF the City.
MR.. r. NELSON-806 Majors
Street.
WALTER ARNOI D-Formcr
Owner Of Arnold Plumbing Co.
(Not the Walter Arnold,
Architect.)
P. ]. HANRATTY-Caledonia
and Jackson Streets.
HENRY GIROUX - Arizona
and First Streets.
Builder.
JOHN MARKOvICH-Home
Builder. CLONE Address 2l23
George Street.
KENNETH PARMALEE -
az w. Wvlman, Parmalee
Plumbing Co.
Montana labor news., 1949-08-25

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF THE
STATE OF MONTANA IN AND FOR
THE COUNTY OF SILVER BOW
No. 43847
Silver Bow County, Montana body
polite. and public Corporation. and Mr..
W. j. Sebina. also known as Eileen 6ebina.
Plaintiffs. VS.. Doris E. Smith IL alive. and
jor If dead. all unknown heirs OF Doris
e Smith. Deceased. James Marion Smith,
If alive, and/or. II dead, all unknown
heirs OF James Marion Smith. Deceased,
d. II. Steele, il alive. and/or, II dead,
all unknown heirs OF D. H. Steele, de
ceased George w. Andrews, II alive,
and or, II dead, all unknown heirs ri
George w. Andrews, Deceased, Edwin ~
Wright. II alive. and/or II dead. all un
known heirs OF Edwin w. Wright, de-
ceased. ECHO SPRING LAND COMPANY
a Montana Corporation, Mrs. o. X.
Lewis, II alive. and/or II dead, all I'M
known heirs OF Mrs. 0. X. Lewis. de-
ceased. Mrs. Mercy futile, II alive, andior
If dead, all unknown heirs OF Mrs. Mercy
Tuttle, deceased. Frances Vivian Lewis
if alive, aad or If dead. all unknown
heirs of Frances Vivian Lewis. deceased
Gussie Binnard. If alive. and or II dead
all unknown heirs of Gussie Binnard, de.
ceased Vernie A. Davis, II alive. and for
II dead. all unknown heirs OF VERNE A
Davis. Deceased, Citizens National Trus,
vino might claim any right. title estate
or interest IN or lien or encumbrance
rno, the real nronertv described In thf
Complaint or any thereof adverse tc
plaintiffs ownership or any cloud ,,por
plaintiffs, title thereto. whether such
claim mr. nossihle claim no nresent q,
contingent including any claim or pos
Defendant
THO stare Of Montana To the Above.
Named DEFENDANTS. and To nil other
nersu,s unknown (;reetinrs.
yo, are hereby summoned To answer
,he COMPLAINT IN this action which A.
filed IN the office of the CLERK Of This
Court n copy OF which is herewith served
upon YOU. and to file your answer and
serve a q u thereof upon the plaintiffs
Attorney within twenty l2Ol DAYS after
he service of this summons exclusive
Of the day of service. and In case Of
your failure to appeas or answer. judy
nent viii be taken against Won nv DE-
faul, for the relief demanded In ths
conn,aint This action is brought for
Inc nurnose Of o~uIetinp title 10 the
,ands si,pa,s IN s,var po., Comn,, s,ats
of Montano and moro narticular,y de-
scr,hed as follow, to.wIt.
peein-,ing at The most southerlv mint
y, ,he ,rar, IN he described which
min, IL m tho ues, houndarv of Massa-
rhuse,te Avenue and from uh,ch noir, ths
-
Montana labor news., 1949-08-25
SENATE COMMITTEE
CONTINUES SMEAR
HEARINGS

WASHINGTON = FP) - The
Senate Banking committee investi-
cation OF the alleged monopoly
power OF labor under a. Willis
Robertson ID. Na.) continued Aug.
9 with a parade OF anti-labor wit
ncsscs including Atty. II. A. Toul-
min Of Dayton. O., ]. a. Schafcr, a
coal dealer and Judge Charles l..
Duesen.
Montana labor news., 1949-08-25
n JOB SITUATION

We're in the midst Of a period Of great prosperity, 50 the
experts say. and yet the latest figures show more than tour
million Americans are unemployed.
And nine million or more persons are working only part
time-many of them not more than 70 hours a week.
If you believe what some OF the experts say and the business
,,yi,e,s concoct. then the situation isn't serious. It's nothing
core than a normal read ustment
Montana labor news., 1949-08-25
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate OF Miss Gustava Ylitalo, de-
ceased.
Notice is hereby given BY the under
signed. Administrator OF the estate OF
Miss GuStaya Ylitalo, deceased. to the
creditors OF and all persons having claims
against the said deceased, to exhibit them.
with the necessary vouchers, within four
month"; after the first publication OF this
notice to the said administrator at Law
Building. SIS W. Broadway. Butte, Mon
tana. the same being the place for the
transaction OF the business OF said es-
tate. in the County OF Silver Bow, State
OF Montana.
THEODORE JARVELA, Admins
TRAITOR OF the Estate of Miss Gus
taya Ylitalo. deceased.
Dated Butte, Montana. this 10Th day
OF July. l9i9.
Frank j. Roe, Joseph j. McCaffery, Jr.
Law Building. SIS W.. Broadway, Butte,
Montana. attorneys for Administrator.
Montana labor news., 1949-08-25
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate OF Michael Virdrlch. Jr. de
ceased.
Notice is hereby given by the under
signed. Martin Rubick, Administrator OF
the estate OF Michael Virdich. Jr.. de-
ceased. TO the creditors Of and all per-
Sous having claims against the said de-
ceased. 10 exhibit them with the neces-
Sary vouchers. within four months after
the first publication. OF this notice to
The said administrator at 1853 W Granite,
Butte. Montana, the same being the
place for the transaction OF the bus
iAess of sad estate. IN the County Of
Silver Bow, Sts.o Of Montana
MART Ppbick. hdministrato @.
the lste' Of Mic ael Vidrich, Jr 4,
decea ed
Dated Blu te. tiontana, this Jth d1y
Of August. 1919
George W l. harrison, Attorney for
Administrator.
Publish Augu H. 10. rs. September !
Montana labor news., 1949-08-25

The Following Grocery Siof~s
"a they have refused to comply
With the 3 90 Pa Sunday Shd
Holiday CLOSING Agreement
ECONOMICAL GROCERY
40 S. Mont. 81
FORD GROCERY
2l0 s. Mont. st
WALSH 420 West Galena
We would respectfully request
members OF organized labor and
their friends to Cooperate with
The Butte Clerks Union and dis
continue their patronage
ENDORSED BY THE SILVER
now TRADES AND LABOR
COUNCIL
Montana labor news., 1949-08-25

Union officers it is your duty Ia
contact $3.50 with any union news.
Montana labor news., 1949-08-25

Union officers it is your duty to
contact $3.50 with any union news.
Montana labor news., 1949-08-25

BY JOHN SULLIVAN
Deputy Clerk.
Joseph P Monaghan. 208 Metals Bank
Building Butte. Montana. Attorney for
Plaintiff.
Publ II August 4. IL, IL IS
Montana labor news., 1949-08-25
FRANK GABSE

Clerk OF the above entitled Court
BY DAN BUKOVICH
Deputy Clerk
Gen2berger and McGan. 203-4 Lewisohn
Building. Butte. Montana. Attorneys for
Plaintiffs.
Publish August IS, 25-September |. 8
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-11-24
TN Technically
Saves Job For
Non Payer of Dues

Pittsburgh OPA) - A union
can't force discharge of a man
under a maintenance of member
ship" clause for non-payment OF
dues if he's technically in good
standing, trial examiner for the
Natl Labor Relations Board de-
cided.
The examiner ruled that Local
1874 of the United Steelworkers
and the Pressed Steel Car Co.
violated the Taft-Hartley act by
causing Noah Weinstein to be fired.
He also held the union and the
company "jointly and severally'
responsible for any wages lost by
Weinstein. The opinion, issued on
Nov. Ia, had the effect of an NLRB
order unless contested within 22
days.
Weinstein, a union member, paid
his dues through a checkotf system
installed before the Taft-Hartley
act was in force. On June 4, 1948,
he was laid off and was not called
back until Oct. 20, more than four
months later.
When he returned to work his
dues could not be paid by checkoff
under the Taft Hartley act unless
he gave written authorization.
Weinstein refused to authorize a
checkoff, however, and so notified
the company and the union. Later
he declined to pay in cash.
The union demanded Weinstein
be fired. The company complied.
Weinstein filed charges with the
general counsel of the NLRB.
The trial examiner in ruling
cited the union constitution which
allowed a member to be in good
standing if he was not more than
three months in arrears in dues or
one month. in assessments. Vein
stein was in good standing, the ex-
aminer said, which was all the
maintenance of m m b e + h Up"
clause required, since he didn't
have to pay dues while unemploy-
ed.
The unions responsibility for
lost wages would end the day it
notified the company that it would
not object to Weinstein's reinstate-
ment, the examiner ruled. If Vein
stein gets his job back and still re-
fuses to pay dues he may find hib-
self in bad standing anyway.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-11-24
FRANCIS l.. HICKMAN

Francis Leroy Hickman, 20
died Nov. 22 in his home, 938 Am
brose Ave-, following a long i'll
ness.
Mr.. Hickman was born in st.
Clair township. He was a packer
and was employed by the Hall
China Co. He was a member of
Local Union No. 25, National Bro
therhood of Operative Potters and
the Calcutta United Presbyterian
Church.
He leaves his widow, Mrs. Nor
ma Schwartz Hickman; a son,
Lester Leroy Hickman, and a
daughter, Virginia Lee Hickman at
home; his mother, Mrs. Mamie
Robinson Hickman of st. Clair
township; eight brothers, Homer
Hickman of st. Clair township,
Robert Hickman of Westfield;
Charles Hickman of Steubenville,
Paul Hickman of Burt, N. Y, and
Kenneth Hickman, John Hickman,
Lester Hickman and Ralph Hick-
man, all of East Liverpool, and
two sisters, Mrs. Alma Hadley and
Mrs. Irene Mast of East Liverpool.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-11-24
Anti-Reds Win
In MINI. Farmers
Union Election

st. Cloud, MINI. (LPA)-Anti-
Communist progressiyes ou s t ed
Einar Kuivinen as president of the
Minnesota Farmers Union, at the
state convention. Kuivinen got 6376
votes to S428 for Roy E. Wiseth.
The election of Wiseth was un-
expected, and was considered re-
buke to officials who tried to in
volve the Farmers Union with
Communist front organizations.
Kuivinen has denied he is a Com
munist, but has consistently fol-
lowed the party line, according to
observers.
The actual Communist strength
in the Minnesota Farmers Union is
much less than Kuivinen's vote. A
good part of the vote for him came
from farmers who believed Kuiv-
enen's disclaimer of Communism;
much more came from farmers
who still adhere to the midwest
lSOldLlOllSJ tIdultioi'
Wiseth, 40, from Goodridge,
Minn., has been active in the Farm
ers Union for many years. Since
l941 he has been secretary of the
Farmers Cooperative Grain and
Seed Co. at Thief River Falls,
Minn.
The anti-Kuivinen group did not
bring the Communist issue direct
ly to the floor of the convention.
Instead they stressed the shaky
financial situation of the organiza-
ton and emphasized building of
co-operatives rather than political
tie-ins.
The vice-presidential candidate
on the Kuivinen slate, Wendell
Miller, Sanborn, MINI. was elected
7 $50 to 1869. Miller, however, is
not believed to follow the Commun-
list line.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-11-24
GUILD SIGNS CONTRACT
WITH SCHIFF PAPER

/ New York (LPA)-A new agree
ment between the New York Post
Home News and the Newspaper
Guild of NY has been reached,
after members of the unit again
voted to strike on Oct. 26. The
union had charged that Mrs. Doro-
thy Schiff, the publisher, had re-
neged on an agreement reached be-
tween her representatives and the
Guild on July 20.
A top minimum of $117 week,
effective next March l, was nego-
tiated for journeymen reporters,
rewritemen and copy readers.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-11-24
Congress Study Shows Third Of
Nation Earns Only $1,000 A Year

Washington, D. C. QLNS). -
Almost one-third of the nations
families and single individuals re-
ceived less than $4,000 in cash in
come in 1948, special subcommlt-
tee of the Joint Committee on the
Economic Report said.
Of those receiving less than ST.
GOO, more than 100000 families
and individuals received less than
81 900 cash income, the report re-
vealed less than $1,000 cash in
come, the report revealed.
Since ''the low purchasing power
of these families retards the eco
nomic progress of the nation" "
Senator Sparkman of Alabama,
chairman of the subcommittee dir
ecting the work, sent copies to all
members of the full committee. The
joint committee was created by
the Full Employment Act Of 1916
to keep Congress advised on the
economic outlook from year to
year.
4r Offer New Market
The more than 100000 fam
lilies and single individuals with
incomes under 1900 offer an un-
tapped source of American pros
perity if their needs were backed
by ability to buy, the report en-
phasized. Untitled wants of these
families CONSTITUTES a great un-
developed frontier new and
expansible market for the products
of American industry" the report
added.
1t was recalled in labor circles
here that the American Federation
of Labor and AFL executives, not
ably Matthew Woll, began point
ing out many years ago that the
low-income groups offered trem-
endous potential opportunity for
industry, needing only wage in
creases to greatly increase their
mass purchasing power.
Some highlights of the report
were:
/. There were 100000 families
and 5,920,000 single individuals
with incomes under $4,000. The
family groups represent 32,000,000
persons and include one-fifth of
the nations children.
Not All i'm Distress
2. Of the 100000 low-income
families, 100000 were in cities
and the remainder on farms.
3. The report suggested that
mot all the families, and certain
ly not all of the individuals, hav-
ing incomes under $1,000 can be
considered as being in financial
distress. Many farm families could
have gotten along quite comfort
ably on $4,000 cash income, where
as a family living in high cost
city like Washington, d. c., or
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-11-24

ILGWU HIS MONUMENT-An
article in the November l6 issue Of
the Saturday Evening Post credits
President David Dubinsky (above)
of Int'l Ladies Garment Workers
Union-AFL with building ILGWU
into one of the greatest forces in
the democratic world.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-11-24

Ask for Union Labeled merchan.
disc.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-11-24
ILWU Chieftain
Trial Starts On
Perjury Charges

San Francisco (LPA)-President
Harry Bridges of the Int'l Long
shoremen's and Warehousemen's
Union went on trial here before q
federal court on charges of per-
jury and conspiracy based on al
legedly false statements made at
the 1945 hearings on his natural
ization as a US citizen.
Defendants along with Bridges,
are James B. Robertson, first vice
president, and Henry Schmidt,
ILWU international representative,
Robertson and Schmidt were
Bridges sponsors at the natural
ization hearing.
The long-drawn out legal fight
involving Bridges US citizenship
also involves civil suit brought
by the federal government against
the colorful longshoremen's leader.
This second suit charges that
Bridges was a Communist party
member when, in 1885, he denied
CP membership under oath in seek
ing citizenship. The government
says Bridges was then,-and was
still when this suit was filed on
May rs, 1949, a Communist. 1t
S eek s cancellation of Bridges
citizenship as first step in deport-
ing him to his native Australia,
where he was born in 1901.
His attorney, Vincent Hallinan,
stated on the eve Of the trial that:
"Harry Bridges is not Commun-
list, and has never been a Commun-
list -. Harry Bridges is loyal
American citizen"