The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-10-28
SHORT SHOTS
By WILLIAM J. PRIEST
Livingston, Mont.


Montana where the percentage will
run about so per cent of qualified
voters, Missouri is nearer SO per
cent mark. The female sex with their
statements "What difference does
it make who is elected" are respons-
ible for this poor. showing in the final
vote cast in Missouri Evidently if we
are to preserve our democracy we
will be compelled to adopt the Austral-
ian system of fine, if you do not
exercise your right to vote.
Everywhere you travel you find
people looking for jobs. Employers
are not taking on any help and be-
cause of the decreased sales new in
dustries are not expanding. This fall
there are. nearly 2 million new work
ers including, along with the stu
dents, the ex-GI's and those cut off
of former jobs. There are. less than
5 million white collared or profession
al jobs and half of these are semi
skilled Bellamy's "Looking Back
ward" printed in 1892 stated the day
had come when unless men were retir-
ed at the age of 55 and young peop-
lie kept in school until they were 10,
drastic unemployment would result
If you have job keep it, if you have
MT a job grab the first one that will
pay you take-home pay until that
day comes when the 40-hour law is
changed to 30-hour law, this will
be done when you elect to office
only those who have proven by their
record they are in complete sympa
thy with the aims of the working
people, who like the rancher must re-
ceive a fair price for their work and
products.
All union men are interested in
the passage of HR $3.50 the Seventy
Five cents minimum wage hour act
which replaced the former Forty |
cents per hour rate. In reply to over
a dozen queries the past three months |
as to whether or not writer's come I'M
der the new bill all | can say is
cover under the weasel wording of |
the bill passed, except one thing
the bill reaises the pay of the Admin |
istrator of the act from ten thousand |
dollars to fifteen thousand dollars |
a year effective at once. The seventy |
five cents an hour will not apply until |
three months after the bill is sign
ed by the President and becomes law.
This bill is to be known as Fair
Labor Standards Amendments of
l949." Senator Murray was a member
If this committee as well as -Sena-
or Taft (Taft-Hartley Fame). I do
hink that section Ia which provides
hat unpaid minimum wages will be
collected for you by the government,
out only if you ask them to do so, is
rood. The employer will not alone
wages to pay the government your
wages but an equal amount for liqui-
lated damages. All you will have to
10 is make written request to the
administrator for your unpaid wages,
which will include your overtime
,ay as WE'LL and you will be sure to
ret it. Remember all states do not
lave liberal laws Montana has where
~ the state will collect your unpaid
wages from your employer. There
5 no need to hire lawyer to get it
or you.
Montana Farmers Union can grab
page from the Co-operatives in
fissouri who are taking over large
reameries, resulting in farmers re-
Giving a higher price for their milk
nd the consumer eventually a much
over price.
Six months ago l mentioned the
act that Congressman j. Parnell 5
homas, who was indicted by grand
lry for demanding kick-back on I
ayments to members of his office (
orce would not be tried during 1949.
he trial has been postponed time and
gain and now it is set for November
tn. What happened to John L. Lewis {
hen he asked for postponement?
r, suppose William Green or Phil
Iurray had been indicted, could they Z
aua cao11rp6 nOctnoD pO1ant Of e