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Montana labor news., 1950-07-06

Phone it42 Meets LIST Wednesday. Car
peniers' Hall.
Bridge. Structural l. Ornamental Iron
Workers-Joe capps. pres. 1888 w. Park
ST.; ~rec.-secy Reg Peters. 26l6 Harvard
Ave. fin sec. and B A. Hubert Ben
jamln. 20l8 Philips Ave. Meets I'd and
ith Mondays at Carpenters Hall.
Building Service Employees. Local No.
1863. Fred Searle. pres; George MacIn-
tosh. vice-pres.; John H. Driscoll. 522
West Granite. sec. and business agent.
Phone 2-2l55.
Butchers 333-Meets I'd Wednesday. Eagles
Hall. Ed Pesanti, pres: Ed Johnson. vice
pres. James Lunney. fin. sec: Joe
Driscoll. rec.-secy.; Robert Strozzie,
guide. owen Williams guard.
Carpenters John Kelly. pres: VIM. Ros-
sitter. v%ice-pres.; Wesley Bymes. rec
secy.. Floyd Fatt. fin, seey,: Richard
Tiddy. treas; Jack Gaifney. conductor,
ChaS. VOLTS. warden.
Clerks Meets Monday at 8 p. m. except
holidays. at Miners Hall. f c. Vawter.
pres, Mrs. Eddie Maddox. vice pres
Frank Kali. SEE. A. ]. Guenther,
I'm -Secy: Phone 2-326o
Cooks and Walters. Local % Meets Is,
Friday 1t ? p. NJ Sd Friday at 8 p NJ
Of each month John McNellis, Pres.
Felix Mudro. Nice-prcs.. Ryan Dodge.
Rec Secy.. Percy Lambert. Bus Agent
p o Box ll32
Electrical Workers f1ntl. Brotherhood o.
Electrical Workers.. Local No. IS. Phi,
slo2. Walter II. erase. pres; Walter
Albertson. v%ice-pres.: Joe Thompson.
I'm. sccy Robert f Nichols, rec secy i;
Albert Coombs. business mgr treas. 205
SO. Dakota St. PHI. 1925. Meetings
floor. Carpenters Hall. Executive Board
aieris every Tues. ~ 90 p. NJ third
floor Carpenters hail, P. o. Box 1877
film Exchange Employees Local No. BIS
Pres. Les Laramie. Secy,. Won Muir
rel; Bus. Agent. julia Butts: Treas. Clif
Rodgers. Meets Ord Wednesday of the
month. Miners Union Hall.
Fire Fighters Meets LIST Thursday after
LIST Wednesday OF month at Quartz
Street Fire station. Pres. James Nal
vey. treas. James McGuirl, sec, John
Brennan
Montana labor news., 1950-07-06

sep Shearers No. /. AFL-n W Plat
nam Layof TAYLOR. pres sec treas
F.oa, a-lsss p. o Box i07
Stationary hnei1eers No. 81 of the l. U
a. N. & 5 " Meets every Thurs
dav. 730 p m. Office and meeting
pace Miners Han. BOX "a o h OIL
b.r;. pres Leo schapiro vice pres
Jane, T Purcell. rec. s-cv.. Henry
Young sees treas
Teachers Meets lst aad Sc wednesdays
80 p. m in Study all auditorium OF
Butt II 5. Mlarce Driseei. Pres. lsS'
Yale Ave Marie clifford vice-Pres
Mary s.cNel.,. ser freds rrethewey
Urea 31l7 Keokuk
Butte stage Employees & OPERATORS union,
Local "a Ed Curran, pres. Earl Wiles-
Wee president. Carl Frederieks. treas.
Derny Sullivan. 72s y Esc~lsior. secy
Rene Rouleau. 4l2 W Park bus agent
g..on meets I'd Tuesday each month at
Musicians Hall.
Transfers Uaion. Local No lice Yer
cammcn. pres Kennel Davis, vice
pre-. aeey treas. " J. Mcintosh. rec
seey.. / II Bradley. bus agent. Frank
} Birmingham. Delegafe' TO tie
Baila4ug Trades Council / A Braman-
Geo Brown and Frank J birmingham
Trustee Frank J Birmingham. AT Ra-
>of and AT saeiia
Typographical! Meets Sd sunda, Of month
at Carpenters Hall Walie- Warrington
pres. u E Center; q +. Anltman. sec.
403 W Copper.
Womcn's Protective Bridget shea. Pres;
l .iattausch. sec treas Margaret Har-
r~netoi. bus agent. phone s7ss Meets
ist and Sd Fridays. / p. m ID and last
Fridays. 80 p, m. Carpenters Hall.
a4tir | dies Auxiliary No U. NJ
" S " meets end aaa an Tuesdays
at 90 + NJ III I NJ NJ 8 " Head
quarters. thlfd floor Phoenix Bldg Bey-
arlss Goiotih, rec secretary. and Ruth
Hi. financial secretary. p o box Sc.
Montana labor news., 1950-07-06

General Laborers' Local 1863 Dorsey Bur
hartt. pres. James Byrue. wee pres
Richard Dickinson. fn. secy sad pres
agent. James vercel.a. rec. Secy.: Frank
Pickolick. treas. Meetings. 2nd and 4th
Thursdays. Carpeaters' Hall. 8 p. m.
General PIPE Filters and Ap2rcat.ees
Local No SO Prrs-dsst. ioaa Dofan
sl5 " quart wee President. john
McGsa,h. s.eg Garr.oa AVE Record
ing s,eretai,. JAMES Lynch. IL Main
St. Meadegyiic. Montana Financial.
Secretary and Treasurer. james NJ
Grafh. 81 " Granite 81 Mevt lst
Thursday Of each month. Carpenter
Uaion Hall At 8 O'Clock.
B f ". No 5,5 inside w.remeai
President. Pete Ham. 1850 Gold, Bus
Manager. Francis BIZ Fleming. 250a
Harvard. I'm Secretary. Rudy Tomicn
a25 S Arizona. Tres NJ johnson.
ll9 5 Montaas ard Rec. Secretary
Don Maddox. 1871 Sampson Meets Pad
and 4th Monday each month. 3 PM
Carpenters Hall
l. u NJ & S W District No /. VIII
liam Mason. Executive Board member
s5s-6O Phoenix Bldg Phonc 1890.
Laundry & Dye Workers Meets Sd Wed
nesday. s pm, Carpenters Hall. JOSE
phlne Miller. pre-. Mayme Foo'e BIZ
Agent Pearl Thomas. rec. secy. =. o
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-04-20
AFL Union Hits Fare
Hike And Charges Fraud

Washington (LPA) = An AFI
union has asked the Interstate
Commerce Commission to suspend
at once Scent fare hike granted
a bus firm, accusing the firm,
Arnold bus line, of fraud and per-
jury. The union, asking for a re-
hearing on the fare increase,
charged the company has refused
to grant the pay increases on which
it based it's plea for fare increases.
The 280 employees, members of
the Amalgamated Street and Elec-
trio Railway and Motor Coach En-
ployes-AFL, have been technically
on strike since last November, but
continued at work because the lines
were seized by the State of Vir-
ginia, under a state law. In an
arbitration, the employees won an
increase of II cents, retroactive to
May Is, 1949. The company, how
ever, charged the union, has off
cred only 10 cents, with no retro
activity.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-04-20
Bridges Gets Five
Years; Deportation
Action Is Pending

San Francisco (LPA)-Federal
District Judge George B. Harris
sentenced Harry Bridges to five
years in prison for perjury, but de-
ferred action on a motion to revoke
ais citizenship until May 8. A jury
had found the Australian-born
Bridges guilty of falsehood under
oath in 1945 when in the course Of
obtaining American citizenship he
swore he never had been a Com
munist.
Bridges, president of the Inter
national Longshoremen's & Ware
housemen's Union, which is under
fire from the parent CIO for fol-
lowing the Communist line, was
freed under $25,0O0 bail pending
an appeal which his attorneys
threaten to carry to the US Sup
RENE Court, if necessary. Two
ILWU aides, Henry Schmidt and
John Robertson, found guilty of
conspiring with Bridges to defrauG
the US, were sentenced to two
years and~freedsunder $4,000 bail
each.
Although the three could have
been fined $4,000 apiece Judge
Turn f0 Pane TLree)
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-04-20
Italian Red Protest
Against US Arms A Dud

Naples, Italy (LPA)-An eight
hour general strike called here
April II by Communist trade union
leaders to protest arrival of the
first Atlantic Pact arms from the
US was dud. Only 20 per cent of
the workers struck and by the end
of the day street cars, buses, shops,
offices, banks, restaurants and
movie theaters were running and
doing their regular amount of bus
mess.
One hour strikes in four other
cities where the Communists order
ed walkouts also fizzled In Turin,
street cars stopped running for Is
minutes but few members of the
population were aware of the fact.
In Bari most of the workers disre-
garded Red directives. In Genoa
and Bologna only handfuls went
out.
Meanwhile, top Italian Commun-
lists met in Rome with Red leader
Palmire Togliatti. 1t was presumed
they were planning a summer of
fensive."
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-04-20
Feature Column
Another Front For
Anti-Labor Group

Milwaukee (LPA) = Features
For America" is another front for
the Committee for Constitutional
Government, points out Lester
Washburn, president of the United
Auto Workers-AFL.
Features For America" is offer
ed to editors as "a column for alert
readers" in a full-page ad in the
April issue of Editor & Publish
er, trade journal of the newspaper
industry. The offer is for column
a week by DR.. Willford |. King,
and another by Rep. Ralph w.
Gwinn Or, N.Y.. King is described
as "a nationally known and widely
quoted economist" and Gwinn as a
distinguished member of Con-
gress."
AS Washburn points out, actually
King is one of the most prominent
of the anti-labor Com
mittee for Constitutional Govern
ment, and Gwinn has often been
referred to as the Congressional
mouthpiece of the committee"
The feature is advertised as "in-
formative and squarely in the
stream of current comment"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-04-20
little CHAMP
UNION BUSTER
GETS HEAvE-HO

Los Angeles (LPA) = Little
Champ" of Hollywood is now even
littler, and no champ. The Amalga-
mated Clothing Workers won, by a
t.k.o. technical knockout to you
non-boxing fans), with an assist
from the NLRB.
Little Champ is a clothing plant.
When the ACWA struck the plant
a year ago, Mrs. Edwin Selvin,
head of the anti-union women of
the Pacific, became Mabor rela-
tions" director of the plant, and
formed a company union-"Work-
ers of Little Champ" The ACWA
filed unfair labor practice charges.
The NLRB has now handed down
its decision. The company union is
dissolved. Mrs. Selvin gets a sting
ing rebuke, and management must
post notices that the employees are
free to join and bargain collective
ly through the ACWA. Mrs. Selvin
also must post notices that she and
her scab outfit will not interfere
with union organization, and that
management will no longer contri-
butte funds to Mrs. Selvin as an in
dividual or to the Women of the
Pacific to be used in interfering
with union organization.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-04-20
Wisconsin School
10 Honor Gompers

| Madison, Wis. (LPA) = Samuel
IGompers' lifelong advocacy of ex.
panded public opportunities foi
education will be the subject of the
l"Samuel Gompers Memorial Work
Ishop" to be sponsored at the Uni
[versity of Wisconsin this summer
Iby the American Federation OF
Teachers.
Aim of the workshop will be to
familiarize teachers from across
the nation with the role played by
the AFL in promoting public edu-
cation. Instructors will draw heav-
lilly on Gompers' interest in educa-
tion for both children and adults
and his recognition of the place of
Ieducation in a democracy.
In addition, the Teachers hope to
begin providing material to count
eract the flood of literature con-
Itinually being supplied to schools
|by employers organizations" They
|caA attention to the fact that or
ganized labor never has made a
concerted effort to make informa-
ton available showing what unions
have accomplished.
AFL President William Green
termed the Teachers plan timely,
practical and constructive" He said
no monument to GOmpers could be
more effective. AFL Vice-President
Matthew Woll, chairman of the
g mpers Centennial Committee
also congratulated the teachers
warmly.
The centennial committee is ex-
pected to cooperate closely with
the workshop, which will be under
the direction of DR.. Selig Perlman
of the University of Wisconsin.
Mrs. Florence Roehm Greve, the
Teachers research director, is in
charge of preparations.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-04-20

New York (LPA) y Moth n G
monopolistic about the Great At
antic & Pacific Tea Co., say A&F
Attorneys. On the contrary, they
suggest, the A&P is just a big,
good-natured Nature Boy who
while he was growing up, revolu-
tionized the food industry for the
greater good of the American peo-
pie.
That, in a nutshell, is the giant
food chains answer to the Justice
partm m t. S antitrust suit,
charging the A & P with "abuse of
its mass buying and mass selling
power, and imposition of "unrea-
sonable restraints of trade on COM
petitors at all levels of the food
industry from farm to table," The
govt suit was filed in federal court
= last September. The A & P sub
lnitted its reply April IL.
The government is trying to
break the 6000-store chain into
seven smaller chains which still
will be sizable. In addition, the anti
trust attorneys also want to separ-
ate the retail chains from the
A & P's manufacturing and whole
sale operations. In paid advertise
ments and press handouts the food
chain has insisted the government
was trying to put it out of business.
Groups supporting the govern
ment's case were refused advertis-
ing space by many newspapers.
These critics of the A & P were
anxious to point out that the food
chain had been convicted in pre-
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-04-20
'Debunker From u. S. Looks
Over NJ With MYopic e Ye

many years past.
To Mr.. High the defeat of the
Labor Governments of these two
countries was the beginning of "the
complete debunking of the left
wing panacea."
Unlike the rowing editor of the
Readers Digest we don't pretend to
be able to rove into the future, but
prefer to wait and see. 1t could be,
despite Mr.. Highs confidence, that
in New Zealand the three voters
in every hundred who gave the
Nationalists their majority will
change their minds before the 1852
election, and that in Australia the
uncomfortable alliance be tw e n
Liberal and Country Parties will
collapse, letting Labor, as the
largest single party, once more
take over the Government.
In all his anti-left-wing talk
here Mr.. High conveniently over
looked the facts that in both New
Zealand and Australia Labor was
not decisively defeated in terms OF
the popular vote. 1t has been said
before, and it's worth repeating
now (for the benefit of the Read
ers Digest, at least) that in New
Zealand Labor polled AZ per cent
of the votes to the Tories 81, and
that in Australia Labor gained 46
per cent of the votes, while Liber-
ais and Country Parties could
scratch up only 80 and 10 per cent
respectively.
Another fact to which Mr.. High
turned a blind eye-if his publish
ed remarks here do him Justice
is that under their new private
Government both New
Zealand and Australia are still fol-
(Tura to Page Three
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-04-20
Union Delegates
Force Action At
Safety Congress

Columbus, Ohio (LPA)-The an
nual Ohio Safety Congress in the
past has been forum for manage
ment representatives to give pious
lip-service to the subject, and tc
give manufacturers of safety shoes
and fire extinguishers a chance fCr
big sales. Concrete action to make
Ohio's factories and shops safe was
ignored.
But the 1850 Congress was diff
erent. The CIO delegates he'd a
caucus in advance. Then, in the
metals section, with James p. Griff-
in of the United Steelworkers pre-
siding, surprise resolution was
introduced by Paul Rusen, Steel
workers District % director. The
resolution passed unanimously.
The resolution listed the 300,OC0
industrial accidents a year, result
ing from demands for stepped-up
production despite antiquated safe
ty codes, unchanged since 1925;
the record of obstruction by man.
agement whenever safety code
committees met. The resolution de-
manded the Industrial Commission
fulfill its legal obligations and
adopt Specific safety codes in the
light of present day operations,
which will afford some real mea-
sure of protection to the working
people of Ohio. The resolution also
asked that enough money be ap-
propriated for enough inspectors
ito perform a realistic job"
"The time has come for industry
to stop using flesh and blood as an
ingredient in the industrial pro-
cess, said the resolution. "The
manning and killing in in
dustry must end"
Rusen said "either we have legis-
lation providing adequate safety
codes and real enforcement, or
5here will be no steel produced"
A management delegate who
charged SO per cent of accidents
were caused by worker negligence
was slapped down by a number of
delegates, including j. C. Carroll,
of the Steelworkers' staff, who
pointed out that many of the viola
tions of safety rules were forced on
by supervisors and fore
men bent on reaching production
goals at any price. He described
the death of a brother-in-law and
IN old-time friend, and said. man
agement was entirely to blame, by
safety rules but consist
emily ordering their violation.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-04-20
Senate Committee
Rejects Proposal
To Dump Denham

Washington (LPA) = The Sen
ate Committee on Executive Expen-
ditures rejected President Tru-
mans proposal to reorganize the
National Labor Relations Board by
stripping the boards general coun-
sci Of his powers. The 9 10 vote
April II was blow to labor forces
which had strongly urged weaken
ing the general counsePs office and
ousting the present counsel, Robert
n. Denham.
Voting to reject the Presidents
proposal were committee chairman
Senator Mcclellan Cd, Ark.), and
Senators Eastland Cd, Miss. },
Hoey Cd, N.C), O'Conor Cd, Nd. },
Mccarthy Or, Wis.,, Mundt Or,
SD, Margaret Chase Smith (R.
Me.), Schoeppel Or, Kan), and
Vandenberg Or, Mich.). The Tru-
man plan, proposed in line with
the recommendations of the Hoover
Commission, was backed by only
three Democrats Humphrey Of
Minnesota, Leahy Of Rhode Island
and Benton of Connecticut-plus
one Republican, Ives of New York.
A House committee has approx
ed the Presidents plan, and the
hackers of the proposal in the Sen
ate committee indicated that a
minority report would be drafted to
be issued simultaneously with the
majority report. There were no in
dications when the plan would
reach the floor of either house, but
it was hoped that Ives support in
the Senate might win it some Re-
publican votes. In addition, it was
hoped that some of the Southern
Bourbons who opposed the plan in
committee might be persuaded to
absent themselves when a floor test
came.
There was no comment from the
NLRB on the Senate committees
action. Board chairman Paul NJ.
Herzog, speaking for himself and
his four colleagues, had argued
strongly for the Presidents plan
before both the Senate and House
groups, and an NLRB spokesman
said board members felt they could
say no more.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-04-20
A&P Denies Everything In
Reply To Government Suit

vious antitrust suits on substan
TALLY the same charges as the gov
ernment was now bringing.
The government suit contends
that the A & p gets special price
quotations from farmers and pro
cessors by threatening to go into
competition unless given concess-
ions. Chief target in this connec-
tion is the Atlantic Commission
Co., commonly called Acco, an A
& P subsidiary which is said to
make a practice of cornering food
item, channeling the choicest por-
tion into A & p stores and forcing
competitors to accept what's left.
The A & P lawyers say it isn't
so. They claim the Justice Depart
ment is trying to change the ma
tion's "entire economic structure"
through the antitrust suit. They
say further that the A & P, far
from being a monopoly, "has con-
tributed more than any other dis
tributing organization in the world
toward solving the food problem.
They deny that the A & p pos
sesses "either nationally, or in any
region or community, a monopoly
of. retail food sales" Moreover,
they say, the A & P "very rarely"
takes the full production of any
supplier. In addition, the A & P
accepts discounts only when they're
offered, the corporation lawyers
insist, and then "only when such
discounts and allowances are made
available by the suppliers to their
other customers.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-04-20

, "The conclusions which you ex-
press in your letter make it clear
that time and experience have
shown that labor and labor's
friends, united, can successfully
deal with the forces of reaction
through united action and united
effort. That means that one plan
and one purpose should be formu-
lated by one strong, well-establish-
ed labor organization.
When several plans and policies
are formulated, inspired as they
may be by the same purpose on the
part of those who compose and
make up different labor organiza-
tions, it is difficult to unite and
blend the conflicting plans into
unity of purpose.
81 was pleased to note your
statement that the ideal way TO
meet the challenge (of reactionary
forces of the nation) would be or
ganic unity Of all of labor. This is
the desirable goal to which, | am
sure, we all aspire
"You supplement this statement
by proposal to establish joint
committee consisting of duly ac-
credited representatives of various
organizations with authority to
embark upon and pursue a common
program and that 1T should be en-
powered to coordinate our efforts
in the economic, legislative and
political spheres, and 1t should
also seek TO achieve the organic
unity of all of American labor
Because your proposal deals
with plans and policies to be pur-
sued by the organizations to which
your letter was addressed, it be-
comes imperatively necessary to
submit your communication to the
executive council for consideration
and official action. | will submit
your communication to the execu-
tive council when it meets on May
8 and will advise you as quickly as
possible of such action as the ex-
ecutive council may take"
Murray sent his letter April 4 to
Green and the heads of the Mach
inists, United Mine Workers, and
Railroad Brotherhoods.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-04-20
Sales Center To
Open In Buffalo

Buffalo, N. Y.-Union members
and other consumers in this indus
trial city want to assure them
selves clothing at fair prices the
coop way. So they will soon open
a block-long building in the cen
ter of the city, in which clothing
and other accessories will be sold
to members of sponsoring unions
and cooperatives at a 1919 dis
count. The store will be known as
the Union Consumer Sales Center,
Shoppers will be admitted by card
indicating that they belong to eth
er coop or sponsoring union.
The center, to be financed by an
Eastern clothing manufacturer, has
the sponsorship of the Buffalo
Council for Cooperative Develop
ment, headed by the president of
Riverside Coop, the Buffalo Fed
Grafton of Labor and the regional
director of UAW-CIO.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-04-20
CONDUCTORS DEFER
PULLMAN STRIKE

Cedar Rapids, Iowa LPA)-A
strike by the Order of Railway
Conductors on the Pullman system,
set for April II, was deferred when
the National Mediation Board
Launched new effort to settle the
dispute over shorter hours and
other improvements.
The strike call, issued by Pres
ident H. w. Fraser after a SO per
cent vote in favor, also applied to
the sleeping car and parlor car
conductors on the Milwaukee Road,
with which the ORC has separate
agreement.
If the Mediation Board fails,
President Truman is expected to
name an emergency board.