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Montana labor news., 1950-04-20

Heart parochial school and Butte
high school.
Mr.. Mernin is married and has
two children. the family home is at
25O7 Elm.
Henry has been a member OF the
BARRIERS Union for over twenty years
and was Vice President Of the sill
yer Bow Trades and Labor Council
Tor three tcrIas, he has also been q
member Of the Eagles for twenty
years.
Mr.. Mcrnin vas elected as a re-
preventative from Silver Bow coun-
Is to the 9th and 5lst State l.egis-
l~aturcs and worked in the interest
OF labor legislation, unemployment
and social security benefits. llG
advocates a separate Dept. OF La
Dor and an adequate corporation
tax in proportion to labors tax.
Henry states that he heartily en-
dorscS- the veterans, pension hui
not derived through the media Of
sales tax. He believes the pension
should be paid by those who profit.
ted by the war.
Mr.. Mernin, along with Beck an,
McConc. sponsored inns. a Mem
orial to Congress requesting tina
REAs and other publicly owned
power groups he given first chance
to buy. power produced BY pub
licly built plants.
Henry Nlcrnin deserves the sup
port 81 all labor ior this position.
Montana labor news., 1950-04-20
Copper League Slated
For Big Year, Daylight
aving Big Asset

The Copper League is III for lis
biggest year IN history. The Com
missioners have had several meet
ings III preparation Tor the coming
season.
Early season openers have been
sci. The first games. double headers,
will be held May II.
The City Council has already set
April 30 as the starting oi daylight
saving time.
The league will be composed oi
Miner, Union. coached by Del sat
terrified. North Side. coached by
Rudy Tomazich. South side, coach
ed by Sonny Hicks; Mcqueen Ath-
letic. coached by Lou Spear: and
Silver Bow Parks. coached by Jimmy
Freebourn.
The commissioners are now III the
process oi naming the umpires for
the coming year.
Montana labor news., 1950-04-20
DEFEAT THOUGHT CONTROL BILL

ey i 10 practice II. We cannot
have democracy lor some ol our
people and withhold il from others
ei our citizens. Who i there among
Us who i hie and noble enough that
he can drnN the privileges OF dcmoc-
rae, 10 another al our citizens by
claiming the other To be "un \mcri-
tan' simply because there is a diff
terence ii opinion between the
two
y long A. We can all preach oui
particular doctrines and respect tn,
right oi another to do the nm W,
can own democracy otherwise Il
is i fraud Noltairc hreathed tn,
essence oi this idea long ago ant
has never been controvcrtcd. W,
canno, have dcmocrac, and The
Mundi Ferguson bill at one and tn
sane time.
Montana labor news., 1950-04-20
Resolution Adopted
By Carpenters Union
RESOLUTION

WHEREAS. the SS.NO.0NO Uni
~vcr>ity Of Montana building Fund
ALLEGATION to the several units is i'll
dispute between the State Of Mon
tana's Education Board and the
State Board OF Examiners, and,
WHEREAS, there is S4.000.OO OF
The 5000, 600 which both Eoards are
III agreement as to the ALLEGATION
10 the various units OF education IN
the State, and,
WHEREAS, We. the members l.u-
cal Union. No. T. Of the Brother
hood OF Carpenters and J%oiners Of
america, Of Butte. Montana. be
leive i, To be to the best interests OF
our children to have the advantages
given to. them BY the building Of
additional facilities, aud
WHEREAS. the mutual agree
ment OF both Boards to the releasing
OF the undispuicd S4,WN.WW at once
will be a big help 10 labor III giving
Jobs to the many unemployed. and,
WHEREAS. the people Of the
| State OF Montana have mortagcd
their property BY voting in favor
OF this bond issue.
THEREFORE. Re il Resolved,
that We petition the State Board at
Examiners to release the undisputcd
$4,000 900 at once in order that work
may be started Immediately, and.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED.
that a copy OF this Resolution be for
warded to the Board OF Examiners,
the Board Of Education and TO the
Supreme Court OF Montana. and.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED
that copies be also sent TO the daily
press and to our labor papers
throughout the State.
Witness our hands and the seal
,oi our Union lhi, 18th day 81 April,
1880.
Signed
Butte. Montana Local No IL
United brotherhood oi Carpenters
and JoiucrS 81 America,
bs Carl IL. Roe
by d. Handy
BY John +. I.snch
by Frank White
by Fred Gatzke
Artest John Kelly
President
Wesley Ryrncs
Recording Secretary
The above resolution was adoptc,
and concurred i'll BY the Buildinl
Trades Council and the Silver Bow
Trades and Labor Council
Montana labor news., 1950-04-20
Employers Try to
Duck Wage Floor

Washington - Persons employed
for the first time as Stcnographers
'typists. statement clerks and in
other similar types oil white col
lar" jobs may not be classified as
learners under special provisions
OF the Fair Labor Standards Act
governing the payment OF sub
minimum wages. according to Nm
X. McComb. Administrator OF the
L. ;. Labor Departments Wage
and Hour and Public Contracts
Divisions.
Montana labor news., 1950-04-20
TRANSFERS HOLD MEETING

The Transfers held their annual
meeting IN kalispell, Montana. April
Is and 10. There were delegates
present from Butte, Anaconda, Boze-
man. Billings. Great Falls. Helena.
Iiavre. Mi,sonla. Deer Lodge and
Livingston.
Election Of officers wa, held and
the following officer, we're rc-elcct-
ed
Pres. Frank birmingham Butte
\ ice Pres Norman sloan. Helena
Sec Treas. Austin Thompson, Great
Falls Rec Secy. Morrl, Holmes
Billings: Trustees John Moeu>. An
aconda II c. Norwood, Bozeman
and Walter Drost. %Iia,rc.
Montana labor news., 1950-04-20
No Further Irrigation
|DeSirable---
|SkibbinS Theory

mi>repreSentatiNe ot the people
oi Montana i, deplorable. The ac-
tons oil the Montana Chamber oi
Commerce, as well as OF It's more
recent outstanding officials. ha,
been such as 10 make it unwhole-
,omeiy lmpotent in the fabrication
OF progress in the Treasure State.
People oi Montana generally re-
copnize the so-called Montana Cha
her 81. Commerce az merely the
shadow OF the Montana Power Co.
Without existence OF the latter the
former. in its current shackles could
not exist. but why the Montana Pow
er Co. continues 10 sustain an un-
productive scarecrow i, difficult 10
imagine.
From sunday presentation IT was
readily apparent that Mr.. Mccain.
giving his viewpoint based upon
what think utterly unrealis,ic foun-
dation. was lar superior 10 GLIB Mr..
Aristotle Skibbins. upon whose
shoulder, the cloak OF much assumed
learning fitted poorly when he APP
pcarcd c~ra,,ly u%nprepared 10 dis
cuss the ,ubjec, at hand. even an
anarchist standpoint 1t is small
| wonder that Judges Metcali and
Erickson had all the hest Of the
argument.
Starting Friday. April 18th. the
| Ravalli County Electric Cooperative.
Inc. with headquarters at Corvallis.
began to receive electrical energy
under It, new contract with Bonnie
willie Power administration. Hence
forth the cooperative will get its
Juice" from the Bonneville system
under a wheeling" arrangement be-
tween bonneville Power Adminis-
uation and the Montana Power Go.
whereby the latter gets power from
the federal agency in return Tor de-
livering electrical energy TO coop
crativc, III western Montana.
Receipt oi the Bonneville energy
follows termination OF the contract
between the cooperative and Mon
tana Power Co.
During 1919 the Ravalli County
Electric Cooperative. Inc. purchas-
ed l,l49.5o 0 kilowatts OF electrical
energy from the Montana Power
Co. paying 80 mills per kilowatt-
The cooperative will pay 5n mills
per kilowatt to bonneville Power
I Administration under the new o
+ tract. There follows a comparison
c of the two charges
Montana Power Sl9,ls2.U
bonneville 1890
Saving Sl-,bD.l|
The saving realized by the Ra-
r valli COUNTY Electric Cooperative.
Inc will be devoted 10 either a re-
, duction in rates TO consumers, ad-
ditional payment on investment 50
that ii can be paid oil quicker there
rs resulting IN reduction i'll con
rmers rates, or both.
During the next few weeks a
stud, viii be conducted OF the rate
{ structure of the cooperative as we'll
n, related matters. which will pro-
vide cooperative directors iniorma
| ton upon which to base their decision
as to how the co-opcratiye's best in
~tcrests will be served following the
! big reduction in cost Of the organ
r izatinn', electricity.
Montana labor news., 1950-04-20

fciluIlS DtfUFt tnt NohHi'
legislative monstroslty known a.
S13ll. the so-called Mundt-teisu-
son bill. which is another endeavor %.
the part oi reactionaries To trans
form these United State into a BAL
tic State. This bill should be de
ieated. Citizens who love freedom
will do we'll to write their represent
atives III the Congress asking that
thi, measure. which substantially
curtails civil rights guaranteed every
American under the Constitution,
be defeated and that similar PRO
posed legislation likewise be de
leatcd.
There apparently exists IN In,
nation a school OF thought among re-
dictionaries which bride the press
and radio OF the nation. make the
FBI a Gestapo in the pure sense OF
the word and inpcril the freedom
OF all citizens.
There is too much OF this sort d
thing prevailing i'll the nation al
ready. without adding to ii.
The FBI has already been used
as an instrument to terrorize GOV
ernment employees and other ciii-
zcns. Whether such use OF the
| agency was sought by the FBl OF
ioisted upon it makes little differ
ence. the end result is the same
The civil rights OF thousands OF
| Americans has already been sacrl-
feed upon An altar OF fear imposed
BY reactionarics in the Concre~s a
Washington, supported By a Bis
Business press lar more intereSte,
in supprcssine than in spreading
freedom.
1t has always been the thought
Iof many frcedom-lovine Americans
| that we could advocate any view.
point openly without fear oi GOV
ornamental reprisal, SO long as We
did not actually make attempts tc
loverthrow the government by force
| Such immortals as Jefferson ant
Lincoln openly advocated that ever
force might be necessary ii citizens
we're to preserve their liberties
against the entertainments 81 tht
privileged sections .oi Society
The FIJI did and drs a tine lo'
a, taking care OF yeges, eanesters
etc. 1t is invading territory out
side its popcr sphere when i start
checking up on the viewpoints ane
thought OF the c%itizenry There |:
plenty for the FIJI TO do checking III
and halting criminals without using
it to impose upon citizen a real
To use their judgement openly upoi
all questions Of public moment |
should not be used 10 throttle an,
political party, no matter llgM pc.
tent, how weak. how monSirnus. O
Of whatever composition.
The theory OF democratic govern
ment in this republic is that each an'
every viewpoint on matters ni pun
/ lie concern shall be permitted Il
!, have free play. Ii such views a
are voiced prove attractive 70 tn
/. public they will be embraced b.
: our people and used to the bencii
Of the citizens oi the republic
l should the views prove r~cpugnaIi
/, they will be rejected by The people
t Whenever any viewpoint is restrict
Y ed BY those who happen to be TEN
: porarily i'll power true dcnocrac,
/ languishes and is in peril. Il sucI
restriction can be imposed upon
single viewpoint, II can and newt
able will be extended until i I'M
perils other viewpoints such
: situation followed the French Reso
: luton with one alter another 81 III
y various factions being torn % cart
n and fed to the guillorinc up'l ehao
: reigncd supreme,
The only way 10 possess demos ra
Montana labor news., 1950-04-20
Scanlon Plan Praised
By Secretary Of Labor

Boston, Mass. The Scanlon
Plan, a union-management pro-
ductivity By Joseph Scanlon. OF the
Massachusetts Institute Of Tech
nology. was strongly commended
recently by Secretary oi Labor
Maurice ]. Tobin.
In an address here before the
National Association OF Cost Ac-
countants. Tobin pointed III that
the plan. under which the worker
participates in increasing produc-
tivity and which offers a bonus to
the workers Tor tangible savings in
labor costs, is a fresh and salts
wing approach To a solution OF the
labor problem"
1t is not a paper program Iobin
emphasized. but has been put to
the test in a number OF instances.
and it has been successful III big as
we'll as little concerns"
Quoting from al article by Rus
sell W. Davenport in the January
1850 Fortune magazine, the secre-
tary said that the worker participa-
ton under the plan consists i'll
finding a means to reward labor for
any increase III productivity, and
then in building around this form
ula a working relationship between
management and labor that enables
them to become a team. Once a
team has been established, it is
/ found that labor's prime interest, JUS
| like that OF management. become.
| productivity"
AS practical men, Tobin told tn,
accountants. YOU will be thinking
Of the formula for applying the
| Scanlon Plan. The point is to iinc
A normal labor cost for the PLAN
and then 10 shape a method tor
| giving labor the benefit Of savings
under that form That means, says
| Mr.. Davenport, that some kind OF
link must be found between the
worker and overall shop produc.
%tivity.' And that means, in turn, II
view OF our industrial variety, Z
challenge to cost accountants.
Once the formula is worked out
then everything else falls into line
Labor gets all the labor saving
management profits from increased
sales with no corresponding ris'
in overhead and labor costs. Ih'
bonus goes to all the workers an'
not only merely to individuals wh'
make helpful suggestions. Changing
conditions will necessarily lead t
adjustments, but with everybod,
being a member OF the cam. unde
the right sort OF management ant
the right sort OF union leadership
the give-and-take OF a RELATIONSHIP
based on mutual understanding all,
appreciation makes for accommoda
ton.
ITO get the best results from til
Scanlon Plan, a union is needed,
Tobin continued. but a distinctlo
is always made between union affair
and productivity affairs. Grievance
are handled separately from tn
business which comes before union
management productivity commit
tees. Sometimes the Scanlon Pla
is part of a collective-bargainin
agreement, frequently il is not. -Bl
always il brings labor into the famil
picture, il makes the workers an il
tcgral part OF the enterprise,
clothes modern mass production wit
the individual initiative which seen
ed for a while 10 have utterly val
ished."
"Workers who have come to b,
lieve that they belong will act az
cordingly" the Secretary said. The
will be creative participants to a
extent undreamed OF under any col
'ventional industrial arrangement
Montana labor news., 1950-04-20
Henry F. Mer1lin Files
For State Senator

Henry +. Mernin. local barber. re-
cent?, entered the ace for State
senator IRON Silver Bow county.
He has chosen j Labor as Usual as
hi, motto.
Mr.. Mcrnin was born and reared o,
The East Side and attended Sacred
Montana labor news., 1950-04-20

The above resolution was adopted
and concurred i'll by the Building
Trade, Council and the Silver Bow
Trades and Labor Council
Montana labor news., 1950-04-20
Long-Run Increase ID
0ilField Jobs Seen

IN petroleum production and re
will gradually increase dur
ing the next : To 10 years, the |. :.
Labor Department, Bureau OF Labor
Statistics reported in lis April 1880
Monthly Labor Review.
Increased demand Tor petroleum
products during the next decade and
continued adequate suppl, oi oil
ior this period are credited for tho
favorable employment outlook IN
these two base hranchc, oi the
petroleum industry
Aboui l. million persons are nnw
employed III all hranche, al the pet
rolcum industry. according 10 the
article. which is based on one of
a series of oTcupalional studies pre-
pared Tor use lnvocational cuunselinr
oi veterans. students. and others
considering the choice oi an oeCupa
ton Mort than ip1.Uu oi those III
the petroleum. industry work in pro
duc,ion and refining
More than 100000 workers are
employed in petroleum production I,
various aspects exploration. drilling
and rig building. and operating and
maintaining the Nations llS,On pro
ducine wells. Texas lead, III the
number oi oiliicld jobs. followed by
Oklahoma. Kansas. Illinois. Cali
iornia. ouisiaua. and pcnnsylsan
ia.
The rs leading refincrlc, III the
United States employ another POO.
MW WORKERS Leading refinery states
are Texas. California, Pcnn,ylvan.
la. Indiana. Louisiana. and New
Jersey
The long range trend IN dcmane
Tor petroleum products has beer
| sharply upward. particularly during
| the last decade Domestic consump
ltion III 1910 VA, nearly 9 times III,
1910 total and II per ccut above ia,
1880 level. the article points on,
\ continued rise III demand dur
ing the next , to 10 years is midi
Gated by the increasing number o
motor vehicles III use, the growth 0
military and civilian aviation. in
creased use OF oil IN heating, wide
application oil the Diesel engine
greater use OF petroleum b%yproduct>
and the growth OF t ) population
and industry
In 1884 oil-iield activity va
At the highest level i'll history Ihi
was caused by the record dcman,
Tor petroleum. the back log in ex
ploration and drilling resulting iro,
wartime restriction, the necessity
I drill more deeply to find oil, an
= the doubling of crude petroleum,
\ price between 1910 and l9lS,
! Because Of growing demand. pr,
duction. 81 crude petroleum durin
the next decade should exceed I'll
record ; billion barrels produced !
( l9lS.
Most 81 the ncv workers in o
/ production viii start a, lahorer
i, rouStahoutS, or helpers Hrt tn
/ article lurcSccs many openings ais
Tor petroleum engineers, gcologIst
gcophysicists, surveyors. draitsmci
aud other technical workers.
{ The expected growth IN deman
j., ier petroleum product, Viii rcsu
III an increase III refinery output All
employment. In l9lS ~, ~rciincr
! employment was the highest eve
/, attained III the industry, and tn
long-ranpc trend is upward Mos
new plant workers will start a
laborcrs, since the usual practice !
, %reiincrics i, to I'LL the most skillc
Ilohs hy promoting IRON within
Montana labor news., 1950-04-20
Makes A Point

Washington. - ALL Secretary
Treasurer George Meany empha-
sizes a point in speaking to ALL
organizers. These are some OF ms
points:
/. The nation has 10000, 900 un-
organized workers who should be
in unions.
2. They are losing 81 to So
day in wages by not being in the
ALL
3. Organized labor is the great
est force in making this nation the
wealthiest.
1. Organize, Organize, Organize
S. We have the potential pohti'
cal power to defend ourselves. w
J must get the votes.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1950-03-30
Your C1u b S

Club news may be sent to Elsa
c. Berg, 14600 Euclid ave-, Apt.
302, or phoned to PO. 1898. The
deadline is Tuesday at p. m.,
but early receipt of news is ap-
preciated.
Again Hilltop Garden Club has
created community activity-this
time through a series of lessons on
"The Mechanics and Lines in Basic
Flower Arranging. "Offering new
field in adult education, the six les
sons, in two groups, are underway
Mondays at Caledonia School where
Miss Bertha Clendenen, the princi-
pal, welcomes this method of fur
thering community betterment and
relations.
Mrs. William Taylor, founder of
the Flower Arrangers Club and
Hilltop club program chairman,
and Mrs. j. H. Kapl, president of
the Lakewood Horticultural Club
and certified flower show judge,
are the instructors. Using sticks
and stones to actively illustrate the
basic lines Of a good design, the
fundamental principles are being
presented by the workshop method.
Theta Lamba Phi Sorority Alum
nae group of Flora Stone Mather
College will have a business meet
ing on Monday evening, April 3rd
at 8 o'clock at the home Of Mrs.
Robert Trombley, 1902 Third ave.,
East Cleveland.
At their annual meeting held in
First Presbyterian church, Thurs
day, March 23rd, the League of
Women Voters of East Cleveland
elected officers, received reports,
set up their budget and transacted
such other business as comes be-
fore such a meeting.
Officers elected include Mrs.
Tracy Stafford, vice president Zone
year,; Miss Jessie Laing, second
vice president 1.-TWO years.; Mrs.
Chas. E. Cooper, treasurer 1.-TWO
years.; Mrs. Stanley Strunk, di-
rector Zone year,; Miss Bertelle
Lyttle and Mrs. E. P. Swisher, di-
rectors 1.-TWO years.. The nominal
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1950-03-30

Sunny Monday club will be a musi-
Gale with Miss Janet Sampson at
the piano, Helen Richardson, violin;
Mrs. Lucy Boldly, guitar. To further
the theme, Mrs. Adrienne Stiles
and Mr.. Harry Miles will conduct
musical quizz. This is a Golden
Age group in East Cleveland and
visitors will find a welcome at the
East Cleveland Woman's Club
House, 1747 Lake Front ave. at
1:30 p. m.
Miss Ellen Jakway Of the East
Cleveland library staff will review
"The Great Fisherman" at a lunch
con at the Crittenton Home, 1915.
Euclid ave-, Tuesday, April 4th.
The luncheon will be served under
the auspices of the Helping Hand
Circle, the hour being 1890 o'clock.
The first Thursday in April will
be given over to family affairs
at. the East Cleveland Womans
Club. The "officiap family-the
Board Of Directors, will convene
at 1920 for their monthly meeting
then, following luncheon, they will
join the general membership in
an open meeting at 100 o'clock
for a discussion of the summer
project now in the first planning
stages.
At 200 pm. the. chorus will
perform three numbers: ''Lo A
Voice" by Bortniansky, April
Song" by Newton and "Dedica-
tion" by Franz. Mrs. Frank Hem
Ter, Program Chairman, will pre-
sent Mrs. A. NJ. McGregor in a
delightful dramatization Of Or
mond's Laughter from Down
stairs" This is said to be an ex-
tremely humorous approach to
family psychology. Presiding at
the tea table following the pro-
gram will be Mrs. j. A. Miller
and Miss Margaret Morrison.
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ing committee will be Mrs. Cronje
Carnahan, Mrs. d. E. Linton and
Miss Ann Soutar; and Mrs. Stat
ford, because of her office as vice
president will be the leagues repre-
sentative to the County Council.
Submitting the slate were Miss
Alice Juringus, Mrs. Raymond z.
Sprenkle and Mrs. Stanley Strunk,
chairman.
The 1950-51 budget, submitted
by Mrs. George Gels, finance chair
man, calls for proposed expendi-
ture of $4,000, compared with
$823.80 for the current year. The
books for 1949 were audited by
Miss Roxie Lodge, Miss Ann NJ.
Soutar and Miss E. K. Pinney.
A delicious dinner was served by
the women of the church.
Mrs. John Watson, the president,
continues in this office which is a
two-year term.
April marks the observance of
Child Welfare and Pan American
ism for the Legion Auxiliaries. oPst
163 will have as their guests, DR..
Alfred Winters and Mr.. Edward L.
Morgan, jr., who will speak on these
subjects.
Mrs. Arland Robinson has Sc
cured DR.. Alfred Winters who is
in charge Of the Children's Aid
Society on Detroit ave. to speak
on Child Welfare.
Mrs. J. J. Pokorny will have Mr..
f. L. Morgan, jr. as her part of
the program on Pan Americanism.
NJ. Moran has travelled in South
America and especially Ecquador,
the country being studied by the
Legion Auxiliary this year.
Mrs. Margaret McGrail, 18th
District Child Welfare Chairman
for the Legion Auxiliaries will be
guest.
The meeting will be on April 5th
at 8 p. m. at the Post home in
Hawley Park. This promises to be
fine meeting and the public will
be welcomed.
The Kiwanis Ladies are meeting
Monday, April 3rd in the home of
Mrs. A. H. Bassett, 1907 Clubside
dr., Lyndhurst with Mrs. o. J. Kerb,
Mrs. Robert Stratton and Mrs. NJ.
B. Cowles as assisting hostesses.
Following luncheon at 1890, Mrs.
Lawrence Drees will give an IL
lustrated talk on Windows in
Stained Glass"
The April Ord meeting of the