The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1950-04-07
SHORT SHOTS
By WILLIAM ]. PRIEST
Livingston, Mont.

Taft Hartley act still claim to he fo
less government Intervention in Ia
bor- Management relations. Annual 70
port of National Labor Relation
Board shows under Taft-Hartlev %
in 1949 that NLRB handled 80 10,
cases compared with 1947 when onl,
1866 cases handled. In cases wbar,
the NLRB held elections to find on
whether or not the employees wante,
a union, over SO per cent of the cleo
tons found employees voted yes.
Keep this in your Pocket"
The Vocie's request for a cand;.
dates record to be published be.
fore election would show Congress
man D'Ewart voting wrong on the
following: Eliminate Gag Rule.
Limit Rent Control, Kill Public
Housing, Broaden Social Security.
Veterans Pension Plan, Brannan
Farm Plan, Anti-poll tax plan, Bias
ing Point System, Strengthen Clay
ton Act, Natural Gas Industry, in
crease Minimum wage, Continue
Taft-Hartley Act, Che voted for il
when it Wrist came up, and to pass
over President Truman's Veto and
is still voting consistently with
Taft), Recommit Labor Bill, Recip-
cal Trade. He did vote to continue
the Marshall plan, in other words
he voted right once, fourteen times
wrong out of Is bills according to
New Republic records.
The following states prohibit the
sale of yellow oleomargarine-Idaho.
Montana, Conn, Delaware, Illinois,
Iowa, Mimi, New York, Oregon.
Penn, South Dakota, Vermont Wash
ngton and Wisconsin, IA states in
all.
The Middle Group housing program
was Quilted by Republican senators.
The names are the same as those
hat passed the Taft-Hartley act.
iilled Rural Library projects, cut
he funds for building transmission
ines by the government and opposed
he Brannan Plan. The southern Dem
,crats in the House and the Senate
alone could not kill the FEPC Civil
Rights bill or pass bills that contro-
'ert the Constitution of the United
states which guarantees free speech,
With out the help of the Northern
Montana has two who
ote consistently with Taft-Bricker
olicy makers.
Senator Taft states the minority
arty in congress does not have to
ave program, all they are supposed
. do is oppose the platform of the
arty in power.
The REA set up estimates that 80
er cent of American Farms are serv-
d with electricity through the eff
'rts of the Co-ops and naturally
lie Private Power Companies are
iddenly showing great interest in
icing that Farmers are furnished
over by them. Before the Co-ops
arted it cost you a fortune to have
line two miles long built to hook
with private power lines. Remem-
II that every time you use churn
a feed grinder.
The international Officers of all
Unions at last recognize a fact
that the members have known for
'ears). 1t is essential to elect un-
on members or their friends on
republican as we'll as Democrat
lckets, not alone to Congress but
G every state, county, city and
chool board. A good union man is
good citizen regardless of his
republican or Democrat label. 1t
the duty of every officer in
very union to advance the inter
SITS of organized labor by assisting
heir members in filing for office
nd backing up their candidates.
y votes of the union members.
lave you Political committee
ppointed to do this very thing?
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