The people's voice., 1951-05-11

II they travel here in Montana.
contend that when the State O
Montana can take care of its need.
with more allowance per month thar
they now give, which averages $5:
per month; when they have proper
housing and medical services fol
Warns Springs and Boulder; anC
when the state begins to pay its en-
! ployes a living wage, then l will &C
along with an appropriation to ad-
vertise Montana to the tourists. A
tourist might only spend a week in
Montana but we live here and surely
our conditions should be the best be-
fore we pay for the attraction of
others to our state.
INITIATIVE STRENGTHENED
This might be an interesting note
to our armed guard who collect the
pennies each week from the Parking
Meters. A bill has been passed
which makes it illegal for a City
Council to act on an ordinance that
has been defeated by the referend-
UNI vote, for a period of two years.
If this had been a law before this
time the people of Anaconda would
not have to guess whether the paper
on their windshield was an election
card or a traffic ticket-generally
the latter. So it seems that with
the years labor gets little smarter
and begins to cope. more easily with
the so-called slickers at the City
Council who can pretend to govern
US but yet deny the people their right
by refusing to consider their vote
when they voted out the parking
meters. Of course we all have to
live but it is tiresome counting the
pennies and figuring out just where
the salary increases will go, what
with all these pennies from the met
ers.
A second injury law was enacted |
SO that employers who hire a person
With a first injury are no longer re-
'ponsible for a total injury of that
person if injured in his employ. The
previous law made the employer re-
ponsible for total injury so that
employers did not hire the handicap
,ed as readily as they will now. This
ives wounded vet much better
Eance for employment.
The Industrial Accident Board
has now received the power to
write a separate Safety Code for
each industry. This bill (HB87)
was killed four times prior to it's
enactment. With proper manage
ment it can have the necessary
teeth required to give the working
man proper protection on the job.
N IMPORTANT GAIN
The lump settlement on claims
gainst industries for injuries suffer
d while on the job has also been i'm :
roved. If you took a lump settle
tent under the old law the company
as allowed to deduct 5 per cent
'om the total cash award because
the quick settlement. Now the 9
w only allows them a per cent
eduction which is an increase of ?
per cent for the person who re s
lives the claim. This is certainly !
I advancement over the old law. $
My partner, Mr.. Gene Mcbride, I
,ted for labor 100 per cent and |
n glad that I had him as repre- 7
ntative from Deer Lodge county c
serve with me in the House. There ?
e very few who will continually t
tie for labor but Mr.. Mcbride did 0
. and believe that the smeltermen &
Anaconda appreciate his efforts \
the past legislative body. $
The sum total of labor's gains in .
is 32nd legislative. assembly may L
It shock the eye by their number S
It we must remember that great 6
ins are only made by continually ii
shing ahead with small advances. re
If gains have not been too large h
t we have been consistent in try fl
3 to improve the working mans it
ltus and perhaps greater gains can oS
d will be made in the future.