The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-12-10
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since the recognition of the right of
collective bargaining.
In all of the discussions labor and
farmer found himself dealing with
terms and titles of the opposition
terms they said were originated pur-
posely to confuse those who don't
understand. Leroy Anderson BROUGHT
out in the panel he was on that the
opposition uses such high sounding
words as Right to work-High rigid
price supports-Pa Partnership
interest-all words that on the sur
face have an appeal to the casual
observer, but which only head an
objective that is just the opposite.
FULL EMPLOYMENT
1t was plain that the Right to Work
bills are certainly nothing of the sort.
| would like to go back to school.
Not only are there some really swell
people in our colleges and universities.
but they can outline a subject so that
it sounds just like down town. John
Swackhamer, who has been at a lot
of Institutes and teaches economics
probably didn't have to exert much
effort to put over his panel because
he lives with his subject. On the
Full Employment panel with him
were Albert Root, who is vice presi-
dent of the Montana Federation of
Labor and Leonard Kenfield, who is
editor of the Farmers Union News.
John told us that our economy has
to expand. If we stand still in all
fields we would have a major depres-
sion in ten years. He said that COM
pairing unemployment figures with
those of any previous year is, an in
correct basis for gauging the I'M
employment situation or the condition |
of the economy because they don't |
reflect the growing population. Most
figures don't take into account the
man who is working less hours per
week; they don't take into account
the low level incomes prevalent in
some sections of the country where
whole families make as an average
of less than 35 dollars week; they
don't show those not covered by un-
employment compensation, or whose
unemployment compensation h
been exhausted, so there are several
in this country that are not
reflected in any unemployment fig
ures.
A man with an empty stomach will
accept substandard wages so a large
pool of unemployed is often matter
of deliberate politics. 1t is well to
remember that dictators come to pow
er by poor economic conditions.
In order to achieve minimum
standard of living, a family of four
must have an income of from $500
to 4,414 dollars a year. The bureau
Of labor statistics put this figure out
in Oct. 1851 and it includes not only
food, housing, medical car, but those
things necessary for person to take
On his responsibility as citizen
IN his community, his church, etc.
Only 45% of our family units receive
above this average.
We should not only be interested /
n jobs, but what kind of jobs.
All Root took figures on what the
of Hungry Horse Dam
meant in terms of man hours of work {
md the tremendous effect it had not 9
,nlv in Montana but in other parts
IF the nation. He showed that the +
employment cycle could SNOWFALL for a
and that it could also snow I
,all for depression.
Leonard Kenfield read excerpts
rom the pamphlet Coward Full o
and Full Production, Il
prepared by the Conference on Eco I
ionic Progress composed of business, 9
abor and farm leaders, and recon- u
nended the pamphlet to everyone. 5
Reviewed in VOICE 1854.
RESOURCES c
Many years ago, we are told, some d
,reat Republicans made revolutionary V
in the field of conser- n
alton of our natural resources. To- p
Law our resources have become the d
ource of national donnybrook, il
While the nation sits by and watches n
aluable water go to the sea, and tt