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Evening star., 1955-05-05

IllIlt dS 10 WHETHER he Will
eventually make peace with the
AFL-CIO chiefs and give organ
lied labor virtually solid front
in pushing for expansion and po-
litical power.
But there are signs aplenty
that Mr. Lewis doesn't intend
at least for the present-to join
forces with the American Fed
Grafton of Labor and the Con-
gress of Industrial Organiza-
tions Thus labor's ranks will not
be closed completely in unity
even with the AFL-CIO merger
expected in December.
The best hint as to Mr.. Lewis
thinking comes from his old
friend and longtime lieutenant,
Thomas Kennedy. UMWA vice
president, whose statements
usually can be taken as an accu-
rate reflection of Mr.. Lewis own
views.
Membership Drive
Mr.. Kennedy said in reply to
a list of questions that organized
labor could boost it's present
membership of Is million (this
includes the AFL, CIO and inde-
pendents) to more than 26 mil
lion under certain conditions.
Then he added: These condi-
tions would include, first, a uni
fed labor movement with mill
tant leadership that is capable
of standing up for labor's rights
and with the ability to see be-
yond the end of a Stillson
wrench"
The implication is inescapable
that Mr.. Kennedy doesn't think
that kind of leadership will be
present in George Meany, AFL
president who will head the mer-
Evening star., 1955-05-05

This is the fourth Of five articles on the
scheduled merger Of the AL ond
clio, which will effect IS miIIior
members Of labor unions.
ger and with whom Lewis has
been at odds for years.
Mr.. Kennedy had no comment
when asked if he could foresee a
time when the miners would join
the merger and under what con-
ditions such a move might be
made.
Mr.. Kennedy indicated that
Mr.. Lewis and the UMWA be-
lieve the AFL and CIO are NOV
ing too deeply into politics before
consolidating their strength by
an organizing drive.
An Economic Movement
On this score, Mr.. Kennedy
said: THE American labor move
ment is now and always has been
essentially an economic move
ment in contrast to the European
labor movement which has been
basically a political movement.
"The UMWA foreSees tht
greatest advances for labor to ht
gained through organizing the
unorganized. 1t would appear OBJ
vious that as long as there are
approximately so million Ameri-
cans in the work force and only
Is million of them belong to
unions, that organized labor still
has tremendous job of organ
iZing to do.
''It stands to reason that po-
litical action Is not the No. ! jof
of organized labor but is sec.
ondary to the Sasic job Of or
ganizing the unorganized. Vote.
are what counts in political &C.
Evening star., 1955-05-05
Nautilus Ready
For Nakedown

The atomic submarine Nauti-
lus will begin q six-week shake
down cruise in the next few
days. the Navy announced to-
day.
The ship was officially deliv-
cred to the Navy on April %
after q period of extensive build
er's trials which began with her
maiden voyage last January II.
The fact that the Nautilus
had been officially accepted was
disclosed in the announcement
of the shakedown cruise. The
Navy has not mentioned its
atomic sub since Defense Secre-
tary Wilson issued the famous
secrecy directive of March 30.
During its cruise, the Nautilus
will visit San Juan. Puerto Rico.
on May IS or IA.
With the exception of a few
technical observers, the Nautilus
will carry no extra passengers
Evening star., 1955-05-05

labor chiefs complain about ths
restrictions Of the Taft-Hartley
Law. Back in 1e47 when the Law
was enacted. Mr.. Lewis urged his
AFL colleagues to stage q sit
down strike against the law by
refusing to sign the non-Com-
munist oath required Of union
leaders who wished to deal with
the National Labor Relations
Board.
Mr.. Lewis argued that II labor
leaders refused to sign the oath,
then the law would become In
operative and Congress simply
would have to write some new
laws. But Mr.. Meany and others
refused to follow this line.
Failed to Fight
Recalling this situation, Mr.,
Kennedy said: eff all Of or
ganized labor had engaged In q
showdown fight against the Taft
Hartley law In 1s47. the chances
are that the law by this time
would have been wiped OF the
books. The petty jurisdictional
jealousies Of the AFL and CIO
were the cause of the compro-
missing position taken by those
organizations in connection with
the ft-Hartley law"
AS a result Of the AFL refusal
to follow his lead, Mr.. Lewis
withdrew from the organization
and so the merger of the AFL
and CIO still will leave a residue
of bitterness in labor's ranks.
Where will John L. Lewis go?
No man can say except Mr.. Lewis.
Evening star., 1955-05-05

and will not be open TO the pub
lie at any port Of call. It will re-
turn to New London, Conn, in
June.
The Navy said the purpose Of
the shakedown cruise. as is in
the case with any such voyage.
was to train her crew in every
phase of operations and to ia
miliarize them with the ship
and its performance.
Evening star., 1955-05-05

AL and CIo to engage in what
might be called 'reorganizing
the organized rather than or
ganixing the unorganized which
was the great slogan Of the CIo
in its early days" CMr. Lewis
was a handspring in launching
the CIO back In 1885. but later
he resigned this leadership
Restrictive Laws
Mr.. Kennedy said UMWA
leaders believe organized labor
isn't gaining much ground at
present primarily because Of re-
strictive labor legislation. He
mentioned the Taft-Hartley law
and "the spread in recent years
Of even more restrictive legisla-
ton In the several States in the
form Of 'right-to-work' laws
which have been miSnamed
'right-to-work' laws"
He added: Organized labor's
role in the American economy is
to check and balance the finan-
cial power of the modern corpo-
rations. It is one Of the three
essential checks and balances in
our economic sysetm. the other
two being business and the con-
sumner. In a free enterprise sys-
tenn such as ours, when one Of
these checks and balances is
unfairly restricted as labor is,
then its normal economic func-
ton is interferred with to the
detriment of the entire econ
omy :"
The UMWA takes an IT told
you so' attitude when other
Evening star., 1955-05-05

But at II, he remains a labor
power and there, never can be a
truly united labor front without
him.
Next: How Business Feels
About the Merger.)
Evening star., 1955-05-05
LABOR HISTORY IN THE MAKING
Lewis Role in Merger
Still Big Question Mark
BY DON WHITEHEAD
Associated Press Stan Writer

John L. Lewis the mystery of American labor today
standing the sdenes while the forward
with plans to their IS million members into giant
organization
The shaggy browed chief Of the United
America engmatic give
Hungry Horse news., 1955-08-26
How Valuations
Are Figured

Typical way the mill levy applies
to local homes is as follows:
A man builds $4,000 house to-
falling 1000 square feet, and he finds
that it is assessed at a value of
So, 500.
Reason is that in Flathead cOun-
ty new homes are generally valued
at from $3.50 to $3.50 a square foot
even though the cost is from $40 to
SIS a square foot. Building permit
values have nothing whatsoever to
do with county assessor valuations.
One major reason for the $3.50 to
$3.50 a square foot valuation is that
there isn't any way to decrease val
uations of home as it gets older.
Tax base is figured at 30 per cent
of the valuation, so that the $4,000
home with valuation for tax pur-
poses of S., 800 goes on the tax base
rolls as $1,050. A levy of 100 mills
would result in tax of sos a year.
Half is due in November and hall
in May. This information comes from
the office of Grant Campbell, coun
ty assessor.
A Columbia. Falls resident who
paid $500 taxes on his home las
year should anticipate paying abou
$88 this year.
Hungry Horse news., 1955-08-26
FIotheud Harvest
Well Underway

kALlSPELL-Annual harvest of
Flathead grains is underway. Coun-
ty Agent Walt Mauritson said that
It was too early to give a good es-
timate of yields.
However he knew of winter wheat
running from IA bushels to IS BUSH
els an acre, and his thought was
that the winter wheat crop would
be down somewhat from the five
year average.
Spring wheat harvesting is lust
starting, and some barley is being
cut.
The Flathead had warm and dry
June weather which seriously dam
aged winter grains. Late June and
July wet weather changed the crop
outlook especially for the spring
grains, the county agent added.
August so far has been devoid of
precipitation. This is favorable for
harvesting, though difficult for
pastures that are not irrigated and
some alfalfa crops.
i Eastern Montana that had a wet.
ter June is having one Of the bes,
grain harvests in history.
Hungry Horse news., 1955-08-26
H.H. Road Pavinq Scheduled

HUNGRY HORSE Studer Con-
struction Co., Billings, is to start
work shortly on a $6,276 Bureau of
Reclamation contract to asphalt
pave 1922 feet of the lower access
road to Hungry Horse Dam. The
contract for the 16 foot wide Pinch
thick mat also includes a parking
area near the dam. Bid opening was
July z with contract award Aug. /.
The Billings firm is to provide
about 40 tons of asphalt with the
federal government furnishing ag-
gregate
Last summer F and S Contracting
Co., Butte, asphalt paved four miles
of the lower road from Hungry
Horse to the vicinity of the dam on
a $30,415 contract. The last hall
mile was not completed pending
award and finishing Of a channe'
Improvement contract. Long Con
struction Co., Billings, finished {
sl85,0O0 contract Aug.3 for channe
deepening, a retaining wall ant
other downstream Improvement.
Hungry Horse news., 1955-08-26
u. S. No. 2 Fire
Destroys Truck

The Flathead'S last full week of
August saw two man-caused fires in
Flathead National forest, one from
carelessness and the other, an ac-
cident.
Wednesday at 11:20 a. m. saw Otto
Lietz' logging truck-not loaded
catch fire apparently from a leak
ing gas line. The truck was fourth
mile east of Dew Drop Inn on U. S.
highway No. 2.
A truck and crew from Coram
ranger station and two trucks from
Glacier National Park went to the
blaze which spread out into the
brush, but was controlled. The truck
was total loss. Lietz is Martin
City resident.
A careless camper up the west
side of Hungry Horse Reservoir
Sunday threatened the recreational
future of 16O acre island off Goldie
creek. His neglected campfire Mon
day spread into heavy timber, the
fire was reported to Coram ranger
station Monday at 11:44 a. m. and
by nightfall was under. control. A
Bureau of Reclamation boat and a
boat owned by Joe Tinsley, Miss
oula fisherman, helped get men to
the blaze. Ranger Bert Bealey waa
in charge.
Flathead National Forest fire dan.
ger Thursday was reported as aver
aging 48.
The Flatheads q fires include siz
man caused and Is from lightning
Only one acre fire started by Z
chain saw in Condor district Aug. :
was larger than a fourth acre. Il
was an acre for size.
Hungry Horse news., 1955-08-26
Mounties Contracting Camper

WEST GLACIER Canadian who
caused Glacier National Parks Sec
ond man-caused fire of the year is
being contacted by Royal Canadian
Mounted Police
Larry Pashak, Calgary, received
a permit for a campfire on Lake
Francis from the U. S. Ranger
Clyde Fauley at Waterton station.
Pashak did not put his campfire out,
and last Friday the campfire spread
out to 80 square feet and was NOV
ing into the forest when it was found
by Ranger Norman C. Delaney, who
put it out.
Pashak is reported to have sale
that the campfire looked as though
it was out, but he did not put his
hand into the bed to determine i
there were hot Goals. If he had beer
apprehended in the United States
Pashak would have been brough
before u. S. Commissioner Margar
ct Lindsay at West Glacier.
Ranger Stanley Sturgeon, Glac
ier's fire chief, reports the fire to
Hungry Horse news., 1955-08-26

inches for II months made
this crne glacier by R. Dishtman Helena state china
Glaciers trail foreman; Stanley JOS
eph parks assistant superintendent and Chief Park Naturalist
Robinson had departed Gauge Is feet high
Note nne glacier in background precipitation fig
calcium chloride
oil film evaporation Of the wafer.
Hungry Horse news., 1955-08-26
WEATHER forecast: Considerable

WEATHER. forecast: considerable
cloudiness with few showers or
thunderstorms Thursday and Friday;
cooler temperatures. Predicted high
Friday 70, lows As.
Highs and lows Of week: Aug. IS,
87-44, Friday BIAS, Saturday 75-51,
Sunday 1888, Monday 84-45, Tues
day 1888, Wednesday 1888. Temper
atures averaged near normal with
cooler nights and somewhat warmer
than normal days, reports Observer
A. F. Burnham
Precipitation: August so far at the
airport has not seen any recorded
precipitation. Normal for the month
is LII inches.
August SO far has produced 2;
clear days and one partly cloudy
day, Aug. 20 Normal for the whole
month is II clear days, 8 partly
cloudy and Ii cloudy.
The Flathead summer produce:
seven days with temperatures 80 OF
above on the average. This summer
had the following: June 81 and 2.
with 80 and So, July Is, 16 and L
with 80, "a and IS and Aug. 6 with 81
Hungry Horse news., 1955-08-26
Can orphon Cub
Survive Winter?

WEST GLACIER-Problem of sur
vival confronts an orphaned cub
that frequents Avalanche camp
ground in Glacier National Park.
The cub, born last February, may
be too young to successfully pre-
pare for winter and emerge in good
physical condition next spring,
commented M. E. Beatty, chief
park naturalist Usually black bear
cubs stay with their mothers
through their first winter.
In the meantime the cute little
fellow is a campground attraction
and pest.
Hungry Horse news., 1955-08-26
Anaconda Plant Ships First Aluminium

First carloads of aluminium pro-
duced in Montana left the Anaconda
Aluminium Co. plant Thursday ev-
ening, going west.
AS production increases Montana's
first aluminium plant will be shipping
about three freight carloads of metal
day each containing about 100 900
pounds. Shipments will tend to be
on a five day week basis, though
the new SIS, 900 900 plant is already
operating round-the-clock and will
continue 365 days year. Plant out
put is to be $4,000 tons of aluminium
year.
In production since Aug. IL has
been the first potroom building. This
week the second potroOm with so
more pots is going into production.
and this fall viii see the third and
fourth potrooms in operation. The
plant has two potlines containing
240 pots. Two 1,18O-foot long pot
line buildings make one potline.
Output presently is so pound pigs.
Later production of foot long, s by
6 inch wire bars will commence as
will by So by 80 inch sheet ingots.
The new plant was dedicated Aug.
Is and now has three-fourths of its
$50 regular operations employees.
Meanwhile there has been a rapid
decline in construction forces. Thurs
day there were 722 construction peo-
pie at the plant compared to 1,1O4
Aug. 4.
Present employment figures show
the Foley Constructors and Donovan
Construction Co., principal subcon-
tractors, force down to 562, half of
what it was earlier this summer.
Next largest employer, the Fishbach
and Moore joint venture electrical
contract, is in wind-up stage and
has so men working.
Mclaughlin Inc, Great Falls.
paving contractor, has 43 men work
ing; the AAC field force is down to
IS: Great Northern has Is; B and
L Painters, 8, and Westinghouse
Electric Corp, a.
A few Foley Constructors employees
are moving to Moab, Utah where
FOleys is building uranium rein
cry for the Uranium Reduction Co.,
and a few others are bound for Tao.
onite, Mimi, where Foleys has q
contract to build taconite plant
processing low grade iron ore-fol
the Erie Mining Co., joint venture
of major steel producers.
1 NoxON RAPIDS DAM
The Sanders County Ledger pub
ished at Thompson Falls on Aug
ID reported: First land clearinI
work on the Noxon Rapids dam re
servoir site got underway Tuesda
on the Clarence lift ranch, The clear
ing is being accomplished by vii
lam Ulrich of Couer d'Alene, VIII
was awarded the contract Las
week for clearing Section l, be
ween the dam site and Trout creel
Union Construction Co, Missdul,
which was awarded the contrac
4 for clearing Sections and 8, expec
to start work the latter part of ne,
week"
4 The story indicates that just
handful of men are working and tn
no major employment at Noxt
Rapids is indicated just yet.
Hungry Horse news., 1955-08-26
Bull Moose Swims
Lake Mcdonald

WEST GLACIER-What sounded
like horse turned out to be bull
moose that jumped off a dock near
the head of Lake Mcdonald in Gla-
cier National park and swan W
miles across to the other shore.
Ranger Naturalist Chester Harris,
who stays in cabin near Lake Nc
Donald hotel, was awakened at $50
a. m. Thursday by what he thought
was a horse moving about the
grounds. He looked out to see a bull
moose jump off a dock, and swim
across the head of the 1O-mle long
lake in Is minutes.
Hungry Horse news., 1955-08-26

al as two man caused the Lake
Francis campfire and a smoker fire
near st. Mary lake, and five class
A-less than fourth acre-ightning
fires.
Fire danger was averaging so this
week. August has been devoid OF
rainfall except for a light shower al
Walton Thursday morning and three
.01 of an inch recordings.
The park helped the Indian Ser
vice last week with fire out on the
reservation at the ST. Mary dump
| ground.
Hungry Horse news., 1955-08-26
List Levies For
FIutheud Districts

The following is the list of total
levies for 1855 taxes as compared
with levies for 1854 and 1858. The
current levy is subject to slight
change in event that checking of
figures shows errors. Lists were OBJ.
tanned from the offices of Freda
Shanahan, county treasurer, and
Grant Campbell, county assessor.
Hungry Horse news., 1955-08-26

Bids for construction of 5Ox80
foot metal office and storage build
ing at Kalispell have been called
by the State Fish and Game depart
ment. They will be received by the
State Fish and Game commission,
Helena, until II a. m Sept. 20.
Hungry Horse news., 1955-08-26
Montana Attorneys
At Many Glacier

MANY GLACIER = Meeting at
Many Glacier this weekend is the
Montana County Attorneys associa-
ION Sneakers will include Carl Nc
Farland, president of Montana State
university; Krest Cyr, U. S. district
attorney, and Arnold H. Olsen, Mon.
tana attorney general.
Hungry Horse news., 1955-08-26
Schedule Survey Of GrinneII Glacier

WEST GLACIER-Grinnen glac-
Ter, second largest ice mass in Gla-
cier National park, will be measured
again starting Sept g. (Grinnell will
be the only glacier measured this
year,
Participating in the annual sur
vey of the $50 acre ice mass-equiv-
alent of 70 city blocks-will be Art
hur Johnson, Washington, D. c.,
glacier specialist for the U. S. Geo
logical survey; M. E. Beatty, Glac-
iers park naturalist, and Naturalist
Don Robinson.
This year will see a photo theo-
dOlite used in measurements. This
provides an accurate panoramic
type photograph.
Glaciers in Glacier National park
there are about 60-have beer
holding their own, for the most
part, Beatty explained. Heavier pre-
cipitation and cooler summers ART
the reason.
Grinnell glacier formerly retreat
ed about IS feet a year and its sur
| face went down to feet in L
months. For the past four year
there has been little change.
Somewhat larger than Grinnell
and also accessible for visitors i
Sperry Glacier. Grinnel has aver
aged up to $50 mixers on naturalis
conducted trail trips to the glacie
lin a week. These conducted hike
are taken Mondays, Wednesda,
and Fridays. Nearly half the ST
mile trip to Grinnell can be mad
by boats across SWiftcurrent an,
Josephine lakes. The boats hav
regular schedules.
Early this month on Aug. 2, Beat
ty, Robinson and R. A. Dightmar
Helena, state climatologist, wit
Stanley Joseph, Glaciers assistan
superintendent, and William Yenne
general trail foreman, went up t
Grinnen glacier. They found thu
precipitation for the past IL month
IT the glacier measured 108.65 il
ches indicating snowfall of NOR
than 100 feet. This compares wit
the previous years record OF Il
inches and 107 inches for 1928.
Dightman has been in Montan
seven years, and now has Is hig
mountain precipitation gauges. Girl
nell records by far the most pr,
cipitation with its 100 plus inche
Other range up to 60 inches.
He feels that through the yeal
this information will help indicat
weather cycles. Dightman believe
that the Pacific Northwest is b
coming cooler, and that the mort
west section of each continent
feeling this trend first. He adde
that weather change is somethir
that happens through the centuri
and that findings in 10 or so yea
do not indicate a pattern.
Wallace IrgenS. Helena, and HO'
ard Kappes, Boise, of the Wealth
4 Bureau and Geological survey staff
q during mid-August installed a Sc
ond precipitation gauge near t
! glacier. The old gauge is is fo
! high cylinder. The new gauge
u 81 feet high.
Hungry Horse news., 1955-08-26
BOxcar Problems

mot quite as acute" was the des-
cription given the boxcar shortage
that has been hampering Flathead
lumber mills this month. The stu.
alton was more serious two weeks
ago, and somewhat better last week
and this.
Hungry Horse news., 1955-08-26
Gilstrap of Monitor
Visiting Glacier

WEST GLACIER-In Glacier Nat
ional Park this weekend are Mr.. and
Mrs. Max Gilstrap and children,
Max Jr., 9, and Zilpha Ann, 5. He
is a member of the Christian Science
Monitor staff, and is writing a series
of articles on the national parks.
The Lincoln times., 1955-04-21
Albert Goldsmith, Jr.,
Chosen For Naval
ROTC Scholarship

Albert Goldsmith. Jr., OutStand-
ing senior student at the Lincoln
ton high school, has been chosen
for Naval ROTC scholarship
He was named as one of the
ROTC scholarship winners among
the finaliStS taking the tests in
Charlotte Over 200 high school
students in North Carolina enter
ed the scholarship contest. Albert
will have his choice of the college
he wishes to attend on the Schol-
arship and he has named Yale as
is choice. The scholarship pro-
VldeS for paid tuition and 5000 a
year expenses at the school he
chooses to attend. When he COM
pletes his four years. he will serve
as an Ensign in the u S. Navy for
three years.
Albert. Jr.. son of Mr. and Mrs
Albert Goldsmith. ST., has been an
outstanding student and class
leader during his Lincolnton high
school career. He has not only been
active in school activities. but also
in Boy Scout Che is an Eagle
Scout and church work. He is a
high school sports reporter for a
local newspaper and sports cor
respondent for The Charlotte OBJ
server. Following graduation this
June. he will make a country
bicycle tour of Europe
The Lincoln times., 1955-04-21
Taking Care OF
Clothing Just
As Easy As o,b,e

A sure way to stretch the family
budget is to take good care of your
clothing. And that's Just as easy
as saying your ABC'S. according
to Mary EN- Lee. State College ex-
tension specialist in clothing.
Air your clothes frequently and
properly Moths and other pests
hate fresh air; So airing is a
wonderful preventative. 1t also re-
lakes fabrics and will rid them of
ordinary creaSeS and wrinkles ac-
quired in wear Avoid putting them
in direct sunlight.
Brush clothes often with me-
dium briStle brush After each
wearing a suit or coat needs a
brisk brushing If dust and dirt
are allowed to remain in a gar
ment, the fabric will be damaged
and finish will become dull.
Clean clothes give longer life
and service. Mice, moths and other
pests rarely ever attack clean
clothes If clothes are kept clean,
it will reduce the clothing bill
Dry cleaning is the method used
in cleaning most silks. rayons, and
Wolens Caution must be exercised
if you plan to do your dry clean
ing at home When clothes are dry
cleaned at home. make sure it's
done out of doors and on a clear
day. If you take your clothing to
a cleaners, be sure that they are
reputable. Too much - as well as
too little - dry cleaning can harm
a fabric. Save the cleaning bill and
wear on fabrics by using a liquid
cleaner between dry cleanings on
cuffs, collars and necklineS. Dyes
and finishes effect cleaning pos
Sibilities, says Miss Lee. And
weighted fabrics often go to
pieces in cleaning y