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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1957-03-29
Labor Made Some Gains In 35th--

as l stated above, presented consid-
cradle gains in weekly benefit
amounts and in addition thereto pre-
sented an unlimited medical allow
ance for total disabilities Chats tenn
porary total and permanent total)
with an increase of IL months bring
ing to total of SO months the cover
age on partial disability medical treat
ments. That almost doubles the pres
ent monthly limitation on medicals in
the act. Additionally, the replace
ment of prosthetic devices and arti-
fetal members was liberalized so that
a device may be replaced whenever
needed upon an order of the board.
The medical provisions as eventually
achieved in Senate Bill 12O by the
Conference Committee is not a bad
program at all. The weekly benefits
are improved and there is some i'm
provement in the burial allowance
section of the law (from $4,000 to
$500.00) and in the provision on lump
sum and compromise payments.
1t would be a good idea to set forth
here the comparative rates under the
old law and the new law according
to the number of dependents.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1957-03-29
"STEPBACK" PROVISION
ELIMINATED

This is a very complicated law but
what we did do was to eliminate any
restriction on the steps back so that
anybody who has earned enough in
one quarter to be eligible can step
back up the ladder on the total earn
ings list to any point which meets his
total earnings and thus become elig-
ible for Unemployment Compensa-
ton. 1t is estimated that it will triple
the eligibility for Unemployment
Compensation in the state of Mon
tana.
Another major accomplishment
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1957-03-29
POSITION ON OTHER
LEGISLATION
We supported:

We supported:
1. A bill to regulate loan Sharks"
2. Forty hour, 5-day week for Pub
lie Employees, which included Fire
Fighters and Policemen.
8. Increased pay for Public En-
ployees, including Fire Fighters and
Policemen.
4. Prevailing wage for liquor store
employees.
5. Increase in the School Founda-
ton Program.
6. Permissive levy for Adult Edu-
cation.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1957-03-29
Full SGT Million Access
Road Is Urged

WASHINGTON, D. C.-Congress
has been urged by Senator Wayne
L. Morse of Oregon to spend a full
100000 for forest access roads,
arguing the treasury would profit.
He said 100000 is needed to
bring the budget up to the full author
ization, and said the extra money
would return $7,6OO,OOO to the treas
ury.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1957-03-29
MEDICAL ALLOWANCE
GREATLY IMPROVED

However, the conference commit
tee did come out with a bill which,
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1957-03-29

slight weekly gains in amounts of
compensation and it would have in
effect overruled every liberalizing
Supreme Court decision of the past
five years dealing with Workmen's
Compensation. Our friends were able
to knock out all but one of the re-
pressive provisions. That one was
the reversal of the Carpenters Thumb
Case which arose in Gallatin County
and is known as the Staeth Case
where a loss of a specific member,
in fact a portion of specific mem
Der was related to the loss of use
of that member in relation to the
body as whole and total disability
award was made by the Court to the
injured worker. This was specifically
amended out of the Workmen's Com
pensation Law in the Partial Disabil-
ity section of the law by Senate Bill
12O and it was an amendment which
our friends were unable to eliminate
completely.
MEDICAL ALLOWANCE
GREATLY IMPROVED
However, the conference commit
tee did come out with bill which, |
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1957-03-29

Compensation for injury producing
total disability permanent in char
acter, same as. above.
Compensation for injury causing
death: Same as above.
For partial disability-for an in
jury producing partial disability:
Same as above Except no Minimum
period).
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1957-03-29

could have had an Occupational Di-
sease Law enacted if we had elimi-
mated Silicosis from the Act, but we
refused to sell out our friends in the
mining and smelling industry.
Senator Donald Nutter (Richland)
introduced on Occupational Disease
Bill Senate Bill 213), which, after
being amended by the House and
amended again in Conference Com
mittee, was fairly good bill without
the waiver.
However, Senator Nutter could not
withstand the Company pressure for
a waiver and subsequently led the
fight to kill his own bill. (21 for to
80 againstl
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1957-03-29

achieved by your Executive Presi-
dent and Brother Al Root was the
complete elimination of the waiting
period in the Montana law This
is a change of some significance and
filing for claims should be adjusted
to conform to the new definition of
week and year in order to achieve
the maximum benefits from these
changes.
Another accomplishment was the
allowance of earnings for overtime
work in that section which eliminated
from the definition of wages one
days work; now it is one days earn
ings rather than pay for an eight
hour shift. This has considerable sig
nificance for especially the Building
Trades craft where to finish a job
often requires working overtime on
a single day in excess of the eight
hours and now you will not be penal
lied for that overtime. So you may
still take one days earnings, e hours
plus overtime), and not be counted
as employed for that week. Again,
this is a matter which should be borne
in mind and your filings for Compen-
sation claims governed accordingly.
DISQUALIFICATION
PROVISIONS REDUCED
We were able by amendment on
Senate Bill 10 to bring the Montana
State Law on disqualifications more
closely in conformity with the recon-
of the National ALL
CLIO. Now disqualifying provisions do
not extend in any case beyond four
weeks. Additionally, we were able to
get restored to the Act the qualify
ing words Suitability and suitable"
in the refusal to accept work-disqual-
flying section. 1t now reads ''for re-
fusal to accept suitable work.. This |
has been bone of contention since
was removed from the act |
several sessions ago.
Additionally, we were able to
achieve an improvement in the dis
qualifying provisions on voluntary
Iuits. We were able to have inserted
n the law the qualifying word "vol-
lntary" on the section disqualifying
person who leaves work. Now we
lave that disqualification applicable
My to those who leave work without
rood cause. Additionally, we were
bile to eliminate entirely the dis
for the woman who
caves a job to remain with her
amily. This has created hardship
specially in the service trades and
or the Hotel and Restaurant people.
is a significant Improvement.
WAIVER CLAUSE DEMAND
ILLED DISEASE COMP.
We failed to have an Occupational
disease Law enacted this session.
his was in large part due to the
act that we would not agree to {
ne Anaconda Company demand for
waiver clause. t
Silicosis proved to be the stumbling
lock. 1 honestly believe that we {
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1957-03-29
MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS
IN JOBLESS COMPENSATION

Through the diligent efforts of
Brother Al Root who followed the
Unemployment Compensation pro-
gram of the State AFL-CIO closely
through its history in the Legislature
this year and, in a large measure as
a result of the careful attention and
broad knowledge which Brother Al
Root has of that program we believe
that we were able to achieve more
in the Unemployment Compensation
field than we did in the Workmen's
Compensation field.
It is our estimate that as a result
of the improvements in the benefit
schedule set up in House Bill SO we
have not only achieved an increase
in the maximum amounts payable
from $4,000 a week to $1,000 a week
by Incorporating in that schedule
$500 steps in place of the old law
which contained $4,000 steps we ac-
complished an automatic increase in
the upper portion Of each of the wage
brackets.
More significant, however, was the
elimination of the second quarter re-
quirement which was imposed upon
the working men of this state in 1853
over the violent objections of Labor,
and the elimination of the three-step
provision in the benefit scale. This
provision limited work
ing man who had earned sufficient
high quarter earnings to be eligible
for Unemployment Compensation to
going back only three steps in the
qualifying earning scale (that is in
the total amount earned in his base
period) so that many people who
earned enough in their high quarter
we're still cut out of Unemployment |
Compensation entirely because their
5otal earnings in the base period did
not bring them within three steps of
he line appearing opposite the high
quarter earning amount on the sched-
lle.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1957-03-29
We opposed:
l. Sales Tax.

2. Interim Committee Police Pow
er.
8. Bankers "Relief" Bill. (Heavy
reduction in taxes.)
A. Home Rule for cities.
We co-operated with and gave as
sistance to, and received assistance
from:
l. Farmer lobbyists.
2. School groups.
3. All labor lobbyists.
APPRECIATION
In closing this report l wish to
express my sincere appreciation and
thanks to the following labor repre-
sentatives who gave so much help
and assistance to me and Brother AL
Root during the session.
Joe Crosswhite, business repre-
sentative of the Operating Engineers
Local No. 371, Kalispell.
Robert Harris, executive secretary,
Montana State Council of Carpenters,
Kalispell.
Robert Weller, business representa-
tive, Montana District Council of
Lumber and Sawmill Workers, Kali
spell.
Louis Teddy, secretary, Montana
State Council of Hotel and Restaur-
ant Employees, Helena.
Ed Cozad, international represent
ative, international Association of
Machinists, Missoula.
Joe D'Zivi, international represent
ative, Operating Engineers, Kalispell.
William Shawl, business repre-
sentative, Local Union 1881, Lumber
and Sawmill Workers, Libby.
Jerry Palmer, International Rep
resentative, Transfers International,
Billings.
And all affiliated unions, their of
ficers and Legislative Committees for
their splendid response for assistance
at all times when called upon for tele-
grams, phone calls and letters to
heir respective Legislators.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1957-03-29
PLAN ii STAYS ON BOOKS

Our effort to repeal Plan 2 of the
Workmen's Compensation Act was
killed in committee. Too many insur-
ance agents opposed our efforts, pri-
marily because they saw commissions
on premiums slipping away from
them. Employers also opposed the
repeal.
Minimum Wage blouse Bill SOY
after passing the House by a vote
of SO to % met death in the Senate
by vote of II to SO. Laundry and
dry cleaning employers, dude ranches,
grocery stores such as Safeway and
Buttreys, restaurants and hotels
fought House Bill so vigorously.
The Wage Farmers Lien Law was
killed by an adverse committee re-
port from the Judiciary Committee
of the House.
Labor was able to get foot in the
door relative to Collective Bargain
ing and Prevailing Wages blouse
Bill 217) when an amendment to the
Highway Act was passed. This covers
heavy and highway construction and
provides for prevailing rates of
wages as set by collective bargain
ng in effect in the areas covered by |
heavy and highway labor agree
nentS"
, 1957-06-15
Goeggel Returns
From Six Weeks
Solicitation Trip

H. w. Geoggel of the De
partment of Tourism returned
early this week aboard the
SIS after a six
weeks solicitation trip to the
United States.
During this trip he visited
Miami, New Orleans, Chicago,
Detroit, Montreal, Boston,
New York and Richmond.
While visiting in these cities
he conferred with officials of
Pan American World Air
ways, Eastern Air Lines, Del
ia Airlines, and the principal
travel agents.
stressing the excellent cool
summer climate of the Virgin
Islands and the reduction in
hotel rates, Mr.. Goeggel was
able to convince many travel
Continued on page A
, 1957-06-15
Several New Posts
To be Filled in
v. /. Administration

The new post of Executive
Assistant to the Government
Secretary will be one of sew
eral top jobs to be filled here
after July |. The position will
pay $500 a year. The officer
will also have the services of
a stenographer, according to
a news item in the Home
Journal. The article continues:
"The administration said
the post was necessary to re-
duce the work load Of the
Government Secretary.
"The administration is also
insisting on the creation of a
$500 position: Executive Of
fcer in the Department of
Education. This post has al
ready been earmarked for an
auditor, who has a contract
signed by the Governor insur-
Continued on page ~
, 1957-06-15
Kenneth Bartlett. II. is
Grududte Of Militury
Academy in Ohio

Cadet Kenneth Bartlett, son
of DR.. Kenneth Bartlett, Pre-
sident of the Virgin Islands
Corporation, was one of the
graduates of Staunton Mill
tary Academy on June End.
He held the rank of Lieuten-
ant.
Lieut.. Bartlett was active
in all intramural sport and re
ceived medals for Intramural
Championships in football &
softball. He also received the
Military Ribbon, Command
ants ribbon and Merit Rib
bon. Other extracurricular
activities include Senior Life
Saving.
Cadet Bartlett expects to
attend Miami University, Ok
ford, Ohio.
, 1957-06-15
La Motto Brothers
Orch. is Featured in
Calypso" Moguzine

The well-known and famous
La Motta Brothers orchestra
Of St. Croix, is one of the
main features Of a new maya
zine known as "Star Calypso"
published in New York City.
Other stars featured in the
same issue include Harry Bella
fonte, Pearl Gonzales, Rose
mary Clooney, The Gaylords,
the Andrew Sisters, The Hill
toppers, Johnny Brandon, The
Duke of Iron and the Mills
Brothers.
The orchestra consists of
Raymond, %, the leader and
piano player, Johnny, Is, cleo
trio guitar, Reuben, %, vibes.
Other members of the orches-
ira are Fernando Francis, bass
Faulkner, drums and
Concluded on page a
, 1957-06-15
Commission Libruriun
Invited to Join Assoc.
OF French Libruriuns

OF French Libroriuns
Port of Spain, Kent House :
Miss Berthe Canton, Librarian
of the Caribbean Commission,
has been invited to become a
member of the Association
des Bibliothecaires Francois"
Association of French Libra
rians). The invitation follows
her recent appointment as
head o f the Commissions
library and the Secretary
General of the Association, in
his letter, expresses the plea
sure Of the Association in
extending to her the privi-
leges of membership, and
offers congratulations on her
appointment to so important
a Guardianship.
Born in Martinique, Miss
Canton studied at the "Facul-
ties des Lettres" Of the Univer-
sity of Bordeaux (France). In
October 1855, she was award
ed the title of Associate of the
British Library Association
(A.L.A.), London.
In 1856 she represented the
Caribbean Commission, as an
observer, at the Annual Con-
ference of the American Lii
brary Association in Miami,
Florida. She assisted the late
Mrs. E. Jourdain to organize
the Library of the Alliance
Franchise in Trinidad and was
awarded the Bronze Medal of
the Alliance.
The Association of French
Librarians is a recognized
body, created in 1906, with the
object of promoting the pro-
fession of librarians at all
levels. AS a member of the In
ternational Federation o t
Library Associations, it re-
presents French Librarians at
the international level, and
sends delegates to interna-
, 1957-06-15

tional congresses and confer
ences organized by t h e
Federation.
, 1957-06-15
Curibdir Wins Notl.
SufetY Awurd
Fourteenth Yeur

ourteenth Yedr
San Juan, P. R., June 10 =
For the fourteenth consecu-
tive year, the National Safety
Council, a non-proft organi-
cation dedicated to accident
prevention, with headquarters
in Chicago, named Caribbean
Atlantic Airlines, b e t t e +
known as Caribair, Puerto
Rico's only local airline, win
ner of the Aviation Safety
Award. Caribair has complet-
ed 10 years of service without
a single passenger or crew
fatality.
This annual award goes only
to domestic, territorial and
overseas air carriers which fly
scheduled passenger runs. Be
sides Caribair, IS other u. S.
scheduled airlines were nam
ed winners of the National
Safety Councils aviation safe
ty award.
At the end of 1856, Caribair
planes had flown a total of
90,887, 900 passenger miles
with a perfect safety record.
Caribair's daily scheduled
flights are to and from San
Juan, Ponce and Mayaguez in
Puerto Rico; st. Thomas and
St. Croix in the Virgin Islands
and Cuidad Trujillo in the
Dominican Republic. Dionisio
Trigo is president of Carib-
bean Atlantic Airlines, Inc.
All Council awards were
made on the basis of official
records of the Civil Aeronau-
tics Board, and total miles are.
those accumulated in sched-
uled passenger carrying opera
tons only.
tional congresses and confer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-10
WORDS, WIT
AND WISDOM
By WILLIAM NORRIS

Everyone has . hobby these
days, with stamp collecting.
amateur photography and
autograph collecting probably
near the top in order Of popu-
larity. So popular have hobbies
become that many magazines.
hundreds Of guidance books and
reams Of newspaper copy are
devoted to the activities Of
lobbyists. But where did the
word hobby" come from. in
ouires Mrs. Helen Fades Of
Akron, Ohio.
Actually hobby" Is q con-
traction of "hobbyhorse" and
originally meant q small or
medium-sized horse. Then 4
came to mean q light wicker
framework. draped with color
ed cloth to simulate q horse.
Used by dancers in the medieval
English country dances called
Morris dances. In the course Of
these revels. various characters
from the Robin Hood legend
were depicted-so the function
of the hobhyhorse a. an in
strument Of make believe Is
pretty obvious.
Later the hobbyhorse came
to be q child's plaything and
the phrase ito ride q hobby
horse" came to indicate the
pursuit Of q childish game with
q real worthy Of more adult
interests. Readers OF Laurence
Sterne's Tristram Shandy viii
recall with delight the relent-
less hobbyhorse riding Of My
Uncle Toby. Quite possibly his
endearing addiction to his
hobby may have contributed
greatly to the establishment Of
hobby" in its present meaning
Of an occupation or pursuit
bordering on the frivolous.
The word hobby" has by
now come q long way from the
time when 1t meant merely q
small pacing horse. But through
all its changes Of meaning. the
element Of fun has been inn
plicit in 1t. Perhaps 1t might be
argued that the lobbyists who
most truly represent the his
torical meaning Of the term are
those improvers Of the breed
who devote time. energy and
money to watching the bang
tails pound down the stretch
and the totalisator lights flash
the odds on win, place and
show.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-10
WORD GAME
Find SO or more words in
FOR s Err

meaning. "a denizen of a for
est" Average is 80; time limit,
30 minutes.
Rules Of the game Words must b
which acquire four letters BY the add.
ton OF IS" such As bats" cars" are
not used 3 only one form OF q word
Is used, .. Proper names are not used
Answer 10 LUNArIC
laic, lain, lint, luna, ulnA, unit, unlit.
until, nail. nAutic, ALT. anil, aulic,
aunt, tale, tail, teal. tuna, tunic, can't.
caul, clan. cult. ante.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-14
Answers to Our Presidents

THE first air mail stamps
were issued on May 10, 1918,
while Woodrow Wilson was Pres
ident. They were in three de-
nominations: 6 cents, 16 cents
and "a cents.
Carl Schurz, statesman,
soldier and writer. died in New
York on May IA. 1906, at the
age Of n. while Theodore Roose-
welt was President.
3-President James K. Polk
signed the congressional decla-
ration of war against Mexico
on May Is, 1886.
Questions on Preceding Page.)
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1957-07-11

County, Maryland. State and coun-
ty taxes due for 1855, 1856, S192 90.
Municipal tax, Oakland, S101 05.
Total amount of taxes due, $29397.
Costs of sale. $1805. Total as of day
of sale, $31202. Assessed value, S.
27100.
SO. Sell, Arnold A. District IA
Part of a tract of land called Kind
ness" containing 1873 acres, as
sessed to Arnold A. Sell in Elec-
ton District No. IA, and being the
same as conveyed by Sanford A.
Moon, single, to Arnold A. Sell. by
deed dated August 81, 1916, and
recorded in Liber A. G.. r. No. 143,
folio 121, one of the Land Records
of Garrett County Maryland. State
and county taxes due for 1856.
Total amount of taxes due, $1561.
Costs of sale, S18.05. Total as OF
day of sale, S3366. Assessed value,
S70S00.
AZ. George T. Bowers, VindeX,
Maryland. District 1.-The surface
of part of a tract of land called "Po-
tomac Manor" in Election District
No. l, Garrett County, Maryland,
consisting of 81 acres, more or less,
assessed in the name of George T.
Bowers, and being the same land
that was conveyed to the said
George T. Bowers by deed from Stu
art F. Hamill, Assignee, dated Feb
ruary 3, 1871, and recorded in Lii
Der A. G.. r. No 125, folio $50, one
of the Land Records of Garrett
County, Maryland. State and coun-
ty taxes are due for the year 1856.
Total amount of taxes due, $21.92.
Costs of sale, $1805. Total as of
day of sale, $3997. Assessed value,
S99500
43. Fazenbaker, Rose Marie
Hennigh, ct al District 2-Lot No.
8, Block 2, Steele's Addition to the
town of Friendsville, Election Dis
trict No. 2, assessed to Rose Marie
Hennigh FaZenbaker, ct al. and be-
ing the same property which was
conveyed to Rose Marie Hennigh
Fazenbaker and Wilma NJ. Hennigh
by deed from Thomas J. w. Sines
and Virginia Lucille SineS, his wife,
dated March 3, 1858, and recorded
in Liber 176, folio 257 State and
county taxes due for 1856. Total
amount of taxes due, $18.18 Munich.
pal tax, Friendsville, $500 Costs
of sale, S1805. Total as of day of
sale, $43.22 Assessed value, 1925.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1957-07-11

purchase price shall remain on
credit.
Purchasers will be issued a GER
tificate of sale at the time of said
sale, which may be recorded among
the Land Records of Garrett Coun-
ty The holder of any certificate
of sale, his heirs or assigns, may at
any time after the expiration of
of sale, file bill in Equity to fore
close all rights of redemption of
the property to which such certifi-
cate relates. Unless a proceeding
to foreclose the right of redemption
is filed within two years of the
date of the certificate of sale, the
certificate shall be void and all
rights of the holder of the certifi-
cate shall cease and all money re-
ceived by the Treasurer on account
of said sale shall be deemed for
feited. Upon foreclosure and pay
ment of the balance of the pur-
chase price, and all taxes, interest,
penalties and costs. which have &C.
crued in the meantime, the
Treasurer will execute deed
which will vest in the purchaser
an absolute and indefeasible title
in fee simple in the property. free
and clear of all alterations and
descents.
The right of redemption con-
tinueS until foreclosed as above,
upon payment of the whole amount
of money received by the Treasurer
from the sale of the property, to-
gether with interest at six percent
(6% per annum from the date of
sale to the date of redemption, to-
gether with all taxes, interest and
penalties accrued which have been
paid by the holders of the certifi-
cate of sale and the total disbursc-
ments of the holder of the certifi-
cate of sale made in accordance
with law. All costs as to examina-
ton of title, preparation of deed,
Court costs and other expenses ac-
cruing after the sale must be as
sumed by the purchaser.
JOSEPH H. WEIGH,
Treasurer of Garrett Coun-
tY, Maryland.
Adv lS-4t