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The people's voice., 1958-06-27
Aronson, UCC Requested7o To
Accept Federal JobIess Aid

An impression gained from a tall
before the convention by ChadwicB
Smith, chairman, Unemployment
Compensation Commission, that the
UCC does not intend to Immediately
accept federal aid to extend the job
less benefit program, drew from del
egates to last weeks State AFL-CIO
convention a request that such fed
eral assistance be Immediately made
available.
In so resolving, the convention
pointed out that under recently-ap-
proved federal legislation it is pos
sible for the states to "avail them
selves of federal funds for the pur-
pose of extending unemployment
benefits by so per cent to claimants
who have or may exhaust their bene-
fits since June 80, 1857 -
Further, said the delegates, "there
are approximately 3,400 unemployed
workers in Montana who (have) ex-
hausted their benefits" and "would
be eligible for additional benefits
if the federal assistance is accepted"
by the commission :" These ex-
tended benefits would do much to
alleviate the possible hardships of
The people's voice., 1958-06-27
Liquor Tax Referendum
Fails TO Draw Support

Only one resolution presented to
the State AFL-CIO convention
failed to make the grade in its
original or amended form. This
was a resolution in support of
Referendum So. Referendum So.
if approved at the November
election will knock out the eight
per cent excise tax voted on hard
liquor by the 1857 Legislative AS
sembly. Collection of this tax by
the State Liquor Control Board has
been stayed since last September
because of a successful referendum
campaign conducted by the Mon
tana Retail Liquor Dealers Asso-
citation.
Most frequent comment heard
in the convention hall: "They (the
liquor dealers) got the tax cut
back, but, they forgot their prom
Use to cut back the price of drinks.
The people's voice., 1958-06-27
MFU President Tells Labortes
'Right-To-Workers, Anti-Farm
Co-opers, One and The Same

1--WE have some real problems be.
fore u.s., said Leonard Kenfield,
president of the Montana Farmers
Union. Secretary of Labor Mitchell
is telling unemployed workers in the
city to move to the country to find
work and Secretary of Agriculture
Benson is telling farmers who can
not make living in the country to
go to the city,. Kenfield was speak
ing before the delegates at the Mon
tana AFL-CIO convention in Liv-
ingston.
He said Montana Farmers Union
people want to know more about the
problems of labor and that labor
and the farmer must work together
on their common problems. He said
The people's voice., 1958-06-27
Still Time To
Take Your Name
From Fake R-W

BUTTE chairman of a groul
opposing "right-to-work" said Fri
day that 1--WE are still hopeful thi.
measure will not appear on the bal
lot".
The Rev. Howard Y. Williams. of
the Citizens Committee for Economic
Progress said, volunteer workers
are active throughout the state and
there is still time for thousands of
Montanans to withdraw their names.
eff the so-called fright work"
measure were properly labeled for
what it is-an attempt to weaken
unions and depress wages-we would
have no objection to seeing it on the
ballot, Reverend Williams said, "but
we feel it is a mockery of democratic
processes to disguise this oppressive
measure under a name like Fright
to-work" which implies that the law
would actually benefit working peo-
pie.
'The proposal would provide no
benefits for anyone except the mi
norlCy OIL employers VINO nave no
regard for the rights of others, and
in the long run employers would
suffer along with labor. When wages
and purchasing power decline bust
ness suffers and when the security
and dignity of working people de-
cline not only the economic but the
moral health of the community is
"Our committee represents clergy
nen, both Protestant and Catholic,
educators, doctors, lawyers and other
itizens who know that the common
'ood is never served by doing evil
o any group in our society,".
The people's voice., 1958-06-27
Improved Farm Program, Food
Stamp Plan Be Leeislated
Labor Asks

Montana State AFL-CIO, in con-
vention assembled last week, pledged
itself to laid in every possible way
the successful enactment of legisla-
tion which will prove of benefit to
our farming population, with particu-
lar emphasis on preserving the fam
ily-type farm"
In so doing, the convention pointed
out that nearly 100000 people left
the land last year and that this mass
migration to the cities 'is causing
serious dislocations in our economy
and our whole society by loading our
cities with large numbers of people
they are not ready to accommodate.
The people's voice., 1958-06-27
At Livingston
At Livingston
importance of Placing All
0ccupationaI Diseases
Under lab Again Stressed

The Importance of placing Sill
COSTS and all other occupational di-
seases under workmen's compensa-
tion was again stressed at this years
Montana State AFL-CIO convention
in Livingston, last weekend.
Montana is one of three states
which does not hold the industry in
which an occupational disease is con-
tracted, responsible for compensa-
tion to the disabled worker. In round
figures, Silicosis and other occupa-
tional diseases are costing the gen
eral taxpayers of Montana a million
dollars each biennium.
In repeating its resolve to work
to broaden the disability compensa-
tion program administered by the
Industrial Accident Board, the con-
vention pointed out that ''the prob
lens of occupational disease are be-
coming increasingly critical for all
the wage earners of the state.''
Observing attempts by the mining
smelling industry, which up to the
present has been successful in block
ing the enactment OF adequate oc-
supational disease compensation by
the insertion of clauses in such leg
islation for waivers of rights under
the law by workingmen," the con-
vention continued it's opposition to
all waiver clauses. "Such law which
provides for the waiver of rights
to be established by such
law is not an adequate compensation
act," the convention resolved.
(Occupational disease comp. leg
slation failed of passage in the 1857
Legislative Assembly because the
Company lobby insisted on
a waiver provision which in practical {
operation would have forever pre-
,luded victims of Silicosis from COM
ng under the workmen's compensa- j,
ion ogram.-EDITOR.) :
The people's voice., 1958-06-27
Painters Talk
Organization OF
State Council

Delegates from several Montana
local unions of the Brotherhood of
Painters, Decorators and Paperhang-
ers of America met in Livingston last
Thursday to commence the forma-
tion of State Conference.
Elected as temporary officers of
the group were Lyle Johnson of Boze-
man, president; j. E. Winsby of Bill
lings, vice president; and Perry Mel
ton of Kalispell, secretary-treasurer
Action was taken to apply to the
international union for a charter.
President Johnson, with A. E. Lip
pert of Helena and George Johnson
of Butte, were designated as a COM
mittee to draw up bylaws for con-
sideration at an early fall conference
meeting.
General purposes of the new state
organization of Painters and allied
tradesmen, are to better coordinate
activities of local unions about the |
state and to work in closer co-opera-
tion with other branches of the labor
movement.
A committee of Livingston paint
ers, headed by local union president,
William Lund and secretary, Harold
entertained the visiting
delegates at dutch lunch preceding
the business session.
The people's voice., 1958-06-27
"Right-to- o-Work" Is
Continued From Page One)

CONTINUED From Page One)
nessmen and employers at all level
of government.
1.-The small businessman whose EN-
ployes are unorganized may be able
to shave few cents off his EN-.
ployes' hourly wages and may save
on fringe benefits. however, he usu-
ally gets a rude awakening when he
learns that an INSCRIPTIONS competi-
tor whose guiding business principle
is avarice, chisels every possible cent
out of his employe. Then there is no
uniformity in wage scales and the
result is economic anarchy. Honest
competition is halted, there is no
stability of wages, no stability of
purchasing power and-a selfish but
important point to businessmen-no
stability of profits in free enter
prise system"
Schotte said that "under present
conditions in Montana, labor and
management negotiate thousands of
contracts every year, labor and man
check and balance each
other with delicate finesse and, for
it is seldom necessary for
the government to interfere.
Small business will be the great
loser if we fail to preserve the pres
ent system which provides for labor
contracts through mutual agreement.
# it becomes compulsory for govern
nent to set wages and benefits the
lights of the worker and perogative
If management both disappear.
"The 'right-to-work' law as pro-
posed for consideration in Montana
does not give anyone a right to
work. Schotte said, but would
deny to both employer and employe
the right to agree voluntarily to a
union shop contract
Schotte is president of the Butte
Iotor Company and of Union Credit !
The people's voice., 1958-06-27
|AFL-CIO To
.0pposeLoeuI
Option Move

Montana State AFL-CIO legisla-
tive representatives are under orders
from the organizations state conven-
ton to oppose any "local option"
legislation concerning sale of beer
and alcoholic beverages which NAV
be introduced in the 1859 Legislative
Assembly.
Intentions to seek "local option''
legislation were announced some
little time ago by a newly-formed
group calling itself the Good Gov
ernment League, with headquarters
in Yellowstone county.
In concurring with a request for
opposition to the move from the
State Council of Hotel & Restaurant
and Bartenders, AFL-
CIO delegates pointed out that 'local
option constitutes a threat to the
of many thousands of
of Montana organized labor
who are engaged in a number of
in the legal licensed sale
If beer and alcoholic beverages as
ruck drivers, warehousemen. bar
enders, store clerks and walters and
Mattresses, etc."
In addition the convention said
hat prohibition has been a failure
N both a national and local option
asis, because prohibition brings
bout bootlegging, increased juvenile
vice and crime, all to
ne detriment of the general welfare
f our people :"
The people's voice., 1958-06-27

that is why farmers are against th
mis-named "right-to-work'' law. HI
pointed out that it is ga basic eco
nomic fact that both farmer and la
borer must be able to buy back the
things they produce"
Our economies are inter-related
he said, and we should do some
serious thinking about what our pro-
gram is going to be.
In speaking of the common prob
lens of the farmer and the working
man, the Flu president explained the
taxes that co-operatives pay. He said
survey in Yellowstone county
showed that 800 of the dividend
checks returned to farmers as a re-
suit of operating their own business
were spent on Main Street.
''If there is any doubt in your
mind about the coop in your
county," Kenfield said, ego to the
county treasurer's office and check
how much taxes they are paying"
He added, "the same people who
are proposing 'right-to-work' are
out to get the co-ops.'
He reminded the labor delegates
hat the Montana Farmers Union
loes not own single coop, and that
heir insurance agency is the only |
BUSINESS in which the Farmers Union
5 engaged.
Kenfield said in 1853 General
dotors Corporation had a larger
usiness than all of the farm co-ops
n the United States.
He urged support of the six-mill
evy and opposed a sales tax saying
ttempts to defeat the six-mill levy
a squeeze and an Opening for a
ales tax.
The people's voice., 1958-06-27
State AFL-CI0 To Work
For Closed Primary Law

Repeated invasions of voters of one
party affiliation of the opposite
party's primary nominating ballot
should be stopped, according to reso-
luton action taken by the State
AFL-CIO convention at the request
of Oil Workers Local 2493, Cut Bank.
In obvious reference to the long
time practice of Republicans cross
ing over into the Democratic fold
at primary election time, the con-
vention charged that "organized
forces are voting the opposition bal
lot in determined effort to defeat
the most highly qualified candi-
date" on that ballot.
To correct this situation, legisla-
tion is requested similar to the
"closed primary" law of the State
of Oregon where voters must register
as to party affiliation and then, if
they wish to vote in the primary,
they must vote in the primary of the
party whose affiliation they showed
preference for at time of registra-
lion.
The people's voice., 1958-06-27

| Inc farm depression QelegaCeS
noted, "is adding to the deepening
recessions everywhere since the great
deficiencies in farm income not only
deprive millions of farm families op-
portunities for earning a decent
standard of living by depriving them
of purchasing power whose loss is
reflected in cutbacks in business and
industrial activity resulting in in
creased employment.
To assist agriculture in it's battle
against the cost-price squeeze, the
convention requested the Congress
and the Administration to "put into
operation a federal farm law that
will strengthen and stabilize farm
income and provide greatly improved
opportunities for family-type farm
ing and ranching"
FOOD STAMP PLAN
Viewing large food surpluses on
the one hand and growing unemploy-
ment on the other, the convention
asked that the Congress and the Ad-
Immediately adopt "a
food stamp plan or other similar
means to make Americas abund-
ance of food available to our under
1ourished and needy people in man.
Ter that will greatly expand present
neager and often sharply deficient
ood budgets" Such plan would
lot only prove of great help in this
ime of recession to the unemployed
nd other income groups, but would
lso provide a means of reducing
ood surpluses.
'ARMER-LABOR COOPERATION ,
Taking account of the long-enjoyed [
Montana labor has re- i
eived from the states farmers, par C
cularly the ,000-family Montana v
armers Union, who ''have consist T
ntly proved themselves to be our n
'iends", the convention reiterated o
S intention that Montana State il
FL-CIO shall "aid in every pos t;
BILE way the successful enactment i,
legislation which will prove of
enefit to our farming population, n
ith particular emphasis on preserv- n
g the family-type farm" q q
In this connection, the convention q,
so commended Senators Murray and :
ansfield and Cong. Metcalf and An
rson "for their continuing efforts (
behalf of agriculture and the y
farm, and assured the
legation "of our support in their .
forts to secure enactment of pro-
ans desired by agriculture in the Il
ture.'
The people's voice., 1958-06-27

Company, a road contracting firm,
and operates a number of bakeries in
Montana. He has been active in pub
lie affairs for many years.
The people's voice., 1958-06-27

There were 10 per cent more new
books on education subjects published
in 1857 than in 1866.
The people's voice., 1958-06-27
ASK HIGHER BENEFITS.
HIGHWAY PROGRAM SPEEDUP

Two other resolutions lin addition
to one on Paradise Dam. elsewhere
reported in this issue) dealt directly
with Montana's unemployment situa-
ton.
One of these observes that F'Mon-
tana's unemployment compensation
law falls far short of the 80 weeks
duration and the maximum of two
thirds of the average weekly wage
benefits" as recommended by u. S.
Secretary of Labor James Mitchell.
Continuing, the resolution called at
tention to the fact that Montana
has one of the most substantial
trust funds in the nation and the
extending of the number of weeks
of duration and the raising>of the
maximum weekly benefits would do
much to alleviate hardship among
the unemployed" Accordingly. state
AFL-CIO officers are under instruc-
tlon to institute legislation that will
provide longer duration period and
will raise the maximum weekly bene-
fit amounts to more nearly coincide
Will hACSuSl recommendations.
The other resolution, also calling
attention to Montana's extremely
high joblessness, urges the federal
of public roads and
The states congressional delegation
20 use every effort to speed up the
construction program. "es-
oecially around the cities where un-
is the highest, so as to
'ut some of our unemployed to
york."
CAS- of May 81, according to the
JCC's MONTANA LABOR, MAR
LET, there were 1928 unemployed
eeking work through the State EN-
loyment Service. This was a gain
f $500 over May 81, 1857. Two
birds of these jobless Montanans
7ere registered in Billings, Butte,
reat Falls, Kalispell and Missoula,
18th Kalispell leading the list with a
'tal of 2,727.-EDITOR.)
The people's voice., 1958-06-27

our unemployed members and be of
great benefit to the economy of the
State -
Prior to the convention, Attorney
General Forrest H. Anderson had
ruled that under Montana law the
UCC has the authority to accept such
federal assistance without special
legislative action. Also, the advisory
board of UCC, on Tuesday before
the convention started, met and after
due deliberation voted 8-5 to urge
the three-man compensation commits
sion to accept the assistance now
available from Washington.
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pageantry and a large variety
OF distinctive foods.
New at the festival this year
will be an outdoor bake oven.
1t will be used by a group of
Pennsylvania Dutch women,
many over 10 years Of age, to
bake bread the way their
mothers and grandmothers did.
The hot loaves will be sold to
festival visitors.
More than so skilled crafts
men, including many old
timers, will be on hand to
demonstrate the techniuues
handed down among the
Pennsylvania Dutch for gen.
erations. Among them will be
a wheelwright, weaver, potter,
glaSsblower, printer. violin
maker and even a hex" sign
painter.
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century Swiss and German
Anabaptists have added color
in their own unobstrusive way
to the rich religious and social
patterns of America.
This will be readily UNDER
stood, he pointed out. when
thousands of visitors to the
festival see the life-sized mod
els CARRIED in the Amish prayer
coverings, Sh wis, bonnets,
broad-rimmed hats. "wam-
muses." and other insignia of
the plain people. ALI their
clothes are privately made.
Most other events at the folk
festival feature such activities
of the Gay Dutch" as sing
ing, dancing, demonstrations,
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BRADDOCK HEIGHTS. MD.
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BY MARJORIE F. vIRDEN
Special Writer for me star

REHoBOTH BEACH. Del.
June THE influx Of official
Washington to cottages and
hotels in this summer resort is
in full swing.
The Ambassador Of Spain,
Don Jose M. de Areilza, his
wife and their daughter Mer-
cedes have leased the cottage
owned by Mr.. and Mrs. Jack
son c. Davis Of Washington, in
the Henlopen Acres section.
On pine-bordered Columbia
avenue. the Netherlands En-
bassy has leased the Veran-
dahs. the home Of Artist Ethel
Penniwell Brown Leach.
Mrs. Lyla Townsend Savoy
of Rehoboth Beach and WASH
ington had a member of Presi-
dent Eisenhower's staff, COmdr
Earle E. Chesney, and Mrs.
Chesney as Memorial Day
weekend guests at her Penn
sylvania avenue cottage. Mrs.
Savoy and her guests were
among a group of family and
friends Of Mrs. Sayoy's father,
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Pennsylvania Dutch
Plan Folk Festival

KUTZTOWN. Pa. (SpeciaD
The dress of the plain peo-
ple." one Of the most distinc-
tive folk garbs in America, will
be exhibited at the ninth an
nual Pennsylvania Dutch Folk
Festival at the Kutztown Fair
grounds July 2 through July 6.
The exhibition will include
clothing worn by the Amish,
Mennonites, Quakers, Schwenk-
folders, Dunkards and others.
All the costumes are noted
throughout the world for their
distinctive plainness.
Alfred L. Shoemaker, festi-
val director, said for two CEN
turtles these quiet and peace
full descendants of the 10th
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there win be other National
Guard and Reserve officers
units training at both Bethany
and Miles the entire summer,
starting this month.
Fishing party cruisers. from
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Rehoboth Beech Host
To Westinghouse

former Senator John G. Town
send. who helped him celebrate
his 87th birthday at a dinner
at his home in Selbyville.
United States Senator and
Mrs. John j. Williams have
reopened their cottage on the
boardwalk, and will now be lin
residence" as much as possible.
Camp HOnOrs POstIes
Delaware's National Guard
camp. with training areas at
nearby Bethany Beach and at
Fort Miles in Loves. will be Of
ficially known this summer as
Camp James Parke Postles. in
honor Of one of Delaware's
Civil War heroes.
The Delaware Guards will
train at Camp Postles from
June 20 through July IS. In
addition. Mai. Frank v. Pechu-
lis. commanding officer at Fort
Miles. has announced that
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REHOBOTH BEACH. DEL.
ABBEY COTTAGES 81 Maryland Ave
Newly Decorated. Quiet, Restful--In
BEAUTIFUL REHOBOTH BEACH, della
WARE. Phone 5481.
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CLOSED VISION"
Al $50 and 1910
RECOMMENDED FOR
LDULT AuDIENCES

ADOLA hUD4GNNEo
"RUY BIAS and "A ROYAL Sf sSil1L : :
starring MAURICE CHEVALIER.
Wep- Ihurs.-'BfCYCLE THIEF" and
bI IL; ae IN THE Se skUE M hEdEI
plus GRETA CARLO In STREETS OF
SEPTEMBER So weeks - CHARLIE
CHAPLIN n THE GOLD RUSH.
Coming IN Oetober-BUSTER KEATON
Fun Pin Festival featuring IN person
the immortal BUSTER KEAToN.
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purchases and gavs her Nev
York address.
"And what's the name
picase?" asked the clerk.
Jack Mccarthy, Just. bach
from a New England tour. re-
ports that in the town Of Mis-
quamicut, r. l., the Andrea
Hotel is right on the beach
and that q high tide practically
comes into the hotel door
Nonetheless. the bar In the
hotel has thoughtfully rugged 4
battery Of sun lamps so that
steady customers can get q
healthy sun tan without
stepping out into the dangerous
outdoors.
ss $50
Willie Kolmer and Jack
Marcus. the clothiers, attended
the christening of the new baby
Of one of their actor customers.
There was a small girl present
very interested in the ceremony
She didn't say q word until the
holy water was used.
AT all their other parties, +"
she said clearly, "they used
champagne"
= v +
George Shearing's daughter.
Wendy, is helping her mother
run the family music business,
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NEW YoRK.-This corners
recent experiment with Added
Adages, or twisting the teeth
Of old saws, has found q goodly
number OF converts, all Of whom
have forwarded the following
mangled maxims which are
herewith submitted:
From Joe La Zizza: A little
yearning is q dangerous thing.
=. Eary to bed and early to
rise. who's got the money to
do anything else? -. A fool
and his money are soon tearing
up mutuel tickets. =. To err
is human, TO give in divine. ..
The pays the thing. ;. There's
nothing so rare as a day with
June. Out Of the mouths
Of babes comes the stuff you're
trying to feed them. =. The best
things in life are taxable.
From w. B. Paschal: Silence
is not golden for Arthur Cod
fry and Billy Graham. A
work well done needs doing over
again II it's pulling weeds. From
Ken Luther: A house divided is
probably a split level. Ac-
tons speak louder than words,
especially If it's a punch in the
mouth. Half q loaf Is 10
slices. "A chrysanthemuni by
any other name would be easier
to spell. From Fred Eisenstadt:
He who lives by the sword is a
mess. II the cap fits don't
get q haircut. :. He who hesi-
tates is bossed. -. There's
many q slip on icy pavements.
From Johnny Friedkin: An
apple . day keeps the fruit
man in business. -. Neither
a borrower nor a lender be but
II you must, be a borrower.
From Sam Chamades: Every
dog has his date. II takes