The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1962-06-22

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State Prison; Jack Mccoy, Omaha
Area COPE director; John Nelson
Missoula, president, Montana Plumb.
ers & Pipefitters;
Tim Babcock, Governor, State OF
Montana; Harold D. Huxley, regional
director, Bureau of Labor Manage
ment, U. S. Dept. of Labor; William
c. Pfeiffer, area director, Bureau of
Labor Management Relations, u. S.
Dept. of Labor; Ora Scott, district di-
rector, Department of Health, Educa-
ton and Welfare, Social Security Di-
vision; Kenny Clark, Miles City, leg
islative chairman for Locomotive
Firemen and Enginemen; Robert Har-
ris, Kalispell, exec. secretary, State
Council of Carpenters;
Clifford C. Cate, Miles City, candi-
date for State Legislature; Len LORI
ing, Boise, staff member, AFL-CIO,
Region 20; John b. Fitz, representa-
tive of the American Red Cross; Joe
Brand, Powell county, candidate for
State Legislature; Gordon Bennett,
candidate for Supreme Court; Ed
Cozad, Missoula, Init. repr., Machin-
lists; ]. Maurice Jones, Helena, Com
missioner of Labor and Industry;
John Caldwell, Missoula, executive
director for State, County and NUM-
cipal Employees, Council No. g; Leon
ard kenfield, Great Falls, president,
Montana Farmers Union; George
Goekel, Butte, business representa-
tive, IBEW Local A; Russ Williams,
Butte, init. representative, IBEW;
Harry Billings. Helena, editor Peo-
pies Voice.
NINE OTHER RESOLUTIONS
Other resolutions by either ALL
CLIO or its political arm, COPE, in
cluded:
Legislative action to improve
library service that Montana people
will have more and better reading
material available no matter where
they may live.
Opposed "vicious anti-labor" leg
islation proposed by Sen. Mcclellan
to hamstring transportation unions
in strike situations, and to make
union officers chargeable with fell
onies for concerted strike action in
the transportation field;
Urged passage of pending rail
safety bill which would give to Inter
state Commerce Commission the au-
thority to establish and enforce rules
and standards re maintenance of
~ 80 ,.o1I.,or
Condemned the recent gas rate
increase granted Montana Power
Company by Public Service Commits
sioners Jack Holmes, Lou Boedecker
and Paul Smith as unwarranted and
and charged that the in
crease "has added to the recessionary |
spiral and drained off purchasing |
power" of Montanans, for the bene
fit of out-of-state stockholders of
the utility;
Urged immediate Congressional
action on the understanding health
care bill as originally drafted. The
bill is now stalled in the Dixiecrat-
COP controlled House Ways and
Means Committee headed up by Cong.
Mills of Arkansas. More than a hun
lred delegates took time out from
business Saturday after
noon to write individual letters to
the Congress in support of the Presi-
DENTS health care proposal for those
over 65;
Observation-Disclosures sheepgrow-
ers came in for sharp criticism via
resolution because of their importing
ow-paid sheep shearers from border
states IT, the south thereby depriving
lnion members of the Sheep-shearers
If America from making living.
Reaffirmed policy positions taken
1t previous conventions, including
opposition to 'fright-to-work" sup
BORT of weight-distance truck taxing
egislation, support for Wilderness
Bill Youth Conservation Corps, par
ty of income for farmers, improve
nents in Unemployment and Work
mems Compensation Acts, etc.
Special resolutions were drafted
expressing appreciation of the stead
q ct efforts on behalf of wage earners