HISTORIC L SOCIETY OF MONTANA

_/«*«*** KEEP FAITH fâàjflL \wifhus~I : \by buying] Montana Labor News BUÏ MORE THAH BEFORE MJmn bonds ******* -!- PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTERESTS OF ORGANIZED LABOR BUTT U MONTANA,; THURSDAY, NOV. 9,1944 .No. 36 FtOPLt WIN OVER S3 r L • ST. GOVERNMENT ISSUES PRELIMINARY MEET THE PEOPLES CHOICE A F L PRESSES FOR ELECTI0N 0F PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT GUIDE TELLING HOW FOR WORLD LABOR SHOWDOWN ON WAGE MEANS WORLD-WIDE VICTORY FOR DEMOCRACY AND THE COMMON PEOPLE TO BUY PROPERTY PARLEY IS CALLED i POLICY CHANGE WASHINGTON, D. C.—Pressing for a The majority of the people of the United State indicated A buyer's guide for purchasing gov­ WASHINGTON (FP)—A preliminary ernment-owned property both from dis- | conference to set the agenda for the Jan, quick showdown on the nation’s basic their belief and their faith in conduct of the war and of the posai and owning agencies made its ap- 8 world labor congress in London will be wage policy, A. F. L. members of the Na­ administration of domestic policies November 7, 1944 LUC pearance today under the auspices of attended Dec. 4 by representatives of the tional War Labor Board refused flatly to sit In consideration of any specific when they re-elected Franklin D. Roosevelt Chief ex­ the Senate Small Business committee. cao. lJ wage cases now pending until the Presi­ In the interest of a "fair opportunity Announcing the CIO’s acceptance of v ecutive of the and Commander in Chief of ■ dent decides once and for all the future the invitation sent by Sir Walter Citrine, for small business,” a subcommittee on status of the Little Steel formula. the armed forces and this notwithstanding a tirade of surplus war property headed by Senator general secretary of the British Trades The NWLB, still puttering around with abuse and misrepresentation and the expenditure of vast Tom Stewart (Tennessee), initiated this Union Congress, OIO Pres. Philip Mur­ i. first official and comprehensive book of ray said Nov. 2 that Pres, Sidney Hill­ its so-called "factual” report to the sums of money to discredit him. instructions to buyers. man of the Amalgamated Clothing Work- President on demands for readjustment • It was with a sense of thanksgiving of the pay formula had Indicated an The guide lists five disposal agencies ers, Pres. R. J. Thomas of the United Re-Elected to Congress that the people accepted the re-election I intention of proceeding with a number of Mr. Roosevelt. In Montana notwit and the Army and Navy as sources of Auto Workers and Pres. Emil Rieve of j ! of pending cases, and offering "appease­ standing some set-backs, many liberal, government-owned property : classifies the Textile Workers had been asked to ment” to labor In the form of "hidden” were elected to office including Albert the| property handled by each and in­ represent the CIO to help work out the PH wage increases. H. Angstman, R. V. Bottomly, Sam W. cludes brief instructions to the buying agenda. I The AFL, standing on its earlier de- Mitchell, John J. Holmes and Mike public as to how it may secure informa­ The reaction of the A. F. L. members tion about offerings and how to buy. vision not to participate in the woi id ■was prompt and uncompromising. They Mansfield. Under each aigency is a complete list of i labor parley, sent Citrine a cablegiam served notice, after conferring with A. One of the gratifying phases of the its field offices, where sales actualy take ' informing him the AFL would not send F. L. President William Green, that they national election was the elimination of would be satisfied with nothing short of place. I any representative to the Dec. 4 prellm- a number of reactionary isolationists ' inaries and the invitation to the Janu- revision of the Litlte Steel formula The guide's index makes the following j from the national congress. |ary labor congress would be taken up which would adjust wage rates upward catégorial assignment of property : cap- i by the executive board at the AFL con­ to make up for increased living costs. ital and producers goods, RFC ; consum-1 Serious Lack of Child ers’ goods (other than foods), Treasury j vention in New Orleans. : c It would be impossible, In the A. F. L.’s Originally scheduled for June 8. the Procurement; foods, WFA; all types of judgment, to deal adequately with the Care Services Revealed world labor conclave was postponed due problem on the basis of evidence in any "As long as the size of the family surplus property abroad, FEA; merchant 'to travel restrictions pending the In- ships and small-powered water craft and |1 (single case until the over-all policy is pocketbook determines whether a child various maritime items, U. S. Maritime '/asion of Europe. The 9 CIO internat­ decided. and his mother are going to get the best Commission; industrial scrap material,ional vice presidents,, „ Sec., T Treas,____ James_ Furthermore, the A. F. L. is disturbed available medical care at birth, we are and other items resulting from contract |B- W and Gen. Cou^el Ue Pressman, ■ by increasing indications on the part of undermining the possibility of main­ 1 previously delegated, will attend the con­ 4 the public members of the NWLB of a taining a healthy and strong generation,” termination, Navy Department and War gress with Murray when it convenes in desire to continue stalling on thèir re­ Dr. Leonard W. Mayo told the annual Department. Then under each agency ; £w-.: heading are cataloged full illustrative January. port to the President, thus delaying the meeting of the board of directors of the lists of the types of property handled. Back in September Murray sent Cit- President Franklin Delano Roosevelt final decision for months, fS. . Child Welfare League. ••If small business is to receive its fair|rine a letter, urging quick action in call- A. F. L. Secretary-Treasurer George The League reported serious and un­ share of surpluses, goods must be made. ing the United Nations labor meet and Meany charged in a public statement MIKE MANSFIELD necessary suffering and increased deaths accessible through simple, convenient I stressing the importance of forging un- that NWLB Chairman Davis had “in- from diarrhea among this year’s record and well-advertised disposal methods,” ity among the nations for peace. j crop of babies overtaxing of existing Senator Stewart said in a letter of sub- He earlier had sent the CIO proposed '■SOUTH AMERICAN SOVIET UNION TO draw” from^hftoardlfSey^perristed MONTANA’S 0I10TA child care facilities, a newly discovered mittal to the committee chairman, Sen- agenda for the conclave to be attended I in their refusal to participate further in »'»vil 1 min «J l fi need for these services, and a gain in ator James E. Muray. by union organizations of 37 countries j specific cases until the general wage s-irt nin irmrn prinn Înationwide efiorts to provide day care “Your subcommittee on Surplus War representing 45 million organized work- LABOR EAGER TO ATTEND WORLD policy is settled. (jf I/AK 1 IKtj jtl for children of working mothers. The Property has received a number of re- ers, with suggestions for speeding the al- Davis quickly denied having issued j | overall; lack of services for the protec- ultimatum, although it was I Montana’s passenger car tire quota for tion of children is “disgraceful to a quests for information on the means to Hed war effort toward victory, facilitat- such an be employed in acquiring surplus prop- ing postwar reconversion and establish- KNOW Ü.S. UNIONS BUSINESS MEETING learned that other public members had November is slightly larger than the country with so many resources," the (FP)—Business and in- erty. The accompanying report repre- ing an international move- WASHINGTON (FP)—Two of the Lat- warned him to retreat from his extreme October quota, A. T. Patterson, State oj eague declared. sents the information on this subject ment, In Amifican labor representatives, dustry representatives of 48 nations will | posjti0n. PA Director, said today. ______furnished by the Bureau of the Budget, In first declining Citrine’s invitation'«^ of the U S. Dept, of Labor fin- attend the Inti. Business Conference j ,mj-. Meany and Matthew Woll, the The November quota of 6,565 is 987 I more than the quota for October. It is ' Wins« Attorney, p J with the approval of the Surplus War|t0 attend the ]abor c0ngress, the AFL,ished the fir6tlap Z riZvardf the U, 3. Chamber of Cora-[other A. F. L. board member, were re- Property Administrator. By reference to retused on grounds that it should have u- s- wak Plants, textile mills shipy r . called by just about large enough to meet estimât- «Cnerâl Xvctce merce, the Natl. Assn, of Manufacturers i ported to be suspicious of a move by the this report, small businessmen will be ; been caUed by the InU Federation of]and an'plane fact°ties. ^epoF* g , ° j NWLB to appease certain C. I. O. unions ed November replacement demands by able to determine on the basis of au-|Tradc Unions mstead of the BTUC. A*|'vomen.s «vision Nov. 1 ‘^ait they v and the Natl. Foreign Trade Council at j| by offering “hidden” wage increases in'eligible ”C” and "B” ration holders, Pet- thoritative information the steps to be L attendance will be possible only If the ]learm:d mllch about wo k g conditions the Westchester Country Club, Rye, N. jtbe jorm 0f differentials for night work, erson said, but is not large enough to taken to be informed of surplus disposal | executiVP board should reverse its de. Ihere and are ea«er t0 know "101c much Y., Nov. 10-18. ! vacations with pay, etc,, which would | enable local War Price and Rationing action’’ . ■ i i. more—about the American trade union The Soviet Union, left out of the con- ! not involve any open break in the Little, Boards to work off much of the backlog action. cision at the convention. ■r;:l Senator Stewart said the guide would ______movement. ference sponsors’ original list which in­ Steel formula. of 4,200 approved, but unfilled applica- require revision as ,‘time goes on ’’ but vrUTrapra OrrrvPT A riy I Part of a group of 8 government labor Meanwhile, the public members of the tions for new passenger car tires for cluded a number of fascist nations, will board drafted a portion of their “factual” | Montana’s essential drivers, "in the meantime, the Senate Small- IJN|Jr,|\ NKUKc ! AK 1 officials from 5 Latin American repub- not be officially represented but M. M. Business Committee feels a responsibility lies Sra. Jandyra Rodrigues is inspection Oousev, representative of the USSR report to the President and submitted to smadbusiness to make this informa- FJ i TTC O CAM chief for women and child workers in the Chamber of Commerce in the U. S,, will copies to the other members for discus­ tion available.” I A 1 » LlljUll Sao Paulo, Brazil, department of labor. Automobile dealers who refuse to sell attend as an observer. sion and consideration. In the. opinion a car to a prospective purchaser who has Sra. Carmen Vasquez Gomez de Molina, of some disillusioned labor o arvara 1 j the cash and necessary papers may be The conference, called “to clear the Winner of Supreme PR AKPÇ î AROR is labor *nsPect°r f°r the w°men's divis- may take at least another mon, c ok barred from dealing in any cans now ra­ I iliiluLJ LnUUlv ion 0( the Mexican department of labor. way for the restoration of international the full report is completed approved tioned in the future trade,” will discuss: private enterprise, it was pointed out Court Race New York—American workers share Although they've been in the U. S. and sent along to the White House. today by the local War Price & Ration- commercial policy of nations, currency Labor members of the board are pro- I Board with the Army and Navy the credit for only a short time on their unique good relations among nations, encouragement y eeeding with plans to draft their ownfj ' the great achievements of this war, ac- neighbor trip to better understand Amer- land protection of investments, industrial- report to the President because they are °PA now requires that all auto- cording to Under Secretary of War lean labor gains and problems, the sen-|ization ln new area.s> transportation and I ! Robert P. Patterson. He pointed to the ! eras are already impressed' with ”tbe ! communications, raw materials and convinced that the document prepared ™blle daato post llsts lhelr purreat by the public members will be unsatis- inventory of 1942 cars held for sale. The I tarrying out of the Leyte invasion in j beautiful Interest of women” in indust- I foodstuffs, and cartels. The public members already cars must llsted b>’ makC‘ bot|V ‘W*. 1 the Pacific " at the very time that our ' rial, legislative and political affairs. factory. ] supply requirements in Europe are reach- with great approval they noted that ! Original plans for this pre-peace table have served notice that they will make | serial number and engine number and i ing their peak,” as proof of the strides I certain Iabor officials in i Federatedcaucus did pressnot include learned the Sovietfrom sources Union, no recommendations to the President on J whether new or used. If the dealer has changing the pay formula. The first! no 1942 cars for sale, a notice to this ef­ made since Pearl Harbor. . . ;are elected instead of al>pointcd t0 thelr! within the NAM and revealed in an ex- fect must be posted'. In a comprehensive review of the War | poStK con,trary to procedure in Brazil portion of their report, according to Mr. I ...... : . , elusive story July 21. The list of nations Meany is so vague and diffuse that the 1 It was further pointed out that any .picture before the Association of the Bar|and Mexlco as well as most states in the |which at that tlme had received invlta- |of New York Ci y, e n r ce, ,u. S. liions to send delegates included fascist President could find ample Justification certificate holder who experiences dit­ .spiked hopes however, that the wa. is They also pointed out that lactones ■ Spain> Portugal and Argentina and did to it either for readjusting the wage flculty to locating a new, car for sale formula or leaving it in status quo. may write for the location of a suitable R. V. BOTTOMLEY “on its la.st legs’ and warned tnat win- |employing more than 50 women in Mex- | ning it is still the nation’s number one ico and 30 women in Brazil are required 'bynot theinclude Intl Russia.Business A conferencestatement issuedoffice car to: OOPA Inventory and Conrtol, É Wß 1 Branch, Empire State Bldg., New York job.” He stated; I by law to maintain nurseries for the ln ,.evealcd that Sovlet Russia [ /(l), N. Y. "The belief that the war is a thing of ery yolmg children of working mothers,, „accepted an lnvllatlon to sit with the FEEDER ROAD PLAN the past comes from grossly exaggerate | cwlsidering it a gain for u. e. women to Lrivate enterprise nations of the world YOU MUST FILE Maximum prices tor eggs for the re- | ed stories as to cutbacks in the war P™- work toward. |in the Intl. Business Conference.” The î mainder of this year and all of next have auction program and from the vast visiting textile mills In Russian Iy was t0 ..an. invitation iNEW TAX REPORT I just been set by the OPA, according to MERITS SUPPORT amount of postwar planning that is be- to study methods for preventing iruïus- ! cal>leci two m0nths ago” it said, 1 WASHINGTON, D, C—Workers are the local War Price and Rationing ing carried on. Of courte, we should plan trial accidents and problems of women An IBC spokesman told FP it Intend- 1 advtaed by Joseph D. ' higher for the Pall than duringprices anthe I 1 for industrial reconversion and demobil-, woricers, they are looking forward to •OF HIGHWAY USERS I ization. We in the War Department seeing the U. S. industrial war machine ' Cd to invite the USSR all along but did 1mlssl0“! °exemptlon certificates 1 Summer. But they’re lower for next ! Montana residents who depend pri- ALBERT If. ANGSTMAN have carried on that planning for I at work ln Chicago .New York and phila- \not know the , lwfe °f a1'! al^oprla^e I witti their employers no later than De- [ Spring. Therefore, your totale bill marlly upon secondary or feeder roads i , months. Of course, wo should plan for delphia. justness organization to ask. The mat-) b under the Indi- will be no higher, for the Fall than dur- for their access to markets are support- i If You Missed the Overseas .world security, at Dumbarton oaks and, Jn these cities they hope to meet with )'™ Pursued according to traditional, ‘ of 1944. ing the Summer. But they're lower for tog a contention of the state highway Pbrietma Mallinu nate elsewhere, so that the peace we are fightjtrade unionists to get a better picture procedure and therefore took.'1^ ngw ^ changed lhe method of|next Spring. Therefore, your total egg department that secondary road federal J Christmas Mailing Date , for wm be preserved. We should be of problems facing workers from the un- some tlmg’ he sald~______I counting exemptions, and therefore bil> will be no higher. The reason prie- standards be lowered to permit more If you missed the October deadline I ct w w did not carry 0„ thatlJon polnt 0l vlew. ' ------„ . ----- made it necessary to get new certificates es are higher at this time of year, of mileage to be built for mailingChristmas packages overseas p,annlng now (______ARPHIF MrlAffART Ki aU employes who work for wages | course, is that eggs are less plentiful. | The department claims only by the ' and want to send a gift of money, send | 11The troubie not with the postwar ] » HPT AH PPPC 1 iIvL'fllti 1(ÎC 1 /HjVJillV 1 |. _ ,vhich income tax is withheld. The production is at its lowest during adoption of fedir.il regulations perm.t- 1 it via postal money order not In cash. L It is with the implication 1 Ä (jkNJh V IIA1IAmin m7 rl I7o Low certificates must be filed to assure the molting season of September, Octo- ting such a course can the appropna- the ai-my and navy postoffice emphasize.!^ M readlly {rom the plan-|^(II),U I *I VIUllj I ÜLtluO UOMORpI] DV F| eZloyes the proper exemptions from b-‘r and November. Incidently, a point rions for secondary mileage likely to At many places were servicemen are njngi the ldea that the planning can only , TVm ftP I ITTI V HUllVULU U 1 LL1W LTthholding on all wages paid on and to remember is that you don’t have to become available by enactment of high- statloned, cash could not be used it re-'mean that lhe war js ln the bag and thati yj LI 1 i LL Archie McTaggart, former Mayor of | after January 1, 1945. AU old exemption bl,y the most expensive eggs There are way legislation now under consideration ceived. Army men can cash a Postal h t home we had bctter relax a little the city of Butte and widely known certificates now to use will expire auto- Plenty of good quality eggs. Just as^ edible by the congress be made to serve!to the money order at any APO or by present- j conccrn ourselves with the pros- CTCpi TARMI throughout the state of Montana, was lumber 31. Ias the extra-fancies. You can get these greatest possible advantage from the ing the order to their company mail ' of brighter days ahcad. But the O I LEL rUUlUULrtI A JUU1NSOON honored ThursdaJ, November 2, 1944 by, “?law does not permit an employe [for lower prices. standpoint of our rural population, clerk. Navy men whether land based or t lans arc utterly worthless un-; WASHINGTON (FP)—A prediction ' the Elks Lodge when he was granted a'to receive any withholding exemption | Montana^ scccjiidary and farm- o- aboard ship can get money orders c^hed ^ ^ wln the wr. And the war JfZTde here Nov. 2 by CIO Counsel |forty year pin j^ter /anua^ 1 unless he has given his, Christmas is not going to be such a XIZTni! I y.. ,nav3[ m-r nev nt the nresent rate a Present reality witb tlle 6.000,000 Pressman that Pres. Roosevelt will under Mr. McTaggart term the Elks ' employer a new certificate, Nunan point- strain on the pocket-book this y&a, consti-ucterf since 1934 there paid to local currency at the present rate who are fighting it out uncap the Ud on wages soon...before ^ papered and rained to member- |ed put 'thanits to OPA. There’s a limit on the -“^d of exchange. 'overseas. The casualties reported last victory is won in Europe. |ship. Many members of the lodge have a leaflet designed to help employes ( price you 11 pay for Junior s imitation nf iv»ndinir federal Late gift articles can also be sent to i week, Army and Navy, in addition to | preSsman. who presented the case of'stated that it was a pleasure to attend understand and fill out the new exemp- j ten-ton truck and make-believe tommy p ’ nrevaiw mad design the army without a written request from ithose previously reported, were 18,000 the united Steelworkers (CIO) to the meetlngis when he was ruler. Mr. Me- tion certificates will be distributed by | gun as well as sisters costume doll. Last .' ... . ’ _mlld j-K- the servicemen if they weigh less than I killed, wounded and missing. Natl. War Labor Board also said he ex- Taggart is given a good deal of credit for employers along with the new certificate , year, when the pricing of toys had to be • ’ .... . , eight ounces. But the APO can’t 1 "The infantry soldier is still up In'^j«, the administration to settle the the erection of the new modern home forms, Nunan announced. | subordinated to the pricing of more 1m- !? ^"“^rtlUwould remain guarantee delivery before Dec. 25, front, taking the rain and the cold In a other Issues in the case, vacations, the at the corner of Galena & Montana! The new exemption certificates and,portant Items like food and furniture B ' e foxhole keeping down his hunger with: guaranteed annual wage and so forth, streets. The old home of the Elks was withholding tables were provided under there were reports of widespread vlola‘, . . . n . . Postwar Stockings cold C rations. There Is no glamour, ln|sometime during November. on out Quartz street. This buUtllng on’thc new law to adjust the employe’s j tion of OPA ceilings. But this year federal L.v.rnment bv Nylon stockings will be better quality his life. He Is provided with weapons Meanwhile the WLB, with its AFL QUartz street has been torn down and withholding more closely to his income (there has been more time to look into -h_,,f . 2 and probably will cost less after the war, that give him great firepower weapons members absent from the steel hearings, a parking lot is now on that site. The 1 tax liability, Nunan said adding that! the bright and various world of toys. A j* ' « says Hiram T. Nones, a textile specialist that he loves; but we should not over- ' continued to meet and Chairman William mnny friends and acquaintances of Mr.! on the average, withholding will be j really thorough survey is being made . . -„j in the Dept, of Commerce. Women will look the fact that the German firepower H Davis reported steady progress. McTaggart were pleased to hear of the about the same as at present, but may with the result that you should be pay- J , have to wait until after the Japanese is great too, and it is directly aimed at j Tile AFl reported that its members, honor confered upon him by the Elks be either more or less in individual cases. >ng no more than approved official pne- , ,, ‘ ; . , . ' war ends, he indicated, because supplies him.” | sec. Treas. and 2nd Vice Lodge. ------— es wben >'ou ,ake tbe klds to see Santa „ ** ■ ! of nylon used now for glider tow ropes, j------Pres Matthew Woll "were suspicious of w j McMahon an employee of the SLIGHT CUT NOTED IN clau-s- escape parachutes and other war mater- j Th census Bureau reports that un- a move by the WLB to appease certain Anaconda copper Mining Company was GOVERNMENT JOBS i NEW YORK— (FP) —Faced with an ials are very short. The improvement in marrled men in civilian life to the U. S. CIO unions by offering ’hidden’ wage a,so presentc