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WILL PEOPLE BE FOOLED AGAIN? From LABOR'S DAILY (ITU) the public housing has given tax 720 Crescent Road, Charleston 2, W. Va. * * * The overwhelming approval by the House of a greatly liberalized social security pro gram marks one of organized labor's few major victories in the past several sessions of Congress. Conservative Republicans who have tradi tionally opposed strengthening the program joined with liberal Democrats to achieve the objective sought by several successive Demo cratic administrations. While labor is basking in the warmth of enthusiasm over its success it, of course, will not be lulled into a feeling of false optimism. The Republican Administration had much more at stake in improving social security than the minority group. This is an election year and the GOP has seen the unmistagable and ominous portents of a Democratic victory in the November elections. The Eisenhower-voters' honeymoon has long since lost its sweetness if, indeed, the seeds of mistrust and lack of confidence have not been firmly planted in the minds of those who thought it would be so nice to elect hero general as the nation's Chief Executive. There is no burning issue such as "I shall go to Korea" for the Republicans, The fast growing public resentment of mccarthyism and the Joe-Army fiasco, plus failure of the administration to ferret out the alleged Reds in-government has killed the Communist theme for them. The Eisenhower regime has emasculated a BOOK m FORESTRY BY MSU PROFESSOR NOW IN PUBLICATION A practical book on forestry, en titled "Applied Forest Management," designed to be of value to all private and government practicing foresters, has recently been published by Paul E. Bruns, associate professor of for estry at Montana State University. According to Montana State For ester Gareth C. Moon, if is a practi cal book, for practical foresters, which is easy to read, written in down to-earth, everyday language. Moon has furnished copies to all the key men in his department, to be used as a reference manual. Problems in all phases of forestry encountered by man in the field are dealt with in the 383 page publica tion. It is designed for busy field foresters of experience, including the latest developments which will assist in what Bruns terms "the constant quest for more economical and effi cient forest management." There are chapters dealing with extensive for estry, intensive forestry, the eco nomics of logging and forestry, for est regulations, business records, and other subjects which combine to make the book a comprehensive source of information for field foresters. The book includes a chapter on for Forest Service Gets High Range Yields U. S. Forest Service research indi cates that by reducing competing plants and seeding grasses at the proper rate and depth, western range lands now dense with sagebrush can be made to yield 10 to 20 times more forage. Moderate grazing in the Forest Service studies returned an average income of $1,238 per section, $255 more than from heavy grazing. If® ;ä, H igg 3® AVOID A CRUSHING LOSS ON YOUR FARM! " ;; Eliminate Fire Hazards Keep Adequate Insurance Coverage ask for Ki i ■« MONTANA FARMERS UNION MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE :: 0 see our agent in your community *1 i Montana Farmers Union Insurance Agency Box 2089 Great Falls, Mont. tt I H®8M§SMaaSHBl!§S§iglBMl®g gQSBBaK est roads, written by Thomas A. Wal bridge, Jr., assistant professor of forestry at MSU, which Bruns says "present methods not to be found elsewhere in the forestry literature." The chapter deals with all aspects of forest roads, from definitions of types 1 | °f forest roads to construction costs, directed at the practicing forester. Brun says that in the competitive world, it is not enough for the for ester to know why things are done, he must also be shown how they are done, in an attempt to achieve good financial as well as ecological re suits. "Applied Forest Management" is designed to provide the knowledge demanded of forest managers, James D. Graham 1954 Scholarship Judges Chosen By Federation Judges to name the winner of the second annual $600 James D. Graham college scholarship were announced this week by Montana State Federa tion of Labor President James S. Umber. John W. Swackhamer, professor of labor economics; Prof. Herbert Kroe ker, also of economics department, and Leroy Hervey, botany depart ment, all of Montana State Univer sity, Misoula, will evaluate the papers submitted by high school seniors from all parts of the state. This year's scholarship award will j be presented to the winning senior boy or girl at the federation's 57th I annual convention in Billings, August 17-20. The scholarship is good at any accredited public or private unvier sity or college in Montana. DEMAND THE UNION LABEL bonanzas only to the wealthy and has de prived the farmers of billions of dollars of income. Then there is the fast growing reces sion. It has done nothing for labor up to now. Taft-Hartley with all its viciousness remains intact. In fact, its slave-labor provisions would have been made even more oppressive but for the injection of the civil rights issue into the debate over harsh amendments to the law. The minimum wage is still miserably in adequate, the executive functions of the La bor Department have been usurped, its budg et slashed far beyond reason and its top offi cers gagged. President Eisenhower's "dynamic gram, prior to the House action on social curity, would be more aptly termed a do-noth ing program, at least in so far as labor, the farmer, little people and little business concerned. And there just aren't enough voters left' at General Motors, the other big corporations and among the coupon clippers to assure Re publican retention of control of Congr November. It is logical, then, to assume that the Re publicans' soap and toothpaste advertising perts—with their $3 million plus slush fund_ will make much over the improvement in social security in the Congressional some nine million additional people will now be covered by the program and they are fair prey for the "look what we done" claims by the Republican huck sters, if the people can be fooled again. >» pro se are ess in ex j cam pa ign. After all. Western Union Gives Equal Pay Status to Employes Since 1941 [ . WASHINGTON. (ILNS) —End I lng a 14 y ® ar old s - vstem which kept j Western Union Telegraph workers d,vided into two classes of citizens, about half the 35,000 employees rep reseated b T th e Commercial Tele Sraphers Union gained a 16 per cent pay boost «lone 1 and they'll get oth ® r 4 P er cent b .v next June 1. . bnder tbe tvvo year agreement, first ev . ev ne £ ot j ated without govern ment intervention or a strike, all hourly rated em ployes also won wage * ncreases °f from five to 21 cents an hou !: and monthl y rated workers a m * n ™ u m of $8 a month, an Also gained were improved pen sions, four week vacation after 30 years of service, many other fringe benefits and an agreement in prin ciple on a formula to protect the jobs of workers affected by Western Union's mechanization program. The contract was hailed as a "his toric' landmark" by E.L. Hageman, head of CTU's Western Union divi sion, in its wiping out of the system which had prevailed since November 1, 1941, when Western Union ordered to comply with the federal wage and hour law. Those then employed by the was com pany retained their former weekly wage rates, although working 40 hours instead of 48. Workers hired since then were paid only on a basis of 40 times the old hourly rate. The 1 new agreement brought all workers | to equal parity. STRONGBARN p GALVANIZED CORRUGATED STEEL ROOFING AND SIDING • 56% stronger ... up to 21 lbs lighter than regular grades! • Space studs and rafters far ther apart, save labor and material 1 • Snug joints won't sag or tear under wind or snow loads! Ask us how to build better barns cheaper and easier with StrongOarn. m \\\ V&Si 3 w •• WÀsfi 'mm W\ \\ I - w/f ■> ;■ ; -■< W*:m m y f , iiii Farmers Supply Go-op Ü I? x, x Conrad, Mont. , ; ; \ POSTAL PAY BILL INADEQUATE ON AT LEAST TWO COUNTS By CONG. LEE METCALF It was more than a year ago that postal workers started writing me, documenting their case for a pay raise. I told them I would support a cost-of-living increase. That is, I would if the economy bloc let it out of committee. The minority wanted salary legis lation high on the list of bills to be taken up by the House Post Office and Civil Service Committee. The majority insisted that hearings be held first on postal rate increases. And there was talk of an attempt to tie the two together in order to make the rate increases palatable. A lot of us settled on a bill to give every postal worker a raise of $800 We were told that postal haven't had a raise since a year, workers July of 1051, that the average work er is $781 behind the cost of living, that his salary is well below that of production workers in the basic in dustries and of skilled laborers, that high percentage of postal workers either have a second job or have their wives working in order to supplement their income, that mail volume is up 83% in the past five years while personnel has increased only 9%. a j The the Postmaster General got into the act. Mr. Summerfield rec ommended reclassification (declas sification would have come closer to describing his proposal) of post al positions and a salary increase loaded in favor of upper bracket employes. Finally the bill was reported. It will give postal workers a pay raise immediately. But it is inadequate at least two counts. First, the salary increase is only 7%. And second, the raise would be temporary, expiring October 1, 1955. The percentage formula would the least for those who need it most— the employes in the lower pay grades. It is estimated that the more than 46,000 workers in the lowest grades will receive increases averaging less than $5 a week. The maximum $9.23, but more than half will re « Donaltv Ta* fi | •'""■•'J ■ ** UcaH j ISSUS TflîS CöFlgrOSS WASHINGTON, D. C.—(CNS) -Co-op foes won't be able to put a penalty tax on co-ops this ses sion, many congressmen believe. In letters to Jerry Voorhis, the Co-operative League's executive di rector, they generally agreed with Robert T. Secrest (D-O), who said, "I do not look for any changes (in co-op tax laws) this session." Fred Marshall (D-Minn.) thanked Voorhis for pointing out "distor tions" in National Tax Equality Association arguments. So did Tom G. Abernethy (D-Miss.). Gardner R. Withrow (R-Wis.) said he's "always believed in encouraging co-operatives. It's even more neces sary now." Paul L. Brown (D-Ga.) said co old C. Hagen (R-Minn.) made a ops' present tax status is "fair and equitable." Harold D. Cooley D-N. Car.) said he'd "be on the lookout" for any attempts to penal ize co-ops through taxes, and Har similar pledge. ceive less than $6 a week. And if this bill passes, the increases are sched uled to vanish in 15 months. Fortunately, this isn't the last word on how Congress will treat the half-million employes in the Post Office Department's 40,000 offices across our nation. I hope the bill comes onto the House floor under an "open rule,'' which would permit amendments from the floor to make the necessary improvements. If we can't fix up the bill in the House, if will be up to the Senate—which still has under nsideration bills to provide for sub stantial increases. If the Senate votes a higher pay raise than the one approved by the House, it'll be up to a conference committee to give our postal workers the increase they deserve. I will con tinue to work to this end. rd MYSTERY OF $75,000 MONOPOLY PROBE STILL MYSTERY Where's the $75,(too Senator Lunger's anti-monop oly subcommittee asked for in Feb ruary, 1053? That question was par tially resolved last week, but whether the probers will get the money re mained a mystery. Senator William Langer (R-N. Da.) is chairman of the Senate judiciary committee. He is also chairman of the subcommittee looking into monop oly problems. His group had request ed funds last to continue its WASHINGTON. investigations. But the request got bottleneceked in the Senate rules committee. When Congress came back in January, there were indications that Langer would get his money. He continued, as best he could, his investigations into the electric power field. There he stepped on the toes of the big power company tycoons as well as the administra tion's pro-private power policy au thors. They didn't like it. The result was that Lunger's re quest for $75,000 was buried deeper in the rules committee. Meanwhile, pressure has been building up to get the request released. At last, Senator William Jenner (R-Ind.), chairman of the rules group, decided to delay a showdown vote. He told the com mittee he was referring the proposals to Attorney General Herbert Brown ell, Jr., for advice. Brownell's antitrust division is the executive arm of government which handies antitrust cases. It probably doesn't welcome investigations made by the legislature. The anti-monopoly committee had scheduled probes into power, oil, gas, and other industries before being blocked by lack of funds. City Ties To Rural Electric Co-Op FENNIMORE, Wis. Instead of buying another diesel engine for the city's electric utility, Fennimore's 1,700 citizens began getting stand-by power from Grant Electric Co-opera tive, June 10. GEC gets its power | from Dairyland Power Co-operative, LaCrosse. ! !