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A a (ft 1 a nin terminal ion dale, and the same wage and fringe settlement to to all operations of the cupper industry. "These two widely separated areas of thought will continue to prolong the strike," the UCC predicted. The state agency estimated that at least half the workers in Butte trade firms are on short work weeks because of the strike. "Layoffs of craftsmen, mechanics and trade workers are common every week," the report went on. "Some idled workers are waiting for income tax refunds so they can leave to search for jobs in other areas.

"Automobile, furniture and appliance dealers are hard hit. Credit has been extended beyond realistic limits. "Merchants know, ton, that once the strike is settled, sales volume will remain at low levels for a good many months to come. Workers will concentrate The strike by miners and smelter workers at Butte, Ana-conda, Great Falls and East Helena began July 15, 1907, idling plants of the Anaconda Co. and American Smelting Refining Co.

0 a a's Unemployment Compensation Commission issued a position paper on the strike while Gov. Tim Babcock and the chief executives of four other copper-producing states were in Washington, D. to discuss the subject with President Johnson. The UCC report said recent management-union meetings at the federal level "did little more to reaffirm the copper industry's position that the strike will continue as long as the unions insist on companywide bargaining, or until the federal government halts it with an injunction. "On the other hand, the unions want all contracts with the copper industry to have a common By J.

D. HOLMES HELENA (AP) An economic price laff of at least $32.4 million can be hung on the copper strike in Montana after 712 months. As of Thursday-230th day of the strike striking workers had lost wages estimated at $27.8 million and the state had lost $1.5 million in taxes. on liquidating a harking nf unpaid bills after the strike." Jobless benefits to strikers are not permitted under Montana law, but workers in other industries idled by the strike may get benefits if they meet eligibility requirements. In the past 7'j months, 2.4.1!) unemployment checks totaling $81,123 have been paid to workers in this secondary unemployment category.

Wage losses to these workers, generally in trade, service and manufacturing firms affected by the depressed conditions, are estimated at $2.1 million. Despite the strike, Montana's unemployment compensation trust fund held $21.3 million this week, compared with $19.9 million when the strike began. "Sustained good employment levels in other industries outside of the strike areas have kept the fund above the danger mark." said UCC Chairman Edgar H. Keeder. MILD SCENE Mostly fair and mild through Friday, Increasing cloudiness Friday night.

High 55, low 30. Chance of rain 5 per cent HOME EDITION 10c Carrier Delivery Price li Lower SINGLE COPY Founded May 1, 1873 The Missoulian 1963 Missoula, Montana, Friday, March 1, 1968 LBJ Asks Governors hit Lawlessness Fsgi roots of crime and violence by porters the Defense Department providing jobs and easing the will review during the next few lot of the poverty-stricken. WASHINGTON (AT) The nation's governors were exhorted Thursday to crusade against crime in their states and to support federal efforts to curb lawlessness by individuals or groups. The state executives also After hearing the President's appeals in a morning session at the White House, the 40-odd executives moved to the State Department where the military and diplomatic aspects of the were given a top-level report on, Vietnam war were detailed for weeks the case for and against a call-up of ground reservists to fill manpower gaps being created by the movement of combat units to Vietnam. He said the Pentagon gave assurances that if the call-up is decided upon the governors will be given ample advance notice of its application to their respective states.

As for the over-all Vietnam situation, Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller of New York told reporters the complexity of the American position there was made clear to the governors. the Vietnam war but they were them. Gen.

Earle G. Wheeler, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, gave the military briefing, based on a just-concluded visit to Saigon, while Secretary of not told whether their National Guard and Reserve units will be summoned to active duty to support that conflict. The National Governors Conference in special session! State Dean Rusk provided the was urged by President Johnson diplomatic backgrounding at the it to use its influence for passage of new federal crime-fighting 3 two-and-a-half-hour closed session. After the briefings, Gov. John A.

Volpe of Massachusetts, the conference chairman, told re- I. SaiCH cj and riot-control bills. And he asked also its backing for legislation aimed at striking at the Unions Label Babcock's Plea 'Strikebreaking' ANACONDA (AP) Gov. Tim Babcock's appeal for compromises between union and management leaders in the sev- WASHINGTON (AP) Aislum housing, education, job nin-oirj copper irrce was (hat rarism anrl rinlel Tho mmmissinn riiri licit nilt I tCmPl thre6 UI110n OfflCiaU 100 Women Parade In GASP Protest will split the nation into two societies, one black, one white separate and unequal" un less massive and costly remedies are begun at once. price tag on its sweeping proposals, but their magnitude made it clear that the cost would at least approach the $2 billion a month level of the Vietnam war.

Reporting on its analysis of the riots that brought looting, shooting and arson to American cities last year, the commission The bipartisan National Com By Evelyn King mission on Civil Disorders, alter eight months' intensive study of the 1967 big-city riots, reported Wednesday. Babcock, in a letter Feb. 2t, asked that concessions be made by both sides to bring an end to the strike idling 7,200 Montana workers. The unions' answer in part said your proposal sounds like buying a pig in a poke and certainly cannot be considered anything but strikebreaking." The union officials added that the strike was a carryover from past years and spoke of the hazardous nature of mining. The message mentioned also substandard wages and trying con- area were driving by to view the picket line.

Hoerner-Waldorf was cooperative with the group. Women were directed to a parking lot and provided with coffee and doughnuts at a coffee bar at one that bias and segregation About 100 women with a few small children and babes In a.ms marched at the Hoerner-Waldorf pulp mill Thursday aft end of the march. A sign at the "threaten the future of every headed by Gov. Otto Kerner of American," but added: Illinois said: "The movement apart can be "The urban disorders of the reversed." of 1967 were not caused It notified President Johnson; by, nor were they the conse-that new taxes must be levied if quence of, any organized plan necessary to "meet unprece-1 or 'conspiracy'." dented levels of funding" for (Turn to Page 2, Col. 1) coffee bar stated: "Gasp: Welcome to Hoerner-Waldorf.

Free coffee and doughnuts from employes." I ditions. Weydemeyer Claims Clark Fork Damage Was Magnified by Press Missoulian State Bureau tessary to provide legal safe-1 pollution began and was told HELENA Damage done to 'guards and procedures, evenly its attorney that the ruri, cwi, Pi, hv n. thouch thev misht be time con- cl1 had lts hands tlpd by a 4U jlaw we have to live with per pollution last summer ana State Bureau reports of the He and several others also fall was "magnified by the pub damage to the river at that time quoted Fish and Game lic press," the chairman of the pointed out that the strike pre sented unusual roadblocks to Director Frank H. Dunkle and solution. jC.

W. Brinck, director of en- Montana Water Pollution Control Council claimed Thursday. Winton Weydemeyer, Fortine vuuiimwuai sanuauon tor me made the claim at a meeting DnncK l0ia of the Montana Water Congress means for the pol ution council the council and reporters that here in answer to questions take immediate action to, the river was a "biological ernoon in a protest picket line. The protest picket was organized by GASP (Gals Against Smog and Pollution) and the march was designed to call the community's attention to the local pollution problem. The group of marchers was orderly, well dressed and represented a large cross-section of the community.

Several of them wore gas masks and most carried huge signs. Some of the slogans were "Unfair to Life," "Bad Sky Country," "Our Air Stinks," "Phew!" "How High Is the Big Sky?" "How Long Must We Wait for Clean Air?" "Oh Say Can You See?" One woman dressed in widow's clothing carried a pac-ard which stated "He is gone to Air Pollution." Aside from the women in the march, many people from the Portland Gets Conner's Two Million The 2 million postcards originally addressed to the Conner Post Office near Darby, were shipped Thursday afternoon by truck to Portland, postal officials reported. Conner Postmaster Kathryn Robbins said the 2.000,000 cards which landed in Missoula Wednesday en route to Conner were the result of an apparent computer mistake in Washington, D.C. She had requested cards for purchase by Conner's surrounding population of 2" persons. In the meantime.

Missoula's Office is sending 2,000 of its postcards to the office at Conner, authorities said. EVERYTHING WAS CALM Thursday as members of GASP (Gals Against Smog and Pollution) marched in a picket line (top) at the Hoerner-Waldorf pulp mill 13 miles west of Missoula. The company roped off a special parking section for the ladies, who also enjoyed coffee and doughnuts, courtesy of the H-W employes. (Staff Photos by Evelyn King) about pollution that resulted rZ. when regular control operations The fund that "tj Garrison at the Anaconda Company's whcn tmet In "emergency Both Bnnck and Dunkle are A chart of the days per year with clear visibility of three miles or less in the Missoula area, caused by fog, smoke and haze, was also posted.

According to the chart, in 1950, these days numbered in the low 40s. In 1958 this number jumped to 80. A spokesman for GASP said the idea of the protest picket is to "give expression of our dissatisfaction and disgust and to attempt to influence the people who make decisions in the company." The action Thursday was a kickoff for GASP which plans to become informed on all aspects of the pollution problem. Study groups are being organized -and action is planned against all offenders in the area. Parking Permits Given Ex-Mayors Parking permits for former Missoula mayors were mailed Thursday from city hall, Mrs.

Bernice Helm, city clerk, said. The parking permits will provide free parking on Missoula's streets. The City Council adopted the measure Monday night to provide recognition for the service to the city of the former mayors. Those receiving permits are: Dwight N. Mason, Mrs.

Juliet M. Gregory, Alan Bradley, Sandy Durrant, Walter A. Cash, Wes Waldbillig and IL R. Dix, Rnfto minP norp haltPH hv auer me i puiiuuon councu memDers. strike.

Many of the questions cen- terpd sround wnetner Montana Living Cost Rises water pollution law should be strengthened. Weydemeyer said he thinks it Is "quite sound. It's a good law," he said, ad The index was 3.4 per cent ding, "I'm not saying there isn't room for improvement." State Sen. Harry Mitchell, D-Grcat Falls, said he thought the law should be strengthened above a year ago, running at the highest annual rate in some 10 years. The wholesale price index CLASS A KALISPELl Columbia Falls 57, Helena Cent.

49 Sentinel 69, Hamilton 54 Kalispell 90. Whirefish 59 Hcllgate 70, Libby 69 CLASS POLSON Loyola 87, Srevensville 70 Corvallis 51, Eureka 50 Poison 53, Mission 35 Thompson Falls 51, Ronan 47 million wage earners lost 60 cents a week in purchasing power because of the higher living costs and shorter working hours and their paychecks were worth no more than a year ago despite higher pay. The rise in living costs, the fourth straight monthly increase of three-tenths of one per cent, WASHINGTON (AP) Higher food and medical prices led a rise of three-tenths of one per cent in living costs last month and sharp wholesale hikes indicated more budget problems are ahead for American consumers. "Price increases are becoming more pervasive throughout the economy," said Arnold Chase, assistant commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. At the same time, some 45 in view of the fact that it was months before the pollution was halted.

He suggested the state might be able to use its force powers to bring about an immediate halt to pollution. But Weydemeyer said it is "not under our Democratic system to have a board go out and rase four-tenths of one per cent in January and preliminary figures indicated another six-tenths rise this month. Grocery prices, usually stable in January, went up eight-tenths of one per cent and rapidly ris pushed the consumer price index to 118.6 in January. This meant it took $11.86 to buy the family goods and service's that cost $10 in the 1337-59 baje period. ing fees of doctors and dentists down an industry just were up seven-tenths of one per close cent.

overnight." He said it was nee- .1.