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Show MARCH IHURjOAY. 17, 1977. Idaho History Bibliography Available Facts about the Cataldo Mission, the building of the American Falls Dam, early settlers in various areas and other items of local Idaho history will be easier to find because of a new publication. The book is "Idaho Local History, a Bibliography With a Checklist of Library Holdings, a new publication of the University Press of Ida ho and the Publications Committee of the Idaho Library Association. It lists books ments, industry and ness, biographies of worthy men and women, journals of pioneers and and pamphlets published from the time Idaho was part of the Oregon Territory through the year 1975. The businote- records of service organizations and the Idaho libraries where they may be general histories have been published about the state, histories of local areas are often difficult to unearth. Much of Idaho's short history has been written by sity of Idaho Library, Humanities Division, attention Milo Nelson, Moscow, Idaho 83843. pioneers and their mtCEBOfr found. book, selling for $10 per copy in hardbound and $6 per copy in paperbnund editions, lists histories of social move e The book's introduction says, "Idaho, historically speaking, is a relatively young state. While several CEHlifGEB&D Copies of the book may be obtained from the Publications Committee of the Idaho Library Association, Univer- - GPQaWKasj ELVETY TREE ANT manage! a lopiided grin for a (canning electron microacope. powerful new instrument, electron microscopes enlarge images with electrons instead of Photographer and artist David Scharf who took the picture has perfected methods enabling him to examine live insects with the microscope. By lowering the energy of me ojctron beam and adjusting the system for maximum sensitivity, he is able to produce detailed images. Rrch three-dimension- al Unions Can Coerce The Working Man By JOHN F. McMANUS Just imagine the size of the uproar if a businessman could compel his employees to finance a particular candidate in any given election. Yet a labor union is allowed to, practice this kind of compulsion over working Americans as a matter of course. In most states, workers are required by law to join a labor union whenever a majority selects that union as its bargaining agent. Twenty k states, known as right-to-wor- states (right to refrain from joining a union states would be a better label), still mwy leave the matter of union membership to the individual. In either case, union dues some paid by choice but a goodly portion taken by coercion deliver millions of dollars to labor bosses each year. Much of this huge bankroll becomes a political war chest during election years. The candidates who receive it, of course, are selected not by those who pay the dues but by the labor of how Labor is thus enabled to exercise tremendous political clout is the case of Senator Harrison Williams Jersey). In 1970, he A good example received $153,366 from the big unions during a reelection fight. When he won, he told labor leaders, I owe What everything to you you want youve got. Big Labor wanted the monstrosity called OSHA, and Sen. Williams just happened to the Act. He is, unfortunately, only one of scores who owe their political lives to Labor. Another pet project of Big comLabor is the mon situs" picketing bill. It would give construction unions power to shut down an entire project on behalf of any participating union, (D.-Ne- w even if the dispute concerned only a single small subcontractor. The construction industry, and the construction workers, could easily be big losers, while the unions gained even greater power. Our Annual End-of-Win- mDSSJ Common situs picketing passed in the last Congress but was vetoed by President Ford. On February 2, 1976, a list of those Senators and Congressmen who had voted for this dangerous bill was published. Beside each name was the amount of labor union money contributed to the candidacy of that individual. The grand total of ter Sale Creative Needlecraft Pillows M1L Labor's investment in its brand of Congressman was Pictures MW with twenty-sev- en Senators receiving over $50,000 each and varying shares of Labors largesse going to 236 members of the House. $5.7 million, Weaving Kits Needlepoint Crewel Embroidery Common situs" picketing isnt all that Big Labor wants from those it finances. It also k wants repeal of the law which allows states to curb union power. And Big Knit and Crochet Supplies 10 - 50 right-to-wor- Off BIG Labor seeks to hike the minimum wage to $3 per hour, a scheme that has consistently hurt small business and thrown many out of work. At a February 22 news Shadow Box Hutches Presiconference, AFL-CI-O dent George Meany said that the climate is good" for passage of Labors bills, since he feels that a new man in the White House will follow his lead. Reg. $9.50 Now ov $749 MODEL 19" George Meany has always thrown labor's heavy weight behind the very pieces of legislation that have resulted in gargantuan government, frightening inflation, and the increasingly rapid conversion of our nation into a socialist state. THE GIFT HOUSE 77 No. Main Downtown Logan Free Parking in Rear 23" DIAGONAL S2926 DIAGONAL COLOR 11 & W MODEL HI92SW The Price You've Been Waiting For These Low Prices 10 Financing Are All First Quality Charge TV Sets On A Brand New Kirby Vacuum - THURS - FRI SAT - ONLY - U. & I. Furniture Kirby Company Of Logan 122 East 400 Worth 753-055- 1 Preston Idaho 0 t Your Volume Dealer 1 0. Phone 852-082- 4 |