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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1939-12-27
BUDGET SLASHES
Conf BY
PRESIDENT

WASHINGTON = (FP)-Confirma
tion of reports that the budget to be
presented to the next session of con-
gress will contain drastic reductions
was seen here in President Roosevelt's
discussion of the budget with report
ers.
Asked If sharp reduction were
contemplated the president said some
department and agency heads would
think there were drastic cuts but that
some of the rest of the government
officials would not think so.
1t has been reliably reported that
appropriations for wage-hours and
antitrust enforcement have been re-
duced way below level regarded as
necessary by officials in charge of
those activities and that relief appro-
priations for the coming fiscal year
have been similarly cut.
1t is also reported that the Wagner
health bill, contemplating government
aid in the construction of hospitals
and clinics throughout the country, is
"out" because of the appropriations
required.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1939-12-27
PROBE COUNSEL
REPRESENTED
ANTI-UNI0N FIRMS

Recommendations oil
the House committee allegedly inves.
tigating the National Labor Relations
Board and act indicate that the com.
mittee's chief counsel, Edmund M
Toland, has a thorough knowledge OF
labor relations-from the employers
angle.
In his letter Of application to the
committee, it was disclosed, Toland
listed firms for which he had done
work and the capacity in which he
was employed.
Two labor spy outfits, the A. A.
Ahner Co. and the Industrial Stand
ard Service were represented by To-
land in communications to the Senate
civil liberties committee. In those IN
stances Toland appeared as counsel
for the suppliers of stool pigeons.
For the Goodyear Tire and Rubber
Co., the record shows, Toland pre-
vented the labor board from holding
hearings" presumably by means of in
junction suits in the days when the
American Liberty League advised
such suits as proper procedure.
Companies represented before the
labor board by Toland included the
Wheeling Steel Co., the H. ]. Heinz
Co., the Elkland Leather Co., the
American Potash & Chemical Co., and
the Mathieson Alkali Works.
Toland also acted as local counsel
for Earl Reed, counsel to Ernest T.
Weir of the National Steel Corp. and
a member of the Liberty Leagues
lawyers committee that drafted the
brief used as a basis for
action against the NLRB until the
supreme court upheld the act.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1939-12-27
Four Out of Ten Farms ON Montana
Plains Make Only $500 to $500 a Year

Nearly out of every 10 of the 22,-
900 farms operating dry-land farming
in the plains area of Montana can ex-
pect no more than 5000 to $500 cash,
year in and year out, to meet family
needs. These farms contribute little
or no foodstuffs for family use since
the semi-arid conditions make for one
crop farming.
Summarizing the results of an In
tensive study of Farm Adjustments
in Montana" Neil w. Johnson of the
USDA states that farms that will
yield no more than 5000 to $500 an
nually may be considered inadequate
to supply the essentials of livelihood
under Montana conditions"
Thirty-five thousand persons are
now living on farms with these made
quate production opportunities in
eastern and central Montana. In
north eastern Montana nearly 800
wheat farms cover only half sections
or less in an area where farms of
twice this size are considered about
the minimum for the support of
farm family"
In north central Montana 26% of
the wheat and combination farms had
gross incomes of $1,000 or less and
22To operated half sections OF land
or less. or the stock farms in this
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1939-12-27

area 1870 had gross incomes Of $1,000
or less and 1870 had so or fewer
animal units in 1888.
The Montana investigation finds
that many of he~maladjustments dis
cussed exist, not through ignorance
but due to the inability of farmers
In the area to cope adequately with
them. A farm may be recognized as
too small for efficient operation, yet
enlargement be frustrated due to in
ability to rent or buy land with which
1t could be combined profitably."
Individual action is (. impotent in
dealing with many Of the collective
problems"
For wheat farming in North Central
Montana a farm approaching a sec
ton in size with 300 acres devoted
to wheat production and at least 20
animal units of livestock, as insur-
ance against complete loss in unfavor-
able crop years, is considered the
minimum desirable unit The mini
mum livestock farmer ranch found
desirable is found to require 100 ami
NAL units. This area can carry only
about 10000 animal units of livestock
as compared to the 10000 stocked in
1888, an estimate based on the long
term carrying capacity of the range
land in the area.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1939-12-27
Financial Burdens
OF Second War
Already PiIing Up
BY SCOTT NEARING
Federated Press)

The second world war has entered
its second phase. Between 1881 and
1888 it was fought in colonial regions
such as China and Abyssinia, or in
civil war areas like Spain. In Sep
TENDER 1889 it spread across Europe
to include Poland, the North Sea and
the western front
The preliminary conflicts in the
colonies were expensive enough. The
new Japanese budget for $S,702, AGO.
900 contains a military item of $5,-
| 6S4, 100000, which is $40 of the total.
The governments prospective income
is less than s4,200,O 100000. More than
half of the 1910 expenditures must be
met by borrowing
The Japanese Chinese mixup is an
incident" not war But it has
strained Japan's economic resources
to the utmost for years and the drain
continues
Some military experts consider the
war in the west a phony Certainly
it has not been prosecuted with any
thing approaching the vigor that char
acterized the war of 1914. But the
bills are already coming in, and they
are very high
France, in favorable position with
her outlets to the sea largely unob-
structed, spent $1,750,215,O0O during
the first 10 weeks of the war. If the
country had remained at peace, its
expenses for the entire year of 1910
would have been at least $3.50, 900 900
less than the outlay for only 10 weeks
of war.
Indications are that the French war
budget for 1910 will be four times the
civilian budget. During recent years
the French government has not been
able to raise enough funds to meet
its regular expenses. The bulk of
1910 expenditures must be met by
loans or currency initiation or both.
The German position is far worse
than the French. In normal times
Germany buys large quantities of raw
materials and foodstuffs abroad, pay
ing for these imports by exporting
manufactured goods. German imports
in 1886 totaled $1,6S0,000,000 In 1887
and again in 1888 they were worth
100000, and exports were rough
ly the same.
But the British-French blockade has
~ 0~eiNaiiy uCotiOJtu SEd-
borne trade while the war machine
demands additional materials. Unless
requirements are possible from the
Balkans, Scandinavia, the low coun-
tries, and Russia, economic exhaustion
is only matter of time. Recent
news dispatches indicate that the
pressure is already severe.
From Britain comes the report of
an almost comical instance of eco
nomic dislocation resulting from the
war. The depopulation of British
cities in anticipation of bombing raids |
may have given London Stun children
more sunshine and fresh air, but it |
has left London shopkeepers high and |
dry.
Their rents, taxes, insurance and |
other charges remain as high as they !
were before the evacuation. Their |
customers have departed, however, |
and with them went the pennies, six
pences and shillings upon which the |
shopkeepers depended for their run
ming expenses.
The bill of particulars might be con-
slderably extended. Plenty of evidence |
Is piling up to prove that war costs
more than 1t brings in. Millions of
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1939-12-27
Landowners Open
War Against Rural
Housing Project

ROCKVILLE, Md = (FP) = Using
the Montgomery County Farm Bureau
as front, real estate interests in
Montgomery county are waging bit
ter warfare against the U. S. Housing
Authoritys first project for rural
workers. Basis of their attack is that
public housing is "communistic and
lun-American."
| The farm bureau is arranging care
| fully packed meetings throughout the
county to prove that the government
housing program is opposed by more
than the handful of land sharks who
represent the real opposition. Small
farmers, heretofore enthusiastic about
the plans for decent dwellings for ten
ants now housed in dilapidated shacks,
have been forced by their more power
full neighbors to keep quiet.
At Colesville a speaker made the
usual charges about communism and
un-Americanism in the housing pro-
ject. Up jumped an overalled farmer
to demand the floor.
II want to know why you call it
communistic for the government to
build houses when it isn't communistic
lOT tuc SOfeTuiueut W Dullu SCuOOlo,
he asked. There was no answer.
A resolution condemning the hous-
ing program was passed at the Coles
vile meeting. Only one-forth of the
audience voted. The rest refused to
participate.
Landlords in Montgomery county
have been enriched for years because
of a shortage of dwellings. They have
extorted handsome rentals for novels
long ripe for the wreckers AK
Even SO, the landlords have not
been satisfied They have extended
their system of legalized robbery still
further. During harvesting season,
when laborers are paid about zoe an
hour, the landlords demand that their
tenants work for them for as little as
$1.00 a day. Whatever wages the ten
ant earns are charged against rent.
The landlord has one club to enforce
compliance with the S1.00 wage scale.
II the tenant doesn't like it, he can get
out. And once the tenant is evicted,
there is no place for him to live
thanks to the housing shortage.
In Montgomery county, it will be
remembered, the wives of the tenants
do their washing on Tuesday. They
have to, because it takes all day
Monday to haul enough water from
the village pump.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1939-12-27
F. R. Far Ahead
In 1910, Fortune
Survey Shows

NEW YORK.-(FP)-Bad news for
the republican party is found in the
latest Fortune Survey Of public opin-
ion, which shows that Franklin D.
Roosevelt would receive more votes
now for president than three other
leading democrats and four leading
republicans combined.
The January issue Of the magazine
will report that out of the 82.1To who
favor republican or democratic candi-
dates, 30.6% want Roosevelt. District
Attorney Thomas E. Dewey of New
York is the most popular republican
candidate with 9.1%o, Senator Arthur
H. Vandenburg (R. Mich.) is next
with 49%, while Vice President John
N. Garner is poor second choice
among democrats with 1870.
Here is how the public ranks eight
of the most frequently mentioned can
didates in answer to the question:
"Who is your choice for our next
president among these four demo-
cratic or these four republican possi-
bilities?"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1939-12-27
CASH farm IN
COME UP, PRICES
ALSO RISE

| WASHINGTON (FP) - An in
crease of 500 in cash farm income
| from marketings of products in the
last seven years was reported here
| by the Bureau of Agriculture Econom-
les. The 1889 income from marketings
was estimated at $7,625,000,000 which
| is about the same as in 1888. The
estimate for 1882 is $4,682, 100000.
Government payments constituted
in 1889 an addition of S.9% to the
cash income of farmers, or about S97
per farm and s21 per person living
on farms. Direct government parity
and adjustment payments to farmers
on account of soil conservation in 1889
total about s675,000,0 900. The income
from farm marketings in 1899 was
estimated to be about 29qo greater
than the pre- World War average of
$500, 100000.
The bureau adds that sin comparing
cash income in recent years with pre-
war years, consideration should be
given the fact that the prices farm
ers have to pay for commodities and
services used in production and liv-
ing average about 20% higher now
than in pre-war years, and that taxes
are materially higher Another i'm
portant fact is the increasing mechani-
cation and commercialization of ag-
ricultural production, involving larger
expenditures for equipment and mater
ials used in production"
Income from farm marketings varied
considerably in the last 80 years
ranging from high of $14, 100000
in 1919 to a low Of s4,682, 100000 in
1882. Receipts from marketings in
creased rapidly during the World War
period-from $4,000, 100000 in 1914 to
more than $14,000.O00,000 in 1919. The
first postwar depression resulted in
a recline of about 4096. Recovery from
the depression of 1921 raised cash
income to 1900, 100000 in 1929, but
this was reduced by more than 500
during the great depression which fol-
1882.
Marked changes in per capita cash
income of persons on farms are shown
by the bureaus calculations. In 1889,
1t is stated, the cash income from
will be about $1,100 per
farm and 1898 per person on farms.
The prewar average was 1922 per
farm and 1884 per person on farms. |
Between these two periods, the in
come per farm ranged from $2,231 in !
1919 to $717 in 1882, and the income |
per person ranged from $467 to $151 |
IN the same years.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1939-12-27
IL Million Gross on
z Million Investment
In Four Years

WASHINGTON.-(FP)-Gross prof
its of S126S9,92S in slightly less than
four years were realized by the firm
of Morgan, Stanley & Co., an invest
ment banking firm, it was revealed
here by the Temporary National Ec-
onomic Committee.
The firm was established in Septem-
Der, 1885, with an initial capital of ST.
100000 after tn e1933 banking act
forced ]. P. Morgan G. Co., to quit the
securities field in order to continue
as a bank of deposit. The profits came
from underwater commissions in
which the company was a manager or
participant of underwriting.
1t was the contention of Peter
Nehemkis, committee counsel, that the
ownership of preferred stock in the
was such that at has the same effect
as if ]. p Morgan & Co. owned Nor
gan, Stanley & Co."
This was denied by George Whitney,
a partner in the old firm and by Henry
Stanley, president of the new firm.
Sen. O'Mahoney Cd. Wyo), chairman
of the committee, noted that most OF
the investment banking business for
merly handled by j. p. Morgan & Co.
had gone to the new firm.
That's only natural because invest
ment banking is largely a pc 1nal
profession" Whitney replied.
You cannot control what YOU do
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1939-12-27
NO BOYCOTT OF BERKSHIRE SOUGHT
BY NLRB member EDWIN S. SMITH

subject OF the Berkshire company do
not suggest boycott and l am sure
that Mr. KRISTEN did not SO construe
them" Smith said.
Through a listing of the contents
of an informal file on the bitterly
fought Berkshire strike, the commit
tee tried to show that Smith took a
personal part in the boycott campaign
against the company and that the
NLRB invited an appeal from the
union.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1939-12-27
PROBE OF STATE
J0BLESS SYSTEMS
URGED BY LEWIS

WASHINGTON. = OPP "A thor
|ough and impartial investigation" of
the problem of unemployment compen-
sation in the various states was asked
|of Secretary Of Labor Frances Per-
kins by CLIO Pres. John L. Lewis here.
Writing to Miss Perkins in her ca
pacity as chairman of the president g
committee on economic security, Lew
is declared, "the absence of any defin-
lite federal standards has resulted
in confusion and regressive action on
the part of the state" and charged
that state systems are unduly compli-
Gated, payments inadequate, and re-
strictions and qualification on workers
severe.
'The immediate danger facing the
unemployed compensation system is
the fact that current tax collections
are in excess represents a withdrawal
of current twofo1d threat has resulted
First the excess represents a with
drawal of current purchasing power
and, second, employer groups are try
ing to secure lower taxes and all kinds
of tax rebate schemes"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1939-12-27

least one is drawing salary from
a company as well as from the county
have been presented in court by the
Logan County Industrial Union
Council.
HOUSTIN.-A campaign to organize
The Houston Racing Form, only non
union sheet in Moe Annenberg's ma
tionwide chain of racing papers, has
been launched by Local 81, init. Typo
graphical Union (AFL suspended).
New York.-At a conference OF rep
resentatives of 23 AFL locals and 4
CLIO locals called Dec. IL by Big SIX,
largest local of the Init. Typographical
Union (AFL suspended), 7-man
committee was elected to plan an
organizing drive in local job shops.
The committee will determine how the
various unions will participate.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1939-12-27

Japanese, French, Germans and Brit
ish are realizing that franklin was
right when he said that there is no
such thing as a good war or bad
peace
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1939-12-27

You cannot control what you do
not own.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1939-12-27

DEMAND THE UNION LABEL
Evening star., 1939-04-03
Address on Alaska

Gerald Fitzgerald Of the United
States Geological Survey will address
the Washington Club tomorrow at
II am. on Scenic Alaska" with
illustrations. Mrs. Gilbert Grosvenor.
Evening star., 1939-04-03
Montana Society
Dance April p

The Montana State Society will
have its annual dinner and dance
April % in the Willard Hotel. The
party originally was set for March
II, but was postponed because OF
the recent difficulties between labor
and the hotels. Mr.. Ben w. Bar
nett is president of the society, and
ARRANGEMENTS for the affair are in
the hands of an Executive Com
mittee headed by Mr.. Charles A.
Murray and Mr.. William A. Weaver.
Other members of the Executive
Committee are Miss Statia McHale,
Mr.. Joseph F. Meglen and Miss
Margaret Patten.
The General Committee, which
includes the members of the Exec
utive Committee. is composed OF
Miss Edna Hankins, Mrs. Walter
Smethurst, Mr.. William B. Jones,
Miss Eleanor Feehan, Miss Grace
Genzberger, Miss Mary Panclch,
Miss Gwendolyn Marcyes, Mr.. Mil
ton Wertz, Miss Josephine DAILY
Miss Esther Roth, Miss Peggle
Holmes, Miss Betty Foote, Miss Vir-
ginia Cooney, Miss Imogene How
ell, Mr.. Harvey Thirloway, Mr.. John
Burke, DR.. Sam George, Mr.. Howard
Ager, Mr.. Frank Wilson, Mr.. Will
liam Valine, Mr.. John Kennedy
Mr.. Tom Kelly, Mr.. James M
Brown, Miss Ruth Adair. Mr.
Charles Jennings and Mr.. Arthur
j. Merrill.
Evening star., 1939-04-03
R RHEUMATISM
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tism, Neuritis. Neuralgia or Lumbago. IN
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cotics. Does the work auickly-must relieve
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minutes or money back at Druggists. Don't t
suffer. Use NURITO on this guarantee today.
Evening star., 1939-04-03
Sorority Chapters
Plan Discussions
This Week

Eta Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi,
will meet tonight at 8 o'clock at
the Lee House, with the president.
Miss Eleanor Hurley, In charge.
The subject of the program will be
Table Manners and Table Decora-
ton" Miss Jean Anlick will be in
charge of the program.
The following new members have
recently been initiated: Mary Hill,
Mrs. Elaine Irwin, Peggy Kennedy,
Carlene Klett, Jewel Levi, Fern Lee
Smith and Virginia Voegtli.
Officers elected are: President,
Miss Hurley; vice president, Pat
Reynolds; corresponding secretary,
Mrs. Lois Mater; recording secretary.
Mildred Bertman; treasurer, Wini-
fred Ericsson: historian, Ruth Reed.
4 X X X
Gamma Chapter of Beta Sigma
Phi, will meet tomorrow at 8 o'clock
at 1922 New Hampshire avenue NV.
Ruth Gilbert will make final plans
for the dinner on April 13 at 6 pm.
at the Fairfax Hotel. Arrangements
will be made for the Founders Day
banquet on April 30. when the new
officers and the Washington Council
will be installed. The new officers
elected in Gamma Chapter are:
President, Jeanne Cassil; vice presi-
dent, Helen Buzzell; corresponding
secretary, Edna Steinberger; re-
cording secretary, Alton Park, and
treasurer, Mrs. Eloise Dettman.
The subject of the program will be
"To See and to Know" and is to be
a review of the years work. Mrs.
Cassil will give discussion on
Methods of Self-Improvement." "
The guest speaker will be Mrs.
Edwina Avery, assistant editor OF
the Bureau of Plant Industry of the
Department of Agriculture, former
president of the Woman's Bar As
sociation of the District of Columbia,
and member of the National
Council of the National Women's S
Party.
Mrs. E. B. Sunday will direct the
meeting.
Evening star., 1939-04-03
DR.. Gewehr to Talk
About Europe

DR.. Wesley M. Gewehr of Amer
lean University will speak on The
Outlook in Europe" before the Ia
koma Park Women's Club at noon
tomorrow at the Town Hall Mrs
Walter p Harman will preside. He
will be introduced by Mrs. Frederick
L. Pratt, chairman of program. Mrs
irwin L. Clark, graduate of South
Wales School of Music. will sing
accompanied by Mrs. Waldo
Schmitt.
The luncheon is in charge of Mrs
Paul Burk, chairman; assisted by
Mrs. G. H. Goodman, Mrs. E. M
Evening star., 1939-04-03
P. E. O. Sisterhood
To Hold Luncheon

The monthly reciprocity luncheon
Of the p. E. o. Sisterhood will be
held at the Woodward 4 Lothrop's
tea room Wednesday at 1890 pm
Chapter A will be the hostess and
its president, Mrs. Roy A. Potts.
will preside.
The luncheon program will in
clude a talk by DR.. Mary Holmes, q
member Of Chapter A, and songs
by Virginia Pollard Working, lyric
soprano, with Mrs. Edwin w
Gaumnitz as accompanist. Mrs. G
Frank Bixby. 4531 Harrison street
NV, is in charge of reservations
All unafnliated p. E. O.'s are in
vited.
Evening star., 1939-04-03
Miss Mala to Talk
On Conditions in


Miss Jirka Mala of Prague, Czecho-
sloyakia, will talk about conditions
in her homeland at a meeting OF
the international relations group
of the Woman's Club of Bethesda
at the home Of Mrs. George Pariseau
tomorrow at 1:30 pm. Following
the address Mrs. Richard Nevius
will review the second half of "The
Coming Struggle for Latin America, >
by Carleton Beale.
Miss Mala left Czecho- -Slovakia in
February and for the last several
weeks has been visiting her sister,
Mrs. w. j. Nolan of Bethesda.
Evening star., 1939-04-03

Harmon, Mrs. J. w. Dodd, Mrs. g. I,
Dewey, Mrs. M. A. Ferrell, Mrs. G,
L. Head, Mrs. J. M. Bitzler. Mrs. T.
David Gates, Mrs. S. A. Anderson,
Mrs. A. L. Morgan, Mrs. A. j. Meyer,
Mrs. D. S. Patterson, Mrs. G. M.
Covert, Mrs. r. D. Rands, Mrs. r.
S. Harris, Mrs. N. F. Harrison, Mrs.
E. B. Haynie. Mrs. w. A. Hooker
and Mrs. w. P. Hopper.
Nominations for next years Of
ficers will be held. The Nominat-
ing Committee consists of Mrs.
Frederick A. Johnston, chairman;
Mrs. Harry I. Houston, Mrs. James
A. Bell, Mrs. A. w. Miller and Mrs.
GlenWood G. Roe.
Evening star., 1939-04-03
Phyllis Lyman
COLONY to Elect

Off1cers will be elected by the
Phyllis Lyman Colony, National So.
ciety Of New England Women, to-
morrow at the home of Mrs. Avery
T. Brunner, 1923 Twenty-second
street NE. A musical program will
follow Mrs. Drummer, assisted by
Miss Nina Urner and Mrs. Jesse N.
Luton, will serve q luncheon before
the meeting.
Evening star., 1939-04-03
Women Will Meet

The Clarenford Woman's Club will
meet Wednesday at / pm. at the
home Of Mrs. G. G. Hostrup, 2443
North Quantico street, Arlington,
Va. Among those who will enter
tain with musical selections are
Mrs. F. P. La Boon, Mrs. j. s. Black
well, jr., and Mrs. K. K. Haddaway.