The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1939-12-20
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magazine appears "A Program for
Congress" Mr. Matthews name ap-
pearing as the co-author OF the pro-
gram. The program, which was pre-
sumed to be in the interest OF con-
sumers, asked congress to- -
Repeal the Social Security act;
shelve the proposed wage and hour
legislation; abolish WPA and PWA;
take the federal government out Of
such "collectivistic subterfuges" as
the IVA; defeat new farm legisla-
ton; repeal the Robinson-Patman
(fair trades practices) act; repeal
the (Wagner) National Labor Re-
lations act; repeal the Soil Con-
servation act; throw out the undis-
tributed earnings tax, the capital
gains tax, and excessive personal
surtaxes"; pass a law Incorporating
labor unions, which ''is essential to
safeguard the liberties'of the peo-
ple"; balance the budget.
OF course, Mr.. Matthews didn't get
very far convincing the consumers OF
America that this was their program.
1t was somebody elsess, program, how
ever, and it leads one to ask the ques-
ton: Were Mr.. Matthews and Con-
sumers Research, Iney, at that time
transmission belts for the United
States Chamber of Commerce?" The
answer may go long way to explain
the nature of his report5and' perhaps
perish the thought) how he came to
be named by Mr. Dies research d.
rector" of his committee.
There are strong Indications that
the Department of Labor will bear
down more heavily on violators of the
Wage-Hour law by criminal prosecu-
tions. This was shown when George
A. McNulty, general counsel for the
Wage-Hour division, made public rec
concentrations of a Maryland federal
grand jury urging Increased action
on criminal violations" -
- S -
A New Three-Ring Circus -
Many are the wise-cracks making
the rounds at the Capitol about Mar
tin Dies latest competitor, Howard
Undertaken" Smith. the reactionary
Virginian who heads the NLRB In
vestigating committee.
The committee sessions are being
held in the same room that the House
committee investigating un-American
activities held its sessions--room 1862
in the Old House building, with its
huge crystal chandeliers and myriad
lights. The press tables are the same,
but there are now signs reading,
Press" like the press sections re-
served at political conventions. And
there are special sound amplifiers on
the press tables, so that not a single
word of testimony escapes the news
paper reporters. .ds
1t is all very ahspicfous. Dies
gave them a three-ring circus, but
Smith is giving them all of that
with some trimmings added,
This is all part of the big push to
either repeal or emasculate the Ma
tional Labor Relations Act at the COM
ing session of congress. y. Labor men
should not be deceived, What Smith
and his cronies have, In mind Is not to
better administration of the act in the
interest of labor as a. whole; their in
terest is wholly with the. bosses. They
are making use of the current I'M
fortunate division Within the Ameri-
can labor movement. to achieve a pur
pose not in harmony with the legiti |
mate aspirations of labor.
G. o. P. National Chairman Hamil |
ton says he's worried about the re-
publican campaign deficit and where |
the money for the coming campaign |
will come from We should like to |
relieve him of these worries" on a
percentage basis All we would do is
examine Uncle Sam s income tax list,
take the 500 who made the most
loo
little circular letter requesting dona-
tions. The response would be more
than sufficient, for here are individ
uals who are sore because they didn't
MAKE enough money and because the
WPA worker made too much.
81 ~
They indicted Mayor Maury MAYER
ick, IAN Antonio, Tex for violation |
Of that states poll tax laws, but
acquittah was an indict- ]
ment of the poll tax itself The
NYA is now making a special effort t
to stress leisure time education for its q
project workers. In this the schools 1
and colleges are cooperating F. I. !, q
Because of reduction in insurance {
premiums, the U. SSH. A. has an 2
nounced rental reductions of approx r
ulaIS+y ?ooiVOU dHuu<slly W luOIc tHdA
10000 low income families &. The s
question uppermost in the minds of t
political prognosticators in Washing f
ton is: Was Secretary Ickes' recent n
blast against Securities Administrator h
McNutt, a solo attack or was he n
speaking collective mind? S
= IN
Ninety percent of the youth on
NYA projects either. had no work ex- il
perience or the slight experience they g
had was in occupations requiring little n
or no skill and offered few .opportun- Il
tiles for developing the skills required il
for successful competition in the labor o
market" says an NYA report on a p
recent survey conducted in six states, y
Rhode Island, Kentucky, Georgia, Ne s.
braska, Colorado, and Oregon, and the y
District of Columbia. , I'll
80 ~ III
Senator Taft, as the highest ranking Il
official of Ohio and, AS aspirant for ii
he republican presidential nomina- W
ion, owes it to his cCuntrymen to Ic,
either openly approve or condemn the a
present course of Governor Bricker in II
he Cleveland and Toledo relief crises. g.