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Evening star., 1939-12-17
'Subversive Activities

Moving swiftly, the District Grand
Jury has indicted three individuals
and a dissolved corporation, in
opening the drive by the Department
of Justice on what Attorney General
Murphy has described as "subver-
sive activities" that have their source
in foreign countries.
Against a background Of shifting
identity, the indictment alleges that
the Bookniga Corporation OF New
York, acting for Moscow concern,
circulated printed matter in this
country "for political and propa-
ganda purposes" while conspiring
with three of it's officers to evade the
law requiring registration at the
State Department of the agents Of
foreign principals. It is also charged
that the officers did not register.
Bookniga Corporation, which was
one of the concerns named as propa-
ganda organizations in the early
Dies Committee inquiry, was sue
ceeded by Bookniga incorporated,
which has complied with the regis
tration law.
The indictment was brought in
Just week and a day after the De-
partment of Justice laid its first evil
dence before the grand jury, and is
expected to be followed in short
order by others elsewhere in the
country. Attorney General Murphy
has announced that every legal
weapon at the command of the de-
partment will be used in this clean
up, and in addition to invoking the
registration law, it is proposed to
investigate suspected passport frauds
and income tax violations.
At the time the Attorney General
outlined his program, he said he
expected the cry of political perse-
cution" would be raised, but that any
contention of this sort would be un-
founded. The Governments only
concern, he emphasized, was observ-
ance of its laws-not the political
beliefs or expressions Of individuals.
There is no indication to the con-
trary in this initial indictment.
The registration law was passed in
1888 primarily to give the Govern
ment means of controlling under
cover and propaganda agents of for
eign governments and other foreign
principals, but it applies with equal
force to activities Of unquestioned
character. There is no reason why
any organization covered by the act
should not conform to its provisions.
Evening star., 1939-12-17
FACING REALITY WITH CHRIST
By the Right Rev James E. Freeman, D., ILL., d. D. C. L.
Bishop of Wnshin0ton

stern opposition. It is not in times Of
piping peace" that men show their
finest qualities; it is rather in days of
difficulty confusion and bitter opposi-
ton that they manifest their best and
most heroic qualities. It Is conspicuously
true that the church as an institution
is most effective when 1t is attacked and
its institutions threatened.
Those who are rejecting deeply upon
the present world situation are beginning
to realize that the liberties we hold under
a democracy are sustained and buttressed
by vital religious faith. Covet as we
may our civil liberty, we are being
solemnly admonished that. when re-
ligious liberty goes, civil liberty goes
with 1t.
We Of America, living apart from the
conflict now raging In Europe and Asia,
are being driven back upon our founda-
tions, to look unto the rock whence we
are hewn. Those foundations, we need
to be reminded, are made secure by a
professed Christian faith. We still grave
on our coins I'm God We Trust" While
we have fallen far short in living up to
the Christian ideal we profess, we still
believe that at heart the Nation is Chris
tian.
The heroic elements that characterized
the church in other ages must again be
made evident in the life of the church.
Reverently as we may hold our faith,
reverently as we may practice it within
the clustered atmosphere of the church,
the time has come when this faith in the
living Son Of God must be brought to
bear upon the common and most prac-
tical interests of our daily life.
1t is widely conceded, even by the sec
ular world, that the most urgent need of
the hour is sane. Unconditional. sus-
tanned revival Of the Christian faith.
The church is called upon to strip for
action, and If it is to set forward its
mighty cause it must catch from ~
crucified Son Of God upon the Gro
those elements of zeal and sacrifice and
self-giving that have made Him the
Savior Of mankind.
Evening star., 1939-12-17

At no time in the memory Of living
men has the church faced crisis more
grave and threatening than the one that
confronts it today. Not alone is democ-
racy challenged-the Christian church
and Christian institutions are likewise
challenged.
Judged by fair and consistent stand
ards, our age has witnessed the greatest
moral and spiritual decline that this
world has experienced for centuries. It
may be that what we are seeing today
is the greatest and most concentrated
attack that has ever been made upon
Christian institutions and Christian civ-
illzation. The editor Of leading maga-
zine, as he surveys the situation, says:
TT Is our flrm conviction that the key
stone Of the whole structure of the
American social, political and economic
life is the acceptance Of the Christian
principles handed down to US by earlier
generations. Of Americans. We believe
that that structure is imperiled today as
never before, and that never before was
CAlCLC g q 81 lCuCCA IlCCO AOI VIC 70
reassert its leadership-not for specific
movements and reforms, but for the
basic tenets~of Christian teaching"
In another striking editorial in a
secular journal. the writer says: THE
churches must face reality or perish"
However generously We may Judge the
trends and movements in our modern
world, we shall certainly find ourselves
seriously embarrassed unless we appraise
them by their proper worth and prepare
ourselves to meet them with quickened
zeal, high intelligence and the full real
ization Of their designs and purposes. In
our reckoning we need to be reminded
that, while the present situation has
unique characteristics and is marked by
violent action, 1t resembles in part other
like attacks that have been made upon
the Christian cause and Christian insti-
tutions. Let us also be reminded that
the most brilliant periods in the churchs
history have been those that have had
their genesis in times of conflict and
Evening star., 1939-12-17

Properly used, the power Of human
aviation holds blessings for mankind
which today, a third Of a century
after the first flight, the world is be-
ginning to appreciate. Flight is CIV
ing new meaning to time and
space; 1t opens new doorways in the
former walls between nations and
races.
The world also has awakened to
the somber realization that the
power of flight, improperly used, has
brought a great peril to mankind.
This peril is no fault of aviation. The
blame rests, rather, upon that type
of human mentality which perverts
and makes destructive a great ma
jority of the material blessings which
progress has given to the human race
the blessings Of rapid travel, of
chemical conquest Of the elements,
Of instantaneous communication OF
ideas through miles of space, of ad-
vances in many fields of science.
This thirty-sixth anniversary Of
human flight can prove of value If it
serves to stir in the minds OF man a
doubt as to the wisdom of the course
now being followed by a great part Of
mankind-a course which degrades
to purposes Of death nd destruction
those instruments Of human prog
ress which, properly employed, could
be an unmitigated blessing to all
men, but which, improperly used,
threaten the safety of all men and
all nations and the existence of
modern civilization.
Evening star., 1939-12-17
Courts and Clinics

The conflict between legal and
psychiatric attitudes toward anti
social behavior slowly is being re-
solved.
Between the extremes of the two
viewpoints there is great gulf. The
law holds the individual strictly re-
sponsible to the extent of his Of
lenses, insofar as they can be proved.
1t is the voice of society which ac-
cepts no blame for the evil men do,
however eager it may be to take
credit for the good they do.
Psychiatry holds that human ac-
tions are subject to laws OF cause and
effect. 1t denies that the mind and
the emotions Of man are things apart
from a law-bourld nature. It delves
beneath the superficial aspects of
behavior into the shadowy depths of
the brain and the soul.
Each party to the conflict has been
obliged to concede something to the
viewpoint Of the other. Through the
ages the actual administration of law
has been tempered by consideration
of circumstances. Psychiatry, on the
other hand, has been forced to admit
that the acceptance of its viewpoint
would make necessary complete re-
construction of society. It is a rela-
lively young science, but it already
has made great inroads on legal
administration.
Judge Edward M. Curran, seeking
to have q psychiatric clinic set up as
an adjunct to the District Police
Court, is merely keeping abreast of
the times in his desire to have the
circumstances attending a crime and
the individuality of the criminal
passed upon by men who know some
thing about the motivation Of human
actions rather than to leave this to
the prejudiced guesswork Of men who
know nothing, and do not claim to
know anything, about such matters
Evening star., 1939-12-17

chases In this country must be paid for
in cash, and balances already are run
ming the wrong way. In other words.
both countries, even in peacetime, buy
more from the United States than they
sell.
At this time, because of the factors
previously outlined, it appears that to-
days war will fail to produce prosperity
for the United States. Later, however,
If the war spreads and deepens and II
the American people feel that they
should take sides ut least to the extent of
providing goods free Of charge or on
credit" that outlook could change rap
idly and radically.
The nlst war boomlet Is about to give
WY to . moderate seeessiou.
Evening star., 1939-12-17
ltoIy's Motives

The lengthy address delivered to
the Italian Chamber of Fasces and
Guilds in Rome yesterday by 1talys
foreign minister, Count Galeazzo
Ciano, does nothing to dispel the
worlds uncertainty about the course
OF italian policy as the European war
develops. One exception should be
noted, however. That is the foreign
minister's emphatic statement that
Italy is determined "to protect, with
an inflexible flrmness, the interests
OF her land, air and sea traffic, not
to mention her prestige and her
future as a great power"
In other words, Premier Musso-
lini-whose will, Count Ciano pro-
claimed, is the only will in the Fas-
cist state-continues to follow the
policy Of opportunism and expe-
diency to which the Italy Of 1914
and 1915 adhered. Whenever it
serves Italian interests for Italy to
detach herself from the axis, either
to join the allies or to maintain strict
neutrality, Italy may be expected to
do so. But the axis apparently is not
yet dead, and Italy is preserving it
for whatever it may be worth in the
future.
There can scarcely be any doubt,
though, about Italian policy if obli-
cations of the military alliance with
Germany ever collide with the basic
determination to protect 1taly's own
interests. Unless the fulfillment of
such obligations involves no great
risk for italy. economically or po-
litically, or promises such great re-
turns as to make the risk worth
taking, Italy may be expected to re-
pudiate the axis.
While this may appear to be at
least a potential contradiction in
Italian political philosophy, between
self-interest and adherence to her
alliance, it is really nothing more
than the reafflrmation that Italy is
looking out first of all for Italy and
afterward for her friends.
Nor Is there contradiction in the
opposition, expressed by Count Ciano,
to a neutrality bloc in the Danubian
and Balkan sectors. He states that
Italy desires Ito maintain and con-
eolidate peace and order" in these
areas. Italy's interest in Southeast
ern Europe is to keep 1t tied to her
Evening star., 1939-12-17
Wright Day

Thirty-six years ago today the first
airplane lifted itself into the teeth of
an icy wind and few a distance of
120 feet across the white sea sand of
the North Carolina dunes at Kitty
Hawk. At its controls was Orville
Wright. Before the close of that day
Wilbur Wright had made q 5o-second
flight, travelling a distance of S52
feet.
So was given to mankind q dream
Of the ages-thes power Of hight.
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SENATOR bOTdn-AnQ We nave never
gotten the money back.
Dr. Thorp-And we have never gotten
the money back.
The witness explained that this coun-
try had enjoyed form of entertainment
in making loans to foreign governments
that then were turned into goods that
never were paid for in exchange or in
other goods.
In the present war, repetition of that
situation-at least for some time-is not
likely. This Is due to the fact that the
johnson Act bars loans to governments
that are in default on past loans and
the Neutrality Act bars loans to nations
at war. There are loopholes in both of
these acts, but there appears to be no
present intention to take advantage of
those loopholes.
without loans, the nations at war must
either ship goods or use gold, bank de-
posits or securities to pay for the things
that they buy.
4 X -
Britain and France and Canada have
IS 900, 900, 900 in gold and another $780,
0,000 in bank accounts and securities,
making a total of about $500, 900 900.
That is lot of money, but it is much
less than those nations spent in the
United States during the last war. Also,
when those resources are used up, there
aren't any more Of the same kind to take
their places.
The result is that the allies simply
cannot afford to be profligate.
The result, too, is that the allies can
not afford to buy In the United States II
they can buy elsewhere. because pur-
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A certain fixed proportion of such a
payment would be regarded as straight
tax to be used in any such manner as
the governing authorities should elect.
But a balance of the money withheld,
would be regarded as borrowed from the
individual. A small total tax-savipg de-
duction would be taken from the person
earning only, say SIS or s25 q week, but
the percentage would rise rapidly.
The compulsory saving part of the
deduction would go into q government
banking system, such as the American
postal savings system. Interest would
be paid at low rate, perhaps not more
than or per cent. It is old experi-
ence that war borrowings force up in
terest rates. A vast amount of money
was borrowed by the United States
Treasury in the last war at 6 Der cent
or higher. The substantial compulsory
savings, use Of which the Government
would have at low rate, would tend to
keep interest rates on other borrowings
down.
But what is regarded as perhaps the
best part OF the scheme is that, after
the war. large amount Of savings would
belong to the people on their individual
accounts This, it is believed, would 90
far toward averting the depression which
comes from usual postwar events The
fact that 80 large q purchasing power
was In the hands Of the people, with
straight government borrowings low,
would tend to keep business and trade
going and conceivably prevent large
scale unemployment.
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Montana labor news., 1939-08-10

AN2N
NOTICE OF SAIL OF REALTY
In the District Court of the Second Ju-
dicial District of the State of Montana,
In and for the County of Silver Bow.
In the Matter of the Estate of ELLA
COFFEY, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the under
above named deceased, that he win pur-
suant TO an order duly given and made
in the above entitled court and matter
on the 3rd day of June. 1899, sell at pri-
vate sale for cash to the highest bidder
the following described real property stu
ated in the County of Silver Bow, Mon
lana, and more particularly described as
follows, to-wit:
IAN Of the right, title and interest of
the above named deceased and estate in
Lot numbered II and IS, in Block num-
bered 40 of the Hamilton Addition to the
City Of Butte, Montana, according to the
official plat and survey thereof now on
file in he office of the County Clerk and
Recorder of Silver Bow County, Montana,
together with the tenements, heredita-
ments and a-ppurtenances thereunto be-
longing, or in anywise appertaining."
The said sale shall be made on and
after the 18th day of August, 1899, and
bids must be in writing and left with the
undersigned at the office of M. S. Galasso,
3l2 Silver Bow Block, on or before said
day.
Dated this goth day Of July. 1889.
MIKE DUNFORD, As Administrator
of the Estate Of Ella Coffey, De-
ceased.
First publication July 81, 1887.
Montana labor news., 1939-08-10

ALIAS
In the District Court of the Second Ju-
dicial District Of the State Of Montana.
In and for the County of Silver Bow.
PEARL SIMPSON, Plaintiff,
GEORGE F. SIMPSON, Defendant.
The State of Montana Sends Greetings
to the Above Named Defendant:
You are hereby summoned to answer
the complaint in this action, which is filed
in the office of the Clerk Of this Court, a
copy of which is herewith served pom
you, and to file your answer and serve a
copy thereof upon the plaintiffs attorney
within twenty days after the service of
this summons, exclusive Of the day Of
service; and in case of you failure to
appear or answer, judgment will be taken
against you by default for the relief de-
manded IN the complaint.
The plaintiff for cause of action alleges
In his complaint. That you and the plain
tiff intermarried at Lewistown, Montana,
on or about the 22nd day of November,
State of Montana for more than one year
Immediately preceding the commencement
Of this action; that no children were born
as issue of this marriage, that for more
than one year before the commencement
of this action, defendant has been guilty
of Wilful neglect of this plaintiff, which
said wilful neglect has consisted of the
neglect of the defendant to provide for
his plaintiff the common necessaries of
life, said defendant having refused to
look for work n preferring to remain
lulti dlLilouBH 5dlQ uelGludLL IS an dDlG-
bodied man and capable of performing
any and all kinds of manual labor.
Wherefore, plaintiff prays judgment
against the defendant,
a That the plaintiff be given and
granted an absolute divorce from the de-
PENDANT, and that the said parties be
placed in the status Of single persons.
~ That the plaintiffs former name of
Pearl Kerr be restored to her, and for
such other and further relief as to the
Court seems meet and agreeable to equity.
WITNESS my hand and the seal Of said
Court this goth day of July, A. d. 1889.
ELMER SHEA, Clerk.
BY F.. j. GABSE, Deputy Clerk.
court Seaf1
FRANK j. ROE,
Attorney for Plaintiff,
Suite 9, LIST Natl. Bank Bldg,
Butte, Montana.
First publication July 20. l9S9.AT.
Montana labor news., 1939-08-10
LEGAL NOTICES
No. 38045
ALIAS SUMMONS

In the District Court of the Second Ju-
dicial District of the State of Montana,
In and for the County of Silver Bow.
RUTH FOSTER, Plaintiff,
VS..
FRED FOSTER, Defendant.
The State of Montana Sends Greetings
to the Above Named Defendant:
You are hereby summoned to answer
the Complaint in this action, which is filed
in the office Of the Clerk Of this Court, a
copy Of which is herewith served upon
you, and to file your Answer and serve a
copy thereof Upon the Plaintiffs Attorney
within twenty 900 days after the service
of this Alias Summons, exclusive Of the
day of service; and in case OF your failure
to. appear or answer, judgment VIII pc
taken against you by default for the relief
demanded Ia this Complaint, which Com
plant alleges that Plaintiff has been a
bonafide resident of the State of Montana
for one year Immediately preceding, the
commencement of her action that Plaln-
tiff and Defendant intermarried at Butte,
Montana, on or about the 18th day Of
March, 1894, and ever since have been
and now are husband and wife; that thare
Montana labor news., 1939-08-10

AllA0 00MlNAOAND
In the District Court of the Second Ju-
dicial District of the State Of Montana,
In and for the County of Silver Bow.
OPAL HARRISON, Plaintiff,
LEE F. HARRISON, Defendant.
The State of Montana Sends Greetings
to the Above Named Defendant:
You are hereby summoned to answer
the complaint in this action, which is filed
in the office of the Clerk of this Court, a
CODY of which is herewith served upon
you, and to file your answer and serve a
copy thereof upon the PLAINTIFFS attorney,
within twenty days after the service of
this summons, exclusive of the day of
service; and in case of your failure TO
appear or answer, judgment will be taken
against you by default for the relief de-
handed in the complaint.
A general statement of plaintiffs aus
of action is as follows.
Plaintiff alleges that o and plaintiff
intermarried at Butte, Montana. on or
about the goth day Of September, 1927, and
that ever since said date you and plaintiff
nave been and now are husband ana VINE,
That plaintiff has been an actual and
bona fide resident of the State of Mon
tana, and this for more than one year last
past and Immediately preceding the COM
mencement of this action, to-Wtt, the. 2Oth
day of July, 1889. That two children
wit, Nan Ellen Harrison, aged ten years
and Verna Jean Harrison, aged eight years,
nov in the care and custody of plaintiff.
Ihat o nave Dcen Bullly Ol Wnlul
neglect of and toward plaintiff in this,
to-wit: that for more than one year last
past, to-wit, for more than eight years
last past. and Immediately preceding the
commencement of this action, to-wit: the
goth day of July, 1899, you have failed,
neglected and refused to provide plaintiff
and said minor children with the common
necessaries of life, you having the ability
to do so, and that by reason OF, such
neglect to so provide plaintiff and said
minor children with the said common
necessaries of life, plaintiff has been com
PEELED to support herself and said minor
children.
Plaintiff prays for an absolute divorce
and the custody of said minor children
and for any other relief as the Court may
deem Just and equitable in he premises
For further particulars see complaint on
file herein. a.,
WITNESS my hand and the seal Of said
Court this oath day Of July, A. d. 1899.
ELMER SHEA, Clerk.
BY ID. +. HOLLAND, Deputy Clerk
(Court Seal
FRANK x. YBARRA,
Attorney for Plaintiff.
County Attorneys Office,
Court House, Butte, Montana.
First publication July q, 1939@4r.