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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-03-20
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ments and render frequent and honest
reports on the states financial con-
dition. a fh
81 favor restoration of old-age bene-
fits to standards compatible with de-
cency, health and comfort.
81 favor the immediate repeal of the
so-called Hitler BIZ"
Mr.. Kathan was born in Beloit Wis,
coming to Montana in 1909. He was
on the road as travelling salesman,
selling farm machinery and hardware
for 81 years.
He filed on a homestead at Brady,
Montana in 1914, and has lived there
andrfarmed continuously since 1921.
His present farm holdings comprise
900 acres.
Mr.. Kathan has been president of
the board of directors of the Equity
Co-operatiye Association of Brady, one
of the most successful cooperative
elevator companies in the West, for
the past nine years and is secretary
of the Farmers Union Cooperative
Elevator Association of Central Mon
tana. He has been member giof
the executive and loan committee OF
the board of directors of the Conrad
Production Credit Association since 1t
was organized and has been president
of the organization for the past four
years. He is a member of the advis-
ory committee of the Farm Security |
Administration set-up in Conrad, and |
is secretary-treasurer of the board of
directors of the Farmers Union Grain |
Terminal Association in st. Paul, the |
largest cooperative grain marketing |
agency in the United States.
He is a member of Conrad Lodge |
No. 80, A. F. & A. M. and member
of Pondera chapter No. 81, Royal Arch
Masons He has one son and two
grandchildren.
Mr.. Kathan is the present state sem
ator from Pondera county and previ
ously served in the lower house.
Mr.. Kathans filing was the result
of most insistent urging on the part
of farm and labor leaders in the state,
all of whom have committed them
selves to militantly support his can
didacy. = |
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make a speech or sing a song. That
qualities him for the first degree. You
see, that's to keep him from bother
| ing the second degree men-the two
bottle-before they get ready to dis
course or harmonize. It's pretty strict
in it's regulations.
We've got some big shots as mem
bers; fellows that rate for the high
degrees too. The governor will maybe
be our next president, if he isn't too
busy keeping himself qualified for the
highest degree. There's been some
opposition to him by some of the sing
ing members, but he makes up for it
by his speech-making talents, so the
rest of us plug for him, and we think
we can put him over
That's a sketchy explanation of the
AABF. You get the idea, or don't
you?
At the last meeting the members
passed a resolution making it my job
to investigate the qualifications for
membership in the AABF of all of
these guys that have filed for the
governors job, and to report ON them
so they would know who to vote for.
/ don't like to write. letters, so |
thought I'd make out a QUESTIONABLE
and get it printed in this column and
let them answer the questions so we
can decide. Here are the things we
want to know:
What is your capacity-actual or
hopeful?
When you've taken that allotment,
can you walk chalkline; or don't
you care to do that?
After how many glasses and/or bot
ties do you start making a speech?
What about and does it matter?
When do you sing, and if so who
said you could? Use care and detail
in answering this.
Have you got any money? How
much? Where did you get it? (unim-
portant) Are you willing to spend
it? GmportanD.
Ii elected, how about the sample
cases" that come with the carloads?
(My mouth is watering) Will you
split them with the rest of the men,
bers of the AABF? (Warning: No
,plit-no Vote.)
When | get the answers to this
luestionnaire, I'll be able to Judge |
md inform the rest of the members.
10 be snappy about answering the |
questions; we want to start campaign
ng.
And voting. JAKE.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-03-20
Times CLAIM OF Three MILLION
UNEMPLOYED BLASTED BY HETzEL

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS dis
agreement with the contention of
Arthur Krock, N. Y. Times columnist,
that there are no more unemployed
now than in 1929 was expressed here
by Ralph Hetzel Jr., CLIO unemploy-
ment director, in a letter to Krock
1.-THE private columnist' which you
quoted in your column on March ~
has apparently retailed figures which
very seriously misrepresent facts
about unemployment" Hetzel wrote.
1.-THE publication of such figures at
the present time without adequate re-
futation endangers the realistic con-
sideration of measures for the relief
Of unemployment at this present con-
gress.
Therefore it seems important that
corrections be made to the implication
of your column that the extent of I'M
employment has been grossly misrep-
resented by labor organizations, among
others. efs.li.
"This is especially so since your
figures seem to be based on those
now D6lUS III
memorandum prepared by Edmund E.
Lincoln, who is employed by the du-
Points"
Hetzel said hiatt, according to the
U. S. bureau of labor statistics, the
number of non-farm workers in De-
cember, 1899 amounted to 34,s40,O00
The bureau of agricultural economics
estimates employed farm workers in
December at 100000.
Making corrections to allow for the
different times of the month at which
the estimates were made, the total
employed becomes 44,131,000
The number of available workers
on the same date was 54,600,O00. This
figure, Hetzel said, is based on an
estimated annual increase of 100000
workers in the labor market and is
the figure agreed upon by government
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-03-20
FLY-HI CARNIVAL
is SPONSORED BY
BUTTE CLUB NO. /

The Butte Club No. 1 of the Ma
tional Townsend Recovery plan is
sponsoring an Indoor Carnival for the
purpose Of raising funds with which
to further the plan for national re-
covery and old age pensions. This
carnival will be held at the Temple
ballroom, at the corner of Park and
Washington streets in Butte, Mont.
1t will be held for a period Of 10
days and 10 nights from March 20
to April 7, inclusive. Tickets are be-
ing sold by the club members and
all downtown stores. The tickets sell
for SOC each and admits the purchaser
time during the carnival, every night
there will be free dancing, free enter
tainment, free floor shows, free door
prizes every half hour. Also 10 acts
of amateur vaudeville, and profession
al entertainers every night during the
life of the carnival.
The club is also giving away new
1910 Chrysler Imperial sedan on the
last night of the carnival. The lucky
person does not have to be present
at the time this car is given away.
There will be various side shows
games of skill and concessions. In
addition to this there will be street
parades every evening and street and
other attractions every afternoon and
evening. The Fly-Hi Carnival head
quarters are open daily, from $3.50 a.
m. until o'clock p. m. in suite As
in the Hirbour building, corner Main
and Broadway streets, Butte, Mont
Visitors are always welcome.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-03-20
TO
RE-ExAMINE
FBI ACTION

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. in
vestigation of the FBPs handling of
the arrest of Spanish loyalist SYM
pathisers in Detroit will be made by
the department of justice, Attorney
General Robert H. Jackson announced
here.
Jackson admitted that his previous
Investigation, resulting in statement
by the department that agents of J..
Edgar Hoover, FIJI head, had not en-
gagged in illegal activities, might have
been based on a one-sided inquiry, as
charged by Sen. George w. Norris
Ind, Neb).
Henry Schweinhaut, head of the de-
partment's civil liberties section, will
conduct the second investigation, Jack
son said. At the conclusion of the
investigation a copy of the detailed
report will be sent to Norris and made
public, he added.
Jackson's announcement was made
at a press conference attended by an
unprecedented number of reporters.
Packed into every niche and Granny
of Jackson's large office, they staged
virtual demonstration against Hoov-
er, firing innumerable questions con-
corning Hoover's activities.
At one point Jackson was asked
if it was not fact that previous in
vestigations of Hoover had been
quashed because of dossiers collected
by Hoover on members of congress.
Jackson replied he would be glad to
see evidence to that effect.
Also fired at Jackson was ques-
ton concerning Hoover's declaration
to the ~ Y. Herald-Tribune forum
last year to the effect that ''all the
pinks" should be driven out of the
country.
The attorney general replied that no
person would be prosecuted because
of political convictions and that he
would assume full responsibility for
the actions of the FBI.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-03-20
,jOBLESS JAILED
AS OFFICIALS
ROB POOR FUND

WALSENBURG, Colo.-(FP)- Two
incidents have silhouetted the plight
of unemployed people in this terri
tory of the Rockefeller-owned Colo
RADIO Fuel & Iron Co.
First, members of the Workers ALI
ance decided to parade in protest
against allowances of as little as 81
a month for jobless men. Newspapers
have been silent; there was no other
way to demand action. But the police
chief refused permit, and arrested
three of the paraders when they
marched anyway.
Second, few days later a special
grand jury indicted five Huerfano
(Walsenburg) county officials on
charges of robbing the county's made
uuate poor funds, defrauding the WPA
and similar offenses. More indict-
ments are expected.
Alex M. Guerrero, democratic boss
and a former member of the legisla-
ture. was accused of collecting $40
as an assistant surveyor on a WPA
project, a job that was filled by an
other man while Guerrero attended to
his politics.
The poor fund was raided by Coun-
ty Commissioner Clyde M. Johnson
and an assistant, who would draw
s22 relief order under fictitious name
and then cash it. giving the grocer
So for his cut and splitting the $40
between them.
Walsenburgs officials have long
been suspected of. being stooges for
the Rockefeller interests. The town
is only 25 miles northwest of Ludlow,
scene of the 1918 massacre by Rookie
Teller gunner. National guardsmen
modified to break the coal miners
strike q years ago turned Walsen-
burg street into a battle-ground.
Ludlow is in adjoining Las Animas
county, where similar grand jury
probe a year ago resulted in peniten-
tiary terms for II public officials.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-03-20
dies COMMITTEE
WITNESS INDICTED
FOR MURDER

| NEW ORLEANS OPP - William
McQuistion, important witness for the
Dies committee, was indicted here
March IS for the murder of Philip
Carey, stewards secretary of the Gulf
district committee of the Natl. Mari
time Union (CIO).
Just after testifying on alleged COM
munistic influences within the NMU,
McQuistion was arrested last fall by
New Orleans officers who had come
to Washington with a warrant. A
District of Columbia judge refused to
permit extradition because of technical
flaws in the papers, although the court
indicated that McQuistion should face
the charges.
Carey, who was 81, was beaten with
chains and shot by three thugs who
found him seated in a parked car on
September II, 1899 Members of the
NMU attributed the murder to a group
of spies who had been thrown out of
the union.
McQuistion was affiliated with this
group, and his testimony before the
Dies committee revealed his anti-union
bias Only a few days before Carey
was shot, McQuistion had attacked
him on city street.
Rep Martin Dies, angered by the
arrest of his witness, charged that
there was a plot to discredit McQuis-
tons testimony by framing him for
murder. Apparently Dies accepted
McQuistion's statement at full value,
for the committee report issued a few
months later upheld McQuistion's con-
tention that the NMU was under COM
munist influence.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-03-20

economists as well as private en-
ployer agencies.
Subtraction of the number of en-
ployed from the number of available
workers, Hetzel pointed out leaves
10,469 900, which includes those on
work relief
1T is exceedingly difficult" he
wrote Krock, ito make any sense out
of the figures quoted in your column
because none of them seem to have
any relationship to any recognized
source of population and employment
figures"
Krock said the figures were pre-
pared by persons "outside the govern
ment" who are without axes to grind"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-03-20
COOP WHOLESALE
VOTES S13,391 DIVIDEND

BROOKLYN OPP = The Eastern
Cooperative Wholesale, which broke
the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS volume for the
first time in its history last year, voted
to pay patronage dividend of Il %
of the years purchases to its local
retail societies. This will add $13,391
to the savings already made by the
200 co-operatives which own and con-
troll the wholesale.
E. G. WIS board of directors also
voted to set up an anticipated sales
budget of $1,350,000 for 1910. This
represents an increase of 26% over
last year, but January sales showed
that the wholesale is already ahead of
its budget.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-03-20
ICE COMPANY SUES UNION
FOR HALF MILLION

WASHINGTON - OPP - Suit for
100000 damages was filed in U. S.
district court here against the Driv-
ers, Chauffeurs & Helpers local union
639 (AFL) and four of it's officials by
hte Consolidated Terminal Corp, ice
manufacturers.
The corporation commended it had
been "blacklisted and illegally CO.
creed" 1t asked damages under the
antitrust laws claiming the union had
sought to destroy it's business by
picketing or threatening to picket Gus
toners.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-03-20
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ments demand some report to the peo-
pie on the states finances. But the
pesky thing just wouldn't stay in the
black. At the end of the following
month it made the brave showing of
$473, 626.55 in nice red ink. And it's
been there ever since. 1t is in the
red today.
The governors claim to business
like, economical and efficient govern
ment is not borne out by the records.
Then on what basis can he claim it?
Probably because a prostituted, con-
trolled daily press is willing to print
his claims, and hopes the public will
be gullible enough to believe him.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-03-20
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Reilly, in a lengthy demurrer filed
on behalf of Gardner, contended that
the Dies committee is Illegal. The
demurrer was recently denied in U. S.
district court here.
Lynch's appearance on behalf of
Middleton is noted on page 4,161 of
part IL of the Senate civil liberties
committees proceedings. Lynch as
sisted the sheriff in raising objections
as Sen. LaFollette prog, Wis., per-
sisted in asking embarrassing ques-
lions concerning Middleton's personal
finances.
AS a result of the LaFollette COM
mittee's probe, Middleton and num-
Der of coal operators were indicted
by federal grand jury on a charge
of conspiring to deprive citizens of
their civil liberties but the subsequent
trial resulted in split jury.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-17
Damned Either Way

With the British forces in Africa carrying
the war to the Italians in Libya and the Greeks
continuing their advance in Albania, albeit
more slowly as roads grow worse, the naturai
assumption is that Mussolini's house OF cafos
is toppling about his head. Certainly THIS
would be the case if the braggart at Rome
were to be left to his own devices. His armies
have demonstrated such utter ineHlclency In
action and in planning that they could not
hone to turn the tide against the British and
the Greek forces now sweeping resistlessly
forward.
Before we take it for granted that Italy IS
done for, however, it would be wise to ponder
on what Hitler is up to and to weigh the
war situation in Nazi s~cales.s Could Hitler
afford to let his puny Axis partner go under?
Italy has been a burden rather than a help
ever since Mussolini forced it into the war;
but now that Italy is in it must be preserved
or the Axis itself will crumble, with dire
for the leader thereof.
Hitler has massed great numbers Of troops
in Austria and Rurnania- and is said to be
increasing his air forces in both countries. II
is at least probable that this mobilization is
under way with the saving of Italy as the
objective. Hitler cannot allow Italy to suffer
complete defeat without sharing it himself.
It is not in keeping with what we know OF
the man to suppose that he will do nothing
to prevent such a defeat.
But, even if he could save Italy from the
Greeks and the British, Italy would none the
less be a goner. For to save Italy, the Nazis
would have to take over, which would mean,
in effect, that Italy would join the other Euro
pean nations which the Germans have &C.
cupied for their own protection" Italy is
damned if Hitler does and damned if he
doesn't come to the rescue.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-17
Give Pines Room

Pine is a gregarious tree. 1t does best in
plenty Of company. To be sure, a few rugged
individualistic pines rise to towering height
away from their fellows. but they only serve
to point the rule, just as separatists among
men help to prove that man, too, is gregari-
Gus.
This, however, does not mean that pines
benefit from mob formation. When they are
too thick they choke each other and survive
only as stunted things of little use for lumber
or naval stores, more a blot on the landscape
than an attraction.
New Hanover and Brunswick counties have
much young pine struggling as best it can
under this handicap. Thousands of acres are
covered with stunted pine which would develon
into a major asset if given half a chance to
breath and feed and sun itself normally. The
situation seems to call for a program of
|judicious thinning and the elimination of scrub
oak and other non-commercial growths which
help to throttle what might otherwise become
highly valuable.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-17
War Gossip

The purpose Of the Duke of Windsor's visit
to President Roosevelt at sea is reported to
have been to discuss U. S. bases in the
Bahamas. The unreported purpose, as whis-
-pered in Washington hotel lobbies and capitol
corridors, was to sound out the Chief Execu-
tive on Americas possible entry into the war.
This gossip has it that the London govern
rnent commissioned the Duke to seek an inter-
view with President Roosevelt and without
equivocation ask him how far he is prepared
to 60, not only in aid for Britain, but also
as a possible participant in the conflict. The
answer Mr.. Roosevelt is alleged to have given
was that he had made a solemn promise to the
American people that he would not lead them
into war, that he would use his power to keep
them out, and that he was not another
Wilson, to go back on his pledged word;
that he would do all that he could to support
Britsin's war effort, but that unless the United
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-17
Colonel Simpson To Speak

Col. L. l.. Simpsons address before Will
mington civic clubs at the Cape Fear hotel
today is quite the most important event on
the days schedule - SO important, in fact,
that no member Of any service club with a
clear view of what is ahead for this city
can afford to be absent.
Colonel simpsons experience at Fort Bragg
and the effect that posts development has had
upon Fayetteville can be invaluable to Will
mingtonians who must deal with a similar
situation in connection with the establish
ment Of the anti-aircraft base at Holly Ridge.
He will deal with this subject today. This
makes it both a privilege and a duty for
every civic-minded man on the rosters of
the clubs to hear and benefit by his en-
Tightening address.
With a hundred per cent attendance it should
be comparatively simple for the people of
this city to draft a program for community
effort and accomplishment. Seeing this posi-
bility, R. B. Page, general chairman of the
local defense organization, has urged an men,
bers OF his organization who are also mem
bers Of a civic club to be on hand.
The hour is l o'clock. The place, the Cape
Fear hotel ball room. Come one, come all.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-17
Editorial Comment
BEHIND THE CURTAIN OF CENS(
Greensboro News

What is actually behind the busting of Pierre
Laval as No. 2 man of the French government
no one outside France can know and no one
inside France is permitted by naZi custodians
to say.
Marshal Petain, the chief Of state, did tell, or
was permitted to tell, his people and the world
that the foreign minister and vice premier
was dropped for high reasons of internal
policy" Doubly significant is the action in
that Premier Petain also announced cancella-
ton of the decree whereby Laval would have
become his own successor. BY way of Swift
erland, the vortex Of all western European
rumors these days, comes purported explana-
ton that Laval plotted to set up his own die
tatorial government and to lead France into
actual war against Great Britain. Further re-
port is that the former vice premier has been
placed in custody of the newly established
French secret police.
There is, however, little reason for rejoic-
ing over the development in the light of selec-
ton of Pierre-Etienne Flandin as LavaPs sue
cessor in the government. Flandin has taken
high rank as an appeaser and pro-nazi sympa-
thizer, his outspoken inclination being mani
tested Immediately after the Munich confer
ence when he congratulated Hitler upon the
outcome. Flandin is not the intriguer, the
manipulation, the interloper that Laval was;
he is less capable and thus less dangerous to
direct degree.
The possible meanings of the shift, for all
that lack of surface explanations which is
readily recognized in the light of the German
censorship and the confusion which prevails
in France itself, get greatest world attention
Strongly suggested are the Likelihood that M.
Petain is after all the directing figure in
France and that he can be pushed or bludg-
eoned only so far and that the rapidly chang
ing European picture, already sharply altered
by Greek and British successes against the
Italians, may have increasing effect u p o n
French policy and opinion which must neces-
sarily be taken into consideration.
The forms Of forces and events pressed
against the curtain of censorship which hangs
across France testify, in outline, to their big
ness. ga, /
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-17
British Bid For Ships

Britain has offered $4,o1o,s 300 for Is U. S.
government vessels laid up at Norfolk, New
Orleans and Bremerton, WASH, and proposed
to make payment in a lump sum. This was
the most favorable of the nine bids opened,
in the opinion of the Maritime Commission,
which has the sale in charge. Other bids
were from operating companies in this country
and in South America.
Considering Britain's dire need Of COM
merce carriers and our pledge to give her
all aid, short of war, it would seem that to
complete the transaction without further loss
of time would be mutually advantageous, pro-
vided we were not required to furnish a con-
voy and accept responsibility for safe pass
age once the ships left American waters.
The lively bidding, with nine competitors,
shows. we think, our national opportunity in
the field Of shipbuilding, which is being met
only in part, and encourages a hope that
shipyards will increase, with the employment
Of more men, the use of more materials and
a substantial contribution to the better eco.
nomic conditions which are a product of the
rearmament effort.
Wilmington's situation, as to water, trans.
portation and resources, is 80 favorable for
shipbuilding that this new evidence of a de-
mand for cargo vessels is well calculated to
stimulate the effort now centering in estab-
lishment of a plant here.