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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-10-09
Zee Of Copper;
Miners and Smeltermen's Wages


Sunday edition Anaconda Copper Companys
Montana Standard particularly vicious
eating statements designed to scred the New Deal
bolster the Wke myth In the issue of September 49,
that Henderson, defense commissioner had attacked
the copper and implying that such attacks might
lower price for copper and lowering of
in the mining industry This apparent socitous attitude
by the moutpece of the big company not borne
by the facts.
When full statement out by the defense
commission find that Mr.. Henderson not primarily
attacking price copper He merely notifying the big
copper producers generally the Company particular
y that they manipulating the copper
to artificial scarcity of the metal to the end that
pressure brought upon the national administration
and congress repeal the O4 pound tariff all
that bring in cheapy mined Chile copper to be treated
and fabricated in its plants in the United States Had been
doing this its soictude for the Butte miner and
the small business would have rapidly evaporated Sew
could be shut down the rustng lines made
little longer and the benevolent kindly ACM Company could
make more profits on still lower copper price.
companion article to the cited above in way
tells about the sliding scale based upon the price of cop
After the base rate has been passed the wages days
pay employees contract miners jump 25 cents day for
each cent pound increase in the price of We
miners and smeermen have analysed this
informed that the present Montana
ducton Of the ACM Company approxmates ONE MILLION
pounds of copper per day. per pound
production would additional daily profit of
$4,000 Figuring 1000 employed by the who
would participate rs cent day increase in when
for 49, 900 of $3250 day. eav
ing the company with an additional daily profit of $1750
approximately 312 times much the $4,000 employees
calculations do not take into consideration the
profits to the after the
gone the base rate and before has reached
the stipulated Ia cents pound Increase in price 1t usually
months for the price to increase 05 cents and
steadily at that higher price for 80
days before the % day increase becomes effective
During all this time the has been rakng the
profits.
With the production cost of refined copper Montana,
Of of
bproducts and cents pound the selling which
wage established leaves of approx
maey pound plus the additional between
the base and the point where the first increase in
effective; would that sliding scale
wages based upon the selling price of the best
SYSTEM should be made equitable That cents pound
profit plus byproduc should be sufficient safety
for the company and should in opinion be the point
where the employees should begin to participate the add
ona profits-not 25 cents day basis but 5000
Thus When copper sold at acen pound above the
with the before mentioned production and number
employed wages would be increased by about 1872
day which would greatly augmented purchasing
for the employees and better times for everybody else
n the local communities.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-10-09
MAY FEATURE STATE
IN RADIO PROGRAM

Montana may figure in a national
radio broadcast soon according to Q
communication received from Lanny
Ross, motion picture and radio star.
Ross wrote state officers for Mon
tana's song and historical data, de-
claring he planned to use it in a ma
tion-wide broadcast
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-10-09
MIGRANTS RIGHT
TO VOTE UPHELD

WOODLAND, Calf. - (FP) - In
granting a suit brought by three resi-
dents of an FSA camp at Winters to
compel acceptance TO their registra-
ton, Judge J. G. Burton of Yolo coun-
ty ruled that residents Of federal NIL
grant camps are legal residents Of the
counties and have the right to vote.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-10-09
SELECTIVE SERVICE
DAY is PROCLAIMED

AS provided by federal mandate,
Governor Roy E. Ayers has officially
proclaimed October 16 as registration
day under the United States selective
service act.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-10-09

With the corporation controlled press prasing Governor
Ayers to the skies for his prudent business administration
the states affairs and making assertions borne by facts
that special services naugurated during his administration
nave absorbed the tremendously increased income to the
general fund and that the budget balanced the cold fact
obtrudes that the state general fund.- October
drawn half million dollars; the $500 396 o.
the
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-10-09
TRESPASSINC AT THE CAPITAL

Amount of taxes in relation to con-
sumner income (for 1938-39 taxes, state
and federaD paid by other groups, the
report shows, are: $500 to $1,000, 17.9
per cent; $1,000 to $1,000, 17.2 per
cent; $1,000 to $1,000, .17.6 per cent;
$4,000 to $4,000, II per cent; $4,000 to
$4,000, 1868 per cent; $4,000 to $751;
900, 178 per cent; $4,000 to $4,000,
% per cent, and over $4,000, 31.3 per
cent
The figures for the income groups
in the highest brackets are based on
the assumption that these people ac-
tually pay all Of their presumed taxes,
which of course we know they do not.
Preparing Report on
Migratory Workers
The house (Toland) committee In
vestigating migratory labor, having
completed it's swing around the coun-
try, is now going over some mighty
interesting evidence in preparation for
it's report to be made the first of the
year. The committee can contribute
some invaluable thought to problem
constantly becoming more aggravated
should it become possessed with a
socially-minded disposition.
Failure to protect the family-sized
farm, the backbone of American agri-
culture, testimony before the commit
tee shows, has played major part in
creating the farm migratory labor
problem. This failure leads by stages
to tenant farming, to subsistence farm
ing, to part-time farming, to day agri-
cultural labor in the locality, and final
ly to the farmer becoming migratory
Continued on Page Four)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-10-09
The bal ANCED BUDGET
OF GOVERNOR ayers IS
IN USUAL State OF RED

Now That the Primary Election Is Over the
State General Fund Is Back Home Again
in the Red With the Overdraft Mounting
Steadily for the Past Three Months Cash
Balance Before Primaries
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-10-09
By ALEXANDER L. CROSBY
Federated Press)


Sweeping dissatisfaction with the governments efforts to
prevent milonares from fattening the
tense boom voiced by participants the Federated Press
Monthly Poll of Labor Editors.
Answering the question, Do think congress the
administration taking adequate steps curb proeerng
national defense? than 100 labor editors
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-10-09
LABOR EDITORS PREDICT
PR0F|TEER|NG. FAVOR US.
OPERATION OF PLANTS

Express Dissatisfaction With Governments
Efforts to Prevent Excessive Profit Making
by War Material Manufacturers in Poll
Taken by the Federated Press. Almost Two
Thirds Say Government Should Take Over.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-10-09

Economic Justice and Equality
Il the Real Safeguard Of De-
mocracy. Lack Of Those IL a
Challenge to the Intelligence
and Sincerity Of All.
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1940-05-30
TAX ORDINANCE FOUND TO =,
Be ILLEGAL
BY Frank LOTUS

The much dis cussed tax ordinanc ,wfi Oh wo D. aye
exempted automobiles from the personal
was stabbed" indefinitely at the last citing of the
Town Council after it found that the present per-
sonaI-property tax ordinance Is Illegal
letter from Town Soil citor Charles C. Marbury
pointed out that according to Article 81 the Anon
Of Maryland could not set the rate of
perty tax exemption at less than $500. Under the
ordinance In effect in Greenbe1t, there only
800 exemption allowed
Realizing the Illegally Of the present ordinance,
the Council organized special "comni ttee-of-the-
whole" to study and draft a tax nance. This
committee will try to devise the most equi table and
fair tax personal property. This does not neces-
sar1ly mean, however, that the 500 exemption will
be discarded since there is possibility that the
State Senate Will be asked to pass a bill changing
the charter Of the Town of Greenbe1t to allow the
Council to set 800 exemption personal proper
ty. On the other hand the committee may find it ad-
wsable to allow other method of taxation. Most
any action the ittee will probably requr
some action by the State legislature.
Under the State law automobiles excluded from
exemption in the $500 limit. Mayor George A. Warner
resented for first reading ordinance which
wi tn household effects In the exemption. This ori
nance, if passed would make the pre- sent personal
property tax ordinance legal under the State Law.
It pointed out that at pr esent there are
towns in Maryland that have 800 emptt are
getting away wi tn it".
Mayor Warner optimistic that the situa ii on
Will be adjusted and sounded this note when he
stated: "Belated knowledge that present tax
ordinance is invalid is unfortunate, both from the
resulting loss of anticipated to the Town,
and the fact that citizens have paid their per-
sonal property taxes basis of 500 exemption
household effects rather than the $500 ion
quired by State law.
NJ have confidence that the Council, acting as
comm Will make every possible at
tempt to provide workable substitute for the pre-
~ Continued Page 81
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1940-05-30
POOL OPENING DELAYED UNTIL
SATURDAY

The swimming pol will not open Memorial Day
previousl announced, due to the paint Wi CHI will not
be thoroughly dry before Saturday.
The paint viii Oh put the sides and bottom
of the pool last proved to be Of inferior
quality and the contractor going to repaint the
pool with a di fferent paint this year sometime be-
fore the pool opened May 30. Damp and cold wea-
Their prevented the cement from drying out thoroughly
enough for ainting however, and the job delayed.
The pool will open not later than Saturday.
The schedule for the season is as follows:
Weekdays to IL l to $3.50 P.v.
Saturdays to IL l to 1000 Pm.
Sundays II to $3.50 Pm.
There will be two life guards duty at all
times.
Swimming classes Will start July /, Doris DUNCAN,
comunit recreation director and swimming instruc
tor, announced this week. here will be five class
es beginners, intermediate, advanced, diving, and
life saving.
Glasses will be held in the morning for and
children. Evening classes, from to 8, Monday, We'd
nesday, and Friday Will be for adults, particularly
those VITO work during the day. The life saving class
will be offered whenever there is sufficient regis
tration, perhaps not than twice during
the sumner.
Season and monthly passes will not be issued at
the Pool, Miss DUNCAN wi she's to remind citizens.
These may be secured through j. W. Rabbit, Jr. at
the Town Admi nj stration office.
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1940-05-30
Mrs. Wendell Miller Is New
P.T. A. Head

Election Of Officers for the coming year the
Id gl1 gt of the Parent-Teacher Association May n,
in the uditorim Of the Elementary School with Mrs.
Wendell MILL chosen for presidents Mrs. o. Kline
ulmer ,vdce-presidet Mrs. Comfy Ri chic, secretary,
Mr.. Leon Benefiel, treasurer; and Mrs. O. N. john
son, mstorian--all elected by acclamatdon.
The retiring presi dent, Mrs. S. Hartford Downs
summarized the year, activities which had conferred
around the theme nEducatim-The Business of ALI.
Mrs. Catherine T. Reed spoke graciously of the
accomplished by the Greenbelt P.r.A. presidents and
their Of fetal families, and presented Mrs. Downs
vi pin in appreciation Of her untirtng efforts.
Mrs. Ella Roller introduced the evening" topic
stealth and Recreation" and presented the speakers,
the first being Dr.. Joseph silagy, speaking
creation and its relation to health. The two ideals
toward which to work, DR.. Silagy explained
ditiuing with a view to Improvement In health and
prevention Of accidents. he advocated gradual ap
proach to sumner to avoid smburn, increasing
else slowly and terrifying the body by sensible
Continued Page -
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1940-05-30
Legion Dance Is Holiday Event
Tonight

Toni ght the Third Annual Decoration Day win
Greenbelt's main holiday event. Sponsored by the
local American Legion post, the dancing will be from
$3.50 II: 30 in the Audi torim of the Elementary
School.
Thomas Freeman, chairman of the dance COMM ttee,
has announced that tickets may be purchased from any
Legionnaire may be obtained at the door for the
prtce-35 cen is each. Proceeds from the dance
above expen will be used to improve the Legion
Home the Rranchvi le-Gl endale Road.
For toni htis dance a nine-piece orchestra, the
Blue Aces, has been engaged.
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1940-05-30
Article by 0. K. Fulmer Proves
Super Block Savings

Greenbelt is scheduled to break into print again,
this time from the architects point of view. An
article has been prepared for the Architectural For
u, July issue, for the Planners Journal and the A.
merican City, by o. X. Nlmer.
In it Mr.. Nalmer proves, Mth series of comar-
alive figures and diagrams, that the Greenbelt Tor
super block system is less costly for suburban home
building than the standard gridiron block In fact
the article shows that the sper block plan is
5000 less expensive per unit than the other plan.
For the 152 homes viii CHI make up the super block
the saving is $40, os7.28 compared with equal
number Of units in the other plan.
Savings affected in walks, driveways, streets,
water and sanitary systems and garages make up the
difference.
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1940-05-30
ALL GREENBELT UNITES IN
PEACE DRIVE

Drawn together by desire to keep America
out of foreign wars, Leaders of approximately IS
different groups in Greenbe1t last Wednesday
formulate plans for action
meeting under the auspices of the Citizens
Association tentatively scheduled for June 3, if
prominent speaker could be secured by that date, to
clarity the relation of the United States to the
present and to questions from the floor
Panel discussions of the Chicago Round Table ETY.
also planned In which eenbelt citizens should
take part.
COMM tees appointed to plan the program for
the general meeting and to draw up resolution for
its APPROVAL to be sent to the President and Con-
gress. drive to encourage indi vidual letters to
Senator's and Representatives was suggested.
Those attending the meeting Joseph Bargas.
George and Claire Warmer Mrs. Charles Fitch, Mary
Lloyd Willis, Rev. Robert Ktncheloe Nanny and Helen
Gerst, Sherrod East, Joe and Claire Still, Charles
Grossman, Dorothea Ford, Elizabeth Yuretich, Dr..
James McCarl, Dayton and Anne Hull, and Evelyn
Cooper, Dick and Lucille Cooper, Nat Schein, Betsy
Woodman Ellen Krebs, Leah Chinitz, william Stewart,
and Bertha Maryn. Councilman Ed Walther presided,
the group.
It is expected that the group will act in he
capacity of special subcomi ttee within the Associa
tton's education committee which Dr. Walther heads
Different points of view brought out at the meet
ing that the group should agree main thesis
and steer clear of side issues, that unless there
discussion of the side Issues the group
would not know enough about each other to work eff
fectively together, that action rather than academic
theorizing important, that the group should af-
filiate with other groups working towards the same
objective.
ORPHANS MAY VISIT
Another Important item of business the Citi-
Associate on calendar proposed
ments for vacation-visit to community of a
number of orphans, refugee children to be put
under the of local families couples for
week sometime during the summer months.
Helen Chasanow, Reverend Kincheloe and others,
have been working out possible arrangements
Also the Association program reports of
COMM tees, the next citation dance (tenta-
lively scheduled for June - Will be reported
Ways and Means COMM ttee chairman James &c S tn has
mentioned his COMM hopes that much cooper
alton is obtained in future daces as was provided
by Mrs. Heroert Hall, sr, Anthony adden Lee Rice,
Paul Lung, Thomas Rickers Helmlth Bent1en, Oscar
zoel1ner the Mariners, Knsleys, &c Ne Gerst and Lucy
Holloway in the ticket sales for the May dance
The public relations committee of the Citizens
Association having studied the United States Cham
ber's of recently printed outline on "Col
ctivism and Class Warfare" In which Greenbelt VAS
referred to, Will report the outcome of the studS
and relate its handling of the problem. ~
Because of the nature of the highly interesting
jects placed before the tomspeople at this
Monday gathering, President Bargas predicts urge
attendmce--which is might be expected tlaN con-
munity of cic-minded and stra1 thinking people.
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1940-05-30

the $50 ckholders in January, inasmuch Mr.. East
elected for one-year term last January.
Residing at &c Woodland way, Mr.. Wagstaff has
been resident of Greenbelt since November 1887. He
actively interested in the cooperative here in
the early days of the coum1ni ty and of the
members of the Citizens Associate n's original adj
visory committee on cooperatives, out of which fin
ally grew the Cooperative Organizing conmi ttee.
Although Mr.. Wagstaff maintained an interest in
the work being done, his time taken up with
school work and he did not continue as an active
parti in the orgai cation of the local
coorera tive. Mr.. Wagstaff has just completed
3year in accounting and business admindstra
tion at the Benjamin Franklin University in Washing
ton and will be graduated next month.
Mr.. Wagstaff officer of the Greenbelt Cit
liens Association from its inception until last No
veber. As its vdce-president, he stepped into the
presidency when President Frank j. Lasner resi- gned
early last fall, and served out his predecessors
mexpired term of about three months.
The Greenbelt branch of the latter Day Saints
Church organized in September 1898. Mr. Eagstaff
became its first pre- sident and has served in that
capacity since.
Regular semi-monthly meeting dates of the board
of directors of Greenbelt Consumer Services have
been changed to the first Saturday after the first
Tuesday and the fourth Tue sday of each month. They
previously the first Saturday and third Tues
day.
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1940-05-30
BATTLEFIELD DELEGATIONS

BATTLEFIELD DELEGATIONS
The Greenbelt Reps dedi cate the new softball
diamond, at the of the Elementary School,,
Saturday at 3 PM, when they play host to the
Carr Brothers and Boswell aggregation in a sec
ond round Metro League game.
Sunday at P. NJ. the Greenbelt Shamrocks
Will play the Diamond Construction Company of
Gravel1y Point the handbal1 diamond.
This Is the first time that the ne-1y land
scaped ba1lfields have been used. Fu. cher de-
tails on both games Will be found on the sports
page.
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1940-05-30
FISHING ON LAKE BEGINS JULY l

The fishing season Greenbelt's Lake commences
July /, the Comnni ty Recreation Department anno-
ced this week. Anglers must carry the regular state
fishing license and also the 5o-cent town permit
necessary for each fishing trip.
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1940-05-30
WAGSTAFF TO FILL COOP
BOARD VACANCY

To fill the vacancies created
by the recent resignation of Sher-
rod E. East, the board Of direc-
tors Of the Greenbelt Consumer Ser
vices, Inc, last week appointed
Donald H. Wagstaff as member of
the board and selected Mrs. Carnie
Harper as vice-president of the
organi zation. There were no other
nominations for either 20 81 Il on.
A unanimous vote was cast in each
case.
Mr.. Eagstaff will fill the Of
flee for the unexptred tern, or
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1940-05-30

Bring her to the Legion Dance toni ght.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-10

Continued from Page 81
and that was the way they liked
% take i.
Under Terry's modern rule the
church Vas getting slightly out
Of control. the control Of Miss
Selma Guthrie and Jarvis Samp.
Jan sat in a side section. in =
corner Of = pew next the aisle.
From her position she had an IN
INSTRUCTED view Of the pulpit.
Like an interested child. she
zazed at the stained glass win
dows. the beautifully paneled
walls, the choir loft and the back
Of the orranist's head.
Music swelled through the rap
idly filling church, sweet, restful
music. Jan. who had been fairly
hysterical inside, felt her nerves
letting 80.
II was as IL a soothing hand
had been laid on her shoulder.
She drew a long breath.
Singing voices stole through the
auditorium and vested choir filed
into a loft above the pulpit. They
wore black robes and plain little
white collars. Jan waited. having
difficulty with her breathing.
Her eyes darted from the door
at the left of the rostrum to the
door at the right.
Terry would come in a minute.
What would he do? What would
he think?
Suddenly Jan was afraid. She
felt as she had. at the age of
five, when she and Peter Brooks
ran away.
The detective who loitered near
them in the park was smitten
with Pete's nurse. Jan tried TO
remember the nurses name.
Her mind was franticslly jump
ing about. she was on the edge
of panic. 1t helped to think about
that day in the park. Mamie
that was her name.
Mamie and the detective were
billing and cooling on a bench.
JAMS faithful Mippy had gone to
the refectory for ice cream cones.
Pete took JAMS hand and they
ran to the lagoon.
Someone offered them a boat
ride-oh, would the choir ever get
to the end of its song? Would
Terry never come? They got into
the boat and got out again at the
other end of the lagoon.
They walked and walked.
After while they were lost.
Pete cried. Jan said she liked
to be lost. The choir was start
ing another verse. Jan looked at
the strsnge faces. She was lost.
She couldn't find Terry.
A policeman had found the two
children. Walter had Rugged Jan
until she said, Ouch The de-
tective and Mamie had been dis.
charged. Jan wondered If the de-
tective got another job and if they
got married. wait-the door was
opening-the door at the left.
And then--it was dramatic-it
was one of the touches that had
popularized Terry's church he
came through the door. He was
singing. Jan hadn't known that
Terry could sing like that.
There were so many things to
learn about Terry. His voice,
clear and rich. OVERRIDE the choir.
There was a quality about his
singing, a free joyousness. 1t
quickened the pulse. 1t caused lit
tie thrills to run the length of
the listeners spine.
In morning clothes, frock coat
and striped trousers. big and
young and handsome, singing his
heart out, he crossed the rostrum
to the pulpit.
JAMS hand went to her throat
She hadn't imagined it would be
like this, so breathtaking. 20
paralyzing. Terry's eyes strayed
owed the congregation as he fin
ished his song.
His straying eyes came to Jan
and stopped. She smiled. 1t was
the old. audacious, reckless smile.
Terry's hands closed, one on each
side Of the pulpit.
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