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PIANO-Used Steinway upright in good
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Of other used uprights at SO. SIS. 500
and up. Pianos for rent. SO monthly and
up. Republic 1890. The Piano Shop. 1O15
eth St NV OPEN EVENINGS
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IPIANo-slightly used; latest model
other used spinets from sos up. Pianos
for rent. 50 monthly: very easy terms.
The Piano Shop, 1015 7th st. NV. Re-
nubic 1900
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BUILDING MATERIAL SALE-Hechinger s
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2725 CONN. AVE.-Young man to room
with another; twin beds, inner-sprines,
private bath. unlimited phone. l9'
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PIANO-We have a used Stenway grand
in practically new condition that we are
closing out at S595 A lovely instrument
and a real value at this price which is
less than half what it cost new. New
guarantee Easy terms. Ma. 4730.
Evening star., 1940-12-11

This year. send photo
graphic Christmas cards
made from YOUR favorite
negative. They're per-
sonal. distinctive. Choic"
cf sentiments. Each card
With envelope.
The Valley settler., 1940-03-15
TOUT JEST y.ITH

TOUT JEST rITH TIE lILRDys'"-~. ...... >.. Score sno 3hsr q ror) the taraz eas7Aly'' This time it is ~"out Vest with the Fardys" which will be shown et the Palmer Theatre Friday March 22. Fot all around enterta inment and famil yI night at the movies, it's tops.
 Therots nevor dull moment from thE time that Hickey Rooney, as Andy,. has his weekly tiff with bost girl 1 Polly Benedict, until the Judge, tired end woery, packs his little group back to Carvel after z hecticI but ovantful vocation on e western ranch. New comedy has boon added to the fifth Of. the popular Hcrdy Family series wi tn the casting of little loidlor in the rolo of chief hecklor of tho incorrig gible Andy. No mG tier what ho may do in l the wey of VIC s torn stunts, Virginia manaros to 90 him ono bottor. Add l to this 6 dramatic plot involving the owners of tho ranch, 2 new TO-. nance for Cecilia Parker end some
 heart -tugring moments revolving
 1
The Valley settler., 1940-03-15

about pet horse, and thoro oraorges sixty minutes Of -ontQrta fnront that tops Love Finds. Andy .Eardy"--end tl2e;t Mc s'ftho t .~~ f--' Tho p6rforrstrco B of the family: as a wholo surpess anything dono so far, impo ssiblo as this nay soon. Hickey Rooney, as Andy, gives a
 sincere intorpro to tion of tho boy end introduces new tQuch of
 pc thos omitted from others of tho sorios. Judge Hardy, fs portrayed by Lowis Stone, shoulders now bur- dons wi tn. the aid of Fey .Holdon es Yrs. Ecrdy. othors in tho cost arc Ann 7uthorford, Sara Hcdon, Don Castle, Gordon Jones, Ralph Tor gan, Mama Bryent, Tom Noal end Anthony Allan. ,.
The Valley settler., 1940-03-15

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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-07-31

people, while those same economic
royalists furthered their power and
wealth at the expense of the people.
We believe, therefore, that before
any such bill as this should be
passed, that the people should have
a guarantee that dollars" will be
made to stand their fair share of the
national defense, and we submit that
the only thing comparable to giving
up ones family, years of ones life,
and perhaps life itself, is confisca-
ton of capital, and not just conscrlp-
tion.
When we see some of Americas
Sixty Families so convinced and loyal
in the defense of America as to give
up all their power and privileges and
to take the status of the ordinary
farmer or worker who is drafted we
may be willing to believe that COM
pulsory military training is desirable,
but not until then. There is no doubt
that the defense of the country could
be furthered by tapping the great
of wealth, and we contend
that governmental ownership of at
least the munitions factories of this
country would vitality aid the real de-
fese of America.-Reprinte from the
National Union Farmer.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-07-31
MINNES0TALAB0R
ACT UNDER fire
I'm TEST CASE
BY ANGELO COIN

A CLIO union that was baked
strike plans by the republican labo
act has launched the first major lega
attack upon Gov. Harold Stassen's al
ti-strike statute.
The suit was filed July % by tn
Calumet local of the Amalgamate
Assn. of Iron Steel & Tin Workers
Immediate aim of the union is t.
block a report on fact fact-findin,
commissions inquiry into the local.
dispute with the Interstate Mining Co.
operator of the Hill-Annex mine a
Calumet
But the important aspect of the sui
Is request for the court to declare
the labor act passed by the last legis
lature unconstitutional. Specifically
the union attacks the public interest
clause, which was invoked to delay
the mine strike. Stassen and the
three fact-finding commission mem
bers are named as defendants.
How the union got rocked by the
republican labor act is seen from an
outline of the main facts. Under the
Minnesota law a union which votes
a strike must notify the labor con-
ciliator and wait 10 days before walk
ing out.
The Calumet local did so. Since
no settlement was reached during the
waiting period, the strike was called
for June 27. On June 26, however,
the republican administration invoked
the public interest clause which forces
another 30-day waiting period and
provides that the governor name a
3-man board to seek peace.
Because Stassen was busy in Phil
adelphia advancing the campaign of
Wendell L. Willkie, the 3-man board
was appointed by Lieut.. Gov c. Elmer
Anderson. This last-minute interven-
ton by state officials was sharply crit
icized by the union, which pointed out
that the public interest was not in
volved The mine was not producing
ore for the government, union attor-
neys observed, but was merely ship
ping to eastern steel companies to fill
orders for the usual profits.
On July 20 the 3-man board held
rearing at the mine. One witness ap-
the union leaders boycotted
he proceedings, and through Attorney
George Lommen, Farmer-Labor state
gave notice of their plan to
ue for an Injunction to halt the COM
MISSIONS work.
The defendants have 20 days in
which to answer the suit. Hence the |
MONS legal maneuver will delay the |
trike even longer than the extra 30 !
ay waiting perid, but if the Stassen
abor act can be overthrown in the |
Meanwhile, the miners will consider
he time well spent.
What the union wants to know is
where private profits for the vested /
interests end and where public inter-
st in the true sense begins.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-07-31
BIG BANKS LIST
RESOURCES

Every three months the federal gov
eminent requires banks to publish
statements of their resources, liabili-
ties, deposits, ETC.
These are the resources of some of
1.-THE country's biggest banks, as taken
from advertisements in the New York
Times:
Chase National Bank, whose chair
man of the board is Winthrop w. AID
rich, son-in-law of John d. Rockefel-
Ter .-.......-...........-.-.$ 3,472, rs, 4S5.72
The National City Bank of New
York .-......-................. 2,774,7S0, $4,000
Guaranty Trust Company of New
York ..--.---.....-.-..-......-.. 2,60O,724,0247O
Bank of America 1855 ,093.85
Manufacturers Trust Company
S89, 091, 34433
Chemical Bank and Trust Company
1884, ,975.25
The Irving Trust Company
87623S,84687
First National Bank of New York
City ......-.-....-...,............. S73,5OO564
]. P. Morgan and Company
io19oOl9t.oo
Bank of Manhattan Company
65S,47037095
The New York Trust Company
520,235, 793.40
N. b.: The resources of the nations
two largest banks on the last day of
June totaled s6,24756OO75.7 The in
come of the federal government for
the year ending the last day of June
toaled only $3.50 ,967, 1926.
*Resources of the National City
Bank do not include 65.47O,126 of
'esources of the City Bank Farmers
Trust Company, subsidiary.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-07-31
Willkie May
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| Continued From rage OneJ
as a spy at union meeting.
Other events showed that Consum
ers Power Co. was not trying to live
ND to it's contract with the same fidel-
ity that employers demand from UNI
ions. An apprentice lineman named
Niles M. Sowle was warned Indirect
ly by Markle to keep clear of the
union. He ignored the advice.
About month later October 1880
Sowle found grease in his lunchbox.
The next day he found no grease, but
after eating part of his sandwiches he
became iii. For two weeks he was
under a Doctors care.
The labor record of this Willkie
company therefore adds new chapter
to the history of union-busting: plain
poisoning.
The labor board found that other,
more standardized devices were also
used: transfer of unionists from good
Jobs to bad ones, and so on.
Can Willkie be held responsible for
what his subordinates did in Michi-
gan? After all, he didn't poison any
sandwiches. He didn't lambast the
AFL and CLIO as dues-collecting rack
cts; he didn't personally write letter
inviting the boys to join company
union; he didn't act as stoolpigeon.
In fact, the NLRB notes that the
company introduced evidence that it
had told Foreman Markle to leave the
CLIO alone But the NLRB report con-
tinues, Nevertheless, such activity
continued after the instructions were
given. Whatever instructions the re-
spondent may have given its EN-
ployes, it remained responsible for
their act of coercion and interfer-
ence."
The labor policy of big utility isn't
formulated at the bottom. If the vice
presidents in Michigan were RESPONSE
BILE, the president in New York could
hardly say that his hands were clean.
And the president in New York was
Wendell L. Willkie.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-07-31
Current Capital Chatter

The United States Chamber of Com
merce wants the government to ere
move the obstacles of private initia-
tive" in the defense program, and to
eliminate unnecessary public expend-
lures" This means they want OBJ
stacles removed to unmitigated pro-
| fiteering, while at the same time re-
lief is withdrawn from the needy =.
Rep. Coffee, Washington, calls atten-
ton to the fact that in the most crit
ical period in the country's history,
the COP for the first time has NOM
mated a man for president who has
never had any experience in public
service and whose only claim to dis
tinction is that he is a smart, clever
for making wisecracks and pseudo
humorous remarks" Everybody
on Capital Hill expects the Burke
Wadsworth bill to go through with
some softening amendments tackled on
They say that Wendell Willkie
finds that farming pays-when some
body else does the farming. He owns
five farms in Indiana, which are
rented out on basis of one-half the
crop going to him. There is a rumor
that the REA supplies the electricity
for the farms. Senator Wheeler says,
IF we are in such an emergency that
it is necessary to conscript the lives
of the young men of the country, then
/ think we ought to go all the way
and conscript profits. If we are to
conscript youth, let us conscript prop
erty as WELL"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-07-31

present in giving the viewpoint of on
military men the standing of law owe
the lives Of our people.
The experience of the last war,
we believe, fully bears out the con-
tention that such local boards and
the higher-up authorities have
point of view not fully representa-
| tive of the American people, and
that trusting them with such pow
ers results in the misuse of those
powers against anyone who dissents
from the military machine and its
! philosophers.
We believe that this bill, if passed
will ultimately result in the persecu
ton of all those who believe in civil
liberties for the common people OF
this country; that it would be used
against leaders of the organized com.
mon people, the labor unions, the
farmers organizations, and, yes, even
the churches, who do not agree 1000
with whatever the generals happened
to think about military and non-mili-
tary matters.
We feel further that the provision
to pay SIS per month during service
is a clear exposure of the nature
of this measure. Such cooIie wage
could not but have important effects
upon the standard of living of the
great mass of Americans who have
to work for their living.
A further example of the real atti-
tude of the proponents of the bill is
shown by the fact that they prefer
to wait until later to make provision
for dependents for those selected for
training. 1t is clear that il the bill
were enacted it would later be much
easier to make smaller provision for
than if such provision
were being considered at this time.
We urge that the provision for de-
pendents and for the pay of those in
service shall not be less in its net
effect than the Fair Wages and Hours
Standards established as the policy of
this country, and that for those who
have been earning above this standard
a higher compensation equivalent to
their earnings during the previous
year shall be paid. If this is not
done the effect of the bill is to cut
wages, beat down labor standards.
essen purchasing power of the Amer
can people-all of which we submit
ire un-American in the extreme.
We contend that this bill is not
just in that it is being advanced be-
fore any proposals to spread the
burdens of defense of this country
upon the wealthy, upon those who
own or control the majority Of this
countrys wealth, have been consid-
cred.
We cannot help but feel that here
lgain is an indication that the motives
behind this bill are far from American,
md that it will be deeply resented
~ the vast majority of American peo-
lie. The farmers in our organization,
md the farm youth, believe that I'M
ess the wealthy of this country, the |
and powerful families and |
heir corporations, are made TO bear |
heir fair share of national defense, |
nd shall make no personal profit out |
# common misfortune, that we shall |
epeat the disastrous experience of the |
World war, in which the profits and |
privileges Of the wealthy led us into |
needless slaughter of the common
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-07-31
MIL WAUkEE
MEDICAL CENTER
RATES HIGHEST

MILWAUKEE.-(FP Milwau
kee Medical Center, which serves
thousands of union families, gives
more service for the money than any
other group health plan in the country
said DR.. Henry E. Sigerist, professor
of medical history at Johns Hopkins
University, Baltimore, after an inspec-
ton of the center.
DIR. Sigerist did not spare words in
condemning the American Medical
Assn, the medical trust, for doing
its best to keep this country in the
dark on group medicine" and for per-
scouting the doctors who serve on the
Milwaukee Medical Center staff.
The doctors on the center's staff
were kicked out of the medical society
and are not allowed to practice in any
Milwaukee hospitals except two small
ones not under medical trust control.
The u. S. department of justice has
brought prosecutions against the med
ical trust for similar persecution Of
group health doctors in Washington,
D. C.
Complete medical care, including
house calls, surgery, x-ray and other
ray treatments, laboratory tests, eye
ear nose and throat and maternity
treatment are offered to members and
families by the center at absurdly low
rates.
The rate for an entire family is SO
month. For man and wife it is So
per month and for single persons it is
$1.00.
When a union group joins the plan
the individual members are not re-
quired to undergo advance medical
examination. Both ALL and CLIO |
unions are affiliated. Among them
are the huge brewery workers local |
(AFL), the hosiery workers (CIO),
the teachers (AFL), the farm equip
ment workers (CIO), the postal clerks
workers (CIO).
Equipment at the center, which has
10000 square feet of floor space in
downtown building, is valued at $780,
900. Twelve doctors, all with distin-
guished medical records, compromise
the staff.
The center had promising start.
When the medical trust began it's per-
secution the labor movement rallied
to the center and even greater pro-
gress was made.
The Milwaukee Federated Trades
Council (AFL) Endorsed the Milwau
kee Medical Center through its coop
erative committee in these words:
1--WE the committee therefore again
recommend to our members the IA
cilities Of the Milwaukee Medical Cen
ter We will help to organize groups S
when called upon to do so and secure
such information for you as will help e
you in your work" L
The center will have an exhibit at b
the convention in st. Louis of the i
United Auto Workers (CIO) which f
opened July 20.
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When Boys
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er un-bringing for a family.
For that reason only those young
men enlist who, because of the fact
that farms or jobs at decent wages
are withheld from them, find $21
per month in the Army sufficient
incentive In place of the hopeless
ness Of their situation.
The second reason why enlistments
in the Army have not been forth
looming in greater numbers is that the
young men of this generation have
benefited by the experience of their
fathers and they in many cases do
not trust as yet the statements that
we shall not repeat the disastrous ex-
perience Of 1917-19. If the young men
of this country were asusred in the
most definite manner that their en-
listment would not mean death in an
other imperialistic war, they undoubt-
eddy would show more interest in vol
unteering to give their lives for the
real defense of America. We believe
therefore, that until the Congress Of
the United States has instructed and
enabled the armed forces of this coun-
try to make really American attempt
to secure volunteers, and that until
the Congress does something to quell
the just fears Of our youth as to the
use to which they will be put that we
can not say that the American way
has failed and that we should turn to
CONSUMPTION. We insist that our youth
should be guaranteed the democratic
and American right to make the de-
cision themselves for service in this
particular manner to their country.
Only volunteer service based upon
loyalty and understanding will really
guarantee adequate defense We feel
something must be wrong with the
recruiting methods If there are not
enough recruits.
Totally Foreign to Ideals
The third contention of the propon-
ents of the bill is that the method |
provided by the bill will protect Amer
lean institutions and will justly select
the needed men. We contend that it |
will do neither.
We feel that compulsory registra-
tion and compulsory training and
service are In themselves totally
foreign to American institutions and
the American way of life. 1t is be-
cause most of our forefathers ex-
perienced the goad of miitarism
under the compulsory services in
Europe that they escaped to a free
country founded upon the PROPOSE
tion that militarism should not exist
in any of its forms.
We believe that such regimenta-
ton of the American people is mod
eIed after the very totaIitarianism
which the proponents of the bill
profess to fear and hate.
We believe that, under compulsory
ervice, the selection of those who ].
ear arms for our country will fall in
vitality upon particular classes of our !.
ivileged-classes which have
cen created by the economic forces
4 this country, and who through no !.
ault of their own have already sacri-
iced and suffered greatly during the
asst decade. We believe that en-
rusting such powers over the entire |
ody of able-bodied men of the coun- I
" to the military machine, regardless t
f whether it operates through local
cards of selection, will inevitably re-
ult with conditions as they are at
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| CONTINUED FROM rage One)
Ilieve that it is true. Isn't that wha
Hitler said about repeating lie?
Willkie: But what position shall
take on the national labor relations
llaw, the wage-hour law, the Walsh
Healey act, slum clearance, relief, ru-
raj rehabilitation. old age pensions,
social security IVA, rural electrified
ton, and all those other things that
we don't personally believe in?
Stassen: You believe in all of them,
only don't talk about IVA or rural
liberalization, because you might put
both your feet into it. | told the peo-
pie that | was stronger for that So
cial security and humanitarian stuff
than the Farmer Laborites. We
wanted more of these things, not less,
II said.
When I got in, though, gave them
a good dose of old-fashioned republi-
can conservatism stream-lined and
sugar-coated.
WiIlkie: You fooled the people once,
but do you think you can do it a
second time?
Stassen: Confidentially, Wendell, |
get an awful headache when / think
of next November. | have to do
lot of figuring. But that is my prob
lem, not your problem. Your problem
is to get elected. And maybe four
years from now the liberal dress will
NOT he SO popular Let the future
take care of itself
Willkie: But no matter what hap
pens to you in Minnesota, you're sit
ting pretty, Harold My words my
bond.
Stassen: | know that.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-07-31
Grand Jury investigates
Stranqe Labor Strike

With a district grand jury receiving
evidence submitted by the department
of justice pertaining to the recent
strike of the Smoot Sand G. Gravel
Company, the final word in this most
strange of all labor controversies may
still be said.
The workers, numbering 260 went
on strike a few weeks ago-in reality
against the wage-hour division, alleg-
ing that with relaxation of the pro-
visions of this law they could be
earning more money. The wage-hour
act provides for time and a half for
overtime above AZ hours per week.
There are some rather funny angles
to the thing. The company undoubt-
eddy encouraged the strike, informing
the men they had nothing to lose by
going out For straight time the com
pany expressed a willingness to in
crease the pay of the men 10 percent.
But that would only be equal to the
nav the men would receive under the
old wages with time and half for
overtime.
What the company seems vitality in
terested in is avoiding suit by the
workers for back pay under the wage
hour act, which is said to amount to
almost 100000. The wage-hour divi-
sion ruled, against advice of counsel,
that 60 of the 260 men are "seamen,'
and hence come within the exemption
clauses of the act The division, how
ever, informed the company that any
strike settlement with the workers
cannot absoIye them of liability should
the men sue for back pay.
Wage-hour officials are wondering
whether there has been any collision
of any kind to cheat the men out of
back pay. Thus far none of the work
ers have instituted action for back
pay-but the company is plenty wor-
ried that such actions will be forth
coming.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-07-31

When one of the statesmen made
the suggestion that the "pee-pul's
choice purchase set of President
Roosevelt's public papers, special
$4.29, the COP publicity director
frowned
However, Mr.. Willkie picked out
several books - among them Carl
Snyders Capitalism, The Creator
and the newspapers made great fuss
over his choice of reading material.
A few days later one read that visit
ing with Willkie at Colorado Springs
was one Mr.. Carl Snyder. Nothing
like giving an author friend a "break"
in PUBLICITY
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-07-31

There is no victory in killing your
enemy. The only victory is to con-
vert your enemy into a friend.-Mor-
ton. Alexander.