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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-23
OH SHIRT ROOSTER

HOUSTON, Tex. -(RETom Bay
lor, assistant zoo keeper at Her.
mann Park, has ar old shirt to
thank for his life. A COW buffalo,
believing he intended to harm her
newborn calf, charged Baylor as
he entered her pen. Her n
caught in his old shirt, but Bay
lor broke away and got behind a
tree. Had he been wearing a strong
new shirt, Baylor thinks, the Incl
dent might have ended differently.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-23

The Winter Park Home De-
monstration club will meet Fri
day afternoon at 8 o'clock at
the home of Mrs. J. B. Heidi.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-23

The Audubon Home Demon
stration club will meet Wednes-
day afternoon at $3.50 O'Clock at
the home Of Mrs. r. L. Bostian.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-23

There will be a meeting OF
the executive committee OF the
missionary society OF Grace
Methodist church at the church
Monday afternoon at 4 O'Clock.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-23
Club Clock

The Woman's Missionary
auxiliary of Trinity Methodist
church will hold an all day
Bible study class at the church
Thursday, June u, beginning
at 10 a. m. Mrs. F. c. Hale
will be the leader assisted by
several other members in
teaching the book, Exploring
the Bible. ALI women of the
church are asked to attend
and bring a light lunch.
The Whatsoever circle Of
the Kings daughters will hold
the final meeting of the sum-
mer at the home of Mrs. Ro-
bert Scott, 9 Oxford street,
Wrightsville Beach, on Thurs
day afternoon at $3.50 o'clock.
All members are invited to at
tend.
There will be a meeting OF
the executive committee OF n
missionary society OF Grace
Methodist church at the church
Monday afternoon at 4 O'Clock.
The Winter Park Home De-
monstration club will meet Fri
day afternoon at 3 o'clock at
the home of Mrs. J. B. Heidi.
The Cape Fear Council No.
"a, Daughters Of America, will
hold the regular meeting Mon
day night at 8 o'clock at the
Junior Order. All members are
urged to be present.
The Woman's auxiliary Of St.
Andrews Presbyterian church
will hold a meeting at the
church Wednesday afternoon at
4 o'clock.
The Audubon Home Demon
stration club will meet Wednes-
day afternoon at $3.50 o'clock at
the home of Mrs. r. L. Bostian.
The Goldenrod chapter No.
142, Order of the Eastern Star,
will hold a regular meeting to-
morrow night at 8:15 o'clock at
the Masonic Temple. All MEM
bers and. visiting Eastern Stars
are cordially invited to be pres
ent.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-23
Birth Announced

Mr.. and Mrs. L. G. Tompkins an
nounce the birth of a daughter, Bet
ty Anne, June 10, at the Marion
Sprunt annex.
Evening star., 1940-01-31

814 CONN. AVE
Studio, 81 Wk.; Base, So Wk. (Gentleman)
Evening star., 1940-01-31

THE MOZART,
1880 FULLER ST. NV.
rooms, kitchen, bath $3.50
Elec. Refg--Res. Mgr. Col. 2562.
THE RITZ,
1881 EUCLID ST. NV.
Several units Of 3 and rooms. kit and
bath available. S75 up. Venetian blind
tor service: convenient to schools, churches,
transportation. MAY be had furnished at
slight ,ns,. addtional iaso sostD Resident mana
American Security & Trust Co.,
18th and Pa. Ave. NV. Natl. 4s15.
Evening star., 1940-01-31
COAL, WOOD, FUEL OIL.

OOGS. PEJS. ETC.
COOKERS, healthy. well-bred stock prices
reduced for remainder of week. Hillside
0492-W. 3rd and A. Seat Pleasant.
WILL GIVE year-old pedigreed German
shepherd to good home. Wisconsin 1869.
fully pedisreed. Hobart 77Sl after g pm.
Evening star., 1940-01-31
MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE.

WASHING MACHINES - Brand-nev. Il
crates; sacrifcinG At 50T Oh list prices.
3. c.. Easy. Maytas. Ncrse. Thor and
others. $12. Liberal trede-in allowance.
Terms as low as 81 weekly WASHING
ATLAS APPLIANCE CO.
ENTIRE BUILDING, 92I g ST. NV.
Dist. 3737. Open Ewes. Until 9 PM.
WATER HEATER, Penfield. slisftly used.
sacrifice for cash. Md. Elec Co.. 100 Bait.
blvd. Hyattsville. Green 1875.
S45 GAS HEATER, for store or home.
$50 1241 9TH st. ne. Emerson 1878.
RE-UPHOLSTERING.
Three-piece living suite upholstered for
S45; covering and new inside material In
cluded: made like. new In finest tapestry
and frieZette; workmanship guaranteed.
LA FRANCE UPHOISTERING CO.,
2509 14th st. NV. COLUMBIA 10l72.
Evening star., 1940-01-31

. MODERNIZE YOUR HOME NOW!
HEATING PAPERING
PLUMBING PAINTING
ROOFING SIDING
REMODELING INSULATING
PLASTERING CARPENTRY
SIS MONTHLY PAYMENTS.
20 Years of Satisfactory Service.
TABOR'S HOME RENOVATING CO..
Office and Showrooms.
1890 Irving ST. NV. Adams 1000.
Evening star., 1940-01-31

WASHERS rebuilt and reposs., I-yr. guar.
As low as S14.95. Terms. Pay with your
light bill. Electrical Center, GA 10th ct.
NV. National e672.
Evening star., 1940-01-31

samples. one-yr. guar.: all popular makes
as low as S995 Electrical Center. 514
10th ST. NV. National s872
eral Electric machines with electric pumps
only S37 Also many other values in such
makes as Maytag. c. Thor, Apex, etc.
10 DAYS TRIAL Pay 81 weekly. RE-
public 1890. The Piano Shop, 1O15 9TH
st. NV OPEN EVENINGS.
WAsHERs-pract new A. B. c. and Kel
Spin-Dry washers. Orig. $1,000. now
$49.95. These are trade,ins on the new
Bendix home Laundry We are Re- alsS .r4Isr rAGs
on the new Maytag Thor, G. E. and Apex
washers. Liberal trade-in allowance. Terms
as low as 81 weekly. Pay with your nght
bill Electrical Center. 514 10th st. NV.
Nat SST2.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-12-04
OPINIONS OF READERS


effectively.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-12-04
FROM EDITORIAL COLUMNS
Handling Power" News

The hearings held by the Federal Commission
Seattle and Portland disclosed than the political
activities of the utility companies They have shown that
the daily news papers of those two cities still saunchy
loyal the power companies The FPC hearings really
the biggest events that have occurred in the Northwest
the election Prominent citizens mixed in the
utility company officers and others
preex testimony forced from these people the
has been important and interesting Frequently
the dignfed Witness sweating at pore has been
PEELED admit fraud and crookedness the of himself
and associates their efforts to defeat PUBS The testimony
the corrupt spending of thousands of dollars by the
utility companies stop public power projects and tells how
it done. 1t tells how the power companies organize
stooge taxpayers associations and other phony fronts and
such fellows H. Young many thousands of dollars
for the Shiny work. Had PUD other public power
ganzation been accused of such things
of 4inch type the pages the big
news" papers And if PUD got really corrupt that
federal commission began investigation the would
eengy point out the great disgrace the Northwest and
would ncte public sentiment the point of
the officers of the PUD But in the present hearings
ing the bg men" of Portland and Seattle mention of
has reached the first of daily paper
chopped into small chunks and "payed down" been
left of the papers entirely hidden obscure pages
1t has been given less prominence than country spelling
or class picnic.
There nothing about this typical handling of power
company by the daies Several years ago Utility
Commissioner Chas Thomas tackled the Northwestern com
forced it's officers admit that they deliberate
crooks and had wfuy violated criminal laws
of Oregon not word about it could be found in Port
land paper 3s
Power companies buy many fupage advertisements the
news papers. PUBS don't.-Captal Press (Ore)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-12-04
Abolish Tax Exemption Everywhere

highly probable that the Congress will asked to
enact appropriate legislation whereby future issues of
State and municipal bonds be subject The
immunity of many of these issues has resulted attractive
fields of investment of huge piles of wealth which for
and purpose is frozen there drawing
but paying no tax whatsoever accrung income.
Such situation outandish gives special privileges
practical tax exemption those who possessed great
wealth and who invest it in taxexempt bond issues The
worker farmer small businessmen-wth little any capital
taxation of his income But that only the error of
the situation the Telling people have no bread TO
eat cake solves the problem
This nolerabe legal arce rendering special tax exemp
ton to the wealthy should have been allowed first
place. established should permitted to
maintain itself and that has been the gross
unaness must certainly have become apparent
There is in Congress today Old up of
both Republicans and Democrats their work for
vested wealth and who have conped the Roosevelt
enactng legislation this evil This
of reaconary stooges allowed to again pre-
vent enactment of this wise and just legislation hope that
their contemplate opposition to this legislation will be thor
oughy pubcized if it necessary the President him
self to the radio in order to information to our
people If the kept will not publish the facts because its
wealthy benefciares special privilege of
ton from taxation of their wealth invested axexemp bonds
be for Roosevelt to take such STEP We
hope that he will not hesitate such contingency arises be-
is firm conviction that the utter abolition of tax ex
mpon of income from bonds any other tax exemption is
in true Democracy hope our Republic is
moving toward Democracy rather than away from tWes
,rn News.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-12-04
OF Age

This passing first milestone by The
Peoples Voice and it legal age the standpoint
of publications.
Perhaps might amiss at this time briefly
the history of this publication which goes back actually
nearly four and be said back several
before that time of those instrumental in bringing
into being had carried and discussed plans to bring about
for many years before the active effort started.
While The Peoples Voice is owned and published by The
Peoples Voice Publishing Company domestic corporation
the Educational Cooperative Publishing Company the
majority of the stock in the domestic corporation and through
this ownership exercises dominant control of the policy of
the paper.
The Educational Cooperative Publishing Company which
prints the and through its majority stock ownership
trolls its policy organized cooperative the
cooperative law OF the state of Montana No OF the
than 750 Individual stockholders
voting stock has than No organization
any voting stock There are many individuals who own sew
era shares of preferred stock which does ente them
additional and 80 odd farm and labor organiza
tons in the state own preferred stock.
purpose may be simply stated 1t is to
disseminate truthful information concerning political
economic conditions in the state and provide medium for the
discussion of remedies for such conditions believed de
rimental to the good of the general public.
In the efforts of The Voice to follow its policy has
made itself unpopular with politicians and their support
throughout the state supporters who first consdera
ton to their selfish interests the form of jobs
ferments in the of politicians and who ignore
their entirely as members OF our organized So
cey Following out its policy The Voice proudly claims to-
have published nothing that false malicious 1t has, att
times stepped the toes of of its stockholders The
fact that could do this without jeopardzng its existence
the strongest supporting argument independence and
for the wisdom of its plan of organization No individual
group of individuals organization ''muzzle' it,
We believe that its work during the past has justified
the efforts put forth in getting under 1t be
called that of the company controlled daily
porting the first stockholders meeting of the Educational Co
operative Publishing Company stated that there about
"2 politicians who attended, statement with the
with which these prostuted channels of nforma
ton many of the that place
The purpose of the statement of course kill with rid
Guile And it about successful its efforts to destroy
that movement these uborned have been
of their other efforts recently
The Voice for 10 months of its first year. every ISSUE
called attention the need of breaking the the
ent governors political machine In the primary campaign
The Voice supported Kathan against present
politician. III
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-12-04
BOOK REVIEW
1T HAPPENED IN MONTANA
A book OF Cartoons by
James w. MastersOn

A genuine work of art Is significant
not alone for the technical skill re
quired in its execution, but for the
idea which it embodies. To the car
toon, in particular, the artist must
bring that touch of humor or satire
without which mere pen and ink
would remain sterile.
To a large body of Montana folk
the cartoons of Jim Masterson need
no introduction. They will indeed well
come this well-printed collection
"about Old Montana" where anything
can happen" since most everything
has"-and Jim sets about to prove it
in happily chosen anecdotes. Each
little incident is illustrated with char
acteristic attention to detail and that
flair for highlighting the subject
which marks Masterson cartoon.
We suggest this little book as a
Christmas gift that will delight Mon
tana hearts To outsiders" it should
be proof of our wild and woolly past!
(Order from the author at Miles
City, price $1.)-Mildred Oldenburg.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-12-04

In the general campaign The Voice supported Ford whose
platform substantially the Kathan and whom The
Voice believes to be sincere This campaign history
We believe that made distinct contribution the outcome
of the election. THE VOICE WAS THE ONLY PAPER IN
THE STATE OF MONTANA WITH STATEWIDE GENERAL
CIRCULATION WHICH SUPPORTED ROOSEVELT, A DEM
IOCRAT FOR PRESIDENT, AND FORD, A REPUBLICAN,
FOR GOVERNOR The large debauched corporation daily
papers, supported Wlke Ayers defeated
in Montana What generally considered the parent
brood of propaganda Sheets the Montana Stand
Sunday preceding the election featured front
scholarly language presented it's
why favored the election of Ayers and Wke Apparently
the public after reading it, said $50 WHAT? And went to the
polls and voted for the opposing candidates.
has been made increasingly that the people want
truth about economic political conditions in
and nation This demand The Voice will fill to the
limit it's That promise and the promise will
be kept
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-12-04
A Flank Attack

With the WaterLogan through of Congress
successful flank attack has been accomplished against the
National Labor Relations Board the Wages and Hours Division
the Securities Exchange and practically speaking all OF the
New Deal agencies intended ameorae the lot of the COM
and restrain the greed and of the
financial and industrial organizations of the country The
only hurdle remaining for the bill to become law is the Pres
dents signature.
Many Washington believe that while the President
has stated that he favos of the principles of the BILL ne
veto it, and does not probable that sufficient
maos be secured both the House and Senate to pass
the bill his However all labor and farm organza
tons and all others who believe that measure OF THIS CHAR
acer designed render imperative all remedial legislation
few should let their stand be known
clearly to the members of both houses
general Waer-Logan bill to make it
easy corporations order issued by federal
agency into the courts angle in legal red tape and
by smother it, certainly delay its enforcement for months and
perhaps years
L. Any person affected by rule regulation
made by federal agency appeal it to the fed
eral courts.
g More than a hundred boards of review" set
in various federal agencies Any person aggrieved
by anything done not done by any employe of the
agency appeal to the board of review and if the
board of review decides against him, appeal to the
Federal courts
8. When decision of federal agency is appealed
to federal court, the court will not merely decide
whether the agencys action within its legal pow
ers, at present. but will also review the facts.
easily understood when noting the second of the provi
sons that is the finest kind of lawyers relief measure
This stressed by Representative Keller who proposed that
it be called he lawyers emergency relief bill end
ployment in the legal profession and for other
Administration of the with its than hundred
boards would necessarily involve the placing of several hun
dred attorneys the government payroll Most of them
would perform only perunctory services the boards
vide setting the stage for the certain appeal from the decision
of the boards the decision did favor the haves
And only the haves would have the to take unav
orabe decisions by the boards the The working
people and others who might be adversely affected by
cision of the boards would have to take and like it,
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-12-04
QUICK HOUSE ACTION ON
WALTER-LOGAN, SPIKED

Observation-Disclosures to
rush through final approval of the
Walter-Logan bill to hamstring liberal
government agencies were stymied
here November % as Rep. Cochran
3D., Mo- objected to unanimous
consent request
Previously Rep. Walter 3D., Pa,
who has a large Bethlehem Steel Co.
plant in his district and who has spon-
sored the bill, succeeded in getting the
house judiciary committee to agree
to changes made by the senate.
When the house was asked to agree
to the report of it's Judiciary commit
tee, Cochran objected, thus spiking ac-
ton for the time being
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-12-04

mates? Think it over farmers and
| labOrers.
Then we were told of the bad moral
effect the WPA and PWA and old age
pensions have on certain classes in
volved, but not word was spoken
concerning the fact that tariff pro-
tected professors - now mostly in
trusts-reduce the purchasing power
OF the wage Garner or pensioner for
necessaries by the amount of duty he
collects of them as consumers and
which they, the professors put direct
~ into their own pockets. Do cor
poratiOns associated with trusts have
moral sense to which consumers or
even the government can appeal?
Again, as usual, we were told com
petition is the life of trade" but not
once did you read or hear from plat
forms that tariff protection built the
trusts, and the purpose of the organi-
zatlon OF trusts was to do away with
the effect of competition. Who can
say it has not done so?
Much was said of evils resulting
from limiting farm production but
nothing said of evils of limiting proc
esslng production on part of trust con-
trolled industrialists, who by agree
ment in convention assemblies decide
the limit of mass production at point
where huge profits can be secured for
a low production and no regard is
taken as to actual needs of the people
nor the labor thrown out of employ
ment nor needed raw material left as
a so-called surplus commodity. Is 1t
fair to say capital is throwing people
out of employment from fear of loss
on investment when high profit plus
tariff is being drawn from limited
of actual needs of the peo-
pie? With limited money in circula-
ton so people can't get it and limited
of necessaries Of life so as
70 yield protected industry huge prof
It's, is it wonder the people must
suffer serious need in a land of
plenty?
Is it not important for people to
continue thoughts along these lines
Without aid from associated press or
political office seekers?
AS consumers they have something
o think about.-E. B. S.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-12-04
COMMITTEE OFFERS
LEGAL COUNSEL

CHICAGO.-(FP)-Legal counsel is
o1fered to conscientious DIRECTORS to
the draft by the Conscientious OBJ
Jector Information C Service Bureau,
DR.. Alabert W. Palmer, chairman, an
nounces. The bureau address is TAO
N. Rush ST., Chicago and Don Smuck-
er is secretary.
The bureau complains that the daily
press has given no publicity to the
offer of legal counsel.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-12-04

with Congressman Marvin Jones, Tex
as, who has left the arena of politics
for a position as judge on the court
of claims. Too bad that Cox didn't
mix more often with Jones! -. John
L. Lewis told the CLIO convention
that we are creating a Frankenstein
through our defense expenditures.
But what's the alternative? A ma
| tion that adheres to the Axis merely
agrees to in the future take orders
from the Axis. :. Rep. Clare Hoff-
man, Michigan, would help balance
the budget by reducing the salaries
of federal employees. That's better, In
his estimation, than war-profits tax.
|. Senator Wagner, New York,
says that he will reintroduce at the
next session Of Congress his bill to
extend the Social Securities Act to
cover an additional ten million per-
sons. Because he attacked the
New Deal farm program in the recent
campaign, it does not appear likely
that Senator McNary, COP vice presi-
rotary of Agriculture, as rumor has it.
There is strong probability, however,
that he will be named to an important
federal post. !. AS this is written,
there is talk that opponents Of the
Walter-Logan bill in the Senate plan
to defeat the bill by merely calling
up the anti-lynching bill for consid
sage of the Walter-Logan bill seem
good. Consideration of the anti-lynch-
ing bill would be certain to result in
a filibuster by southern senators that
would last until kingdom come.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-12-04
AN OPEN letter
TO MONT. MAYORS
and cOUnCILMEN

Gentlemen:
Most incorporated cities and towns
OF the state that are being supplied
with water by privately owned COM
panies, are being deprived of a great
amount of revenue, justly due them,
owing to the improper assessment of
these companies.
The supreme court of the state of
Montana rendered decision in 1908
relative to the proper assessment Of
these companies by incorporated cities
and towns, and school districts, To-
Gated within these cities and towns.
that has evidently been overlooked
by the mayors and city councilmen
OF our various cities and towns. Also
| by some of our school district trus-
tees
Helena is the only city I know of
that ever assessed privately owned
water company properly and the only
city that ever received for itself and
the school district located within it's
borders, the proper amount of revenue
due them according to the decision
OF the court that l refer to.
| am not in position to know how
many privately owned water COM
panies there are in the state, servic-
ing the various cities and towns, but
| do believe the majority of them are
being serviced by privately owned
companies, as / know of but a few
municipal plants located in the state
of Montana.
The decision of the supreme court
was: that water impounded for do
nestle use, had no value where it
was impounded, but became valuable
when it reached the consumers prem
ises and should be taxed where it be-
comes valuable, or at the consumers
premises.
For example: The city Of Butte and
the residents living within the incor-
porated limits of the city of Butte
supply the Butte Water Company with
about 80 percent of it's gross revenue;
therefore the city of Butte and School
District No. /, located within the
city of Butte, should receive from the
Butte Water Company a tax return,
based on an 80 percent valuation of
he full taxable value of the Butte
Water Companys properties, or close
o eight times the amount of revenue
hey are receiving at present.
The various mayors and council
men OF the cities and towns of the
tate should take immediate steps to
emedy the existing condition by as
essing these privately owned COM
anfes in the manner prescribed by
he supreme court of the state and
ecover for the various cities and
owns this increased revenue that is
Justly due them.
The title Of the action l refer to
), Helena Water Works Company
s. Settles; case is reported in 81
lontana 237 and 95 Pacific 1913.
In addition to this particular case,
lere are number of like decisions
iven by other supreme courts Of
arious states, so it cannot be freak
ecision, as some of our tax experts
ould lead us to believe.
Note: Other liberal papers, please
,py.
PAT C. SULLIVAN.
eprinted from Montana Labor News