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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-11-06
BALLYH00
NO CURE FOR
SICK SYSTEM
By SCOTT NEARING

Bold words, loudly spoken and offer
repeated are no answer to measles
small pox or any other disease of the
human body. Once the germs have
got the upper hand, the victim is sick
He needs no doctor to tell him that
he is below normal.
The same thing is true of the eco
nomic system. Once the contradic-
lions present in an economy begin
tearing it to pieces, neither the eva
sions of experts nor the denials of
politicians can save it.
Business leaders and business pub
locations in the U. s. point jubilantly
to the upward trend of business activ-
ity. with its promise of a new era of
prosperity. True, production is in
creasing and the business curve is
rising, but the recovery prophets can
not overlook certain menacing symp-
toms of economic i'll health.
Foremost among the symptoms of
economic disease are the persistence
of idle men by the million and idle
money by the billion Despite all of
the recovery ballyhoo, the fact re-
mains that there are from seven to
ten million unemployed in the U. S.
VIII these millions be absorbed in
the course of the present recovery
squirt? There is not a chance of it.
The busy shipyards and the booming
airplane factories and munition plants
are calling for workers with particu-
lar skills. Only few of the unem-
ployed have such skills. Soft coal
miners, textile operators and build
ing trades workers cannot report at
shipyard as qualified shipbuilders.
Side by side with these millions of
idle workers there are billions of idle
dollars. In the Federal Reserve sys-
tenn alone, the amount is around &c. |
SOO,000,000. Insurance companies. in |
dustrial corporations and other bust
nesses hold additional sums of idle |
The owners of idle money want it
almost any rate of in
-erest. A new device or process that
will put machine in place of a man
gives the owner of idle funds a chance
% garner 3, 4, or $50 on his capital.
In the steel industry, for example,
Mills have recently been completed
n which ingots are turned into fin
shed shapes without the intervention
If a human hand One such mill
costing around $50,0OO,O0O was able
o dispense with nine-tenths of its
ormer workers.
Each year $5,0OO,0O0,0 900 to S6,0O0,-
100000 are paid in interest and divi-
lends to the owners of bonds and
tocks. A large part of this money
,oes to swell the huge reserves of
die capital. The larger the interest
md dividend payments, the greater
he surplus of idle funds.
Idle capital seeking investment in
abor replacing machinery, tends to
Increase the number of idle men. For
his problem defense appropriations
nd recovery booms have no answer
IN the contrary, insofar as they in
rease profits, they. make matters
worse.
The economic system under which {
70 live in the u. S. is sick The in [
reased profits of a recovery boom |
'ill make it sicker Only heroic :
Measures, substituting a new vigor- {
us economic order for the old de- {
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-11-06
HUNGARIAN PARTRIDGE
SEASON SET BY BOARD

The Montana fish and game COM
mission at meeting last week at
Helena, has scheduled five-day state
wide season from Nov. 10 to Nov. IA,
inclusive on Hungarian cartridges.
Huns may be hunted all day the first
two days of the season but shooting
will not be permitted until IL o'clock
noon on the last three days. The bag
limit is three birds and the posses
sion limit, six. The commission also
announced that the batting OF bears
with horse meat was against state
law, and stated the bear season will
be open from October 10 to May 81.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-11-06
STEEL FIRM TO
make PEACE OFFER

CLEVELAND (FP) A proposal
by the Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co.
for settlement of the claims made
against it by the Steel Workers Or
ganizing Committee (CIO) after the
1897 Little Steel strike will be sub
mitted to SWOC Chairman Philip
Murray.
So CLIO General Counsel Lee Press
man announced October 80 after an
all-day conference between union and
company officials. The company Of
fer followed Is months Of attempts
by the SWOC, the firm and the NLRB
to work out settlement without hold
ing hearings.
The SWOC is seeking reinstatement
with back pay of $50 workers fired
before and during the Little Steel
strike.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-11-06
LOOK AT LABOR


The reports of the LaFollette com
mittee have already served as grisi
for the typewriters of many labor
writer's. For decades these volumes
will be essential source material 5
No other documentary evidence can
match the impact of the testimony
and letters of the men who have made
a business out of destroying labor
organization. 1t is the brutal force
OF this testimony that makes Leon
Goodelman's book, Look at Labor
Modern Age, New York, 50c), more
than another primer
A more accurate title might have
been Look at Employers, for in the
ugly plot unraveled by the LaFollette
committee the villains steal the show
much as they would have preferred
to remain offstage.
This is the chief value of Goodel-
mans book, so far as its Influence
upon public opinion is concerned. The
author has skilfully chosen his evil
dence to show what goes on behind
Big Businesses show window.
Employers and their willing allies,
the daily and weekly press, the police
and the courts, too often the govern
ment itself, have in past years done
magnificent job in selling the ordi-
nary citizen the idea that organized
labor spells violence, crime and gen.
eral subversion. Rare is the person
outside of union ranks who associates
those evils with employers.
But where is any evidence that I'M
ions have been able to equal the rec
ord of employers? Have unions ma
chine-gunned and burned the homes
of employers and their entire families
as well? Have they purchased ar
senals and armored trucks for hit-or-
miss shooting forays into the public
streets?
Have they gone into court and OBJ
tanned injunctions denying employers
the right to eat? Have they cor
rupted the daily press, discharged
ministers for preaching the open shop,
put spies into the employers associa-
lions?
OF course not. AS Goodelman points
out, these acts have been the preroga-
tive of employers. To some extent
they have been curbed by the legis-
lation of recent years, but it was only
a few weeks after Look at Labor ap-
peared that AFL pickets on a ST.
Louis construction project were shot
up by armed strikebreakers. And
there will be other examples, for en-
ployers hav enot yet bowed to the
of collective bargainging.
Bargaining is Goodelmans answer
to the conflict between capital and
labor. And IL this sound like class
the author points to a
U. S. supreme court decision of 1898
in which the not too radical justices
conceded that the interests of capital
and labor "are, to certain extent,
Look at Labor" is not limited to
the war between employers and labor
Some excellent material on industrial
unionism and the procedure of the
NLRB is included. Compactly or
gained and tersely written, the little
volume is an ideal Christmas present
to throw at any lukewarm friend who
still doesn't know what the score Is. |
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-11-06
BOOK REVIEW
1.-THE COMMON DEFENCE"

The National Home Library Founda
ton of Washington, D. c., announce.
a challenging book by new author
with a fresh slant on our most timely
subject, "The Common Defense
George F. Rowe, young information
specialist, makes strong appeal for
swift and complete mobilization OF
all the nations human and material
resources to compete with Hitlers
Germany. With a sweeping analyst
Of the deep-rooted economic forces
that have given America the depres-
sion filters, Mr.. Rowe takes inventory
of the problems and programs of the
New Deal in terms of national sur
vival
| 1.-THE Common Defense" is simple
compact. swift-moving. Trip-hammer
| facts and breath-taking arguments on
the country's burning issues are con-
centrated into Ga pages that can easily
read in an hour. In order to enable
millions to read the publication, the
price has been held to 25 cents.
A ready handbook for progressive
minded groups, 1.-THE Common De-
tense" comes to grips with giant sub
ject matter: Americas transforma-
ton from an expanding to a shut
in economy" with the end of free
land; the "empire-building" of cor
poration holding companies; the eff
fects of concentrated wealth and
distributed poverty" the scarcity
system" of production control and
price-pegging in monopolistic indus
tries; the forces of depression that
were already evident before the first
World War" the problem of putting
idle money and idle men to work."
and the query, Twill the national debt |
ruin us?"
Economic organization" Mr.. Rowe
states, ''is the question mark of de-
fense." Later on he says: 1--WE are
being told by the voice of special
privilege that social reform will have
to be sacrificed in order to concen-
trate on ornaments. But the voice
Of experience tells us that the we'll
OCln6 VI Jul PCOplC 10 LILO DdChDOAC VI
national defense. A sword without
an arm to WELD it is nothing but
chunk of IRON"
Mr.. Rowe points toward the nations
spiritual need" He says: zone more
hing is essential for the common de-
ense, something In the peoples heart.
t goes by the name of patriotism, !
)ut it is more than flag-waving 1t
,oes by the name of public morale, !
tut it is even more than willingness
o sacrifice or to fight for ones coun-
ry. 1t goes by the name of national
nifty, but it is not the kind of unity
hat can be whipped into goose
tep by dictator. We can call it the +.
american dream"
The central theme of 1.-THE Com !,
non Defense" is ito make the Ameri- !.
an dream come true, here and now,
o more and more Americans"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-11-06
SAFETY COATING
PLACED ON ROADS

State Highway Engineer d. A. Nc
Kinnon has reported that an esti-
mated $50 miles of Montana highways
have been "armor coated" during the
1910 season by both state crews and
private contractors. The coating,
which is designed to last for several
years, is laid down both for protection
to motorists and as an economy meas
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-11-06
Our Peaceful Victory

The morning after election politicians will be say
ing But Twas Famous Victory although many will be
forced to admit that what they fought each other for
they could not well make out" That is the way with
peaceful victories in this land of democracy We
raging at each other the policies of
tai servants but by Thanksgiving join together
turkey and cranberry in united thankfulness and
goodwill. Peace hath her victories.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-11-06
But Twas a
Famous Victory

That's line from Southey's Battle of Blenheim
which fought at Blindhem in 1904 which the Brit
ish the French and Bavarians. Southey pic
lures the old farmer Kaspar telling his grandchildren
about the famous victory and who ends up by admitting:
But what they fought each other for could not we'll
make out"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-11-06
IT'S A
GREAT SYSTEM!
Federated Press)
BY JOHN PAINE

Federated Press)
Net profit of the Cream of Wheat
Corp. dropped 5000 in 1910 as COM
pared with 1899
Looks like the country is eating
guns instead of cream of wheat
YES, BUT
81 say without hesitation that II we
could have collective bargaining as
the public mind interprets collective
rgaining-business would welcome
it."-from speech by Pres. Edgar M.
Queeny of Monsanto Chemical Co.,
Willkie supporter.
Or, as w. H. Stafford, Monsanto
worker, puts it:
Eve believe in bargaining collectively,
If the bargainers are chosen selec-
lively;
PROVIDED, OF COURSE, that their
selection
Is under our supervision and direc-
ton"
Omar Kiam says women dress for
the benefit of other women, while
Elizabeth Halves contends they dress
for men.
Just whom do they put on those
hats for?
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-11-06

At least 345,0OO tourists visited Mon
tana by automobile between June Is
and September Is and spent more
than $5,73O,O0O, the state highway de-
partment has reported.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-11-06

crepit one, offer any promise for on
coming generations.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-11-06

You cannot control what you do not
owni
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-11-06
DISAPPOINTMENT

The most discouraging thing about
the draft, we learn from man who
got up at 5 a. m, is that the first man
in line didn't get the satisfaction OF
having No. l on his card
They just didn't use any numbers.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-11-06
THE DIAMOND MARKET

Lucius Beebe wrote this one about
the be-diamonded doll who set out to
impress a jewel-burdened dowager in
New York's Colony Club:
"Oh, dear, they're getting a little
DIM" the girl says. 81 simply must
open a bottle of champagne"
Champagne? Why?" asks her
friend.
my dear, | always clean my dia-
monds in champagne. However do
you clean yours?"
"Oh, | never clean them at all.
When they get dirty l just throw
them away"
Which reminds us that the Ameri-
can Bankers Assn. reports that 1895
fewer school children had savings ac-
counts in 1910 than in 1899.
The youngsters are probably spend
ing all of their pennies on necklaces.
One of the slick magazines cultivat-
ing the custom of the well-dressed
college girl states that there are three
things to look for in stockings.
Up to now we've been satisfied with
just two.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-11-06
EXCEPTION

EXCEPTION
We understand that there has been
a good deal of pacifist support for
New York's liquor war.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-02-15
Letters To Editor

West, Miss.
Feb. 10, 1910.
Miss Hazel Brannon,
Durant, Miss.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-02-15

followed through with action
closing six of the hot spots.
in some Of which whiskey had
recently been seized.
Carl w. Badenhausen, chair
man of the United Brewers In
dustrial Foundation, a national
organization of brewers sponsor
ing the industry's self-regulatory
cleanup or closeup" program
in cooperation with law enforce
mant agencies, in a letter to Di-
rector Pierce declared:
Il have kept in close touch
with your work in the Lowndes
and Clay Counties situation since
first word reached the Founda-
ton of the measures you we're
taking to bring about a true pub
lie understanding of the problem
there.
my purpose in writing this
brief letter is to commend you and
your staff on behalf of the Foun-
dation for your excellent handling
of a serious matter. l cannot tell
you how satisfied l am with this
confirmation not only of the
strength and sincerity of our pro-
gram, but also with the integrity
and the ability of the men who
are executing it."
During the six months the
Brewers and Mississippi Beer
Distributors Committee has been
functioning it has o b a i n e d
through the State -c~ Connie
SION revocation OF the permits OF
seven offensive retail establish
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-02-15

Of the "Cherubic Hosts" by eight
girls, was one OF the outstanding
numbers. In a flute solo. Thomas
Wosson proved himself to be mas.
ter of his instrument with the bird
like quality of the flute. The Lord.
Prayer" by Malot. sung by Wilbur
Bullock, and the Holy City" oy
Henry Hood, added much to the
program. A violin duet by Rose
Wyse Ford and Annette Mcdaniel.
was we'll received. Inn How Lovely
Are Thy Dwellings, Lidell. Evelyn
Cannon touched the audience with
her clear soprano voice.
The entire Choir, consist ing Of
thirty-three people, presented a dig
nified and beautiful appearance in
their maroon robes and added much
to the dignity Of the performance
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-02-15
College News

The Vesper Program at Holmes
Junior College on Sunday, February
II, was presented by members Of the
Fellowship Group from Jackson, Miss
This group is an organization made
up OF young people in the business
world. 1t Is Observation-Disclosures, or
rather, any UNCONVENTIONAL. because
they have members Of practically all
denominations. Miss jamie Mae
White president Of the college Young
Women's Christian Association, in
PRODUCED the first speaker, Mr.. Jim
ME Crump. Crump in turn intro
duced the others of the group A
very inspirational and t~hought-pro-
voking program was given, centercd
around the idea that people in the
business world could be Christians
and at the same time have a good
time. Others who took part On the
program were Louise Branning, Do
ris Pucka.t, Marshall Neal, and Mr..
and Mrs. Godbold.
The Choir of Holmes Junior College
presented a program to an apprecia-
tive audience at the Baptist Church
of Lexington on Sunday evening.
Februry III, at 7 o'clock. In all the
numbers the choir gave, the voices
blended beautifully. The good work
done showed that They were well
trained and hat much hard work
had been put forth. The singing
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-02-15

cleanup or closeup. a n q IL
means business" the Columbus
Commercial Dispatch said In a
front page editorial December 81.
1T is fighting for decency and
law observance for its product.
Decent places that sell beer are
not to be embarrassed by beer be-
ing sold in disreputable joints.
The Brewers and Mississippi Beer
Distributors Committee-organiz-
ed to fight law violations, boot
Logging and gambling in connec-
ton with the sale of beer-is get
ting results"
The s5,500,o00 Mississippi beer
industry provides employment for
1900 persons and yields the
state more than s1,000,000 a year
in excise, privilege. ad valorem,
gasoline, truck and other taxes.
Beer industry programs similar
to Mississippi's are in action in
nine other states-Maine, Ala
bama, Tennessee, Kansas. Arkan-
sas, North Carolina, Nebraska,
Oklahoma and West Virginia.
Programs will be installed in two
other states before this month is
out.
William Allen White, dean OF
American journalism, and u. s.
Senator George w. Norris. among
other national leaders, have en-
dorsed the Foundations work in
separating legal beer from abuses
w'sich . f-w e-siuitef- h-.e r-r
United to sfow up arou.i IT, due
to their lack of moral fibre.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-02-15
CoIored Formers Piun
Comp In Holmes

Our colored readers will be inter
ested to learn that land is now be-
ing decided TO the Mississippi Asso-
citation of New Farmers of America
tor use as a camp, according to a
statement Of Prof. G.. w. Williams.
plans have been underway for
some time for such a camp and great
progress has been made already. Fol-
lowing is a report Of action to date
on the project, brought in by Prof.
Williams:
On January 9 we met a. S. "
Narshalls school in Holmes county
and during the day we visited three
or four places to consider the ad-
vantages and disadvantages of them
for camp location. We finally de-
cided on a place near his school,
approximately one-half mile from
highway II and about one and one
half miles or two miles from high
way 81; six or seven miles from
Pickens and about eigH. or nine
miles from Lexington. In Jul judg-
ment it is the ideal spot. 1t is APP
proximately one-half mile from the
the Electric Power line; in a COM
munity wholly occupied by negroes
and part of an estate owned by a
negro m There is a spring on
this spot that has been running con-
t~inuously for at least one hundred
and twenty-five years and with a
little work, of course, we will be
able to a good bh: Of ground
with water. A bove the spring Is a
hill dotted with pine trees where
we hope to locate our houses. On
one side Of the hill Is a parcel OF
level land, maybe thre or four acres,
that can be used for a play ground.
which all the teachers and boys will
be satisfied.
/ think I should mention the fact
that Prof L. H. Montgomery offered
to give the MIA forty acres in
Holmes county, nine miles from Lex
ington, but the road from Lexington
to the place cannot be used at all
reasons of the year, SO the commit
tee thanked him for the spirit but
did not agree that The place would
be accessible because Of the roads.
J. D. Hardy offered to donate ten
acres about 4 miles and a half from
Piney Woods school, a few hundred
yards from highway 40. This ground
Is accessible at all times and may
be a little more ideal than the place we
selected, bu. the committee agreed
that it was a little too far fronal
the center of the state. We want TO
thank him, also, for his spirit in the
matter.
In the next few days we will have
the deeds recorded and in hand for
the ground in Holmes county and
very soon we hope to start our build
ing program since we plan to go to
camp sometime this summer. We
are making an earnes. appeal to the
chapters that have not paid their
quota OF the money roauired for the
buildings, and are asking that they
strain a point and pay this in a short
time. AS you know we cannot afford
to let such a worthy project lag
since the Mississippi Association OF
the New Farmers Of America plans
to lead all of the region in every
activity.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-02-15
The SCHOOL LUNCH BOX
and zVh1t to put IN it,
TOMMY and Mary may get

Johnny and Mary may get
d satisfactory grades in
school because they take after
py side Of the family. Or,
they may get them larse.y be-
cause thCy are kept keen. alert and
heai,ay y nourishing, well / anced
meals.
Not that we decry the advantages
of tine heredity, you understand. but
the nourishing. well planned lunch
Johnny and Mary had today prob
ably has more to do with their good
work this afternoon than their an
cestors have.
In a lunch that IL carried TO
school there should be a hot dish
or drink. This can be hot chocolate
rasls or vegetable soup sent along
In a thermos bottle.
Fresh fruits, such "a an apple.
pear, orange. banana, bring mp the
vitamin and mineral quota - and
sie easy 20 pack
Stalks OF celery, sprinkied with
salt. stunned WIN cheese n wen
wrapped to keep them fresh. are Q
tasty bite. too.
Sandwiches are the stiektoshe-
FRA pzrt OF q boz lunch. 30 We
them IN nourisktng as pos
s,NiA Use y heavy hand with the
h~.tsr. Give them thfck filings OF
spse mixtures an craam or cottage
chs~ss ana raisinz. hard cooked
err. and vegetables mixed with .
IT, dressing; minerd and chopped
n~o with relish. peanut buttsT
ar eNcpped bacon
psr. are more sandwich niltaEa
y~~7xs.srs will like. They have
hs-~s and are easy sD put together:
WINGED Ham and Eaa with
Mushroom Sandwiches
. IN: ham. ground
>E-ioooked eggs, chopped
Y .b cgndensed cream o. mush.
-~nm sJup
N~-~hane ham. eYrs and cream q
mmshruutE soup ana nix thoro1Bh-
IL oprses on slices % buttsroa
brad Makes &c sandwiches
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-02-15

ments: shut off the beer supplies
OF IL others, aided local enforce
ment officials In obtaining inlHac-
lions against six outlets, inycstt-
gated approximately zoo places.
warned Ia proprietors and cor
rected Objectionable conditions In
~ establishments.
1.-THE beer industry Is saving
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-02-15

Pierce. as State Director of the
Brewers and Mississippi Beer
Distributors Committee, ordered
distributors to withhold beer sup
plies from nine retail places in
Lowndes and Clay counties in De-
cenber. AS a result, Sheriff Will
liam j. Propst in Lowndes coun-
ty and Sheriff T. @. Saul in Clay
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-02-15

Miss Martha Harriet Gulledge
Ifrs. J. r. Coss and baby, Tchula
Miss Virginia McRae, Lexington.
Mrs. T. J. Mcbride, West.
Mrs. b. M. Lowery. Durant
Mrs. Mamie Sample, Ebenezer.