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fifth column in the United States,
he said, "are the big monopolies and
their generals, hunger, pestilence and
unemployment"
The introduction of Herbert Ben
jamin was received with great APP
plause by the audience. He dealt at
length with the international and ma
tional situation and the main tasks of
the working class. The communist
party spokesman pointed out that the
war in Europe was an imperialist war
on both the belligerents; that the peo-
pie have nothing to gain from the war
and that Britain and France are doing
everything in their power to involve
the United States into the war on
their side.
Benjamin's Talk
He showed that from the very out
break of the Europeon war the Roose-
welt administration. at the behest OF
Big Business, has taken the side OF
the Allies and encouraged the spread
of the war in order to increase the
profits of the big industrialists in our
own country. The American people.
he warned, are not gaining and will
not gain anything through these pro-
fits
Comparing the attitude of the Hoov-
or administration towards the econom-
ic crisis which started in 1929 to the
attitude of the Roosevelt administra-
ton towards the European war, he
pointed out that as soon as the war
broke out last fall, President Roose-
welt declared a state of limited emer-
gency and presented a budget to con-
gress which cut the appropriations for
the social security measures of the
new deal and tremendously increased
the appropriations for ornaments. In
1929 when millions of Americans were
thrown into breadlines there was no
national emergency called.
Today there are still 10 to IL mil
lion unemployed. All the evils of the
economic crisis are with us-poverty,
sickness, inadequate housing facilities
lack of opportunity for youth, ETC.
what possible foreign invader could
hurt our country as much as did the
economic crisis" he asked Since
September 1889 when the war started,
he continued, there has been COM
plete change in the situation, and
complete change in the Roosevelt ad-
ministration.
Until that time President Roosevelt
had been trying to save capitalism by
the purchasing power of
the masses of people. Since then he
has adopted policy of saving CAPT
talism by increasing the profits of
Big Business, and scrapping the social
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-05-08
FRANCO CUTS WAGES 7596, EXECUTES
UNION OFFICIALS, REFUGEES REPORT

NEW YORK-(FP)-Since Francois
dissolution of the CNT and UGT,
SPANS two central labor organiza-
tions, wages have been reduced as
much as 75T5, the S-hour day has been
replaced by the 10-hour day and prices
have gone up as much as 10000, three
Cubans recently arrived from Spain
told Federated Press.
The three men, Manuel Perez, a
transport worker, Jose Rodriguez, a
student, and Francisco Gill a book
keeper, escaped from Franco prisons
in February and March, made their
way into Portugal and boarded the
Italian vessel Saturnia for the U. s.
All three fought with the loyalists
and, after the war was officially over,
carried on guerrilla warfare in the
Asturias mountains where some 1,5OO
armed workers are still resisting
Franco.
Rodriguez, who spoke the best Eng
lish, interpreted for the the other two
Building trades workers who used
to get from $240 to SO a day before
the unions were abolished now get as
little as soc and 81 a day." he said.
BUS drivers, formerly paid $2.4O to
Sc, now get from $1.40 to So, while
mechanics wages, which used to
range from S24O to $3.50, are now
from $1.40 to 49,"
At the same time the workers are
faced with heavy price increases, Rod
riguez said Bread, which cost from
10c to 12c kilo ON pounds) in pre-
war days, now is Ice to 18c kilo.
Meat, obtainable only twice week,
is now $1.60 a kilo instead of soc.
Coffee, as rare as gold, costs IS kilo
against $1.6O formerly.
Civilians find it hard to obtain beans
and wheat, which are reserved for
the army and for export purposes.
Former UGT and CNT officials who
failed to escape have been executed,
Rodriguez said Any official of the
central labor body of Spanish town
before the war gets an immediate
death sentence from Franco. A few
have succeeded in having their terms
committed to 80 years in prison.
All workers are now forced to be-
long to the Falangist JOINS. a sort
of state company union similar to the
German Labor Front, the Cubans re-
ported. This so-called labor organi-
cation, whose only function is to ac-
cept Francois orders, was until re-
cantIv under tha direction of Gen
Munoz.
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Science Must
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ical laws? In the primitive condition
in which the white man found it,
nature had provided for holding the
rain where it fell by means of forests
and other vegetation, which we have
destroyed. To be able to work with
the physical laws which brought this
about we must study the continent
as whole as to drainage, rainfall,
flood conditions, soil vegetation, ami
NAL and bird life etc. Then planned
only as a continental whole; there
must be a systematic placement of
small dams covering the complete net
work of head waters of the rivers;
not just earth dams with spillways
unique horizontal and vertical sheet
steel tubes, which also permit of
power development, wherever needed.
Thousands of these dams with little
the Arctic to the Gulf, which with
their power development would enable
operators to sit in their substations
and control the flow of streams
throughout each watershed. These
small lakes will, themselves, bring
about better weather conditions,
which will allow reforestation on an
unprecedented scale. Thus the eli
mate would improve; vegetation
would spread, and this working with
the physical laws would put our be-
loved country somewhere near its vir-
gin state, where it was before man de-
spoiled it to make place for himself
in his Price System world.
Oh, oh, there it is again-Price Sys-
tem-no matter which way we turn
for release by the common horse
sense method we butt our heads into
the Price System wall, and blooey
goes our scientific scheme, because
it can't be done as long as we retain
the Price System. Even if Price
System government had the vision to
plan such a rehabilitation, they are
prevented by Price System limitations
and it's accompanying political inter-
ferences 1t would bankrupt the
whole set-up; / mean they would go
further into that blissful condition
than they are now.
so! WHAT?
Are we going to carelessly forget
the trend" that is rapidly making
desert of the tremendous area between
the Appalachians and the Rockies I'M
til we all become "Okies" la Grapes
Of Wrath? Secretary of Agriculture
Wallace said recently: Land is still
wearing out faster than we can re-
store it. AS nation, we have not
yet succeeded in holding our own in
The conservation battle" What he did
not say was that: of the millions we
are spending to relieve suffering and
'epair damage from dust storms,
floods and erosion, the effort is large
y nullified by our Price System and
interferences.
Shall we sit idly by scratching our
heads as we think in Price System
Or shall we apply the scien-
ific approach even to analyze the
Price System? Perhaps we'd find a
way out of that and then this and |
many other messes we are in.
WHY NOT? !
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Klan Leaders
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"Of course, my name has never been
mentioned in this connection" said
Adams, "but l have already won over
600 of the 1000 workers and the man
agement has agreed to recognize my
union"
Adams, former member of the
state legislature and once candidate
for governor, is the publisher of The
Free Press, a Columbia newspaper,
and at the same time editor and pub
Usher of The Fiery Cross, national
organ of the Khan When he ran for
the governorship, he appealed for AFL
and CLIO support
In New York, Secretary David Glen
denim of the Workers Defense League
commented: Labor must be on its
guard against this Trojan horse tactic
by which the Khan, aping the fascists,
is trying to capture and destroy Sec
tions of the trade union movement"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-05-08
DEMAND THE UNION LABEL /!

reforms which had been known as
the new DEAL
Herbert Benjamin's talk was we'll
received by the audience who con-
tinuously interrupted him with ap-
plause and laughter as he drove his
arguments home.
Jerry O'ConnelI Acclaimed
The last speaker of the meeting was
Jerry ]. O'Connell who was received
with the same joyous applause that
Butte people have always displayed
when their Jerry" speaks. He re-
called the labor martyrs who have
sacrificed their lives for the labor
movement from the victims of the
Haymarket frameup in Chicago in
1886 to our own Frank Little in 1917.
He warned the powers that be to
listen to the voice of history" Grant
the people the concessions they ask
before you lose everything you have,
he stated, speaking to Americas Sixty
Families. He recalled the warning of
Henry Clay to the southern slave
holders before the Civil war, when
Clay warned them to heed the cries
of the anti-slavers before they, the
Shareholders, lose everything they
had. He recalled that the aristocracy
of tsarist Russia refused to listen to
the pleas of the Russian peasantry
and lost all they owned.
The meeting reflected the militant
mood of the people of Butte and their
determination to keep America out of
war and protect and extend Americas
civil rights and living standards.
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so as vote on Barden amendments will
be taken Tuesday.
MARY T. NORTON,
Chairman Com. on Labor
With the vote in congress coming
on the day the telegram was received
by Mr.. Thatcher, he dispatched the
following telegram in reply to Mrs
Norton and wired a copy to Gardner
Jackson of Labor's Non-Partisan
League:
April 80, 1910, II A. M.
Mary T. Norton, Chairman
House Committee on Labor
House of Representatives,
Washington, D. G.
Representing an unduplicated men,
bership of three hundred and fifty
thousand farm families our joint Ma
tional Legislative Committee has de-
termined to vigorously oppose the
Barden amendments to the Wage-Hour
Act. We consider these proposed
amendments against public and farm
bulk of the farmers market and farm
ers are genuinely interested in pro-
tecting low income wage earners.
NJ w. THATCHER,
Chairman National Farmers Union
Legislative Committee.
President, National Federation of
Grain Co-operatives.
That organized labor plays BALI
with the Farmers Union is made clear
ly evident in the following telegram
sent by Gardner Jackson of Labors
Nom Partisan League to Mr.. Thatcher:
Washington, D. c., May i, 1910
NJ W. Thatcher
1928 University Ave-,
ST. Paul, MINI.
Few minutes after your telephone
call discovered Rayburn had an
nounced in house that vote on agricul-
ture bill won't be taken until next
Wednesday. Likewise discovered
Cannon of Missouri will introduce
amendment bring change in parity
payment provisions for wheat you
suggest. Will get to work immediate
ly with our people on hill on matter
upon return from North Carolina. AS
sured by Baldwin and others that par
ity amendment for wheat as on pres
ent situation will pass. Await your
material for labor press publicity.
GARDNER.
Organized labor's cooperation in
Montana with the Farmers Union has
been increasing constantly and augurs
we'll for the future welfare of the COM
mon people of the state. Resolutions
farm legislation have been
passed by the state CLIO council and
affiliated bodies during the present |
session of congress, and elsewhere in
this issue of the Voice will be found |
a resolution passed last week by the |
Cascade County Trades and Labor As
sembly urging favorable considera- |
ton by congress of pending farm leg |
islation.
These are indications of growing |
of common interests
and a realization that this understand
ing must be transmitted into definite
action and an intent to Ego places"
together.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-05-08
BANKERS BOW TO LAW,
PAY $4,000 OVERTIME

NEW YORK-FP)-Conceding that
the wage-hour law applied to banks,
the Manufacturers Trust Co. and Cen
trail Hanover Bank & Trust Co. paid
a total of $8,978 due for overtime to
1,657 employees.
The payment undermined the con-
tention of others that they are exempt
because they are part of the federal
reserve system and therefore "instru-
of government"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-05-08

$6O0,000,OO0 are to be spent in 1910
by private and public power utilities
for new construction. 1t is estimated
that this will add additional electric
capacity to the tune of 1,S77,844 kilo-
watts, which is equal to the energy
of "a, 100000 men; who said more jobs.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-05-08

ITALY SATISFIED BY SWISS
MOVE ON ALLIED PACT-headline
in The New York Herald Tribune.
You can't get anything better than
a Swiss movement.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-05-08

PROVIDENCE, R. l. OPP = Gov.
William H. Vanderbilt signed a bill
on April 16 authorizing Rhode Island
insurance companies to sell insurance
against sitdown strikes.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-05-08

You cannot control what you do not
owni
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DEMAND THE UNION LABEL 1!
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-11
Same Old Hitler

It was the same old Hitler who
told German workers Tuesday that
I'VE will defeat the entire world. 1t
WAS the same old boast and bravado
characteristic Of dictatorS. But we
have a bunch Hitler felt the essen
1iaI need just at this time of rous-
ing pep talk to bolster morale Of his
ueoplc. and that it was intended as
much for home consumption as to
strike fear and diSmay in the peoples
Of conquered territories and to other
nations that he hopes still to bring
under his heel.
Der luehrer may know better than
ne is allowing the outside world to
know that it has become necessary to
odmuniSh his subjects to 'Work and
he paticnt''. He did very we'll and
worked with promised speed so long
IS he WAS raviShing peoples and ma
tionS that were weak and unable to
offer more than the slightest brand
Of resistance to his conQueStS, or who
were honeycombed with his spies,
nropaganIiStS and saboteurs sent
ahead of his armies TO destroy mo-
rale and break down the spirit Of re-
sentiment where it existed.
HitlerS bomberS are pounding
portions Of Britain to bits, but his
own country is likewise tasting the
bitter call of destruction and death,
and he is wearing himself down as
we'll as his enemy.
References to rich America" and
the "democracieS will not affect
morale in this country. Even if we
have Our unemployed, Americans
would Il thousand times prefer to
support that element and yet enjoy
freedom than to have everybody sub
iect to the will OF an iron rule like
his and to be ScrfS and slaves Of Il
single man.
Germans may need and may cheer
the sort OF speech Hitler made to his
workers. but there was probably an
urgent reason fer this attempt TO boil
Ster morale at home, else it would
not have been put forth.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-11
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In the Sir Waiter Hotel.
Ry HENRY AVERILL.

Raleigh, Dec. ll-Legislators who
delight in the red-faced type OF ora
tory are going to have their usual
chance next month to denOunce
Federal meddling' in their usual
florid Spreadeagle style.
So far there hasn't been any in
dication that a drive will be made 10
ratify the Federal Child Labor
amendment: nor are there likely to
be any "Ickes bills such as there
were in 1887 and 1899; but on a
number Of subjects the Federals are
going 10 have something to say.
For instance. there will be intro
duced an anti-sabotage bill which
has been recommended by the Fed
eral government and which it is hop
ed will be uniformly adopted in the
various states Inasmuch as this con-
Germs national defense there may not
be quite so much objection as us
ually appears whenever any Fed
eraily-desired project is preached in
the Assembly. There are still enough
umreconstructed Rebels to buck
and pitch every time this happens.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-11
Federally -Sponsored Laws
To Be Urged In Assembly

Then. too. the Federal forestry
service is hoping that North Carolina
will take some steps toward enacting
conservation laws of stringent
character. If none are adopted, the
central government is quite likely to
60 before Congress and get some
thing in the nature of d force" bill.
National defense is likely to be the
front" for proposed legislation on
highway barriers. too, with the threat
Of Federal action in the background.
The National Highway Users Con-
ference has already begun on these
lines. Its director, Chester H. Gray.
recently had this to say:
"HighWay users dislike state
erected barriers to the flow Of traf-
fic across their state lines, and in
this era Of national defense they are
not becoming militaristic; they are
merely continuing their opposition
of decade.
However, they would prefer the
states to become national enough in
their point of view to beat Washing
ton to the draw. If the states do not
act. however, - the commence
clause of the Constitution will solve
the problem in short order"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-11

to do SO. All your official acts done
in pursuance of this authority will
be valid and binding on the State Of
North Carolina"
>. The constitution or 1916 prOvld-
cd for the appointment Of these
Judges for life terms by the legisid-
ture. The legislature could set the
salaries. and change them at will, and
could remove Judge for cause. They
were entirely responsible TO the legis-
lature
3. Records of the QuartermaStcr
department show Il total Of $1,000
pairs bought and imported by the
state. The need lOr these cards was
obvious. All cloth WAS bought up by
the state and used in clothing and
other supplies fur the soldiers. There
was no way for The general public
to get cloth except make it in the
homes. The cards were necessary
for that Since Europe was the only
place where they could be secured
the state was forced to buy them
there and import them to North Car
DINA.
4. Including all persons in the
State penitentiary, prison camps and
farms. all correctional institutions
and hospitals there are a total Of
more than 25,000 persons in the care
of the state.
5. The guns became 50 hot that the
gunners could not touch them. Some
Of them were so hot that powder
charges prematurely fired. The gun
nerS tilted the muzzles up and pour
ed canteenS Of water down them. In
this way they FASTENED their cool
ing, and resumed firing.
6. Dr.. David Franklin Houston,
who became president OF the Univer-
sity Of Texas in 1902. Dr.. Houston
was born in Union county in 1866.
Died this year.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-11
LATIN AMERICAN
COUNTRIES GIVEN
CREDITS BY u. S,

Washington, Dec. ll-(AP)-JeSse
H. Jones, Federal lending admins
traitor, today announced loans of $50
100000 to Argentina and S7,5OO,00O
to Uruguay.
Both loans, Jones said, superseded
smaller commitments made earlier
this year but unused to date. Argen-
tina previous received S2O,OOO,OO0
credit and Uruguay a 100000 cred
it. but those two credits were wiped
out" by the new transaction, Jones
said.
The new loans, he explained, will
lie used IOr general purchases Of mer-
chandiSe in the United States.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-11
ANSWERS.

|. The appointment sent him by
Governor Vance reads: You are
hereby appointed d commissioner for
and on behalf of the State of North
Carolina, to visit Europe and nego-
tiate for the sale of cotton bonds of
the said state and Of the Confederate
States of America, by virtue of au-
thority vested in me by the General
Assembly of North Carolina to clothe
and equip the troops in the armies
of the Confederate States, and you
are further authorized to purchase
supplies with the money thus raised,
or in any other way you may be able
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-11
What Do You
Know About
North Carolina?
Ry FRED n. MAY

|. What authority was given John
White in 1862 to make unlimited
purchases in Europe for North Car
Dina?
,. How did the legislature under
the constitution of 1916 hold tight
hand over superior court judges?
3. Material for how many sets of
cotton cards were bought in Europe
by North Carolina during the War
between the States?
+. How many persons are being
cared for in the various state in
StitutionS?
5. How did Captain James Reilly'S
North Carolina battery cool their
guns in the second Battle of ManaS-
3aS?
6. Who was the North Carolinian
who became president of the Uni
versity Of Texas in 1902?
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-11
LEARN A TRADE

HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES: PRINT
ing offers many opportunities io'
advancement to young men. Hh'''''
workmen in this industry are N "c-
mand. THE SOUTHERN S|h'''
OF PRINTING's faculties io'
teaching the mechanics OF tie 'f|'E
are the best. For particulars VIZ
to v. &. Garriott, Secretary re"-,..
er, 15I4-16 Sout'i Street NashV''"'
Tennessee
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-11

Reindeer have Il unique instinct
for unerringly returning To their
homes. This must give Santa Il
chance to nap on the return trip.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-11
Capital Gossip
BY HENRY AVERlLL
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.

Raleigh. Dec. 11.-Victoria Greer
! WinSton-Salem NegreSS thinks the
courts, as we'll as her man, done
her wrong. She is appealing from
a two to three year sentence i'm,
posed for shooting her estranged hus-
band, John Greer, in the hip.
John, and his witnesses, sWore she
forced him out Of an automobile at
pistols point after he had refused
her plea to live with her again and
after she had proclaimed to all
around Il loves that man just des-
perately." Then, they say, she shot
him in the side.
Victoria, for her part, maintains
that John beat her up so many times
she can't count them, and insists that
the shooting was done with a pistol
she had knocked from Johns hand
and as he was threatening her with
great bodily harm.
Descriptive gem of the case, as out
lined in an abstract Of the evidence,
was her description of the act of
shooting. She told how John lowered
over her, about to beat her up again:
- and then it was l squeezed
the lemon squeezer and it pierced
him in the side"
Evidently the great battleship
North Carolina, which was christened
not so long ago with Miss 1sobel
Hoey breaking d bottle of champagne
over its bow, is to be commissioned
before long.
Edgar Stafford, chief boilermaker
who has been on duty with the naval
recruiting unit here, has been order
ed by the Navy department to duty
aboard the North Carolina.
That, according to Lieutenant
Commander Mcfarland Wood, in
charge of the recruiting station,
means that the department is now
assembling the crew for commission
ing at an early date.
Superintendent of Public 1nstruc-
ton Clyde A. Erwin narrowly miss
ed losing an eye last Sunday. Walk |
ing through d piece of woods he fail
ed. to note an overhanging bOugh and |
was struck squarely in the left eye. |
He is still wearing d patch over the |
optic, but danger of serious results
has passed
He insists he was, in fact. walk |
ing" through the wooGs and not run |!
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-11
ANSWERS TO
TEN QUESTIONS
See Back Page

I. Peanuts.
2. Germany.
3. jacques AnatoIe Thibault.
4. Metric system.
5. No.
E. Lunatic fringe.
7. Napoloni.
8. No.
8. Carrie Jacobs Bond.
10. Persia.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-11

In Africa. we read. natives often
drive termiteS out Of their giant amt
hills and rse them as houses. What
a pest-thc human beng.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-11

FOR RENT FIVE ROOM APART
ment, Arcola heat. Clair: -....,
Four room apartment Belle S,
Five room house. Brcchcn. aa. $.
Al. B. Westcr, phone 1873. .,-~.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-11

Australian koala bears, we read.
cry actual tears. Why should they
weep? It's summer down there.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-11

The hide of a walrus IS an inch
thick. II he could only talk-what
q politician ned make.