davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-11-06
COURT UPH0LDS
right TO HAND
OUT LEAFLETS

DETROIT (FP) - The recent ac-
ton of a U. S. circuit court in up
holding Henry Ford's right to distri-
butte leaflets backfired October 81 on
the Ford Motor Co.
In a historic decision, Judge. Lila
M. Neuenfelt Of justice court declared
that a Ford-inspired ordinance pro-
hibiting leaflet distribution at the
River Rouge plant gates was uncon-
stitutional She ruled that if Ford
could hand out leaflets, so could the
union.
Pres r. ]. Thomas of the United
Automobile Workers (CIO), arrested
last June for distributing leaflets in
violation of what was called traffic
ordinance, was ordered discharged.
Hearty applause came from the
courtroom as the judge cited state and
U. s. supreme court opinions uphold
ing freedom of speech and the press,
including the right to pass out hand
bills in the streets. One of the deci-
sions was that of the U. S. circuit
court at Cincinnati, which had over
ruled one part of an NLRB order
ealing Ford's anti-union leaflets an
unfair labor practice.
ut seems to be the law that a city
cannot prohibit distribution of litera-
ture on certain streets and at certain
times by saying you are free to dis
tribute the literature on other streets
at other times" Judge Neuenfelt said
She therefore held those sections of
the traffic ordinance unconstitutional
on their face as violating the defend
ants right as U. S. citizen to free
dom of the press and freedom of
speech, as guaranteed by the consti-
tuition.
Judge Neuenfelt pointed out in an
with Federated Press that
federal and municipal law is becom-
ing closely co-ordinated through the
auto industry and good roads. She
suggested that growth of industry it.
self was responsible in the last anal
ysis for the decision.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-11-06

Plans for a National Cooperative
Finance Association were outlined tc
the delegates to- the Silver Jubilee
Congress of the Cooperative League
of the U. S. A. by Perry L. Green
of the Ohio Farm Bureau Cooperative
| Association The proposal was ap
proved after year and half OF
study by the board of The League
which put it's final 0. K. on the plans
at it's meeting.
Acting first as clearing house for
inter-co-operative transactions the Ma
tional Cooperative Finance Associa-
ton is planned as the keystone of a
network of regional associations
which will take care of the financial
needs of the cooperative movement.
There are already three cooperative
finance associations serving co-opera-
tives in Indiana, Ohio and the Great
Lakes states of Minnesota, Wiscon-
sin and Northern Michigan. 1t is ex-
pected that each of the IS regional
and national associations affiliated
with The Cooperative League will
establish its own regional banking
facilities Ownership of the national
association will be vested in the re-
gional co-operatives.
Glenn S. Fox of the department of
finance of the Consumers Co-opera-
tive Assn, N. Kansas City, Mo-, out
lined the situation arising in his as
ISOLATION because of credit buying and
showed that in the 10 month period
following the inception of cash trad
ing the net savings to the Association
had been better than $4,000 and
that operating capital had increased
by $4,000 as compared to three
years ago, placing the association in
its best financial position in twelve
years He indicated that while indi-
rect benefits were hard to evaluate
their expansion program of building
a 5000 barrel refinery, a 92-mile pipe
line and acquiring of oil leases and
wells, costing nearly s1,000000 would
not have been possible without the
cash trading program.
A. ]. Smaby, acting manager, Mid
land Cooperative Wholesale, Mime
apolis, urged all co:operatives to build
capital reserves of their own to facil-
itate the expansion programs facing
them.
Declaring that factories are free"
Howard A. Cowden, president of Con-
sumers Cooperative Association, N.
Kansas City, told delegates that "the
thing known in privately owned
business as profits the margin that
enables consumer co-operatives to pay
for facotries of their own"
Mr.. Cowden told how the small
group of midwestern farmers start
ing with capital of $4,000 in 1929
had built cooperative association
which now owns its own oil wells,
pipe lines, oil refinery, paint, grease
and fly spray factories and oil-com-
pounding plant. The cost of these
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-11-06
F0UMDA ton
OF ALL LIFE
is ENE:RG
By KAY ELLES

We look out our window at the
growing crops or stick in the fields
and in our minds we translate what
we see into dollars and cents; for
we are so conditioned by our present
economic system, our Price System,
that we see all through the bars of
the dollar sign Lets look bit closer
with those price system spectacles
laid aside clearing the vision for a
more penetrating observation.
We see our crops and stock now
as an achievement of long effort
of careful breeding and tending, to
produce the most out of our environ
ment. 1t is beautiful to behold and
something to be proud of, so we swell
our chests and brag bit.
Now let us look a little closer and
in the minds eye adjust our view point
to that of the Technologist. Remem-
Der that last week we found our
Technologist, our scientist, approaches
all things from the foundation up;
and the foundation is ENERGY. Just
what is the effect of such an ap-
proach to our crops and stock? Yes
our crops and stock represent reser-
voirs of stored up ENERGY; which,
when consumed by ourselves and
other people will provide us with
ENERGY, the basic factor of exist
ence. The question naturally oc-
ours. where did the crops and stock
procure their stored up ENERGY?
The crops drew the chemicals of
the soil through their roots into their
leaves where the green chlorophyll
in the presence of sunshine changes
the chemicals into material for plant
CONTINUED on Page Four
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-11-06
COOP ASKS
SATEvEPOST
TO RETRACT

NEW YORK. - The Amalgamated
| Cooperative Houses, New York's out
standing cooperative apartment house
development, has called upon the
Saturday Evening Post to retract OF
correct false and misleading state
ments" made by Benjamin Stolberg
in its issue of October 10.
In his article entitled Sidney Hill
man: Success Story" Stolberg said:
Later he (Hillman) started two
cooperative housing projects in New
York, which were not cooperative at
| all, for the tenants were renters, pay
ing eleven to fifteen dollars per room.
houses, Hillman proclaimed, through
the efforts of the workers themselves,
without any outside help is an
other demonstration that through CO.
operation the curse of the slums can
and will be abolished There was
Inside help. The Jewish Daily For
ward invested several hundred thou
sand dollars; the Metropolitan Life
Insurance Company advanced $780,
900 and the Bowery Savings Bank
100000 And the way of life in the
union is such that the ordinary work
ers cannot afford to live there"
A. E. Kazan, manager of the Anal
gamated Cooperative Apartments
points out in his letter to the Post
that the developments are genuine
Rochdale co-operatives, affiliated with
The Cooperative League of the USA,
that they run several services includ-
ing a grocery store, milk and laundry
distribution, bus service and electric
generating plant, all comparatively
owned. He further points out that no
union money was invested in the co
operative and that investments by the
financial institutions named were reg
ular mortgage loans. The majority
of the residents are trade union mem
-bers and garment workers who serve
as members Of the governing COM
mittees of the cooperative.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-11-06

OBLIGATIONS of graft and corrup-
ton as shown by the results of
Investigations made by the last
legislative session, and he was
retired. The vote of conf
dence that he represented
sincere desire to clean up the
state government and end pos
sibilities of racketeering and
graft was given to Sam C.
Ford.
While Ford was a candidate on the
republican ticket he was most GER
tainly not elected by the republican
voters of the state as the majority OF
the state officers elected are demo-
Gratis. His election was unquestion-
ably brought about by an informed
conscientious vote of a majority to
whom decent government, a record OF
service as liberal and honest Off
cial in other capacities, meant more
than party lines or interests
Encouraging
1t is distinctly encouraging to note
that the people of the state are Inn
mune to the propaganda and wiles of
INSCRIPTIONS politicians and the sub
orned, prostituted press; that they
are skeptical of them and evaluate
the character of a candidate on the
basis of his past record of considera-
ton of the welfare of all of the people
of the state and his freedom from
control by any special interests.
The Voice believes that the people
of the state have chosen their chief
executive wisely. 1t believes that
Ford will make a good governor.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-11-06
SENATE VOTES

WASHINGTON - Reconsid-
GRAFTON of measure providing penal
ties for injury or destruction OF war
materials was voted by the senate
here upon the request of Senator
Wheeler d.. Mont) who contended
that the provision protecting the rights
of strikers was not sufficiently broad.
Previously the senate passed the bill
unanimously after agreeing to an
amendment by Wheeler striking out q
phrase permitting prosecution when
there is reason to believe" the dam
age was intentional.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-11-06

army that has developed this tech
nique but rather the United State.
Forest Service, for forest fire fighting
purposes-and it antedates what Hit
Ter has shown on he battlefield Of
Europe by at least two years.
Under direction of David Goodwin
assistant chief, division of forest fire
control, this branch of the service has
been experimenting with dropping
fire-fighters by airplanes in the
sparsely-settled and mountainous dis
tricts, particularly in the west and
northwest, for several years-and
with marvellous success. In this man
ner, the Service was able to bring
fire-fighters to scenes where it other.
wise would have been impossible to
bring them, in many instances check
ing what otherwise might have been
devastating fires.
A special parachute-jumping uni
form has been perfected which af-
fords the men protection when jump
ing, especially when they fall on
-lltcS. ucH ldCCo dlSO dlO PlOtOStONi
by a special device. Two kinds of
parachutes have been developed, one
for the men carrying certain amount
of fire-fighting equipment, and the
other for dropping the heavier equip
ment. The men carry portable radio
sets with them so that they can get
in touch and report to headquarters
quickly. They also carry food and
drink with them to last for several
days
Last June, Major General Arnold,
chief of the Army Air Corps, follow
ing an interview with Goodwin, dis
patched two bombing planes carrying
nine officers and six enlisted men,
to Montana The officers and men
were sent to study the parachute
jumping technique that the Forest
Service developed THE ARMY HAS
QUITE A BIT FROM THE
SERVICE, AND HAS
OUT THAT HITLER is NOT
THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN GIVE
SOME VALUABLE POINTER s
ALONG THAT LINE.
This cock-eyed World
It's an i'll wind that blows no good.
81 Continued on Page Two)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-11-06

YOUR NEW HIRED MEN

From unofficial but quite complete election returns It ap
the electors of Montana have selected the following
to fl-the public offices of the state:
Governor-Sam c. Ford
Lieutenant Governor-Ernest T. Eaton.
Secretary of State-Sam w. Mitchell.
Attorney General-John w. Bonner
State Treasurer-Tom Carey
State Auditor-John ]. Holmes.
Superintendent of Public Observation-Disclosures Ireland
Clerk of Supreme Court-A T. Porter
Chief Justice, Supreme Comt-Howard A. Johnson
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court six terC
F. Morris
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court four terA
bert Anderson.
Wheeler defeated Cheade the United States Senate
three to and poed the largest majority received in
this state by any candidate.
James F. OConnor decisive victory over Melvin
Holiness the congressional in the second district and
Jeanette Rankin defeated Jerry j. OCOnne in the first dis
trict both of them making Comeback
Two of the three special voted received the
prova of the voters The 3 mill levy for support of the
Greater University carried with substantial majority and the
100000 bond issue for improvements at the Warm Springs
state hospital approved by large majority vote The
defeated S85OOO bond issue for improve
ments at Montana State College
AS anticipated Roosevelt given large majority Of
the popular vote of Montana for reelection the people of this
not being disturbed by the republican propaganda about
the danger of violating tradition the part of the democratic
candidate in seeking third term.
Only the future reveal if the electors of Montana
wisely each and every instance It is apparent
enough that party lines carried little weight with them
their decisions This is encouraging feature of this
election Most encouraging is the very evident fact that the
voters of Montana not influenced by the corporation
The united effort Of the A. C. NJ Montana
newspapers align the voters for We Ayers
pletely repudiated by the majority.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-11-06
NATIONAL COOPERATIVE FINANCE
ORGANIZATION IS BEING PLANNED

factories, Mr. Cowden pointed out, has
been met in greater part by what
would be profit in private business.
To illustrate his point he said, Con
sumers will pay for the 92-mile pipe
line in a few years merely by charg-
ing themselves the same rate for
every barrel of crude oil flowing
through it that privately owned
company would collect for similar
service. They will pay for the refin-
cry in few years by selling refined
fuel to themselves at the going price
the price they'd pay to other refin-
ers."
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-11-06

Governor-elect of Montana, was
born in Kentucky but spent his
youth in Kansas, and is graduate
of the University of that state.
He came to Montana in 1906 and
in 1916 was elected attorney gen.
eral of the state, serving in that
capacity through the troubled war
years. In that office, he established
a record of sane regard for the civil
liberties of the people and check
on undemocratic and unconstitution-
al mob spirit eneendered by war
hysteria.
In 1929, he was elected associate
justice of the supreme court and as
a member of that body, rendered
signal service as protector of the
interests of the common man.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-11-06
HEAVIEST TAX
LOAD ON LOWEST
INCOME GROUP
Taxes on Consumption Pro-
duce Over Half of National
Revenue.

The tax system of the United States
is found to be "topsy-turvy," accord
ing to a recent study made by the De-
partment of Commerce for the Tenn
porary National Economic Committee
with the heaviest burden placed on
those least able to pay
The increased use of sales taxes has
added to the tax burden on agricul-
ture, since the chief revenue is de-
rived from levies on foodstuffs Over
four-fifths of all state and local rev.
enues in 1889 come from sales taxes;
236 percent of the total revenue from
sales taxes, comes from taxes on
foods Since sales taxes raise the
price of foods, they cut the farmers
market Hence sales taxes hit farm
ers both as consumers and as sellers.
Agriculture pays out larger por-
ton of it's income for state and local
taxes than does any other industry
according to this study State and
local taxes claim 21.S percent of the
income produced by agriculture.
Even if Federal and state taxes are
added together it is found that agri-
culture pays out a larger share of it's
income in the form of taxes than any
industry except utilities" comprising
regulated industries set their rates
after consideration of taxes to be paid,
whereas the taxes the farmers are
required to pay taxes without regard
to prices or profits.
Percent of Consumer Income Paid Out
In State, Federal and Local Taxes,
1938-1o39
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-11-06
tie Income Taxes Excluded)

Though the tax system of the Fed
eral government is supposed to be
progressive-thati is, geared to ability
to pay-this is true only by compari-
son with the highly regressive state
and local systems. Over one-half Of
Continued on Page Four)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-11-06

With the support of his personal political machine developed
the of the taxpayers of the state and with the added
support of the democratic organization all of the corporation
owned daily the majority of the weekly papers and all
but of the privately owned daily newspapers Governor
Ayers failed to convince the majority of the people of the state
that they Should continue his administration tainted with i'm
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-11-06
Forest Service Develops
'Chute-Jumping Technique

Although not widely heralded, a
notwithstanding technique from air.
planes has been developed in the
United States which compares favor
ably yith anything produced by Hit
ler's army men
1t has not been the United States
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-11-06
TRESPASSINC AT THE CAPITAL
By A. l. HARRIS

The saying that as fair in love and has to be
enlarged to also include politics.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-11-06
MONTANA ELECTORS SHOW
DESIRE FOR New deal in
State Administration

While the Ayers Machine Polled Large
Vote, the Indepedent Voters of the State
Expressed Dissatisfaction With Its Handl-
ing of the State Affairs and Demand Change
by Majority Vote.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-11-06
An UnenviabIe Record

An UnenviabIe Record
Senator Shipstead, Minnesota, can
lay claim to the questionable honor
of having voted often on pending
measures in the Senate than any
other member of that body, past or
present.
Shipsteads record of mot voting
in 40 out of 68 recorded votes in the
Senate, established in 1887, will give
the boys on Capitol Hill something
to shoot at for many moons. The
Minnesota senator has consistently
headed the mot voting" list during
his entire IS years in the upper house.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-11-06

The boys who grind out propaganda
stuff for the Silver Shirts have either
been feeling indisposed for the past
few weeks or they have run out OF
ideas, since Rep. Thorkelson, Mont,
hasn't been cluttering up the Congress
sional Record with his material re-
Gently.
Dollars Come First
Report of the Bureau of Mines of
its investigation into the causes of
the accident at the No. 2 mine of the
Bates Coal company, Arkansas, on
August 81, last, says, "There are no
safety organizations maintained at the
mine, or any of the coal mines in the
states of Arkansas and Oklahoma"
The lives of 10 miners were snuffed
out in that explosion, but it is cheaper
to kill workers than it is to install
proper safety devices and take the
necessary safety precautions. That
bald fact is behind the efforts of the
powerful mine operators lobby main
tanned in Washington to defeat the
Mine Safety Bill which they have.
thus far pretty well succeeded in do
ing.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-11-06

Economic Justice and Equality
IL the Real Safeguard Of De-
mocracy. Lack Of These IL a
Challenge to the Intelligence
and Sincerity of All.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-11-06

d So. -s.1-N---z----
Democracy Cannot Endure un.
der Economic Systems Which
Cause Hunger, Cold, Poor
Housing and Unemployment to
Millions.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-11-06

This Cock-eyed world
It's an i'll wind that blows no good.
~ Continued on Page Two)
Evening star., 1940-10-29

CHEEF," is an absurd contortion
that is as erroneous as it is pompous
No dictionary supports it.
AS a matter of fact, the word
handkerchief" itself is one of those
lovely, laughable linguistic mon
strosities that make the study of our
tongue a fascinating adventure in
which anything can happen &.
and usually does.
Consider this: The word kerchief
means "a covering for the head"
We needed word to designate
piece of cloth carried in or used by
the hand, so we tackled the word
hand onto kerchief-handkerchief-
thereby creating a word which lit
orally means "a head covering which
is worn in the hand"
We were not satisfied with this. for
later We had need of still another
term to describe a handkerchief
worn in the pocket. whereupon,
with needless ingenuity, we invented
the phrase pocket handkerchief"
a covering for the head, to be carried
in the hand, but worn in the pocket.
Beautiful!
The first syllable of handkerchief
rhymes with bang; the third syllable
rhymes with cliff.
Correct pronunciation: HANG
ker-chiff.
Capitals indicate syllable to be
accented0
Test your pronouncing I. @. For
free pronouncing test, send self
addressed, stamped (3c) envelope to
Frank Colby, care The Evening Star.
Evening star., 1940-10-29

If you labored for a long time IN
writing book, and then found your
manuscript gone-burned up-hoW
would you feel about it.
That happened to Thomas Carlyle.
He worked ever so hard on a volume
to be called "The French Revolu-
ton" and felt that he had done a
good piece of work. He hoped 1t
would prove a better success than
anything he had written before.
To his home came a friend, John
Stuart Mill. This friend, % years OF
age, was also writer, and was des-
tined to win fame in his own field.
He was much interested in the work
of Carlyle, who was 10 years older
than himself.
You may take the manuscript
along with you and read it" Carlyle
said to Mill.
So it came about that the book
started on it's journey toward mis-
fortune. Mill was so pleased with
it that he lent the manuscript to a
woman friend, and she put it aside
for time.
A servant was starting a fire, and
looked about for some paper to get
1t going. She laid hands on the
manuscript, and supposed it was
something which no one wanted. Up
in smoke it went, and was lost to
the world.
There are times when greatness
is proved by meeting misfortune
Evening star., 1940-10-29

North's hand, while no rock
cruSher, was worth an opening bid.
He expected to show his minimum
strength by a rebid of one o-trump
or two clubS-if South responded
with one of suit. But, as it hap
pened, East made an overcall and
South had to bid two of his best
suit. And then North was in trouble
He couldn't pass, since South's
free bid was forcing. He couldn't
bid two no-trump, for, besides hav-
Ing no spade stopper, his hand was
not nearly good enough for that
strong rebid. He could, it's true,
bid three clubs-the least encour-
aging bid available-but that would
suppress the good At in diamonds
and risk a bad fit in clubs. So
North was compelled to bid three
diamonds-a rather strong sounding
bid, inviting three no-trump.
1t was at his next turn that North
found a chance to slow down. In
stead of going to four diamonds,
North bid four clubs. That permit
ted South to bid four diamonds, and
at last North had a chance to pass.
At many tables, with identical bid
ding up to that point, North bid four
diamonds and South then went to
five, hoping to find doubleton
spade in the North hand. Those
players got a bad score, of course,
since they lost three spade tricks
before they could even get started.
X n
Yesterday what did you bid as
dealer with the following hand:
AAKJ5
20 10 8 s.
NA9
Ak 10
Answer-Bid one heart. With
two suits of unequal length, you
bid the longer suit first, provided
Evening star., 1940-10-29
Puttinq on the Brakes

North found himself in a bidding
predicament which occurs pretty
often, and his way of putting on
the brakes is quite instructive:
North dealer.
North-South vulnerable.
Duplicate bridge.
Evening star., 1940-10-29
Don't Take
Ny Word for 1t

by hHNh CULbf.
Handkerchief
Noun. A small cloth for lDip-
ing the hands, face or nose.
The pronunciation frequently
heard on the radio. "HAND-ker.