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Coolidge Bears
Drops Game To
Tucson Badgers

Although they outscored the
Badgers during the second half,
the Coolidge Union high school
Bears dropped their basketball
game at Tucson last Friday night
by a score of "a to II.
Led by six foot, ten inch Paul
Stevens at the pivot post who
rang the bell for 16 counters, the
Tucsonians were ahead by 16 to
Z at the half.
Trout set the scoring pace for
the Bears with six points from his
forward position, while Martin,
center, followed with four.
In a preliminary game the Tue
son reserves defeated the Coo
lidge second stringers by a A to
16 score.
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-12-24
Masons, Stars
Install With
Joint Meeting
Pima Lodge No. 80, Oco-
tillo Chapter
Meet

A joint installation of officers
was held by the Pima lodge No
80, Free and Accepted Masons,
and the Ocotillo chapter, Order OF
the Eastern Star, at the Masonic
temple Thursday evening.
The Masonic order held its in.
stallation at 7 O'Clock. Mr.. R. ].
Jones, Past Worshipful Master,
acted as installing officer and Mr..
P. w. Hamilton. installing marshal
and Myrtle Hamilton, organist.
Those officers who were install
ed were Coy c. Hamilton, worship
full Master, Richard Farnsworth,
Senior Warden; Charles E. Cohen,
Junior Warden; J. c. Jayne,
treasurer; J. ]. Jones, secretary;
and P. w. Hamilton, trustee.
The appointed officers who were
installed were Mr.. Maurice Zahal-
sky, Senior Deacon; Mr.. Hugh
Miller, Junior Deacon: Mr.. Jack
Roberts, Senior Steward; Mr..
George Hayduke, Junior Steward; !;
Mr.. Earl Ward, Chaplain and Mr..
Jene Stonehocker, Tyler, George
Truitt, Marshal.
The Eastern Star installation
followed the Masonic installation.
Mrs. Alpha Sheriff. retiring
Worthy Matron acted as installing
officer; Mrs. Katie Harold, in
stalling marshal; Flora Dunaway,
organist; and Mrs. Mabel Jones,
chaplain.
The elected officers who were
IN charge were Mrs. Myrtle Hamil.
ton. Worthy Matron: R. J. Jones,
Worthy Patron; Elizabeth Smith
Associate Matron; Gerald Bryant,
Associate Patron; Alice lies. Con.
ductress; Katie Harold, Associate
Conductress; Grace Farnsworth,
secretary; Flora Hooper, treasur.
er; and Stella Sheriff., trustee.
The appointed officers were
Adah. Myrtle Tyler; Ruth, Nell
Mirkin; Esther, Ruth Zahalsky:
Martha, Esther Stonehocker.
Electa, Oralee Hines; Warden,
Treban Roberts; Sentinel. David
Magness, Organist, Flora Dun.
away; Marshal. Mabel Sewell;
and Chaplain, Bessie Truitt.
Following the installation a
ceremony honoring the past Off
GERS was given. A fraternal wheel
OF friendship was formed by the
past officers into which the new
ly elected past officers were in
Vlted. Medals were bestowed up-
on Mr.. Roger Isles, Past Patron.
and Alpha Sheriff., Worthy Ma
tron.
Christmas decorations adorned
the hall and consisted of a lighted
tree and other seasonal decora-
tlons. A Christmas party fur
nished the entertainment follow
Ing the installations. A Christmas
scene was the centerpiece at each
table. The refreshment commit
tee, Mrs. George Truitt, Mrs. ]. ].
Jones and Mrs. w H Farnsworth.
served Christmas cake and coffee.
Christmas carols were sung la
ter in the evening by those pres
ent.
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-12-24

Mr.. Carl Dunaway is visiting his
parents for the holidays. Mr.. Dun
away is a student at the Universi-
ty of Arizona.
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Uu cA1en'

Attend church on Christmas. It is the
Christmas way of appreciating our liberty
and true Americanism. Pray especially for
peace among nations and peoples and for all
those poor people who are suffering so much
during this holy season. Prayer always
changes things"
A Merry Christmas to all and tons of
blessings for 1941
FATHER MURPHY.
st. James Church
Coolidge
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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-08-14
Percentage Farm Prices Were
Below parity. .June 15
*Last U. S. D. A. figure, Feb.

Though farm prices have continued
to slide downward, the prices of prod
ucts which the farmers must buy have
remained high since the outbreak of
the war, according to the department s
index. The index of prices paid by
the farmers stood at 1913 on June is
0910-14 equals 1000, while prices re-
ceived by the farmers dropped to 95.
Thus the farmers dollar had a pur-
chasing power of only n cents.
On the other hand, industry is re-
porting marked gains. Thus the first
100 corporations reporting on their
profits for the first half of 1910 had
an aggregate net income of $113,658,-
1928. This is an increase of 60.5%
over the $70,818,876 of net profits
made by these same corporations in
1889.
The five corporations showing the
greatest gain netted an average in
crease Of 1880 over the same period
last year Their net profits showed
a total gain of $23,2S2,972 over the
first half of last year.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-08-14
AIRCRAFT
COMPANIES
PROFITS LEAP

WASHINGTON-( OPP - What the
national defense program means to
aircraft companies was indicated in
figures for the first half of 1910 made
public by the United Aircraft Corp,
one of the two producers of high-pow-
cred air-cooled airplane engines.
The report for the six months end
ing June 30 showed the company made
a net profit of 1924 per share of
common stock as compared with s13S
a share in the same 1899 period.
For the second three months of this
year the company had a net profit
equivalent to S1.45 share as COM
pared with 50 cents in the same 1899
period. Sales in that quarter were
$50 above the same period last year
In figures, the second three months
net profit of the company this year
was s3.S48,077 compared with s2,1S7.-
800 in the same time last year.
The first half of this year showed
S6,22S10 net profit as compared with
$3,678,6S9 for the first half of 1899.
United Aircraft is one of the com
panies on the United Auto Workers
(CIO) list of places to be organized.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-08-14
PERMIT GRANTED
TO HEALTH
COOPERATIVE

The Group Health Cooperative Inc
of New York has just received its per-
nit from the New York State Insur-
ance department. according to an an
lnouncement of the bureau of cooper
alive medicine. The cooperative
health service may solicit subscribers
for its medical service plan, but serv-
ices may not begin until it has OBJ
tanned license. When $1,000 in sub
scription applications have been re-
ceived, the cooperative will be eligi-
bic to apply to the insurance depart
ment for its license.
Group Health Cooperative is the
daughter of the Group Health Asso-
citation of New York which has been
operating a medical service plan on an
experimental basis for over two years.
This makes it possible for the health
coop to begin operations on a much
larger scale with program which
checks with actual experience. The
permit brings to cooperative medicine
in New York state the legal recogni-
ton for which it has long striyen.
Periodic physical examination,
health counsel from doctors, child
care from pediatricians, complete pre-
natal care from obstetricians and the
early recognition and treatment by
physicians of the begin
nings of disease will place the en-
phasis of the coop plan on preventive
medicine. The plan covers complete
general physicians care, surgical and
other specialists services and x-ray
and laboratory services. Maternity
cases are covered if the expected date
Of birth falls at least 20 months after
both parents have been enrolled in the
plan.
Group Health Cooperative is a non
profit corporation chartered under the
New York state cooperative law Of
'icers of the association are Charles
A. Marbles, president. Martin w.
Brown, vice president and Winslow
Carlton, executive director. DR..
Roberts and DR.. James p.
are members of the medical
advisory board offices of the CO.
operative are at East 57th street,
New York City.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-08-14
Congress Starts
Work on Excess
Profits Tax Measure

WASHINGTON.-(FP)- Open con
sideration of excess profits tax legis
llation, details of which armament
makers have been waiting for before
proceeding with government contracts,
was begun in congress here August 8.
The proposed legislation worked out
by a joint congressional treasury COM
mittee consists of three main points.
They are "a the excess profits tax,
(2) provisions for amortization OF
loans for plant expansion within five
years, and (3) suspension of profit
limitations on shipbuilders and air
plane manufacturers.
The excess profits tax, as worked
out by the experts, provides manu-
facturers with two alternatives. Taxes
can be figured on the basis of return
on invested capital or on the basis OF
average earnings during recent years.
The alternatives were provided, it
was explained, to permit corporations
with low average earnings during re-
cent years to make what is considered
fair return on invested capital.
A computation made by the Wall
Street Journal declared that U. S.
Steel, under the least expensive of
the excess profits tax methods, would
retain only 500 Of any profit in ex-
cess of $67, 100000 remaining after the
payment of normal income taxes
Reaction of Wall Street experts to
the proposed tax, the best guide for
laymen, was that there is no ground
for excessive pessimism regarding the
proposed tax law at present"
Munitions makers, it was indicated,
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-08-14
FACTORY JOBS
STILL LAG BELOW
1929 AVERAGE

NEW YORK - (FP) - No labor
shortage in manufacturing Industries
is indicated by the current employ
ment estimates of the Conference
Board, research agency maintained by
employers.
While the board estimates that $780,
600 unemployed workers found jobs
in May and June, bringing total un-
employment down 79o to S,199, 900. re-
latiyely few of these workers went
into manufacturing
The boards figure for June employ
ment in the nations factories was
10.491 900. gain of only $4,000 Cor
one-seventh of 10 over April. This
figure was 56S,000 below the 1929 av-
erage.
In view of the many hundreds of
thousands of workers who have en-
tered the industrial field since 1929,
it is obvious that a large reservoir
of factory labor has not been put to
work by the war boom.
Agriculture, on the other hand, is
credited by the Conference Board with
1891 900 workers in June,
an increase of 1,262, 900 over the 1929
average OF the 100000 workers re-
employed throughout the nation in
May and June, $4,000 were absorbed
by agriculture.
Next largest employment pickup
was in construction, where the gain
was 100000 jobs for total of 2,179,-
300 employed.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-08-14
GUARANTEED
Profit Offered
PLANE MAKERS

WASHINGTON.- (FP) Airplane
manufacturers have agreed to produce
airplanes on fee basis with the op-
ton of signing contracts later, it was
indicated here.
This method was adopted after a
deadlock was reached when the com
panies refused to sign contracts until
they learn what provisions will be
made in future legislation protecting
profits.
The fee basis contract, it was
learned, was proposed to the airplane
manufacturers by VIM. S. Knudsen,
national defense commissioner in
charge of production. Later Pres.
Donald w. Douglas of Douglas Air
craft and spokesman for the plane
manufacturers, announced that the in
dustry had agreed to start it's expan-
sion program Immediately.
The two items were taken together
to mean that the plane makers had
accepted the Knudsen proposal
Under the fee basis, airplane manu-
facturers would agree to manufacture
iii pldHoS lOl oCl Sullt luc SOfSIH-
ment footing the bills for the cost of
manufacture. The fee would amount
to a guaranteed profit which would
be made by the companies regardless
of changes in the cost of material, la
Dor, or other items.
When congress passes an excess
profits bill with provisions for excess
profits taxes and accounting proce-
dures to be followed in charging for
depreciation, the plane manufacturers
will be given the choice of negotiating
new contracts or retaining their fixed
fee contracts.
Under the fixed fee scheme the gov
eminent will build the additional plant
space required, either with war de-
partment or RFC funds. No decision
has been made on the final ownership |
of the plants so built.
The war department, it was said, |
has expressed a willingness to insert |
a clause in the contracts agreeing that |
such plants will not be used for the |
Of planes by the govern |
ment unless private industry, at some |
future date, is unable to supply the
needs.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-08-14
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body wrote, that I am rather amazed
that the AFL would lend its endorse
ment to a candidate whose record dur.
ing his service in congress has beer
so anti-labor."
you should recall" Clark went on
''his many charges against the Wag
ner labor act made both in congress
and in public speeches and particular
lily his ill-famed bill which he intro
duced in the 1899 session of congress
which would have emasculated the
Wagner labor act.
while | hold no brief for some of
the actions of the personnel of the
national labor relations board Mr..
Anderson's attacks were made on the
principle of the law. =.
"You will recall that in 1888 you
issued a similar endorsement to Mr.
Anderson over candidate who was
the general chairman of the Brother
hood of Railway Clerks, an AFL men,
Der for many years.
"You charged at that time that Mr..
Pickett was a CLIO candidate which
was contrary to the true facts as Mr..
Pickett entered the race at the sug-
gestion of number of AFL leaders
here in st. Louis.
"In the present campaign Mr.. An
derson has as his opponents Mr.. ]. j.
Houlihan, a member of milk wagon
drivers local No. 603 and Mr. John E.
Mooney, lawyer and former member
of painters local No. lis. =.
IL am wondering why we have
never received an endorsement for
such outstanding champions of organ
lied labor as the Hon. John j. Coch-
ran, congressman from the 18th dis
trict of Missouri, the Hon. Reuben t.
Wood, congressman from the sixth
district of Missouri, and the Hon. Sen.
Harry S. Truman of Missouri"
Rep. Wood 3D., MOI is also presi-
dent of the Missouri state federation
of labor.
Clark's letter was approved by I'M
animous vote of the st. Louis central
body after it was recalled by bust
ness agent for the mechanics tnat An
derson had repeatedly and defiantly
walked through picket line.
In Utah Green has requested en-
dorsement Of King on the ground that
King is a close personal friend of his
Long an opponent Of social and la
Dor legislation King recently created
a stir in the Treasury department
here when ne discovered a few gov
clerks had taken a few mo-
ments out in the afternoon to sip soft
drinks at lunch stand in the build
ing.
"Why aren't these people at work."
he demanded of the guard. "They
should be at work"
Kings opponent in the primary,
Rep. Murdoch, together with Rep.
Healey ID, Mass.), formed the minor
ity of the Smith committee investi-
eating the national labor relations act
which issued strong minority re-
port.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-08-14

You cannot control what you do not
owni
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-08-14
SCANDAL limited
AS SENATE
PROBES RCA DEAL

WASHINGTON. = OPP = Scanda
poked its inquisitive head into an in
quiry by the senate interstate com
MERGE committee here August into
the events surrounding the postpone
ment in 1882 Of an antitrust suit
against the Radio Corporation OF
America, parent company of the Ma
tional Broadcasting Co.
AS the intricate story was unfolded
from reluctant witnesses it appeared
that:
Three Washington real estate men,
named w. P. Shaffer, Percy Keller,
and Levin Handy, were in New York
discussing a real estate deal. E. o.
Keller, brother Of Percy Keller, got
them in touch with Robt. D. O'Cal-
laghan, New York attorney for RCA.
O'Callaghan expressed, according to
Percy Keller, concern over the pend
ing antitrust suit against the corpora
ton and asked if they knew anybody
In Washington who could get 1t post
poned.
O'Callaghan said a postponement
would be worth $4,000 to the corpora
ton.
The three real estate men returned
to Washington and got in touch with
Roger Whiteford, local attorney and
summer neighbor of the then Sen.
George Moses (R., N. HI, president
pro tenn of the senate.
Whiteford went to Concord, N. H.
ord ooxr Mococ Mocoo ia ba didn't
know what he could do, he would let
Whiteford know later.
Subsequently Moses met Whiteford
in New York and suggested that he
get in touch with the then Sen. Daniel
o. Hastings (R., DELI, one-time chair
man of the republican senatorial cam
paign committee.
Hastings met O'Callaghan and
Whiteford in New York and sum-
moned to the three of them one H. c.
Mahaffy Jr., clerk of the federal dis
trict court in which the suit was
pending.
A few days later postponement
was granted, followed by consent de-
cree entered into between the corpora
ton and the department of justice.
The three real estate men then went
back to Whiteford. They wanted to
know when they were going to collect
and suggested $500 as a reasonable
fee for their services. O'Callaghan |
was present.
After what was unanimously de- |
scribed by all witnesses as stormy |
and heated session" during which |
Whiteford read the blackmail statutes |
to the three real estate men, O'Cal-
laghan forked over $4,000.
O'Callaghan told the committee that
he paid the sum because they threat
ened to bring suit This brought
snort from Sen Burton X. Wheeler
Cd, Mont.), chairman of the commit
tee.
"You," Wheeler said to O'Callaghan,
"are a New York corporation lawyer
OF Is years experience and you expect
us to believe that RCA paid contact
man to find a couple of real estate
men to recommend lawyer who
would find senator who would rec
hiring another lawyer sitting
in the senate to represent your COM
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-08-14

pany in Washington where the COM
pany already had counsel employed?"
The somewhat embarrassed lawyer
replied that when three men get to-
gether on story it's pretty hard for
a young man to take time off from
his job to fight thing like that"
Whiteford testified that Hastings
was paid $500 by RCA for his serv-
ices in the case. One of Hastings
law partners at the time, c. Edward
Duffy, told the committee that Hast
ings reported to his firm that he had
gotten a $500 fee for getting post
ponement in the RCA case.
'He said he had to give the clerk
Of court $4,000 to get a continuance"
Duffy testified.
Hastings and Moses are to appear
before the committee to explain their
role in the matter. Committee mem
bers indicated they regarded the sum
paid the three real estate brokers as
"hush money" and expressed desire
to know what was hushed
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-08-14
AUTO WORKERS
HOLD WORKERS
INSTITUTE

| HASTINGS, Mich.-Over $50 auto
workers and leaders from six states
and the Dominion of Canada have re
Gently finished one of the most sue
cessful Workers Institutes at Circle
Pines Center Many of the interna-
tional officers from the u A. W., in.
GLIDING Pres. R. ]. Thomas, Richard
Frankensteen, and John Brophy OF
the executive committee of the CLIO
were present, in addition to the staff
of the U. A. W. headquarters in De-
troit
The Institute was under the direc-
ton of Mr.. Wishert, educational direc-
daily classes on Labor History. Labor
Economics, and shop problems. good
deal of interest and time was given
toward the discussion of the relation
ship of consumer cooperative move
ment to the labor movement
Living together in a cooperative
camp was a new and revealing ex-
perience to many of the workers. The
large majority felt that their stay was
extremely profitable in every way, and
will undoubtedly lead to a much closer
understanding and working relation
ship between the two organizations.
1t is planned to call a conference of
cooperative members who are also
members of the Union to work to-
gether on a mutual program of coop
nrative education
1t was generally felt by co-operators
as we'll as union members that the
two organizations must act hand in
hand if we are to solve the many per-
picking problems facing our democ-
'acy today.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-08-14

You cannot control what you do not
own!
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-08-14

A sizeable share of these increased
profits results from the huge national
defense program which the govern
ment has launched. However, the
corporations which can be expected to
make the largest profits on this pro-
gram have not yet reported their
earnings for the first half; among
these are aircraft, machine tool, ship
building, and chemicals.
Since the defense program has not
fully got under way, and relatively
few orders have even been placed, the
returns from these first 100 corpora
lions point to considerably greater
gains by industries which are in the
most strategic positions.
The railroads report higher profits
for the first half of 1910 than for any
year since 1880. The Wall Street
Journal estimates that 1910 profits at
$3.50, 100000, as compared with 1884,
100000 million last year even If the
carriers earn no more in the last half
of this year than in 1889.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-08-14

DEMAND THE UNION LABEL /.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-08-14

will be allowed to put away enough
in five years to pay for the cost of
additional plants and equipment
A point Of contention before the
committee concerned the ownership of
the plants built with government
funds at the expiration of the five
year period.
John d. Biggers, president of Libby
Owens-Ford Glass Co., appeared be-
fore the house ways and means COM
mittee on behalf of a taxation and
finance subcommittee of the national
defense commission and proposed that
the plant remain in the hands of the
company with the provision that it
cannot be sold or otherwise disposed
of without the consent of the army
or navy. He further proposed that
the government be allowed to buy the
plant at a price to be determined by
arbitration.
Biggers asked that this procedure
be stipulated in contracts between the
government and the companies rather
than in the legislation.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-08-14
farm PRICES GO
DOWN DESPITE
PROFIT TREND
Wheat Prices Are 40 Per
Cent Below Parity; Farmers
Dollar Has Only TIC Buying
Power.

Farm prices have continued on the
downtrend and are now further out
of line with non-farm prices than at
any time since the outbreak of the
war abroad. Wheat prices for the
country had fallen to 1870 below par
ity by June Is, according to the latest
official computation of the U. S. de-
partment of agriculture, as compared
with 21% below parity on April 10.