The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-04-03
A RUBBER STAMP BOSS

| | am somewhat repaid by my knowl-
edge, even If did have to keep house
to learn it. Perhaps / could get out
the little black book and mark down
good point on this housekeeping
business, but we will let that go for
now. No use being in hurry about
lit as there might be another angle
to it.
You know, since I have found out
that I was only rubber stamp boss
at home l have commenced to think
about this political stuff l saw some
fellows the other day strutting and
Dragging about how they were the
guys that ran and controlled this gov
eminent, they made the laws, owned
and maintained the natural resources,
they were the government and what
they said went, the politicians and
the big industries were working under
Them But am not going to be fooled
twice about this boss business, and be-
fore commit myself like those fellows
did l am going to look it up as
don't relish having the wind taken
out of my sails just when my chest
takes on full expansion and my hat
won't set down on my ears any more.
So | am going to investigate, as |
don't want to go through that shrink
| ing process any more times than
have to. This losing the bosship job
at home shrunk me something terri
ble I doubt if I could stand another
shrinkage right away and be identi-
| fled.
| Yesterday | did myself right proud.
| l cooked, cleaned, swept and scrubbed,
and l had the shack all shined up
and mighty fine supper all cooked
up by the time the wife got home, and
boy did she give me a send off. She
was mighty proud of me herself and
she even went over and Dragged to
| Gus wife, when she got home, how
we'll her man could cook. (And | don't
think Gus wife liked it very we'll At
least she didn't act like IT'D But then
! she should have been proud of me.
| Just as she opened the door | had
everything ready to set ON the table.
A pot of coffee simmering on the stove
and smelling so good that it would
make you crinkle your nose with an
lticipation of what was to follow. Then
| | had some boiled potatoes with nice
| big pan of bacon and eggs, and nothing
was burned. Not thing. So it was
no wonder | was feeling good after
| / had the dishes finished. | was al
most lord of the manor again as | sat
there making plans for conquering
new worlds. | was in seventh
heaven of a dream, when thought
hit me that nearly lifted me out OF
my chair. l had just been slapped
on the back That was all. | wasn't
the big executive anymore nor had |
ever been Well | can tell you that
had mighty SOLDERING effect on me
and commenced to see that l could
never handle this thing alone. It's
like my old friend. Ralph, said a long
time ago, That man was neither
able nor capable of handling these
things alone. There are too many
angles and corners to it. You just
figure out how to get around one and
| you run smack into another one. And
you have to stop and figure out that
one, so it takes up all your time fig
uring out things and by the time your
wife gets home you are only a couple
of corners away and all she has to
do is to reach out and grab an ear
and you are back in the fold before
lyou know it,
| So | am going to quit this lone wolf
business. | know the editor of this
paper has some application blanks out
at the shop that were spoiled, because
heard him cussing about or at some
thing one day when l was there. |
think he will give them to me if !
will cart them away out OF sight, as
they seem to make his head ache
whenever he looks at them. But any
way | am going to start me an organ
lization to help me figure out the cor
ners and angles that have me stumped
and never allow me to browse more
than two blocks from home. | think |
will call this new organization the
Protective Association for Unemployed
Husbands of Working Wives. OF
course that will be subject to change
after we get together and adopt our
preamble and bylaws. Now any of
you boys that are eligible and are hav-
ing housekeeping troubles write me
in care of this paper. We will send
you an application blank by return
mail. To be eligible you won't have
to be clear down like l am, but if you |
feel yourself slipping you had best
write.