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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-05-15
Convention of
Communist Party
Is Announced

Helena will be the scene of the
state nominating convention of the
communist party on Tuesday, May
|21st, it was announced by Arvo Fred
|rickson, state chairman of the com
munist party. The state convention
will select its delegates to participate
in the national convention which will
be held in New York City, May Both
to June End, and which will choose
a presidential slate for the vital gen.
eral election this fall
In addition to delegates to the ma
tional convention, the state conven-
ton will select the party's candidates
for state and congressional offices, it's
presidential electors and its state com
mittee for the ensuing period The
state election platform and campaign
plans will be worked out during the
days sessions.
1t is expected that the major plank
in the platform will be the rallying of
workers and farmers to defeat the war
of Wall Street and the Roose-
FelI dullliliiSli dlioh. nc CoHVeHtlOu
will deal with the task of uniting la
Dor, farm, and progressive groups to
stop the monopoly control of Montana
and return the government of the
state to the people.
1t is anticipated that resolutions will
be adopted expressing the party's pos
ition on relief and social security, civil
rights, housing and medical needs, tax
alton, Indian problems, labor and
farmers. Communist party conven-
lions are being held in all states in
the union on the eve of the national
Headquarters for the ma
.ional nominating convention will be
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-05-15
FBI Menace

Continued From Page One)
the FBI in the Detroit case he told
the senate of the arrest on June %,
1889 of a man named G. J. Carlson,
a poor, wounded veteran of the World
war earning a living as a travelling
salesman.
Carlson said he was arrested on
charges of having impersonated fed
eral officer and of having cashed a
bad check. 1t developed that the
Carlson wanted for the offense had a
four-inch scar across the back of his
neck, weighed about $50 pounds and
had dark hair.
The arrested Carlson said he had
no scar, weighs about 100 pounds and
has gray hair.
After he was arrested and taken
from Fremont, Neb., to Sioux City,
Ia. his house was searched and his
family questioned In Sioux City,
after being held incommunicado over
night, Carlson was able to prove that
he was not the person wanted and
mont at his own expense.
Carlson's sons, Norris said, will
never forget that their father was
brought from the porch into the house
by the FBI men, apparently to in
crease the disgrace of his handcuff-
ing, so that he could be handcuffed
in the presence of his entire family,
consisting of his wife, his wife's
mother and his three boys. That is a
wrong to their young hearts which
will last as long as they live.
at is because of such injury and
the things which inevitably follow,
from which there is no escape, that
protest against the activities of the
FBI. Long after we are dead the evil
effects of their notorious mistakes
and inhuman conduct will tell on the
rising generation"
Norris concluded by referring to
FBI head ]. Edgar Hoover as "the
greatest hound for publicity on the
American continent today. Mr..
Hoover has an organization, main
tanned at public expense, writing
speeches for him to make or for any
one else to make who will take the
speeches. When he makes a speech
a copy is sent to practically every
newspaper in the U. S. 80.
81 have made these remarks with
the hope that the conditions now pre-
vailing may be improved in that re-
spect and that we may cease to follow
a course which will put bloodhounds
on the trail of honest citizens and
permit their lives and liberty to be
by fellows who will wreak
their vengeance under the guise Of
law enforcement officers"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-05-15

NEW YORK (FP) - Speaking in
the office of Attorney John Kadel,
former Pres. George Scalise of the
BSEIU expressed his resentment at
the tactics of Dist. Atty. Dewey's
agents in breaking up the convention
session of May Z.
81 can't understand why they could
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-05-15
DITCH SCAB COCA COLA
AT TIGERS BALL PARK

DETROIT OPP - Coca Cola, un-
fair to labor in Detroit, has been
tossed out by the Jacobs concession
at Briggs Stadium, home Of the Amer
lean League Detroit Tigers. Coca
Cola has an unsettled dispute with
the ALL teamsters. Local AZ of the
UAW-CIO comments:
''You can now go to the ball game,
happy in the knowledge that the sight
of scab products will not mar your
enjoyment of the game"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-05-15

ATLANTIC CITY-FP)-A ngerei
by the unprecedented action of Dis
trict Attorney Thomas E. Dewey's
agents in breaking up a convention
session to arrest three officers and 6
bookkeeper, the Building Service En-
ployes Init. Union (AFL) adopted q
resolution rebuking Dewey for using
the police powers of a despotic die
tator."
The resolution was passed unani-
mously by the delegates, here for the
eighth convention of the union. 1t
called upon AFL Pres. William Green
and members of the ALL executive
council to investigate the "unwar-
ranted assault"
Sentiment of the average delegate
was expressed by Jesse Fletcher, rep
'resenting Local of Seattle. II came
5000 miles from my state to see the
gestapo in action here" he declared.
eff any law enforcement officer in the
state of Washington used such tao
tics, he would be recalled from office.
I'll be glad to get back to the U. S.
The four men placed under tech
nical arrest as witnesses in the grand
jury investigation of former Pres.
George Scalise and other union Of
ficers were Acting Pres. William L.
McFetridge, Vice Pres. Thomas J.
Burke, Treas. Paul David and Book
keeper Kenneth Ashley.
McFetridge is slated for election to
the presidency and many delegates
felt that the raid was an attempt to
smear him. He has not been accused
of any crime, nor has any of the other
three men.
Messages from New York state AFL
leaders also denounced the arrests as
completely unjustified." The raid
was timed to follow reading of mes
sage from Green in which the ALL
chief urged the delegates to 'reestab-
lish your union on solid AFL basis,
to elect responsible men to office,
whose honesty and integrity are above
reproach." He offered the help of the
ALL Gin the realization of this noble
purpose"
The arrests were made late in the
afternoon when the days session had
about an hour and half to run.
Nathaniel Kaplan, an assistant attor-
ney in Deweys office, walked to the
platform, accompanied by an Atlantic
City detective He proceeded to hand
out his subpenas and within a few
minutes the session disbanded in con-
fusion.
Excuse for the strange procedure
was that, according to Asst. Dist. Atty.
Murray Garfein in Dewey's office, the
union officials had not been sufficient
ly cooperative when questioned in
Chicago by Dewey agents. A recip- |
rocity agreement between New York |
and New Jersey made it possible for |
Dewey to serve the subpenas when |
the union officers came to Atlantic |
City.
NEW YORK FP) - Speaking in |
the office of Attorney John Kadel, |
former Pres. George Scalise of the
BSEIU expressed his resentment at
the tactics of Dist. Atty. Deweys
agents in breaking up the convention
session of May T.
ssJ oan,t understand whv thew cOuld-
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-05-15
Possible to Produce
But Impossible
To Distribute
BY KAY ELLES


We agriculturists get all hoped up
when we go to our state or county
fairs to see there displayed the sam
lples of crops that have been produced
by one of our colleagues in this game
of enticing the soil to produce. But
really how much do we know about
the capabilities of properly fortified
soil to produce?
For the man-hours we devote to
raising our crops, just how many of
them are expended to the best advan-
tage? OF course to find out we have
to turn to the scientist and technol-
ogist to see what they have found
out about it.
The department of agriculture has
spent millions in trying to show us
just what can be done and how to
do it. The chemist can calculate to a
mathematical nicely the theoretical
yields of crops; but we are pretty apt
to scott at their figures; because in
actual practice there are many I'M
know conditions, which prevent theory
from working out. However when
the psychologist puts these theories
to practical application and actually
produces some 60 to so percent more
than the average yields, we must then
admit that there probably is some
thing to what these scientists say,
after all.
Let's take a look at some of the
figures of actual production by these
experimental farms in comparison
with the general average yields of the
country Data from "Reshaping Agri-
culture" p. Sc by Wilcox and from
u. S. d. A. Bureau of Agricultural
economics for Montana
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-05-15
CONVENTION DEN0unCES Dewey FOR
FOUR ARRESTS DURING SESSION

int wait until adjournment" said
Scalise. "This outrageous abuse OF
power by the district attorney is only
one further step in a series of un-
lawful acts perpetrated by his office
with complete disregard for all con-
stitutional rights and privileges of
persons under investigation.
Scalise has not visited the conven-
ton and apparently does not plan to
do so.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-05-15

tremendous opportunity is being Of
fered them to become efficient farm
ers, who own their own land, it is
expected that applications will be so
numerous as to make necessary the
most careful selection of trainees,"
Colonel Landreth stated. He expressed
the opinion that while it is yet too
early to predict the future of the pro-
ject, it is extremely probable that it
what will become a firmly
established and valuable government
agency, which will be a great factor
in restoring American farm life and
in improving rural standards of living.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-05-15

Persons more than 40 years old
make up Az of the 396,632 job seek
ers registered in the New York City
offices of the State Employment Serv-
ice.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-05-15

You cannot control what you do not
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-09-20
To County. Candidates. County
Executive Members and Young
Republican Club Members

Please note the following
internary of the Theatre on
Wheels" which will soon be in
your county. since the machine
is most effective drawing
card for a crowd it's appearance
in your county will offer a
splendid opportunity for you
to contact voters voters. The
sound truck manager will offer
you an opportunity to be intro
duced.
We regret that the speed with
which the truck must be operat
ed will make it impossible for
/ anyone other than Congress-
ional candidates to be heard.
Tell your friends that they
will have an opportunity to see
and hear Willkie when the
| moving-picture truck arrives
in your county. Since the equip
ment is valued at s25, 900 your
cooperation is obtaining ample
police protection for each show
will be appreciated.
The truck has been leased by
the Republican National Commit
tee and furnished to West Vir-
ginia for a limited time. You
can also assist by obtaining To-
cations for the show. Street
light and noise must be avoid
cd as much as possible.
Sound Truck Itinerary
Sept. 20-Beckley, vicinity
Sept 21.-Mullens, Pineville
Sept. 23-Matoka and Montcalm
Sept. 24-Blufield, Bramwell
Sept. -Maubeury, keystone
Sept. 26-Gary hollow, WEIGH
! Sept. 27-Logan, Island Creek
Sept. Williamson, Delbarton
Sept. 30-Williamson, Matewan
Oct. iand12-Tentative.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-09-20
FALL COMES TO MCDOWELL

With the first light frosts of
nearby fall the leaves of trees
have begun to assume the gay
colors of fall and there are
now those frosty mornings that
| quicken the blood and cause
us the look forward to the first
snowfall. While we are no
| longer in touch with woodland
life wa know that the squirrel
and chipmunk are busy laying
up stores of nuts for the cold
months to come and that other
wild-life has taken on wild
! ness absent in the summer as if
aware that the hunters will
soon take the. field-and when
that occurs nothing that walks
or flies is safe from being shot
at. However there is so little
game left now that hunting
trips" today are lergely just
, tibet.
West Virginit hts been hard
hit by a full-blown epidemic
of infantile paralysis this end
of the summer and inasmuch as
cold weather's approach seems
to drive the disease away, we
welcome it or anything else
which can abate the epidemic.
While speaking of this dreaded
disease would not it be wonder
full if science engage in max
ing warfare as horrible as posi-
bic should desist along those
line long enough to turn brilli
ant intellccts on the problem
of a specific for the disease?
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-09-20

Wendell WILKES idea seems to be
mat the farmer who makes the best
living as well as the surest profit is
the farmer with a low overhead. BY
this, he does not believe that wages
should be peeled TO 1890 levels nor
that farmers should starve their
families and themselves in order to
build up a bank account. To the
contrary, he insists that the opera
tors own bodily welfare come be-
fore other considerations. The trim
homes, vegetable gardens, fruit
trees and chicken yards on each
Willkle farm are proof to that end.
He does vigorously oppose the
farm practice of selling on q whole
sale market and buying extensively
on retail market, especially when
1t comes TO the matter of materials
that can be grown at home That
belief shakes down TO the rule that
lies behind the success of the five
farms:-a balanced ratio of live
stock and homegrown feed.
The whole plan for operation of
the farms seems to be characteristic
of their owner. Generous considera-
ton for the fact that his associates
In their management are entitled to
live well was one Of his first
thoughts. He laid down the basic
principles of operation - selecting
those that successful farmers had
found to be proftable-and then
trusted the men he had selected to
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-09-20
UNEMPLOYMENT Is STILL
MAJOR PROBLEM IN US.
CHARLESTON. Sept Is

CHARLESTON, Sept 49,
The ten million employable but
jobless men and women, an
army as large today as it was
when Roosevelt took office, is
a serious detriment to public
morale, believes Robert H. C..
Kay, one if the leading LAWYERS
of West Virginia and chairman
of theiRepublican State Com
mittee.
1.-The old maxim that idle
ness is the Devils workshop
is more than just a saying, "
Kay thinks, 81 is an apt descrip
ton of one of the greatest dam
lgers that confronts this repub,
lie today. Aside from the eco
mic loss of idleness, the mere
fact that ten million men and
women are still pounding the
lpavements in search of work
(which cannot be provided with
the strangling fingers of New
Deal bureaucracy throttling
private enterprise, is in itself
destructive of morals.
II Fathers and mothers, per
| haps themselves unemployed,
see their boys and girls growing
up, with nothing to look for
ward to no chance of real jobs,
with the prospects of gradual
ing from NYA to the WPA, idle
prey to temptation, likely to
get into tragic trouble because
they are unoccupied - those
fathers and mothers are desper-
ate. =.
Their one hope" he asserts
lis to start the wheels of in,
dustry humming with a song OF
solid prosperity by getting ric
! of the New Deal and all its
alien, false PHILOSOPHERS about
the economy of scarcity" and
America having reached a dead.
end, about there being no more
worlds to conquer There are
just as many doors to opportun
ty ready to open today as
there ever were. All we have
to do is take off the padlocks
the New Deal has put on them
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-09-20
NJ. EXPLOSIVE FACTORY
BLOWS UP LAST WEEK

The Hercules Powder plant
located in an isolated part of
New Jersey last week was al
most totally erased from tho
map by a series of great blasts.
Cause of the disaster has
not yet been fixed, although it
is thought the cause was acct
dental. Reports of sabotage
are ba'ng Investigated merely
as routine matter.
At least 35 are dead and
several score injured.
The plant was working at
capacity on war orders. 1t is
being rebuilt and the
unchanged dynamite plant has
resumed operations.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-09-20
TWO WEST VIRGINIANS GET
PLANNING BOARD POSTS

Francis E. Rivers. Director
of Colored Division of National
Republican Headquarters, New
York, announced the appoint
ment of T. G.. Nutter, Charles
to and S. r. Anderson, Blue
field as West Virginia members
of the National Negro Planning
Board.
Mr.. Nutter and Mr.. Anderson
returned from New York Tues
day from a conference with
Mr.. Rivers.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-09-20
carry The program out day by day.
Encourages All Clubs

encourages Ali Clubs
Not the least of Mr.. Wilkes in
terests as he goes around the farms
on his frequent visits are the chill
dren of bis farm partners. He en-
couragcs them to have animals of
their own and IS n hearty supporter
Of All club activities.
Faith in farm land as a sound
business investment" according to
MISS Sleeth, is apparently the real
reason Wendell Willkie invested his
savings in Indiana farms; that, and
a desire TO keep his roots in the
soil Mr.. Willkic also wanted his
son, Philip, a Princeton student. 10
nave the experience of actual farm
work
Mr. Wiuke." explains Louis
Berkemcicr, says we can have iust
as many steers and hogs as we
please so long as we grow enough
stun right here on the place TO feed
them the year round. He saws
mats the way to make money in
farming grow as much stuff es
the land will stand without running
away and then sell what you can't
use yourself Well, sir, you know
mat was right down our road. That's
the way | was brought up and
never been known to fail as
d men takes proper care o.
Ihal why we've made
mere for the last six We
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-09-20
Would Not Pay for New Deal

In the calendar year 1893 the to-
tai income of all persons receiving
S. 900 and over was S6,528, 900, 600
If all such income had been confis-
Gated, 1t would have failed by one
billion dollars to pay the Federal ex-
penditures of 1888. 1t would not be
sufficient by $1,000, 900, 900 to pay the
Federal expenditures of 1899.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-09-20
Did Not Work

That New Deal reciprocal trade
agreements did not attract buyers is
shown by the purchase, by countries
with which these agreements were
made, Of meat products to the value
LOT 1884 900 pounds in 1885, before
the agreements were made, and only
10, liz, 900 pounds in 1899, when all
agreements were in effect.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-09-20

Election of Wendell l.. Willkie
and congress of loyal, patriot
ic Americans, will break those
locks and open those DOORS"
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-09-20

Christianity Never Adopted
Christianity has never been adopt
ed, even as the ostensible principle,
by any nation in its international
relationships.
SUBSCRIBE TO THE TIMES
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-09-20

"a
SOFT OF local overseer for the farms.
She also looks after one of her own.
No Show Places Here
None OF the farms is show place
or fancy" in any respect. Soon
after purchasing each place. Mr..
Wlukie directed that the houses be
put IN good repair and well painted.
Kitchens were modernized and cleo
triclty brought in from the local
HEA lines. The barns and other
business buildings were put In or
Ger. Each farm has its own vegeta-
Die garden, chicken yard and fruit
orchard.
Typical of the Willlie system of
farming is the Louis Berkemeier
place, 1913 acres Of woodlot and pas
ture running along Mud Creek. and
purchased by the candidate in 1o34
This summer it grew 10 acres of
barley, 85 acres Of corn and go acres
OF wheat 10 support its 80 Herefords
and 200 hogs.
tzss Farmers Welfare First
The Kramer, place, a mile and q
hall up the road from the Berke-
nneier's, has a flock of so sheep.
They are not only a source of cash
income. They free Joe Kramer from
the task Of keeping fence lines
cleaned, and furnish Christine Kra-
, with a source of material for
blankets and carpets she has
N during the past three years.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-09-20
BY WHEELER McMILLEN
Editor-ln-C Chief, Farm Journal and
a" Farmers Wife


During the past two months, national
interest has focused on five farms lying
in a three-nlile semi-circle just south of
Rushville, Indiana, typical of thousands
OF cornbelt farms. Living on and work
ing them are five shrewd Indiana farm
ers, German and Scotch-Irish extrac-
ton, They were purchased, individually.
by Wendell Willkie, but only after care
ful inspection by Mr.. Willkie and analy-
sis OF the soils by agricultural scientists.
The farms were purchased by Mr..
WilIkie with his savings long before he
had any notion Of entering national poll
tics. They are operated on a self-main-
tenance pattern with hogs and feeder
steers as the principal sources of rev.
enue. Mr.. Willkie and the five tenant
managers share profits on a $3.50 basis.
Each farm has made a profit since Mr..
Wilkie took it over.
The names of the tenants who share
partnership with Mr. Willkie are JOSEPH
Kramer, Jesse Bell, Louis Berkemeier.
Charles Brown and Harold Moore. All
OF the farms are signed up with AAA.
MISS Mary Sleeth, of Rushville, an old
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-09-20

PHYSICIANS call this period
"Menopause." 1t is the dreaded Change
Of Life. Women should face this
period with well-balanced health, or
dangerous symptoms may appear. This
IS the time when deficiencies in gen.
eralehealth must be helped. Every
woman approaching middle age should
take DIR. Pierce's Favorite Preserip-
ton. that splendid herbal tonic .
Every package Of Prsseriptioo contains
Symptom Blank. FIJI out the Blank and
mall II 20 Dr.. PIeres's Clinic. Buffalo, N. n.
for FREE medical advice.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-09-20

WEST VIRGINIA: n the
Clerks office of the Circuit
Court of Mcdowell county, West
Virginiafi September 5, 1910.
LUCY MAY BLANTON
Plaintiff
VS.. In Chancery
NICK BLANTON
Defendant
Pending in the Circuit Court of
said Mcdowell County
The object Of this suit is to
obtain from the defendant by
the plaintiff a divorce from the
bonds of matrimony and for
general relief.
And it appearing from an aft
davit now on file with the pa
pers in this cause, that the
defendant is a non resident of
the state of West Virginia; it is
therefore ordered that the said
defendant do appear at the
office of the Clerk o the Cir
cult Court of Mcdowell county
within one month from the
date of the first publication
this order and do what is neces-
sary to protect his interest
herein. ...
And it is further ordered that
a copy of this order be publish
ed once a week for three sue
cesive weeks in some newspaper
of general circulation in said
Mcdowell County.
A copy, Teste:
ID. CYPHERS, Clerk of
the Circuit Court of Mcdowell
County, West Virginia
CAPEHART and MILLER, Pc
Date of first publication Sept, !
6, 1910.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-09-20
sS.sxs, IA
IS 1rissI'~- N-S9 -.
4 ee'V'l r:
An Even Balance

that Of the manufacturer. II this
cannot be done by parity prices.
other means must be found-with
the least possible RECOMMENDATION Of
the farmers affairs"