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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-08-28
ITO HOURS FOR 81
IN CALIFORNIA
RESTAURANTS

SAN FRANCISCO.-(FP)-W omer
restaurant workers, especially in the
Grapes Of Wrath area are working ur
to ITO hours a week for as little as
81 day, complaints filed with the
State Department of Industrial Rela-
tions reveal
Typical were the complaints of
three workers in Santa Cruz county
hotel. One said she worked n hours
a week for So and two meals a day.
Another worked 70 hours a week DUR
ing May and June with only one day
off. A girl of less than Is had worked
Z days week, 10 hours day, and
had received no wages other than
room and board.
Announcement of the complaints
was made by George G. Kidwell, state
director of industrial relations, who
said an immediate drive for compli-
ance with California's SIG minimum
wage law would be launched.
Many soda fountains and cream
cries required girls to work two weeks
without pay during training peri
3D." it was found In San Mateo
county, girls were hired under this
Illegal arrangement through the local
high school employment service.
Other complaints showed that en-
)loyers had evaded the law by COM
,elling women receiving the SIG mini
mum to give part of it to a male
worker. In one case it was found |
hat girls had been forced to sign re-
eipts for SIG week while receiving
My $12.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-08-28

| duty OF every man and woman in
America to give the best that is in
them-whether in the field of battle
or in the shop-to bring about the
destruction Of that power"
Labor answered the Presidents call
to make the world safe for democracy.
And as soon as the war was over, big
business Immediately resumed its
fight to destroy the unions
In a Labor Day speech in 1919, a
year in which anti-labor terrorism
reached new peak, Morrison said:
'The organized workers will continue
their efforts to make our country safe
for democracy, though certain other
elements of our citizenship have aban-
doned this plea in their desire for
material gains, regardless of the eff
feet on the nations life."
Will Labor Day in 1941 and 1912
see American labor continuing it's
tight for democracy at home, or
plunged into second European war?
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-08-28
MOBILIZATION
FOR PEACE GETS
new RECRUITS

i CHICAGO.-Sen. Arthur Capper Of
Kansas and Glenn j. Talbot, of the
North Dakota Division of the Farmers
Union today endorsed the Emergency
Peace Mobilization to be held in the
Chicago Stadium August 81 to Sep
TENDER O. They join the ranks OF
other prominent farm leaders cooper
ating with the Committee to Defend
America by Keeping Out of War.
Rev. John B. Thompson, national
chairman of the peace committee, an
nounced that Oscar Ameringer, editor
of The American Guardian, would adj
dress the Mobilization.
1.-THE loss of market and profits,
caused by the war in Europe" DR..
Thompson said, "the threatened short
age of farm labor by CONSUMPTION of
youth and future for American agri-
culture that is loaded with the dyna-
mite of economic chaos, have COM
bined to arouse American farmers to
action"
He urged that all farm groups in
the nation register delegates for the
Emergency Peace Mobilization and
that all communications be directed
to the national office at 203 ~ Wa
bash Ave. in Chicago.
Those cooperating with the nation
al committee In the effort to make
the peace mobilization an active force
for peace in every community in
America include:
Margery BALLET, secretary of the |
Louisiana Farmers Union; Mrs. Fun |
ice Peterson, California State Grange; |
Mrs. Alvina Hayman, Grantsburg
Farmers Union of Wisconsin; Oscar
editor of the American
Gerald Harris, Alabama
Farmers Union; Mrs. Albert Miller,
president Associated Farm Women of
Kansas; George Nelson, Wisconsin
Farmers Equity Union F. r. Lenox,
ohio Division Farmers Union and II. I,
}. Bruce, editor Farmers Union News
# Montana.
Principal speakers on the Emer-
,ency Peace Mobilization program are
senator's Gerald p. Nye of North Da-
.ota and d. Worth Clark of Idaho,
Or. Francis p Townsend, campaigner /,
or old age pensions, and Congress
nan Vito Marcantonio. Bishop Ernest
lynn Waldorf of the Chicago diocese
t the Methodist Episcopal church,
viii open the conclave with an invo-
alton. Paul Robson, noted artist of
he screen and concert stage will sing .
Ballad for Americans" on the night |
f August 81.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-08-28
DEMONSTRATIONS AGAINST WAR
FEATURED LABOR DAY IN 1915

The first Labor Day after q full
year OF the second world war finds
organized labor in the U. S. opposed
to American entry into the war, and
hostile to CONSUMPTION and other war
like moves which threaten labor's
gains
In 1915, the first Labor Day after q
year Of the first world war also found
American labor opposed to U. S. par
ticipation and suspicious of warlike
moves.
So ardently was labor fighting the
hysteria of 1915 that the country's
biggest Labor Day parade, in New
York, was called off Gin protest
against militarism" Big parades
were held in other cities but their
main theme was opposition to war.
AFL Sec. Frank Morrison, speaking
in Bloomington, ILL.,, said: while mill
tarism and preparedness are as OPP
posite as the poles, let it be under
stood that labor is alert to the kind
of preparedness the steel trusts, the
coal barons, the railroad combines
and the allied interests favor.
Labor sees the wolf of militarism
concealed behind the Little Red-Rid-
ing-Hood pretense Of those men re-
sponsible for Ludlow, who favor Co.'S
sacks in the various states and who
have blackened the history Of Illi-
nois"
On Labor Day in 1916, organized
labor was busy celebrating its major
victory during the war period: estab-
lishment of the 8-hour day for rail- |
road workers. Faced with the threat |
of nationwide railroad strike, Pres
ident Wilson had backed down and on
that day signed the Adamson act. The
Labor Day speech of ALL Pres. Sam
uel Gompers in Lewiston, Me-, was
devoted entirely to this victory of the
brotherhoods.
In 1917, however, Labor Day saw
labor giving complete sup
port to the war, which the U. S. had
entered five months earlier. Huge
parades were held in all parts of the
country. Marchers carried such slo-
gans as: win the War for Freedom!"
The war spirit was In flood tide.
In Chicago, Mayor w. H. Thompson {
faced threats Of impeachment for l
granting police protection to huge /
pacifist meeting on the eve of Labor /
Day. V
Speaking on Labor Day at Erie, Pa, +
Gompers said: II am a pacifist-that r
IS, l was until President Wilson asked Il
congress to declare war. Men, wom- t
IN and children have been murdered il
by a ruthless power that is today f
seeking world domination 1t is the
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-08-28
WEIR FREED ON TAX
EVASION INDICTMENT

night freed Lawrence Weir, former
sheriff of Silver Bow county, of
charges Of evading payment of federal
income taxes. After hearing evidence
for several days, the jury deliberated
only four hours before returning a
verdict Of mot guilty"
He was charged with evading the
payment of $S,235 in federal income
taxes for the years 1888 to 1888 The
federal officials charged he made
large profits on prisoners board while
he was sheriff, and failed to pay the
tax on the profits.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-08-28
Committee Hears
How Farmers
Were Evicted

Every tractor put into operation
throws from two to four share-crop
pers' families off the land and makes
them migrants, testimony before the
house committee investigating the sit
uation of migratory workers revealed
Four migrants who had been trac
tored off the land told the committee
how they picked cotton for &c an hour
whenever they could find work, which
was not very often.
The rickety shacks, filthy novels
and broken-down barns which are the
living quarters for many OF the south
ern Okies were described by Pres. H.
L. Mitchell of the Southern Tenant
Farmers Union (unaffiliated) and by
Supervisor John Beecher of the FSA
migratory labor camps in Florida.
The migration of the workers from
the Florida vegetable fields up north
and back again, and from Florida into
the Baldwin county potato fields in
Alabama, was described by number
of witnesses. Pres. F. d. Patterson
of the Tuskegee Institute said there
was a big influx of migrants into the
southern area after the Tennessee val
ley became fertile as result of the
IVA and after the boil weevil invaded
the black belt, forcing farmers to re-
place cotton with dairying.
The poll tax, the tractor, the share
cropping system and the loopholes in
the governments crop reduction plan
were all blamed by various witnesses
for the plight Of the southern mi
grants. Recalling the rise to power
of the late Huey Long, one witness
pointed out the danger of destitute
farm workers following native DEM
agogue who promises them security
The committee, which came to
Ala, from New York
where it heard testimony on migra-
tory workers along the eastern sea-
board, will lcontinue it's hearings in
other sections of the country. The
chairman is Rep. John H. Tolan 3D.,
CALI and other members are Rep.
Claude V. Parsons 3D., ILL.,, Rep. John
J. Sparkman d., Ala.), Rep. Carl T.
Curtis (R, Nebr.), and Rep. Frank c.
Osmers (R., N. J.).
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-08-28
Appeals Court
Upholds Order
Against CMC

In unanimous opinion, the United
State circuit court of appeals for the
second circuit New York; has af-
firmed the cease and desist order is
sued by the federal trade commission
against General Motors Corporation,
General Motors Sales Corporation,
and General Acceptance Corporation,
on the $50 plan of deferred or INSTALL
ment payments for automobiles.
The opinion, delivered by Judge Au-
gustus N. Hand, in reciting the his
tory of the case, referred to the mi
tial advertisements of the corporation,
one of which read:
"GMAC
General Motors Acceptance Corp.
Reduces Time Payments Costs on
New Cars
With new SO Plan
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-08-28
Wholesale co.
UNDER WAGE
HOUR FIRE
Wage and Hour Division
Files Suit Against Largest
Wholesale Fruit and Pro-
duce Company on Overtime
and Record Keeping.

suit to enjoin a wholesale frui
and produce company, operating il
eight states through A branches, from
violating the overtime provisions ant
the record keeping provisions of the
Fair Labor Standards Act. was filed
today in the U. S. District Court al
Minneapolis, Mimi, by the Mime
apolis Regional Office of the Wage
and Hour Division, U. S. Department
of Labor.
The complaint, filed by Donald M.
Murtha, attorney for Region XII of
the Division, names the Gamble-Rob-
inson Company, 301 N. Fifth Street,
Minneapolis, doing business under the
names of Gamble-Robinson Company,
Ryan Fruit Company, Stacy Fruit G
Produce Company. Stacy-Merrill Com
pany, Stacy Fruit Company, Brainerd
Fruit Company, Fergus Fruit Com
pany, S. G. Palmer Company, Dore-
Redpaht Company and Mandan Fruit
Company.
Attorney Murtha, in asking that the
federal court issue an injunction per-
manently restraining the company
from violating the Fair Labor Stand
ards Act, said the company has en-
ployed several thousand persons in
the A branches and that many of
these employees have been employed
for workweeks longer than AZ hours
without being paid time and one-half
for their excess hours, as required by
the act.
The complaint alleges that the com
pany is engaged in receiving, ham
Hing, selling and distributing, at
whole fresh fruits, vegetables and dry
The company has II branches in |
nine in Montana, ten in
North Dakota, four in Iowa and one
each in South Dakota, Wyoming, Wis
,onsin and Michigan
Operating under the name of Gam
'le-Robinson Company are branches
It: Aberdeen, S. D.; Alexandria,
Mimi; Austin, Mimi; Estherville, Ia;
dankato, Mimi; Minneapolis, Mimi;
rochester, Mimi; st. Cloud, Mimi;
Ia; Willmar, Mimi; Wi
iona, Mimi; Bemidji, Mimi; Bis
narck, N. D.; Devils Lake, N. D.;
'airmont, N. D.; Fargo, N. D.; Glen
i've. Mont; Grand Forks, N. D.;
treat Falls, Mont; Havre, Mont;
JAMESTOWN, N. D.; Lewistown, Mont;
lilies City, Mont; Minot, N D.; Sheri-
an, Wyo.; Thief River Falls, Mimi;
ALLEY City, N. D.; Williston, N. D.,
nd Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.
AS Ryan Fruit Company, branches
re operated in Billings, Bozeman,
suite and Livingston, Mont.
AS Brainerd Fruit Company, in
MINI. AS Fergus Fruit [
ompany, in Fergus Falls, MINI. AS s
G. Palmer Company, in Minneapo- {
s, MINI. AS Dore-Redpath Company v
| ST. Paul, Mimi, and as Mandan Ii
ruit Company, in Mandan, N. d. a
Attorney Murtha said the Gamble s
obinson Company is subsidiary of C
acific Fruit & Produce Company, s
it'll headquarters in Seattle, Wash, e
Id that the parent company and q
Robinson Company operate in
early all states from the Pacific n
'ast to and including the central II
ates. The Pacific Fruit & Produce e.
,mpany is not named in the suit. u
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-08-28

Brehon Somervell New York WPA
administrator. The w. A. charges
that Somervell refused to meet with
its local grievance committee.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-08-28
Simple as A, B, C

SIMPLE as A, B, z
A-Take your unpaid balance
B-Add cost of insurance
C*-Multiply by 6%o-12 months
plan (One-half of one percent per
month for periods more or less
than IL months.) That's your
WHOLE financing cost. No ex-
tras. No service fees. No other
charges.
Milford chronicle., 1940-11-22
HOLZMUELLER COTTAGE
DESTROYED BY FIRE
Early Morning Blaze Levels Summer
Home At Slaughter Beach

A FIRE believed to have been caused
by a fireplace spark igniting the
shingled roof, destroyed the G. d.
Holzmueller cottage with all its con-
tents, at Slaughter Beach shortly
after one o'clock Wednesday morn
ing. Mr.. Holzmueller and several
guests enjoyed a turkey dinner serv-
ed at the cottage Tuesday evening,
and according to Mr.. Holzmueller
the group had not been away from
the cottage more than forty-five min
utes, when the alarm of fire was
turned in to the Carlisle Fire Com
pany by Tuck Moore and James
Darling, who were passing. They
stated that the fire when first seen
bys- them seemed to be breaking
through the roof. Besides the Car
Isle Fire Company of Milford, com
Danies from Milton, Glendale, Hous-
ton and Harrington responded and
stood BY to render assistance to the
local flre-fighters II necessary.
Mr.. HolEmueller. IN a press inter-
view, stated that the cottage with
contents was valued at about 1000.
Milford chronicle., 1940-11-22
IS URGED
TO LBERAIIE
WORKMEN7S ACT
Head OF Industrial Board
FavOrs $18 Maximum
And $S Minimum Pay.
COSTS ARE CITED

Amendments to liberalize the pres
ent state workmen's compensation
law-which he termed not liberal
enough for Delaware industry-were
proposed recently by Clarence d.
Grace, president of the Delaware In
dustrial Accident Board.
In an address before the automo-
tive trades and transport section OF
the Wilmington Chamber OF Com
merce in the Hob Tea Room. Mr..
Grace pointed out the act. in bene-
fits, is in the lower one-ouarter Of
the states of the nation. He added
that In 1888 the board made several
recommendations to the General
Assembly, which were shelved.
Amendments Proposed
Proposed amendments made by
Mr.. Grace TO the present law would
include: Raising the compensation
rate to SIS maximum and So mini
mum, from the present figure Of SIS
md S.; increasing the first months
medical and hospital allowance from
$50 to ct least 5000, and make 4
burial allowance Of $3.50 instead Of
100; the inclusion under the law
u firms with three or more en-
'loyees, rather than the present re-
Of five or more employ
es
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Milford chronicle., 1940-11-22
TURKEY FEAST
Is ENJOYED BY
SUSSEX 4H CLUBS
Over 800 Attend Dinner
Sponsored BY County
Chapter OF Link.
JOHN LEACH SPOKE


The annual banquet Of the SUSSEX
County 4-H Clubs. sponsored By the
Sussex Chapter OF Link. was held
last Friday night in Jones' Memorial
Hall, Georgetown. with between 800
and 400 present. The turkey dinner
was served by the members Of the
NanticOke Demonstration Club.
Mrs. Alton Truitt, Of Milton, presi-
dent Of the Order of Link, served as
toastmistress. Group singing was
led by Herman Elzey of near Sea-
ford.
James Locates, accompanied by
Mrs. Beatrice Travis, sang several
selections.
The principal speaker of the eve
ming was Prof. John G. Leach Of
Beacom's College. Wilmington. He
took the word Link and dwelt on
it as symbolic Of four great steps in
the lives of all. The letter IT,, he
said, stands for loyalty to school,
and home, and also laugh
ter; the letter ''i'', for imagination,
industry and idealism; the letter IN.
for neighborliness, nationalism, and
the good things of life;
the letter "k", for knowledge, kind
ness and the Kingdom Of God.
Talks were made by Miss Anne B.
Moore and C. E. McCauley. Miss
Eleanor Collins presented a playlet.
Milford chronicle., 1940-11-22
SOUTHERN STATES
GROUP MEETS HERE
Several LEGAL Farmers win Attend
Dinner At Hotel Tonight

A-study Of ways IN which the CO.
operative may better serve farmers
Of ahe Milford area will occupy the
major part Of the program when
members Of the Southern States
Milford Advisory and Junior boards
meet at the Windsor Hotel IN Mil
ford Friday evening, November 20, at
z o'clock, according to r. @. Roop.
Baltimore. a representative Of the
cooperative. who will meet with the
gronp.
The junior board, composed Of
young farmers between the ages Of
IS and rs, will elect a chairman.
Reports on the local cooperative
program and on the activities Of
Southern States Cooperative from
July / to September 80 will be pre-
sented.
Members Of the advisory board are
Jacob H. Roosa. chairman, and w.
K. Brown. Roland Davis. Norman
Grove. Davis Watson and Lucius
Webb. Junior board members are
Grove. J. Heyman Roosa
and Paris Sharp.
Milford chronicle., 1940-11-22
FINE ARTS DAY AT
NEW CENTURY CLUB
Mrs. Ethel P. B. Leach, WeII-KnOwn
Painter, Is Guest Speaker

Fine Arts Day at the Milford New
Century Club will be remembered
by the members OF the club for
long time, for 1t brought one of Del
8ware's best known painters. Mrs.
Ethel p Brown Leach, of Frederick
and Rehoboth, as the guest speaker.
Fine Arts Day was arranged by Mrs.
John H. Mulholland and Mrs. Harry
H. Mulholland for the pleasure and
benefit of the club members. Mrs.
Leach defined her own personality
when she spoke Of art as a rehec-
ton of the artists mind in his work,
for though the pictures that she ex-
hibited were commonplace things In
msny instances they were made
beautiful by her brush. In her talk
during the afternoon she paid tribute
to her former teacher, the late How
ard Pyle. Of Wilmington. and told
much Of his interest and develop
nent in the group OF students. who
classes at his studio. Mrs.
Leach exhibited priceless pictures
done by her teacher and many beau
liful paintings done by herself. Some
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Milford chronicle., 1940-11-22
KENT DAIRY RECORDS
SHOW IMPROVEMENT
October Review Mailed Ont By Co.
Agent R. E. Wilson

Official milk and butterfat pro-
duction records from 21s COWS are
included in the October report Of the
Kent County Herd Improvement
Association which has been mailed
from the office of County Agent Rus
sell e. Wilson TO the members Of the
association.
Of these 218 cows there were 6S
which averaged over 800 pounds Of
milk, and % COWS which produced
on the average over 40 pounds OF
butterfat. The average milk produc-
ton for all the cows in these herds
was SIC pounds, as compared to an
average Of 25.5 pounds Of hutterfat,
which is slightly lower than that for
September.
Dairymen who are members Of this
herd Improvement association are Of
the opinion that these milk and but
terfat production records are yaIn-
able information in determining
which cows in the herd are profit
able, and those which should be re-
moved from the herd before they
consume too much feed for which no
profit is returned TO the owner. In
addition to these production records,
the members Of this association OBJ
tain. also. important data In regards
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Milford chronicle., 1940-11-22
EAFORD LOSES
TO BUGS Il TO 10
. GRID THRILLER
Locals Force Triumph In
Hard Fought Battle On
Home GridirOn.
LYNcH rs STAR

Coach Barney Briggs Milford
..Bucs eked out a 21-19 triumph
over Lloyd Lights Seaford Efighlets
in their football game at Milford last
Friday. II was hafd-fought battle
in which a muddy gridiron failed to
halt plentiful scoring.
The teams were even in touch
downs with three each but Milford
converted all three OF the extrc
points while the visitors were sue
cessful in only one try.
All three of Milford's touchdowns
resulted from passes to Lynch. He
the first two from Max
well. and caught the deciding toss
from Elton.
]. Bryan nOtched Seatord's first
tally ON a 45-yard run, while Larri-
more accounted for the second on a
pass from C. Bryan. and ]. Bryan
tallied from the two-yard line in the
final period following n sustained
drive.
Milford trailed 1914 before scor-
ing the winning touchdown in the
inal minute. The local team had to |
put over the deciding tally three
lines before it became official. The
irst two thrusts over the goal line
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Milford chronicle., 1940-11-22
DRAFT
CALL DEFERRED
TO JANUARY ;
POstpOnement Due To De-
lay In Completing Facil-
titles At Camp Upton.
GOVERNOR NOTIFIED

Delay in completion of necessary
housing facilities at Camp Upton,
n Y, has resulted in postponement
until January of the second draft
call in the state. The call was
scheduled for December 2.
The change was announced this
week by Brighten. Irving J. Phil
ipson. commandant Of the Second
Corps Area, who has notified Gov.
Richard G. McAIullen. Notification
OF the change. It was said at draft
headquarters here. has been ex-
pected
state quotas Tor the second call
viii be announced about December
II. Men called al that time viii be
IN addition to the 120 in Delaware to
be drafted ON November 1923
Questionnaires being sent out to
the first names on local draft board
lists lack. in about 80 per cent of
the cases. notarizatiOn, Major John
J. Dugan, assistant draft director for
the state, said. He asked that in
be followed closely to pre-
vent unnecessary delay apd incon-
veEience.
Medical Tests Continue
X-ray examinations Of the chests
If men who have passed prelimi-
nary medical examinations now are
being held at Brandywine Sana-
orium, Kent General Hospital, and |
he Milford Memorial Hospital |
other medical tests are continuing.
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Milford chronicle., 1940-11-22
Police Urged To
Start Arresting Al
Blue Ian VIOlators
Attorney General Tells Superintendent Norman r.
Purneu BOIcLing Alleys And Skating Kinks Haze
Ignored Sunday LaOs; Letter 10 Req Ralph q.
Minker Ask NeSO Statute; No Arrests Made.

Attorney-G General James r. Nor
ford took steps last Saturday toward
cracking down on violators Of the
state's Sunday blue laws by calling
attention Of the state police to known
violators.
At the same time in a letter TO the
Rev Ralph L. BIinker, chairman of
the legislative committee. named to
study the statutes, Mr.. Morford
listed possible steps Of modernizing
the sncient laws.
Following numerous complaints
about violations Of the Sunday
statutes. Mr.. Morford forwarded a
letter TO Superintendent Norman r.
Purnell Of the state police, encIOs-
ing q list Of establishments, includ-
ing bowling alleys and skating
riEks, which have been operating on
the Sabbath. The lists were not
made public.
In the communication, Mr.. Nor
ford pointed out that under the
statute all persons who assemble to |