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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-12-04
FBI SN00PS
ON nj. RIB
EMPLOYEES

WASHINGTON (FP)-Employee
of the national labor relations board
have ben subject to the shoppers Of
]. Edgar Hoover and his FBI it was
revealed here November % as the
Smith committee trained its guns on
NLRB member Edwin S. Smith.
On November Ia. 1910, according to
letter produced by the committee
Hoover wrote the board concerning
one of its employees in st. Louis, Mo.
81 wish to advise you" the letter
said information has been received
by this bureau to the effect that Grant
Cannon, a field examiner connected
with the NLRB at st. Louis, Mo, is
known to have radical tendencies lean
ing towards communism.
ut is further reported that Cannon
has studied anthropology and has been
affiliated with the NLRB for three
years.
ut was also reported that Cannon
visited Mexico City, Mexico, to OBJ
serve the presidential election in that
country in July 1910
The above information is submitted
for your consideration and whatever
action you deem appropriate"
The dictionary defines anthropology
as the study of man as an animal;
the whole science of man."
That the board did not deem it APP
propriate to take action was held
against Smith by the Smith commit
tee, headed by Rep. Howard w.
Smith 3D., Val.
Other evidence produced by the
committee in its attempt to prove the
alleged subversive character of Edwin
S. Smith was a letter from the civil
service commission concerning two
stenographers employed by the board,
one in Cleveland and the other in
Pittsburgh
The letter said that the Cleveland
stenographer was known to have con-
tributed to fund for Spanish loyalists
and that the sister of the Pittsburgh
stenographer was a communist and
held communist meetings in her house.
When the letter was discussed by
the board, the Smith committee re-
vealed, NLRB member VIM. Lesser
son advocated sending the letter to the
FBI while Edwin S. Smith opposed
this course on two grounds.
Smith said the source OF the infor-
Continued on Page Four)
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STUDENTS SET
UP central.
COOP League

NORTH KANSAS CITY.-Delegate
from campus co-operatives in the west
central states met in the North Kan
sas City Public Library November 8
10 and formed regional organization
Central League of Campus Co-ops
The representatives from student Co
ops at the University of Missouri, Co
lumbia; University of Kansas, Law
renee; Texas State College for Wom-
en-, Denton; Iowa State Teachers Col
lege, Cedar Falls; N. D. Agricultural
College, Fargo; Baker University
Baldwin, Kan; and Kansas Wesleyan
University, Salina, formed nucleus
for the organization. 1t will include
campus Co-ops in thirteen states.
The delegates elected board of d.
rectors to draft constitution for the
Central League of Campus Co-ops,
which will be presented at the next
regional meeting in April at Lawrence,
Kansas, and also to direct in the dis
semination of literature from the CEN
trail offices to member organizations.
Donald Richardson of Fargo, N. D..
was elected chairman of the board
and Katie Belle Boyce, Denton, Texas,
was chosen executive secretary The
organization will work in cooperation
with Consumers Cooperative Associa-
League will send out information and
assistance to all local co-operatives
and discussion groups, encourage and
assist in the establishment of further
campus co-operatives, standardize
practices in all campus co-operatives
along the lines of the Rochdale Prin-
ciples, emphasize education in coop
erative philosophy, urge students to
enter cooperative fields of work, and
act as a clearing house for the ex-
change Of ideas and information center
for students travelling among the mem
Der organizations.
The convention was called by Gerald
l.. Fielder of Columbia, Missouri, del
egate to the National Committee on
Student Co-operatives, and the dele
gates were guests of the Consumers
Cooperative Association. Howard A.
Cowden, president of GOA, spoke to
the delegates at dinner Saturday eve
ming. He outlined the advantages of
the campus cooperative movement
and offered aid and encouragement
to the students
The convention of the CLCC was
called and organized after the success
full establishment of the Pacific Coast
League and Midwest Federation of
Campus Co-ops. All three campus
coop declarations are affiliated with
the National Committee on Student
Co-operatives headed by William
Indiana.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-12-04

Hatch Preparing New
"clean Politics" Bill
Senator Hatch, New Mexico, author
of the "clean politics" bill, has told
some of his colleagues that he is pre-
pairing new bill for submission to
the next session of Congress providing
that the government appropriate funds
to the major political parties with
which to conduct their presidential
campaigns All private political con-
tributions to a presidential campaign
would be barred.
The New Mexico salon is keenly
disappointed with the way his "clean
politics" bill worked out in actual
practice during the recent election,
particularly those provisions limiting
campaign contributions and campaign
expenditures The Republicans open
ly evaded the 100000 limitation on
campaign expenditures through the
Willkie club organizations, the ex-
penditures for which were not in
cluded in the expenditures submitted
by the Republican National commit
tee. This surely was violation Of
the spirit, if not the letter, Of the law.
Purpose of limiting campaign con-
tributions and campaign expenditures,
of course, is to remove the strings
which large campaign contributors
are thus able to have on election Of
ficials, and to do away with actually
buying elections, which defeats de-
mocracy. The big boys, who have
lots of money to spend, are known
to play the game both ways, such as
the duPonts, for example, did in 1886
when they contributed 100000 to the
Republican campaign, but protected
themselves by also contributing $780,
900 to the Democratic campaign
Large campaign contributions also
have the effect Of deteriorating the
diplomatic service because of the COM
mon practice Of rewarding large con-
tributors with ambassadorships. for
which they may have neither training,
temperament, nor other qualifications.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-12-04
PUBLICITY FOR
JAPAN is ON
THE increase

The native u. S. fifth column is
performing yoeman service for the
Japanese. Outstanding in this field
is Ralph Townsend of San Francisco,
Calf, author of the rabidly anti-Chi-
nese book, Asia Answers. Townsend,
who receives regular orders from the
| Japanese Chamber of Commerce for
quantity lots Of his pamphlets, is an
expert at describing the sanity quail
tiles of Japanese Imperialism. His
latest pamphlet, Seeking Foreign
Trouble, is being quoted by every
American fascist Of any consequence.
According to James True, dean of u.
S. anti-Semites, this Townsend work
answers lone of theNation's greatest
needs" The leaders of the Christian
Front are of the same mind and are
hawking Seeking Foreign Trouble
along with Social Justice
Peter Stahrenberg, head of the pro-
nazi American Nationalist Press of
New York City, is another key pub
licist for the Japanese. His most re-
cent contribution, pamphlet entitled
War? Americans Must Think, poses
this question: "Do you want a boil
shevized China?" and goes on to de-
clare that:
Japan is waging our battle for
civilization and If Americans
realized the dangers they would be
shipping munitions to Japan free"
Stahrenberg's treatment of the sub
ject has so favorably impressed
Charles B. Hudson of Omaha, Neb.,
editor of the anti-democratic bulletin
America in Danger!, that the latter
is distributing pamphlet of his own
which borrows whole sections from
Stahrenberg's text. Hudson, however,
is little more conservative than the
New York fascist and has made few
changes in the lifted passages. For
example, he has emended the last part
of the above quotation to: =" if the
Americans realized the danger they
would make a commercial treaty with
Japan at once"
William Dudley Policy, Silver Shirt
fuehrer and editor of the pro-nazi Lii
berator, now writes in his magazine
long articles that claim the Jewish
Internationalists" are to blame for all
dissension in the Far East. Charles
w. Phillips, editor of the fascist bull
letin, The Individualist, devotes whole
issues of his publication to censuring
the United States for lack of cooper
alton" with the Nipponese; he refers
his readers, for further Qualification,
to the works of gentleman-fascist John
B. Snow of New York City Robert
Edward Edmondson, foremost Fifth
Column pamphleteer, has issued a
leaflet entitled Why Should U. s. Fight
Japan for John Bull? What has Jap
an done to the United States?" de-
mands Edmondson in this leaflet ut
Continued on Page Four)
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ENGLAND'S
SUPREMACY
ENDING
BY SCOTT NEARING

British sympathizers are calling
upon the U. S. to help the British
ruling class keep its grip on the eco
nomic and political life of Europe, the
Empire and the planet. But when
they assure us that we can save Brit
ain they overlook some of the basic
forces that are dragging down the
British from the dizzy heights of world
power that they have occupied since
Waterloo. British military weakness
is a consequence of British economic
breakdown.
Loss Of economic position may be
traced through many aspects of British
domestic and foreign relations. With
in the British Isles slums, unemploy-
ment, poverty and undernourishment
undermine national efficiency and
drive the privileged toward the
movement of protest and revolt that
found expression in the General Strike
of 1926 and the mutiny of the At
lantic Fleet in 1881. Within the EN-
pire the rise of maj ufacturing in
Australia, South Africa, India and
Canada take work and profits from
the British Isles Even more disas-
trous to British supremory is the
growth Of production in territories
controlled by rival ruling classes.
Coal is the basic fuel of industry.
Coal production offers good illustra-
ton of the loss of British economic
supremacy. In 1860 Britain produced
three-fifths of all the coal mined in
the world. The U. S. produced one
eighth. In 1900 British production
was 800 and U. S. production was
1870 of the total By 1888 British
production had fallen to 1870 while
that Of the U. S. stood at 1890.
Still more impressive are the changes
in the British position in the produc-
ton of the chief metal of industry
pig iron. In 1860 Great Britain pro-
duced more pig iron than all of the
rest of the world combined For 1888
Continued on Page Four)
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Dor the same amount that the adjutant
general of the state draws.
The work in the adjutant generals
department in the state is almost al
together office work, involving the
keeping of records of those in military
service in the state. Whenever any
travelling has been necessary, in the
past, the head of the department has
usually been the one to do it.
However, anything may and prob
ably does happen the month before
election when governor and would-be
political boss such as the present one
is making his final campaign drive
for reelection. Every resource of the
state payrollers is then Communicated
and new ones placed to work at the
expense of the taxpayers.
Small was paid $3.50 in salary for
the month of October, though new
man in the department, and strangely
enough his work was of such a nature
that he Travelled all over the state,
practically speaking rolling up charges
for $500 miles of travel at seven cents
a mile plus his other expenses
amounting to $6675; making his ex-
penses for the month amount to
$241.75.
Since there is no record which
would indicate that Small possessed
any special qualifications for the work
carried on by the office of the adj
jutant general of the state, the
suspicion appears justified that Gov
ernor Ayers wanted him in his cam
paign and placed him on the state
payroll; probably one of many.
The supposition that he is sort
of protege of Ayers, is substantiated
by the fact that he is now carried
on the supplementary payroll of the
governor as a special Investigator"
at 5000 a month. Just what he is
investigating, unless it is to get the
TOUCHDOWN" on how the governor was
defeated, no one probably, aside of the
governor, himself, can know. His
talents must be extraordinary, how
ever, as it appears to be the general
rule that such special investigators"
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WAGNER OFFERS
AMENDMENT TO SOCIAL
SECURITY LAW

WASHINGTON - OPP = An
amendment to the social security
law aimed at preserving all existing
state, county and municipal pension
plans was introduced in the Senate
Nov. 10 by Sen. Robert F. Wagner
d., N. W.
1.-THE amendment, specifically and
without reservation, exempts from
coverage under the social security act
all public employees already protected
by pension plans under state, county
and municipal auspices" Wagner said.
At the same time Wagner announc-
ed that at the next session of Con-
gress he would introduce a bill ex-
tending pensions to 100000 persons
and unemployment compensation to
100000 persons not covered by the
present law.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-12-04

Germs in the industry, from the Stdnu-
point of investment, value of goods
sold and workers employed. The six
corporations included in the survey
reported consolidated sales for the
year 1889 aggregating $757 ,165,918, or
slightly over SO percent of the total
value of products reported by the
bureau of the census for 1887, the
latest year for which the statistics are
available. The data are shown in
combined form in a manner that does
not identify the results of any indi
vidual corporations. In general, the
reports combined for the survey cover
the calendar year. In this industry,
however, they also include fiscal years
ending in October and November, 1889.
Total net sales during 1889 by the
six corporations amounted to $757, 1885,
918, as compared to total sales of
1927, 281, 694 for the same corporations
in 1888. The increase in sales during
1885, as compared to 1888, represented
POI percent.
The combined net income before de-
duction of taxes, on the average total
capital of $619, 476,383, employed by
the six corporations in 1889, was $780,
761, 143, or a rate of return of 9.8 per-
cent on the total employed capital
for the year. The rate of return on
the average capital employed Of $604,-
293,089, during 1888, was SO percent.
The average rate of return of 98 per-
cent in 1889 for this industry group
represented individual rates ranging
dow to high) from a profit of 80 per-
cent to 22.5 percent. Four of the six
corporations had rates of return in
1889 higher than the average, and
the rates for these four corporations
ranged from 100 percent to 225 per-
cent. The two remaining corporations
had rates of return in 1889 Of 80 per-
cent and 8.5 percent.
The net income on the average cor
porate net worth investment or stock
holders equity of s439,761,820, for
1899, before provisions for income
taxes, was S53,333,443, and this was
III percent of the stockholders in
vestment. The rates for individual
corporations ranged from profit of
SO percent to 22.5 percent. The vari-
ations by groups on the basis of in
vestment were similar in proportion
to the groups just given for the total
investment The net income on the |
average corporate net worth invest |
CONTINUED on Page Four)
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PRESIDENT
SAYS mo- TO
SALES TAX

WASHINGTON OPP - President
Roosevelt November 20 put his foot
down fatty on proposal to finance
the nations defense program by means
of a sales tax.
The President stated his flat objec
ton to the sales tax proposal at a
press conference held prior to a SEIZED
uled meeting with Scongressiona and
treasury officials to discuss the fiscal
program Of the country for the. com.
ing year.
Senator George 3D., Ga.), influen-
tial member of the senate finance
committee, was prepared to propose
a general sales tax at the meeting, it
was learned, and had secured support
for such measure from other con-
gressional leaders.
The Presidents rejection of the
sales tax proposal was not elaborated
upon. He was asked If he would look
with favor upon such a proposal and
his response was flat no.
Treasury officials, it was discovered
have fourfold tax program that they
will push during the coming session
of congress. 1t calls for:
1. Upward revision of the income
tax and Of the surfaces on high-brack-
ct incomes.
2. Removal of the tax exemption
provision from federal, state and mu-
nicipal bonds.
8. Revision of the excess profits tax
to modify or strike out permission to
figure taxes on the basis of average
earnings.
4. Increased inheritance and estate
taxes.
This four-fold tax program is cal
culated to meet all the running ex-
penses of the government and, in adj
Continued on Page Four)
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Senator Hatch believes that elimi-
nation of all private contributions to
presidential campaign would pay the
people untold dividends for the amount
Of money appropriated There are
many who believe with him. But how
about the minority parties? 1t would
seem that they also would have the
right to receive government funds for
their campaigns. Large, private cam
paign contributions have never con-
taminated them because they have
never reached them. But that is a
question which is agitating Senator
Hatch, and for which he has not yet
found the answer
National Unity Still Myth
Many impassioned speeches have
been made and many hundred reams
of copy have been written and printed
setting forth the need for national
unity, but NATIONAL UNITY IS AS
FAR OFF AS EVER - NON-EXIST-
ANT.
The reason for this is that the Big
Business bosses of the Republican
party fear Franklin DeIano Roosevelt
and the New Deal more than they
fear Adolf Hitler and Naziism. The
former gives them the filters; the
latter does not disturb them to any
great extent.
Fact is that American Big Business
is quite oblivious to the forces at work
in the world today-the social changes
that are being wrought daily. The
New Deal represents a philosophy op-
posed to special privilege rule and is
much closer to home. 1t must be des-
troyed at all costs. They still dream
of world in which special privilege
is king, and they won't settle for any
thing else. In their SNUG complac-
ency, they believe that they can re-
store that world
Furthermore, Hitler is few thou
sand miles from home-and who knows
that he's not good fellow to do bust
Continued on Page Two)
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ELK SEASON EXTENDED

The Montana fish and game depart
ment has approved 30-day extension
to the bull elk hunting season in the
Sun River country. The season will,
instead of closing February %, extend
through March 81, with only branch
horn bulls as legal game. The area
may be closed on two days notice.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-12-04
BIG SUM is PAID

The state welfare department, in a
report last week, said s15,112,790.23
had been paid out for relief services
from March, 1887 through June, 1910.
The figure includes funds from all
sources" the report stated. Old age
assistance payments comprised nearly
$40 of the total.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-12-04
INCOME OF RUBBER
MANUFACTURING CORP.
DOUBLES in 1920
Statistics Gathered by Fl
mission on Six Corpol
Over SO Percent of Rub
in u. S. Shows Tremel
Business and Profits in
Al Trade Com
MS Producing
Products Used
S Increases in
}.

report Rubber Products Manufacturing Corporations
the Federal Commissions project for the collection
of annual financial reports from large number of industrial
corporations operating in OF the principal industries of
the United States, has been issued
The manufacturers of rubber products whose financial
reports combined represent six of the important
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S. c. Small of the "aso rams in the primaries
which he decsvey beaten for the nomination for
auditor by the incumbent John Holmes who by
large majority apparently looked upon with favor by
Hitler Ayers and returned the governors afec
ton he landed job in the adutant generals depart
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TRESPASSINC AT THE CAPITAL
By A. l. HARRIS

might bad idea for the to check up
whether any of ers agents that might still be
poyed by Henry charge of production of
materials for Uncle Sam.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-12-04
CANDIDATE FOR AUDITOR.
Defeated IN PRIMARIES
obviously AYERS PAL

Berth Found for Him OH State Payroll at
Fancy Salary in October; Now 'Investigat-
ing" for Ayers; Probably Trying to Find
Out How the Boss" Happened to Get De-
feated Last Month
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DEMAND THE UNION LABEL /!
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y y W
keenomle Juskjss and Equality
IL the Real Safeguard Of D.
mocracy. Lack Of These IL .
Challenge to the intelligence
and Sincerity of All.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-06-17
Local UCC Office Pays
Out Huge Sum OF Money

Raleigh. June 1.-THE Henderson
Employment Service office, serving
inc area embraced in Vance, Gran
vile and Warren counties. has de-
livcrcd 76.35G checks for S35l,9l3.-
To To unemployed or partially uneG-
pluycd workers in that area in the
two years and five months Of ben>
Ciit payments through May. figures
complied in the central office of the
N. G. Unemployment Compensation
Commission show.
The 46 white offices. with ten COL
urcd branches in as many cities with
large culorcd populations, distributed
,. 1856. 1855 checks for Si4 .l54, 1879 IN
The same 30 months. III addition 10
- .99t checks for 1888, 26O.82 sent
from the central UCC office To resi-
dents outside the state who had pre-
viuuSly accumulated reserves by
work in the state. April distributions
were 82.995 checks for SILT ,426.27, as
compared with May distributions Of
81 $3.50 checks for $433,7 l2.O5, both
sets of figures including out-of-State
checks. The April ou1-oI-Statc checks
numbered ,5&t for SIS, 63O.39 and the
Nav out-of-State checks reached l.
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364 for Sl2,396.5O.
The local employment office in the
month of April delivered 2,345 checks
for S7,33O.5O, as compared with the
May distribution of 2,9O4 checks for
S8,623.25, it is reported by George
Bourdelat. office manager.
The ten colored branch offices
serve colored claimants in their i'm
mediate areas only, the 46 white Of
rices serving white claimants in the
immediate area, in addition to both
white and colored claimants at about
l25 service" points and now about
l75 spot" points. through itinerant
service 10 these points. The service"
points are regular weekly points of
call of Il representative from the To-
cal office for registering unemploy-
ed workers, taking claims and de-
livering checks The spot points. are
temporary points Of call, to mills or
plants in the rural areas, or in subur-
ban areas, where ii is more conVen-
lent for representatives of the Ems
ployment Office to visit the plants
than it is for the unemployed or par
TALLY unemployed workers to visit
the Employment Office.