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Evening star., 1940-10-26

is good AS far as 1t goes. But 1t
does not 60 far enough.
Says New Deal Lacks
Understandin gof Economies.
They do not solve the basic prob
lens. They do not bring about
unified recovery Of improvement of
industrial activity and Of farm pros
perity. The farmer Is entitled to a
fair income that will make him in
dependent of benefits payments The
worker is entitled to a job at fair
wages so that he can be independ-
ent Of the relief administration.
The failure of the New Deal has
been its failure to understand the
true relationship between the vari-
GUS elements in our economy The
truth is that we live In one Nation
and we earn our living in one
economy. No program for American
recovery will ever work unless it is
designed to bring about better liv-
ing conditions and greater security
for all our people. That is our
program.
The farmer must take an interest
in the problems of the industrial
worker just as the worker in indus
try must be concerned with the
problems of the farmer. Each is
the others customer.
The improvement of living stand
ards for industrial workers is not
merely concern of labor. It is q
vital, real concern of all of us.
That Is one reason why l am com.
pletely and Fundamentally behind
every social gain that has been
made in this country. But I want
to go much further than we have
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tween certain groups in industry and
certain groups In labor.
1t has created plenty Of fights, but
no jobs. We want to do away with
the fights. and create jobs.
The true purpose Of collective bar
gaining is to achieve coordination
Of effort by the American people. 1t
is our purpose, with the help Of the
leaders both Of labor and Of industry,
to put an end to this era Of bad
feeling. want to unity the spirit of
America. With the help Of both
labor and industry, we shall make
these really the United States.
Stresses Need for
CO. Ordination of Effort.
Tonight I want to carry that dis
cussion a step further. ! want to
talk with you about the need for
coordination Of effort, not merely
between labor and industry but be-
tween all elements in our society
especially between industry, which
includes both workers and employers,
on the one hand, and agriculture on
the other.
1t may seem to you here in this
highly industrialized area. as though
the problems of the farmer are very
remote. And 1t may seem to the
farmer in Iowa, or Nebraska, or
Kansas, as though the bitter prob
lens which you face here in Wilkes
Barre are very removed from his
concern. But the truth Is that the
farmer and the industrial worker
are inter-dependent.
The solution to your problems
does not lie solely in Wilkes Barre.
1t lies in considerable measure out
in the other regions of the country
which constitute the market for the
products of industry. Similarly, the
solution to the problems of the
farmer does not lie solely in the
agricultural regions. 1t lies very
largely in the farmers market-the
industrial workers, who buy the food
that is raised on the farm.
For seven and a half years we
have had an administration in
Washington that has tried to divide
us into classes. 1t has sought to
solve the problem of the farmer
merely by paying him needed bene-
fits without affording him mar
ket. 1t has sought to solve the
problems of the workers by passing
social legislation and providing re-
lief. The purpose of these efforts
Evening star., 1940-10-26

ished children living in houses with.
out enough sanitary facilities, un-
der conditions which are bad for
their health of body and their
health of mind. All young growing
things need nourishment, fresh air,
sunlight and room in which to
grow. You would think that these
were simple things, cheap things.
Yet how many are without them
who should have them.
We see worried, anxious mothers,
old before their time, who must
bear the burden Of housework and
of raising a family without any Of
the modern conveniences which
could so tighten the task. And We
see men, the heads of families,
anxious and worn. Over their heads
constantly hangs the fear Of loss Of
work, the fear of injury and loss of
earning power, the fear that old age
will find them without security and
without hope.
In pictures like these lie the ci1al-
(See WILLKIE TEXT, Page A.l0J =
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ards, the better standards. Unless
we make those standards for our
selves We cannot defend our.
selves-no. we cannot even pre-.
serve democracy.
And secondly, I want to stand
in your minds for good faith.
I want you to know that when
I promise something it is NOT
for q day, or for the duration Of
political campaign. A promise
to . great democratic people is
more than a mere promise. 1t is
impossible for democracy to sur
vive unless the representatives
Of the people unfailingly keep
their promises. The people Of
democracy. In order to be
strong. must be bound together
by good faith.
Each OF us must practice good
faith. We must practice it to-
ward one another. And our rep
resentatives must practice 1t to-
ward us.
have Travelled the length and
breadth of this country-plead-
ing. begging with the people to
make America strong, to make
America productive, to build an
adequate defense, to be united,
so that we may keep our precious
freedom, the last untouched
freedom in the world.
Let every one of you take on
this task as his personal respon-
sibility. Let every one of you join
us in this crusade to keep
America free. Freedom is like
the breath Of life itself.
Evening star., 1940-10-26
Texts Of Mr. Wilkes Speeches Delivered at Wilkes

there is more than one day on
which he believes that.
Where Is Defense System
And Where are the Jobs?
I ask the third-term candidate
several other questions also.
ask him; Where is this defense
system that he said that we
needed back in 1896?
ask him where are these Jobs
that he has been talking about
ever since 1893?
I ask him: How does he pro-
pose to make America strong by
running us into debt?
I ask him: How does he pro-
pose to increase our earning
power so that we can sustain the
enormous debt that his admini-
stration has created?
These are not questions of the
dead past. These are the ques-
tions-those are some of the
QueStlOn-O1 l940.
Mr.. Third Term Candidate
what are your answers to those
questions?
People of America, there are
two things above all others that
/ want to stand for in your minds.
There are two things that YOU
should think of when you think
of Wendell Willkie.
I want to stand-I do stand
for bigger America. This is
no figure of speech. / mean an
America that is growing-con-
stantly, steadily growing. Every
part of us must grow, our jobs,
our businesses, our opportunities,
our wages, our farm income, our
standard of living.
We must not be satisfied to
measure our growth in any of
these important respects in terms
of the depression of 1882. We
must measure our growth in all
these respects against the best
previous levels that we have ever
attained. And we must surpass
those previous levels. We must
never be satisfied with what we
do for America-this land we
love so much. We must never
say: This is good enough for
the American people"
When I am elected, I shall not
be satisfied to keep you living
on the standards of the past. 1t
is the future standards that We
must reach, the higher stand
Evening star., 1940-10-26
Need to Create Jobs
Is Stressed by WiIIkie

FOLLOWING is the tert OF an ud-
dress Uhich Mr.. Willkie made last
night to cheering throng in the
Wilkes Barre Armory before he
delivered his radio speech:
Last night in Akron, Ohio, I spoke
about the need in this country for a
broader understanding of the mean
ing of collective bargaining.
showed how the New Deal had ap-
preached the question of collective
bargaining from a reactionary
standpoint. 1t has viewed collective
bargaining as a mere contest be-
tween opposing factions in our econ
omy 1t has created bad blood be-
Evening star., 1940-10-26

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Along with the ostocroc Guston Corpene showing
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Evening star., 1940-10-26
Chose 1892 as Basis for
Comparison Of Progress.

Now in defense of his position
the third-term candidate did an
extraordinary thing. He asked
us to Judge his administration by
the standards of the most terrible
year in modern times-the year
1882. In his effort to show that
we have progress under the New
Deal, he chose the year 1882 as
q basis for comparison.
Mr.. third-term candidate, we
cay to you that We do not want
to Judge the progress of America
by the standards of depression.
Our land is young land. 1t must
always grow and we must always
measure the achievements of
today against the best-not the
worst achievements of the past.
1t is true that the third-term
candidate attempted to make a
few comparisons with the year
1929. But were they honest COM
parsons? Were they clear COM
parsons?
For instance he declared that.
taking into account the cost Of
living, our national income In
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there is more than one day on
which he believes that.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-07-13

Shelby but which has thus far taken but
little oil, also the newly completed Sweet
grass Oil & Refining Co., with capacity
of 600 barrels that is just getting under
operation.
This excess of refinery capacity
over present production offers OPP
pOrtunity to operators. There are
two reffneries at LewistOwn which
need crude Let some operator
bring in a new field in central Mon
fana and he has an instant market
There are two large refineries at
Billings which have TO get their
crude out of northern Wyoming,
for lack of adequate Montana pro-
ductiOn. Let some wiIdcatter bring
in a new field near Billings and he
has large potential market.
In addition to the immediate oppor-
tunities in the central and southern part
of the state, the fact remains that these
fields which have yielded $4,000, 600 bar
rels of oil in the last nine years will
eventually be exhausted. 1t takes long
time to build up production in a new oil
field 1t is not a matter so simple as
as to wait until the present supplies are
exhausted before finding new reserves
for the refiners. The development of
new pools is something that is of pri-
mary Importance to the future of
stable Montana oil industry.
1t follows that an investment in Mon
tana oil is a stable investment. The
man who owns oil in underground stor-
age need have no fear but that there
will be a profitable market for this oil.
Every time a million barrels of oil is
taken from Kelvin and Cut Bank oil
fields, the value of the remaining oil is
enhanced. That is a desirable condi-
ton up to the point where the remaining
reserves shall appear to be inadequate
to insure the permanence of the industry.
We believe that the day is at hand
when drilling of wildcat wells will re-
sumo. There has been little or no wild
eating in Montana in the past decade
owing to the effects of the depression,
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-07-13

the gross income, a deduction of
13 ga per cent would have been
allowed, and instead of the limit on
this deduction being so per cent
of the net income this bill would
have limited it to Is per cent. In
the house and senate conference the
entire amendment was stricken
from the bill. It had been rushed
through, with little opportunity
for anyone to study the bill, with
the aid of war hysteria. 1t was a
treasury department Joker slip
ped in under the pretext of ma
tional defense"
The excise taxes on petroleum
imports are continued for the life
of the law, five years. However,
the proposed all-American cartel
may defeat this, if South American
oil must be absorbed by the Unit
ed States.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-07-13

Montana oil producers have an obliga-
tion to the refiners who are using Mon
tana crude That obligation is to main
tain sufficient reserves to insure not only
the amortization of present plant in
vestments but to insure the growing
future markets of these plants.
No new oil field has been brought in
since the discovery of Cut Bank, in 1881.
Since that time the Montana refining
Industry has come into full being with
the result that there is a greater demand
than ever before for adequate crude
reserves. Instead of building up new
reserves to justify refinery expansion,
the Montana oil industry has brought in
no new oil field, and established no new
producing horizons other than the three
sands of the Kootenai series in Cut Bank
field in nine years.
Since January, 1891, there has
been removed from the producing
fields of Montana more than FIFTY
TWO MILLION BARRELS OF OIL
more than half OF the States
total yield in it's 20 years of oil
production.
recently compiled tabulation of OPP
Grating refineries in Montana, prepared
by the United States Bureau of Mines,
corrected up-to-date, shows that refineries
in and depending on Montana crude have
a capacity of 34,414 barrels per day
against a peak production last month
of slightly less tim 10000 barrels per
day
This tabulation shows that Montana
refineries have a capacity of 30,114 bar
rels per day; Idaho refineres have a
capacity of 1900 barrels and Washing
ton refineries have capacity of $500
barrels.The capacity of the two Washing
ton refineries is being increased so that
Inland Empire Refineries plant will have
capacity of $500 barrels per day. The
Montana Headlight plant at Spokane is
to be remodeled Immediately to give it a
capacity of 500 barrels per day. Includ-
ed in the list of Montana refineries is
1,O00-barrel plant now building at
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-07-13

And Helen Hartsock, of Cleve-
land, Ohio, asks why does a little
duck walk so softly?"
You guessed 1t: Because he
can't walk hardly"
Hello" he said. "Ish thish er
beauty shopsh?"
yes" replied the attendant.
We'll, bring out one," said the
plastered one. I'm lonesome"
Sweetheart" he murmured, as
he took her in his arms, you look
mighty good to me-"
"Don't let your impressions mis-
lead you" breathed the girl, snugg-
ling closer.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-07-13
TRY USE OF JOKER"
TO CUT DEPLETION
ALLOWED FOR TAXES

The oil industry narrowly es-
capped the lose of the present per-
centage for calculating depletion
in the oil and gas industries under
the war emergency bill passed by
congress. The bill is to become
effective in the event of war.
After its hasty adoption by the
senate it was discovered that one
section of the bill proposed to cut
in half the present percentage for
calculation depletion in the oil and
gas industries so that under this
bill instead Of 2715 per cent of
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-07-13
MONEY TO BE MADE
BY LOOKING FORWARD

accompanied by the operation of the
federal securities laws which have made
public financing difficult If not impos-
sible With the return of better times
it is almost certain that operators are
going to turn their attention to develop
ment of new reserves.
The trend OF the times is reflected
i'm the wildcat well now being started
by the Texas company on AbsarOka
structure, near Dry Creek field in
southern Montana. Wildcat wells
ON the WiIIshaw flats and on Sig
nal Butte In northern Montana, re-
Gently undertaken, are further evil
dence r. O. Tarrant, Cut Bank OPP
orator, recently announced a Wild
cat well south of Cut Bank oil field
ON a separate thigh" believed with
in the Cut Bank sands laid down ON
the ancient seacOast of the Sweet
grass Arch uplift.
With the return of validating come
new pioneer opportunities. Many inves-
tors prefer to accept the greater risk
of loss in wildcat structures because OF
the possibility of greater returns in the
event oil is found, because dimes do
the work on wildcat investments Gnat
dollars do in proven oil fields. There is
the element Of buying cheap and sell
ing dear" in new oil fields that attract
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS investors.
We are carefully watching these
developments. We try to keep our
eyes ahead of development. Our sue
cess has been in LOOKING AHEAD
and in anticipating developments,
rather than to wait until develop
ments and events occur.
Forward-looking investors who would
like to keep abreast of these events are
invited to join with US in our program
OF buying. Publications of this organi-
ton keep investors fully informed on
important coming events. An important
bulletin went into the mails this week
This service is available to persons in
terested in investment in landowners
royalties
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-07-13
INTELLIGENCE TEST NEEDED FOR POLITICIANS

The barroom argument by the grzed shepherder who last
week vehmeny declared that Germany would dare to IN
wade Belgium has its parallel the leracy Of some OF the
candidates for public office in the State of Montana
One candidate who preends be well enough informed to
justify public office and handle the funds and
of the taxpayers issued QUESTIONABLE asking
Today, and for many years we have been paying
Tusa-Plus price for gasoline; that is, we are
paying freight from Tulsa, Oklahoma, every
gallon of gasoline that we buy, although the gas
is pumped refined right here in Montana
Are you in favor of this?
sheepheder budde for while the sheephrder
Germany has invaded Belgium the candidate
who people from the clutches of Tulsa plus doesn
know that paid Tusapus for past
when sales of Mntanamade gasoline exceeded
Importation This politician remembers the days when ~ per cent
of gasoline imported from the Mdcntnent Wyo
ing and California only 80 per made locally The
Montana rners fix the prices those days was
like asking tail wag the dog This woud-be statesman
missed out entirely the Montana made gasoline campaign
which people joined paonng home industry for the purpose OF
making possible lower gasoline prices which have arrived ne
anything the Tusaus prices he would know that the
tank car price Falls today Age less than
would be the Tulsapus price The price Helena is 40 cents
than plus price the price Billings is 39 cents per
gallon ess-and the same applies throughout the state
Following tankcar prices at representative points, showing
the difference Tulsapu prices and present prices
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-07-13

1T says the man was shot by his
wife at close range"
Then there must have been pow
der marks on the body"
yes, that's why she shot him. ("
In an alteration between two
Englishmen the following converse
ton ensued:
1.-THE only difference between you
and a horse is that a horse wears
a collar"
But, I wear a collar"
Then there's no difference at
all"
A sissy is a guy who can rave
about the beauty OF silk stockings
while they're empty.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-07-13

His Girl Friend was as straight
as a string but she got balled up.
Our steno told us the other day
If wives knew what stenographers
think of their husbands they
wouldn't worry.
Evening star., 1940-09-28
Scores Excessive Supervision
OF School Teachers.
To the Editor of The Star


I am very grateful to The Star for
running the splendid feature article on
school topics by Angelo Patri. In his
article September Is, he wrote: "The good
teacher needs little supervision" and
Leadership is all she needs" Just what
does a good teacher experience in some
of our modern schools today? I can
answer that question. A member OF my
freside is a sufferer, splendid teacher
Of many years teaching. She Is super
vised to the hilt; life with the joys that
appeal to the true professional becomes
a bore. Every little supervisor who can
exert little pressure loses no golden
opportunity to give vent to display OF
petty criticism. She wonders as an old
timer in the ranks Of that great teach
ing army what the future will bring.
Perhaps it will lead to conscription of
teachers under Army regulations. Re-
Gently a new rating sheet was presented,
the scale system, yardstick to place on
the teaching staff. Real teachers know
whether they are satisfactory or unsat-
isfactory, and that they should be re-
tanned if satisfactory or dismissed if in
efficient.
MOTHER OLA SCHOOL TEACHER.
0sptamber -.
Evening star., 1940-09-28
Sea Power

Rear Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan
died in 1914, before he had an Op-
portunity to see his theories on the
Importance of sea power tested under
twentieth century conditions of war
fare. After his death there arose a
new and formidable combat arm to
challenge naval might-air power.
Had Admiral Mahan lived to round
out the century since his birth on
September q, 184O, he no doubt
would have modified his concept of
co-ordinated naval-military strategy,
but at the same time he would have
been gratified to find that his fund
amental reasoning as to the pre-
dominant influence of sea power
upon the sweep of empires remains
mistaken to this day.
1t was Admiral Mahan who first
studied analytically what he termed,
in his great work of that title, The
Influence of Sea Power Upon His
tory, 1660-1783." The lesson he
learned from that comprehensive re-
search was that the nation with the
strongest navy not only controls the
seas but is in position to guide the
destiny of nations. Great Britain
was his shining example of an en-
pire grown great by adherence to
the principle that naval superiority
is the best insurance against sue
cessful attack. But Admiral Mahan
Gid not overlook the complementary
value Of other fighting arms-the
indiSpensability of standing, we'll
trained armies; of adequate equip
ment, of efficient means of supply.
If he had been permitted to witness
the growth of air power as a combat
arm, he probably would have devoted
special attention to this new and
potent factor in the science of war;
but nothing has occurred so far in the
present European war to nullify his
basic premise that if a nation can
maintain a naval Stranglehold on
its adversaries in war, its chances
of ultimate victory are multiplied.
Admiral Mahan many years ago
recognized the desirability from the
American standpoint of Britain's
maintenance of strong fleet. Even
before the first World War he sensed
the danger to America inherent in
imperial Germany's militarism and
advocated cooperation with Great
Britain in her plans for naval ex-
pansion. Then, as now, the British
feet was seen as our first line of
defense against European aggression.
Criticized in some quarters as an
"Anglophile," history has revealed
Admiral Mahan in his true perspec-
tive of patriot and strategist, whose
sole concern was the building Of
greater security for his own coun-
try and whose perception of the
potential perils which lay ahead for
the Western World was remarkably
prophetic. Belatedly, the United
States has moved to put into effect
the doctrine which he so urgently
and eloquently eXpounded, the doc
trine of naval strength for defense.
No finer tribute in commemoration
of Admiral Mahan's one hundredth
birthday anniversary could be de-
vised than Americas new fleet ex-
pansjon program.