The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-07-03
PROGRESSIVE COUNCIL
ORGANIZED TO Weld
UNITY OF EFFORTS
Purpose Is to Secure Unity of Action of the
Progressive Elements of the State in the
Election of Liberal Candidates for Political
Offices.

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women of Montana who have recog-
nized that one of the basic solutions
Of the states problems is the cleo
ton to public office of candidates who,
not only are honest and courageous,
but who are cognizant of the problems
of the day and who have fundamen-
tai understanding of needed social,
economic and political reforms. Or
ganized and functioning in the 1888
campaign, the Montana Progressive
Council helped unite divided progress
sive forces and permit concentration
upon known liberal candidates of the
caliber needed to carry Montana and
its people forward in the path of pro-
gress.
Our appeal is to all alert citizens,
members of the farm organizations,
labor organizations, unemployed and
pension groups, local progressive
groups to join this coalition and give
force and direction to the liberal move
ment.
The statement of principles of the
Montana Progressive Council is print
ed elsewhere on this page. Study it as
a program of militant group desir-
Gus of achieving practical political re-
suits. Then study the list of the
candidates endorsed by the Montana
Progressive Council as those best
equipped by training, background, po-
litical philosophy and character to
carry out our program. These are the
men and women who will restore
leadership that our state once occu-
pied, will remove the blight of polit-
ical corruption from the state house
and will give the people of Montana
an honest, sound and just government
devoted to the welfare of the people
as whole rather than the disgraceful,
corrupt and dishonest government that
we have suffered form the past four
years.
The Montana Progressive Council
is non-partisan but after an examina-
ton of the candidates on both tickets
it was decided at the last conven- |
ton to endorse only Democrats and |
urge all progressives to vote in the |
Democratic primaries in order that |
the progressive forces be concentrated |
to get as many liberals as possible
on the ticket in the fall election. AT |
the next convention of the Council
to be held in Helena on July 28th the
slate will be revised on non-partisan
basis with endorsements on both
tickets.
The reader should clip the list of
Endorsed candidates printed elsewhere
on this page and take it to the polls
with him and VOTE PROGRESSIVE.
The following is list of organi-
cations affiliated with the Montana
Progressive Council:
International Brotherhood Electrical
Workers, Great Falls.
Labor's Non-Partisan League, Butte.
State Association of Plumbers.
Butte Miners Union No.
Havre Farmers Union No. 454
Musselshell County Farmers Union.
State Industrial Union Council
Butte BARRIERS Union
Peoples Progressive Council of Hill
County
Sheet Metal Workers, Great Falls
Intl Union of Mine, Mill and Smell
ter Workers, Great Falls
Cascade County Workers Alliance.
Great Falls Building and Construc-
ton Trades Council
Havre Trades and Labor Assembly
East Helena Mine, Mill and Shelter
Workers
Montana Workers Alliance
Butte Miners Union Ladies Aux.
Teton County Farmers Union
Butte Clerks Union
Great Falls 5000 Club
Hog Heaven Miners Union
Ladies Auxiliary Anaconda Shelter
men
Ladies Auxiliary East Helena Smell
termen
Cascade County Farmers Union Lo-
cal No. $50
Conrad Farmers Union No. 424
Pendroy Farmers Union No. 404
Clasoil Farmers Union
I. A., T. S. e. No. ga p
Helena Trades and Labor Assembly o
Hill County Farmers Union a
Hill County Farm Labor Council s
Stanford Farmers Union f
Judith Basin County Farmers Union t;
Helena Lathers Union n
Lake County Farmers Union p
United Office and Professional Is
Workers No. 80, Butte s.
Ravalli County Farmers Union Il
Diamond Valley Farmers Union No. B
143
Pondera County Farmers Union
Waller Farmers Union
Fisher Flats Farmers Union
Rocky Mountain Farmers Union
Local. Waller
Cottonwood Farmers Union, Havre 81
Cascade County Trades and Labor
Assembly
Havre Retail Clerks No. III
Havre BARRIERS Union y