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The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1940-05-16

with a change Of pace. And he would
stop anybody in the administration
from using the bean ball" DELHI
erately.
He might retain the freside chat
idea, but If so he would include the
baseball scores and q short talk on
the league situation.
And-who can teIl?-he might AZ
range to have Joe DiMaggie write
my Day"
CAMPAIGN YEAR
Last night I heard upon the air
A candidate who wasn't there;
He wasn't there again today
I wish that he would 60 away.
Advance models Of the new spring
and summer hats for women are
here. Don't say you weren't
warned!
The attitude Of Europe is, "Of
course we want peace, but some
body has got to suffer for It."
Police Commissioner Valentine Of
New York urges his traffic police
men to be more polite to motorists.
He says the days when they could
bark, Hey: Where's the ire?" are
over. Well, this department thinks
he is wrong. Motorists have be-
come accustomed to the rough ap-
proach. They have ever perfected
their answers. There is a certain
excitement in wondering how tough
a cop will be. The day when a
motorcycle cop says sweetly, Par
don me, but would you mind pull
ing over to the curb? I have an
idea you have broken the speed reg
ulations, SIR" we will get even. We
will stop speeding. So there!
Washington is said to be con-
sidering a return to the gold
standard. There comes a time
when the business Of using it
only for the purpose of decorat-
ing a hole in the ground becomes
at least monotonous.
The revolt is being led by the
Broadway Association Of New York,
which asks the city to ban radios
In cabs this summer in New York
on the ground there are squeaks
enough in any cab.
STREET SCENE
Two fellows we're all over the gut
ter in a terrific fist fight. They
rolled and struggled and twisted,
fighting with fists, feet arms, legs
and even teeth.
whats all the row." asked a
bystander.
They're protecting each other"
replied the cop, a constant Euro
pean war news reader.
There was this about the last war:
you could at least tell what nations
were NOT in Il,
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1940-05-16
A Quiz With Answers
Offering Information
on Various Subjects
The AnsUers

l. Francis Hopkinson, a signer
of the Declaration Of Independ-
ence, designed the Stars and
Stripes.
2. In old-time wars, messages
were written on paper and tied to
arrows to be shot to the enemy.
3. Washington received no sal
airy during his terms as President.
4. Zero.
s. Large liners require more
than a million gallons of fresh wa
ter, for one trip across.
6. Head Otis a wig).
z. 1t was formerly used as
sign of serfdom among slaves in
Ancient Rome.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1940-05-16

hrSt Tune IN one and
a half years with
n exception that
a u. S. envoy had
seen the real dicta-
tor of Italy.
The one exception
was when Sumner
Welles visited Rome
and insisted that
Ambassador Phillips
sit in on his talk with
Mussolini. For 10
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1940-05-16
ENERAL
HUGH S.
JOHNSON
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Washington, D. C.

washington, d. q.
DILLINGER TACTICS
Nut adventures are beginning to
plan to win the nutty offer of a mil
lion dollars by Samuel Harden
Church. president of the Carnegie
Institute, for the capture and deliv-
cry Of Adolf Hitler unframed to the
League Of Nations for trial for his
crimes against the peace and dig
nifty Of the world"
This ridiculous attempt at subor-
dination Of kidnapping reaches down
into the Dillinger underworld to
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1940-05-16

be better Il the
player got four
strikes instead
Of three, there
are no sugges-
tons that three
balls should en-
title a player to
walk, and no.
where is it pro-
posed that all
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1940-05-16

Immortal BAN.
bfno, the former
Yank star, and
would perhaps
get the Babe on
the bench Of the
Supreme court
He would see
that the NLRB
got at least
some pitchers
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1940-05-16
Town Near Dublin

Town Near Dublin
Howth, a small town near Dublin,
ireland, commands a good view OF
Ireland's Eye and Lombay islands.
Hesiod, Greek Poet
Hesiod was a Greek poet who
lived probably in the Eighteenth
century B. c. OF the works ascribed
to him, the principal are the Works
and Days." THE Theogony," and
THE Shield Of Hercules" His
poems are pervaded by pessimism
and a sense Of the hardness of the
human lot.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1940-05-16
DUCE HARD TO SEE

When Ambassador Phillips called
upon Mussolini last week 1t was the
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-08-14
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of more than $4,000 of the peoples
money. M
1t will be recalled that the group
of highway employees involved in this
transaction and in charge of other
questionable practices, were dis
charged by Governor Holt, but our
present governor, committed to a
"business-like administration" rein
stated most of them in the highway
department and others under his
broad program found places at the
public trough for their noses.
Old Stuff?
The Voice may be criticized by
some for, dwelling on matters of as
long ago as 1887. This criticism might
be justified, were those implicated in
the transactions investigated, no
longer employees of the state, when
as a matter of fact, all of them are
and most of them drawing increased
salaries.
The minutes of the proceedings of
the investigating committee are not
on file in the office of the secretary
of state as they should be- Efforts
appear to have been made to make
of the investigation held, closed
chapter However, authenticated
copies of the evidence has been Sc
cured by The Voice, and will be pre-
scented from time to time as space
permits, for the information OF the
public. The Voice contends that a
"house-cleaning" in the highway de-
partment is mandatory.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-08-14
EMPLOYMENT
GAINS MEAGER
lin INDUSTRIES

| Gains in employment due 10 war
materials industries have been slow,
survey Of the figures indicates.
Though the percentage increase in
the number of men employed in six
war industries, as contrasted With
1887, has been large, the figures In
terms of number Of men has been
small
Belief was expressed at the labor
department that the effects OF arma-
ments expenditures in the so-called de-
tense industries have not yet been re-
Elected in employment figures and no
basis exists for estimating when such
employment will take place or to what
extent.
Employment in shipbuilding in June
of this year was $500 as compared
with $1,000 in May, $1,000 in April
and an average of $4,000 in 1887.
In aircraft the figures were $4,000
for June, 5000 for May, $4,000 for
April and an average of $4,000 for
1887.
Machines tools showed $4,000 en-
ployed in June, $1,000 in May, $1,000
in April and $4,000 average In 1897.
Engine manufacturing employed 3d.
600 in June, 1880 in May, 44,7OO in
April and an average of $4,000 in
1897.
Aluminium manufacturing had 27,O0O
workers in June, 26,500 in May, 26,20O
in April and an average of $4,000 in
1887.
Explosives accounted for 1880
workers in June, 1000 in May, $500
in April and an average of 5,4O0 in
1887.
The total for the six industries was
316 900 in June, 294,9O0 in May, 2S2,-
500 in April and an average of 1885,
500 for 1887.
This 609o gain in employment in the
war materials industries over 1897 is
contrasted with the fact that employ
ment in all manufacturing industries
is running about $50 under the 1887
levels, according to the department OF
labor figures.
The best guess of the statisticians
is that it will be some time before
any appreciable rise in employment
takes place as result OF the ma
tional defense program.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-08-14
LAWYERS PROTEST
LIFTING OF PROFIT
Limitation

WASHINGTON (FP) - Abandon
ment of the profit limitation in pend.
ing tax measures was protested by the
Natl. Lawyers Guild here August 8 in
a letter from Secretary Martin Pepper
to Rep. Robt L. Doughton Cd, N. CO,
chairman of the house ways and
means committee.
at is obvious" the letter declared
that the cost of defense to the gov
eminent will mount if the profit linn
itation is abandoned.
"At a time when demands are being
made to cut social services to the
bone it comes with ill grace from
those who are given stupendous gov
eminent orders to demand their pound
Of flesh while clamoring that the coun.
try arm with greatest speed" it
added
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telling me said 1t sure worked and
paid real wampum. And here, just
because we don't get ideas, lot of us
have to work for living; some OF
us even have to try to chisel living
out OF newspaper racket. And half
starve at it, just because we have this
shortage in the upper story.
This guy showed me a piece in the
paper about bird that was sheriff
in Butte once. This ex-sheriff is
tangled up in court now and the gov
eminent is trying to stick him for
some income tax. Well, these govern
ment sleuths had been going through
this sheriff's books and found that he
had had lot of movie stars and fell
lows that write poetry and stuff like
that in his Jail and had charged for
feeding them. Seems like he got
paid for doing it and now the govern
ment says he should pay taxes on the
money he got.
| don't know anything about that
but | understood that these movie
stars and some authors that are in
the money, like to eat pretty well, so
maybe this sheriff didn't make much
money on the grub, il he fed them
what they wanted. There was quite
a slather of these movie stars and
authors that had been in the Jail in
Butte according to this piece in the
paper. One of the guys was William
but this couldn't have
been the guy that wrote all that old
time stuff, because he is supposed to
have been dead quite while. 1t
must have been one of his sons or
grandsons or something. One of the
guys that was supposed to have been
in the jug was that long-nosed fellow,
Jimmy Durante. 1t didn't say what
he was charged with so he got in the
cooler. But I've seen him couple
of times in pictures trying to be fun
ny, and l think l could have filed
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-08-14
CAN The U. S. 4. STOP HITLERISM
BY ADOPTING HITLER'S METHODS

these proposals from the controlled
press. Fourteen months ago the gov
eminent officials cut the wages OF
another wage cut for draftees, along
with present to corporation employ
ers.
Every member of the United States
congress took an oath to support,
protect and defend the Constitution of
the United States of America" and
every one of these officials who votes
for the involuntary servitude bill VIC
! lates that oath and perjures himself
before his fellow men. If you doubt
that statement get out your Consti-
tuition and read the 18th amendment.
II we feel that Uncle Sam need
this defense equipment and | feel
that we do, why should not the gov
eminent itself build and equip these
plants, then operate them in the
American way by paying men the UNI
ion scale of wages for whatever class
of work they do. There are enough
skilled workers unemployed to operate
these plants and they would fall over
each other to enlist under such a
proposal. Then take the younger men
who are to be trained and offer them
apprentice wages and training and
they would engage in mad scramble
to follow suit. You would soon have
well-fed, well-clothed and contented
people and if we were attacked by all
the nations on earth we would not
have to secure an army of conscripts
to fight for a government whose peo-
pie are convinced it's the best on
earth.
The United States will not preserve
democracy by adopting the programs
of relationships. She will not stop
Hitlerism by adopting Hitler's meth
DDS. And-she will not bring Europe
back to sanity by going crazy herself.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-08-14

FOR EQUAL SHARE
IN PREPAREDNESS
There are some things at this i'm
mediate day and time which ought to
be said; shouted from the house-tops
in near and distant places until the
Iresounding echoes break across every
threshold and into every willing and
unwilling ear of people who have
been threatened by grave dangers at
the hands of INSCRIPTIONS gangsters-
racketeers who are in legislative, ad-
ministrative and court controls of the
brightest luminant of human liberty
and truth and justice OF an age old
armament of nations.
War hysteria? Bah! Not hysteria
but a mad and INSCRIPTIONS conspir-
acy; a deeply laid, skillfully and ire
mendously worked, intriguing plan to
break down certain lofty and noble
ideals and traditions of a great people
who were organized into republic,
$50 years ago; organized by the most
outstanding, earnest, patriotic and In
telligent set of representative dele
l
gates of truth seeking, liberty loving
people of all time The immortal Lin
coin who gave up his life to perpet-
uate said ideals, defined such govern
ment as "of the people. by the people
and for the people" That was 76
years after such government was set
up by those immortal American pa
triots.
Now after the hectic lapse of an
other 76 years, comes this clan of
Iself-seeking politicians, attacking such
noble and lofty ideals from another
angle of strategy and intended vio-
Hence. Listen, May this strategy be
intending another "rich mans war and
a poor mans fight?" W sr @T-
When did investment in plants, ma
chinery and housing essential to
peacetime, war time and PREPARED
NESS, become more sacred than the
right of life, liberty and the pursuit
OF happiness of those who work in
such factories and on farms?
Why conscript man power In peace
time Tor war time) at a salary and
under conditions over which they
have no control and let investments
go free to dicker and bargain as to
the matter of profits over costs?
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patriotism-then that CONSUMPTION, in
time of great national danger, might
be tolerated as a necessary diversion
from our democratic system. But
this measure offers no such equality
between human life and material pos
sessions. 1t takes life-which is God
given-and leaves untouched, as sac
red, the lifeless possessions of Nam
mon.
Those who feverishly urge the need
for an army of two million men-to
protect our way of life-insist that we
can get no such army without con-
scription. They point to the refusal
of our American men to volunteer.
They have never asked-and perhaps
they DARE not-why this is so. Why
should the American offer to risk all
that he has and life itself without
anything but a beggar's portion? II,
in the ordinary avocations of life, a
man is paid more when his vocation
is one of danger to life or health,
why should not the soldier be paid
in proportion to his risk? Congress
has already appropriated Is billions
of dollars for the CHASTITY mechanisms
of war. Let congress appropriate in
proportion and offer to the men of
this country a proper wage to the
soldier and there will be no complaint
as to lack of volunteers. Consumption
says: Life is cheap" Congress says
guns, planes, tanks and ships are cost
ly-and pays for them gladly. Let us
eaualize this ancient, outworn theory
of war. Let us stand by the equality
of democracy and give for the life
of man as much as the price of
one shell. Then we shall have done
with CONSUMPTION.
There is no justification for con-
scription until the volunteer system
has been given a thorough test 1t
has not been given that test. When
the proper inducements are offered to
our men and then they fail to volun-
teer, it is time enough tostalk of con-
scription. But until that time or until
we are faced with great national
which permits no delay, let
us put our trust and faith in the ideals
of democracy and in the power and
strength of citizens who offer them
selves as voluntary army of defense
against every invader.
Thank you, and good evening.
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piece. of the gamblers in actions
against them, and he was also the at
torney for the thug who attacked and
"beat up" man who had signed COM
plants against the gamblers and in
sisted on their prosecution. This case
was settled by the payment of sum
of money to the victim of the beat
ing, the complaint having been re-
duced from an indictable misdemeanor
to a misdemeanor, which reduction
was agreed to by cooperative"
county attorney.
"A campaign waged by the Helena
Ministerial Association was instru-
mental in closing gambling in the city
and environs for time, and since
Sheridan took office on appointment
as chief by new city administration,
the operations of the gamblers have
been forced under cover. Various
pin BALI games and card games are
going on. in the former wide-open gam
bling Joints. using trade checks au-
Ihorized under the hickey law" which
was passed in the 1887 session, and
prosecution is difficult to carry
through successfully, even though
the authorities are quite convinced
that the gambling laws are being vio-
lated under cover of the trade check
scheme.
A lull in the activities of the Min
isterial Association has encouraged
the gamblers to. run wide-open games
in the night clubs outside the city
limits. This violation of the laws is
apparently well-known to everyone
with the exception of Lewis and Clark
County Attorney Anderson and Sher-
if Brian O'Connell, the county offic-
ers directly responsible for the en-
forcement of the law. marked copy
OF this issue of The Voice will be
mailed to both of them, so they may
be appraised of these occurrences and
take suitable action.
Petitions have been circulated by
the Ministerial Association and a
large number of citizens have signed
them, demanding that grand jury
be called to investigate these condi-
lions, and the association has also cir
culated a petition addressed to the at
torney general calling for his aid and
cooperation to remedy conditions.
While these petitions have not as yet
been delivered by the Ministerial AS
ISOLATION, the attorney general has
been apprised of the fact; that Hell
epa citizens are demanding action
from him to enforce the laws.
The Voice has called attention in
the past to these violations of the
,anti-gambling laws to which the coun-
ty attorneys and sheriffs, constables
and other law enforcement officers
and agencies in practically all of the
larger cities of the state appear to be
conveniently blinded. 1t has also
called attention to the political power
exercised by the racketeers and gam
blers for the protection of their illegal
activities 1t appears to be timely
now to find out how many of these
officers who are now seeking re-elec-
ton this year are afraid to move
against those violating the law.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-08-14
BY LEvERNE HAMILTON

The chief topic of discussion in
Washington circles just at present is
the Transcription Bill" or as | prefer
to call 1t 1.-THE Involuntary Servitude
BILL"
Aside from the unconstitutionality
of the bill (see the 18th amendment
to the Constitution of the United
States) this bill taken in connection
with two other government proposals
fits In like the pieces of jigsaw
puzzle and forms one of the most sim
lister pictures which the American
public has viewed in the course of
our existence.
The first proposal was outlined re-
Gently when it was stated that con-
gress was drafting measure which
would permit manufacturers of de
fense' equipment and materials to en-
large, equip or build new plants charg-
ing off from their tax payments 2O%6
equipment each year for a five-year
period.
That would mean that at the end
of five years the United States would
have paid for the plant but the pri-
yate manufacturer would own 1t. Al
most as nice a present as was made
to the railroad companies for the
building of the transcontinental lines
Today's news august 81 informs
us that the R. F. c. proposes to grant
700 million dollars in loans to manu-
facturers of defense equipment. This
means that a manufacturer can Dor
row a million dollars from Uncle Sam,
build his plant, charge off 100000
each year from his taxes for five
year period and at the end of that
time own a plant that Uncle Sam not
only paid for but loaned him the mon
ey to build.
Under the CONSUMPTION or involun-
tary servitude bill men can be drafted
and put in training to build and
operate these plants and paid at the
munificent rate of $21 and up per
month, rate of pay depending on their
classification, for just remember the
involuntary servitude bill doesn't ap'
ply to the handling of firearms alone
1t applies to training of whatever kind
the army officials deem advisable.
Corporation newspapers
howIed to high heaven about the un
godly expenditures for relief and work
programs and the high taxes incident
to such expenditures but you will not
hear the faintest "cheep" against
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to have the edge unless the politicians
get out their snickersnees and carve
him down. In any event, 1t is safe to
assume that the man named as sec
lretary of agriculture, is only to re-
main until after the November cleo
ton, when Mr.. Wallace will be re-
named to complete his term.
The second question was on the
Presidents attitude on the Farm Cred
it Administration, its retention in the
department of agriculture - already
pledged by the democratic platform
and with that, the F. U. Debt Adjust
ment program, to scale down the
debts and reduce the rate of interest.
The third question was on the F. U.
Income Certificate plan, whereby the
producer will be assured of parity
price or cost of production, whichever
quibbling on the part of the Presi-
dent on those two. He told Mr..
Thatcher that they had his unquali-
fled support. On top of that-and
this is no small matter-he author
lied Mr.. Thatcher to state publicly,
on any and every occasion, that he
had talked with President Roosevelt
and that the President had announced
to Mr.. Thatcher his unequivocal sup
port of both the Debt Adjustment and
the Income Certificate plans, as Of
fered by the Farmers Union of Amer
lea.
That makes it look as If the farmer
had a little preparedness and defense
program of his own. 1t does not get
the headlines-but it counts 1t is a
lesson in the effectiveness of organi-
cation and cooperation. Without the
Farmers Union behind him, would the
doors of the White House have swung
open so readily to M. w. Thatcher?
Would representative of the farmer
have a chance to sit alone with the
President and talk over farm prob
lens if there were no one back in the
grass roots to uphold his hands? Not
often in our history has the farmer
been able to command this considera-
ton He has not been organized for
defense, until now. Nor has he had a
man as alert as M. w. Thatcher to
the trend of affairs as they affect the
farmer, nor President of the United
States as willing and patient to listen.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-08-14

DEMAND THE UNION LABEL
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-08-14
RELIEF CASES DROP

WASHINGTON. - (FP) - Reports
from 33 states for 100 urban areas
show for June 1910 a decrease of 40
in the number of cases receiving gen.
eral relief from public funds and a
decrease of $50 in the amount of OBJ
legations incurred as compared with
May according to figures made pub
tic by the Social Security Board 1t is
emphasized that the figures reported
are not necessarily measure of the
extent of the need for relief, since
in some communities funds may not
have been available for aid to all per-
sons who were eligible to receive it.