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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-12-18
FROM EDITORIAL COLUMNS


In columns from time stories schools
held here at the state headquarters of Union
some occasions for the training of officers organization
and at other times instruct various groups membership
including young interested in the unions
ganzaon in the economics of farming marketing and
Grafton important 1t is the hopeful
velopments in farm organization work.
Under the sponsorship and with the of the
Farmers Union for example cooperative agencies both
ing and selling being expanded The emphasis given
knowledge of sound methods in the
terprses wise policy Attempts develop cooperation
rural enterprises have extended long period this
country There have been many failures past great
disappointment has often been felt by the
inability of rural groups make co-ops
But marketing and buying cooperatve expand
steadily in recent and the steady growth
promising than hectic growth which lacked
trained leadership and management By its educational
Invites the Farmers Union in this state laying good ground
work for steady growth in cooperation activities
Better understanding of economic conditions and of
men problems important to farm operators to those
conducting other enterprise In the study being
such subjects by the Farmers Union groups
the attention that other groups give
the subjects of marketing and management lines
There used to be prevalent feeling among of
that could business of buying and
selling but the need of training ability bet
understood The next generation of bids fair
be thoroughly grounded in basic business methods and
principles applicable to their industry than their prede
Falls Tribune
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-12-18
Who Does Sacrifice?

What actually by the Sacrifices told both
labor and industry make during and the preparation
therefor be found by digging behind story
which appeared this week announcing the promotion of B.
Behen publisher of the Seattle Times the rank of major
general in the Washington National Guard
General Blethen of than the
Guard His service however, has been confined to Seattle
where he could keep eye his valuable newspaper
ery and lives comfortably in his pent house
exception the newspapers tell unket into Mon
tana during World War No. to break strike This,
told resulted restoring the of metals normal
The principal metal of that copper have only
refer the Investigations into profteerng by the Ora
Committee the House of Representatives Senate
Munitions Committee how the sacrifice theory
during periods of national emergency
While the strikers being down radicals by Gen.
Blehen the companies being hailed
patriots had agreed sell
100000 pounds of copper for 16 2/3 pound
against inflated market price of 80 cents
what the people told then that twenty
the low price being sold producing
Uncle SAM
people told that addition ndi
Fleeing the copper boosted the 6 23 price to
231a and eventually to 26 cents pound.
The people also not told that cost of production
pound that profit of Sc 23 percent made
the copper the lowest figure sold the
eminent.
should be added that the doar-a charge of
copper buying the War Industries Board John D.
of United Metals Selling Co., corporation which
controlled the marketing of the products for 26 copper
panies.
Today William Knudsen, Edward Stettinius Ralph Budd
and patriotic Morganmen seeing that indus
nv makes of sacrifice The Washington New
Dealer
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-12-18
Govt Contracts
Make Provision for
Wage Boosts, Profits

Il WASHINGTON. - (FP) Firms
working on government contracts
have no reason to deny workers wage
increases on the grounds of increased
costs, a survey Of defense contracts
here indicated.
Virtually all increases IN costs car
be passed off on the government and
handsome profits made besides, the
survey indicates.
A $19,084,136 contract awarded the
Douglas Aircraft Corp, on September
| IL, for example, provides for a fixed
profit of S1,145,048 or per cent. 1t
adds that the fee will be raised to 7
per cent at the completion of the
contract if this is not contrary to the
law.
Among the items that may be
charged off to cost are "any reason
able costs arising by reason of or in
connection with labor shortage or
labor disputes" state and local taxes,
reasonable costs of servicing and
maintaining corporate structure" and
"such other costs as should, in the
opinion of the contracting officer, may
be included in the cost of airplanes."
Under these terms the cost of the
contract, along with the six or seven
per cent fee, could be materially in
creased before delivery of the air.
planes.
An additional clause, however, vir-
tually scraps the whole contract and
provides that after the contractor de.
livers the planes or earlier, the con-
tract may be reopened and negotia.
lions conducted on the fixed price to
be paid for each airplane.
The Douglas contract and one with
the CurtissW Wright Corp, both indi-
cate that the War department expects
the corporation to make more than
the six or seven per cent fee as they
call attention to the then-existing Vim
son-Trammel act requiring payment
into the Treasury of profits in excess
Of II per cent of the total contract
price.
The excess profits tax bill, so-called, |
set aside the provisions of the Vim
act.
$33,500,000 contract with the |
1hrysler Motor Corp, for tanks does
lot attempt to stipulate the concerns
margin of profit
In fixing the price per tank, labor
Continued on Page Three)
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Co-ops Salvaging-
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$4,000 capital and headquarters in a
2-car garage. They wanted to buy oil
from the Pennsylvania Petroleum
Corp. there, but the company said the
account would be too small to bother
with. Five years later they took over
the same company's plant"
One reason for the growth of GOA,
Carson said, was the widespread re-
spouse from sympathetic co-operators
everywhere. The association had to
raise 100000 for the construction of
its 100000 oil refinery and pipeline.
Although dividends on the shares were
limited to 49o, orders poured In.
"A man from South Dakota brought
In 1000 pennies saved by his three
children" Carson related. "That was
enough for $40 share. and the GOA.
office staff Clipped in with $40 more
SO that each youngster could have a
share"
Carson reported increased evidence
of cooperation between organized la
Dor and cooperative groups. He said
that labor papers are giving more
space to cooperative news, and that
labor speakers are being constantly
heard at Coop meetings.
In the end" he said, ''the coop
erat1ves provide the most effective
weapon for saving democracy. In CO.
operative study groups, education be-
gins at the grass roots. When the Co.
operative League established it's office
n Washington recently, it was the
irst organization to do so without a
selfish purpose in mind"
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Trespassing-
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Publicity hounds in certain position:
can be quite dangerous. In Mr.. Dies
case it can in fact make it impossible
for the FBI to effectively carry Out
their work against sabotage and Other
nazi agent activities. This is not to
imply that MIR. Dies is consciously
playing Hitler's game, but the results
are the same.
It is to be recalled that Mr.. Dies
was placed in the position of investl-
eating un-American activities to take
the play away from Samuel Dickstein,
who, at that time (1937), was doing a
rather amateurish job of bloodhound
ing on a basis of 80 per cent anti
fascist and 10 per cent anti-communist
Dies formula was the reverse. The
boys in the house in those days
weren't so much concerned about fas-
cist activities but wanted red-hunt
organized. That accounts for the
astonishing support that Mr.. Dies has
been receiving in the house.
The administration has an old score
to settle with Mr.. Martin Dies, and
it has been waiting for the opportune
to do the settling. Mr.. Dies
has always been out to smear the new
deal and liberal movements generally,
and in this he used the communist
brush quite freely, even to the point
Of applying it to the White House
tself That his last smear effort
of his book, "The Trojan |
Horse in America-didn't defeat the |
lew deal at the polls was no fault
# his. A man cannot succeed in
very instance-and Mr.. Dies has done
lenty of harm to the cause of liber-
lism in America.
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TEXTILE HEARING JAN. IS

The Montana trade commission
also the railroad and public service
commission-has scheduled for Jan.
10 a hearing on determination or a
cost survey asked by the retail tex
tile dealers association of the state.
The textile dealers have advised the
commission they wished to have
cost survey established in order that
they may be included under the state
unfair trade practices act.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-12-18
OPINIONS OF READERS

Publication Of communications imply
Voice dsagre with
this department should be brief
December 16, 1910 the
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ADJ. GEN. NAMED

Gov. Roy E. Ayers last week ap-
pointed Maj. Fred LANCE Montana ad-
1utant general to succeed Gen. John
W. Mahan who has resigned. Mai.
LANCE will be succeeded as U. S. dis
bursement and property officer by
Captain Fred Bullock. Both Adj. Gen.
Lange and Capt. Bullock have been
members of the Montana National
guard for many years.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-12-18

But in his old fights with the ad
ministration, Mr. Dies always had the
edge. 1t was great indoor sport to
smear liberal movements with red
paint-and it got great support. For
once, however, the administration is
not at disadvantage. The communist
smear on the new deal is not work
ing like it used to work. 1t has
pettered out. The bitter fight the
communists has conducted against F.
D. R. hasn't played into Mr. Dies
hands. Also, the nazis and the fas-
cists, not the communists, are looked
upon by most people as the real threat
to the country. And Mr.. Dies has
further weakened himself by taking
on j. Edgar Hoover and the F. B. l.
Hoover, it happens, has many friends
among Mr.. Dies supporters. Nobody
suspects Mr.. Hoover of even being
half liberal. This has "softened" up
the Texan to the point where he can
now be taken, Capitol Hill observers
believe.
That the administration may be able
TO swing enough votes in the house
to altogether withhold appropriations
for the Dies committee is expecting
TOO much. There probably is enough
hangover support for him to pull him
through to the point of continuing the
committee. But he is slipping fast, |
insofar as combating nazi activities
are concerned, he is regarded distinct
y as net liability. And the house,
with administration support, is not
going to give him the $1,000,000 he is
low asking so that his committee
AN become a superb. B. l.
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and the subject matter discussed, to
OF it, talk about it, and act on it in
the coming legislature
R. D. KENNEDY.
Hardin, Montana,
December IA, 1910
Peoples Voice,
Helena. Montana
Dear Editor:
/ was sure amused to read your
article in The Peoples Voice of Dec
IL, 1940 referring to Valley county.
| too, fell in the ranks of the unem-
ployed on November 30. 1t SO hap
pened that l had been the manager
OF Hardin liquor store for the past
three years. l received letter the
morning of November 80 stating the
store did not do business enough for
two men, therefore, 1 was released
without further notice and Mr.. Peck
my assistant would take over the job
On Sunday was checked out. 1t was
so urgent they had to check me out
on Sunday. There have been two
men in the store for the past two
years. On Tuesday December End,
there was another man appointed to
work in the store under Mr.. Peck.
AS for business the Hardin store will
do the largest business in 1910 in the
history of the store: between $1,000
and $500 business. Sure dropped
fast to give man six hours notice
but the chairman of the Liquor board
lives in Hardin so he accused me of
being drunkard, that I think is good
coming from Roy E. Ayers and we
all know under the Hitler bill the
governor is the man that hires and
fires. | was county chairman of the
democratic committee in 1884 and
1888, the only time Big Horn county Z
went solid democratic, the county is
republican about 1920 but where the
rub came in, in 1886 supported Harry
Mann was senator and it happened our
chairman of the Liquor Board was his
appointee in the primaries and he was
defeated by over 400 votes. They
would have canned me long ago but
hey were afraid it would hurt Roy
.. | sure developed into a drunkard
asst between Nov. 7th and Nov. Goth.
1t is as Walter Winchell says pol
tics makes strange bed time stories.
Yours truly,
c. A. BROTHERSON.
Great Falls, Montana
December 16, 1910
The Peoples Voice,
Helena, Montana
Gentlemen:
Herewith check for $500 to cover
enewal subscriptions.
Permit me to commend you on your
ditorial in last weeks issue, BE on
Very truly yours,
LEO c. GRAYBILL.
Varney, Montana,
December Is, 1910
ditor Peoples Voice:
Enclosed is So to renew my sub
'ription and a years subscription for
friend. We enjoy The Voice and
el it is serving real need in the
ate.
When we can have government
sencies meeting the problems ade-
lately as the National Youth Admin
tration's program in last weeks is
e would indicate, then there is hope
+ our Democracy. J. C.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-12-18

Maybe there's thought for business men
this Or is it too unconventional them to
money for themselves would rather continue
to pay through the nose to firm with
ests in Montana except for few hafarvng agents We'll
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some degree at least, effectively.
Sidney, Mont
December 16, 194(
The Peoples Voice,
| Helena, Mont.
Dear Sirs:
l have read with interest your story
in last weeks Voice, on the NYA. ]
wish it could be true.
l don't doubt the physical expansion
or / don't doubt that SOME of the
personnel hold such idealistic concep-
lions of the services the National
Youth Administration could and
should perform. l do doubt the pos
sibility of accomplishment under DO
litical control
Politicians and Chamber of Com
merce members can not understand
such language. What is beyond their
comprehension hurts their lego" and
in an effort to pull all others down to
their mental capacity level, they will
destroy the ones capable of conceiv-
ing such worthwhile service for youth
No doubt the destroyers will have the
help and sanction of our wonderfully
incompetent educators that clutter up
the public school payrolls.
| hope | am wrong. l hope the
political interference in the NYA is
by some miracle minimized, but when
men of the type of Leslie Brown, are
placed in responsible positions 1 can't
feel too hopeful. / shall watch the
future displacements and replace
ments of supervisors with great in
terest.
Please keep us advised whether or
not they thew to the line" even a
little. 1t will be an oddly to find
0ne political administrator capable of
such understanding.
Sincerely, NJ Y
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-12-18

You cannot control what you do not
own
Evening star., 1940-04-12
Track Meet With 6. j,
Among Features in
Big Navy Show
Junior Boxing Tourney
Heads Heaviest Cord
Of Spring So Far

ANNAPOLIS, April 1.-THE 2lst
annual boxing tournament of the
Navy juniors, charges of Spike
Webb. boxing mentor, will lead off
the sports program at the Naval
Academy tomorrow.
In the afternoon, there will be the
most extensive card of spring sports
yet presented, with the meet be-
tween the Navy and Georgetown,
which opens the local track season,
as the leading attraction.
The nine has worthy opposition
from Lafayette and the lacrosse ten
and the tennis players likely are to
get sitter opposition from Penn
State and Columbia, respectively
than from the teams which each
have defeated.
Other events are a dinghy sailing
race with Brown, lacrosse between
the Navy B squad and Virginia and
the season opener for the plebe nine.
Nine gymnasts will take part in
the national collegiate competition
at Chicago. In the group is Stanley
Ellison, Navy senior, who holds world
records for both the 25-foot and
20-foot climbs.
The local schedule:
ment.
ppImmDinshy sailing. Navy vs.. Brown.
track. Navy VS.. GEORGETOWN
80 Lacrosse. Navy VS., Pennsyl-
Vania state: tennis, Navy VS.. Columbia.
River IN J) High
4;3o p.m.-Lacrosse. Navy squad VS..
Virginia W.
Evening star., 1940-04-12
20 Years Aqo
In The Star

The Mats are headed for Bos-
ton in good condition for the
opening game of the season two
days from now. They ended the
series with the Reds with a s.
to-2 triumph as johnson and
Shaw gave only six hits. Rice
made four safeties.
Catholic U. lost to Fordham, !
to S, getting only two hits.
Dreadnaugh A. c., a powerful
Virginia team, opens the season
today with Herdic A. c. of Wash
ington.
st. Johns beat Gonzaga, 7 to
6, as Walsh famed Is.
Fred c. Drummer will coach the
Catholic U. swimming team.
Drummer coached Central High
into several South Atlantic
championships.
Evening star., 1940-04-12
6. ". Netman Injured
As West Virginia
Is Beaten, 6.3

George Washington's tennis team
sought its second victory in as
many days today with Richmond
providing the opposition at Colum-
bia Country Club. but the Colonials
will be without the services of their
No. 2 player for a week or more.
Bus Fleming, second only to David
johnson on the G. w. squad,
sprained his ankle yesterday as his
team opened its season with a 6-3
victory over West Virginia. Flem-
ing's injury came in his first set in
which he carried Elsey to 81 be-
fore defaulting.
Bernie Blankin took Fleming S
place in the No. doubles match
with johnson for the point which
cGnched victory.
Summaries:
sinslss-Johnnsen &C. W. defeated
ginia) defeated Fleming. o. default;
6-4: Hawkins West Vireinia) defeated
Blankin. 7-5. 81. 6-2: Madden &c.
W. defeated Waddel 6-1. 6@; Mann
&c. W. defeated Nicorro. 6-3. 6-3.
defeated Duddever and Eisey. 4Is. 60, ",
6-2: Davis and Madden &C. W. defeated
Waddell and Hawkins. 7-5 6-3: Cof-
sield and Kleve west virsinia) defeated
Ashton and Mann. e.. S-6.
Evening star., 1940-04-12
Uniteds Rule Center
Basket Ball After
Beating J. {. {.

United Typtwriters' crack five had
one more honor among their collec-
ton today-the championship of the
District Recreation Departments
82-team league.
Climaxing months of competition,
the Typists won the title last night
when they defeated Jewish Com
munity Center, 46-39, in the final
game of the playoff series of the
various Center champions.
The winners held a 24-2O lead at
half-time and after j. G. c. went in
front early in the third quarter,
Lenny Stanton's snowbird gave the
Typists the lead again at 37-35,
which they never lost.
Mills of the winners and sgd Karp
of ]. G. c. tied for individual scor-
ing honors with Is points apiece,
Stanton running a close second
with IA.
Evening star., 1940-04-12
Richmond, A. U. Even
In Tennis Tilt After
Much Travelling

More of a cross-country quest for
courts than a tennis match, Amer
ican University and Richmond spent
so much time seeking places to play
yesterday that darkness finally
stepped in to rule that there should
be mo decision"
Utilizing three sets of courts, the
Eagles and Spiders fought to a A
draw with the fifth and deciding
match halted after each team had
won set.
Because only one court at A. q.
was playable, two of the matches
were shifted to Edgemoor and the
rest to Friends School. but when
the $50 rush" forced them of the
latter two, the teams returned to
American.
Summaries:
Sineles-Fausold "a. W defeated sly-
der. 3-6 SIS. %; Landsman "a, u
Sffss'td %ss5 41sF1sss 9 dslessd s sssc1sifosd 80
Evans s 0sanse ss ss aordon detsatso asisS
mond) defeated Nelson. -; 81;
Doubles sEFausold and Landsman a.
10-s. 81, shackelford, and. ponahue
tRichmondl defeated Webb and Gewehr.
@ RisbmsSnd st won sa ts: SordSn qst and ,et Pelps %
Reese and Pitt "a. U). the second. 7-5.
darkness
Evening star., 1940-04-12
Clever Linkswomen DeveIoped
In Team Play Starting Today;
Gonzoqo Sets School Pace

he's sure he won't play in the tour
nament.
Like most Of the pros around town
Witty has jumped right into big
spring business. He has been busy
on the lesson tee from morning to
night. That lesson business happens
to be good business for the pros,
and they are reluctant to give it up
at this time Of year, when many
people want to start right with
some tips from their professional.
II don't see how I can pass up serv-
ice to my members-and some in
come for myself-right at this time
Of year." says Witty.
George Diffenbaugh feels much
the same way and it seems now that
the tourney will be played without
Cox and Dif1enbaugh. Leo Walper,
the Laughing Leo" of the winning
years Of 1887 and 1888, again will be
the favorite to win. Not many people
know about it but Leo averaged ST
over the Bobby Jones course at
Sarasota for Today stretch q
couple of months ago. And he
played every day. Leo will be the
man to lick at Old Point Comfort
later this month.
Here's a golf tip from George
Diffenbaugh: Il find if I stand over
the ball, with the club fairly close
to my body, on the chip shots, they'll
go closer. And If there isn't any
obstacle in the way, such as q
bunker or rough grass, I like to play
'em with a runup club-about a No. 3
IRON" That's good advice, coming
from chip shot genius.
Evening star., 1940-04-12

reach down and pick them up
with your hands, which probably
will help your waistline anyhow
and is good exercise. If you don't
play golf for exercise, it is good
under any conditions to stoop
down and pick up sticks. You
might even try it without bend
ing your knees, and claim the
resulting crick in your back as
an alibi for the remainder Of
the round.
The new rule is aimed espe-
cially at green scrapers, those
jovial people who move around
and scrape imaginary chunks Of
dirt from the line if putt. They
don't have the philosopy Of Alex
Smith, the old time pro, who
when asked why he didn't scrape
dirt and wormcasts from the
line Of putt, said: why do it?
You can't get 'em all of any,
how. And where one will knock
the ball OF another will knock it
on line"
'Roughing g scraping Sthe
Evening star., 1940-04-12

putting green with q club or
otherwise will be considered ss
placing a mark on the putting
green" says the United States
Golf Association" and the player
will be subject to the penalties
of this rule"
The penalty is loss of the hole
in match play and two strokes
in medal play.
Furthermore, the association
points out" the line of putt must
not be touched, except by ;,lac-
ing the club Immediately in front
Of the ball in the act of address,
ing it."
That, it seems to us, stops all
questions as to wether you can
scrape the green with your put
ter. So don't try it If you happen
to have a persnickety opponent,
or. a less than complacent part
ner. It's apt to get you into
trouble. And anyhow it will do
your waistline good to stoop
down, after the bad winterk we've
had. W. dcC.
Evening star., 1940-04-12
Dixie and Tri-State
SoftbaII Leagues
Start May |

Six teams are represented in
each the Dixie Night and Tri-State
Softball Leagues, which will open
their seasons on May / at Ballston
Stadium. Vic Earatte is president
and treasurer of both loops and will
be assisted by Dave Lillis, secretary,
and Vice Presidents Ellis Goodman
and J. Sullivan.
The Dixie League is composed of
Boiling Field, Cameo Furniture,
Glen Echo Fire Department, Land
O. Lakes, Star and United States
Housing Authority, while Navy,
I. B. M, Tru-Blu. Silver Spring,
Standard Linen and Sons of the
Legion are found in the Tri-State
loop.