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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-05-08
SCIENCE MUST
BE APPLIED TO
Remedy TRENDS
By KAY ELLES

"Trend?" Oh, well who cares about
trend? The results of a trend" are
sort of vague, far away, and when
we get around to it we will just twist
the trend" around to suit our own
ends. For, aren't we the Rulers of
Destiny?" "The Captains of our
Souls?"
Thus we kid ourselves along with
copy-book maxims into state of ego
istic mental lethargy from which we
can be aroused only by some immi-
nent, impending and dire disaster.
Even then just a few recognize in the
disaster the final result of some
trend" which has been so carelessly
shelved in the past.
"Trend" being a scientific term, car
ries with it authority; because when
we stop to think about it, we know
that we owe all our progress to sci
ence. But the politician and the So
called economists have adopted the
word to lend weight to their mouth
ings; so it's not surprising that we
have lost faith in it's real meaning.
Now when scientist speaks of
trends" he means something certain.
In other words, that scientific laws
are governing that trend 1t is NOV
ing in one direction and eventually
will sweep we punny individuals aside
like so much chaff. Therefore when
the scientist seriously looks at some
of our social problems, we had better
sit up and listen.
When he tells we farmers that al
ready 7.6% of our soil has become
useless through erosion; that 1880
is severely affected and 1880 serious
ly depleted; leaving only $500 of the
U. S. unaffected; he is calling our
attention to trend" that we cannot
afford to ignore.
Last week we saw the causes of this
In our wasteful economic system and
its interference in our hodge podge
remedial efforts. Has our scientist
OF course: Get the facts;
learn the scientific physical laws I'M
lerlying those facts; then get in step
with those forces using them to the
advantage of all.
What did nature do with this con-
,inent in its operation of those phys
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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-05-08

above, and legally existing at the pre-
sent time can be found in the office
of the secretary of state.
For the past several years, the races
at the state fair grounds in Helena,
according to the local press, have been
conducted by this mysterious organi-
cation, with two men, ]. Burke Glenn
ents, chairman of the Industrial Acct
dent Board and vice chairman of the
state democratic central committee,
and George Cooney, reputed czar of
the gambling racket and red-light land
lord in Helena, ostensibly in charge of
all of the business in connection with
the races.
Diversified Interests
1t is clear that Mr.. Clements is
man of diversified interests. In ad-
dition to his apparently close con-
nection with George Cooney in the
horse racing enterprise, he is also ac-
tive in politics to degree which
causes observers to wonder just when
he finds time to perform the duties
of the office for which the state pays
CONTINUED on Page Four)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-05-08
BUTTE LABOR
54TH May DAY
By WIN. MASON

Expressing the desires of the people
of Butte to fight for peace, security
and civil rights, 900 men and women
packed the Miners Union hall to cele-
brate the 54th anniversary of May
Day, last Friday, May 3rd. The au-
dience responded enthusiastically to
the speakers who included Herbert
BENJAMIN, a member of the national
committee of the communist party on
a national tour; the ever-popular Jer-
ry ]. O'Connell, who has been speak
ing at many meetings throughout the
state in the interests of the 60-60 Old
Age Pension plan; Lee Metcalf, as
sistant attorney general of the state;
Robert G. Brown, member of the
state legislature, and Clarence Blew
EFT, editor of the Montana Labor
News, acted as chairman.
Representative Speakers List
Among the honorary speakers on
the platform were H. S. (Cap) Bruce,
editor of The Peoples Voice and the
Farmers Union News; Ed O'Byrne,
former state labor commissioner; Hi
ram Beasely, an old-time metal miner,
and Edward Mason, the president of
the Butte Miners Union. The meet
ing had been organized by the Joint
May Day Conference, which included
delegates from the Butte Miners I'm
ion, the Ladies Auxiliary of the Miners
Union, the Frank Little Branch of the
Labor Defense, the In
ternational Workers Order, Local No.
80 of the United Office and Profes-
sional Workers Union.
The meeting opened at $40 p. m
with short talk by Clarence Blew
EFT, outlining the history of May Day
as "a day of rebellion against oppres-
sion" The first speaker introduced
by Clarence Blewett was Robert c..
Brown, who dealt briefly with the
gains made by the people in their
struggles down through history, even
though the march forward towards
progress may seem too slow.
Fifth Column" in U. S.
Lee Metcalf then dealt with the
question of the really dangerous fifth
in the United States. "The
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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-05-08
farmers BILLS
SUPPORTED BY
CASCADE LABOR

The following resolution was adopted
by the Cascade County Trades & La
Dor Assembly at their regular weekly
meeting in Great Falls:
Whereas, subversive influences for
years have attempted to keep labor
and farmer divided so that they might
more easily exploit them, and
Whereas, The prosperity of any ma
ton is dependent on the income of
it's producers, and
Whereas, Both farmer and labor are
producing groups, therefore, it must
be obvious that as farmer income in
creases he consumes more of the man.
ufactured products of labor; and as
labor income increases it consumes
more of the products of the farmer;
Therefore Be 1t Resolved, That we
wire or write Sen. James Byrnes,
chairman of the senate committee on
banking and currency, also our Mon
tana delegation, Senators Wheeler and
Murray and Congressman O'Connor
protesting the enactment of
the Gillette bill, S. B. 1880 which
would remove the administration of
the Farm Credit Administrator from
the Department of Agriculture, and
Be 1t Further Resolved, That we
wire or write Senators Wheeler and
Murray and Congressman O'Connor
urging them to work for the enact
ment of the Wheat Income Certificate
Bill, S. B. 1895 and the Debt Adjust
ment Bill, S. B. 1909 as these bills are
designed to increase and protect the
farmers income, and
Be 1t Further Resolved, That we go
on record and so notify the Farmers
Union that we are in sympathy with
and will support any legislation de-
signed to increase their income or
protect their interests, and
Be 1t Finally Resolved, That copies
Of this resolution be sent the Farmers
Union, the Montana delegation in
the AFL and the CLIO.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-05-08
|LAB0R'S RIGHTS
TO BE DISCUSSED
AT. CONVENTION

NEW YORK-(FP)- Labor's civil
rights and standard of living will be
discussed May 10-11 at two open ses-
sions during the third annual con-
vention of the League of Women
Shoppers at Hotel Pennsylvania.
Dorothy Parker will preside at a
panel discussion on Labor and Civil
Rights" at a luncheon meeting May
II. Speakers will be Rep. Abe Muir
dock of Utah Albert Arant of the
civil liberties division of the depart
ment of justice;. CLIO Counsel Lee
Pressman and Pres. Harry Van Ars-
dale of the Electrical Workers Union
Local 3 (AFL).
Government representatives who
will be heard May 10 in panel dis
cussion on higher standards of living
for wage earners are Donald Mont
gomery, consumers counsel, AAA, and
Hildegarde Kneeland, economist, now
making special study on farm in
come and migratory workers for the
Natl. Resources committee.
League speakers will be Frances
Rice of Washington, secretary of the
Natl. Living Standards. Committee,
and Mrs. Blake Cabot, chairman Of
the Co-ordinating Committee Against
Profiteering. Mrs. Chelene Eckerson,
president of the Hollywood, Calf,
branch of the league, will preside.
: Delegates are expected from league
branches in Boston, Chicago, Column
bus, Denver, Hollywood, Nashville
New Jersey, New York, Philadelphia,
San Francisco, ST. Louis
and Washington, ID. G.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-05-08
u. S. Diplomatic Service
Bogs Down In Crisis

Boys Down In Crisis
The present world crisis is bringing
out in stark relief glazing defect in
our relations with other nations. This
defect lies in our diplomatic service
and has existed for many decades.
1t is the result of the practice of
auctioning off ambassadorial appoint
ments to the highest bidder. 1t puts
men in important diplomatic posts,
men qualified neither by experience,
learning nor temperament, placing
this nation at serious disadvantage
with other nations. "
Our first emissaries abroad, such as
BENJAMIN Franklin and Thomas JEFF
ferson, were men of great talent able
to stand on their own intellectual
feet and command respect in the coun-
Gil halls of men. But for the past
so years, our ambassadors, with one
or two exceptions, have been the fiat
cats" who contributed literally to
campaign Golfers and were rewarded
fitted but which appealed to their So
cial-climbing mates.
Some of the appointments in the
past have been downright ludicrous.
1t is said Tin. exaggeration, we hope)
that often they did not know the name
of the capital of the country to which
they were assigned. story is told
of an ambassador to Russia who once
brought with him canned caviar Zig
uratively speaking, of course) when
fresh caviar is sold on every Russian
street corner Socially : ambitious
wives led their old and docile hus-
bands who had won Enthusiastically
appointments with $250,000 campaign
contributions, into actual or implied
American policies definitely injurious
to the United States.
At the same time, the incompetence
at the top has been reflected in in
competence and inefficiency all down
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-05-08

Gin plants processing farm products,
from the benefits of the Act. These
amendment were sponsored by the
Associated Farmers, anti-labor, peon-
age supporting groups of professors
and capital, masquerading under the
guise of farmers.
Militant support of organized labor
in its opposition to the Barden amend
ments, was the decision arrived at in
Saint Paul on April 81, when in an
swer to a 10 day call for a mass meet
ing in that city, sent out by the Farm
ers Union, $4,000 farmers representing
"a states, met to demand passage of
legislation for agriculture, and in
cluded in their agenda the rational
conclusion that one of their important
missions was to take common cause
with their fellow workers in industry
who constitute the bulk of the market
for their products.
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace,
who was the principal speaker at the
farmers mass meeting in st. Paul,
first brought the word to Mrs. Mary
Norton, chairman of the house COM
mittee on labor of the action taken.
To verify the report, Mrs. Norton sent
the following telegram to Mr.. Thatch-
er:
Washington, d. c., April 20, 1910
M. W. Thatcher, Legislative Rep.
Northwest Farmers Union,
st. Paul, MINI.
Advised by secretary of agriculture
that your organization is opposed to
Barden amendments to wage-hour act.
Please advise Immediately if this is
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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-05-08
KHAN LEADERS
reveal DRIVE TO
SMASH UNIONS
BY RICHARD H. RovERE

ATLANTA OPP - Evidence pro-
duced at preliminary Investigations
here and in Anderson, S. c., shows
that the Ku Klux Khan, which sup
posedly exists only to protect the in
terests Of the native-born, white, Cen
tile, Protestant population" is out to
smash the labor unions.
In Atlanta a group from the notori-
GUS East Point unit of the Khan, said
to be chiefly responsible for three re-
cent murders and scores of floggings,
abducted and flogged Pierce S. Toney,
a union millhand.
In Anderson the seized records of
the local Klan unit were shown to me
by County Solicitor Rufus FAINT. An
official Khan directive, issued from the
state headquarters at Columbia, ord
cred "the mobilization of all Klans-
men in the AFL, CLIO and Workers
Alliance" and instructed leach group
so represented with membership in
the local Khan unit to present
themselves as a solid block within
their labor organization unit for the
purpose of sponsoring :. Klan men,
bers for every office within the
local labor unit"
James Arnold Colescott, national
head of the hooded order, and Ben
Adams, Khan director for South Caro-
lima, are both in Anderson to follow
court proceedings involving seven
Klan members accused of flogging
Lanier Pruitt, white garage mechanic,
last November
Adams boosted that he had organ
lied an independent" union in Column
bia at the Columbia Duck Mill, which
has contract with the Textile Work
ers Union (CIO) that expires May H.
CONTINUED on Page Four
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-05-08
HUGH EGAh FILES
FOR 1T. GOVERNOR

Hugh Egan of Lewistown has filed
for the republican nomination for
lieutenant governor.
Mr. Egan is widely known in the
second congressional district where
he made the race for congress in a
previous campaign. He is a recog-
nized leader in the old-age pension
groups of the state.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-05-08
JOHNSON FILES
FOR REELECTION

Chief Justice Howard Johnson, has
filed for reelection to his present Of
flee on the non-partisan, judicial
ticket.
Judge Johnson was elected in 1888
to complete the unexpired term of
Justice Sands who died while in Of
flee.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-05-08
FERGUSON FILES
FOR OFFICE OF
STATE TREAS.

Tommy Ferguson, deputy state
treasurer, who recently announced his
candidacy, has filed for the nominal
ton as state treasurer on the demo-
cratic ticket.
Reared in Anaconda, where his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Ferguson re-
side, Ferguson is a former county
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-05-08

Organized pressure by farm groups for the protection of
ganzed abors interests made openly evident last
when the voice of three hundred fifty thousand
lies through their legislative representatives raised
against the passage of the Barden the Wage
Hour Act which would have exempted thousands workers
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-05-08
Magazine Banned
I'm Lumber Town
After Stories

BELLINGHAM, Wash.-(FP)- For
carrying two articles on the murder OF
Laura Law wife of an official of the
Init Woodworkers (CIO), the progress
siye magazine Friday has been banned
from the newsstands of this lumber
town
When the Bellingham Industrial I'm.
ion Council announced that despite
the ban it would continue to circulate
the magazine, William ]. Kaigler of
the local police force called the union
members ga bunch OF rats" and added
If they were looking for trouble" to
just continue distributing Friday.
The local newsdealer Cancelled his
subscription under pressure from
Kaigler, who admitted that he had
Suggested" it because the magazine
was "pro-communistic."
A fingerprint expert on the local
police force, Kaigler is chairman of
the American Legion's Americaniza-
ton committee and closely associated
with the Ku Kux Khan, the Silver
Shirts and other anti-labor groups, the
union says.
Police Chief w. l. Stone denied to
a committee of unionists that the ban
ming of Friday was an official action,
and then proceeded to deliver SER
mon on "subversive" activities. He
warned that in the event of war hun
dreds of persons would be jailed with
ont warrants.
NEW YORK.-(FP)-Editor Gamer
on Mackenzie of Friday said that the
Bellingham case was the first example
of suppression of the magazine, al
though there were some complaints
from Detroit because of articles on
the labor record of Ford Motor Co.
at is significant" Mackenzie OBJ
served, that in Bellingham the two
local newspapers are controlled by
of the Better Business Build
ers, an organization that has played
major part in the fight to crush labor.
our stories on the Laura
Law case contained too much truth
to be fit for local consumption"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-05-08

The membership of the Helena Racing Association
times called the Lewis and Clark Racing Association while
operating under that has apparently failed to comply
with the ordinary procedure of individuals opera
ing business under fictitious record of such
be found in the office of the county clerk and
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-05-08
COOPERATION between
FARMERS and LABOR IS
THREAT TO PRIVILEGED

Exploiting Groups Will Find Themselves
Helpless If Cooperation Between Farmers
and Labor Continues AS Now Under Way
and Producing Groups Cooperate in Secur-
ing Remedial Legislation for Themselves.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-05-08
STATE OFFICIAL WORKS
With REPUTED Big ggi0T
in GAMBLING RACK 81

Burke Clements, Administrat IF the In
dustrial Accident Board and E zutive Vice
Chairman of the State Demo- ic Central
Committee Apparently Closely Affiliated
With George Cooney, Reputed Gambling
Gar of Helena.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-05-08

Economic Justice and Equality
Is the Real Safeguard of De-
mocracy. Lack of These Is a
Challenge to the Intelligence
and Sincerity of All.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-05-08

DEMAND THE UNION LABEL
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-05-08

Democracy Cannot Endure Un-
der Economic Systems Which
Cause Hunger, Cold, Poor
Housing and Unemployment to
Millions.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-17

ecki, Ansonia, injured left leg, SIPS beginning October 1.
 Derby Gas and Electric Company and James Hogan, Shelton, pulled muscle in left leg and thigh, $14 beginning October 8.
 Uno w. Stenman, Winsted, and Clinton E. Tyrell, Winsted, undis- placed fracture of the fifth finger of right hand, $11.55 beginning Sep tember 26.
 Ansonia American Brass Com pany and J. Calstein, Ansonia, left indirect inguinal hernia, $14O3 be- ginning September 30.
 Ansonia American Brass Company and D. Yoia, Ansonia, tenderness and pain over sacral-coccygeal re- zion, $14.96 beginning September A.
 Camp Everett, Inc, Taconic, and Henrietta P. Godnick, New York City, left ankle sprain. $25 begin ming July 26.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-17

To the hills of Litchfield Coun- ty Saturday will come men and wo- men from every county of Connec- ticut to attend the statewide meet ing at which United States Senator Francis T. Maloney will make one of his principal speeches of the cam paign in the home town of his Re publican opponent, Paul L. Cornell The meeting, which will include a luncheon at the Bear Hill Inn at Marble Dale in the town of Wash ington, is sponsored by, the Litch- field County Branch of the Con- necticut Federation of Democratic Womens Clubs.
 Mrs. Chase Going Woodhouse, Professor of Economics at Connec- .ticut College, and Democratic nom- inee for Secretary of State, is Pres ident of the Federation and will preside, introducing the speakers. Mrs. Elsie Petersen of New Milford is the Litchfield County chairman
 Besides Senator Maloney, Robert A. Hurley, nominee for Governor, and Odell Shepard, nominee for Lieutenant Governor, Dr. Dorothy Schaffter Associate Professor of Po- htical Science at Vassar College, will be a speaker. Miss Schaffter, a
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-17
Widow Compensated
 For Husbands Death
Freight System Signs Agreement With Mrs. Scozza-
 fava- 900 Paid Other Awards Announced

Margaret Scozzafava, widow of James A. Scozzafava, was awarded $1 ,000 from the Mccarthy Freight System, Inc, in full and final set- clement of her compensation claim, according to a stipulation agree ment approved in Compensation Court this morning by Commissioner James M. Lynch.
 Mrs. ScoZzafava claimed her huS- band suffered an injury February g, 1940, while working for the freight firm which resulted in his death She further claimed she should be entitled to six years compensation, both claims being disputed by the respondent-employer.
 The claim of the Mccarthy Freight System was that MT. Scozza- fava did not sustain the injury ariS- ing out of his employment. Com missioner Lynch stated in the stipu- lation agreement that the $1,000 to be paid to the claimant is not an admission of liability.
 Other agreements filed and ap- proved by Commissioner Lynch this morning in which compensation will be paid 'eekly during the period of disability were as follows:
 Connecticut Light and Power Company, Hartford, and Edward Winslow, IT Chapman street, cript on left elbow, $24.68 beginning Oc- tober 13.
 Seymour Oil Company and Will liam P.f Foster, Seymour, laceration across left shin bone just below the knee, $9. beginning September 2.
 Torrington Manufacturing Com pany and Sidney Mann, Torrington, partial amputation of right index finger, $o.92 beginning October 4.
 s. o. and c. Company Branch of United Shoe Machine Corpora ton, Ansonia, and Benjamin Daniel-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-17
.4.8% Increase For First Eight
 Months of 194O
Connecticut With 196 Deaths Showed Gain
 of 9.6%o.

Hartford, Conn, Oct. ii (Spe- ciaD = The following chart, com- piled by the Safety Education De- partment of the Aetna Casualty and Surety Company, indicates that Connecticut ranks 27th among the states listed according to their in- creased automobile fatality records for the first eight months of 1940. The map shows the comparative dif- ference in the number of deaths with the same period of 1939 @
 Statistics from forty-seven states, which are immediately avail able, reveal that approximately IT, 900 persons were killed by automo- piles since the first of this year-an increase of 4.3 per cent over the cor responding period of 1889. Of the fourteen states which improved their fatality records, Mississippi led with a 27.2 per cent reduction, Nebraska was second with a 21.8 per cent de- crease and the District of Columbia, third with a drop of 18.9 per cent.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-17
Maloney To Address
 CountyW Clubs
Senator Guest Saturday in Home Town, Washington,
 of Republican Opponent, Paul L. Cornell

staunch New Dealer, has taught state and local government, politi- cal theory and the social aspects of American government at Vassar College since 193O, she also has had first hand experience as an admin istrator of government. In 1885 and 1886 she was granted 8 leave of ab- sence from the college and served as administrative aide to the assist ant executive director of the Ma tional Youth Administration in Washington. In 1887 and 1888 she was on a leave of absence to study state housing boards under 8 grant awarded by, the Carnegie Corpora tion. She is now writing book on the results of her studies.
 Connecticut, as one of the fore most states, in proportion to its size and population, has shown par ticular interest in the housing pro- gram of the Roosevelt Administra- ton with low rent housing projects under way in six cities and projects planned in two others.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-17

ley, Adjutant Hugo Wiberg, Charles J. Allen and George J. Scott. Thomas F. Moore, vice-chairman, presented the guest of the evening, Major Zealley.
 Discussion of future plans included reference to the proposed shelter, which may be erected here to ac- commodate homeless men or trans tents. The shelter will memorialize the name of the late Rev. Dr. John N. Lewis, rector of St. John's church former member of the advisory board.
 Rev. Dr. John c. Walker, William J. Pape, Phillip vonTobel, Charles Rietdyke, Judge Patrick Healey and Scoutmaster Frank Duren took part in the discussions of the evening.
 A motion picture showing the Sal- vation Army's activities in various parts of the United States was ex- hibited. Behind the Tannbourine showed the work accomplished by the army in hospitals, nurseries, shelters, social centers, rescue homes summer camps and in religious cir- cles.