The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-01-17

4 presidential possibilities has been
What an ideal candidate Rober
Jackson would make if only he coult
be elected" From the point of view
of desirability he has even ranked
ahead of Supreme Court Justice Doug
las.
But the situation is becoming more
hopeful. In his position as solicitor
general, Jackson could not be bull
up, as they say in politics-and Sc
far as the public is concerned he was
virtually an unknown quantity. II
was difficult to parade him before the
public. But as attorney general
we'll, it somewhat alters things. He
may do big things (not matchmaking
and he will make the newspaper
headlines. The only question is
whether the time is too short. But a
lnew valuation of Jackson as winning
candidate is under way!
Extent of juvenile delinquency
among the 10000 children removed
from the slums of America by the
United States Housing Authority dur
ing 1889 was virtually zero, says a
statement released by USHA Admin
istrator Nathan Straus With
$1,000,000,000 spent annually during
| the past six years for national de-
tense, North Dakota's Senator Frazier
wants to know why we haven't got
adequate national defense" today :.
The wage-hour division has informed
congress that the Fair Labor Stand
ards Act is enforceable, as proven by
experience, and that it has benefited
thousands of workers in all sections
Of the country.
It's beginning to look as though
Representative Murdoch, Utah, and
Counsel Toland of the NLRB investi-
eating committee haven't too much
love for each other There are
rumors that Chairman SABBATH of the
house rules committee will attempt
to restrict Dies investigating forays
to sabotage and espionage USHA
officials say that interest in rural
1ouoih6 PiO5i oiilo 10 I'LL SetS'ii5 IAP
plications for rural housisg programs
in Illinois, Arkansas, South Carolina,
and Georgia are being checked by
the Authority y. They want an
absolute and inflexible ban in Wash
ington against traffic tag fixing. Is
Dies face red!
Southern California Canneries
Make Jap Convict Labor Deal?
Charges are being heard that Japan
is making deals with reactionary Mex
lean Nower California; interests to
use convict labor to man tuna-fishing
boats off the Lower California coast,
and that certain Southern California
thuna packers have negotiated with
agents of the island government to
purchase the fish.
Allegedly, the convict labor is to
come from the Mexican penal colony
on the island of Las Tres Marias,
off Lower California.
So far, about IS boats-enormou in |
size for ordinary fishing boats-have |
come down from Alaska, supposedly |
% catch shrimp, and about SO more |
Ire expected
The tuna run starts off the coast |
If Panama, and thus reaches the Jap |
)oats in Lower California before it
loes the United States. American
now pay about $3.50 ton
or No 1 tuna, but the Japs, under
he agreement, can sell the tuna for
bout $50 ton. There is thus dan
Ter that the importation of tuna fish
will push the American fishermen out
t the tuna industry.
1t is said that the state department
he FBI, the navy department, and the
ureau of fisheries are looking into :
he situation. /,
It's terribly disappointing to a
ghter to have to train hard and get
ito perfect trim for fight and not
, have that fight. Is it not the same :
18th nations? l.
hristianity and Plagiarism
We listened the other night to the
lairman of the house committee in q
un-American activities CIV /
g discourse over the radio ON | +
and paganism II
One can agree with Mr.. Dies that a
want American civilization to be
hristian and not pagan. But when ii
contends that government which
eks to provide its citizens with eco 81
mic security is materialistic and "
nee pagan, he displays a woeful mis- 81
of Christian ethics W
sus devoted his life to the cause of y,
onomic security and justice for the
asses. TT
About the only thing Mr.. Dies sue al
eded in proving in his radio appeal 81
that he processes to be Christian,
t at heart he is only a pagan. But la
pc springs eternal in the human ii,
east, and it may be that even in RI
) case, if he sincerely and stead
silly applies himself to a course of Ire
ldy in Christian ethics, he might yet M
come convert to the progressive nj
use in the field of government and On
economics-and Christian in fact m,
well as in name. And we can as of
re him that this cause is grounded ar
the finest traditions of our Ameri- m,
4 democracy, and of the American re
m of government.
DEMAND THE UNION LABEL ow