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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-12-11

than 100000 in reduced charges.
"Soft words for business profiteers
but a big stick for labor" seems to
be the motto of many our our national
lawmakers. . Some here who know
Mr.. Martin Dies rather intimately as
sert that he is more interested in
getting publicity for himself than he
is for the fifth column" which is
merely the means to an end .. Now
that the "embattled Republicans" who
voted against adjournment of Con-
gress and said that they would stay
on the job" have had their way, most
of them have silently packed their
shirts and left for home and fireside.
Don't bother writing to your congress-
man, just pick up your receiver and
talk to him over your local phone. =.
Reactionaries here are staying awake
nights trying to figure out how they
can deprive labor of its principal
economic weapon, the right to strike. +.
Minnesota's Senator Ball will not find
any labor or liberal support behind
his bill patterned after the Minnesota
state labor relations act, which makes
it Illegal for labor to strike before a
30-day waiting period after giving no
tice of intention to strike. The
White House has thus far frowned on
all measures proposed to take away
the rights of the workers . When
Martin Dies was just an ordinary
member of the House, a cloak-room
lounger, he organized loose club I'M
der the name "Demagogues Club" The
program was to fool the people at
least once day. This flair for dema-
goguery has never left him.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-12-11

written for Tho Peoples Voice
and released by the American Coun-
ell Of the Institute Of Pacific Rela-
lions and by Federated Press. opin-
Ions are the authors.)
By ANDREW ROTH
Author of numerous articles on
India and Indo-China
Unrest is on the march In lnd1s
today, with the organized labor anc
peasant movements leading figh'
for peace, independence and improved
living conditions which threatens te
assume the proportions Of the Ameri
can revolt in 1776.
Tension reached new high at the
beginning of November when Java
harlal Nehru, former president OF the
Indian Trade Union Congress and sec.
onl only to M. X. Gandhi in the ALL
India National Congress, was given
four years Of rigorous Imprisonment"
for advocating peace and independ-
ence for India.
Nehru will not be alone in prison.
He has joined thousands of labor and
peasant union leaders, and many &C
tive members of the All-India National
Congress and of such progressive units
within the congress as the Forward
Block and the Congress Socialist
party.
Whether Nehru will survive his
term is doubtful Already Swami Sa-
hajanand, general secretary of the
All-India Kisan Sabha peasant I'm
ion), has died in prison after being
sentenced to three years Of rigorous
Imprisonment"
The ferment in India is based on
two factors: Stark poverty and the
desire for independence. Even before
the outbreak of the current war, the
Indian standard of living was on a
par with the most impoverished south
ern sharecropper. The average family
in India, excluding the top 1 per cent
of landlords, industrialists and native
princes, had an income of 500 a per-
son a year.
During the course of the present
wei, eiiO Ii iIioii nave COHF leu luuld
into vast arms plant Armaments
production has increased twelve-fold
CONSUMPTION of labor has been in
stituted
Despite increased war orders the
purchasing power of the Indian
masses has declined Thus the Ameri-
can consul at Bombay has reported
that the cotton piece goods industry,
one of the most important consump-
ton industries in India, "has been de-
Ginning for several months as a re-
suit of the increased cost of living
for industrial workers and a steady |
decline in prices paid to farmers"
The Indian workers and farmers are
not bearing the brunt of the war will
ingly or even passively. In October
1889, 10000 Bombay workers, under |
the leadership of the Girni Hangar
Textile Union, carried out 1-day
political strike against the war and |
the repressive measures of the Brit
ish government.
This set off wave of strikes which |
affected virtually every Industrial |
town in India and resulted in the ar
rest of the leadership in virtually
every militant union. The fight against
the war and the attacks on the labor
union movement have resulted in the
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-12-11
LOOKING ABROAD

welding OF the Indian labor movement
after 11-year split. The unified Trade
Union Congress declared in its main
resolution:
Participation in war which will
not result in the establishment of free
dom and democracy in India will not
benefit India-must less will 1t benefit
the working class of India
The news dispatches from India do
not feature news of the organized la
borers and peasants. Yet it is only
on the basis Of their resistance to
further attacks on their living stand
ards that Indian news can be inter-
preted.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-12-11
Hollywood Mysteries

Hollywood wonders how the CEN
sors passed the line in A Dispatch
from Reuters, wherein Mrs. Reuter-
EDNA Best), telling her husband ed
ward G. Robinson) that she's going to
have baby adds: "You know, Reut-
ers is always reliable"
Also the ad for Hired Wife which
shows Rosilin Russell kicking Brian
Aherne squarely where he sits, under
the line: Fright up the Old Box-Of-
flee"
Universal, now screening The In
visible Woman, with Virginia Bruce
and John Barrymore, as a sequel to
the Invisible Man, denies that 1t will
follow up with the Invisible Child, and
the Invisible Profile.
No Fifth Column
Conversation on hearing group Of
refugees talking German in res
taurant:
do you suppose they're Nazis?"
NAV They're nosies."
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Trespassing-
(continued from Page one)

CONTINUED from Page one)
vaster scale than the amount now be-
ing rendered. The question of extern
sion of credits when Britain's finan-
cial resources are beginning to run
low is but relatively minor phase of
that aid. American industry will be
expected to be geared up to real war
pitch, turning out airplanes, NUM-
lions, and even ships, in tremendous
quantities.
1t is accepted generally as fore
gone conclusion that the coming Con-
gress will repeal the Johnson act.
Also, there are an ever growing num-
Der on Capitol Hill who prefer to
supply Britain with necessary war
O. us that they know never will be
paid. They point to the unpaid Brit
ish war debt from the last war and
declare that not only did Uncle Sam
not get paid but he was looked upon
as sort of Shylock for even expect
ing it. At least, If war materials are
given as outright gifts, they contend
the British may feel sense of graft
tude and of obligation.
These people. further advance the
argument that If it is true that upon
Great Britain's ability to resist Hitler
hinges the question of whether the
United States later will have to fight
the Nazis, outright gifts of waf mate
rails to the English, no matter what
the cost, is wise investment. Some
would receive more naval and air
bases from Britain in return for aid
to make it look good and the books
balance.
The question of how far the United
States can go in aiding Britain be-
fore becoming involved in war is be-
coming more and more one of purely
academic discussion, since it is real
lied that Messrs Hitler and Musso-
lini will have no difficulty whatever
in finding an covert act" at any time
that they feel it to their advantage
to actually force this country into the
conflict. And not until that is their
desire will they declare war, no mat
ter how far American aid to Britain
extends They already know that the
English would have sued for peace
long since had it not been because of
promises of support from this coun-
try. They are not likely to provoke
the United States into an about
effort.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-12-11
HAWKINS REAPPOINTED

The state department of public well
fare has announced DR.. T. L. Hawkins
of Helena had been reappointed d.
rector of services for crippled chill
dren. He will serve on part-time
basis for a period of one year. The
to Cascade, Daniels, Fergus, Flathead,
Lincoln, Roosevelt, Sheridan, Silver
Bow, Valley and Yellowstone in a total
of $42,450.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-12-11
IT'S A
GREAT SYSTEMl
BY JOHN PAINE and
DAVID DACHS
Federated Press)

Federated Press)
Before they outlaw strikes will the
representatives in Washington please
outlaw low pay, unemployment and
slums?
What's That Bill?
Suggested title for the FBI file on
labor union leaders: With Apologies to
the Bill of Rights.
Scratch a 100 per cent patriot" and
you find a 100 per cent open shopper.
Congressional policy toward the
negroes seems to be this:
All aid to the negroes short of pass
ing the anti-lynching and anti-poll tax
bills.
steel worker living in a company
shack writes that sometimes he sleeps
so in bed.
Him and 40 bed bugs.
How can the administration cut
social services to the bone?
They are already skinless and bone
less.
With Slovakia in the Axis. and
Japan reported recognizing Chinese
Puppet Wang Ching-Wei so he can
also join, John r. Chaplin says Jerry
Colonna will soon go to Berlin to
negotiate membership in the Axis for
that double talking genius of world
Only he'll have to change his name.
Hedy LAMAR is writing a book
about her childhood days in pre-Hit-
Ter Vienna.
because of the press of coming
says studio publicity.
''Miss LAMAR plans to dictate notes
rather than attempt to write her
self"
It's always safer to depend on a
ghost writer.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-12-11
Current Capital
Chatter

Chatter
Congressman Hamilton Fish went
on the air to tell the American people
what the Republican role will be in
the national emergency. The only
national emergency that presents it.
self to his mind is the fact that the
New Deal Is in power. =.
There are lot Of people who feel
that the only thing wrong with the
u. S. A is the fact that labor unions
are not outlawed and that wealth has
to pay taxes, albeit far below its just
share. The IVA made a profit Of 71z
per cent on its total $80,000,000 in.
vestment the past year despite the
fact that it saved consumers more
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-12-11
Planning Tax
On Property

One of the major problems that the
next Congress will find on its agenda
will be that of more taxes. Regard
limit will be raised, new and heavy
taxes to take care of part of the de-
tense needs will be passed.
Congressman Rich, Pa, Republican,
gave the tip-off in the House last week
on what a not inconsiderable number
in Congress have in mind on the sub
ject of taxation. He indicated quite
plainly that he doesn't want to boost
excess profits taxes because it will
place stagnation on expansion and
improvements" Rich, who is a textile
manufacturer, believes that business
should be protected against further
increases in taxes.
The idea is, as Rich himself ex-
pressed it, ito tax the American
people until they feel individually that
they are paying for the cost of gov
ernment-a direct tax" And, by the
American people" they mean the
common people whose living standard
in this land of plenty is already far
too low. In other words, what the big
boys want is a national sales taxa
tax on property-and that's what they
are going to try to put over.
If a poor man, as result has a
little less bread for his family, he can
be conforted by the sweet thought
that he is contributing thereby to that
euphonious thing we call private en-
terprise," and to bigger and better
corporation dividends.
President Roosevelt, at his press
conference last week, expressed OPP
position to a sales tax, indicating that
it will meet with presidential veto If
such a tax is passed by the next Con-
gress.
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You cannot control what you do not
OWni
Evening star., 1940-07-25

U. S. Tox Up, City Cuts Levy
OXNARD, Calf. July Is (R-
The Oxnard City Council, observing
that the national defense program
Evening star., 1940-07-25
Successful Operations
Are Reported by r. A. +.

CAIRO, Egypt, July Is (P.-The
Royal Air Force reported today it
had scored new successes in opera
tions against Italian colonial OBJ
jectives yesterday, including partial
destruction of an ammunition dump
and shooting down of four or five
Italian aircraft.
The text of the communique:
"A successful attack by r. A. F.
bombing aircraft was carried out
yesterday on large ammunition
dump south of Bardia. Several di-
rect hits were registered and a sue
cession Of blue flashes were seen.
Part of the dump was completely
blown away.
"Gladiators (f1ghting planes pa
trolling to cover operations of bomb
ers met large formation of enemy
fighters. In the ensuing battle four
enemy aircraft definitely were shot
down, and an additional one was
so badly damaged it is unlikely lnat
it returned to its base.
"All our bombers returned safely.
only one ngnter Is missing. It last
was seen flying east over the border.
A search is being made.
"A raid on Macaaca resulted in 4
direct hit on an Ala Littoria hangar.
Considerable damage was done to
two other hangers. Enemy fighters
were observed on the ground, but
did not take OF. All Of our aircraft
returned safely.
1.-TWO enemy raids on Malta by q
formation of 79s resulted in very
slight damage. 1t was reported that
one enemy bomber probably was
damaged by anti-aircraft fire.
"A Sunderland flying boat on pa
troll flight was attacked by an
Italian fighter of the Breda or
Machi type. The fight ended when
the enemy machine dived out of
control"
Raid Warning In Alexandria.
ALEXANDRIA, July Is (R.-A
one-hour AFRAID warning was
Evening star., 1940-07-25
Oil Reiineries Fired
In Haifa Bombing,
Italians Claim
Dispatches From Polestine
Report As Killed and
SO Wounded in Attack

By the Associated Press.
ROME, July 25.-The Italian high
command reported today that oil
renneries and depots were set afire
by Italian air bombardment of the
port OF Haifa In ritish-mandated
Palestine yesterday.
dispatches from Haifa said
46 civilions were killed and 50
wounded.)
Bombardment Of the naval base
of Alexandra, Egypt, also was an
nounced.
Tho Italian communique said =
four -motored British plane was
damaged badly in an air tight over
the British Mediterranean island
base Of Malta.
The high command reported
another Italian submarine missing.
Three Planes Claimed.
Three British planes were reported
shot down in q raid over Bardia,
in Libya. and another in a raid on
Massaua, Eritrea.
VA al <AAI XOANC SOhAAlAAA-
que issued in Cairo said British
bombers partly destroyed an am
munition dump south Of Bardia.
It said four Italian planes and
possibly five were shot down and
only one British fighter was
missing)
The Italians said one of their
planes failed to return from opera
tions that also included bombing of
trains and fuel dumps at Gedaref, in
the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan.
The Rome radio announced that
considerable damage" had been
caused to the 9.400-ton British cruis-
er Gloucester in the naval engage
ment with Italian ships near Crete
July 10.
The report said British casualties,
including the death of the COM
mander and nine officers, indicated
the vessel was shelled in vital parts.
Casualties Listed.
Military headquarters issued a
casualty list giving the names of SIS
officers and men killed on the Gre
naican Nibyan front up to July Is.
These included a lieutenant colonel
of the general staff.
A second list for the brief fighting
on the French front, before the COL
lapse OF France, reported 81 addi-
tional dead The previous list gave
IT'S dead and 3l5 missing.
Evening star., 1940-07-25
Destroyer Brozen Sacrificed
Self to Save British Convoy
ny the Associated pres,,

~ the Associated Press.
LONDON, July 25-The British de-
stroyer Brazen, which the Admiralty
announced Monday was sunk with
out loss OF life, sacrificed herself
to save q British convoy" In =
battle with 50 enemy planes, Stoker
William Phillips declared today.
Phillips, one of five volunteers who
remained aboard the destroyer with
her captain, 1t. Comdr. Sir Michael
Culme- Seymour. until the very
last" said the Brazen downed three
Of tho planes, damaged two others
and successfully drew the planes
away from the convoy.
The stoker said only five Of the
crew were wounded despite "merci-
less machine cunning. but that
Evening star., 1940-07-25

some were terribly burned" He
described how the Brazen's gunners.
after she had been hit, padded
about in the water, but kept up .
continuous hre."
'The wounded were taken aboard
another destroyer under heavy fire" !"
Phillips said, while the remainder
Of the crew went forward to try to
balance the ship" He said the other
destroyer broke out cable to at
tempt . tow, but that "our ship
broke and many men found them
selves In the water"
The Admiralty had said the ship
sank while being towed to port, but
did not disclose where.
The captain, still on the bridge,
called for volunteers to try to save
Evening star., 1940-07-25

the ship," Phillips continued. Il
was helping Z wounded man on. 20
I stayed with some others who still
were aboard.
The captain had to get on the
bridge as 1t went under water. Then,
as the rest Of the ship went down,
he gave the order to Jump. We
made sure he jumped ~ well.
I'VE took the pap, but We Ger
tainly saved the convoy. When We
finished with Jerry they had no
bombs left"
Evening star., 1940-07-25

was placing . heavy burden on tax.
payers, has nghtened the load at
home. It pared It's 1o40-41 budget
to = near-record low and slashed
the ctty's tax rate cents on 800
assessed valuation, from tl.40 to
$1.35.
Evening star., 1940-07-25
Picks Right Time to Enlist

BRIDGEPORT, Conn.,. July q
R.-John Leslie Bosdany. 10
picked just the right time to Join
the United States Navy. A few
hours after he had enlisted he was
stricken with appendicitis and
taken to q hospital for an opera
ton. The Navy recruiting ofl,cer
said Uncle Sam would foot the bill
Evening star., 1940-07-25
Eight-Yeor-old Child,
Tries All Routes West
Ry the Associa ted Prasa.

~ the Ass0ciated Pro0S.
PITTSBURGH. July 25.-Eight-
year-old Patty Ann knight, who
thinks nothing Of crossing the con-
tinent alone, nevertheless likes va
riety en- route.
The child comes East from San
Diego, Calf, to visit her father,
James knight Of Haddenville, Pa,
during vacations.
Her first trip four years ago was
by bus. The second time she trav-
eled by train and the third by auto
mobile. Last night she took .
plane-her, FIRST trip via the air.
unes-back to the West Coast.
Evening star., 1940-07-25
100 Bombs Dropped
In Port Of Hoifo

JERUSALEM. July Is (R.-Forty-
six civilians were ofhcially reported
killed and 50 wounded yesterday
when 10 enemy planes dropped 80
to 100 bombs into the harbor and
on the streets of Haifa, port city
Of the British-mandated Holy Land.
The planes roaring over the east
ern section of the city from the
southeast were driven OF finally
by anti-aircraft fire.
One of the bombs struck 4 fish,
ing boat and killed two Arabs.
The first air raid on Haifa was
july is.
Evening star., 1940-07-25

sounded In Alexandria early to-
day. Planes and 4 few sporadic ex-
plosions were heard.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-15
The Moon the Same

If there be no rain, the moon will
make Washington bright this eve
ming. The fair regent of the night"
is at her lovely best just now. She
moves like a lantern through the
darkness, and her silver effulgence
falls like a whispered music upon
the earth below Her beauty endows
all other things with beauty, her
grace imbueS all other things with
grace.
But, wait, this is the same pale orb
as that which Walt Whitman watched
over Charlottesville! The scene, he
wrote. was very pleasant, all
nature so calm in itself. the
summer grass so rich, and foliage of
the treeS-yet there the battle raging,
and many good fellows lying help
less ="
So has it been through uncounted
ages: The mirror of the sun is &C
customed to looking upon the hor-
ror of such pictures. Perhaps it is for
that reason that the moon is pallid.
armies of Cyrus and Alexander,
Pompey and Caesar, Augustus and
OdOacer, Theodore and BelisariuS,
Justinian and Mohammed; these and
they who followed after-the Huns
and the Turks, Charlemagne and
Barbarossa, their imitators in more
recent times. Louis XIV and Fred
erick of Prussia, Napoleon and his
nephew, the dear cousins who were
the architects of the first World War
and now the dictators who dominate
the present battered stage.
The moon gazes upon sorrow, also.
Europe in chains and in tears the
FURNISHED disk blankly contemplates
through the smoke of burning cities
Engines of destruction speed across
the heavens spreading the flames
of Hell that innocent multitudes
may die or, still more bitter fate,
survive enSlaved and utterly i'm
poverished America reads of their
agony, listens to the shrek of falling
bombs and the roar of the advancing
fire.
Save only for the charity of God,
the cataclysm already would have
crossed the ocean to our own no
longer distant shores. No merit. no
worth distinguishes us from these.
our brothers, who are perishing
abroad. They have been less fortu-
nate, not less than deserving than
ourselves. How vast our obligation
therefore must be for the defense
of what is left of freedom on the
earth! Be reverent in the face of
the duty revealed by the searching,
silent moon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-15
Efficient Inspection

Pending before the District Com
misSioners Is plan to reorganize
the four inspection services of the
local government into one unit.
plan which has much to recommend
it, but which does not include the
real answer to the problem of safe
guarding the community from dam
gerous construction practices.
Under the plan, all building,
plumbing, electrical, and smoke
abatement inspections would be con-
Solidated into one service under the
office of building Inspector In sup
port of the proposal is the irrefutable
argument that this consolidation
would eliminate some overlapping Of
inspections and would make possible
a greater spread Of work with the
same force 1t would effect some
economies in administration and
would be considerably more conven-
lent to the public in its dealings with
the inspection office.
On the other hand, Washington
has had some tragic experiences due
to failure of the inspection services,
largely because of inability of
limited force to carry out the full
burden of work placed upon it. An
example of this, still fresh in the
public mind, is last winters White
Court Apartment fire For years
these inspection services have
pleaded for larger forces. Some re-
lief may result from the consolida-
ton of the four units, but the real
danger, inability to make proper in
SpectionS, Of which White Court is
symbol, will not be met by mere con-
solidation without an increase in
men and an efficient administration
capable of following through to see
that specifications are fully met.