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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-10-08
BRITISH C0-0PS
STILL Are
GROWING
Cooperative Union Research
Department Shows That War
Has Not Stopped Growth of
Co-ops; Annual Business
Over 81, 900, 900.

MANCHESTER, England.-In spite
of wartime difficulties retail COOP
eratives in 1910 increased both their
membership and trade, The Co-opera-
tive Union Research department has
just reported The total membership
Increased to 8,716,894, a net increase
of 1861 members. The increase is
the lowest record since 1923, but it is
pointed out that the membership was
effected by large-scale evacuation and
the absorption of many members into
the services. Total trade of the re-
tail society was f29S,8S0,990 approx
mately $1,2S4, 903,891), an increase of
more than f25,O00,00O approximately
$101, 900, 000) This is an increase of
$3.50 and is described as "a remark
able achievement in a year of food
rationing in main commodities and in
creasing limitation of supplies in gen.
eral" The percentage increase is less
than the increase of prices during the
year. but the net reduction of actual
volume of trade done was not great
in view of all circumstances.
The Scottish Cooperative Whole
sale Society reported that although
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1T PAYS TO READ
The NEWSPAPERS,
YOU KNOW 1T ALL
From PM, New York Daily

Dear Editor: Nobody can fool mel
BY carefully reading the daily news
papers for two years, plus the COL
umns of Dorothy Thompson, Gen.
eraI johnson, Walter Lippmann,
etc., have learned that:
Hitler decided to fight the Soviets
because his ally, Stain, was COM
pleteiy under his thumb and was
sending him all the war supplies he
needed.
The Firms are fighting for Hitler
because Finland is little demo-
cratic nation and Baron Manner
helm is its George Washington.
The Russians are resisting the
nazis so tenaciousIy because they
hate Stains communism and are
planning a revolution.
The nazis and communists are
fighting to the death because COM
munism and nazism are the same
thing, called communism.
The Red army did not collapse in
10 days because it is made up of
important peasants who won't listen
to the experts of the U. S. war de-
partment.
The Red army has orimped the
bIitz because the best military lead
ers were all purged by Stain.
know all the inside dope about
Soviet Russia because ! read the
newspapers
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-10-08
DAIRYING GAINS
I'm MONTANA
in AUGUST

August production of creamery but
ter amounted to 1,26S,42S pounds com
pared with 1,243.27O pounds manu-
featured in August 1910, and July 1941
production of 1,5S3,744. The 1885
1899 average production for August
was 1,2O9,O 09 pounds. Cheese produc-
ton in August was 154,252 pounds
compared with 1855 pounds for
August 1910, and the July 1871 pro-
duction of 157, 62S pounds. The 1885
1889 average production for August
was 1898 pounds.
Other dairy products show the fol-
lowing changes: Ice cream production,
211,37S gallons in August, was down
SO percent compared with the 244,-
0S6 gallons of a month earlier and
down Ills percent compared with the
239,505 gallons produced in August
1910. Cottage cheese production of
50,907 pounds in August 1871 was up
12.1 percent from the 45,410 pounds
produced a month earlier.
Milk production on farms in Mon
tana in August made less than sea-
sonal decline due to better than aver
Continued on Page Four)
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AUTO TAXES
TO TAKE BIG
TOLL SOON

Motorists will pay about $250,000,-
600 a year additional in federal auto
mobile taxes under the defense rev.
enue measure which went into effect
Wednesday, October /, it is estimated
This will increase the annual total OF
such taxes to about s750,000,000. The
new schedule of federal taxes affect
ing the motorist was stated by the
Automobile Association as follows:
The tax of " percent on the sales
price of new automobiles is increased
to percent Truck taxes are raised
from 2h percent to percent.
Taxes on parts and accessories are
raised from 2 " percent to 5 percent.
Tire taxes are increased from 212
cents to cents per pound; tube taxes
from Az cents to 9 cents pound.
The federal tax of u cents per
gallon on gasoline remains unchanged
as well as the tax of 4 " cents per
gallon on fabrication oil
In addition to the Increased taxes
an entirely new fuse tax" of SIS per
year on every motor vehicle, regard
less of age or price class, goes into
effect February I, next.
Car owners will be required to pay
five-twelfths of the SIS, or about $20S,
for the period from February l to
July l.. A full fiscal years tax of $5
will be due July l, and each July l
thereafter
This tax alone is expected to raise
approximately $16O,00O,OO0 year.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-10-08
TRESPASSINC AT THE CAPITAL
By A. I. HARRIS

charge them up to NYA the money
WAS PAID BACK quite some time
agoi And the GRAND TOTAL OF
Borders calls, of similar nature,
over a period of several years, was
$3.0O-and WAS PAID BACK long be-
fore he left NYA to take a position
elsewhere!
Although the daily press, for obvi-
Gus reasons, made it appear that he
himself made the charges contained
| in the report, Comptroller Warren, a
New Deal appointee, merely submitted
to congress the report of his invest1--
eating division, without comment.
The investigative division of the
comptroller generals office is known
here in Washington among liberal
circles as one of the most reactionary
if not THE MOST REACTIONARY,
outfits in the government service.
Composed mainly of Republican ap-
tected by civil service, these fellows
take their orders from reactionaries
in congress rather than from the
comptroller general himself. IN a
sense, Comptroller Warren is not a
real boss over the men working under
him.
Whenever the reactionaries on Capt.
toll Hill want to smear a liberal
agency, this investigative division,
trained in sniping tactics, does the
dirty work When they sought to
discredit IVA. this gang went to work
on IVA, although the comptroller gen
erals office, under the law, has no
control whatever over a government
corporation. A smear report was
produced The same thing happened
with HOLC, in connection with
$4,000 grant for group health. 1t re-
peated when the reactionaries wanted
the smear brush applied to the Rec
reational Welfare Association, which
operates government cafeterias as CO.
operative enterprises. 1t seems to
exist for that purpose-and that pur-
pose only In the case of the NYA
Continued on Page Three)
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Welfare Checks
For October Total
Big Amount

The state welfare department has
mailed October assistance checks to-
falling S343,S45.52 which will benefit
1903 persons, ]. B. Conyery, admin
istrator has announced.
The checks went to 12,407 recipi-
ents Of old-age assistance, 2,576 par
ents or relatives of children entitled
to aid for dependent children and to
286 persons receiving aid to needy
blind. The aid for dependent children
will reach 1920 children, Convery
said
An average of s2s125 went to old
age recipients; $12.15 to each child
receiving aid, and s2266 to each per-
son receiving needy blind assistance.
Payments for old age assistance to-
tailed $2$60, 556.42; for aid to depend
ent children, SIG, S0S1O, and for needy
blind, S6,481.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-10-08
PROTESTING
OKLAHOMA
CONVICTIONS

Text of a statement signed by rs
book publishers, authors, and critics
in New York, Philadelphia and Boston
protesting against criminal syndical-
ism convictions in Oklahoma City for
ownership ard distribution of books,
was released today by the Rev. Owen
A. Knox, chairman of the National
Federation for Constitutional Liber-
ties
Signers OF the statement were.
Publishers: Alfred Harcourt, presi-
dent of Harcourt, Brace & Co.; G.
Halliwell Duell, president of Duell
Sloane & Pearce; Edward Z. Mills,
secretary of Longmans, Green; Robert
F. deGraff, president of Pocket Books
Inc; John Barnes Pratt, president of
A. S. Barnes & Co.; Thayer Hobson,
president of Morrow & Co.; Burton
C. Hoffman, president of Dial Press.
Also, B. W. Huebsch, editor of Vik-
ing Press; William Soskin, president
of Howell, Soskin & Co.; Robert M.
Mcbride, president of Robert M Nc
Bride & Co.; Richard J. Walsh, presi-
dent of John Day Co., Inc; Vernon
Ives, president of Holiday House;
CONTINUED on Page Four
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FARMERS UNION ILDIMG
COOPERATIVE CENTER
Colorado Farmers Union Members From
ALI Over State Gather in Denver With
Tractors and Shovels to Excavate for New
Building; Have Ii Acres of Land.

An assemblage of more than 300
farmers met on the outskirts of Den
yer on September goth The meeting
was unique in that, as members of
the Colorado Farmers Union, farmers
brought tractors and shovels to make
an excavation over which would rise
the first of several buildings-facili-
cooperative development sponsored
by these farmers through the Farmers
Union
Despite an extremely busy season
on farms of Colorado members from
40 locals, representing counties from
Yuma to Mesa and Routt to Alamosa,
participated in the morning ceremony
and in the actual work of excavation
which is completed.
Edwin Imhoff a member from Yuma
Colorado, brought his caterpillar trac-
tor a distance of $50 miles. This is
indicative of the statewide interest
shown in the project.
The morning ground breaking"
ceremony, part of which was broad
cast over Station KOA, was held on
the site. at West 10th Avenue and
Madison ST., where II acres of land
was recently purchased by the Farm
ers Union and its Cooperative affili-
ates. This will be the location of the
state headquarters, the first building
of which will be constructed in the
immediate future. 1t will serve as
warehouse and home-office building
for all units of the organization.
James G. Patton, state and national
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-10-08
SENATOR THOMAS
ON NATIONAL
RADIO H00kUP

United States Senator Ebert d
Thomas of Utah, will speak for Ma
tional Americans All" Week over a
nationwide hookup on the Mutual
Broadcasting System on Friday eve
ming, October 10th, from 11:15 to
1870 D. M, it was announced today
by the Hon Adolph ]. SABBATH, CO.
chairman of the committee of spon-
sors for National Americans Alr'
Week
Senator Thomas, who is serving as
vice chairman of the Thomas Jeffer-
son Memorial Commission and is also
vice president of the American Polit-
ical Science Association, will discuss
the significance of National Amer
leans ALP Week to the people of the
United States.
National Americans Alp' Week is
being observed beginning October 21st
and will eliminate in the both (VVth)
anniversary of the dedication of the
Statue of Liberty on October 2Sth.
Additional information concerning Ma
tional Americans All' Week can be
obtained by writing to the American
Committee for Protection of Foreign
Born, 70 Fifth Avenue, New York,
N. Y.
Stations of the Mutual Broadcasting
Company, which is carrying the broad
cast, include: Akron, Ohio, KADA;
Atlanta, Georgia, WATL; Austin, Tex
as, KNOW; Birmingham, Alabama,
WSGN; Boston, Mass, WAAB; Chi
cago, Illinois, WGN; Cleveland, Ohio,
WIKI; Detroit, Michigan, CKLW;
Hartford, Conn, WHIT; Houston,
Texas, KXYz; Los Angeles, Califor
mia, XIII; New York, N. Y, WOR;
Philadelphia, Pa, WHIP; Pittsburgh,
Pa, WBRK; Providence, RI, WEAN;
NJ Y, WSAY; st. Louis,
Missouri, KWK; San Antonio, Texas,
KABC; San Francisco, Cal, KFRC;
Seattle, Wash, KOL; Washington, D.
c., VOL; Wilmington, Delaware,
WILM; Honolulu, Hawaii, KGMB.
In a statement issued today, the
American Committee for Protection of
Foreign Born urged that individuals
and organizations communicate i'm
with their local Mutual
System station to insure
their carrying Senator Thomas broad
cast for National Americans All"
Week on October 10th.
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DECISION OF
SEARS IS
ANTI-LAB0R

Examiner Sears decision in the
Harry Bridges deportation case came
as a great shock which is even more
appalling because of the extreme anti
labor bias running through every
word of the report Contrasted with
the concise and fair decision of Dean
James NJ Lands of Harvard Law
school, the Sears ruling is direct
slap at the labor movement, particu-
larly the Congress of Industrial Or
CARNATIONS and it's five million men,
bers.
Judge Sears held Mr.. Bridges de-
portable because he carried out the
decision of his union and accepted
the support of the Maritime Workers
Industrial Union during the 1884 long
shore strike. He further held that
simply. by carrying out the mandate
of the Tongshoremen, Mr. Bridges af-
filiated himself with the communist
party. Dean Lands considered exact
ly the same evidence and, because he
has no anti-labor bias, reached the
opposite conclusion.
Sears admits his ruling was based
in large part on the testimony of
Harry Lundeberg, vicious enemy of
Mr.. Bridges and the CLIO. Lundeberg's
reputation as a liar is common knowl-
edge on the waterfronts of the Pa
cific coast and his close association
with certain corrupt ALL officials is
equally well-known. Lundeberg is
the man who was unable to explain
why, over a period of years, he had
given contradictory statements ON the
Bridges case to various government
agents.
Continued on Page Three)
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NYA Attack Opens Drive
To Cripple Social Agencies


Whether by design or otherwise, for
all practical purposes, the blast last
week by the comptroller generals Of
flee against NYA serves as the open
ing gun in the current campaign to
cripple, or eliminate, all New Deal
and social agencies under the guise
of reducing non-defense expendi-
lures" This campaign spearheaded
by the United States chamber of com
merce, is gaining momentum daily,
with terrific pressure being applied
TO members of congress from many
sources. A familiar tactic in such
campaign is to discredit one of the
agencies.
On it's face, the 90-page report sub
mitted to congress by Comptroller
General Warren has all the earmarks
of being a phoney-that is, smear
pure and simple. For example. the
report states that NYA asked the
army to refrain from recruiting
youths on NYA rolls, and was thus
partly responsible for passage of the
Selective Service Act. Fact is That
NYA Administrator Williams made
agreements with and supplied both
the army and the navy recruiting
services with the lists of youths on
NYA rolls, and these youths received
recruiting literature from both the
army and the navy-for which, incl
dentalIy, Williams was called war
monger" and severely taken TO task
by the American Youth Congress.
Then there are such silly and picay-
unish charges as that D. B. Lassiter.
deputy administrator, and Karl Bor-
ders. former executive assistant, made
personal interzone telephone calls and
charged them to NYA. Facts are that
Lassiter did make, over period Oh
several months, interzone calls to MS
home, mainly to convey information
that he had to work late and couldn l
come home to dinner, which Calls
added to the GRAND TOTAL Of $500
and, when told that he couldn't
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-10-08
Cant Fight Fascism With Pro-Fascists"


w.
1885 IVA claiming shortage mpended asked expansion
Guild
ing newspa as
been the failure
Mooney
or
the to
F. in
o
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-10-08

between the upper stone OF q
soak the poor" tax bill which
vii rifle their pockets and the
neither stone of rising prices.
The priority situation is in a mud
die. Donald Nelson, administrator OF
priorities and thus considerable of a
boss OF all business, lifted the lid a
bit on a sorry and even rotten condi-
ton about which there has been much
whispering. Nelson frankly said the
priority administration would have to
be changed, that it had not worked
out fairly to little business. And Mel
son pitched into his job with fury,
reorganized and organized, until his
subordinates who have been fighting
inside Of OPM to get some considera-
ton for the little fellow" took heart.
Nelson has grown considerably.
Co-operatives which need materials
for the manufacture of farm machin-
cry, OF equipment needed in the pro-
duction of farm commodities have
Jared about as well, up to the pres
ent time, as have most industries. But
the co-operatives which need such ma
terials as steel for building have suf-
fered and are still suffering
at accomplishes nothing now to adj
nit that steel and other materials are
granted to industries which should not
have gotten Them" remarked one wor-
ried and sincere official. "We all
know what has happened. But we all
know now the pinch has come and
that we cannot permit it to happen
again Your co-operatives are going
to have to take it, with the rest of
industry"
Nelson has organized a committee
to try to help little business but that
committee-which by the way is not
inspiring - faces troubles, already
born.
The little consumers Gtehsemane is
in rising prices and pocket rifling
soak the poor tax bill"
Just a short time ago, one of the
ablest of the very practical politicians
of the midwest came to Washington
to utter the warning, that if the con-
gressional elections were to be held
this year, instead of next year, you'd
be out of breath trying to count the
congressman who would be beaten"
He predicted conditions would be
worse next year unless the average
man in the factories and on the farms
was convinced that he was not being
made the victim of a profiteering
group in the country which was fat
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tthe machine.
The district judge has set
Thursday of next week as the
time when the officials must
appear in court and show cause
why they should not be re-
strained from interfering with
the plaintiffs operation of the
device. The plaintiff claims
that the machine is for the amuse-
ment of the patrons of her lunch
room, that it is covered by a federal
license and is a game of skill. She
admits that it requires a nickel to
play the device but that there is no
pay-off except free games to the play
ers.
High Court Ruling
While the attorney generals ruling
on pinball games, made at the request
of County Attorney Stafford, conforms
to a recent supreme court decision
covering a pinball machine contro-
versy in Missoula, the court holding
that the pinball machine was gam
bling device, the question that now
has been presented by the action by
the lunchroom proprietor in Great
Falls, seems to raise the question of
when is pinball machine not a
pinball machine" and with almost end
less variations made here and there in
the operation of the machines by skill
full makers of the machines, decision
CONTINUED on Page Three)
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ACTION OF
LEGION IS
REPUDIATED

At the regular meeting of Hellgat'
Post No 81, American Legion, Mis-
soula, at the Union Hall last Frida.
night the following resolution wal
passed without dissenting vote:
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the American Legion
in national convention went on rec
ord favoring a second A.E.F., and
WHEREAS, Hellgate Post No 81,
Missoula, Montana, believes that the
national delegates were unduly
swayed and acted contrary to the
sentiment of the overwhelming rank
and file membership,
THEREFORE, BE 1T RESOLVED,
That Hellgate Post No. 27, Amer
lean Legion, Missoula, Montana,
does hereby repudiate the act of the
national convention in so far as it
pertains to agreeing to a second
AE.F.,
BE 1T FURTHER RESOLVED,
That copy of this resolution be
sent to Department Headquarters at
Helena, Montana, and to National
Headquarters, Indianapolis, Indiana.
(Signed) A. c. AUSTIN,
Commander.
Correct Attest:
WALTER BRECHBILL, Adjutant.
The matter was presented by a
member of the executive committee
and thrown open to discussion by the
Those who took the
floor opposed the idea of second
A.E.F. and presented resolution re-
the action taken by the ma
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president of the Farmers Union, who
conducted the mornings ceremony
said, "This will implement and extend
on statewide basis the handling OF
farm supplies and the marketing of
farm products on cooperative basis.
Therefore-we dedicate this ground to
the future of Colorado agriculture"
I'VE meet to celebrate the high sue
cess of our total cooperative insur-
ance program that is now national in
CONTINUED on Page FOUR
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-10-08
VOICE DELAYED

The Peoples Voice issue
of October 1 was mailed on
regular time, but due to a
"mixup" in the Helena post
office, the delivery was de-
layed.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-10-08
AMERICA in The WAR, FACES
SABOTAGE BY FDR OFFICIALS
Reprinted by University Y.

Reprinted by Permission from IN FACT 10 University Place. NJ v
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American
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action brought in the court of District Judge H. H.
Ewing by Teresa Schwnge in Great Falls the right of County
Attorney Stafford Cascade county challenged
compel her machine of certain description
orally recognized be of the pnbal variety but called
BALL the Barrel and the action asks that the county ator
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-10-08
FLOODING COURTS WITH
ACTIONS ON RACkETS
May BE THREATENED

Ruling of Attorney General That Pinball
Machines Come Under Head of Gambling
Devices and His Order to Remove Them
Taken to Court; Suspected That Racketeers
Nav Flood Courts With Similar Cases.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-10-08
ATTY GENERAL
ISSUES OPINION ON
SEVERAL LAWS

| The following is a digest OF opinions
rendered by the attorney general on
various questions submitted during
the past two weeks:
Question: "Is an auctioneer, operat-
ing a general salesyard, where, among
other things, he sells an occasional
head of livestock, required to have
a license as provided by Chapter So
Of the Laws of 81, said auctioneer
already being licensed under Section
4147 ROM. 1882"
Opinion: Held An auctioneer, op-
Grating a general salesyard where,
among other things, he sells livestock
is required to qualify under the pro-
visions of Chapter So, Laws of 1887,
by filing with the Live Stock Commits
sion of Montana a written statement
as to his financial responsibility, and
of his ownership or control of ade-
quate facilities for the care, sorting,
feeding, loading, unloading, and ship
ment of livestock for the operation of
a livestock market, and rendering the
fee and furnishing the bond pre-
scribed therein. He cannot operate a
livestock market without first obtain
ing license so to do.
Question:: "This department Estate
examiner) is now engaged in making
an audit of county clerk and re-
corder's office in which irregularities
have been found to exist, consisting
of not paying over and faithfully ac-
counting for all public moneys coming
into his hands from different sources,
the money received referred to being
for filing and recording fees, and also
payments made for tax deed land
sales.
"The question that confronts this
department is to know how many
years back should we make the audit
so that the statute of limitations will
not be bar to recovery from the
principal or his sureties. To go back
and make an audit beyond a period
which is barred by limitation is ex-
pensive, which we wish to avoid"
Opinion: Held: While Sections 9031
and 9033, subd. / limit the time of
bringing actions against public Off
Continued on Page Four)
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Knudsen, Stettinius, Mooney, Gano Dunn, Kellogg

William knudsen When the head Of General Motors named d
TIVE Century Y Times,
Furthermore
OF
labor $Ss9O (source
La
Senator sentIN OF
the important national defense officials who large
a o u.
James B. Mooney
Reich The DuPontconoled General Motors the Adam Opel
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made
in