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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-03-19
BY MOLLY PITCHER

The strategy of Japanese militar
ism in China has ben one OF piece
meal absorption To bite off a size
able area, to maneuver for peace dur
ing which to consolidate the gain
then to launch forth afresh, has been
the procedure. Each piratical inva-
sion left blood and degradation and
ever-increasing poverty for the Chi
nese people. That the strategy proved
successful for as long as it did can
be understood only in the light OF
China's turbulent history from the
time of the founding of the Republic
The 1911 revolution which over
threw the Manchu dynasty never did
usher in the democratic era so ideally
visioned and so valiantly fought for by
DR.. Sun Vat Sen. Instead, world i'm
perialism seized that opportunity OF
a transitional period in which to I'M
leash it's hounds of prey. One for
eign country fought the other In the
effort to wrest from the Chinese peo-
pie some of the natural wealth that
rightfully belonged to them. The
huge country became divided into sec
lions lorded over by military war
chiefs who cruelty oppressed their
own kind and sold the heritage OF
their people to the most successful
bidder-usually the Japanese. Thus
was the foothold gained
To these factors must be added the
conduct of the Central Government |
during those years of Japanese pene-
tration Under Chang Kai Shek's
five expeditions were
launched in the civil war against the
Chinese communists, whom Chang
called "red bandits" Four times the
poverty equipped Red Army with
stood the strength and munitions of
Markings best. The fifth time, STRAIT
egg prompted the Chinese soviet fam
lilies to withdraw from their hard
won base to begin the Long March"
that covered 5000 miles. Across i'm
passable rivers they went, and over
mountains, through desert
areas and regions of hostile enemies,
lighting and outwitting the White
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-03-19
farm OUTLOOK
DISCUSSED
BY WALLACE

In making his final report as secre
tary of agriculture, summary for the
year ending September S, 1910, Henry
A. Wallace states, THUS far, In sharp
contrast with what happened during
the war of 1914-18, the current war
has damaged our agricultural export
trade" Exports of tobaccos, fruits,
and grains were in each instance 30
per cent less than during the IL
months of the preceding year.
Exports of pork products were 40
per cent below the 10-year average
and 20 per cent below those of the
preceding year. Raw cotton and lin
tiers began to slump last January, and
by August were lower than in any
other month during the year that the
war had been going on
Wallace declares in his report to
the president that THE farm export
situation seems unlikely TO improve"
de adds, farm programs may have
to put more emphasis on shifting
entire enterprises or systems of farm
ing in certain areas or regions
Whether the farmers would be ex-
pected to bear the cost of such
program is not discussed.
In the latest issue of the Agri-
cultural Situation, official publication
of the y. S. department of agricul-
lure, it is stated, "In this connection
we should remember that we are
building a defense program, and agri-
culture should carry its proportionate
share of that cost :" The same
article suggests as a solution that
farmers be recruited for the non
arm work that may be developed
through the defense program" Since
here are already nine million unem-
,loyed in the cities, however. the pros
,ect of jobs in industry for the farm
RS is not very realistic, and of course |
he farmers are bearing too large a
hare of the cost.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-03-19
CO. OPERATIVE SUPER
MARKET OPENS IN
MASSACHUSETTS,

MAYNARD, MISLEADING another
first" to its record of pioneering
achievement, the United Cooperative
Society Of Maynard opened the COM
munity's first super market here Feb
ruary 23. Over $4,000 was invested
| in the structural changes and equip
ment which provide for the most mod
ern type of self-service. The Coop
super market includes bakery, groc-
cry, fruit and vegetable and meat de-
partments and Is equipped to handle
considerably more business than last
year when the society reported sales
of over half million dollars.
The Maynard Cooperative, organ
lied in 1907 by a group of Firms EN-
ployed in the local wooden mills, is
one of the oldest Co-ops in the coun-
try and has a record of continuous
successful operations. 1t was one of
the first societies to become affiliated
with The Cooperative League. 1t
brought the first milk pasteurizing
plant in Maynard in 1925 and opened
the first Coop soda fountain in the
east in 1886 Today it has ceased to
be solely Finnish organization and
includes in its membership 1900 of
the towns 1900 families 1t has re-
turned to local consumers more than
100000 in savings returns based ON
patronage. Fiftyfive employees are
required to provide the members with
coal, ice, feed, seeds and fertilizer,
gasoline, hardware and paint, and to
run its IA trucks, in addition to opera
ton of two stores, the milk plant and
bakery.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-03-19
new OLE0 LAW
TO BE ENFORCED

B. F. Thrailkill, chief, dairy division
of the Montana department of agri-
culture, labor and industry, announced
this week that the new oleomargarine
law passed by the recent legislature,
will be enforced on and after April /.
THE new law is merely new def
milton of oleomargarine," Mr.. Thrail-
kill said, "and the definition now in
cludes Pacific Nut, Maid O Nut, MI
Spred and all similar products. 1t
also requires that oleomargarine must
be sold in 16-ounce, one or two pound
net weight packages, no tolerance al
lowed"
"The state department is giving
notice at this time," he said, ito give
dealers an opportunity to clear up
their stock of these products before
the beginning of the new oleomarga-
rine quarter April LIST. Anyone wish
ing to continue the sale of any prod
ucts coming under the new definition
after that date must apply for IL
cenSe"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-03-19
BY o'BoYLE

This country before the organize
ton OF the democratic party had
deep. wide democratic sentiment
Hamilton either pretended or was
Ignorant, or knew but chose to over
ride It, Jefferson gave that sent
ment form and triumphed.
But even so the party of Hamilton
the chambers of commerce, the Ka
wants and Lyons and Lionesses o.
that day, though out-numbered as
now, were united on the principles
of the price and profit system They
could be modified, as now, magically
Overnight to defend the system that
enriched them. The learned and pro-
lfessionals; doctors and teachers, and
ministers Of the Gospel could be
called from the bedside, and classes
from preaching Christ and Him cru.
Gifted, to become champions-enthu-
siastic to rationalize the betrayal of
the common good by impassioned de-
lenses of private property.
In cold reality they all taught the
same dogma Of the chamber of COM
merce then and now-the glorification
of materialism.
One writer has said: 1.-THE rich, the
powerful and their retainers among
the men of the professions, were
bound to the Federalist by a common
interest in property and a common
fear of the masses. Since the policies
of Hamilton were frankly in the in
terests of the commercial classes,
their supporters were found largely
in cities and towns of the commercial
north-within easy reach. Word from
tai - Ames and Cabot of Massachu-
sets: King, Schuyler, and Lawrence
of New York; Wolcott and Ellsworth
of Connecticut; Morris, Bingham, and
Fitzsimmons of Pennsylvania, Day
ton Of New Jersey; McHenry of Mary
land; Smith and Harper of South
Carolina-a word from these to the
leaders in their states,
and from these word to those under
obligations to them-the small mer-
chants operating on credit-and the
buzzed, the Chamber of
Commerce acted, editors piled their
pens, preachers Numbered from pull
pits, and even at the social functions
hey danced and flirted in the war
paint Of the party"
But Jefferson, as the Liberals of |
oday, depended upon a numerically |
stronger force-upon the farmers and |
aborers. Were he heading the ranks
oday, he would welcome the support |
# the American Federation of Labor
md the men of the CLIO, and the
farmers Union, all those dispossessed
# land or insecure in their lives and
heir futures, those to whom liberty
Il speech had been denied and those
whether rich or poor who believed
hat men can never be mere means
nut are ends in themselves and above
Material values.
Jefferson, even under the threat of
future concentration camp when
American Fascism would be trium
,hant, would teach that unemploy-
nent and mis-employment, depres-
ions and booms, government hand
uts, great wealth for the few and
overly for the many means frus
rated society, social strains and rev
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-03-19
LOOKING
ABROAD

written for The Peoples Voice
and released by the American Coun-
Gil of the Institute of Pacific Rela-
tions and by Federated Press. Opin-
ions are the author's.)
| BY CATHERINE PORTER
Member of the Research Staff
American Council, Institute of
Pacific Relations
The unskilled Filipino worker can
hardly be worse off than he is now
even after the islands achieve indie
pendence. This is true, despite the
fact that the entire standard of living
in the Philippines win be greatly low
cred.
Sugar, which has paid high divi-
dends and has contributed a large
share of government revenues, his
paid low wages to its common labor
ers. Many studies, both government
tai and private, have been made of
this side o fthe industry; some have
never been released.
An important report was made a
few years ago by l. T. Runes, who
obtained information from 173 fam
lilies in leading sugar-growing prov
inces. The annual income of the av-
erage family of five persons was
found to be s9O-or s1.73 a week.
More than half of the families were
in debt savings accounts and insur-
ance were unknown. These same
conditions apply to at least 100000
persons, even if we assume that they
are not characteristic of other indus
tries and other areas.
An equally important study of rice
farmers revealed that the SO families
had an annual income OF
$40, about two-thirds of which was
for the year was $12S.50 leaving
small margin for savings. The stand
ard of living was extremely low, how
ever, and the food was described as
a starvation Diet
In the last year or two the Depart
ment of Labor has conducted investi-
cations of wages in various Industries.
In the abaca (hemp) industry, strip
pers earned from INC to zoe daily;
classifiers, as much as SOC or 81.
Cocoanut planters earned from IL nc
10 zoe, usually with two meals in
GUIDED; driers, about 40c; huskers,
75c. The minimum for unskilled agri-
cultural workers in general was &c for
and 10c for men, with board;
he maximum was SOC.
The government effort to set
minimum wage of SOC a day for labor
RS on public works was gradually
defeated by the large numbers OF
men attracted from the fields and
mines. So that more men could be
Employed, wages were frequently re-
uced to goo and in some cases even
his was cut in half. 1t should not be
overlooked that this form of employ
nent is frequently temporary or at
est part-time.
There is evidence that the mining
Industry is striving to set better wage
A study of $4,000 laborers
eyealed that more than two-thirds re-
eived between SOC and 75c. Since
inning is the one industry that shows
romise of progress under present
onditions, the wage trend here is one
opeful sign in a generally depressing
icture.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-03-19
Wealth Concentration
Great Bar to Recovery
O'Mahoney Finds

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
ton of economic power and wealth in
a few hands is the most important
single factor which prevents a well
rounded recovery, Sen Joseph c.
O'Mahoney 3D., Wyo.), chairman of
the Temporary National Economic
Committee, declared here March 8.
O'Mahoney based his statement on
a study published by the TNEC show
ing that about $50 of the net dividend
payments made by corporations go
to only $4,000 individuals
Even more striking, O'Mahoney
said, is the fact that most of the 25,-
600 individuals who get $3.50 of the
payments are of the middle and high
income levels. 1t is estimated that
between 60 and 1870 of the total dis
bursement goes to persons with in
comes of $4,000 or over
Another study, published at the
same time, shows that about 82@o of
all the common and 800 of all the
preferred stocks were held in units
of less than 100 shares
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-03-19
HELP WANTED
By BEN BUCKLEY

Power craZed, money mad, war dogs
of the world have broken loose and
all parliamentary government re-
straints have been relegated to the
waste paper basket The oppressors
of nations-those who have lived on
the fat of the land, from the sweat,
toll, death and starvation of the com
mon people for generations; those
who have inherited the right from
one generation to another to demand
and receive control of the lives of
the people These hereditary mon
archs of generations of inbreeding for
the purpose Of retaining property and
wealth within the clan have, within
the last two generations, married into
and intertwined themselves within
the wealthy class Of America until
today they stand as one.
Today the shores that our fore
fathers fought and died to purge of
dictators are now overrun
with invading princesses, lords, dukes
and titles from all parts of the world.
They are clamoring, pushing, pulling
and demanding concessions of the
United States; gifts of arms, gifts Of
ships, gifts of the necessities Of life
and gifts of men. They are crying
piteously, Help me! My kingdom is
gone. Help me! Send help, other
wise my individuality, my clan will
be forever lost in the swirling mass
of the common people" Oil kings,
steel kings, industrialists and inter-
national bankers from the four winds
are calling, Help! Help! Save US,
oh mighty America, or else we are
ost. Our yachts and our private rail
will disappear into the dust of the
people, unidentified and
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-03-19
DIAMOND CUTTERS
WIN $3.50 SCALE
lin new PACT

BROOKLYN.-FP)-Diamond cut
ters, polishers and settlers won 30%
wage increases in new 6-month in
dustrywide pact signed by the Dia-
mond Workers Protective Union
tAFL).
The agreement covers $50 regular
and piece workers in 48 New York
philadelphia and Cincinnati shops
Top rate is $3.50 a week.
In addition to the raises, weekly
bonuses of from $40 to $50 are paid,
the exact amount depending on the
shop. Weekly scales under the new
pact range from $50 to $3.50, said
DWPU Pres. Jules Verbeeck.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-03-19
WHAT ABOUT IT?

olution or war.
He might even teach the Sermon on
the Mount to American royalty and
morality economic morality He
might teach that nature gives first
title to private property by human
needs and unfed CUTS. Under God no
man can be less than material.
In the midst Of terrors and fears,
when the coming hardships press
harder and things by which men live
are gone, those who merit the democ-
racy of Jefferson will still speak on,
then suffer, then die.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-03-19

identical. Lend us your strength, OF
say lease if you must, but help us to
whip Hitler to save our Democracy.
Your CCC and NYA are full of
young, your WPA is full of old, your
elevators are full of grain, your raw
materials are abundant, your earth is
rich in minerals and your caves are
| full of gold. Let us fill our ships
with your riches and men to re-estab-
lish our countries again, to fix up
our palaces and to perpetuate our
clan. We are sorry that we built
Hitler. We had no idea that he would
be Frankenstein. How did we know
that Hitler would grab all the power
and leave us out. Help us as we are
rightful born and the divine rulers
Of these countries and we will destroy
Hitler and build a fascist world We
believe in fascism, world dominated
by overlords with pomp and splendor,
to command individuals or groups to
do our biddings unquestioned; to till
our soil, cut our forests, work our
mines, run our factories and receive
in compensation what we think is
right
I'VE want a world without the stig-
matism of labor unions. We don't
like to have to pay Pinkerton Detec-
tiv eAgencies to club our workers into
submission every SO often. Besides
it is bother to have to leave a
watering place of pleasure and return
across a nation or the world to sub
due mass of workers that think they
have some rights
So America has cluttering up her
shores today nazi bankers and fascist
appeasers. This is the partial list
Friday gives of the ones that are in
America today:
Fritz Won Appel, German auto and
oil magnate
F. Darcy Cooper, chairman of Uni
lever Ltd, originator of British |
fifth column.
Wenner-Gren, Swedish multi-mil- |
Honaire, pro-nazi, who brought the |
Windsors to Miami on his yacht,
Southern Cross"
Pierre Massin, French millionaire,
anti-Semitic.
Margiana SHINES, arrived on jan
uary 80, 1941 and her husband
Hugo SHINES, nazi banker and
steel magnate met her at the
dock
The fascist plot was outlined by
fritz Thyssen, nazi money king, one
If Hitlers old hackers. Henry Ford
md Morgan seem to be in accord
With the plan but prefer Hitler to
'ule. The duPonts like the setup but
lot Hitler. England is represented {,
~ Montague Norman, governor of the
Bank of England and the hydro-elec-
ric king, George Balfour The De
Wendels of France are backing pup
yet Petain. Spain has Juan March
Who helped finance Franco. Germany
'oasts Albert Voegler, Krupp and
'hyssen.
So the worlds fascist are growing
nd swapping at each other and jock
ying for leadership, using the com j.,
1on people as pawns on this chess Z
oard of life. But underneath all of {
heir quibbling they are agreed solid :
Y on a fascist world
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-03-19
YOUR DOLLAR
IVORY AND SWAN
BY CONSUMERS UNION

IVORY AND SWAN
! If Swan soap hasn't yet floated into
your consciousness, it will. Backed
by a huge advertising fund, Lever
Bros. is planning to move in on the
white floating soap market hitherto
dominated by Ivory. Money-back Of
fers, free samples and unlimited news
paper and magazine space will pub
licize Swan, "the first really new
white floating soap since the gay
nineties."
C. u. has tested Swan soap along
side Ivory, its main competitor, and
found most of the advertising claims
for Swan exaggerated. For instance,
Swan calims Studs two times quicker
Suds that last, too" Tests
showed that Swan did not sud faster
nor produce longer lasting suds than
other white floating soaps. Neverthe-
less, it is a good quality, pure white
soap, somewhat more economical to
use than Ivory because it sells at
the same price and contains less
water. In it's last tests of leading
brands of soap, however, G. U. found
several brands of white floating soap
more economical than either Swan or
l. DRY.
LABoR-IvoRY AND SWAN
Lever B. u.s., makei of Swan soap,
operates under agreements with AFL
unions. The ALL and the company
both report good working conditions,
which include two weeks paid vaca-
ton. Proctor & Gamble, manufac-
turer of Ivory, has one organized shop
but combats union organization by
means of employe representation and
plans in other plants.
TOILET TISSUES
Have you lost your job lately? Are
Do people whisper about you behind
your back? 1t may all be due to
harsh, irritating" toilet tissue, hint
The advertisers.
Consumers Union tested AZ brands
Of toilet tissue for its March issue,
found plenty of poor buys but not a
splinter or a harsh, irritating tissue"
n all AZ. In fact, the prices to toilet
issues seemed to vary more widely
han the quality. For example, G. U.
ound several brands sc and &c roll,
decidedly superior to brands costing |
&c and 15c. Soda, Sofwite, Brooklyn |
Jlub and Royal Arms were the Best
Buys.
lITAMIN C IN FRUIT JUICES
If you're an average adult, you
iced about rs milligrams OF Vitamin |
J daily to help keep you in good
Iealth. Probably you depend on fruit
uices for part Of this Vitamin G.
Consumers Union compared the
nost popular kinds of canned fruit
uice found that canned orange juice
ontains most Vitamin c, while
AIMED pineapple juice is poorest in
he vitamin. Here are the results of
!. us tests and comparisons with
itamin content of the fresh juices:
Average vitamin C content
r,,it Iuire per 4-ounce servinQ |
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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-03-19

YOUR DOLLAR is regular
monthly feature. The facts and
opinions given are based on Con-
sumers Union Reports, the month
ly magazine of Consumers Union,
II Union So. W., New York, N. Y,
a non-profit organization, whose
main object is to safeguard buyers
by testing and reporting on con-
sumner goods. Note especially the
information on labor conditions un-
der which products are made.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-03-19

Patronize the Cooperative in your
communicates there to serve you,
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-03-19

Consumers Union also compared
leading brands of canned orange,
grapefruit, tomato and pineapple
Juice, to determine which brands were
best Vitamin c buys.
The Coolidge examiner., 1941-06-13
Happy Indians
Subdued Sunday

Siestas were rudely disturbed
in South Coolidge Sunday after
noon by what may have been war
whoops, or merely the Indian ver-
sion of Hail, Hail, the Gangs All
Here"
Hasty protests to justice of the
peace office resulted in local Of
ficers escorting four hilarious
Pimas, Lopez Redmore, Sam Lew
is, Rufus Kisto, Joe Mike and their
Mexican companion Steve Valu-
sula, to Jail.
The five plead guilty Monday
morning before Judge Charles D.
Elledge to disturbing the peace.
They were fined $500 each.
The unknown parties who were
interrupted while stealing gas
from the San Carlos Irrigation and
Drainage storage supply Sunday
night, say local officers, can get
their empty cans by calling at the
Coolidge sheriff's office.
The Coolidge examiner., 1941-06-13
To Build New
Fire House In
City Park Here

Immediate erection of at least
temporary housing facilities for
Coolidge fire truck will expedite
reduction in insurance rate
throughout the city according to
word received this week from Of
ficials of Arizona Equitable Rating
office in Phoenix by Paul w.
Louckes, secretary, Coolidge
Chamber of Commerce.
Following a complete fire sur
vey of the city rating office, Of
ficials recommended erection of a
temporary firehouse on one cor
ner of the city park on Central
Avenue. This site would be par
ticularly advantageous, it was said
because of its central location and
also because of it's community
ownership.
Members of the fire department
hope to have the building COM
pleted by the middle of July that
an early reduction of insurance
costs may be obtained, according
to William Elliott, secretary of the
fire department.