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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-10-22
FROM EDITORIAL COLUMNS
Munitions Makers Blamed for War
BY ALBERT n. JENKINS
In Brotherhood of Locomotive Fremen and Engi

In of and Magazine
cushngy forbidden by
Versailles have such weapons as
artillery apanes import munitions manufacture them
by
all allied countries in forbddng Germany rearm
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Yet in March 1885 Germany was earmed enough to tear up
1882 Germany mgher than ever launched the that
How could Germany get away with that huge rearmmn program
Didn't the governments France
ad hd N @ nowsrt nations from tonpmg Germany which
they easily could have done at any time in the s through the first
pa pn ny announced c G'sH 1887 several as'
little attention when published 1896 and has been
o o s0t e sales G Munitions
packed with evidence that the of Britain France the
According
arms % Pon comnenv h o h mo %
Gocope Company and Pratt and Whitney Aircraft
subsidiaries the senate committee reported closely tied up
up only by interlOclng by
picexng rotsharing
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The examples One the du Pon Company Amer
Of which like the Remington Arms Company make rifles machine
other supplies largely
General Motors Company which making hundreds of mil
significant Of those agreements being with the British and German
companys relationship Company
land dates back before 1890 The Nobel named after the dis
H. which connection with vickers the British ama
firm with chemical ammunition and explosives in
D Pon With pns Ns soa n its the
I, cordial"
The network of the du Pont connections with foreign chemical powder
and munitions and combines traced for but only
example can be given here
g. and the es Of the A G. stoeE is sy owned by the
l. Farbenindustrie the huge German chemical trust
the complicated connections
the other American munitions with their Competitors in Ger
of which potential enemies of the United States
Europe of Germanys secret
taken any steps to prevent It, the tremendous race
written today could
prevented Germany
Evidences of the violations of the Treaty Versailles the
22 1924 Col Taylor du Points Paris Maj
European monopoly in military material slowly into German
Taylor a report
material to Europe Armstrong vcEers Nobe and schneider
and French companies on the list The conclusion Of the report
Europe with view to large profits through the of European
other
the munitions pan use to ghsn the people and
Instead they might disam they had promised to do
The key to the situation was let Germany Then
all else would follow AS the night the day With Germany rearmed all
would golden into the
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of
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millions
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participated in the rearming of Lea
contributed
American munitions
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embargoed" American
fruits
ting war;.
cience at home far the of the common folks
concerned. PERHAPS he had La
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-10-22
Current Capital Comment

Reactionaries who would like to
abolish NYA are trying to put over
the idea that there are no youths in
need of government aid. Fact is that
there is waiting list of 100000 boys
and girls for the out-of-school work
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-10-22

for opening his purse for others is
also unique. But then If there is
German money in this country for
propaganda, Wheeler is certainly try
ing to aid Hitler in his speeches I
for one suspect that Wheeler was not
prostituting his privilege Of ranking
mail for a now indicted Hitler fifth
columnist for nothing.
l cannot see how the benefits he
claims to be bestowing on us in Mon
tana by keeping defense projects out
OF this state can possibly outweigh
the damage caused by the national
suspicion against Montana people
when they suspect our senior senator
OF being paid propaganda of Hit
Ter.
Wheeler now decries Russia Tween
ty years ago he visited Russia (prob-
ably at government expense). When
he came back he said many good
things about how the Russians were
struggling up to high form of civili-
cation. Frankly, senator, similar con-
duct to yours caused the downfall of
France. A boy from our building is
with the Marines in Iceland Ninety
nine percent of your constituents are
for backing him up.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-10-22

place subject to that jurisdiction"
1t is that provision of the Constitu
ton which is agitating the minds O.
some of the proponents Of the wage
control proposal. To force a person
to work at stipulated wages for {
private employer whose motive is per
sonal profit, in the opinion of many
legal experts, comes definitely within
the category of involuntary servi
tude." The government, during ma.
tional emergency, may compel its
citizens to perform services for ma
tional defense, but these must be fol
the government itself as the employer
not for an individual or a corporation
operating for private profit.
Current Capital Comment
Reactionaries who would like to
abolish NYA are trying to put over
the idea that there are no youths in
need of government aid. Fact is that
there is a waiting list of 1000 boys
and girls for the out-of-schOol work
program, which at present employs
some 100000 youths. Isolationists
who want the United States to main
tain strict neutrality in the present
war, would do we'll to remember that
the United tSates is definitely NOT
NEUTRAL = and was made NOT
NEUTRAL by several acts of con-
TI,o doporf,,,opt Of
culture reports that farm wages this
year are higher than they have ever
been since 1880. Here are some
of the 1912 farm production goals as
compared to the 1941 estimated pro-
duction: milk-125, OO0,O 100000 pounds
as against S09,O0O,0OO pounds;
eggs, 000,O00,000 dozen as against
dozen; hogs (slaught-
cred )-79,300 1000 as against II 900, 900;
beef, veal, (slaughtered) - $4,000, 600
as against 25,10O,0OO; soybeans for
beans-7, 100000 acres as against S.
$4,000 acres. The acreage for wheat
Is expected to be reduced from Co.
100000 acres this year to between so
1ilu oo,UOo,OVO dCItS uOAC yOdl. IuOI0
also may be reduction in the cotton
acreage. {. Rep. Hoffman, Michigan,
says that appropriations are not NUM-
ions. Maybe that explains why Hoff-
nan consistently votes against lease
end appropriations; he doesn't want
% take chance of any munitions
sver being placed into the hands of
hose who are fighting Hitler. :.
Whenever you hear a person argue
hat it makes no difference to him
which side wins this war, you are
safe in concluding that that
person, would like to see Hitler vic
DRY. The Food Stamp program,
which has proven of great benefit to
armers and to needy city people, is
low operating on a monthly expendi-
ure Of about 10 million dollars. The
rogram covers areas comprising
bout one-half the population of this
ountry, and is still being expanded |
Detroit, Mich, and Williamsport, |
Ia, have been selected by Miss Har-
let Elliott, OPA associate admins |
rator, as experimental consumer in
ormation centers. A bureau of |
Industrial Conservation has been set |
p by OPM to tackle the problem OF |
Industrial waste throughout the ma
ion. |
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interests of the common folks
concerned. Perhaps he had conscience
Special COMMUNICABLE quiet the Western front!
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-10-22
involuntary Servitude

Should the reactionaries on Capitol
Hill be able to put through congress
a price control bill that provides also
for control of wages something alto
gether unlikely-they may still have
left hurdle over which they cannot
possibly leap-the Constitution of the
United States
Article XIII of the Constitution
reads: Neither slavery nor involun-
tary servitude, except as punish
ment for crime, whereof the party
shall have been duly convicted, shall
exist within the United States, or any
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-10-22
Postwar Agricultural Planning


The department of agriculture, with
out any fanfare of publicity, is going
in for postwar agricultural planning
in a rather serious way.
Last week, top flight regional men
from the nine regional districts, who
will each head a committee on post
war planning in his district, held a
three-day session here to discuss the
problem. Discussion conferred on
such subjects as rural housing, con-
servation, forestry, public buildings,
and recreational projects
While the regional committees will
confine tehir efforts to the particular
problems of their districts, their
studies will be co-ordinated with those
of the departments inter-bureau COM
mittee on postwar planning, which is
studying the general aspects of the
subject, such as foreign trade, agri-
cultural-industrial relations, and the
like.
The guardian., 1941-04-26
Riding School

Everything he showed me was asso-
ciated with-and some even had that
peculiar pungent perfume of-horses
There were English riding boots
made in London, glistening brown
riding crops with proud aristocratic
cut, and there was even a silver necktie
clasp, fashioned in the beauty contours
of a horses head. Gifts. Gifts from
admirers. These gifts and many more
"It's too bad I can't put your life
story on paper, I said, frowning over
the protests of mine host, 20 year old
business man, New England's premier,
and the states only colored riding
school owner and proprietor who still
is amazingly active and an inspiration
to all.
well, I promised to say very little
[ won't mention his name.)
The guardian., 1941-04-26
rowing ALONG SPORTSDOM
By MABE KOUNTZE
No Prejudice
By MABE K0UNTzE

"They never forget yOu," I said. stin
probing through stacks of more & fua
letters. "The colored man is usuaIIr
forgotten very quickly"
NO." said my host rather wistfnllr
"They always remember when thew nso5
to ride at my school-that 1 tanebt
them how to ride. And they've been
mighty good to me-send my wife and
me cards and presents every yearD
There were photographs; MANY oP
them being young white girls in then %
early bright eyed braid-and-ribbon.
teens, just learning and who have since
become comely matrons, school teachers
and leaders in other fields.
"Some people think I am prejudicedp
he told me. "That is because mostly al
of my customers are white. But I have
no race prejudice"
The white folks simply have more
money to spend on riding!
The guardian., 1941-04-26
Horse Sense

I read few of many letters showed
me in confidence. There was one from
a U. S. Marine in Cuba who wrote back
that his horse training was now being
monopolized by tank training. Then
there was that nice letter from the lady
in Puerto Rico describing the torrid
climes. And I enjoyed the letter from
the nephew of the great arctic explorer
Donald Mcmillan whose Greenland dis
coveries are vital values of today
These people, and many more, write
back constantly asking about the col
ored mans health, his horses, and gen
orally talking about old times when they
were here to share them. You had to
read to believe, as | did.
Fine people," 1 observed, "Only a
fine class of people would be like this
And some of them regard you as a
father"
"Yes," my host frightened with
memories, crossed a still booted leg
over the other, II have always tried to
be honest and people have learned to
trust me. This whole business is based
upon character"
The guardian., 1941-04-26
It's Democracy

The man I'm talking about made hi,
own business when his race was being
squeezed out of jobs everywhere, be,
cause Of color. Certainly he had a tough
fight all the way. But colored business
men must be fighters.
"Son," he told me, "I've been at nv
place around 40 years and I've been
running this riding school Is years
against all sorts of opposition, both
white and colored. But am not
against fair competition. After all, this
is a democracy"
When colored men, the most perse,
cuted Of them all, can bandage up their
many wounds and come up with state.
ment like the above, you can see why
cOlored people are rated as the most
Christian-like and patient sufferers in
the world today. And still believe in
democracy!
Fair competition is indeed true demo-
cracy. But the colored man has never
enjoyed such. People compete against
us as colored men and we must compete
against the world as colored men. This
is our democracy. Or is it?
The guardian., 1941-04-26
Navy Barred Bell
Taylor Played
Ga. Tech

Harvard's action taken this week
against race discrimination in athletics
must still be put to the test.
Bill Bell, a star Ohio State tackle,
was barred by the Navy and the pres
ent Florida A. & N. grid coach was one
of the best players in the Big Ten.
Navy is scheduled to play Harvard
next October with Ray Guild possible
addition to the Crimson backfeld, pro-
vided he does not withdraw from the
team, or is successful in making the
team.
Harvard may well follow the action
of University of California in the 1925
Tournament of Roses.
In that game, Brice Taylor, stan
tackle of the Golden Bears played
against Georgia Tech in spite of the
southerners' protest.
The guardian., 1941-04-26
MasonicNews
By SOLOMON


Eureka lodge held most interesting
convocation on Tuesday. Their meet
ing night has been changed from the
fourth Monday to the fourth Tuesday
in each month.
Mt. Moriah lodge gave a royal vel
come to the Grand Master on Thursday
on the occasion of his visit to the lodge
Of which he is a member. Their next
big event is ladies night on Wednesday
April 30th, and great preparations
have been made to make this affair the
event of the year.
Worshipful Master Flamer Of Mt
Zion lodge is back from the Cape where
he has been working, so watch out fol
some interesting things from Mt Zior
lodge.
Congratulations to Bro. Emerson J
Pierce, Senior Warden of Mt. Zior
lodge on his promotion. 1t is Capt
Pierce now instead of Lieut.. Pierce.
VIM. G. Butler Chapter, O.E.S. will
hold the first of a series of whist par.
ties on May 9th at 924 fremont St
Come out and help them and at the
same time win one of the handsome
prizes they are offering.
Holy Sepulchre Consistory presents
the Schists on Wednesday, Apr. 80. If
you want to spend an instructive and
The guardian., 1941-04-26
United States Civil
Service Commission

The United States Civil Service Com
mission issues an amendment to an.
nouncement No. LAT, ASSEMBLER
examination: $6.40 day, for employ
ment in the Ordnance Department at
Large, War Department, Watertown
Arsenal, Watertown, Massachusetts,
closing the date of receipt of applica'
tions for this examination on: APRIL
29, 1941.
Applications for this examination
must be filed with the Secretary, Board
of U. S. Civil Service Examiners,
Watertown Arsenal, Watertown, Mas
sachusetts, on or before this date. .,
The necessary application forms and
further information may be obtained
from the Secretary, Board of U. S
Civil Service Examiners, at any first
or second-class post Office in New Eng
land; from your nearest local State
Employment office; from the Manager
First U. S. Civil Service District, lOOZ
Post Office and Courthouse Building
Boston, Massachusetts,; or, from the
Secretary, Board of U. S. Civil Service
Examiners, Watertown Arsenal, Wat
ertown Massachusetts.
Also an open competitive examine;
tion for PRODUCTION ASSISTANI
| (FOLLOW-UP): $6.96 a day, for til'
ing vacancies in this position in the
Ordnance Department at Large, wa
Department, Watertown Arsenal
Watertown, Massachusetts. ,r
THE CLOSING DATE FOR RECElPI
OF APPLICATIONS IS: MAY .
1941. q,
The necessary application forms an9
further information may be obtaineSg
from the Secretary, Board Of U; ,
Civil Service Examiners, at any irs'
or second-class post office in New Eng
land; from the Manager, First y: .s. ~
Civil Service District, 1902 Post onlcs
local State Employment office; or, IRON on
the Secretary Board of U. s. Civil PEI
vice Examiners, Watertown ArsenS'
Watertown, Massachusetts.
The guardian., 1941-04-26
Fraser Club Joins
New England League

W0RCESTER-The New England
Baseball League, under President
Claude Davidson of Harwichport, will
open the playing season on May 25th.
The league will include Manchester,
Worcester, Boston, Quincy, and the
popular Fraser Club of Lynn, which
has annually played night games with
colored teams of the colored National
League, at the Lynn ball park.
Applications of colored baseball men
to place race clubs in the New England
League were allegedly turned down
earlier this year.
The guardian., 1941-04-26
!. .SPORTLIGHT
BY GEORGE R. SKELLY
HARVARD BANS NAVY COLOR BAR
l8 Needs Congressional Investigation

"Is the Colored Press going to push
the case against the Navy" l was asked
in this GUARDIAN interview. "We
heard that Senator David I. Walsh was
going to push a congressional investi-
CATION and think he should be reminded
of that promise"
"The Colored Press is already on the
job" I assured the Harvard spokes-
man, "And I can tell you, we're mighty
proud of Harvard's stand" "We're
proud of it ourselves" laughed the
Crimson editor.
INSULT TO SOLDIERS
The Navy's past discrimination
against colored was discussed briefly
and l discovered that Harvard has a
very good understanding of the race
situation at the Naval Academy.
"What hurts most" said your re-
porter, "Is the fact, that here today we
have thousands of colored soldiers
ready to defend the nation while the
Naval Academy, a Service School,
treats our people like dogs. 1t is an
insult to our soldiers. Navy should do
something about it."
"We at Harvard feel the same way"
said the Crimson man, "And of course
I can't speak as an official, you under
stand. But it does seem as if Navy is
at fault. Navy should be made to do
her part"
Well, unless Navy duplicates Har-
wards action during the week, Navy
is certain to be the target of various
democratic organizations in this state
and nation. And, in view of what has
taken place at Harvard, a statement
from Senator Walsh is apparently the
order of the day.
Harvard, after all, is a private insti-
tuition, while the U. S. Naval Academy
is supported by the tax payers of Amer
lea.
And taxes are going to be rather
heavy on our shoulders hereon.
The guardian., 1941-04-26
ART DUFFY
HARVARD

Arthur Duffey, Boston Post track
editor, feature columnist and former
Georgetown "fastest human, reflected
the general attitude of New England
sportswriters this week with the follow
ing POST comment on Wednesday last
Lesson For Others
1T see that Harvard has served notice
that all future sports schedules with
other colleges will be arranged with the
idea that colored players must be al
lowed to play as well as anyone else.
''It certainly is a step in the right
direction and all northern colleges
which trek southwark to play some of
the southern teams should include such
a rule in their schedule or in the con-
tracts between the two colleges.
Case of Matthews
II recall years ago that Harvard had
a colored star on its baseball and foot
ball team named Billy Matthews. The
Crimson ball nine went South at that
time and there was some question about
Matthews being eligible-to play. The
Navy likewise put up a question. So
did Georgetown, for there were many
.southerners on both teams. However
Matthews played in the Georgetown
game. The way the southerners got
around the incident by not playing in
the game and other players were put
in their places"
(EDITOR'S NOTE: Perhaps the
southern players who are prejudiced
should be replaced permanently
The guardian., 1941-04-26
Newark Eagles
Hosts to 372nd May Ii

The Newark Eagles open their Col
ored National Baseball League season
in Newark, N. J., on Sunday, May II
at 2 pm. At this game they are enter
tanning the entire 372nd Infantry, who
are being transported from Fort Dix
to Newark in the army trucks, and the
Mayor of Newark is issuing a procla-
nation declaring May II 372nd Day.
Francis Matthews from Cambridge,
Mass. plays first base for the team.
At this game the Eagles opponent will
be the Cuban Stars.
The guardian., 1941-04-26
By MABE KOUNTZE

Harvard, in an historic pronounce
ment and in response to student and
faculty demands, told the world this
week, Monay night, that Americas
greatest institution Of learning, estab-
lished in 1886, would not tolerate racial
discrimination among or against her
students. This is final.
MAKE STATEMENT
The Harvard Corporation, the men
behind the schools policy, issued the
now nationally famous statement to
the Harvard athletic director William
j. Bingham, as follows:
"In reply to your letter, in which you
asked the corporation to consider GER
tain problems in connection with col
ored players on athletic teams repre-
senting the university, the corporation
has asked me to reply as follows on
their behalf.
"They think that in the future the
athletic committee should make it plain
to other institutions with whom we are
competing that it is Harvard's princi-
pie that there should be no racial dis
elimination among our students"
WHAT ABOUT WALSH?
The Harvard action resulted from the
q. S. Naval Academy color bar against
Harvard's race lacrosse player, Lucian
V. Alexis of New Orleans.
In cordial conversation with a Har-
ward newspaper spokesman this week
1 asked whether the new ruling would
apply to the scheduled Harvard-Navy
football game, next October 25th, pro
viding Ray Guild makes the Harvard
varsity.
"This ruling covers everything" said
the Harvard editor with emphasis, "If
Guild is a member of our team, and
Navy doesn't like it, We'll cancel the
gamep he added with unmistakeable
spirit.
The guardian., 1941-04-26
Guardian Selections
Close In Marathon

Although Gerard Cote was named as
the general B.A.A. favorite last week,
the Guardians pre-race write-up in
cluded the following:
'Les Pawson of Pawtucket, R. I,
and Johnny Kelley of Arlington, Mass,
will be the prime favorites of hundreds
as the 1941 B.A.A. Marathon field gets
underway from Hopkinton to Boston.
:. :"
Don Heinicke Of Baltimore was in
cluded as definite threat while Tarzan
Browns chance was reduced to a
gamble. Tarzan did not finish. Paw
son won; Kelley was second, Heinicke
third, Cote, fourth.
The guardian., 1941-04-26
DEMPSEY OUT
TO GET LOUIS

Jack Dempsey's greatest desire is to
produce a white man who can dethrone
Joe Louis, according to Jack Conway
in his Boston Sunday Advertiser col
umn of last week.
Dempsey has never considered Louis
a great fighter, wrote Conway Sunday,
"He has contended the reason Louis
has been so successful in the ring is
because he has been opposed by medi-
ocre opponents"
The guardian., 1941-04-26
LOCAL SPORTSMEN
BUY THE BEES

The Boston National League Bees
have been taken over by local men, ii
was announced this week.
The new syndicate includes prexy
Bob Quinn and his son; manager Casey
Stengel, and famous golfer Francis
Ouimet, among others.
Eigth of the new stock holders are
from Boston, and all but one of the
fifteen are from New England.
The guardian., 1941-04-26
N. E. Tennis
Association Holds
Annual Meeting
OPEN TOURNAMENT IN PROVI-

OPEN TOURNAMENT IN PROVI-
DENCE JULY 4-5-6
PROVIDENCE, R. 1.-The annual
meeting of the New England Tennis
Association was held on Sunday, 2
pm. at the John Hope Community
Center on Prott St. The following
officers were elected for the year 1941-
1912. Honorary President William c.
Jackson, Springfield; President, DR., A.
L. Jackson, Providence, Vice-President,
Albert James, Hartford; Secretary
DIR. J. B. Hall, Boston; treasurer, DIR.
R. S. Fleming, New Haven. 1t was
decided that the dates for the 18th An
nual Open Tournament would be July
a, 5, 6, 1941. Delegates were present
from New Haven, Waterbury, Hart
ford, Springfield, Boston and Provi-
dence.
The guardian., 1941-04-26
Tufts Track Captain
Scores Triple
MAKE STATEMENT

MEDFORD = Winner of three
events, captain Eddie Dugger-now at
the Penn Relays, led Tufts College to
1850 track triumph over Amherst
here last week Friday on the Tufts out
door oval.
The 120 yd. high hurdles was q
Jumbo sweep as Dugger, Hall, and
Valente sailed over the barriers in that
order. Time, 14.8s.
Amherst expected to take one of the
dashes, but Dugger beat Walker and
Sharff twice in the 100 yd and 220 yd
sprints.