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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-05-28
Forty-Five Million
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for all or part of their means of sub
sistence. In addition there are 80 mil
lion persons in the low-income group
who are economically little, If any,
better off than those who are depend
ing on aid from social agencies.
Altogether at least As million per-
sons today have inadequate diets pri-
marily because their incomes are so
low they cannot afford to buy suffi-
Gent quantities of dairy products,
leafy vegetables, and other vitamin-
rich foods"
DR.. Hazel K. Stiebeling, of the Bu-
reau of Home Economics, declared
that "if the average consumption of
these protective foods by all families
in this country could be raised to the
level of those whose present diets may
be rated good from the standpoint of
nutrition, there would be large in
creases in national consumption"
Consumption increases would be
butter, 1870; eggs, 800; tomatoes and
citrus fruits, 7O%; leafy, green and
yellow vegetables, 1000"
At the National Nutrition Confer
ence for Defense to be held here May
26 the proposal which will be con-
sidered is teh adoption of national
food stamp plan applicable to all fam
lilies receiving incomes of less than
$1,000. Such a plan would cost APP
proximately $5OO,OOO,O00 and would
benefit some 20 to 90 million persons
in the low-income group as well as
the farmers whose products would be
purchased.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-05-28
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ADVANCE FOR
FACILITIES

In view of the large carry-over OF
wheat and other grains and the pros
poets of large crops in 1941, the avail.
ability of adequate storage facilities
at the beginning of the 1941 market
| ing year may become problem. Linn
| tied available elevator storage space
at terminal, subterminal, and county
points would seriously interfere with
the orderly handling of the grains and
would, therefore, reduce the effective
ness of our ever-normal granary.
Much of the congestion caused by
shortage of public storage space
could be eliminated by providing for
more storage space on the farms.
With this in mind, the Commodity
Credit Corporation will advance the
storage allowance of seven cents (7c)
per bushel at the time the loan is
made to any eleigible producer who
has provided additional eligible farm
storage facilities for the storing of the
1871 wheat crop by the construction
during 1941 of the new storage or by
substantial repairs during 1941 on ex-
listing structures which are not now
suitable for the storage of wheat. The
storage payment would not be adj
vanced on a greater number of bush
els than the capacity of the additional
storage provided.
An immediate announcement OF this
provision should be made In order
that producers may have time to take
full advantage of the offer. The pro-
vision in Wr-Memo. 755, dated April
IL, 1871, sent out with the state office
letter No. As dated April 1884, that
producers may assign agricultural
payments for the pur-
pose of securing funds for the con-
struction or repair of farm-storage
bins or granaries, should again be
called to the attention of producers.
IF. H. Richardson, Acting Chairman
State Committee.
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Eugene Grace

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Kettering had salary checks and bon
uses amounting to .s247,965. Donald
son Brown, the DUPONT man in Gen
eral Motors also got s247,965.
Ernest T. Weir, chairman, and
George R. Fink, president of the bit
terly anti-union National Steel Corp.
were each paid s245,0OO in 1910 while
one director got 100000.
Three executives of the American
Tobacco Co. were among the top TO-,
Pres. George E. Hill getting S456,415
Four of the highest 10 salaries went.
as usual, to Hollywood moguls though
even there it was the managers rather
than the persons who drag people to
the box office who landed on top of
the heap. W. G. Fields was the only
working actor in the first 10.
Together, the 10 highest salaried
persons made s3,567,472 during 1910
or s171.51 an hour for 40-hour week
Top man in the country was Louis
B. Mayer of MGM pictures who col
lected s697,048.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-05-28
BRIDGES CITIZENS
COM. GROWS

Il NEW YORK.-Sponsors of the Citi
zens Committee for Harry Bridges
organized recently at the invitation OF
Orson Welles. John Hammond and
Prof. F. 0. Matthiessen, of Harvard
University, now number more than
1OO it was announced today.
| Robert Morss Lovett, United States
Government Secretary of the Virgin
Islands, is among the recent signers
of sponsorship cards, according to a
statement issued by committee head
quarters at 1855 Broadway.
Others who recently joined the
sponsors of the Citizens Committee
for Harry Bridges include:
Prof. Roland Bainton, Yale Divinity
School; Louis P. Birk, publisher; Nor
ris Carnovsky, actor; Aaron COPELAND,
composer; and Babette Deutsch, poet.
Mrs. Julia Mcconnell Follansbee,
Chicago society and club woman;
Wanda Gag, the artist, Arthur Gar
field Hays, American Civil Liberties
Union; Arthur Kober, author; Bruno
Lasker, editorial secretary, Service
Bureau of Intercultural Education,
and John Howard Lawson, screen
writer.
Ray Mayer, actor; Dudley Nichols,
author; Paul Robson, singer; George
Seldes, writer and publisher; Tess
Slessinger, author and screen writer
Prof. Paul Sweezy, of Harvard Uni
versity, and Moses Smith, music critic.
DR.. Willard Uphaus of New Haven,
Conn; Prof. Frank w. Weymouth,
Leland Stanford University; Teddy
Wilson, jazz pianist; Richard Wright,
author, and DIR. Lowney Harris, st.
Louis
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-05-28
ONE Way TO
BEAT HITLER

Hitler has never won a battle
against democracy because democracy
has not yet been given chance tC
fight, says Richard o. Boyer famous
war correspondent, in hard-hittine
article in the current issue of FRI
DAY.
! Following a specific indictment of
the phoney leaders of spurious democ-
racies, Boyer continues, I'VE cannot
Munich and from Dunkirk to Greece,
any longer. 1t is about time democ-
racy began to strike a blow on its
own behalf"
Boyer points out the fact that Presi-
dent Roosevelt is in a good position
to WELD the blow that can beat Hitler,
as he says, "The people of Europe
are listening to him; the people of
Britain depend on him. Okay, Mr..
President . What are you going to
say to these millions, Mr.. President?"
Boyer urges the President of the
United States to say, MY friends,
there is only one way to beat Hitler.
And that is with democracy. In order
to prove to you that / really mean
to beat Hitler, / have requested Lord
Halifax to leave for England imme-
diately bearing an urgent request to
Prime Minister Churchill that he COM
municate to me at once, and in de-
tail, the aims for which Britain is
fighting in this war | have also
asked Nj. Churchill, as proof that we
are fighting for and with democracy,
at once, to:
l. Grant independence to India.
2. Turn over Northern Ireland to
Fire.
3. Dismiss all appeasers and imperi-
alists from the Cabinet.
4. End all war profiteering."
Continuing his program as it applies
to the United States, Boyer asks the
President:
l. To stop all aid to Japan.
g. To offer Immediately the hospi
tally of the United States to any
man or woman who has previously
fought against Hitler in the Spanish
Civil War
3. Propose new legislation extend
ing social security and the Wagner
labor act to cover all wage earners
in the United States.
Boyer urges as a practical military
necessity, since Russia is the only
remaining major power which borders
on nazi territory, that America must
endeavor to work out an alliance with |
Russia in order to beat Hitler.
Boyer suggests that the President |
say to the German people, many of
whom want to rid themselves of Hit |
Ter, that America has always re-
garded you as great people op-
pressed by a tyrant To these peo-
pie, | say: America wants peace, not
war, security, not victory"
Boyer's article in FRIDAY con-
cludes with the statement: "The Pres
dent could say all this, if he wanted
%. And he could make it stick. Mil
ions in Europe, Asia, and America
would back him, because that is the
)ne way to beat Hitler.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-05-28


bill with what amounts to gentle
mans agreement that the unhoIy al
lance between the cane and beet
growers on the one hand and the
seaboard refiners on the other, has
been terminated by the growers.
The monopoly costs the American
housewife millions of dollars every
year and ! am just as concerned for
her welfare as am for the farm
ers themselves"
Pay and Double Pay
In effect tariff sets up a dual price
system. There is the world price"
and there is the "U. S. price" The
margin for markup in sugar in Amer
lea is between 300-400 per cent.
The consumer pays this margin.
True, importers and sugar industrial
lists are taxed, but this tax is shunted
off on the consumer via increased re-
tail prices. Sugar corporation profits
are staggering, but the distributing
grocer plays the part of the innocent
bystander and handles sugar only as
dCCOlullOQdI W1LuOuL
profit. Estimates of the sugar tariff
cost to the consumer range from 200
to $50 million dollars.
The American sugar refiner re-
ceives more than tariff protection"
Part of the government levied tariff
(Which the consumer really pays) is
returned to the sugar industry! Legis-
lation on sugar for the past few dec
AIDES has involved government sub
sidy of the domestic beet-sugar in
-dustry. Besides direct subsidy, d.
rect benefit payments, refunds and in
surance, the consumer, via his taxes,
makes possible the direct relief of
exploited beet workers. Beet workers
must be available six months of the
year, but they actually work only an
average of sixty days during this
time-and at less than starvation
wages. The balance of the year finds
the beet worker seeking government
relief
Due to the protective tariff a stu
alton has arisen which cannot be
easily solved by changing acreage |
quotas. Had it not been for the tar
if laws, beets would never have been |
cultivated in uneconomic irrigated |
areas. Labor would not have been
imported One hundred thousand
farmers and workers have become de-
pendent on the beet industry. A shift
in quota favoring the more economical
cane industry, or the newer California
fields, will mean complete restitution
for these beet workers. The shift
in quotas, on the other hand, would
IN no wise affect the government sub
sidy of the industry. The corporations
already get most of the government
gravy. Quota changes will give them
Ill of it.
This "IegaIized" monopoly must
be destroyed. Tariffs must be re-
examined. Attention must be given
to the rehabilitation of workers and
small growers who are now caught
In this cuI-de-sac. The present sugar
act expires at the end of this year.
Consumer pressure groups might
do we'll to organize themselves for
an approaching incident. in the
sugar battIe.-New American.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-05-28
TOTAL PAYMENTS FOR
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE

WASHINGTON.-FP)-Total pay
ments for public assistance and earn
ings of persons employed under fed
eral work programs in the continental
U. S. for February 1941 amounted to
$215,414,000 The total for February
represented decrease of about $40
from the S222,262, 900 total for Janu-
airy and decrease of about 1897
from the revised total for February
1910
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-05-28
RETIRED TEACHERS
TO GET STATEMENTS

Miss Elizabeth Ireland, chairman Of
the Teachers Retirement Board, has
announced that statements of ac-
counts with the Individual teacher
mebmers of the system, will be mailed
on approximately July 10th. These
statements will be mailed to the home
addresses as recorded with the Teach
ers' Retirement System
Notice to School District Clerks:
Clerks of the various school dis
tricts are urged to send in promptly
the payment due on behalf of the
teachers, so the statements as issued
will be complete to June Both, the
end of the fiscal year.
Patronize the Cooperative in your
communicates there to serve youl
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-05-28
INCOME PAYMENTS TO
INDIVIDUALS RISE 1919

WASHINGTON - (FP) - Income
payments to individuals during the
first quarter of 1941 amounted to &c.,
5l6,0OO,00O an increase of 1919 over
the corresponding period of 1910, the
Department of Commerce has an
nounced The total for the first three
months of this year was higher than
for any first quarter in the last 10
years.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-05-28

saving money it can dispense with
the political shopping of ]. Edgar
Hoover.
In addition, it will spare Atty.-Gen.
Robert Jackson the painful duty of
saying, I'm so sorry" after it's all
over.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-05-28
IN OTHER
WORDS
By JOHN STAHLBERG

Alas for human life and its Affections
Joe Jasper was as blithe man as
some
Until he bought a paper called True
Fictions
And read therein thing that struck
him dumb:
"Oh, try this dope that we are recon-
mendingl
Your friends won't tell you'll"
sobbed the magazine.
That night, to end the danger of Of
Tending,
Joe cleaned his cavities with Stuff
agene.
To earn his bread Joe labored in an
office
Eleven blocks from home and.
hearth and wife,
Considered gravely costs of brands of
coffees,
And thought about the mysteries of
Became aware the typist's eyes were
bending
| An absent gaze upon his back, be-
tween
His shoulder blades. To guard
against offending,
That night he scrubbed his dome
with Stuffagene.
The wind blew harsh and cold, and
grim battalions
OF streptococci held the dusty
street;
True Fictions swore it was no time
for dalliance;
The unprepared were doomed to
swift defeat
rehending
Joe learned by reading in his mag
azine;
And so, to guard against such gross
offending,
He kept his tonsils pure with STUFF
fagene.
The wind blew hot and damp, its ma
ture altered
AS springtime passed and summer
came to stay
And then it sank, and life slowed
down and faltered,
Oppressed and breathless through
the breathless day.
Joe Jasper watched the mercury as
cending,
An sweated and felt clammy and
unclean;
Then, to avert the danger of offend
ing,
He soaked himself for hours in
Stuffagene.
His secretary was lovely creature:
Her eyes were azure and her lips
were red.
Joe Toasted on her every line and fea-
And being human, although he was
we'd :
Wrote love-notes to her, but deferred +
the sending
Because he thought their inky smell
too keen; t
At last, to bare his heart without Of /
Tending, '
He filled his foutain pen with STUFF /
fagene.
The cruel maid replied, "There is '
another a
Within a month l shall become his a
bridei f
d dearly love to have you for a t
brother, o
suicide.
lie thought of shooting, and he g
thought of ending (,
1t all by being drowned in gasoline, Q
But both were messy. To avoid Of
Tending, u
He drank himself to death on STUFF e
fagene. 0
hey called a grave and dignified e.
mortician Il
And gave him charge of Jaspers p
lifeless clay, o.
tut found that in his will stern con- W
way; g.
do not like that way" it said, con- Oh
tending
That common modes of picking st
were too mean 1.
nd coarse and crude. To guard fe
against offending, O
They placed him in a vat of STUFF til
fagene. tn
,e knocked upon the gates of the CT
Hereafter, sa
And Satan rose and said, Wont pl
you come in" oy
nd complimented him, with shouts tn
of laughter, co
On his originality in sin.
ut Jasper saw red-hot grid extend tn
ing tn
Across the place, and Jasper's face ca
went green; in
Be calml" smiled Satan. ITO avoid pr
offending,
Wa'1 drpco vour h,,rno aoob dow FL
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-28
Ford Trouble
Brings Dewey

(By International News scrvics)
Detroit. Feb. 2S ms Ace Fed.
oral Labor Conciliator James +.
Dewey on orders from Secretary
OF Labor Perkins was due in De-
troit today to mediate in the dis
pute between the Ford Motor Com.
pany and the United Automobile
Workers Union (CIo) which has
notified the state mediation board
strike Is impending" at the com.
pany's plants.
Dewey, we'll known in Michigan
labor circles and often called in
during labor disputes in the state.
was expected TO go into immediate
conference with union officials and,
II possible, representative OF the
motor company.
Meantime, the state mediation
board awaited official word from
the National Defense Council in
Washington as to whether the Ford
Company is engaged in the manu-
facture Of defense materials. This
move was announced by Board
Chairman Thomas j. Donahue who
said the state agency would make
no move In the dispute until word
was received on the contracts from
the defense council.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-28
Pigmy' Truck
Being Made in
Volume Today
Can be Carried
by Bombers

Detroit, FEB. IS The "Pigmy"
truck, Of which the United States
army has $500 now on order.
reached the volume production
stage on the assembly lines Of
tho Ford Motor Company in sub.
urban Dearborn today.
The truck. with rated load
capacity OF only quartcr-ton
and small enough to be easily
concealed in the field, or to be
transported by large army bomb
ers, is unique in military service.
II is designed to take the place.
in many respects. OF the motor
cycle and has space for the nor
NAL transporting OF three men,
an anti-aircraft gun and light
field pieces.
A group of army officers aud
officials OF the Ford Company
were on hand today to see the
first OF the vehicles come off an
assembly line in the building the
Ford Company used in World War
days TO produce Its eagle boats
for the United States navy.
The company made no an
nouncement OF the output volume
expected. but. all the conventional
mass production methods, lnclud-
ing the moving line and overhead
conveyors with supplemental
feeder" lines. have been adapted
to the assembling OF the "pigmy"
vehicles.
On the line today were approx
mately 80 OF the little fighter
units in various stages OF compile
ton. Moving off the line, they are
TO be sent TO an undisclosed des-
tination for the mounting of
armament.
The vehicle, officially desisna-
ted by the United States army as
a reconnaissance or scout car,
has an S0-inch wheel base and 1877
- inch overall length. 1t weighs
2,130 pounds and is equipped
with a four-cylinder engine pro
ducing As horsepower and top
operating speed of 81 miles an
hour At the cowl it is only So
inches high.
Equipped with four-Whecl
drive, six speeds forward and two
reverse, the car is said TO have
unusual maneuverability and to
be capable OF climbing Il 6S per
cant Grade with its full load and
so per cent with driver only.
Special equipment includes
blackout lamps, front and rear,
See PIGMY TRUCKs-Page s
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-28

Preparations for the first sun.
day evening session Of Ypsilanti
University Of Life are rapidly near
ing completion. All events will be
in St. Luke Episcopal Church start
ing at o'clock Assembly and
supper in St Luke dining room
will be arranged by the women Of
ST. Luke and will be followed by
songfest and stunts
Speaker for Chapel service In St
Luke Church at o'clock will be
=. y. Calder, Jr. while Miss Carol
Cook will lead the meeting. Pres.
byterian Youth Choir. Mrs S S.
Starr, leader. will sing Beautiful
words OF Jesus and Beneath the
Cross % Jesus t,shers viii rep
resent the Presbyterian Youth
Group.
Quest sessions in six locations In
81 Luke Parish House. will be
from 1850 20 $50. topics and lead
ers remaining practically the same
throughout the University OF Life
Dating Etiquette will be led
by Miss Virginia Acher. head resi-
dent Of Julia Anne King Residence
Hall who came last November
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-28
University of Life Program
Will be In St. Luke Church

from Perry. Iowa where she was
Dean Of Girls and taught science.
She Is now on Dean Susan Hilrs
staff al the Normal College
boy and Girl Relationships will
be- treated by Mrs Harlow LANG.
former teacher, and Dr. Arold
Brown. writer
Understanding Ourselves viii
be In charge OF DR. o r. Yoder.
superintendent Of Ypsilanti State
Hospital. and the Rev Gordon C..
Speer. minister Of the Congrega-
tional Church.
Use OF Leisure Time will be
led by Daniel Muntean. director In
jutriur Chamber -0f commerce
The March OF Time Is in
charge Of Edward Heyman. teacher
OF Social Science High School.
Miss Lillian a. Ashby. singer and
vocal teacher al Normal College.
viii have charge Of Church Music
Appreciation
Chapel Service will be different
each week. and dinner will be IN
charge of different group Of
church women.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-28
Heart Ailment Proves Fatal
to Former Monarch of Spain

April "A, 1931-a period marked
by turbulence and political unrest
which finally broke into civil war
in 1886. when Spain was re-
public.
Alfonso left Spain April 10, 1891,
after signing manifesto express
ing his copeigs4e#-ths anti.mUu-
archist election results showed he
no longer had the love Of his peo-
pie. But in his own estimate he
remained king Of Spain.
He declared again and again. a.
will never abandon my throne"
His hope and prediction were that
some day he would return.
Renowned Throne
His final yielding. dated Jan. IS.
l94i. was a remuneration OF the
throne in favor of his third son.
Don Juan. This announcement was
issued Feb 10 when he already was
under treatment at a Rome hotel
for a heart condition
Alfonso was the posthumous son
Of Alfonso XII. and was under the
regency OF his mother. Queen Maria
Cristiana. until at is he assembled
the throne. He was married May
81. 1906. to the English princess,
Victoria Eugonia OF Battenberg
The wedding cost $4,000 900 but
the day was married by The 6Fst OF
eight attempts on Alfonso's lie
A bomb, hidden in a bouquet. was
thrown at the royal carriage after
the wedding ceremony and % By.
See SPANISH KING-Page S
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-28
Strike Ending
in Steel Plant

CBy international News Ser.lce)
Buffalo, y. y, Feb. ZS-lNS -
Hope for speedy settlement OF the
strike at the Lackawanna plant OF
the Bethlehem Steel Company came
today with reports that Go union
leaders and company officials were
willing to accept a three-point gOJ-
eminent proposal to end the walk
out.
4 mass meeting of the strikers,
who quit the giant plant Wednesr
day night after their demands TO-
greater wages and reinstatement Of
discharged union men were reject.
-ed Niii--be- held later today 10
ratify the program put forward by
the federal ONCE OF Production
Management
Orderly picketing prevailed At
the plant today. by common agree
ment OF police, Bethlehem officials
and leaders Of the Steel Workers
Organization Committee, the No.
gate OF the plant, scene Of yester-
days repeated clashes between
pickets and police, was closed ear
ly this morning
Government officials. eager %
end the strike at the plant which
has crippled production Of millions
OF dollars worth OF national de.
Tense orders, made their three.point
proposal from Washington after
consulting with company and unioI
officials by phone and telegraph.
The OPM proposal calls Tor full
reinstatement OF all employees as
soon as resumption Of operations
will permit, a conference between
the SWOC and the company 20
seek adjustment OF differences. end
action by the OPM to explore the
possibilities Of holding an election
to determ ne the bargaining agency
at the plant.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-28
Coordination
Planned Here

In an attempt TO better coordi-
nate social, health and recreation
al activities of the city the Com
munity Fund council Thursday
evening discussed the need for
part time director Of social agen-
cies or Community Fund secretary.
Since resignation Of John Bryce.
who was engaged last year to
formulate an acceptable working
plan. there has been no centralized
direction other than that given by
the Community Fund Board of Di-
rectors. Need for such direction
has been discussed in past meet
ings, and it was decided last night
to appoint a committee to act.
Members appointed by Chair
man c. c. Wescott are Ben Van
denBelt, A. B. Curtis. Paul Cngrodt.
Mrs. Leroy Lewis. Mrs. Laurence
Thomas. Mrs. II. deb. Barss.