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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-12-31
COMMISSIONER
STARTLES STAID
Sen. Committee
Georgia's Commissioner of
Agriculture Charges Statis-
tics of u. S. Department of
Agriculture Do Not Show
Actual Income of Farmers.

Charging that the U. S. department
of agriculture manipulated ats fig
ures to show the farmers income at
approximately twice what it actually
was in order to justify the fake parity
figures which the secretary of agricul-
ture has fixed as parity for the Amer
lean farmer" Tom Under, commission
er of agriculture in Georgia, startled
the staid members of the senate bank
ing and currency committee on his
appearance before them on December
18th
Mr.. Under based his statement on
the computations made by the depart
ment of the crops and livestock pro-
duced and consumed on the farm,
house rents, hired labor and similar
expense items which were charged
against the farmer by the department
In arriving at what the farmers in
come was.
All of these" said Mr.. Under, ito
gether sum up 5OO,OO0,0OO which
the U. S. department of agriculture
says is the farmers income for the
year 1910. In other words, these
items of house rent, ETC., amounted
to $946,000,OO0 more than his actual
income"
Stating that the American Farmer
sold commodities of all kinds in 1910
for total of $8,354, 100000, produced
at a cost of $6,O77, 100000 leaving
Il IL H.
of $2,277, 100000, and that this net,
spendable income was substantially
the same that 1t was during the parity
period of 1910 to 1914, when he de-
clared that the things which the farm
er has to buy have increased 929o in
price since the parity period.
He quoted prices from the Sears
Roebuck catalog during the parity Pc
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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-12-31
SOUTHERN
CHIvALRY
IS ABSENT
Mob in Mississippi Attacks
Women Organizers of the
Init. Garment Workers
Union; Two Beaten With
Clubs, One Cut With Knife

Frank McCallister, Workers De-
Tense League southern secretary, has
asked U. S. Attorney General Francis
Biddle to order investigation by the
Civil Liberties Unit of the Depart
ment of Justice of a brutal assault
on International Ladies' Garment
Workers Union organizers by an or
ganized mob in Pascagoula, Missis-
sippi, on December IL.
Announcement was made last week
by representatives of the Internation-
al Ladies Garment Workers Union
that warrants had been sworn out for
conspiracy against State Representa-
tive Claude Bilbo, member of the Mis-
sissippi Bilbo family and personnel
director of the Jackson County Wool
en- Mills, and group of employees
of the mill, for assault on the union
organizers.
The attack was made on ILGWU
organizers while they were. disribut-
ing union leaflets near the mill. The
union organizers charged that they
were the victims Of an unprovoked
assault inspired by Mr.. Bilbo and that
he was in the group which came out
of the mill in a body to break up their
peaceful, legal distribution of organic
ing material. The organizers stated
they had been refused police protec-
ton.
One Of the organizers, Miss 10 Lee
Walden, Atlanta, was severely cut by
a knife. The wound required five
stitches to close. In addition she
received painful blows from clubs
used by the mob. Miss Agnes Rivers,
another Of the organic
ers, was beaten badly about the head |
by clubs. Miss Eula Hauther, Knox
Vile, received possible internal in
juries and was beaten with clubs.
Continued on Page Three)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-12-31
SALE OF TIRES
IS RIGIDLY
RESTRICTED

A detailed regulation of the sale of
new tires issued by the Priorities
Division of the Office of Production
Management has been received by Of
ficials in the state during the past
week. In general provisions, the reg
ulations provide for the appointment
of a Local Tire Rationing Board"
The members Of this board will hold
their positions as agents of the Office
Of Price Administration.
Sales of new tires are restricted
to vehicles operated for professional
services by physician, visiting nurse
or veterinary. They are also per-
mitted to be made for ambulances
and for vehicles used to carry pas
sengers as a part of regular trans
portation system; transportation of
teachers and students to and from
school and transportation of en-
ployees to or from industrial, mining
or construction projects where public
transportation is not available Sales
will also be made of tires for use on
trucks for the transportation of con-
sumer necessities and for materials
for construction of public and private
projects; transportation of waste and
scrap material and transportation of
raw materials, semi manufactured
goods and finished products, including
farm products and foods. 1t appears
that delivery services by merchants
will be reduced as 1t will be impossi-
BILE for them to purchase tires to be
on truck to be used for
the transportation of commodities to
the ultimate consumer for personal,
family or household use."
Farm tractors and other farm i'm
plements may be refitted with needed
new rubber, according to the regula-
tions.
Officials state that ALLEGATIONS of |
tire sales for Montana will restrict |
sales to one out of every seven COM
mercial vehicles in the state.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-12-31

with orders issued by Attorney
General Bonner to County At
torney Stafford, that operation
of all illegal games in Cascade
county must be stopped.
The decision called for from the
judge was whether or not the game
could be- classed as a game of skill
or game of chance. In holding that
1t was gambling device, the courts
ruling stated in referring to the value
Of so-called free plays:
"An examination of the machine,
which was in court as an exhibit, and
the evidence as to its mechanism and
operation leaves no doubt in the mind
of the fact that 1t Is a device into
which money is or may be placed or
paid upon chance or upon the result
of the action of such device. The
player has constantly before him the
chance that he may win from one to
20 free plays. The machine makes
an appeal to the gambling instinct
because the player has constantly be-
fore him the chance that the next
play viii assure him the right, or the
next succeeding play, to secure for
him one to 20 free plays.
"The plaintiff alleges in her petit
ton, That said machine is operated
by placing five-cent coin in the
machine, and that the amusement and
diversion afforded the player is of the
reasonable worth of the sum of five
cents Twenty free plays would be,
therefore, reasonably worth the sum
of 81, or two free plays would be rea-
sonably worth 10 cents"
Judge Ewing in holding that the
machine was not entitled to the pro-
lection of the law as it was a gam
bling device, Chapter 153 of the Laws
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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-12-31
Unity Talk Revlves AS
Labor Groups Cooperate

LdpOr 0TOupS cooperate
The manner in which the AFL and
the CLIO groups at the recent Labor
Management Conference worked to-
gether and presented united front
here.
When these labor representatives.,
some of whom had been at swords
points for several years, assembled to
draw up their program to present to
the conference, their first act was to
unanimously elect Phil Murray
spokesman, which was fine ALL
gesture. The CLIO group presented
the so-called Murray industrial council
plan, but later withdrew it in favor of
the plan worked out by the ALL.
This was the plan that will be put
into effect (probably has been put
into effect by the time this reaches
PRINT. 1t provides for the setting up
of a War Labor board similar to that
set up during World War 1, with the
execution that the board will consider
all labor disputes, including those in
YOlV1nS the Qu6SIlOu VI LILO SiooCu e@ao
open shop The World War l board
did not consider these as legitimate
questions of grievance. But labor
held up for preservation of gains
made under the New Deal-and won
out.
Throughout the conference, spirit
of unanimity prevailed in the labor
ranks, which resulted in perfect team
work There was complete harmony
in an atmosphere Of give and take.
There is no telling where that is
ant to lead. Opposing labor leaders
have experienced the feel" of work
ing together again.
Already, talk of labor unity has
been revived. Most observers, now
ever, feel that formal unity is not to
be had for the immediate future, but
that definite steps leading to ultimate
unity CAN be taken.
There are some people high IN the !
ranks of labor who are said to De
seriously considering proposal prl- I!
vately offered looking towards crea- :
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-12-31
UNEMPLOYMENT
CAUSED BY
SHORTAGES

| Dislocations due to shortages in
materials ar ecausing an increase in
unemployment that will add approx
mately 100000 workers to the s.
O63,0O0 unemployed in October, the
Economic Outlook, monthly publica-
ton of the CLIO, declares in its Deem
Der issue.
THE CLIO has pointed out on many
occasions the dislocations in employ
ment which would be caused by the
old level OF the arms program" the
Outlook says. Those dislocations will
result in approximately 25 million be-
Ing displaced from their jobs in in
dustry.
AS our arms program is doubled
or tripled, the dislocations in employ
ment will be greatly intensified"
AT the same time, sharply increased
living costs result in new hardships
for low income groups. Food costs,
which have gone up 20.89o between
August, 1899 and November, 1871, can
be expected to rise another IL to 15%
to close the present gaps between
wholesale and retail prices. Workers
have to spend about one-third of their
income on food alone, the Outlook
notes
These rising living costs are wip-
Ing out recent wage increases, the
Outlook explains, and will shortly null
lily gains won in the past few months.
THUS, the 1795 rise in average
hourly earnings has been reduced to a
rise of 4.5%o as the result of the in
cerased cost of living" the Outlook
says.
by February l, with the cost of
living rising at the rate of 1.5% per
month, the entire rise in real hourly
earnings will we wiped out"
In contrast, profits are steadily In
creasing, and Federal Reserve Board
figures show a 32.2% increase be-
tween the first three quarters of 1871
compared to similar period in 1910
and 1861 rise between 1871 and a
similar period in 1899
The rising cost of living points to
the need for an adequate price con-
troll bill as urged on the house and
senate by Clio Pres. Philip Murray.
with particular stress on eliminating
all wage control proposals from the
bill. Wage controls, the Outlook re-
lterates, are unwise, unavoidable, and
a serious discrimination against labor.
Concluding with a study of the
strike situation during 1871, the Out
look points out that man days lost
due to strikes during the first 10
months of 1941 were 21,460,OO0 At
the same time, accidents cost 230 mil
lion man days, illness $50 million and
1.57 billion. In addi-
ton, incalculable losses in production
baye been due to failure to plan and
to use existing industrial capacity.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-12-31

ductlVe units were DullC. New
sales records were established
in retailing, wholesaling and
production.
The most dramatic steps were in
production where the co-operatives
purchased a $4,000 refinery and in
ventory at Scottsbluff, Neb This
supplements the Coop refineries at
Phillipsburg, Kan, and Mt. Vernon,
Ind, and Regina, Saskatchewan. All
of these production units showed
phenomenal earnings. One of the re-
fineries saved consumers its entire
cost during the course Of the year.
Other productive units built or in
the process of construction include
feed mills at Superior Wis, and Read
ing Ohio; fertilizer factories in Ohio
and Indiana; additions to the Coop
paint and grease factories in Kansas
City; compounding plants at Amaril-
10; a 100000 addition to the Farmers
Union Central Exchange, st. Paul;
two new warehouses for Pacific Sup
ply Cooperative at Walla Walla,
Wash. and new headquarters for
Saskatchewan Coop Wholesale, Sas-
katoon
Eight Coop oil wells in Kansas are
feeding the Coop refinery there. The
first Coop oil well in Indiana "came
in" late in November.
The process of streamlining grocery
stores and gasoline stations got I'M
der way in 1910.
The results achieved were so effec
tive that scores Of Coop stores and
service stations from Massachusetts
to California followed suit during 1871.
Coop super markets have been built
in Maynard, Mass, Waukegan and
North Chicago, ILL.,, Winfield, Kan. and
Berkeley, Calf. And national COM
mittee on cooperative architecture |
and edsign has created uniform color
schemes and designs for new Coop |
stores.
Grocery Co-ops, which pioneered |
with government grade labelling for
two years before the major chain
followed suit, added a system of 1,
2, 8 grading for those items not COW
cred by government grading. A new
economy COOP green label was in
troduced to cut costs for lower income
families. In Coop stores from coast
to coast the red COOP label stands
for the highest quality, with blue des-
ignating second and green label third
grade.
Fifteen regional cooperative whole
sales affiliated with National Coop
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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-12-31
Clio PLEDGES NO
STRIKES, WORK
UNIn Interrupted

| WASHINGTON.-(FP)-The CLIO Is
pledged to a no-strike policy for the
duration of the war and expects tt
maintain uninterrupted production by
the most effective means possible, Clio
Pres. Philip Murray declared here in
New Years Day statement.
The text of the statement follows:
1.-THE CLIO, like every other group
of patriotic Americans, will dedicate
all its efforts in the coming year to
the main task of winning victory over
Hitler and his Axis partners. We rec
ognize that we are fighting not only
for the defense of our country but also
for the very life of the labor move
ment, which is always the first target
of fascism in its drive to suppress all
democratic institutions
"The 100000 men and women who
make up the CLIO are proud to be in
the forefront Of our national effort.
Large numbers of them are now in
the armed forces, and most of them
have members of their families who
are or soon will be thus enlisted. The
CLIO members in civilian life are en-
ployed mostly in the basic and de-
Tense industries, performing the most
important work of Industrial produc-
ton upon which our fighting forces
depend
"The CLIO in 1912 expects to con-
tinue to take the lead in all construc-
tive efforts for the welfare of labor
and the nation, for about production
and for speedy and complete victory.
1--WE are pledged to no-strike pol
icy for the duration of the war; and
expect to maintain uninterrupted pro-
duction by the most effective means
possible, namely through the volun-
tary and democratic processes Of col
lective bargaining.
"But more important than merely
strikes are our construc-
tive proposals to get at the real
causes of tagging defense production
and to make possible the maximum
output. We have proposed the in
dustry council plan as the most sim
about close labor-industry-g government
cooperation to achieve increased pro-
duction, through careful planning on
an industry-wide basis, through full
utilization of all existing facilities, and
through timely expansion wherever
necessary. 1t Is also designed to pre- |
pare well in advance to cope with |
postwar dislocations.
while working for general adop-
lion of this plan, we shall continue
70 seek application of its principles
wherever possible. This the unions
If the CLIO have already been doing
through special plans for increasing
production In their particular indus
ries
In such ways we offer our brains
Is well as our energies for the pur-
Jose Of out-producing the axis and
irving all possible aid to our gallant
lilies.
'The CLIO also recognizes that one
If the most important contributions
t can make to victory is to continue
md increase its organizing efforts, to
ecure fairer wages, better working
conditions, greater security and all
Use that is necessary for the highest
Morale OF our country's working popu.
alton.
Undergrad, ill-fed, ill-clothed and
Continued ON Page Four)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-12-31
TRESPASSINC AT THE CAPITAL
By A. l. HARRIS

ton of sort of super AFL-CIO com
mittee This super-committee would
attempt to work out points of friction
and bring about cooperation, particu
larly on the political front. This
would make 1t impossible for the anti
labor crowd on Capitol Hill to take
advantage Of existing labor disunity
by playing one labor group against
the other They have been able to
do this in the past because labor dis
Unity manifested itself on the political
field almost as much as on the in
dustrial field.
The anti-laborites in the house, led
by Virginia's Howard (Undertaker)
Smith, author Of the so-called Smith
bill, Georgia's Gene Cox, reputed
brains" of this reactionary gang, and
Michigan's Glare Hoffman, who gets
the filters whenever anybody men
lions the name of organized labor,
have taught labor a lesson that labor
isn't apt to forget for a long, long
time.
Farmers Union Backs Labor
The Farmers Union is conducting a
campaign here in Washington to
bring about more wholesome worker
farmer relationship. This is the only
farm organization that ap-
preciates the fact that workers and
farmers, the two great producing
groups, have common political and
economic interest.
Need for better understanding be-
tween worker and farmer is indeed
very great, as evidenced by the rural
vote in the house on the Smith anti
labor bill. These rural representa-
tives voted 1874 to 40 for the bill, ac-
cording to vote compilation made by
this column.
The Farmers Union was the only
major farm organization that official
Iy came out against this vicious meas
ure.
In those districts where the farm
ers have engaged in liberal politics,
there representatives largely stuck by
labor. All three rural Progressives Of
Continued ON Page Two)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-12-31
PINBALL MACHINES ARE
GAMBLING DEVICES IS
RULING OF DIST. JUDGE

Judge Ewing Dissolves Temporary Injunc-
ton Granted Operator of Pinball Machine,
Preventing Removal Of Mechanical Con-
trivance Following an Order Of Attorney
General Bonner That Illegal Games Stop
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-12-31

Economic Justice and Equality
Is the Real Safeguard of De-
mocracy. Lack of These Is a
Challenge to the Intelligence
and Sincerity of All.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-12-31
1871 WAS BANNER YEAR
FOR C0-0PS in GENERAL
development and SALES
''Streamlining" of Grocery Stores and Gas
Stations Has Been One Of the Outstanding
Developments of the Past Year
In Consumer Production Deve
Recorded; Sales Top Records. )
By WALLACE j. Campbell

NEW YORK.-Nineteen forty-one was /
respects for consumer co-operatives, The Co
of the USA reported this week. Hundre
service stations throughout the country V
New stores and headquarters buildings walu..,
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-11-20
EDITORIAL
You've Been Absent.

Punctuaity is essential to success
in all types of work. Since the hab-
its we acquire in school are carried
on with us in later life, being or
time at school is as necessary as in
any other work. A person working
in an office or at the saw mill
would be dismissed if he repeatedly
came tardy to- work. When one
does not work for a few days, he
doesn't receive his pay. The same
applies to a student in school. the
parents are paying for something
that is not received.
The past five weeks we have had
the equivalent of one student being
tardy 38 times and absent 2l8 days,
or 8.27 students absent for the five
weeks, or Is days. With the COOP
Grafton of the parents and teachers
this could be greatly reduced and
the improved situation would make
for a much better school.
solicit the help Of the parents,
teachers, and students in eradicat-
ing the habit of being absent and
taFdy at school
Mr.. ROUNDS.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-11-20
What's No Life for a Lady ?

According to the Well-Wpltteu
enjoyable book by Miss Cleveland,
| find that it is mo Life for a
Lady in the West, where the story
found little girl covering the face
of dead gunman with his hat.
OF course, the little girl is the
author, who grows up on the cat
tie ranch of her irresponsible moth
er after her fathers death. She
learns all the ways of branding,
rounding up, and caring for cows
which she loves and treats as hu-
mans. She and her brother keep
order in the bunk house of the cow
boys on their ranch, and together
they stave off cattle rustlers and
keep the finances of their mother
where they should be. The girl is
more than disguised when her
mother sends her to an eastern
school, and she can hardly wait for
her vacations when she goes home
to find her college brother and
her mother in the throes of fight
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-11-20
Talents Displayed

Yes, there was more fun for the
Libby Hi students last Friday when
an Heterogeneous program was
held in honor of Education Week.
Many students were surprised at
unknown talent in their own body
and in the faculty.
Bernice Madison had charge OF
the program and started out with
calling on Edith Detjens who read
I Like Americans which was en-
joyed by all. Singers on the pro-
gram were Myrna Peterson, Jeanne
Brown, Leahbeth Campbell, and
Burton Baker Everyone enjoyed
the piano solo by Ethel Holmgren,
and the big highight of the program
were the two readings by Mr.. Bor-
gen, one dramatized and the other
Edgar. A. Guests very hilarious
poem on sThe Women Who Pow
der Their Noses: and the songs
sung by Mrs. Hudacek, who thrilled
the audience with Jealous and
so Yau're the One We all en-
loved this program, SO let's have
some more of them!
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-11-20
Tar and Feathers

Many chic reversibles are beinf
seen around the corridors of T.. n
is. Among these are wool tweeds,
corduroys. and shrieking plaids.
Also up-to-the-minute are those
cute, crocheted caps like the Man
ions and Marion Fuller are wear
ing.
Campus sox and Sloppy Joes''
are with us for the third year and
still rank high in popularity with
the fair sex.
Militay and nautical style shoes
are all the rage in footwear for this
winter season.
Snappy campus boots in appeal
ing colors and styles are very pop
ular. The cowgirl and military
styles are the latest; in red, white,
beige, brown, or different tricky
combinations.
By the way. gals, remember
plaids are good in everything
skirts. coats, shirts, jackets-in any
color-just SO they're screamingly
bright.
Have you noticed those macaroni
necklaces-those long multi-colored,
String 'em-yourself ones, like Le-
nore's? They can be bought very
cheaply and colors be combined and
strung however you wish.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-11-20
Contesting for Album

The Shutter Bugs, in an effort to
promote better pictures among the
members OF the club, are sponsor
ing photograph contest among
themselves. The contest will include
all the members, and the pictures
will be mainly still-life and land
scape. We of the camera club have
not yet decided as yet exactly how
the pictures will be judged. For the
most part composition will be con-
sidered and for the benefit of those
who are learning, the development
and printing will not be counted
very much. The prize that is Of
fered is a photograph album which
we believe any member will find
useful The contest will close, in
the first meeting of the Shutter
Bugs in December.