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Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1941-12-25
HALO .VESZTESEGEK
A CSENDES TENGEREN

A Macy haboru: els6 hete be-
vegz6d0tt es egy cseppet Sc
volt kedvez6 a japanokra nezve,
akik orv tamadasukkal eros
kart okoztak nekiink is. Hiva-
talos megallapitasok szerint az
els6 heten ez volt a japanok
vesztesege:
Harom nagy japan csatahajo
elsulyedt, f6leg legi reptile ta-
madasok kovetkezteben es egy
er6sen megrongal6dott ugy,
hogy javitasa sokaig tart.
Harom kisegit6 japan halo
szinten a tenger fenekere ke-
rult es ugyanekkor a. japan
hadirepiil6gep is teljesen el-
pusztult.
A Phillipilii szigetek koriil
Luzontol eszaki iranyban de-
rex amerikai repul6ink negy
csapatszallito japan hajot ell
sulyesztettek, es harmat sulyo-
san megrongaltak. Mennyi ja-
pan katona pusztult ell azok-
kal, AIT mem lehetett termesze-
tesen rnegallapitani a mostani
adott k0rilmenyek kozott
Luzontol deli iranyban is sike-
rult ket japan hajot meg
rongalni.
Ezeket a lenyeges karokat
Japan sokkal nehezebben he
veri XII, mint az Egyesiilt
Allamok, anol a hajogyarak
megfeszitett iizemmel es szinte
csodalatos gyorsasaggal dolgoz.
max egeszen vi hadihajokon
Japannak Sc a halo epit6 te.
lepei nincsenek meg a ka1
,gyors potlasara, Sc myers anya.
gokat mem tud kapni kell6
mennyisegben, hogy a terme.
leSben messze alul ne marad.
jon.
Frank Knox tengereszeti
MINISTER az amerikai kart
ekeppen becsulte fel az els6 het
soran, anniben a varatlan orv.
Hrna6aS lis bemne van:
Egy nagy amerikai csatahajt
elsiilyedt es ct kisebb halo is q
tenger fe1.ekere ment. Az el.
stilyedt halo az Arizona newt
volt. Felfordult ugyan az Ok
lahoma newt Macy csatahajt
is, de EFT XII lehet enelni e.
gyorsan lehet ujra 11arckepes
allapotba hozni. Az 0t kisebt
hadihajo helyebe maris epul.
mex az ujak es hamarosar
keszen is lesznek ARA, hogy
szolgalatba menjenek.
A vesztesegi aranyok tehat
csaknem egyformak mindket
oldalon, ami minden esetre
nagy el6nyt jelent Amerikara
nezve, inert az utanpotlast sok
kal nagyobb aranyokban Is
sokkal gyorsabban birja We
gezni, mint Japan.
A k0zel jov6ben igen Macy
fordulatok remelhet6k a Csen.
des Tengeren, amelyek meg
fogjak mutatni Japannak
hogy vegzetes hibat k0vetett
'el. ariikor Amerikara tamadt
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1941-12-25

Ha dicserik, akkor meg a
legszerenyebb ember is pirulas
nelkul tud hallgatni.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1941-12-25

Mar a halal is modern lett.
Kasza helyett bombaval jar.
=
Keves az olyan ember, alki
tegnap vegezte ell a mai mum
kaiat.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1941-12-25

de beismeri, hogy mulaszta-
sok t0rtentek a mi hadi er6nk
reszer6l. "A vizsgalat a legf6bb
hadt1r, Roosevelt eln0k mszer6l
mar folyamatban van es meg
bunteti a hibaz6kat.
|. Az alattomos tarnaiasnak
"a 'tengereszet reszer6l 81 tiszt
Ges 1888 tengeresz halottja van
es 'termeszetesen bizonyos sza-
mu .sebesultje is. Ugyanekkor
aHz amerikai szarazf0ldi hadse-
reg halottainak szama 1853
|tiszt es k0zlegeny. :,
Igen nagy szamok ezek, de
termeszetesen a hadi tengere-
szet es hadsereg mai letszama
mellett mem jelentenek a nem-
zetre veszedelmet. Eppen ICY
mem cs0kkentette a tengereszet
erejet az sem, hogy t0bb hadi-
hajonk elsilyedt vagy ugy meg
rongal6dott, hogy a javitas
hosszabb ld6t fog. igenybe
venni.
Mines a kormanynak semmi
titkolni val6ja. ovatosabb ella
ras mellett ellehetett volna
mindezt kerilni, de a bal mar
megtortent es bizonyos, hogy
soha t0bbe mem fog ismetl6dni
a haboru soran.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1941-12-25
FRANK KNOX :ELMONDJA
|MINDENBEN .AZ IGAZAT

AIT mondta az amerikai ten
gereszeti MINISTER, hogy a ja-
pan orvtamadas tenyleg va
ratlanul lott, alatomos modon,
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-02-26
INSTRUMENTATION OF The MONTANA
LEGISLATURE NOW COMPLETE

A trip to Helena will certainly con.
vince any layman that Lieut.. Billy
Rae has everything under complete
control and the legislative session
looks like a 100000 three ring circus,
giving entertainment to majority of
the members at the expense of the
taxpayers of old Montana, and doing
but little, if any, good to the rank
and file of the constituents who Sc
lected these men to represent them
at our legislative session. The regi-
mentation is almost complete. Hitler,
Goering and Goebbels have nothing
on this gang as the boys in charge
here move these legislators around
like chessmen on table.
The Governor issued a suggestion
that no state employee should be
guilty of lobbying at this legislative
session if he expected to hold his
job, which suggestion is reasonable
and fair, but he should also have sug-
gested that the state would tolerate
no lobbyists except people who regis
tered with statement as to who they
resented-whether for themselves
personally or a group and in whose
employ they were and at what salary.
These lobbyists should have the priv
ilege of appearing before any legisla-
tive committee to state their views
and arguments on any bill presented
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-02-26
HOUSE ROLL
CALL VOTE ON
eight BILLS

Editors Note: The purposes and
provisions of all bills but four Of those
on which the votes have been tabu-
lated elsewhere in this issue, have
been detailed in previous issues OF
The Voice. The purposes of the four
bills not heretofore carried, are re-
corded below:
of labor. The roll call vote was Sc
cured on substitute motion that a
report of the minority of the commit
tee on labor be adopted Those re-
corded as voting "A' believed that
labor is entitled to full protection I'M
der the law the same as any other
group. Those voting en- apparently
thought to the contrary
H. B. 1OO-This bill would have pro-
vided $40 per month pensions for the
aged and defined clearly those who
were Untitled to receive the pension
1t would have eliminated the humili-
alton that those applying for pensions
are generally subjected to by social
workers investigating them. Those
voting for the interests of the aged
are recorded as voting CA. Those
not SO voting are marked as voting
"N".
H. B. 252-This is a vicious, So
called Home Guard Bill'' with fas-
CYSTIC implications. 1t passed the
Continued on Page -Four,
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-02-26
50. AMERICAN
Federation
CHALLENGES
BY SCOTT NEARING

South American countries In the
La Plattee basin-and this includes
the bulk of the continent-have Just
completed very successful confer
ence." The success consisted OF {
series of agreements that constitute
in effect, regional economic alli
ance.
| Under these agreements, as report
ed in the press, special tariff trade
and transportation arrangements are
| to be made among the signatory
states. Provisions are also made for
the future organization of a customs
union which will come close to a pc.
litical federation of South America.
Brazil, the only avowedly totali-
tartan state in South America, is a
party to the new agreements. And
it was the totalitarian government of
Brazil which last year announced an
ambitious plan for industrialization
that more than matches the achieve
ments of Argentina and Chile in this
direction.
There is no way of telling how sue
cessful a South American federation
will be. If it is success, it will con-
front the hemisphere defenders and
Monroe doctrinaires with formidable
coalition.
The ruling class interests of the U.
S. have had an easy time in exploiting
a poor divided, squabbling, weak La
tin America They could easily afford
the luxury of good neighborliness. But
a unified South America. headed by
Brazil and the British
resentful Argentine, will
present very different picture.
The U. S. ruling class is not build
ing a 2-ocean navy for fun. The adj
means business when it
talks about the unification Of the
Americas Brazil for the Brazilians,"
Chile for the Chileans" sound omi
nous enough to the North American
empire builders, but Latin Ameri-
can federation with teeth cannot be
tolerated.
Should the Latin countries estab-
fish the union they propose, they must
expect soft words about good neigh
bors and unity of the Americas to give
way before the hard fist of U. S.
economic and military rover.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-02-26
BROKERAGE FIRMS
MON0P0LIzE BOND
ISSUES SAYS SEC

The Securities and Exchange com
mission charges that six New York
brokerage houses monopolized 81 per
cent of the bond issues over five
and one-half year period, and that
smaller firms are rigidly barred from
handling first-grade issues.
SEC officials further stated at a
hearing attended by 200 representa-
tives of investment banks, that no
first-grade, registered bond issues can
be handled by firm located outside
of New York city. The house of Nor
gan controls 81 per cent of all first
grade, registered bond issues.
To the SECS contention that com
petitive bidding should determine the
ALLEGATION Of securities issues, Har-
old Stanley, representating the House
of Morgan, denied banker domina-
ton and attributed the demand for
competitive bidding to "a small but
vocal minority"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-02-26
HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF

Therefore why the necessity OF H.
B. 252? The bill purports to create
home guard for the defense of the
existing national guard is in our train
| ing camps. Defense against whom
Do the proponents of the measure be-
| lieve that those who have not been
chosen by the selective draft are less
loyal to their country than those who
have been taken?
Does the fact that those who had
served in the defense of their country
during the last war, endow them with
supernatural power, so that they can
say: "Only those chosen to go into
the armed forces of the country are
loyal citizens, while those who re-
main at home and have to toll for
an existence, have to be watched?
Therefore we must create a Home
Guard to do such watching" Do not
these misguided persons realize that
they are creating something which la
Dor has abhorred for generations,
state Militia; and with this reali-
LdtlUi1 Oh lut part VI ldDOT DTlu8 D6CA
the memories of Cripple Creek and
the Ludlow massacre? Who is back
of this measure? Anyone familiar
with the political history Of Montana
need not be told that certain interests
are pushing this measure SO that they
can heap new indignities upon their
employees, and, under the provisions
of this measure these employees can
not exercise their American peroga-
tive to leave their jobs and influence
others to refrain from filling their
places.
No one deplores the necessity of
these controversies more than labor,
for they realize that the wages thus
lost can never be regained. In the
house there are however members
who profess their great love for labor,
but who have their heads In the
clouds and they grow hysterical be-
cause there are not enough lash mas
Continued on Page Four)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-02-26
Administrator
OF W. P. A.
UNDER fire
House Adopts a Resolution
To Investigate the Admins
tration of the WPA in the
State; Charges Parker With
Many Things.

Without a record vote the lower
house of the Montana assembly, yes.
terday (Tuesday) adopted resolu
ton making serious charges against
Joseph E. Parker, state Works Pro
gress Administration head in the state
and requiring the appointment of a
five-man committee to investigate the
administration and report to the
house not later than the 57th legisla.
tive day or Monday, March 3.
Those signing the resolution and
petition for an investigation were /:
Peter Curran of Silver Bow, Thomas
Murray of Deer Lodge, Barney Nc
Greevy Of Deer Lodge, Dry ]. Arm
strong of Flathead, Frank w. Horri-
gan of Granite and Henry Mernin of
Silver Bow.
Without being able to Judge at this
time as to the truth or error of the
charges against Parker 1t is the opin-
ion of some members of the lower
house that Representatives Dry j.
Armstrong, Peter Curran and Frank
W. Horrigan, may have signed the
resolution and petition as means of
defense to offer to their constituents
for voting against H. B. 50, the meas
ure to permit counties and munich
palities to levy taxes for funds to
make it possible to sponsor WPA
projects for needed improvements.
They may make the statement to
their constituencies that they did not
vote for II. B. 60 because they didn't
think the WPA was properly admin
Continued on Page Four)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-02-26
BY SAM sPIEGEL

Once again the people Of the state
of Montana are faced with the begin
ming of another witch hunt such as
they experienced during the war to
end wars" period. Under the guise
of being a defense measure H. B. 252
was hurriedly passed by the house
of representatives. In reality this
measure is a direct slap at labor.
Although labor has received scant
consideration from the present ses-
sion, the ruling powers deem 1t nee
essary that more and more indignfties
be heaped upon the most loyal OF all
the citizens of this state and OF the
country. The subsidized press and
all other means of propaganda con-
stantly scream about the number of
strikes and tie-ups Of our national de-
Tense program They refuse to adj
nit that the number Of labor contro-
versies are far below the number
which have ever been encountered
heretofore They also refrain from
giving the truth of these labor diff
culties as being caused by the auto
cratic refusal of the captains of in
dustry to arbitrate or adjudicate these
under the provisions Of
the machinery set up by our federal
The loyalty Of labor
can at no time be impugned. 1t is
the laboring class who have Shout
dered arms in the defense of our
and 1t is that class who have
borne the brunt Of these struggles,
who have deprived themselves and
families of some of the necessities OF
life SO that they could purchase baby
bonds and other securities and thus
help defray the costs of the war. II
the truth were but made known 1t
could be easily shown that the work
ing people had given more financial
ly and in proportion to their income,
in the last great struggle than those
who reaped the enormous profits
their ownership Of the NUM-
ton factories.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-02-26
Capitol Corridor
Chatter

Well, I finally got back on the job
but it was just because the editor
found out that he couldn't get along
without me. When it comes to step
ping out in society, the editors feet
don't seem to track any too well, and
so he had to get me to take on job
of society reporter. And believe me
the kind of society reporting this
turned out to be is my dish.
There were some guys in the legis-
lature that were going to throw a
party down at the Placer Hotel the
other night, and the editor had been
throwing out hints to various and
sundry trying to get invited but it was
no soap for him. | had been sort of
angling for bid too because | under
stood that they were laying in a pref
ty stock of blue ruin for the brawl,
and that was music to my ears. And
didn't run into any trouble getting
an invitation, because everybody rec
ognizes my social gifts, guess. Any
how I got the bid and the editor said
was to write up the party.
Well, I'll tell all can remember
about it, though l don't know how it
wound up exactly, because | got tired
towards morning and must have
dropped off to sleep because it was
along in the forenoon of the next day
when some roustabout in the hotel
woke me up.
/ got kind Of sore at first when
got down there, because began to
understand why | didn't get the job
tending bar that | thought I'd get once
for the legislature, like | wrote about
one time. | still don't see why guys
CONTINUED on Page Four
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-02-26

"a dirt farmer, the stone ayers
list themselves as follows:
Williams, banking and automo-
biles; Dillavou, attorney; Geb-
hardt, claim agent for N. P.
railway and Hammond (the
Casanova of the crowd, mer-
chant and farmer God save
the mark
Phelan is the author of House Bill
ITS. introduced by the committee on
agriculture. The purpose of the bill
is to investigate and above all recog-
nize beet growing and processing in
Montana. Sugar beets are mentioned
only once in the statute books. This
one mention was placed in the books
by a former member of the house
from Yellowstone county, Mr. Holiness
Mr.. Holiness placed the word sugar
beets on the statute books, when he
had sugar beet seed exempted from
the pure seed laws of the state when
these seeds are obtained from a sugar
beet factory or professor" A private
seed dealer, however, must comply
with the pure seed law.
How the Beet Trust Works
The contract that the grower and
the sugar beet factory signed is called
a participating contract. This per-
mits the field man of the sugar fac
tory to supervise the handling OF the
beets while they are in the hands of
the grower. When the grower reaches
the dump with his beets his particfpa-
ton ends, for he is never told the
amount of sugar his beets produced
or what profit they made for the proc
essor.
During the topping process where
the farmer is robbed wholesale). a
factory field man is In the field most
of the time. The contract reads that
the beets shall be topped at the last
leaf or the leaf lowest down on the
beet The field man continually ad-
vises the day laborers in the field to
top higher, cut less off the beets."
When the beets reach the dump they
are then graded by factory man."
The farmer is then locked for the
top. But the top of the beat has the
lowest sugar content of any part Of
the beet. The sugar content is graded
with the top included, 80 the process
sor not only gets the top free, but
uses it to lower the content payable
to the grower. House Bill ITS would
place the topping process of beets in
the hands of the state secretary OF
agriculture, instead of the factory
man" of the sugar company.
CONTINUED on Page Four
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-02-26

for each year of the coming bienniun
for public welfare. SO to l.
H. B. 232-Providing for conserva.
ton of underground water
H. B. 314-Refunding to Big Horn
county money paid by mistake to state
insane asylum. 50 to 8.
H. B. 316 - Regulating raising of
fur bearing animals in state go to 23.
H. B. 177-Dealing with certified
copies of county records. IS to l.
H. B. 104-Relating to distribution
|of common school equalization funo.
Isl to 2.
H. B. 253-Providing for number
of deputies in county offices. 10 to 4.
H. B. 237-Allowing use of housing
projects for national defense workers.
83 to 3.
H. B. 24S-Providing penalty for IL
legal possession Of game. So 80 rs.
H. B. 249-Requiring financial re-
sponsibility for automobile drivers. 70
to 6.
H. B. 256-Amending certain sec
Continued on Page Three)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-02-26
DoIIar-a-Year Murphy
To Resign

y hCoi9u
Francis F. Murphy, the dollar-a-
year patriot" who has charge of shoe
purchases for the national defense
advisory commission, is reliably re-
ported to have made up his mind
TO resign-and therein lies the story
of what exposure has done to a Dig
shot" more interested in making pro-
fits for his industry than in serving
his country in a period of national
emergency.
Reason that Murphy is to give for
his resignation is that personal af-
fairs" make it impossible for him to
devote sufficient time to work on the
commission. Those close to the scene,
however. assert that his exposure by
labor in the shoe industry, as well
as others. is more responsible for
his decision" Whether his resigna-
ton has been suggested" by some
body on the commission is not known
Prior to Murphy's appointment to
the commission, his company (the j..
R. McElwain company, manufacturers
Of Thorn Mean shoes, in which ne Is
a director and has 14100 shares or
stock) received a government order
for $4,000 pairs Of shoes at $500
pair. Subsequent to his appointment
his company received an order lor
100000 pairs of the same kind OIL
shoes for $3.10 a pair. 1t was ex-
planned, when that fact was brought
out on the floor of the house, that
the increased cost was due to an In
crease in the cost of shoe leather fol-
lowing a large European order for
army shoes. Shoe men point out, how
ever, that this explanation doesn't
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-02-26

to the state legislature, but instead
of that, we have mourners' bench
in the back of the legislature where
the stool pigeon lobbyists watch every
move of every member, and even are
bold enough to move in alongside Of
legislator and tell him or her what
| to do If this is not sufficient, a re-
cess is called where the boys can be
lined up and regimented to do or not
to do anything that the powers that
be wish.
1t is certainly an insult to the in
telligence of the voters of Montana
to allow this method to continue. We
know before it can be eliminated that
Independent representatives of the
voters must be elected and pass ade-
quate laws to eliminate this assinine
condition This same old racket has
been going on for many years and it
is high time that the people take note
Of how they are being kidded along
under the pretense of a democracy
With Hitler sitting in Butte and
Goering and Goebbels at the scene of
action, and with many elected lackeys
ready and willing to do their bidding,
it is an easy matter to befumble and
eliminate practically all constructive
legislation.
For the first five weeks very little,
if anything was accomplished except
to appropriate money to keep the
show going. Bills have poured in
from every angle - ten times moro
than were necessary-to confuse the
legislators, knowing full well that the
time left for action was too short to
give these various bills adequate con-
sideration. Then in the last few days
of the session the steam roller starts
working to kill off the constructive
and to pass some few fav-
ored or necessary bills to keep the
years. Then we have another cleo
ton and the boys go through the same
motions with about the same results
| believe that the people Of Mon
tana are 900 against totalitarian
FORM OI SOVcluulSut anu Gun gym
pathies are with the democracies and |
against Hitler, but yet we sit idly
BY and tolerate similar situation and
condition in our own state and let the
inside gang absolutely run the show
@ suit themselves.
To my mind these major corpora
ions are making great mistake.
They are paying out more money for
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