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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-06-18
Why Did They Strike?

few dolars-the money needed protect families from
further praton due fragrant proeering in food shell
ter and clohnghs the reason for the strikes singled out
by the administration for its brutal attack.
Employees the Aircraft Co. fighting
against hourthe San Francisco machnists
opposing cut and the abolition of double time for
methe w. A. in this state is seeking ~ cents more an
hour.
Are these demands unreasonable?
The shipbuding companies duplicating the profits of
World War No. which in the of Bethlehem Steel Com
pany described by federal nordnate" only
year during suit by the few mil
lion dollars of the DOODLE
Lumber prices went up percent during the first quarter
year again. 191718 Weyerhaeuse Long Bell
and the other corporations rang vast profits from the
work of ill-paid loggers and millmen.
The North American Aircraft Co. taken over by the
owned by the General Motors corporation whose
profits in 1910 $195715OO9 So day for
of its employees.
The former president General its larg
stockholders William Knudsen the director of OPM, who
sits in Washington D. c. handing out billions in profitable
contracts to the big corporations, including his
Mr. Knudsens attitude toward the American worker
before the u S. Chamber of Commerce 1888 when
he said The largest drawback to good industrial relations 49,
course the Wagner ac Naturally Mr. Knudsen pleased
that this act has been abrogated by roopthough
pealed by congress-
The commercial press itself provides most telling
mentay the of troops the North American plant
strikers had been dispersed
possession of the plant asked Secretary of War
mson what would be the rights of stockholders He replied
that they would learn sin time"
the stockholders all the they needed Blue
chip stocks soared-among them General Motors The rea
w all Street the belef that government
would take hand in labor disputes" and the posi-
bilty of more reasonable tax bill"
Small wonder then that in voting to back work in al
body the North American company employees posed this
ton We going to make the government show it's hand
the Army there in the of production
ion busting"
The American people have questions to These
posed President Roosevelt letter sent this week
authority of the state executive board of the Washington
Commonwealth Federation
where is the Justice the WCF asked, Sin bayoneing
citizens back to work for so hour in
in
firm reports 1870 percent another 5000 percent higher
profits in 1910 than in 1889?
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-06-18
GOVERNMENT FIGURES
SHOW COSTLY DIETS

Government figures, as distinct from
government spokesman, tell a differ
ent story about food. They indicate
that while the nation is on a war
footing people will have to eat less,
not more, and poorer, not better, food.
The average of all wholesale prices,
including food, is so higher than a
year ago.
The average of wholesale food
prices alone is 11@o over a year ago
The wholesale price of hogs has
increased 7095.
The wholesale price of lard has in
creased 500.
The wholesale price of butter has
increased 800.
The wholesale price of eggs has in
creased $3.50.
And even considering the wage in
creases that went into effect this
spring, two-thirds of American fam
lilies will still be living this year on
less than $4,000 each
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-06-18

EXPLOITING
CONSUMERS
By JEANETTE RANKIN

Ever since the United States started
on it's full-time about defense effort
the price of the things necessary to
keep our people fed and clothed have
been rising steadily.
Now various agencies of govern
ment are endeavoring to find who is
responsible for these price rises
particularly in food products.
A large part of the daily press is
blaming the farmers for the jump in
the cost of food. Gamers have been
blamed for the rise in the cost of
canned goods, and they also blame the
farmers by pointing to government
aid to agriculture and the high prices
farmers are now receiving for the
things they produce. Also, the can
ners are blaming the high wages"
they have to pay their employees.
All these arguments can be dis
posed of with few often overlooked
facts. A survey just published by the
National Farm Bureau Federation
shows that the farmers share of an
Scent loaf of bread is about 1 cent;
his share of a 13-cent package of Gig
arettes is u cents; and he gets only
1.3 cents out of a can of peaches re-
failing for about II cents. So certain
ly the farmer is not the cause of ris
ing prices.
The workers in the canning indus
try are receiving far below the pay
levels in many other industries. In
fact, canning workers are receiving a
little over 80 cents an hour on an
average.
These are just few samples. The
conclusion must be that greedy men
are taking advantage of the nations
defense effort to enrich themselves.
The workers are not getting more and
the farmers are still receiving a very
small part of what the consumer pays.
In fact farmers, workers and con-
are all being robbed to enrich
prOfiteers.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-06-18
SCREWY NOTIONS : PROPAGANDA
For the Purpose of Control With Fascist Tendencies

Selling the idea to the people of
America that England is a democracy
while she is almost as Fascist as
Nazi Germany.
Pooling the people of America into
believing that England is fighting for
democracy while she holds other ma
tons in a state of slavery
Asking the people of America to
take on faith what they are told by
the war lords of the world after serv-
ing these same war lords in a war
twenty years ago.
Instilling into the minds Of the peo-
pie the idea that those in power are
the government and not the people.
Pooling the people into believing
that government of democracy can
be overthrow by its own subjects
Training 10000 aviators in the
United States for an organization of
world police made up of all nation
alities and similar to the White Rus
sian Guard of Finland that was under
Holding thousands of Fascist pris-
oners of war in the United States
instead of in British possessions
Crowned heads, international bank
srs and fascist appeasers crowding
into America and being wined and
lined by the President
The deportation trial of Harry
Bridges, labor leader, on the flimsy
charges of Communism
And the colossal debt being in
,urred for the defense of an Imperial
lation that will break every labor I'M
on in America to support it and that
will bankrupt every farmer and small
business man to pay the interest and
ak that must be collected and that
will eventually put all lands and
abor into the hands of a minority
ew of Fascist minds.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-06-18

who is to blame for it.
Information Please
A short time ago / was informed
that il stranger of the working class
type and perhaps most any stranger
went hunting around Kalispell district
they would find themselves unwel-
come, be chased out if easy to be
made to run, if caught in there, and
an attempt would be made to keep
them out in the first place. They
want to keep it to themselves and re-
serve it for special people. Have you
any news on this? The party telling
me this is a stranger to me and did
a lot of talking about hunting and
fishing, etc. I prefer to live and let
live so took no part in the converse
ton but when my turn came to be
attended to this was told me sort of
confidential and sort of second hand
Do you call that democracy Sounds
more like what l have read of Eng
land, yes even been told of many
years ago. The poor man was not
allowed to hunt ON the same ground
as the lords and dukes, ETC. Who
said this was a free country?
Another Question
What has Germany got that we
have not got in the United States? l
have read considerable about Ger
many both capitalist and labor papers,
magazines and stories of good, bad
and Indifferent nature but never heard
or read of a man being taken from
jail and hanged or beaten and murd-
cred without a trial not for such a
crime as was the case recently in the
south where the negro was taken from
jail and killed Mo- Mo- That is not
my idea of democracy, nor free
country either Why the white man
is more savage than the savage used
to be-
| aim to watch the columns of the
paper for an answer to the Kalispell
incident if true or false.
Some people advocate taking GER
tain persons out and shooting them.
suppose that is the surest way of
getting rid of them, sure to stay shot,
but | think they are too easy on them.
putting them down in these
holes, putting them to work and keep
ing them there from now on. A GER
tain idiot in Washington advocated
the electric chair for strikers A few
shifts or a few hours in some of the
places l have seen here might give
him a different idea again.
A heading in last nights paper said
troops had entered an airplane factory
in California, taken it over and I'M
derstand because the strike was not
settled. Does that not make Roose-
velt strike breaker? Didn't he or
der it? Is that democracy?
B. E. LYONS.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-06-18
How High Is Up?

the farmers which is supposed to
bring up the prices IS percent of parity will undoubtedly
bring cash the farmers Workers in industry will
also get increases wages lot Of bowling and SQUAD
bling part of those control of industry Even the
most conservative newsletter intended for business men admits
that
But what going happen to those increases in dollar
ceips to the farmers and the aborers?
The Bureau of Agricultural Economics rather completes the
picture insofar the farmers concerned and statistics
that the and the workers income parallel
other When the of the income of
the other with and when the income of the farmer
drops the income worker follows down. The Bureau
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-06-18
BY BEN BUCKLEY

Mining the New York harbor in
order to sell the people the idea that
they are in danger of being invaded
Terming everyone a Communist or
Nazi and a saboteur that doesn't agree
with the controlling power.
Putting a ban on political groups
other than their own party as sub
versive to democracy.
Putting ban on labor in the name
of defense as to free rights of ex-
preston.
Allowing capital 2OOOH6 profit on
war material contracts while labor
starves on coolie wages.
Forcing labor to accept the wishes
of capital at the point of bayonet.
Demanding that a nation of people
go to war when $3.50 of them are op
posed to it.
Giving foreign nations billions of
dollars when a few months back we
were cutting relief appropriations in
order to balance the budget to pre-
vent national bankruptcy.
Denying this country is sending oil
to Japan directly or indirectly be-
cause ships carrying it fly foreign
flags.
Telling the people they must sacri-
flee butter and other nutritious food
stuffs in order to win war that
has never been declared.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-06-18

Butte, Mont.
The Peoples Voice,
Dear Sir:
Am renewing my subscription for
another year. While there is plenty
would like to say, answer some of
the Opinions of Readers, l suppose
it would only be wasted effort, for
if those people really believe what the
paper says, then my opinion of them
is too low for words. If by this time
they don't know any better how long
before they realize the error of their
ideas?
Morgan and Ford must have a
happy time laughing secretly at some
of these straddle the fences who keep
continually slipping down and getting
sweet encouraging promises from the
top guys whispered in their ears.
Some people are easily amused, 9TH
ers easy to encourage, coax or force.
Yet they remain in misery just the
same as the party who stays off the
fence and says what they know is
the real cause of all the misery and
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-06-18
Current Capital Comment

Current Capital Comment
The greatest monthly movement of
iron ore in the history of the Great
Lakes = 11,OS1,199 long tons - is re-
ported for the month of May. {. !.
NYA students, a survey reveals, re-
ceive higher than average grades, ac-
cording to NYA Administrator Aubrey
Williams. -. Big Business justifies
a "grab-as-much-as-yo policy
during the present emergency on the
theory that business may be bad after
the emergency is over. This, they
reason, is not profiteerng. When is
there, profiteering? -. Vichy's col
laboration with Hitler now includes
collaboration in the field of propagan-
propaganda that is pro-nazi, anti
democratic, anti-British, and anti
American . A special transporta-
ton unit headed by DR.. Lloyd Wilson,
University of Pennsylvania economist,
has been created in OPACS for the
purpose of 'averting unjustified in
creases in transportation COSTS"
A study in the District shows that
for every $500 worth of bread sold
here, the wheat farmer gets only
$13.25, or slightly more than 10 per-
cent. Rep. SABBATH, ILL.,, says that
freight water rates have gone up so
high, that the cargo rates on two trips
often pays for the entire cost of the
vessel. !. Most observers agree that
when the present war emergency is
over, there will be more, not less gov
control over industry
There is talk on the Hill that shake
up in the directing personnel of OPM
is in the offing. Some of the business
big shots haven't delivered the goods,
it is claimed. :. Whether for fear
Of creating public hysteria, or some
other reason, the present policy of
the F'Bl seems to be to softpedal al
legations of sabotage in cases where
strong suspicion of sabotage actually
exists. Many strongly suspect that
The recent Jersey City waterfront fire
was of incendiary origin, but the FBI
says nothing. -. Rep. Patrick, Ala, |
wants to know what Charles Lind
oergh means when he calls for new
leadership in this country. Is he ask
ng for the impeachment of the Presi- |
lent, or the forcible overthrow of the |
government?
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-06-18
Last year when

66 percent Of the national income this Last when
the of wheat considerably lower than will be this
year. the farmers percent the national income
1889 they IA of the national
Rising costs of the things the farmer will have buy will
than offset the increases his income AS long the
producers of the world themselves production
distribution those control will that the up
is 'high. But the producers like it They don't
do much about it anyhow.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-06-18

Where is the mpartiaty of administration which fills
highest posts with corporation executives and sends troops
against their underpad employees?
sow can democracy defended how national defense
attacks the lives liberties and happ
of plain people who produce our nations wealth and Tor
whose protection government itself was organlzed!-
Washington New Dealer.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-06-18

concentration camps, mainly for polit-
ical beliefs, and similar portrayals of
conditions in nazi Germany. The de-
mocracies are just waking up to the
need of combating organized nazi
propaganda with counter propaganda
Propaganda is a more potent weapon
than the sword. Although nazi prop
uganda plays upon hatreds and pref
udices, a vicious but effective method,
democratic propaganda should have a
decided edge, since it has but to dea!
with the truth
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ton is scheduled to occur in Congress
during consideration of the proposed
bill to empower the President to take
over property, temporarily or perma-
nently real or personal, tangible or
intangible" if such taking over is
considered by him to be essential to
national defense. OF course, the per-
receive full monetary compensation.
A howl already is going up against
| the measure by every reactionary on
Capitol Hill, who sees in it an ap-
proach to socialism. The bill will not
be enacted into law without substan-
tial modification, all observers agree.
Postwar Unemployment
Hearings on two important congress
sional resolutions designed to tackle
the postwar unemployment problem
now are scheduled to begin before
subcommittee of the House labor COM
mittee on June "a The subcommittee
will be headed by Rep. Ramspeck, Ga.
They are House joint resolution SO
and House joint resolution rs. They
are similar in that each would set up
expert committees to study postwar
problems as they relate to unemploy-
ment.
The former resolution was intro
duced by Rep. Voorhis, Calf, at re-
quest OF the Inter-Faith Conference on
Unemployment held in Washington,
d. C. last year. The latter resolution
was also introduced by Voorhis in
the House and by Senator Wagner in
the Senate. Some very broad support
is being lined up behind these resolu-
lions, including support from labor un-
ions, farm organizations, consumer
co-operatives, business associations,
and church groups.
More MiIIionaires In Offing
Although efforts to put teeth in the
excess profits tax are promised by
liberals when the Tax bill reaches the |
House floor, the decisive vote of the
House ways and means committee in
the Treasury proposal for
computing the tax is indication that
very little in the direction of real
excess profits tax can be expected
from the present Congress.
The Treasury proposal would COM
pute the tax ON the basis of invested
formula which Congress re-
jected a year ago-rather than the
present optional method of computing
the tax on the basis of average earn
ings. The Treasury plan would at
least have put few baby teeth in the
bill, although not the healthy molars
the liberals would put into it. The
committee vote was 20 to 4, which
may not represent a fair cross section
Of the House sentiment on that ques-
lion. Liberals are laying plans to
but they know that privately it will
be a losing fight.
Using Propaganda Weapon
Paul Douglas, Chicago economist,
heads a new organization, Appreciate
America, Inc, which seeks, through
propaganda, to awaken
his country to the dangers of Hitler
sm It's first literature sets forth
some of these pertinent facts: the
nee proud German labor movement is
low. but memory; the average week
y pay of the German worker az
lours) is $40, of which % percent is
deducted for taxes and voluntary
no worker can leave
lis employment voluntarily; over l.
90, 900 workers have been command
cred to work on military roads and
ortifications; 100000 German girls
etween the ages of Is and 20 must
o years labor service without pay;
0 1000 persons have been thrown into |
RadnicÌŒka borba = Workers' struggle. [volume] ([New York, N.Y.]) 1907-1970, 1941-10-16

&c civilizovana akcija radnicke
klase biti popracena sa fizickom
silom Industrijalne Junije da Il
slucaju VT d II j kapitalisticke
klase fizicki tresne MEN omiljen
kapitalizam zemliu
Tako bi Geo svet zahvatio pla-
men Proleterske Revolucije koji
bi palio samo ono Sto ie trulo /
puno bakcila koji bi sprecio mi
lionito ubijanje radnika, zena de
ce, kao razaranje neizmernog be-
gatstva. Tada bi sa svetom "a
vladao trajan mir. jer bi Sc uspo-
stavilo takvo druStveno uredle-
ME II kojem bi svaki korisni clan
primao drustvenu vrednost svoga
proizvoda, u kojem bi izobilje bilo
sreca ma mesto sto je uZrok krvo-
prolica patnje covecanstva pod
ludim kapitalizmom.
RadnicÌŒka borba = Workers' struggle. [volume] ([New York, N.Y.]) 1907-1970, 1941-10-16

onako, radnici Sc saliu Il vojsku.
kapitalisticka propaganda nastav-
liza sa punom parom medju civili-
ma i medju sada konskriptovanim
vojnicima. | do sada glavnome,
svi pokusaji kapitalisticke ratne
propaganda medju radnicima oti-
sli us utaman. A medju vojnici-
ma?
Ma gornje pitanje neka nam od-
govori klevelandski Plain Dealer,
koji uvodniCki rece: 'Zaista je
vrlo mali broj ljudi armiji koji
znaju tacno zasto su tamo. Veci-
ma njih nemaju nj najelementarni-
ieg pojma sta ova kriza znaci
kakava je uloga Amerike u Moi.
Ukratko, oni ne znaju zasto mo-
raju nositi puske i zasto moraiu
biti u vojnickom logoru wise cd
godinu dana"
Pored toga sto je vrlo znacajno
ovo grubo priznavanje burzoaske
novine, ono nam dokazuje da rad
nici uniformama ne verujl
unapred ratnoj propaganda da Sc
ova zemlja bori Ia ocuvanje "de-
mokratije." Preko radija, preko no
vina, preko bioskopa raznih dru-
9Th sredstava ratne propaganda
americki radni narod je pune dive
Ii wise godina slusao potrebi bra
njenja "demokratiie." Mnogo duze
i mnogo wise cd ratne propaganda
Prvog Svetskog Rata. l sada do
lazi Plain Dealer uvodnicki nam
veil kako ogromna mnozina njih
ne zna cemu je stvar. Nije mo-
guce da oni nisu culi Hitleru j
njegovoj pretnji da &c napasti ovu
zemlju it'd, it'd. Onda zasto preko
,svega toga Plain Dealer veil da
oni ne znaju nista? Zbog toga sto
Sc radnici vojnici ne odazivlju O.
dusevIjeno pozivu Ia "odbranu de-
~mokratije." 1 oni Sc ne ponasaju
tako zbog ikakve strane iii naro-
RadnicÌŒka borba = Workers' struggle. [volume] ([New York, N.Y.]) 1907-1970, 1941-10-16

da o Moi otvoreno vode racuna.
Socijalisticki pokret me mole da
pobedi u starom okviru -otadzbine.
ON stvara move, wise oblike ljud-
ske zajednice, jer &c opravdane
potrebe j napredne teznje radnih
masa svake narodnosti biti prvi
put zadovoljene u International
nom jedinstvu, pod uklanjanjem
sadasnjih nacionalnih ograda. Ma
pokusaje sadasnje burzoazije, da
Sc radnici razdvoje pocepaju
rpodmuklim argumentima "odbra-
ne otadzbine", klasnosvesni radni-
ci odgovorice novim i uvek no.
vim ponovljenim pokusajima, da
ponovo uspostave jedinstvo radni-
ka raznih narodnosti borbi "a
obaranje vlasti burzoazije sviju
narodnosti.
Burzoazija zaludjuje mase i
umotava imperijalisticki pljackas-
/ XII pohod starom ideologijom ma
cionalnog rata. Proletarijat de-
maskira tu prevaru objavljuje
lozinku: Prevodjenje imperijalis-
tickog rata gradjanski rat. Bas
ma ovu lozinku mislile su Slut
gartska Bazelska rezolucija, koje
nisu predvidjale rat uopste, nego
bas oval sadasnji rat; one nisu
govorile "odbrani otadzbine",
vec "ubrzavanju sloma kapita-
lizma", iskoriscavanju krize
stvorene ratom,o primeru Komu-
lie. Komuna je znacila pretvara-
ME rata naroda u gradjanski rat
Takvo pretvaranje naravno nj
je lako i ne moze Sc vrSiti "po
zelji' pojedinih partija. Ali bas
to pretvaranje lezi objektivnim
uslovima kapitalizma uopste, a
narcotic zavrsne epohe kapitaliz-
ma. A socialist imaju da DEF
stvuju u tom pravcu, samo II
RadnicÌŒka borba = Workers' struggle. [volume] ([New York, N.Y.]) 1907-1970, 1941-10-16

tom pravcu. Ne glasati "a ratne
kredite, ne tdavati potstreka So
vinizmu ",svoje" zemlje (i savez-
nth zemalja), vec u prvom redu
boriti Sc protiv sovinizma svoje
burzoazije, ne ograniciti Sc ma
leealne forme borbe, kada kriza
nastupi i kada i sama burzoazija
ukida legalnost koju je ona "a
vela, - to je pravac rada koji
vodi gradjanskom ratu koji &c
ovom iii onom momentu evrop-
skog pozara dovesti do gradjan-
skog rata.
Rat nije slucajnost, nije "greh",
kao sto veruju hriscanski popov:
(koji kao god oportunisti pro-
povedaju patriotizam, humanost
i mir), nego je on jedan neizbe-
zan stupanj kapitalizma, jedna
isto tako opravdana forma kapi-
talistickog bivstva kao mir. Rat
nasih dana je rat naroda. Ali IL
te istine ne izlaZi, da treba pill
vati niz "narodnu struju" sovi-
nizma, vec da u ratnim vremeni-
ma, u ratu II ratnoj formi da-
lie postoje da &c izbiti klasne su-
protnosti, koje komadaju narode.
Odbijanje sluzbe, vojnicki strajk
t. d. znace presto glupost, znace
bedan kukavicki san bezoruz-
moi borbi protiv naoruzane bur-
zoazije, .fantaziranje ukidanju
kapitalizma bez ocajnog gradjan-
skog rata iii jednog MIA ratova.
Propaganda klasne borbe estate j
ratu duznost socijalista; rad,
koji je upravljen ma prevodJenje
rata naroda u gradjanski rat, jes-
te uvek imperijalistickog oruza-
nog sukoba burzoaZije sviju ma
CHA jedini socijalisticki rad. Dole
sa popovsko sentimentalnim glu-
PIN snovima "miru po svaku