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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-05-14
$50 Month, $50 Week, $50 Day, and More

It's daring editor who steps into this fight and he gets
hisn for doing it. Well take the dare and at the start
that unequal opportunity country lawessness
than-well, you know.
Mr. Producer farm gets about $50 month"; he is
lucky Then soldiers youth with vgor and vm called to
the $21 month with board and clothes which puts
him the $50 class The farmers who produce and the
who fight baed production and defense and worked like
roans fought like tigers feed defend the country
peace
Factory office get about $50 doing
less with around jobs vacation for of Them
steady incomes and home comforts according to the American
standard of living They the boys you read about in the
papers, striking for Some of the better paid work
get $50 to $50 week. they skilled in and
of working the plant also the pay roll
The boys higher don't work the farms and don't
to except price They get $50 day and
they produce pay dr-so told In indus
trial fields they pillow up S1O0OO00 year for their
Corporation stockholders say they worth because
they pay dividends.
How do they dividends? That's where we get in deep
and in dutch" Because these $50 day manipulate
profits also, the $50 week and $50 month How
chimes made dispace how these made to
beg jobs enough buy bread for their baby and
big shots the wealth America the hands of
few families who don't need ha is the business of only
few who make profit system That's the inside secret
but the secret is leaking out The democracy of USA
where education is Free has produced few called "bran
trust They dare that things right and they
damned by the money changers.-Glasgow Times.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-05-14
Poll Tax Week

designated Week" by progress
sve southern organizations and call for national support for
the effort to this blot from Democracy the south has
met with fine response
Among the organizations listed in reports giving outstand
the efforts the southern people enranchse
themselves the Citizens Lobby of Massachusetts, the Inter-
national Union of Mine Mill Smeer Workers. the United
Automobile Workers and the Railroad Brotherhoods of Mon
tana. Many southern colleges the YWCA and YMCA and
student organizations lending aid.
This effort is of national purely sectional interest
Every session of has the bloc of southern
senatves in and the senate unctonng spear
heads of power in blocking progressive legislation In the
present session. have found them the forefront the
that has led the brink of The at
udes of the representatives the United States congress-
matter from what section they affect the lives of all of
the people of country This is the pertinent argument in
of participation in the efforts the majority of
the people in all sections of the country voice in the choice
of representatives.
The compelling force of public opinion of the of Amer
citizens is the only thing that will compel change in the
laws of the southern states where only small percent of the
people permitted voice in their government where
the the privileged few and practical
slavement is the lot of the
We hope that all of organized labor in this state and all of
the membership of the Farmers Union will direct their nfu
assist the people in the SOUTH to the end that
Of for and by the people of that section approach
reality.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-05-14
LECITHIN PRODUCERS
UNDER F. 7. G. BAN

Five corporations occupying a dom
inant position in the production and
importation of lecithin "a natural or
ganic substance used in the manu-
| facture of food, candy, rubber, leather
and petroleum products), and certain
of their officers, have been ordered by
the Federal Trade Commission to
cease and desist from practices held
to be in restraint of trade. The re-
spondent companies are: American
Lecithin Co., Elmhurst, Long Island,
N. Y. Ross & Rowe, Inc, New York;
The Glidden Co., Cleveland Archer
Daniels-Midland Co., Minneapolis, and
American Lecithin Corporation, Allan
ia, Ga.
The Commission dismissed its COM
plant as to Hansa- Muehle, Hamburg,
Germany, and Aarhus Oliefabrik
Aarhus, Denmark, lecithin producers,
who, due to difficulties arising from
the war, were recently relieved by
the other respondents in the case
from contractual obligations with the
American companies.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-05-14
Now It's In the Open
Conveys shooting and shooting me
President Roosevelt said sometime ago

1t in the light of this statement by the President that the
nationwide broadcast by Secretary of War Henry Smson
should be viewed Mr. Stmson that the United States
Navy be used the delivery goods
Great Britain
In effect Mr. Stimson asking for the United States
actively into the The story coming out in the
Up until this time step toward has been labeled
to keep America out of war; Mr. Stimson's demand
for the The administration asking
for the lives of American boys which
inexcusable, and which the people do not want.
There is danger of invasion. The makers de-
mandng about the world seeking fight.
President Rooseves secretary Stephen Early said Mr.
Stmson talked the speech with Mr. Roosevelt before it
delivered. So Mr.. Smsons position be known
that of the President
Many good people followed administration be-
eving that working for Now that is clear
that the administration is actually driving toward these
lovers of should add their protest to the thousands
of others who have fought for peace from the start.
Write the President and congressman and senator's De-
mand America get and stay of this useless slaughter
American Peace Mobilization and add your strength
the millions that organized for and democracy here
at home.
Raise the question in the church. the labor meeting, and
wherever people gathered together 1t the people who
would suffer- and and die in should it 1t is
the people who must prevent its comngSouthern News AL
manac.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-05-14
The Quota Conference

Next week conference will be held Great Falls which
will be attended by farm leaders, federal and state officials
whose work directly connected with the farmers interests
The of the conference stated in story elsewhere
in this issue to discuss the effect on the farmer who votes
against the wheat marketing quota the referendum vote
called for by the Secretary of Agriculture May 81
AS Mr. Rop the state president of the Farmers Union has
stated this decision the most important perhaps that
the individual farmer has been called to make at
time Actually may be said to be choice of evils rather
than matter of vocng his preference for something that will
be positive good for him he casts his vote one way or the
other.
he quota the bene-
fits of the loan If he votes for the quota he goes
for cuaied penalty if he exceeds his
allotment recently cited in The Voice
where farmer IN Daniels county man with large FAMILY
dependent hmwas limited to % of wheat his prn
cpa CROP under the quota and his benefit check to-
tailed about $28
generally that period of time, the quota
works the benefit of the farmer whose holdings and
operations are extensive and that the small operator Will SUI
fer in the end However, the small operator must also
the immediate conditions that will affect him the loan
program is wiped out.
Agriculture the industries operating under
present economy following the of concentration
of monopoizaton Each year sees tremendous
in corporation farming so-caled famyszed farm
suffering Just the small merchant is being eliminated by
great merchandising organizations the small farmer be-
ing squeezed out by large organizations.
How far this rapidly developing program of monopolizaon
agriculture be carried without endangerng the life of
the Nation something that should merit serious thought by
all OF society Concedmg Tor the sake OF argument th pro
ducon of fooduf for the nation be accomplished more
economically by compacy and efficiently managed organza
lions than by large of individual units we neverthe
less must meet with the question of how far is safe for
society plan for efficient organization without giving serious
consideration to human values
The problem created by the dissolution of hundreds of thou
sands of farm homes each certainly that cannot
be taken lightly Where will these families be able to cast
anchor? Must they continue to be added to the constantly
swelling of nomad created by the loss of their farm
homes roaming the highways of the country searching
for of livelihood Is the gain in efficiency worth the
price the Nation stability of citizenship We had bet
ter begin to balance books.
These questions writer, involved in the
that will take place the conference Great Falls
week Not only the farmers interested in this The
interested if they interested in their ultimate well
the welfare of country When the welfare of
third of the population of the Natona of them
stake, sit the sdelines and say
of M
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-05-14
FOOD STAMP PLAN Benefit TO BE
EXTENDED STATE wide in MONTANA

Surplus Marketing Administration
504 Power Block, Helena, Montana.
1t is stated that out of the tota
population, recently estimated at 308,
S62, in the 43 counties in Montana
which have not been designated prior
to this time, their are approximately
15,771 households, representing some
30,593 persons, eligible to receive pub
/ lie assistance.
When the Stamp Plan is in state
wide operation it will increase the
purchasing power for farm products to
approximately $1,363,20O (including
the seven counties now in operation)
which means an increase of at least
this much to the estimated 1909 re-
tail food stores in the state. This
increased purchasing power will
amount to about $113,600 a month and
this increased consumption of surplus
foods by families receiving public as
s1stance creates an addition to the
market for the farmers and tends to
stabilize farm prizes.
Foods recently listed as surplus in
Nhdy luCluue Dult6ls SSSS, uIltu
prunes, raisins, uncooked pork, pork
lard, corn meal, hominy grits, dry edi-
BILE beans, wheat flour and whole
wheat or graham flour, Irish potatoes,
and carrots. Also the following fresh
fruits: oranges, apples, and grape
fruit.
All retail food merchants who wish
to take part in the Food Stamp Plan
when it opens in this area must first
register with the Surplus Marketing
Administration office, 504 Power
Block, Helena, Montana No fee or
charge of any kind is made for this
registration for participation in the
Plan. To insure that all participating
food merchants understand and com
ply fully with the regulations and con-
litions governing the Plans operation, |
hey are required to sign Retailers
statement" card to this effect before |
being eligible to redeem Food Order
Stamps.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-05-14

Extension of the Federal Foot
Stamp Plan for distribution of Surplus
Foods to 15,771 households receiving
public assistance throughout the re
mainder of the state of Montana fol
the benefit of farmers and eligible
needy participants was made possible
last week when Secretary of Agricul-
ture. Claude r. Wickard, at Washing
ton, D. c., announced the selection of
the balance of the state for operation
of the Plan.
The Plan, which has been success
fully operating in Cascade, Missoula,
Silver Bow, Valley, Yellowstone, Car
bon and Fergus counties, will be ex-
tended statewide as soon as neces-
sary details can be completed within
each county and the needed machin-
cry is set up for operations, Charles
+. Kunkel, acting regional director of
tho Surplus Marketing Administration
in San Francisco, announced.
Based on the administration ex-
perience in the Montana counties and
other areas where the Plan has been
operating, Mr.. Kunkel estimated that
the Food Stamp Plan will provide
annually more than $831,560 of in
creased purchasing power in Montana
for farm products. This will mean an
increase of at least this much in the
annual business of the retail food
stores of the state as the Stamp Plan
provides for distributing surplus COM
modities through regular channels of
trade.
Mr.. Kunkel announced that Mr..
Dwight Lohn will supervise the in
stallation of the Plan in the desig-
mated counties located in the remand
er of the state, which counties will be
opened in groups at a time. Officials
of the State Department of Public |
Welfare have agreed to cooperate |
with Mr.. Lohn in these preliminary |
for the Inauguration of |
he Stamp Plan in each county.
Montana will be operated under the
of the Helena office of the
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-05-14
Trading With the Enemy

time to time is discovered that great corporations
country international trade do not hesitate
sell their products nations that considered
enemy nations Thus recently disclosed that great
shipments of petroleum products from the United States
reaching Germany When of the officials of the great oil
company questioned about it, he stated frankly enough
it sold its products anyone desiring them and able to
pay for them
resolutions introduced the Congress
United States by Senator Gillette of Iowa and Congress
Coffee of Washington investigate how and through
what channels the Axis have materials
this country
Should resolutions pass the congress- little publicity
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-05-14
In THE PUBLIC INTEREST
SIGNIFICANT QUOTATIONS

F more years that most
Of huge wealth providing
family and the small income to the widows orphans"
2s sysopenIna
The corporations are a. They ex
ere their influence and monetary
wealth the hads peoee
! CONCENTRATION OWNERSHIP AND WEALTH
Who finances the intere
Who the pools of
closely tied to the other
the U alone have over s ooO
100000 Of assets and their assets are the Of
4oOooOooo annually In
of all national banks
clutehins hands In 1887
a notes na S @ % ns bought all ate bonds
companies
the 40 leading profit
una ststss esy
s79 70 of f. state tat count. county municipal bonds
1s 10 Of It the total public utility debt
o. arm mortgages
then Go met seu with n these s figures
companies through
Had the figures property been avail
Wherever you nI turn 1 h esen ,a greater d
poatons financed to
INSURANCE AND LEGISLATION
How does this affect
else their influence legislative activity
national This whip the
Ito iferen
Cd They in
= - -
90 They maintain lobbyists in the legislature In the
just closed lobbyists
of century on the cost of
~ insurance companies are the biggest
means that the small farmer in benefit PAYMENTS
$50 rail corporate all the greed
misery they
sometnine per careful
an premiums You probably unwilling partners
which, today threatens existence a freeH
$OO0OOOOO of the
which,
the while
Life
from National Farme
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-05-14

told the Negro youths that they would
be required to leave.
What do you mean, there're no
seats?" one of the northern soldiers
remarked, there's room right there"
pointing to some vacant seats in
front of the bus. "But Negroes aren't
permitted to sit in those Seats" the
driver answered. ITO hell with your
rules" the soldier insisted. "If you
don't give them those seats, the bus
isn't going ahead" Other comrades
backed him up.
Result: The Negro youths were per-
mitted to occupy the vacant seats and
the bus went on. 1t probably was the
first time that this ever had occurred
in this Jim Grow law-ridden COM
munity.
Current Capital Comment
Approximately AZ per cent of those
called for service under the draft are
rejected because of physical defects,
as compared to 33 per cent rejected
during World war 1.
This is attributed to the depression.
The highest rates in increase in
the federal income tax proposed by
the treasury are in the lower and mid
die income groups. There is a dispos-
ition on Capitol Hill to go rather slow
ly with such increases, since these are
the people who have most to say as
to who shall represent them in con-
gress when election day comes around
and accounts why some of the mem
bers of congress are currently having
the filters. . NYA Administrator
Aubrey Williams announces a series
Of symphony broadcasts will be given
by NYA orchestras over the Blue net
work of the NBC beginning on Sun
day, May IS, the broadcasts ''dedi-
Gated to the contribution of foreign
born citizens to American democ-
'acy" Leon Henderson says that
+ he has to fix the price of farm
the price-fixing will be
timed at the food spectators and not
1t the farmers. AS the result
If efforts to obtain jobs for Negro
' VI hCi . Ill uClOuSC luQuSLllCSy oil dir
raft manufacturer has assured OPM
Il ultimate employment Of 1920
killed and production workers in his
liant, Associate Director General Sid
ley Hillman has announced. John
;. Lewis drew laugh while testify
ng before the senate Truman commit
ee when he said: 1.-THE miners in the
outh do not have bellies that pro-
rude quite as far out as do ours here
4 Washington-and | include myself
4 that" Senator Bridges, New
hampshire, last week submitted in
ne senate list of A explosions, fires
nd other acts Of possible sabotage
nat have occurred in defense indus
les within the past few months.
lany things have been happening in
lis country that have escaped gen
raj notice, said Bridges. -. Unless
ome big strike comes along, it will
2 difficult to create sufficient hys-
1ria to put over restrictive labor leg
lation. That seems to be the only
ope of the anti-labor bloc. Otherwise
lere is no chance whatever to get by
e senate.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-05-14
Trespassing-

CONTINUED from Page One)
in Importance; our outposts in Alas
ka would have to be demilitarized
we would have to consent to the Nazis
and Facists carrying on unhamperet
their activities in the lands below the
Rio Grande, and permit the infiltra-
ton and even colonization of South
American countries. In others words
we are asked to renounce the Monroe
Doctrine, albeit not in name.
1t is difficult to see what the Axis
expects to gain by thus tipping it's
hand at this particular time, since
even the American isoIationists would
| fight against imposition of such terms.
| Does it mean that Hitler wants to
| brighten our timid souls so that should
he offer slightly less harsh terms in
the near future, we will find them &C.
ceptable and ask Britain to quit fight
ing? There are some in Washington
who think so.
Unwilling Nazi Tools
Innocent German-American citizens,
most of whom are not at all in SYM
pathy with Naziism, are unwittingly
helping to finance Hitler propaganda
in the United States, government Off
Gals have ascertained.
Here is the way the Nazis are work
ing it: German-Americans having
poor kin { and most of them are poor
in Germany are urged to purchase
food packages for them so that these
semi-starved people have a little more
to eat. No packages actually are sent
from this country, but the Nazi gov
eminent does deliver the food pur-
chased for these people. The money,
however, remains in this country and
goes to help defray the activities of
Nazi agents here.
Some of these activities include
substituting newspapers, public speak
ers, etc. A recent check-up by De- |
partment of Justice agents, it is said |
Of German language newspapers dis
200 papers, all but eight carry the reg
llar Nazi propaganda, and Of these
after two are German-refugee papers.
Surely, that is not representative of
German American thought, which
strongly supports democratic institu-
IONS The answer, officials say, is to
De found in the fact that Nazi gold
s used to subsidize most of these
papers.
lessons In Democracy
The south is getting some lessons in
democracy as the result of the num-
rous army camps located below the
Jason and Dixon line These lessons
ONE through such incidents as this:
A few Negro youths recently board I
d a bus in Alexandria, La, in which {
icinity there are several army camps s
here were several soldiers from the |
orthern states minnesota and the t
in the bus at the time i
here being no vacant seats at the l
me in the section of the bus re- t
erved for Negroes, the bus driver t
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-05-14
FROM EDITORIAL COLUMNS
All of That

1t must be that practically Warlke amateur
poetry being sent in the papers, of is being
published Sherman right.-Capital Press
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-05-14

will be given to the results Of the investigation the Of
the country But when the facts assembled definite
action should certainly be taken these organizations
Such actions smack Of treason
Evening star., 1941-05-07
Stock EXCHANGE Head

1t is interesting that in selecting a
new head for the New York Stock
Exchange, the governors of that in
stitution should have come to WASH
ington, where Wall Street in times
past seldom has looked for aid The
exchange presidency-held by Will
liam McC. Martin, jr., prior to his
induction in the Army last month
is an important one, with heavy
responsibilities. Emil Schram, by
training and experience, is we'll quail
fed for his new duties. In leaving
the chairmanship of the Reconstruct
ton Finance Corporation to take over
the New York post, he will carry with
him the confidence of administration
officials. That is real asset in such
a job.
Born in Indiana forty-seven years
ago, Mr.. Schram came to the Recon-
struction Finance Corporation in 1888
as chief of its drainage and irrigation
division. His rise was rapid, and
Two years ago, Wnen Jesse Jones was
appointed Federal loan adminis-
traitor, Mr.. Schram succeeded him as
chairman of the r. F. C. During his
long service with this Federal agency
his contacts with business and finance
have been close and they have COW
cred wide range. Few Government
officials understand the business
mans point of view, and his prob
lens, as we'll as Mr.. Schram. AS ad-
ministrator and executive, he has to
his credit in the r. F. c. an enviable
record of achievement.
Trading in the exchange has re-
Gently fallen to the lowest level since
the Spanish American War, and
changes may be necessary If 1t is to