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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-12-24

only kept many a worthy citizen from
entering the political arena, but they
have crucified many others who have
aspired to office.
Today, when America is fighting
and her boys are dying that our rights
as free men might be preserved, l say
to you that men of your standing have
duty to perform in this state Our
pride as citizens and our national Sc
curlty demands that we get away from
the idea that the stooge of any in
d1yidual, click or group will make a
good public servant. Neither does
loyalty to group of personal or fra
ternal friends
II we love our country, let us Law
aside our intolerant prejudices and
be Americans. 1t is time for many
OF us to begin to think about what
we can do to demonstrate our own
loyalty to the ideals and traditions
that we all cherish, rather than sit
down and howl because a public sery-
ant isn't loyal to a group of his
friends. Loyalty to America is what
counts today. Ford may make the
grade yet If he is only big enough
to break away from the Wheeler gang
that you put in with to elect him.
and begin to think of being servant
OF all the people of Montana then he
VIII have proved his metal as an
American and as a Montanan. NV
prayer is that he grows big enough
to place the welfare of his state and
nation above that of his friends. That
goes for you too Coolidge.
Very sincerely yours,
JAMES L. ADDISON.
Local Chairman Committee to
Defend America.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-12-24
.Trespassing-

conduct retreat without announcing
it to your enemies Why did he dc
it?
Undoubtedly, considerations Of Ger
man morale demanded it. 1t was nee
essary to fortify the German home
front in advance for this news. Other
wise it would have come as too severe
shock. The Red troops unquestion
ably are taking heavy toll of the re
treating nazis, as a result.
The nazi line on the eastern front
in being Strengthened and shortened
in the hope of withdrawal of some OF
the troops for campaigns elsewhere
It will be interesting to see whether
the Russians will be able to drive
them beyond the lines they plan to
hold for the winter
You can gamble that they are up
to something-mayb something des-
perate.
Significant was the fact that Bull
garia, which was not even at war with
Russia, declared war on the United
States. Some observers interpret this
as meaning that the Bulgarian army,
with the aid of some mechanical divi
sions to be withdrawn from the Mos
cow-Leningrad front, will start drive
through Turkey, to reach the eau
cascian oil fields.
Modern warfare cannot be con-
Quoted without oil - and the nazis
quite conceivably may be running
short of OIL Besides, the nazis don't
trust the Turks who, they fear, will
enter the war on the side of the Allies
should the fortunes of war be going
strongly against Germany. Turkey is
receiving Lease-Lend aid from the
United States, which is enough to
arouse nazi suspicion as to Turkish
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-12-24
Answer TO-
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of the state of Montana There was
a coalition agreement among the pro
gressives in the house that Eaton oil
Billings should become president OF
the senate during the session and
William Sparkling should become the
president of the senate during the
interim until the next election. A few
days before election and the adjourn.
ment of the senate, five stooges
changed their vote, including said
Eaton and including Senator Blanken-
baker who was forced to vote under
pressure because he owed certain
bank in Montana considerable sum
of money. AS he told the story of
this conference, the tears rolled down
his cheeks as he knew full well that
he was going an undesired act. For
this reason, Elmer Holt became the
governor of Montana, and this is one
of the reasons why 1 supported Ayers
against Holt.
| might add that in the last cleo
ton, I did my best to get Holt to file
against Ayers and did say l would
give him my full and unqualified sup
port, but he refused to run | might
also add that l had nothing to do
with the editing of the Montana Re-
view that was all out against Elmer
Holt as this paper was financed by
Bill Rice of Great Falls.
1t is also known to limited Glen
telle who furnished the wherewithal
to elect Roy Ayers to congress against
Scott Leavitt who had won consistent
ly over period of 10 years by
10000 majority. At that time / firm
ly believe that Tom Stout and Roy
Ayers were at sword points and very
unfriendly, for the reason that Stout
was jealous of Ayers successful po-
litical activity, but when he became
governor, Stout got on the Ayers
bandwagon and was very instrumental
in helping to frame his various deals
and I am told that Stout was very
close to the Montana liquor setup dur
ing Ayers administration, as we'll as
being one of the brain trusters during
his regime.
have never spoken to Roy Ayers
since he was elected to office and
over a month before he was inaugur-
ated, knowing full well that he had |
sold many of his ardent supporters |
Town the river and had got on the |
oandwagon of the big parade. l wrote |
1im one letter to which | received an |
answer and l wrote two more to
which I received no reply nor did l
expect one.
| admit that | did all | could to
support Bert Kathan in the primaries
| was under the impression
hat if we could nominate Bert
xathan against Roy Ayers, the fight
would be over and we independents
md liberals could all go fishing, know
ng full well that if we gave Ayers
our years as governor, he would have
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-12-24

Helena, Mont, Dec. II, 1871
Hon. E. B. Coolidge,
| Great Falls, Montana.
| have appreciated your recent let
tiers in The Voice, and from them
gather that you are a sincere lover
of Montana and that you would make
some personal sacrifice to keep 1t
clean politically. To that end 1 will
take the liberty of making few sug-
gestions that l think may be helpful.
First let me compliment you in con-
Tossing that you made a MISTAKEN
supporting Sam Ford. In your letter
of December 10th you say, II made
one more mistake in selecting Sam
Ford instead of Sam Coca as we be-
lieve that he would have given full
consideration to loyalty" With that
word WE, l think you left weak
spot in your political armor. Who
does WE mean? Since l came to
this fine state I have only sat on the
side lines and have been an observer
of the political moves. AS an OBJ
server l have sometimes thought that
the vigilantes in Montana had never
disbanded: at least not politically.
You suggest that 1--WE" have made
other mistakes. How about the alien
minded Thorkelson, whose highest
ambition was to wear silver shirt?
For that matter did you have a hand
in re-electing cousin Jeanette? Didn't
it ever occur to you that some of the
rest of us might notice that all these
successful republican mistakes are all
friends of the senior senator from
Montana. And it looks to me as if
1--WE" picked them all. Now you kick
because Sam Ford isn't loyal to I'VE"
You all knew when you picked him
that he was only a Wheeler stooge
That goes for the others too. You
knew that Wheeler wouldn't support
any outstanding, Independent Amer
lean regardless of what party he be-
longed to.
You complain that Ford makes use
of the Hitler bill. Ford has only used
it to keep other Wheeler stooges at
the trough. What did you expect?
Listen Coolidge, the political vigil
antes who have been presuming to
pick the candidates and who have
made secret deals to elect those can
didates have done very decided dis
service to our state. They have not
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-12-24
Lawmakers for Industry

Back of refusal of the appropriations committee of
the house. approve appropriation for the construction Of
the French Broad River in Tennessee to develop
lies according reports of effective work by
traditional pressure boys members of congress-
Rep Clifton A. Woodrum of Virginia, recognized arch
reaconary the principal of the appropriation
the committee while Senator Mcclellan of Tennessee
reactonary the principal opponent in the senate
back of both of these statesmen it said,
toey Canning company and the Bush Canning company
These companies buy produce from about 700 who
would be flooded by the dam However, the plea that
Senator Mcclellan might have been protecting these
set aside by his proposal that instead another dam be built
which would flooded out 100 people, VIM L. Bait di
rector of the materials division the OPM the statement
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-12-24
Union Shop
(Continued from PAGE One,

the conference who had previously re
garded the AFL's declaration in favor
of maintaining existing union rela
lions at standstill during the war
period as a blow to the CLIO.
Agreement between the two groups
on the necessity of the union shop
as a safeguard against postwar con.
ditions was reached by the subcom.
mittee within a few hours, however,
and the harmony was emphasized at
the end of the session when Lewis
posed with Matthew Vol for news
pictures and referred to him as
"Matty"
Industry representatives made an
attempt to use President Roosevelt's
declaration, made during the captive
mine dispute, that the government
would never order a closed shop but
they abandoned it when Lewis de-
clared the statement "obsolete" and
referred them to subsequent state
ments."
1t was noted that the inter-depart-
mental committee established during
the last war to consider Industrial
relations matters recommended, along
with the establishment of war labor
board, the elimination of excessive
war profits in order to "allay indus
trial unrest and to create a spirit of
real cooperation between labor and
capital during the war"
One of the members of the commit
tee making the recommendation, it
was further noted, was Asst. Secy. of
the Navy Franklin D. Roosevelt.
The conference met from $3.50 a. m.
to 7:15 p. m. and adjourned until 10
the following morning.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-12-24
FROM EDITORIAL COLUMNS

need to have worried that the fascist propaganda
lists might be sumped in their pure Aryan racial
by having Japan their side. They had answer
for the The Japanese merely yell
low Aryans explained Rome radio commentator heard in
New Sunday is nice to have that point cleared
particularly view of the that Hitler in Men Kamp
was prone describe the Npponese inferior
merely "yellow monkeys. The Yellowstone
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-12-24

And il the nazis are able to with
sian front, drive through Spain to
retrieve the situation in North Africa
is regarded as more than a remote
possibility.
In the Far East, the situation at
Singapore is causing the Allies much
worry. Singapore Is regarded as
more important than the Philippines.
The Japs are putting everything in
this drive, it's other ventures being
more or less undertakings to cause
diversions. But the Allies are not
going to lose Singapore by default
and the British will get help.
People are beginning to ask wheth-
er the nazis are as smart in a mill
tary sense as they were cracked up
to be. Well, they made the first big
mistake by not invading Britain and
polishing the British off after the fall
of France They could have done it.
They made an even greater mistake
when they attacked Russia. And,
without question, they made their big
gest mistake by getting the United
States in this war.
Wants Tax On Undivided Profits
BENJAMIN Marsh, who runs the Peo-
pies Lobby in Washington, and who
believes that a losing fight is worth
while if the cause is right, is prepar-
ing campaign on Capitol Hill to tax
surplus and undivided profits of cor
porations to help win the war.
Marsh is proposing a war tax that
will yield five billion dollars annually
war lasts That much certainly would
help tremendously.
There is merit to Marshs proposal
Such tax would not injure the fl
nancial stability of single corpora
ton, most of which are greatly over
capitalized anyway. And suppose that
it would make some dividend pay
ments a little smaller What of it!
No food would be taken from hungry
mouths, and no clothes from the
backs of the poorly-clad. There
would be no lowering of living stand
ards.
Latest figures on surplus and I'M
divided profits of corporations are for
the year 1887, which totalled more
than 581a billion dollars. 1t is esti-
mated that the present figures is sew
eral billion dollars greater.
But we are afraid that this cam
paign of Marsh's, if we understand
the tenor of the present congress, is
going to be another losing fight for a
right cause. At least, it will make
some of our lawmakers do some seri-
GUS thinking, even though of the I'M
comfortable kind.
In Frozen Russia
A veteran who has done much of
his soldering in the ice and snow of |
Russia has this to say about how men
lie in droves in these frozen regions
More soldiers freeze to death in
,hese campaigns than are killed by
enemy bullets. The soldiers get cold
I'LL ouSh anu tHlOu5H. uey cOlleCl
n groups to keep warm, and then
ouild bonfire. Sleep soon over
comes them, and they lapse off in
When the embers of
he bonfire have flickered their last,
he soldiers keep on doing. And
many of them never wake up. Death
teals up on them like a thief in the
light. It's very pleasant way to
lie. Sweet dreams. No pain. No
truggle."
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that "This is of the against defense.
This is of only isolated of the prob
ably occurring these days in the national also in
clearly the extent of the desire the of most of
the proteerng industries to cooperate with the national de-
program To paraphrase saying about Great Britain
might declare that Industry willing to sacrifice the last
other fellows dollar for Defense"
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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-12-24

Thirty-five cents an hour is the
minimum wage for workers making
wooden toys for interstate trade I'M
der the federal wage and hour law.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-12-24

You cannot control what you do
not owni
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-06-02
Wide Power
Is Asked
Proposed Legislation
Would Give President
Power to Requisition
Any Property.

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Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-06-02
Broughton Keeps wnC Counsel
In Making State Appointments

tjcc of keeping mis- own secrets has
cnragcd numerous persons who have
thought right up TO the last minute
that they We're to get Jobs, and has
initiated hackers OF these disappoint-
cd lOb-huntorS no end.
As a matter of fact the OutStand-
ing feature of BroughtOn appoint
mCntS 50 far seems to be that While
they have been uniformly good, al
most every one of them has aroused
unprecedented wrath on the part of
unsuccessful ~aSplrantS and their poll
teal sponsors. 1t may be that these
folks hid their real reaSOn (failure To
make pay roll c~onnectionS) with CAL
Culating Camoufiage. but the fact re-
mains that in a series of instances the
governor has been charged with fat
ing to use ordinary courtesy in let
ting his own supporters know when
he had made up his mind to pick
someone other thaH the horse they
Continued on Page Seven.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-06-02
Allied Troops
Still On Crete

Cairo, June 2.-(AT) BRITISH
bombcrS have been .>opping medical
supplies and food to isolated bodies
OF troops left on Crete after the
MAJOR withdrawal, the Raj reported
Today.
h communique gave no turthei'
Gtlalls on the British imperial ana
Hteek troop remnants on the Greek
island, now abandoned to axis con-
quest.
Large formations Of the RAJ as
well as the South African alriorce
spent yesterday patrolling the Medl-
ttffanean in protection of his ma
JeStyS ships and merchant vessels
removing troops from Crete, the com
munique said.
Enemy aircraft We're repeatedly
i~l'efcepted and many were atta,h
e. II added.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-06-02
Meeting May Signal
Opening New Phase
Of European War
Possible
i. s. Action
Discussed

Rome. June - AZ III
formed fascists sad iiat plans
for meeting any Hpvc .ty tie
United States presumably firm
ed at least part of the conScrVa-
lions between Adolf Hitler aud
Ecnito N%usSot,ii, III i%.T"nilGs
Pass today.
Observers said t.ic axis lead
crS probably Wcfr concerned
viii: the prospect ior lurthc. ac-
ton by the United state, IN hire
with President Roosevelt, pro-
gram to defend TIE western
hemisphere with ttr lazy, IL
vo!>ine French W"st Africa, nc
Azores and other Atlantic .>~
Lands.
\ tcrS1 announcement made
no mention OF specific topics,
but said merely tilat Hitter al.d
but said merely that Hitler ait
MuS>olini we're fully agreed ol
the "politi"al SituatiCE.'
Informed sources predicted
that Italian forces Wou.u USE
Crete as a springboard t,r sew
attacks by air on British pos
tions in Il triangle formed ~ he
island of Cyprus, the EG, p:ian
port of Alexandria. ana ,I.c
Palestine port of Haila.
But, they said, greater qLcs-
tons must have brought the two
war leaders together. and ltcs
cited, besides United States :r,.-
LEY, such major Middle East So
jcctivcs as the oil fields of Iric.
with their pipeline thrG,:gH
Palestine, and French-manu.lcu
Syria and the Sucz canr;.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-06-02
State Death
Toll Eleven
Traffic Accidents and
Drownings l. G a d
Causes O f Holiday
Weekend Deaths.

Charlotte, June 2-(AP)-At
least eleven persons met violent
deaths in North Carolina over tine
week end and, as usual. traffic acct
dents claimed the most lives. Drown
ings yer G nd.
A head-on automobile accident
twelve miles north OF Dunn killed
Harold Harris, 81, and his two sist-
ers, Martina Harris, 10, and Betty
Harris, II, Of Winter Park, near
Wilmington. Injured were II. M.
Edison Jr., of Saluda, S. G., Jerome
Goodwin and Miss Laric Raynor, both
of Dunn, Miss Gloria Byrd of Lii
ington and ID. T. Stevenson If near
Dunn.
A boat sank in High Rock lake in
Davidson county and drowned Robert
jackson Lasley, %, and Lille Pearl
Swain, %, both Of Winston-Salem.
months old Betty Lee at Fayetteville.
Jack Robinson Towel, 25, of Kan
napolis, was struck and killed by Il
train at Concord.
Phil Lee, "a, Of Chatham county,
was killed in an automoblle-bus &c
cidcnt near Sanford.
Mr.. and Mrs. w, S. Wynn, Of
Bristol, Tenn, was killed in an
automobile collision near ColfaN.
Pholia r. Key, farmer Of Mulberry
community near Elkin, drowned
while fishing in Mitchell river. He
stepped into d deep hole.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-06-02
Pu0rities Rules Extended
Weygand
Sees Petain

Vichy. juno 2.-(A7)-Gcn-
eral Maxine Wcygand arrived
here unexpectedly today by spc-
cial plane from his command in
North Africa to confer with
Chief of State Marshal Petain.
The French military comman-
der in North Africa rushed from
the Nichy airport to Petain's
headquarters at the Pare hotel.
After a wait of only a few
minutes in an antcroom he was
greeted by General Laurc, the
marsllals chief personal aide.
and was u>hered at once into Pc
tain'S private office.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-06-02
Death Row
Population
Only Ten Men
Daily Dispatch Bureau.
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
EA HENRY AXEkHL.

Raleigh, June ,. - Decrease o
Death Rows population to about hait
It's normal figure IS particularly
pleasing to Commissioner OF Parole,
Edwin Gill, whose duty it is to MAKE
the Investigations which mean llli
or death to condemned G There
are now only ten men under death
sentence.
The commissioner told your re-
porter that this reduction is due III
no small part to the prOmptneSS witt
which Governor j. Melville Brough-
ton handles clemcncy appeals. 81
far IN the present administration
there has been no putting Off anc
putting off Of executions tor fur
Their Investigation or similar reaSonS
Such reprieVes as have been granted
have been because the doomed meI
may be needed rs witnesses IN othel
Continued on PAGE SeVen.)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-06-02
Continued on Page Seven)
Americans
Reach Libson

Lisbon, June 2.-CAP)-Onc hun
drcd and 10 Americans who were
aboard the Egyptian liner Zamzam
when She was Intercepted IN the
South Atlantic reached Lisbon today.
They came here by train Via Spain
from Biarritz. German occupied
France, where 81 others of the Fam
zam passengers were held by tn
Germans, IhC q arc American am
bulancC drivers.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-06-02
Holiday Death
Toll Is 459
(Ry The Associated Prcss.)

(Ry The Associated PrcSs.)
Violent death claimed at least
i59 lives during the nations
threc-day Memorial holiday.
Traffic accidents alone took
30S lives, train mishapS Is.
Sevcnty-fivc droWningS were re
ported and IS were killed by
miscellaneous causes.
Both the total deaths and trai-
al safety councils p~rc-hoiiday
estimated toll of 400 deaths in
all and 200 by motor vehicles.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-06-02
STATE OF SIEGE
FOR EAST SYRIA

New York. June 2.-(AP)-
The French high commissioner
for Syria has proclaimed a state
Of siege for eastern Syria. French
Middle East mandate. the Ger
man radio reported today. From
tier control Was t%iehtened.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-06-02

Continued on Page Seven.
Milford chronicle., 1941-01-10
Cartel Scheme 10
Opposed BY Latins

Cold chills have been running ups
and-downs along the spinal columns
of distinguished Good Neighbor Re-
pHblics Of Latin America ever since
the suggestion was made at one of
President Rooseyelt's press confer
ences for 2 billion dollar trade
cartel-carted out of the United
States Treasury--to be used for buy
ing up exportable surplus products
grown and produced in the FL Amer
ican Republics. Argentina, Brazil,
Chile and Uruguay, and perhaps
some other Republics, will not be
represented by their Foreign Min
listers If the Havana Conference is
held.
The World importance of this as
founding proposal semeed to have
"slid by" when it was made at
time of political and wartime ex-
citements The public apparently
thought il was just another simple
preparedness proposal. Apparently
South America is not fayorably i'm
pressed and the Argentina Senate
in its own way with a
debate of a proposSl to send a COM
to Germany. Spain and Italy
ito study how Argentina could best
cooperate with them" in economic
matters. Brazil's President said that
each country should organize itself
politically according TO "its own ten
Milford chronicle., 1941-01-10
GREENWOOD

Miss Helena Smith and Wilbur
Porter motored to Philadelphia on
New Years to see the mummer's
on parade.
Frank Houseman of PHILADELPHIA,
spent the week end with his sister,
Miss Katharyn Houseman
Keith McNamarie spent the week
end in Dover. ~
James Wilson spent the week end
in Pocomoke.
Miss Mildred Long of Drexel Hill,
Pa, spent the week end with her
mother, Mrs. Mayme Long.
Charles Helfer of Philadelphia,
who was inducted into the u. s,
Army, reported for duty ON Monday
and on Sunday was a guest OF
friends in town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Spicer,
daughter Edna, spent Sunday in
Georgetown.
Nevitte Ford spent the week end
in Chestertown.
Miss Mae Johnson, James Goff,
Joseph Moschero motored to Ches-
tertown on Sunday to visit John
Shaw, who is in the hospital there.
Clifford Cotrell, Mr.. and Mrs. Les
ter Cotrell spent the week end in
New Egypt, N. ].
Roy Nickerson spent the week end
in Lynch, Md
Miss Mildred Chaffinch of Feder-
alsburg, Md, spent the week end
with his. sister and brother-in-law,
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Cannon.
Kenneth Arnold spent the week
end in New Egypt, N. ].
Mr.. and Mrs. Alonzo Steuart enter
tanned at coon supper on Saturday.
Those present were Homer Lynch,
Norman Collins, Carl Porter, Charles
Spicer, Everett Morris, Frank Steu-
art
Jack Summers returned here after
spending two weeks in Philadelphia.
Edward Bosomowski returned here