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The people's voice., 1941-07-30
'The American Way of Life"

Probably no peoples anywhere in easy sub
iec for the phrase and slogan acers the
Americans Constant repetition of phrase slogan in the
brings quickly into almost universal whether the
have idea what the phrase or slogan means 1t
makes them feel up sophisticated wise And usual
B wonders if the phrase slogan is applicable to the
subject under discussion or why it is
The American Way of Life expression which is in
quite the present time 1t might be an inter-
esng study anyone undertake to find out what each
particular group people constituting society think that
the phrase means quite probable that anyone doing
would soon find himself begged down in what philologst
might "semasioogica swamp And if he had had any
idea of exact meaning OF the phrase ne would
probably utterly confused its meaning by the time
he through with his survey
It would be interesting read report of of that
kind For instance would be the difference in
the meaning of the phrase to the people convicted and
prison in Oklahoma for having certain political afta
ton religious beliefs and the pastors of of wealthy
congregations their church edces in the privileged
large cites How would the understanding OF
the the tenant farmers their novels in the SOUTH
differ the definition of the slogan by the capitalists of
New City? What does to the high saaried bus
the section hand nerant laborer co
the dsposessed farmer? Certainly there
would be many meanings of the phrase discovered And
yet all of them been developed by Americans
perhaps understanding and genuinely patriotic from his
particular viewpoint as the other
So is led to wonder 1t has any definite meaning
Does it relate fundamental principles which,
cordg basic law our government was founded the
principles equality and democracy and freedom and justice
ALL just afew? Does mean that everyone shall
have in its opportunities of education and de-
veopment individual abilities for the benefit of society
whole? Does mean hat we propose 10 eno he eAplo
ton of the for the benefit OF the few which has grown
social structure surely no one thnks tnat such e
ploitaon exempfes "The American Way of Life and worth
fighting and dying for.
If instead of an actual existing condition. speak of The
American Way Life representing still unattained ideal
then we qualify statements and begin to take
steps leading toward the consummaon of the ideal we
have in mind.
The first of those steps, would would have to be
recognition that we equality of opportunity to
society under capitasc economy under an exploit
profit system which gives to few the right whether
the MANY shall opportunity to do useful work for the
benefit of society whole Having recognized that then
the channels of information must be released from ther pres
controls the people whole could be educated
concerning their privileges and responsibilities citizens OF
democracy With job DONE and the people in actual
control of the of production and distr
button produced by the contributed efforts of ALL
everyone would have definite stake in The American Way
of Life propaganda specialists to induce
them offer their lives to preserve it.
The people's voice., 1941-07-30
Stop Appeasing Fascist Japan.

From the Orient ominous that the mtaryfas
government of Japan is moving, will move in
support Hitler spreading the flames of throughout
the Pacific.
Censored reports indicate that Japan through deal
with the nazicontroed Vichy of France in
vadng Indo China
What this step will mean is not apparent What is
however, that Japan has and getting the
of from the United States.
The official for this policy that if do
with munitions she will be forced take oppres
which might eopardize American interests the
Orient.
This the offered by the which
apeased Hitler They said effect that if the
what they need become strong they will aggressvey
use that strength.
The shambes of Europe today tragic evidence of the
fasy of that contention The blood of shed
in the Pacific be the hands of those who have
heed the American peoples demand that stop
arming Japan-Washngton New Dealer
The people's voice., 1941-07-30

July 27, 1941, Missoula, Mont.
Mr. Bruce,
Both of us, the missus and myself,
heartily agree and endorse Ben Buck
ley's "Whyinell', "The Changing
Hemisphere" by "Uncensored" was
also very good. l am afraid, however,
that it is too late, or very much SO.
Who are those gentlemen above?
In general, conditions don't look
good for our American people with
the warmongers having their way.
Sincerely, ]. Kramer.
The people's voice., 1941-07-30

says. The Independent Petroleum
& Consumers Association calls Leon
Henderson's efforts to fix prices a
form of bureaucratic encroachment." F"
Rep. Jarman, Ala, has a plan
whereby every American child under
the age of IA would be supplied with
quart of milk day 1t is similar to
the department of agriculutre's food
stamp plan White stamps would be
issued by the secretary of agricul-
ture to poor families, the stamps be-
ing exchangebale for milk in stores
He estimates it would require an ap-
preparation of $600,000,000 annually. :.
The National Aeronautical Associa-
ton is plugging for consolidation of
all defense forces into single de-
partment of national defense. :.
Strength of the U. S. Army as of July
"a is estimated at 1,497,000 officers
and men. :. /. 1t took some very frank
talking by General Marshall, army
chief of staff, to members of the house
military affairs committee, to open
IlS eyes VI oOIl0 VI tllC pCOplC Oii tAS
Hill to he explosiveness of the world
situation today. He found it neces-
sary to divulge some American Intel
ligence reports. -. +. Charles Taussig,
chairman of the National Advisory
Committee of NYA, says that nine
tenths of youths of several thousands
recently interviewed in schools,
and NYA projects not only
support the national defense program,
but are willing to aid it. RFC
loans since Feb, 1888, when this
agency resumed lending, totals $5,704,-
$780, sos. A sort of myth has
arisen as to the general accuracy of
nazi general staff reports. The rea-
son for this myth is that the nazi
military machine was so successful
IN rolling over Poland, the Low Coun-
.ries, France, and elsewhere, that ly-
ng was not necessary. Fact is that
ying is nazi technique that is re-
garded by them as a virtue rather
han a vice, and they will never hesi-
ate to resort to it whenever it suits
heir purpose.
The people's voice., 1941-07-30
WHAT ABOUT JAPAN?

Is Japan any menace to the Euro
pean situation and what is her alter
native? Being dangerously begged
down in China, Japan finds herself
in the ambiguous position of expand
or bust. Having failed to fully real
ize her ambition in either Manchouko
or China in securing vital raw mate
rial for her war machine, her "hour
of destiny hangs in the balance. Her
most pressing needs are: oil, iron and
fish with the latter solved by keeping
on the good side of Russia The key
stone in her structure is undoubtedly
oil. Without this essential, her navy
and airfleet would be grounded. AS
she can get some iron ore from Man
chouko and China and junks machin-
cry captured there as we'll as remeIt-
ing wornout equipment, she can get
by on that score, even on a wartime
scale, but this don't work out with OIL
While she has plenty coal in Man
chouko, she is not in a position to
turn it into synthetic oil like they do
IN Germany, nor can she at present
operate her navy or airfleet on coal,
thus her war strategy depends on an
adequate supply of OIL All her do
mestic oil is derived from the lower
half of Sakhalien island as well as
from some leases she holds on the
northern half, this in addition to what
she purchases from United States and
Dutch East Indies comprises her en-
tire oil economy and she is now in
the predicament of assuring herself
a dependable oil supply or revert to
peaceful persuits.
To turn on the U. S. S. R. would be
suicide as it would imediately shut
off oil from Sakhalien island and fish
from Chamkatka bay and expose ia
pan to a terrific bombardment from
Vladivostok airplanes, force known
to be superior to Japan's. 1t would
not only expose Japan to the worlds
biggest submarine fleet but also ex-
pose Manchouko and Inner Mongolia
to attack from Outer Mongolia, Rus
sia's ally. This points her only alter
native to be the Dutch East Indies by
way of the powerful naval station of
Singapore manned by British and u.
S. navy units. Ordinarily it would be
a foolhardy venture but now since
Great Britain and the United States
are fully occupied in the Atlantic Civ
ing Japan a preponderating navy in
Chinese waters, it might be consid-
cred gambling risk worth trying.
Could Japan take the Dutch East In
lies, the PHILIPPINE Islands would fall
an easy prey, being completely iso-
ated from U. S. regardless of force
Kept there.
A. E. ANDERSON, Butte, Mont.
The people's voice., 1941-07-30
Lumber Company

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ly to the refusal of the company to
so far consider any union shop clause
whatever, and due on the other hand
to the desire of union members to at
tain what the employees of ]. Neils at
Libby and Troy, the Kalispell Lumber
Co., the Somers Lumber Co., the Mis-
soula White Pine Sash Co., the Dewey
Lumber Co. at Poison, and several
other operations in Montana have al
ready attained by collective bargain
ing.
All of the above named Montana
lumber companies have been operat-
ing satisfactorily under union shop
agreements with the Lumber and Saw
mill Workers branch of the Brother
hood of Carpenters for some time and
reports from both management and
labor consistently indicate that all
concerned are profiting thereby. In
fact some operations are already ne
gotiating for further benefits to the
workers in view of the current profit
able lumber market.
During the nine weeks old strike,
which is the first major strike in
northwestern Montana in many years,
unions throughout the northwest and
the Brotherhood of Carpenters utter
national office have contributed to the
financial support of the striking work
men and their families. Plans to con-
tinue this support indefinitely if nee
essary are reported now in operation,
although some of the strikers have
accepted temporary jobs elsewhere, it
is reported
Opinions expressed among business
men in Columbia Falls and Whitefish,
in which communities the major part
of the Half Moon payroll has been
spent, indicate that the general public
is sympathetic to the attitude of the
union, especially in view of the col
lective bargaining precedent, and
working agreements already estab-
lished among the other major lumber
companies and logging operations in
this section of the state. It is also
reported that the efforts of the COM
pany to employ strike-breakers un-
der the circumstances is being criti-
cized by business interests as well as
union members, in view of the fact
that the union had received assur
ance from company officials some
weeks ago that no "scabs" would be
employed and due further to their re-
ported Indifference to the efforts of
the U. S. department of labor concilia-
tion service to help settle the diff
Guilty.
The union again reiterates it's stand
that 'the demands our members have
been willing to strike and sacrifice
for include only the provisions that
thousands of other fellow workers
throughout the nation and Montana
have already attained. Every effort
has been made to be reasonable hon.
orable and patient through three years
of organizing and collective bargain
ing activity
THE strike was called only after
due and serious consideration and in
the manner prescribed by the laws of
the Brotherhood of Carpenters and
the American Federation of Labor,
each union member having the Oh
portunity to vote on all phases of the
The people's voice., 1941-07-30
July 27. 1871. Missoula. MOI

July 27, 1941, Missoula, Mont.
Dear Editor, Peoples Voice,
Amongst other interesting facts in
your issue Of July 23rd is the report
from the department of agriculture
that about four million persons in May
received ten million dollars worth of
farm products as result of the Food
Stamp program-all of them persons
who otherwise would have been eating
too little.
Now this occurs at a time when
jobs are supposed to be going begging
on account of defense work If it
proves anything this fact proves that
in a country where food products are
called surplus there is really no super
fluffy, and never will be. The real
fact is that because a great many
people have no money" that they can
look at this great pile of food and
"starve to DEATH" They cannot, in
America, blame it onto war or "Hit-
Ter" or "Stalin" or anyone else-no
the fault is right here. Take wheat
for Misunderstanding with his SOC
wheat went broke in the end-but he
did some good for he hired and paid
good wages to an army of workers who
handled that wheat Your paper re-
ports another wheat king who is
now starting in to handle his crop
with 20 combines. How many men
does he hire and is it not the unfor-
tunate taxpayer who pays their wages.
Dalrymple, at any rate, paid his own
help-as l see tive have before we
can remedy these conditions, got to
start on new deal for the food sit
uation. Those four million persons
receiving Food Stamps are not nearly
all who should get them. Before a
citizen can get stamps he has to have
monthly income of some sort. No
provision is made for the individual
who has no money. Even if he has
a job if may be a month before he
gets that money in his hand If
the store keeper will not give him
credit he may starve before he gets
his pay. He is forced to become a
debtor. No we have a good start in
the Food Stamp Plan. Let us per-
feet it before tackling anything else.
In addition to the present implementa-
tion let us give free, national divi-
dend in food stamps to everyone not
earning $4,000 month or an annual
income of $500 year.
AS a final adjustment make it law
that home grown food is used, and
that the producer receives at least
cost of production. There is the
main trouble with the farmer \ he
seldom receives Hcost of production"
while his government is his worst
enemy. When the administration
deals with munition makers they al
ways pay ''cost of production" plus
and even, sometimes, build them a
factory In dealing with the farmer
the administration calls for "bids"-
even allows other countries, such as
South America, to bid-even the Com
modify Credit Crop. never pays "cost
Of production" unless, as in the case
0f Montana, they are confronted with
a fair trade merchants law" The
could always control
prices by varying the profit from cost
10 1870. Our hemisphere defense is
aimed at saving the "gold standard"
H. c. B. COLVILL.
The people's voice., 1941-07-30

job when he got his fill of nazi prop
uganda, says that last summer Rep.
Fish came to the Transocean office
in company with manfred Zapp, man.
ager of the nazi "news service" who
very proudly showed him about the
place.
This has more than passing signifi-
cance, because of the report that Rep
Fish attended the republican national
convention with Ralph Beaver Strass-
berger, the owner and publisher of
the Norristown Times Herald Strass-
berger, who came into quite a chuck
of money when he married the Singer
Sewing Machine heiress, was a regu-
lar subscriber to Transocean, for
which he paid the top price of $120
month, and admits being the angel
to the tune of $4,000 for distribution
of copies of the German White Paper,
which was handled by zapp. Strass-
berger explains that he did this be-
cause he does not like Bullitt, and
wanted to get even with him.
More Nazi Prosecutions
The government has just scratched
the surface in its prosecutions to date
of nazi violations of the law requir-
ing agents of a foreign government
to register with the state department.
A number of such cases are in course
of investigation, with the view to
further prosecutions, this column
learns.
Nazis, ever since this law went into
eject, openly Haunted it, holding in
the ability of democracy
to enforce its own laws. Hence, the
only registrations under the act were
The people's voice., 1941-07-30
Roman, Mont, July 26, 1941


H. S. Bruce, Managing Editor
Peoples Voice, Helena, Mont.
Dear Mr. Bruce,
With reference to your article,
"Plan Ahead" which appears in July
23 issue.
I believe this very good idea to
publish in pamphlet form the record
of the last legislative assembly SO
that the public may know the score.
Permit me to suggest, space permit
ting, that you also give the roll-call
vote, both Senate and House on Sen
ate bill So, Montana's assent to the
Pittman-Robertson Act. Heading it
with some paint" There is in ex-
cess of $4,000 Montanans that con-
tribute annually to the fish and game
| fund, and if they can get the facts
on the PR Act we may be able to
Salvage" something from the legis-
lative action. | am enclosing a clip
ping which may be of interest
What is the Pittman-Robertson Act?
$50 Stat 917)
Answer by the Honorable A. Willis
Robertson, congressman from Vir-
ginia, and co-author of the Act; well
l will tell you in the words of former
chairman of our ways and means COM
mittee, Charlie Crisp of Georgia who
said, the tax laws of this country are
what the treasury department say
they are, and so the provisions of the
Pittman-Robertson Act will for the
most part be what Mr.. Day and the
other workers of the Biological Sur
vey say they are and I do hope for
your benefit and mine they will say
the right thing"
During the 9th legislative session
Mr.. Fewks, representative from Lin
coin county asked the attorney gen
eral (John Bonner) for an opinion
on Senate bill SO. The following ex-
cerpt from the opinion: "It must be
observed that the aid offered is for
wildlife-restoration projects and other
purposes. 1t is obvious that an as
sent to the act by the state would
cede at least a partial jurisdiction
over the wildlife in the projects to
the extent that regulation or control
thereof by the state could not be in
consistent with the federal govern
ment's purpose"
With the above facts presented the
legislature passed the assent act
WHY?
Perhaps l am nuts" on these fed
eral control of wildlife bills, but
can see no reason why the state
should surrender sovereignty to fed
eral bureaucrats.
1t is upon the farmers lands that
the game is raised, and likewise upon
the farmers lands that the game is
and also great number of
the farmers buy hunting and fishing
licenses, therefore they are entitled to
facts" The "real'' sportsmen that
have given the PR Act study are not
for it.
That the state has the absolute
power over wildlife there can be no
doubt, all courts have affirmed and
none have denied the right, cite, Geer
v. Conn, 161 U. S. "That the wild
game is owned by the state subject
to regulation by its laws making
body"
If you decide to handle Senate bill
So in your publication l will do all
possible to have the different clubs
and individuals order the publication
for circulation.
Please advise your earliest convent
ence, and if you intend to use il give |
me the caption" so that I may write
The people's voice., 1941-07-30

Statistics show ceneluSvsy that the have had ths
short end OF the dea for than 80 Preliminary
estimates by the Bureau of Agricultural Economics show
idly declining farm income 1885 despite
mens the 1910 farm income being lower than since 1888
And yet price peggng of farm products will probably be the
first undertaken keep food down need not
be raised in other industries that profits be made
there It's all pretty confusing isn't it? Or at least
so to
The people's voice., 1941-07-30
Trespassing-
Continued from Page one)


"It is now just possible that FDR
may let the British down with only
limited support if Britains fails to do
better than they did at Dakar.
know from good sources that Wash
ington was caressing the idea of an
intervention at Dakar - later. The
explanation of the British fiasco at
Dakar obviously was the sbsurd Brit
ish notion that the French there were
ready to go over to de Gaulle. The
British, | understand, blindly believe
- still - that a Continental revolt
against Hitler will eventually give
them the victory. 1t will take lot
to shake this faith. If they realized
how the majority of the world feels
towards them-outside of the U. S.
and the British Empire-they would
sue for peace tomorrow.
Business and money here will back
FDR and war because of shortrun
views of what will be best for money
Regards and Bon Voyage.
"IAWRENCE." ="
The people's voice., 1941-07-30
OPINIONS OF READERS

Publications
The
mid this should
The people's voice., 1941-07-30

the most obvious of the nazi foreign
agents-the German Railroads Infor-
nation Office, the German Library of
Information, and George Sylvester
Viereck, who is an American citizen,
and such.
There are scores and scores of nazi
agents still on the loose in this coun-
try it is known, who are being
watched, but they have been rendered
more or less impotent by the Presi-
dents freezing" of nazi funds and
the closing of nazi consular offices,
from which they worked. They can
not operate without money any more
than Hitler's panzer divisions can
operate without oil, and they are now
performing very feebly.
Current Capital Comment
Many of the America First spokes-
men are arguing that, no matter how
we look at it, Great Britain is licked
anyway and there is nothing that this
country can do about it. There is
more than strong suspicion in this
case that the wish is father to the
thought. i. Charles Lindbergh seems
to be one of those chaps who can dish
it out but who cannot take it.
The army has requested the national
park service to develop 16 more "rest
camps" for soldiers. Interior Sec
retary Ickes wants immediate con-
struction of pipe line from Texas
that will cary 250,OO0 barrels of oil
daily to the East Coast, which is
threatened with an oil shortage The
Bituminous Coal division is tighten
ing regulations governing regional
agencies and setting up machinery for
establishing maximum prices for Goals
sold by such agencies whenever found
necessary to protection of the coal
consuming public" an announcement
The people's voice., 1941-07-30
Fish, strassberger, and zapp

1t probably would have been a bit
embarrassing to Rep. Hamilton Fish.
New York, had the court, in the re-
cent trial Of Transocaen, permitted
Arthur S. Mccullough, former Trans
ocean cable editor, to answer ques-
tion as to whether he had ever seen
any United States congressman in the
Transocean office at BAL Madison St.,
New York. Mccullough, who quit his
The people's voice., 1941-07-30

the clubs, also let me know what the
price will be.
Very truly yours,
THOS. o. PEASLEY.
Evening star., 1941-06-12
AIsop's Reserve Status
Still Inactive, Knox SAYS

Joseph Alsop. nationally syndi-
Gated Washington columnist. who
recently was sworn into the Naval
Reserve as lieutenant Ounior
grade), still has an inactive status
and the time of his reporting for
active duty still is indefinite. Sec
retary of the Navy Knox said yes
terday. 1t was understood Mr.. Alsop
is to be assigned to the Intelli-
gence Department.
Secretary Knox answered mo
comment" at his press conference
when he was asked about a report
published in the Alsop and Kintner
column that United States de-
stroyer had been in conflict with
submarine in the Atlantic. He did
comment that the publication of
the story was terrible thing" He
urged newsmen in possession of
such reports to seek confirmation of
them at the War and Navy Depart
ments.
"The department is going to give
you every item of news they can
give you" Mr.. Knox said. But he
made it clear that when a story was
not confirmed it should not, in his
opinion, be published.
Evening star., 1941-06-12
Civilian Aluminium Cut Off;
Standardization Plans Made

ments late yesterday, a plan was
announced to reduce the variety in
a number of lines of merchandise
to further the defense program.
Donald M. Nelson, director of de-
fense purchases, said President
Roosevelt had approved the plan
which is designed to cut down the
range of colors, styles and fabrics in
which many articles now are made.
90 into effect within few weeks.
Mr.. Nelson mentioned by way of
example that blankets now are
available in about 27 different COL
orS. Reduction of the number of