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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-11-26
NATIONAL UNION SECURITY ASSN.
BEGINS Fulfilling PROPHECY

Denver. The building will contain Of
fees which will house the co-opera.
tive insurance enterprises, sponsored
by the Farmers Union, whose head
offices are in Denver and in addition,
will provide space for the Colorado
Farmers Union and such offices as
the national organization may decide
to establish at Denver.
The board of National Union Secur-
ity Association authorized the pur-
chase of first-mortgage real estate
bonds which will bear interest at the
rate Of So to finance the construc-
ton costs. The purchase of these
bonds has the approval Of the insur-
ance commissioner in the state of
Colorado.
The board in authorizing the pur-
chase of bonds unanimously agreed
that the policy of National Union Sc
cnrity Association would be to invest
it's funds in Farmers Union enter
prises in each of the states in which
it operates to the extent permitted by
the legal requirements of the insur-
ance departments.
AT present National Union Security
is licensed in seven states
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committee
REPORTS ON
LIVING COSTS

| A committee appointed by the Cas-
cade County Trades and Labor AS
sembly has been engaged for some
time in assembling data on rising
costs of living. The following is the
committees first definite report made
to the assembly:
An emergency now exists for wage
earners in this community because of
mounting living costs. This condi-
ton, however, is not peculiar to this
community and is in fact even more
severe in some other cities boomec
by defense" activity. For that rea-
son, any attempt to solve the problem
by purely local measures must fail,
though some local measures could be
adopted in connection with what
should be the major effort-pressure
on Washington, which is responsible
for the war conomy-creating scar
cities, real or fake, and inviting prof
iteering
Wholesale prices have mounted
much faster than they did in the last
war. Wholesale food prices in the
first two years of this war rose 20
percent, against 1874 percent in the
first two years of the last war. Whole
sale prices of farm products went up
431 percent in the first two years of
the current war, against 1875 percent
in the first two years of the other
war Textiles and building materials
were exceptions, but they too have
risen sharply: textiles up 1856 percent
against 1876 in the first two years
of the World war; building materials
up 1877 percent against 27.2 percent
before. Remember, these are whole
sale prices: some of this advance has
not yet been carried through the re-
tail market. (Source: Harriet Elliott,
associate administrator, Office of
Price Administration
Retail food prices nationally have
now gained about Is percent lover
two years ago.. Retail department |
store prices are also up nearly Is per-
cent. Sources: U. S. Department of |
Labor; Fairchild Publications Index |
A sharply accelerating rate of price
advance is predicted for the next |
.hree or four months. The cost of |
living index, placed early this year
1t around 100, was LOG at the end of
September and is expected to be 113
o lis in December A general 10
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Farmers Union leaders who organ
lied National Union Security Associa-
ton, the legal reserve life insurance
company sponsored by the Farmers
Union dreamed of the day when this
cooperative insurance organization
would be financially able 10 lend as
sistance to the Farmers Union mem
bers who wished to build co-opera-
tive business enterprises.
To some skeptics, 1t seemed this
dream could never be fulfilled, but
the acceptance of NUSA insurance by
thousands Of loyal Farmers Union
members has made it possible for this
dream to come true in less than four
years-much sooner than even the
most optimistic of the pioneers felt
would be possible.
The management of National Union
Security Association informed the
board of directors at their regular
meeting held in Denver, November 10
that funds were available for invest
ment in Farmers Union enterprises.
After careful consideration, the
board voted to assist in financing the
construction of building to house a
Farmers Union Cooperative wholesale
and retail distributing enterprise in
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-11-26
JAMES G. PATTON
SCORES SCARCITY
PROGRAMS
National President Farmers
Union Call On All Classes
For Program to Provide
Plenty for All; Advocates
Triple-A Revision.

| TOPEKA, Kans.-(FP)- Emphasis
upon abundant farm production and
greater cooperation with labor
marked the37th annual convention of
the Farmers Educational & Co-opera-
tive Union, generally known as the
National Farmers Union.
The labor angle was keynoted in a
speech by Pres. James G. Patton,
broadcast to delegates at the CLIO con-
vention in Detroit.
Noting that both the Farmers Union
and the CLIO are committed to the
overthrow of Hitlerism, Patton pro-
posed that you and we pool our
brains and our energies to help our
government devise a program genu-
inely to increase Industrial production
to the limit both In the defense crisis
and after the war is won, as agricul-
tural production is likewise in
creased"
Patton said the organized farmers
recognize that you must have equit-
able wages in not merely higher hour
ly rates but on a basis of annual in
come so that you can buy more bacon,
more milk, more bread, more eggs,
more pounds of vegetables and more
textiles" He urged the labor union
lists to establish labor co-operatives
on far wider scale to deal directly
with farmers marketing co-operatives"
and to support legislation beneficial
to farmers.
The farmers platform sharply as
sailed the philosophy of scarcity. 1--WE
call upon labor, business and industry
to join us in a policy of national unity
which will forever do away with the
dying scarcity system by building the
capacity to provide abundance for all
when the conflict of destruction ends"
the program declared.
I'VE propose to use our power to
produce food, so badly needed by the
world, to insist that policy of abun-
dance for all be adopted and pursued |
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N. A. M. DEMANDS
hAmSTRINcING
OF LABOR
Outline Seven Point Program
Opposed to Most Rights Now
Enjoyed; Complains That
Authorities Do Not"Crack
Down" on Labor.

NEW YORK.-(FP)-The National
Association of Manufacturers on No
vember 20 called upon its 5000 men,
bers to urge congressman to adopt a
7-point national labor policy which
would hamstring unions The plea
came in the form of a letter from
NAM. Pres. Walter D. Fuller.
Attacking the closed shop, the pro-
gram advocated "a sound national la
Dor policy which will require unions
to acquire and retain members on the
basis of their service to such men,
bers, and not through the blackmail-
ing of either management or govern
ment into forcing a closed shop upon
employees who do not want to join"
The program also calls for reason
able regulation" Of the rights to strike
and barring of jurisdictional strikes.
1t describes government seizure of
plants as IAN unsound means of con-
trolling unions which strike against
public interest"
Asserting that the 7-point program
is only start, Fuller said: "Obvious-
ly, such principles do not form COM
plete program of action. There are
many appropriate remedies for the
abuse of union power which deserve
support: the requirement that all
strikes must be authorized by govern
ment-supervised secret ballot; the re-
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OFFICIAL DISCUSSES NATL.
farm BUREAU PRESIDENT
Militant Commissioner of Agriculture of
Georgia Goes to Town" on Characteristics
OF Reactionary National Farm Bureau
President.

Tom Under, militant official of the
department of agriculture of Georgia.
in letter to large southern news.
paper which had complimented Natl.
President O'Neal of the Farm Bureau
Federation and two others for walk
ing out" of a meeting of representa-
tives Of farm organizations in Wash
ington, figuratively takes his gloves"
off and minces no words in his con-
demnation of O'Neal as a so-called
farm leader.
The letter Is printed in full below:
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
State Capitol
Atlanta
November IA, 1941
The Editor
The Montgomery Advertiser
Montgomery, Alabama
Dear Sir:
Some days ago l noticed an editorial
in your paper commencing the action
of Mr.. O'Neal and two others in walk
ing out of the Farmers meeting in
Washington.
These three gentlemen walked out
CT the meeting because they could rot
force their own program down the
threats of representatives OF thirty
seven states.
Mr.. O'Neal does not, by the most
extreme stretch of the imagination,
the farmers interest in any
way. Mr.. O'Neal took up considera-
BILE time in eulogizing Bernard Baruch
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TRESPASSINC AT THE CAPITAL
By A. l. HARRIS

/ There is more truth than fiction to
the talk that Japanese naval gunnery
| isn't in the same class with American
and British naval gunnery. These
reports come largely from foreign
newspaper correspondents and mill
tary observers who have seen the Jap
navy in action.
| Said one of these correspondents to
| this column: 81 saw scores of Jap
warships on the Yangtze river shoot
| ing away all day at targets that Amer
lean gunners couldn't miss with their
eyes shut, and they were constantly
going wide of their marks. If | had
MT seen it, I wouldn't have believed
it,"
Nevertheless, all observers agree,
the Japs are mighty proud of their
navy, and would come right out to
sea and fight it out with any enemy,
regardless of the odds. Most likely,
in war with the United States and
Britain, they would send their navy
out to protect their long lines Of COM
munications with Indo- China and
places south.
Such plan almost certainly would
bring about decisive naval action,
which American and British navy men
say would be exactly to their liking.
Udet's "ReWard"
Casualty rate among high-ranking
German officers who are out of SYM
pathy with some of the things that
Fuehrer Hitler does is indeed very
high!
Latest to go to the reward" was
Col. Gen. Ernest Udet, World War |
hero and chief of the reich air forces.
Udet was known to be in disfavor
with the nazi chieftains because of OPP
position to the war with Russia.
First notice of his death on Nov.
IS was in dispatch from Vichy, stat
ing that Udet was the victim of an
airplane accident Half hour later,
another dispatch came from Vichy
saying that Udet took his own life.
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Japan Not Equipped
For First-CIass War

Japan Not Equipped
For First-CIas War
Japan, in the event of clash with
a major power such as the United
States, would find that her lack OF
expert metallurgists and machine TOOL
technicians would prove well nigh dis
astrous, military observers report.
And they are not apt to overcome
this shortening in any foreseeable
future, since their talents just don't
seem to run in these directions.
Result is that Japan has not been
able to produce either planes or tanks
that could stand UP in combat with
planes and tanks produced by some
of the western powers.
Not that they haven't tried = and
tried hard. They spent lot of time
and energy, for example, to develop
a good airplane motor, and they nave
failed dismally They have now
ceased trying They haven't even
been able to produce good motor
when furnished with designs. That's
why they are importing all Of their
airplane motors.
True, they produce airplane bodies,
but even these aren't anything to get
excited about. Definitely, they don't
stack up with the airplane bodies pro-
duced in the United States, Great
Britain, or Germany, not even Italy.
Japanese mechanics are far better
than are Japanese metallurgists and
machine tool technicians, but they
aren't first rate by any means. They
suffice for the undeclared war with
China, but they wouldn't make the
grade in a big league. Incidentally
principle reason why we aren't send
ing the Chinese more airplanes is that
the inexpert Chinese pilots have a
habit of smashing the planes in land
ing, and the Chinese mechanics" are
unable to repair them.
The tipoff on how good the Jap ar
men are-or rather how bad they are
lis in the fact that their accident
rate while flying is the greatest OF
any large country. |
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-11-26

1907 of the sales being made
to farmers who had been leas-
ing the land for crops from the
state for some time in the past.
The return to the state
amounted to $271,808.15, the
commissioner reported.
The policy of the state land depart
ment in its sale of lands according
to the commissioner, is to sell the
lands wherever applications are made
and the sale would not affect estab-
lished farming operations.
While calling attention to the de-
STABILITY of having the lands returned
to the county and state tax rolls, the
commissioner stated that department
regulations governed all land sales
and that no special effort was being
made to sell land repossessed by the
state on mortgages.
The sale at Cut Bank, of land in
Glacier county brought the top prices
for land sold A total of 2,35S.65
acres were sold at an average price
of $10.56 an acre. A lot sale was
also held in Cut Bank with SO city
lots sold at an average price of $45.63
EACH Presumably, in addition to the
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FIVE SEDIT ton
DEFENDANTS
ARE FREED

Observation-Disclosures three
weeks of testimony, the government
on Nov II rested it's case in the trial
of 20 officials and members of the
Socialist Workers party, charged with
seditious conspiracy to overthrow the
U. S. government.
u. S. Judge Mathew M. Joyce di-
rected acquittal of five defendants
but denied defense motion for free
ing of the 23 others. Those released
were George Frosig, Nick Wagner,
Walter Hagstrom, Dorothy Schultz
and Rose Seller. The three men are
organizers for Minneapolis Transfers
Local 544, which shifted from the
AFL to the CLIO last July.
"How can the government obtain a
conviction" asks the Civil Rights De-
tense Committee, organized in behalf
of the defendants. "a verdict of gull
ty will rest on 1) testimony about
alleged private conversations with the
defendants and (2) the classic litera-
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funds available for the pro-
gram.
Action was also deferred on re-
quests from delegations from Great
Falls asking for additional work on
the Rogers Pass road, from an Ennis
delegation for realignmetlt OF road
in that section and from the region
al forester for purchase of timber adj
jacent to the Observation-Disclosures high
way.
A delegation FIR m Beaverhead
county requesting that the department
provide snow removal on seven miles
of the Horse Prairie road between
Armstead and Leadmore, Idaho, were
unsuccessful the commission holding
that this road was not part of the
state highway system.
The projects and successful bidders
for their construction follows:
1. Construction of concrete side
walk and subsidiary work on the Vel
lowstone river bridge and approaches
at Glendive; John Holm, Glendive,
$17,783.26.
2. Grading, surfacing with crushed
gravel and drainage structures on
9.454 miles of the Big Timber Harlow
ton road in Sweetgrass and Wheat
land counties; Nilson-Smith Construc- |
ton Co., Great Falls, $751;, 1896.
8. Construction of two timber
bridges and three stockpasses, a con-
crete bridge and widening of con-
crete and steel bridge on the Big
Timber-Harlowton road; Union Con-
struction Co., Great Falls, $3O,S65.96. /
4. Grading, gravel surfacing and oil.
ing on 4.S65 miles of the Hardin Gus
ter road in Big Horn county; Albert
La Londe, Sidney, $92,S75.S7.
S. Construction of five timber
bridges on the Hardin Custer road;
w. P. Roscoe, Billings, $14,29294.
6. Regarding, surfacing and oiling
1858 miles of the Choteau-Sun River
road in Cascade county; E. o. Howe,
Great Falls, $40,46101.
7. Regarding, gravel surfacing and
oiling 3212 miles of the Missoula-Clin-
ton road in Missoula county; Union
Co., Great Falls $751;
816.25. (Subject to final approval by /;
public roads administrator. K
g. Grading, surfacing with crushed
gravel and drainage structures on
!. 1877 miles of the Bonner Ovando road
in Missoula county; L. A. Woodward, {
Missoula, $93,598.12. +
9. Construction of concrete and {
steel bridge, four timber stockpasses
and a concrete box culvert on the q
Bonner Ovando road; Cahill-Mooney {
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received just as The Voice goes to
press.
Mr.. Kathan is widely known
throughout the state, as one of the
leaders of the Farmers Union and the
cooperative movement. He Is secre-
tary-treasurer Of the Farmers Union
Grain Terminal Association, the larg-
est cooperative grain marketing
agency in the United States, president
of the effective and prosperous Pro-
duction Credit Association In his area,
and president of the board of directors
of the Brady cooperative elevator,
regarded as one of the most success
full enterprises of its kind in the state.
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and stating that "the farmers would
have been in hell of fix if it had
not been for Bernard Baruch.'
Mr.. O'Neal represents Bernard Bar
UGH. He does not represent the farm
ers.
| asked Mr.. O'Neal in the meeting
II his plan had been submitted to
the farmers of the Farm Bureau Fed
Grafton and he stated that it had been
approved only by the officials of the
Farm Bureau Federation.
Mr.. O'Neal was very much con-
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1t Means

On November goth there appeared newspapers gener
ally throughout the state Associated
ing sweeping crtament of the National Admnistra
tion programs G. M Macmillan youth
had been advised Washington office that in Montana
would 1000 regular out-of school work
program; 5000 cut in ALLEGATIONS high schools for the
aid program $500 cut in college and pradats
aid together with corresponding reductions
in administrative and supervisory
To the unfamiliar with details of the
NYA this generalization of
little implication "The Peoples Voice." concerned with
trend that affects the welfare to an
alyze specifically the real and
translate them into understandable FORM
Let take the 400 in the regular pro-
The ouofschool spon
sored by local communities designed provide work expert
ence for people who unable school
have completed such education they could find
that 1910 reduction in funds will 42O youth
leased from the thereof
the family income at least $500 month $4,000
for the balance of the fiscal much perhaps
dollars and cents but the earnings of that youth go
pement family income of WPA worker earning $4,000 per
month it is 271o decrease In farm families in
state the annual income
year. The contribution of the youth assumes real
of useable cash hand which has
families for contingencies of medicine clothing
This reduction also will affect worthwhile projects
by communities cannot be undertaken
The NYA will be hard construction of
buildings already under way Even though scare win he
ercsed to leave all suspended projects workman
like condition., stated in the press release there
appointed sponsors and tbe Inevitable ,nfortun.ta -
against the NYA for failure to meet its prior commitments
In the inschool work the 5000 slash
affect upwards of 1000 high school students reduce
The students receiving this aid carefully
school authorities the basis of relative small
monthly payments they received for part for
laboratory fees books activity addition losing
the money they received suffer loss of
valuable work under supervision
institutions in which they work will also benefit of
their efforts.
Although the college and graduate school program
did not receive such cut that the
amounted to only $3.50 about 81 0O0 the effect
dvdual student will be much because his earnings
$500 month of spelled difference
between going college Some college students
will be removed from the NYA college program this
month and for the balance the school NYA
administration placed in unavorable light by
sity of breaking its commitments to these students the
school authorities.
1t is noted with interest that of congress
have taken cognizance of the situation affects
that not beneng by accelerated employment
constituted themselves to recon-
that the NYA and CCC be maintained states at
level So far Montana concerned is our
studied opinion that the premise well taken
youth have leave home and seek employment
The NYA and CCC least afordng youth work ex
and making possible many better
equip themselves only for defense jobs but
objective of useful productive lives.
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PROMINENT
man NAMED
TO HIWAY COMM.
Prominent Farmer, Business
Man Appointed to Highway
Commission From Northern
District Today; Appointment
Accepted

Announcement by Governor Ford of
the appointment Of A. e. Kathan of
Brady as a member of the state high
way commission and Mr.. Kathan's &C
ceptance of the appointment has been
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-11-26
Land Department sells
1876. 039. OF ACRES farm
Land IN five COUNTIES
Land Sold in Glacier County Draws Highest
Prices With Chouteau Next and in Toole
And Liberty Counties Prices Paid Were
Identically the Same; City Lots in Cut Bank
Sell for Fair Prices.

The state land department has the sale during
the past week of 60390 OF of land of which
said be isolated farmland with approximately
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-11-26
A DIGEST OF
OPINIONS OF
The ATTY. GEN.

A digest of opinions rendered by
Attorney General John Bonner in the
last 10 days follows:
Question: A certain shipment OF
cattle was made subject to brand In.
spection at destination, as provided
by Section 1921, Revised Codes OF
Montana, 1885, as amended by Section
1, Chapter 1876, Laws of 1897 After
the shipment was loaded at x, it was
diverted while enroute to Y, and did
not reach q (the place of original
desitnation). Due to the fact that the
shipment was originally billed subject
to inspection at destination, there was
no inspection made at the time of
loading, and no inspection made at
destination.
Held: Collateral facts may be ex-
amined into for the purpose of estab-
fishing guilty intent, design, purpose
or knowledge.
Question: Whether or not, under
Section 1924 of the Revised Codes of
Montana, 1885, a fee of $3.50 is re-
CURED to be paid to a justice of the
peace upon the filing of demurrer
to a complaint in civil action
Held: When a demurrer is filed to
complaint in civil action in the
justice court the justice of the peace
shall collect fee therefor of $3.50.
Question: Before the creation of
Daniels County parcel of land lying
in the present territory of Daniels
County was acquired by Sheridan
County through settlement and adjust
ment of county funds deposited in a
bank that had become defunct. The
land was sold to a Daniels County
resident in 1898 on contract, which
contract was recorded in 1898 and the
assessor assessed the land at its full
and true value up to the present time
and since and including the year 1884
Held: Land purchased from a coun-
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HIWAY COMMISSION LETS
CONTRACTS FOR OVER
MILLION Doll AIRS OF WORK
Only One Out-of- Estate Contractor Awarded
Contract in Yesterdays Letting by State
Highway Commission; Work to be Done in
Many Counties; Three Delegations Call on
Commission; Another Meeting scember g.

for IL road construction project total cost
S1119 SO let by the state hghWa omission at
meeting yesterday Helena, with only ON tract let to
outofstate construction firm Action on instruction pr
gram for deferred until the next Eng OF the cor
mission for December 8, at WI line State Hg
wav Engineer Holiness said he would ha 1ormaton on TT