The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-01-01

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Hitler victory. AS the war co
tinues, they sense a social change g.
!. ing on in Britain pointing towards
: new social order in which rule will
taken from the tory class and lodge
: with the people. Rather than perm
that to happen, they prefer peac
with Hitler and adjust themselves
the kind of a world that he woul
create.
, Ex-Ambassador Joseph P. Kennel
is strongly suspected as giving expires
sion to this group. Kennedy, to b
sure, does not desire an outright Hi
Ter victory, but would like to see
negotiated peace. There is little dit
ference, to be sure, between a negc
tiated peace at this time and naz
victory.
Most observers who have been II
England in recent months report I'm
mistakable signs of social ferment-
indications that the rank and file o
the people have lost faith In thu
ability of the tory class to rule. Con
servatives like Kennedy see in thi
social ferment something terrible; lib
erals see in it something that is hope
full.
The propaganda that socialism will
come to England IL the war continues
much longer is being fed to the big
industrialist and banking groups Of
this country with telling effect Naz
elements are encouraging the propa.
ganda. Aiding also are groups like
the America First Committee, com
posed of a conglomeration Of reaction
airy employers, industrialists, fascist
minded gentry, isolationists, and naive
but well-meaning individuals.
Whats the use of going to all the
trouble of beating Hitler IL what we
are going to get out of it are workers
and socialist governments? is what
they are saying in private. and oc-
casionally in public, albeit in some
what modified form.
Tricks to Every Trade
The Research institute Of America,
Inc, New York City, tells its members
how they can manipulate things so as
in effect to cheat Uncle Sam out Of his
just taxes.
On the assumption that higher
taxes are foregone conclusion next
year." the Institute advises: 1.-THE av-
erage taxpayer, faced with sitter
taxes next year and the probability
of more income, will find it good STRAIT
egg, as general thing, to accumulate
income items this year and push de-
auctions over into the next year II
this is done, income will probably fall
subject to less severe rates this year
and the deferred deductions will be
more useful next year in off-setting in
come"
The Institute also advises its men,
bers to give employees bonuses rather
than wage increases, IL it becomes
necessary to increase employe earn
ings due to increases in4living costs.
This method, it points out, will re-
duce the amounts it may be required
to pay for overtime since 1t will in
volve no increase in basic wages, and
later, when the proper times comes,
will make it easier to reduce employe
earnings. Wage reductions are more
difficult to effect than merely cutting
out bonus, it argues.
Ask Farmer to Sacrifice
Although farm surplus is fast reach
ing an all-time high, due to destruc-
ton of foreign markets, the economy
bloc in the next congress is planning
to ask that farm subsidies be cut down
"The farmer should sacrifice some
thing for national defense the same as
everybody else" they say.
Funny how these reactionaries al
ways ask the worker and the farmer,
our two most useful groups, to always
make the sacrifices. They didn't ask
the big owners of industry to make
sacrifices for, national defense when
these one hundred percenters were
holding up the defense program be-
cause they weren't satisfied with just |
ordinary profits. They even helped
them hold up the government.
The worker and the farmer will re-
spond to these pleas better when they |
are not the only ones who are asked
10 make sacrifices. Furthermore, II
other groups are as free Of profiteer-
ing as are the workers and the farm
srs, the country has nothing to fear
IN the present emergency.
Rent Profiteering
Profiteering In rents on a disturb
ngly large scale, government officials
admit, is taking place in virtually all
ocalities where defense industries and
army cantonments are located. In the
ormer, the low-income groups are the
Victims, rents having gone up as high |
Is go percent. In the latter, 1t is the
commissioned and non-commissioned
officers who are being gouged. Small,
)oorly-furnished, houses are renting
or as high as 800 month. Nothing
las been done about it.
stick to Their Guns
OF the SO democrats who voted with
he republicans in the house to over
ide the Presidents veto Of the Logan
Walter bill, designed to hamstring
New Deal agencies, % were from the
outh, including % from the so-called