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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-05-07
By JAMES PECK

The labor spy system at the Edge
water, ~ j., plant of the Ford Motor
Co was described by an insider when
Elliott e. Murray, former assistant
superintendent, testified for the gov
eminent at an NLRB hearing. His
story was given despite barrage of
objections from Ford lawyers.
The hearing is on the firing of 26
workers for activity in the United
Automobile Workers (CIO). Charges
OF espionage and other anti-union tao
tics are included in the complaint.
Murray worked his way up to as
sistant superintendent and then quit
in disgust in 1888, shortly after the
company started Systematically firing
workers of Italian origin because they
caused more labor trouble than any
other race they had in the factory.
Murray baked at discharging some
OF the Italians He said they were
doing good work.
In his testimony, Murray described
the spies planted in the various de-
partments, giving their weight, a de-
scription of their personal appearance,
and in some cases their names.
At the periodic foremen's meetings,
which Murray attended, union activity
was discussed and information was
exchanged regarding men who at
tended CLIO meetings at some of the
workers homes.
When asked by NLRB counsel what
Joseph DeMatteo, former head of the
service department, said at one Of
these meetings, Murray replied: de
Matteo said that his orders came from
Dearborn, working under Harry Ben
nett (head of the service department
at the River Rouge plant). He said
his job was to keep the men from
organizing into the CLIO. He said that
Henry Ford would pay $40 and $12
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-05-07
SUBSISTENCE" and
Corporation FARMS
GAINING IN NUMBERS

Industrialized Farming On Increase a II d
Unemployment in Cities Driving More and
More People to Subsistence Farms Where
They Are Joined by Farmers Who Have
Lost Their Farms.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-05-07
Seeding Well
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ginning to furnish new feed in con-
siderable quantity. Calving is nearly
over, while Landing is at its peak
among the later lambing outfits. Live
stock losses on the whole during the
April storms were comparatively light.
Wool contracting continues on re-
duced scale and some contracts are
now being made for fall deliveries
of calves and lambs. While 1910
feed prospects for livestock have inn
proved considerably in recent weeks,
there are still occasional complaints
OF insufficient water supplies. In a
few counties considerably more mois-
ture is reported needed if present
prospects are to be maintained.
Farm labor supplies and demand
showed no important changes during
the week.
Estimated Percent of Seeding
Completed by May
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-05-07
BY PARKER T. ANDERSON

Great issues agitate people of the
world today and some are prone to
believe the philosophy of Spengler
may prove true. 1t was he who out
of the tenuous facts of history pre-
scented a theory of fatalism to the
nations of western Europe and the
Americas. The essence of his thesis
proclaims a life-span for group civili-
zation and then senility, decline and
backward movement to semi-bar-
barism. His hypothesis admits no
fountain of youth no goat-gland reju-
venation for that conglomeration of
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-05-07

Striking evidence is revealed by the latest returns
showing that the big ndusrazed farms the United States
sharply increased in number and in total The
famyszed have lost ground while the small subsis
under three have increased in number
upper brackets 10 percent of the farmers
operate percent of all land in Farms of 10000
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-05-07

acres and over operate IA per-
cent of all farm land in the
United States, according to the
1910 census, and these large
sized farms increased since
1886 by more than 10 percent
in number and in acres.
There are indications that farmers
in the middle acreage brackets have
had difficulty remaining in CONNER
cial production The proportion of
land operated by farmers with so to
ITS acres, for example, has fallen from
2S3 percent in 1880 to 27.S percent
in 1895 and in 1880 to 27.S percent
in 1885 and to rs percent in 1910.
This land is being continuously 81
phoned off by the larger farms.
At the bottom end of the scale, the
very small subsistence farms show an
increase in number between 1885 and
1940 but the total acreage operated
by those farms did not expand This
occurred despite the fact that the
total number of farms in the United
States dropped 10.5 percent between
1885 and 1910, and all and in U. S.
farms increased 6,337 .263 acres. These
subsistence farmers are really "un-
employed" not only in industry but
also in agriculture.
Concentration of / and Onerations
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-05-07

Patronize the Cooperative in your
there to serve you!
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-05-07

need for a federal land program pro-
viding security of tenure and ade-
quate income for the farm family.
to their problems and points to the
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-23
NOT HoRSE.AND-
BUGGY COUNTRY

The Securities and Exchange Com
mission is now considering what should
be done with the Commonwealth and
Southern Corporation, one Of the no.
tons principal privote utility systems,
under the Holding Company Act. One
Of the major points at issue in the eose
is what size q utility system should be
to conform to the Act. Testifying be-
fore the commission, Justin r. Whit
ing, president of the corporation, made
some telling comment.
The proper place to determine the
most effective size Of q utility system.
sold Mr.. Whiting, is not in q lowsuit.
but in a study made by q governmental
body assisted by the industry. He point
ed out that Commonwealth and South
ern, which has been criticized as being
too large, has q generating copocity
less than that already installed and
under construction by the IVA, and
less than thot planned for Grand Coulee
and Boulder Dam. He then stated: IF
it is economically sound and in the in
terest of consumers and the public Tor
the government in its operations to con-
struct properties Of the large size they
ore now doing, does it not follow that it
is likewise economical for smaller Pri-
vote systems to be maintained? If this
is not true, then it must be assumed
that one economic rule should be OPP
lied to public operation and another
rule to privote operation. Such on oP-
pIicotion in the end can only result in
the taking e by public operation OF
all the prIvoteIy-owned companies"
Private utilities grew to large size
before there we're any governments
owned plants, because it vas definitely
proven .hot larger systems could provide
cheaper, better and more dependable
electric service. Small plants could not
command the facilities that are vital
to first-closs electric service.
The attack on private systems as be-
ing excessively large, in the light Of the
foct thot the governments projects ore
larger still, seems but q subterfuee to
accomplish their disinteerotion and
advance the dubious cause Of stote so
cioIism. At q time when the full effort
of all industry is needed to consumote
the defense program, this is q sorry
spectacle.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-23
THE WAR ON PORK DISEASE

If Il, 100000 Americans we're suf-
ferin9 from varying sto9es OF q disease,
you might soy it was about time some-
thing was done about it.
They are, if q proportion corries
through the whole population which
Sureeon-Generol Porron found in q
four-yeor test. In this experiment Por-
ran found one person in six infected
with trichinoe, the porosite sometimes
present in pork insufficientIy cooked.
The resulting disease, trichinosis, is
on elusive one for which no specific
cure is known.
A sort Of one-mon crusade ogoinst
triohinosis hos been Carried on by New
York Stote Senator Thomas 6. Des-
mond for some years. He has at lost
succeeded in getting Network to study
the problem, and q commission is work.
ing along such lines as preventing the
feedi' 9 Of uncooked gorboge to hogs,
better stote meat inspection service,
and better tests to reveal presence OF
the rather elusive disease. Thorough
cooking is the immediate and best
direct method Of insurine against trich-
inosis; if thoroughly done, this kills the
trichinoe even if present in the pork.
Port of the campaign is education in
thorough cooking at temperatures
above l37 degrees.
1t is q field Of preventive medicine
into which other states might we'll fol-
low the New York lead.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-23
, SO THEY SAY

am sure that you in the U. S.
know something of the exuber-
ances of party politics.-Prime
Minister Menzies of Australia,
now visiting the U. S.
I think q Hitler is terrible in
Germany. / think a Hitler is
terrible anywhere. I do not want
to have q Hitler in the United
States.-Senator Bennett Clark.
Missouri.
Words create emotional fer
vor. But they leave emotional
hangovers.-Edward l.. Bernays,
publicist, in the 1nfanty Journal.
The hope of the world is not
with the clever, but with the
humble.
DIR. Joseph r. Sizoo, pastor Of
New York's St. Nicholas
Church.
The public just didn't appreci-
ate the situation until Germany
began 70 move.
Gen. George c. Marshall. U.
8. chief Of stalf.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-23
THE LONG ROAD

Anybody who thinks that the present
defense activities ore q mere furry,
soon to be over and forgotten, had
better pinch himself.
The government hos just arranged
to invest $500, 900, 900 in q new alum
inum manufacturing plant designed to
produce 500, 900, 900 pounds Of alum
mum q year. 1t won't produce any at all
for l8 months or two years, SO you con
see that the government is planning for
q long pull.
Everybody will instontIy reeoIl the
Muscle Shoals nitrote plants built DUR
ing the World War, which were not
reody to produce until the war wos over.
Yet to build them wos no doubt O wise
thing at the time.
Probably one Of the best woys to
shorten such emergencies is to prepore
to see them through for many years
II necessary.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-23

He said he thought he could take
the girls place so the rest could
60 through the routine and Mr..
Wallis could see how it'd look
to a camera. So the people
took their places and the piano
started humping. A couple of
sure-enough Hawaiians slithered
out, of a grass hut and danced to
another where they were joined
by q third Hawaiian and Goldie.
He was as swivel hipped as a
Minsky coocher and absolutely
dead-pan. The rest of the Choir
us began popping out from be-
hind palm trees and sand dunes
and the whole group finally
wriggled off stage. Wallis laugh
ed. But then Wallis is the boss.
"Me, I gotta do everything
sighed Goldie. Like that, now.
What would my wife think if
she seen me dom the hula-huly
in a chorus? What would the
union Think"
NICE WORK
II even got to be offstage
noises yet. / beat the drums. l
even have to make the drums
that the DANES are supposed to
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-23
STORIES
. IN STAMPS
Europe's War Booms
BoIivio's Business
,v~-~-v~~


I'll PoToSI. 2o,2s9-foot peak
" pictured on Bolivia's stamp
above, is the site Of a business
boom. War in Europe has in
creased demand for tin, and mines
on the peak are being worked at
top speed to meet that demand.
One Of few nations Of the world
to profit by the conflict, Bolivia
produces metals necessary for war
industries. Ninety-eight per cent
Of Bolivia's exports are metals, in
GLIDING tin, anthony and tung-
stem. Exports for 1910 were al
most so per cent greater than in
1899.
During the period Of Spanish
domination Of the country, Bolivi-
an mines produced more than 81
billion in gold. The Spanish con-
sidered tin worthless, and today
the dump heaps they built yield
q large percentage Of the nations
tin output.
The worlds search for rubber
also turns attention TO Bolivia. Be.
fore 1910, South Americas rubber,
including that produced In Bolivia,
was important in world produc-
ton. Later, Far Eastern sources
replaced wild rubber Of the west
ern hemisphere. Now there are
indications that the Latin Amer
lean industry may regain Its for.
msr position, ~ war msnaces Tho
East Indies.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-23
u. s. STATISTICS
MOST ACCURATE
. HighIiehts From
The Latest Books q

Europe's war has pushed the
Sino-Japanese conflict off the
front pages, but the Chinese are
still fighting. Joy Homer pic
lures the heroism of China's
struggle in Dawn Watch In
China" (Houghton-Mifflin: so,
a vivid and arresting account OF
a young American girls expert
ences in the war-torn Orient.
1t is q hair-raising, stirring story.
Threat of air attack, against
which they have little defense,
has forced the Chinese to turn
back civilizations clock. return
to the Cave era, as related In
the following excerpt:
Other towns may boast their
thousands of refugees; but only
Kweilin can boast Of its caves.
The city is literally surrounded
by queer old fangs of noun
tains, all virtually honey-combed
with caves, echoing caverns,
some of them 10 miles in length.
And in their friendly interiors
was enough room to house sew
eral Kweilins.
Cave dwelling started here
about q month before we ar
rived. when a rumor crept about
that the Japanese were planning
to level the entire city. The
rumor was, of course, exaggerat-
ed. At last report only a little
more than two-thirds of the
city has been destroyed. =.
We were informed on that first
morning that about one-third Of
the population waited until the
alarm rang before fleeing to the
caves; another third shouldered
its belongings and children and
left the city at 10 o'clock every
morning, remaining in the caves
until after the raiding hour; the
still more cautious third was
simply living in the caves with
occasional forays into the out OF
doors.
There was nothing haphazard
about the arrangement. Inhabi-
tants of city blocks were assign
ed to certain specified caves dur
ing raids, much rs passengers
aboard ship are assigned to life
boats. And there was more than
enough room for everyone.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-23
. MCKINNEY ON D

er players in the tournament that
held that same North hand and
I will admit that the bidding
varied. I thought the most in
t~eresting bidding occurred when
the hand was held by Ellis.
West bid a diamond, Ellis de-
cided there was going to be a lot
of bidding on the hand and he
decided to lie back in ambush.
When East bid one heart and
West jumped to three hearts,
Ellis decided that he could still
wait to enter the bidding. East's
bid Of four no trump was the
Blackwood Convention, so that
when West bid five diamonds,
Ellis knew that East could not
pass this ace-showing response.
thought Ellis would fall out of
his chair when East bid seven
hearts. South's double put it
squarely up to him whether 10
pass or risk entering the auction
for the first time with q grand
slam bid.
His choice proved to be wise.
This is the first time to my
knowledge that an Heard suit
has been dealt in tournament
bridge, and years from now I
know that you will still hear the
players discussing the time that
IL spades were dealt to . player
and he never Bid them.
Seven diamonds can be made,
but In every case where seven
diamonds was bid, North over
called with seven spades, going
down two tricks when the hand
was- correctly defended.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-23
~ PETER EDSoN|
Dolly Mentor WsshinstoN
CArrnsn0mdnnf

S0S10op000oot
Congress
Is 50 much in the habit Of
spending 500 million here
and q few billions there that
no one hos taken time out to
figure whot this defense ef-
fort might cost If it keeps 60
ing. -. =.
But the Securities and Ex-
ehonee Commission boys con-
cocted q little chart the other
doy which hos some interest
ina implications. This ehort,
shown herewith, 'mokes the
closest possible estimote OF the
percentage Of national income
spent for national defense by
Germany, Jopon. tn. United
Kingdom, c q and the
United Stotes.
The obvious question, otter
taking one look at this chart,
is we'll, why not convert it into
dollars? The equally obvious
answer is that it cont be
done. 6ernon exchange rotes
vary so much that they cont
be tronsloted into dollars. liv-
ina stondo, DIS in Japan ore SO
much lower than in any Of the
other countries that d o q T
comparisons ore out OF the
question. Wages in the United
Kinodom as we'll as Germany
ore lower than in the United
Stotes so, while $lW might
buy 100 hours Of lobor in the
U. S., it might buy $50 in the
U. K. or 200 in Germany.
U. S. STATISTICS
MOST ACCURATE
The United Stotes is prob
ably the only one Of the coun-
tries thot hos anything at oil
resembling accurate statistics
on notionoI income. Condo has
Just recently begun to compute
national income, but three dit
ferent sources give these three
different estimates. The mid
die ond opporently most &C.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-23
. HARRISON IN HOLLYWOOD

beat on. I run around lookin'
for maribou feathers that Ann
Sheridan has gotta wear on her
-ah-stomach on account of the
Hays office. l look for lipstick,
lend 'em a comb, pick EN- up
when they faint. And some
times their legs ache and l gotta
rub EN-"
"You get paid for rubbing
chorus girls legs?"
well, I amt beefin' about
everything l gotta do, see. But l
also take telephone messages
from their boy friends and put
tape on their knees when they
fall down and"
IF a photographer comes
around, Goldie, maybe you could
do one more thing. Maybe you
could get a couple of pretty girls
and pose with 'em as if you
were doing that dance number"
We'll, okay. But you IN
n~erstand, l don't care for pub
licity."
Hollywood stories spread like
a brush fire but the concensus
is that John Barrymore was the
original in this one:
Invited to dinner, he said. I'D
like to, but l might have to bring
my girl friend"
THAT would be all right" re-
piled the host.
But if I brought her, her hus-
band might want to come along"
cautioned Barrymore, And If
her husband comes, he'll prob
ably want to bring his girl
friend"
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-23
BY LUCIE NEVILLE
YEA Service staff Csrrespenden

-.
j.. be-
ing property man, Morris
Goldman plays nursemaid to so
chorus girls. But nobody ribs
him about 1t.
Goldie is big and tough. A
hunnert an ni'-tytwo pounds,
seer an a Sunday punch.
Goldie has been at Warmers Is
years and used to be a stunt
man. Jumped off buildings,
waded through fire, rode wild
horses and clouted the william.
Now, as a prop man Goldie
sometimes has to do things,
such asa hula, that might bring
smokers from onlookers. But l
wouldn't smoker if I were you.
DANCING ON DUNES
On an unfinished set for a
big Hawaiian dance number in
Navy Blues" pint-sized Sey-
mour Felix had been rehearsing
the kids to q FRAGILE in a long
routine. 1t was tough going any
way because they had to dance
up and down q lot of mounds
which become dunes as soon
as they were covered with sand.
And then, just before Hal Wal
lis, the big-boss-in-charge-of
production, walked in, one of
the four key dancers had turn
ed an ankle. (Goldie had car
ried her over to the hospital for
bandaging.) Wallis wanted to
watch q rehearsal Of the num-
Der and Felix was wondering
how he could stage it.
Nothing daunts Goldie, though.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-23

The FeGerol Bureau Of Investigation
has published q series OF twelve post
ess 10 encourage workers in defense
Industries to watch out for fifth COL
umnists or soboteurs. One OF these
posters represents q crouchin0 black
-hnure holding O torch, with the heod-
ina. THE soboteur's ~fovorite weapon
Is orson A thin wisP Of smoke in
tie quiet hours q beloted alarm
and the damage is done. The sopoteur
choIks up another victory,os important
as any won in the front line trenches
Be vieilont BE olert. . Be core
ful :. Know your fire prevention OPP
piionces. Never forget thot Americas
front line is the production line -. IT'S
here"
We all recognize the truth express
"a BY this poster. We all know nothing
would delight fifth coIumnists more
thon fire in our defense industries,
wostino man power, wasting time,
wostino money and materials. Any fire
onywhere serves the fifth columnists'
purpose. All incendiory criminals
should be considered as members OF
the enemies forces.
America hos always had incendiory
criminals. When the National Boord
Of Fire Underwriters was first founded,
ia 1866, it organized q committee on
incendiorism and arson, the purpose OF
which was to cooperate with oil locol
authorities in the apprehension ond
enlistment Of such criminals. Its first
efforts we're confined to offering re-
words for their capture. However. in
1917, il was decided that oggres-
I've measures should be taken. The
system Of offering rewards was discon-
t61ued and the work Of the committee
Wos broodened to include q stoft OF
troined men who operate in all ports
Of the United Stotes. These investieo-
tors cooperate closely with stote fire
morshoIs, locoI sheriffs, police Officials
and district attorneys, in developing
evidence Of arson. Frequently arson
rocketeers ore brought to justice otter
having been troced for years ocross
oc-=en stotes.
The spotlight is now turned on in
cendiorism 1t menoces our national
safety. Unlimited public support should
be given to the National Boord and oil
other groups which ore fighting it. and
thus safeguarding this nations Sc
curly.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-23
THE AMERICAN DOCTOR

The British Red Cross recently OPP
peeled to the American Red Cross for
one thousand American doctors to re-
inforce the stoffs Of the Emergency
Medical Service and the Royal Army
Medical Corps. The appeal was at
once endorsed by the President, who
pointed out that those who volunteer
will work under the protection Of the
Red Cross Treoty Of Geneva, which hos
been respected by beIIieerents since
1854.
As Is to be expected, many young
doctors have oIreody responded to this
oppeol-os they did to q similar oppeoI
mode in April, 1917. The typical Am
eticon medieol man is reody to help
relieve suffering wherever in the world
itmoy oppeor. And the British soldiers
and civilians treoted by these Ameri-
cons will receive q quality Of medical
care thot connot be supposed.
Medicol science hos reached it's
soreotest development in this country.
ttflore W. have had private medicine, as
cQntrosted with bureaucratic, social
silod madeline thot exists in most Euro
- countries. Every doctor is en-
&(oood % DO his utmost-he knows
Dosst9 no limit TO achievement
rue Ms own obilitiss and
NtyAmsrieop stond-
txfhs highest IN the