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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-06-18
annual CONVENTION OF
COOP. PUB. co. HELD
Stockholders of The Educational Co-opera-
tive Publishing Company Meet for Their
Annual Convention in Great Falls, Last
Sunday. June 18th.

With 102 voting stock shareholders
of the Educational Cooperative Pub
fishing Company present, the annual
meeting of the company recessed from
February l, was held in the |. o. o. f.
Hall in Great Falls last Sunday
Weather and road conditions pre-
vented the presence of a quorum at
the regular meeting date on February
LIST.
The meeting was called to order by
President Walter S. Good of Great
Falls and after the routine business
of reading of minutes of previous
meetings and reading of the auditors
report and the adoption of both, the
stockholders discussed at length the
services of the company and possible
methods of improving them.
The widespread ownership of stock
in this cooperative association
brought stockholders from 16 of the
states counties together with stock
holders from North Dakota and Min
nesota
Howard Lyman of Great Falls was
reelected to membership on the board
of directors of the company. Others
elected as board members were Pro-
lessor Ernest Atkinson of Missoula
and Ray Richardson of Great Falls.
At the meeting of the Board of
Directors following the stockholders
meeting, w. S. Good was reelected
president, ]. B. Bentley of Helena
was reelected vice president and H.
5. Bruce of Helena reelected secre-
and manager.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-06-18
TRESPASSINC AT THE CAPITAL
BY A. l. HARRIS

| in 1910.
We already are hearing about a
shortage of tin in our own defense
effort, but shipments of tin plate and
'toggers" tin to Spain increased from
100000 pounds in 1889 to 2o,34O,ooo
in 1910. Cotton linters and cotton
pulp are used in the making OF ex-
plosives. There were no cotton lint
ers and cotton pulp shipments to
Spain in 1888 and 1899, but in 1910 we
supplied 2,237 900 pounds of these ma
terials to Spain.
Little Portugal has been importing
increasingly larger amounts OF war
materials from the United States
materials badly needed by Hitler and
unquestionably thus obtained by him.
A startling example is to be found in
the shipments of tin plate and "tog-
gers" tin, which increased from u
911,OOO pounds in 1888 to 100000
pounds in 1889 and 34,976,o0o pounds
in 1940
Of course, there may be some very
laudable maneuvering behind it all, or
perhaps some base commercial con-
sideration, but to the layman it is stu
pidity, if not worse. From moral
standpoint, the policy cannot be de-
Tended No wonder certain persons
in the State Department are not tax
ing kindly to the joint resolution in
troduced in the Senate by Senator
Gillette, Ia and in the House by Rep.
Coffee, Wash, to investigate the
from which and the manner
that the Axis powers are able to get
vital war materials from the United
Stafeaf
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-06-18
APPRAISERS
AT WORK

Last week the Netherlands foreign
minister, Dr. e. ~ Van Kleffens
stopped off in Washington on a re
turn trip from the Dutch East Indies
where he had been looking over valu-
able properties including oil wells
which supply Japan with an impress
sive quota of aviation fuel for bomb
ing Chinese cities. What he said
would indicate that selling war mate
rails to Japan is simply respectable
business undertaking, told reporters :
Japan can have what can be spared
within reason. We are reasonable
people, but we are against anybody
acquiring a predominant position.
That could not be expected"
An anti-Axis effort by Representa-
tive John Coffee of Washington to
have congress investigate the sale of
war materials to Axis powers was
scotched, for the time being at least,
by Assistant Secretary of State Dean
Acheson and Brig. Gen Russell L..
Maxwell, administrator of Export Con
troll They testified at a secret meet
ing of the Rules Committee to con-
slider investigating steady increases in
shipments of oil to Japan; cotton, tin
plate and explosives to Spain; and
lard Essential in making munitions)
to Finland.
Both opposed an investigation on
the grounds that the United States
should not risk antagonizing Japan
further. Acheson emphatically adj
mitted that appeasing Japan with oil
was settled government policy las has
been obvious but never openly adj
mitted before) and that it would so
cOnfinua
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-06-18
EDUCATION
BOARD MEETS
JULY IA

A meeting of the state board OF
education is scheduled for July IA, al
which time the selection of a success
sor to Dr. George Finlay Simmons
former president of the State Uni
versity at Missoula will be up for
consideration.
At the last meeting of the board,
a member. Victor Weber of Deer
Lodge was selected and authorized to
interview such applicants for the
of the university as wished
to be considered for the position.
A regular secretary for the State
University is also to be appointed.
At the present time, Dorothy Green,
an assistant in the University offices
is acting secretary. Miss Green has
been connected with the University
office for II years.
Dean G. w. Leaphart of the univer-
sity law school was named acting
president by the board of education
at the time DR.. Simmons resigned
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-06-18
COMMISSIONER warns
FARMERS ABOUT STORAGE
Late Harvest of Wheat in Montana Will
Probably Find Terminals Clogged; Farmers
Must Provide Own Storage Space Accord
ing to Commissioners of Agriculture.

"In view of the large carry-over OF
wheat and other grains and the pros
pect for a very large crop in l941,
Albert Fl. Kruse, commissioners of agri-
culture, said in Helena this week, 1T
is vitality important for every wheat
grower in the state to make sure
that he will be able to handle his
crop"
1.-THE railroads have assured the de-
partment that the roads can handle
the movement if the cars can be UNI
loaded promptly at the terminals.
Since Montana is one of the last
states to complete the wheat harvest,
there will be very little, if any, stor-
age space left at the terminals for
Montana wheat. Therefore, this de-
partment feels that every Montana
farmer should determine in advance
that he has adequate storage space
available for his entire crop on his
farm or other suitable storage facil-
tiles, and if he does not have suffi-
cient space, to Immediately construct
granaries while material is available
or there is still time to obtain it be-
fore harvest"
If any farmer is short of the nee
essary funds to construct proper stor-
age space for his crop, he may if he
so desires, obtain if not all the major
portion required by contracting his To-
cal AAA committee.
The Montana wheat grower must
remember that the Commodity Credit
will not lend money on
wheat piled on the ground.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-06-18

<after brief farewell talks to the
convention had been made by
M. w. Thatcher, general man.
ager of the Farmers Union
Grain Terminal Association
and the president of that or
ganization, Dan O'Connor.
Alex Lind, president of the
Farmers Union Central Ex-
change and Emil Syftestad,
also spoke briefly.
The forenoon of the first day of the
convention was devoted to organiza-
ton of the program with Emil Syfte-
stad of the Central Exchange speak
ing at the afternoon session on the
problems facing the cooperative bust
ness institution, made more acute by
difficulties in securing merchandise
because of the defense program. Many
managers and directors of local com
panies took part in the open discus
sion periods which followed each
speakers time. This was a new fea-
ture of this convention and the gen
eral opinion was that it added a great
deal to the value of the gathering.
All attending the convention were
guests of the Farmers Union Grain
Terminal Association and the Farmers
Union Central Exchange at "smor-
gasbord" served in the ballroom of
the Civic Center Monday evening.
DR.. Harold Hoffman, professor of
agricultural economics spoke at the
forenoon session. He stressed the
responsibilities of citizenship in de-
mocracy and that this responsibility
was the price paid for liberty. Fol
lowing his talk, the audience asked
questions having bearing on general
farm economics and interesting and
discussions developed
NJ. W. Thatcher, general manager
of the Farmers Union Grain Terminal
Association was the speaker at the
afternoon assembly of the
Mr. Thatcher reviewed
the history of farm legislation and
discussed the legislative program of
ghC Aothi OIL 'OSiil6 int lllDOI IduL
part played by the Farmers Union in
The past in shaping farm legislation
and the Importance of the leadership
Of the organization in the legislative
program of the future. A short ques-
ion and discussion period followed
Mr.. Thatcher's address,
Following Mr.. Thatcher's address
md the question period, directors for
he five districts of the state and Off
,ers of the organization were elected.
\. b. Kathan of Brady, president for
he past year and who presided over
he convention was reelected presi-
lent and director from District No. 2;
aonald Holtz Of Portage was elected
ecretary-treasurer and director from
district No 1 S. NJ Holland, High
wood director, District No. g. Sven
rwedt Of Rudyard, director, District
70. 4 George Grosskopf, Arlington,
irector, District No. 5.
Continued on Page Four)
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FSA REPORT
MONTANA
Borrowers
Rehabilitation Loans Being
Rapidly Repaid, Cash In
come of Borrowers Increased
and More Food for Them
selves and Stock Raised.

According to a report of survey
made last winter by the Farm Secur-
ity Administration in Montana there
were 1881 active standard rehabilita-
ton borrowers in the state at the
end of 1910 The survey showed that
the average borrower earned a net
income of $1,204 during the year, as
compared with $7SS in the year be-
fore he borrowed from Farm Secur-
ity. In other words, the typical fam
lily increased its annual net income
by SO percent. This means that Farm
Security borrowers in Montana have
increased their total annual incomes
by $119S,7S4 since coming on the
program.
Borrowers in Montana are rapidly
repaying their rehabilitation loans.
Although So, 409 500 has been repaid
on loans totaling $9,413,S61, although
much of the money does not fall due
for four or five years. Throughout
the entire country, rehabilitation loans
totaling S420,S65,050 had been made
as of December 81, 1910, and $149,-
626,442 of this sum had been repaid
Loan funds currently are advanced by
the Reconstruction Finance Corpora
ton, instead of coming from direct
appropriations.
In view of the fact that none of
the borrowers from Farm Security
was able to get adequate credit any
where else, and that many of them
were on relief, this repay
ment record is tribute to the hon
esty and industry of these needy farm
people. There is ample evidence that
he great majority of them are getting
back on their feet and becoming per-
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Whom Are We Aiding
Axis or Democracies?

Axis or DemocracleS9
A study of exports of vital defense
materials, as shown by Department OF
Comerce figures, leads one to wonder
whether we are aiding the war efforts
of the democracies or the war effort
of the Axis powers.
For example, it is. common knoWl-
edge that war materials shipped TO
Spain and Portugal ultimately find
their way into nazi Germany, for use
by Hitler's war machine. That is as
certain as the rising sun. Yet here IS
what we have been doing to help
grease the war machine that Hitler
is using to destroy what little liberty
there is left on this earth:
Toluene is a material used as
base in the making of TINT. In 1888
and 1899, Spain imported no toluene
from the United States, but last year
Franco received $4,000 pounds from
this country-for use by Hltler IN
manufacturing the bombs that his Iuft-
waite drop on British cities. Copper
is a vital defense material Old and
scrap copper shipments from the
United States to Spain in 1888 totalled
but $4,000 pounds, but in 1899 they
reached 1,359,000 and in 1910 2,O43,0OO
pounds. Were our rubber supplied
from the Dutch East Indies cut off by
war with Japan, the experts tell US
that we would be getting into difficult
ties in about six months, yet our rub
Der shipments to Spain Increased
from 433, 900 pounds in 1888 to 1885,,
900 pounds in 1889, and 3,525,ooo
pounds in 1910, an alI-time high.
Hitler's chemists, they say nave
been able to produce ersatz tsynthet-
ic) gasoline, but they have not been
able to produce ersatz lubricants
However, we have come to his assist
ance noby by Increasing the ship
ments of Iubricating greases to spain
from $4,000 pounds in 1888 to $780,
900 pounds in 1899 and $685., 900 in
1910. Shipments of motor fuels, gaso-
line and lubricating oils went up from
2,571,0 900 barrels in 1888 to 4,239,000
barrels in 1899 and 4,450,000 barrels
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cause another increase in oil prices
Similar stories of transport shortage
on the Pacific Coast have been used.
While all this is going on, Attorney
General Robert H. Jackson has multi
fled Assistant Attorney General Thur
man Arnolds attacks on the oil trust.
Jackson has notified Ickes that the
big antitrust suit on the oil trust will
not be pushed but negotiations are
under way for settlement through an
other one of those famous consent
decrees. Incidentally, Jackson's
statement implied complete truce
with the oil trust. 1t is interesting
in this connection that Homer Cum
mings, first attorney general in the
Roosevelt administration and many
times criticised as conservative, was
the only attorney general who ever
had the courage to indict and convict
oil trust barons and he did it over
the vehement protest of at least one
member of the present Cabinet That
is story yet to be revealed.
The Japan oil shipment incident is
not dead despite the fact that the
Continued on Page Four)
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used by the farmers was a
drop as compared to the riv-
err" The action brought by
the power company seeks to
enioin the water users from u.s.
ing even this drop" claiming
in it's complaint that it sis en-
titled to the use and the quiet
and peaceable possession. !.
of all of the waters and flow Of
the Missouri River upstream
from the Morony dam"
The power company claims sole and
exclusive right to all of the waters
and flow of the Missouri River by
itself and its predecessors by reason
of notices of appropriation posted at
various times over many years and in
many places on the river. 1t is notice
able that in each instance the notices
of appropriation of waters far ex-
ceeded the normal flow of the river
and probably the flood time flow, a
possible inference thereby created be-
ing that the company sought mOnop-
olistic control of the rivers flow.
Claims Need for All Water
In its complaint, the power com
pany, claims that it has used and
lis now using and will continue to
use ALL Capitals ours) of the waters
flowing in the Missouri River for the
uses and purposes aforesaid, Ito gen
crate electrical energy and that the
use of all said water at each and
every dam :. is necessary for the use
and purposes herein set forth -"
That the claims made by the power
company that all of the water is
needed or used by the company at its
dams may be somewhat exaggerated
is indicated by a record of the second |
feet water used and the amount |
spilled at each of them on May 20, |
1889 the day the complaint was filed |
The record shows the following:
Water at Missouri River Plants
on May %, 1889
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-06-18
OFFICERS OF
PEOPLES VOICE
co. Reelected
Stockholders of The Peoples
Voice Publishing Company
Makes No Changes in Board
and Management at Annual
Meeting.

Election of the same members to
the board of directors of The Peoples
Voice Publishing Company as held Of
flee last year featured the meeting
of the stockholders of the company
held in Great Falls, last Sunday. The
meeting followed the meeting of the
stockholders of the Educational Coop
erative Publishing Company stock
holders.
At the board meeting following the
stockholders meeting, the officers of
the company were reelected to the
offices they had held in the past year.
They are: Howard Lyman, president;
w. S. Good, vice president and j. B.
Bentley of Helena, secretary-treas
urer.
The board re-employed Fl. $. Bruce
as managing editor of The Peoples
Voice
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-06-18
new ENGINEER Named
FOR WATER BOARD

The appointment of Fred Buck, for
mer office engineer of the water board
to the office OF state engineer and
chief engineer for the Montana Water
Conservation Board was reported to-
day E. B. Donanue who has held
that office will be transferred to the
highway department on July L.
Mr. Buck enjoys a high rating in
his profession. He was graduated in
civil engineering from the Montana
State University, later taking years
post graduate work in California Uni
versity and then taking his masters
degree in engineering at Montana
State College in Bozeman.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-06-18
44DR0P OF WATER" IS ALL
|Mv0L we'd IN SUIT VS..
BR0ADWATER USERS Ac.c:N.
Chief Engineer Of Montana Powef So pm
pany Admits That Amount of Wags the
Company Would Prohibit the Bro alter
Farmers From Using Is ''Only Dr. ! om-
pared to the River"

On cross examination by Wellington D. Rankin attorney
for the Broadwater Missouri Water Users Assn yesterday
the hearing of testimony federal court before Howard Too
Master in of the Montana Power Company the
Users Association the State
Water Board the chief of the Power
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-06-18
APPLICANTS
MANY BUT
JOBS few
Examinations for State Jobs
Under Merit System Draws
About 1000 Applications
Many of Them Already in
the Jobs

Nearly 1000 individuals have ap-
piled to take more than $500 examina-
lions for state jobs under the Merit
System, Supervisor Melvin P. Martin
son has announced after preliminary
count of applications received. Final
date for receipt of applications was
June g.
July Is and 10 have been set tenta-
lively as the dates on which the ex-
aminations will be held. Billings,
Bozeman, Butte, Great Falls, Havre
Helena, Kalispell, Lewistown, Miles
City, Missoula and Wolf Point have
ben designated as examination cen
ters. Applicants for the first Is job
classifications will be examined the
first day and examinations for the
last Fl job classifications listed on
the Merit System Council announce
ment will be held the second day.
AS stated in the announcement, the
examinations are for the purpose of
establishing registers of qualified per-
sons for SO job classifications in the
Montana Unemployment. Compensa-
ton Commission, State and County
of Public Welfare, and
the State Board of Health. About 325
persons are employed in these classi-
fications at present.
Mr.. Martinson warned, however,
that most of these positions are now
filled and that no great number of
from the new registers
may be expected Immediately.
"The list of applicants includes
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twoday convention of the Farmers Union Cooperative
Business Enterprises Association held in Great Falls
on Tuesday evening with banquet served in the ballroom
of the Civic Center attended by nearly 400 managers
cooperative business establishments
visitors Mark Melton of Denton offcated master of
and several entertainment features
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-06-18
WEATHER
FAVORABLE
FOR CROPS
ISSUED Jointly by Agricultural
Marketing Service and Weather
Bureau)

Marketing SERVICE ana weather
Bureau)
Clearing and somewhat warmer
with light scattered showers bene-
fitted ali crops during the week ending
June II, although row crops as a rule
and corn did not do as well as grains
and grasses. which made advanced
progress. Field work such as sum
-fallowing and cultivating was
speeded up except in a few areas
where soils were too wet to work
after the preceding weeks rains
Beans and corn made some improve
ment but still show the effects of
earlier retardation by cool weather
Weeds made vigorous growth in
some sugar beet fields where wet
ground has kept out thinners and de-
layed cultivation. Some weedy grain
fields of both winter and spring
wheat, it is now reported, will be cut
Continued on Page Four)
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Conscripting Property

1t would seem that the government,
in time of national emergency, should
have as much power to conscript prop
erty in defense of the country as it
should have to conscript human be-
ings. No one will deny that life is
more sacred than property. But there
are a lot of people on the Hill who
evidently think otherwise.
A heated debate ON the above ques-
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The action of the power company
against the Broadwater-M Missouri Wat
Continued on Page Three)
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FARMERS UNION COOP
ENTERPRISES Assn. H0L DS
TM0-DAY CONVENTION

Organization Composed of Elevators, Oil
Stations and Other Cooperative Enter
prises in the State Holds Annual Meeting in
Great Falls for Discussion of Mutual Prob
lens; Large Attendance at Convention.
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REPORT
Improvement Fund for Building and Grounds

Succong Of the building of the Educational Cooperative
Publishing Company completed but there still paint
ing of windows and cornces the outside and paint
ing the inside Also funds still lacking for improve
ment of the grounds We believe that these things still
required done $75. We hope that individuals
and organizations will make up this that the work
started be completed Below a statement
ceipts and expenditures to date
Up June 10:
10
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-06-18

Contributions for property improvement previously
listed, have been received from the following:
Three Mile Farmers Union Local for Memorial
Harry Martin; A. Jergensen E. Landgren; Tavern
Ke Arthur A. JONES' South Valley County Farmers Union
Friend Geo Grosskopf Family, G. A. Esva Adoph Erie
berg Clarence Chamberlain A. G. Shone Isak Hellebus
Lodah Elmer Satire, H. H. Hess, Elmer Gwynn " J.
burlington and Loren Schott
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-06-18

Economic Justice and Equality
Is the Real Safeguard of De-
mocracy. Lack of These Is
Challenge to the Intelligence
and Sincerity of All.
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Expenditures.
33 Sacks Cement "a $1.O5...-...-..-...-.S 1865
Sacks Lime % 75c...---.--.-.--..-.-..- 375
10 Sacks White Cement % $3.80-------- $500
40 feet A-round ---------------------------- 40
"a Yards White Sand 800
Sand Donated by
Western Sand & Gravel Co.
Labor 1927
Total Disbursements ...-....--.-... So
Balance on Hand
Landscaping Estimated $500.
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Democracy Cannot Endure I'm
der Economic Systems Which
Cause Hunger, Cold, Poor
Housing and Unemployment to
Millions.