The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-04-16
Trespassing-


continued from rage One)
der over.
Voorhis took the position that mos
. intelligent people who are alive t.
the nazi threat in the world toda,
take, that STRIKES in defense indus
iris should be avoided" but not b,
destroying or impairing the basi'
rights of the workers. He reminded
his colleagues that the blame for mos
of the strikes, regardless Of anti-labol
propaganda, lies with reactionary EN-
ployers who, while making huge prof
it's for themselves, refuse to bargain
collectively with their workers ant
deny them a share in the profits Of
industry.
"In steel, for example," said voor
his, profits Increased 93.9 percent
where wages increased only 2.S per
cent, while in machinery, profits in
creased go percent and wages only
3.8 percent. We must recognize the
right of men who labor to a position
of partnership" OF course, if labor
cannot better it's living standards dur
ing prosperous, or semi-propsperous
times, when can it do it?
In answer to those who would, in
effect, draft labor by imposing a Sc
we're penalty on workers who go on
strike, Voorhis pointed out that, I'M
der our democratic concept, you can
draft men for service to their coun-
try, but you cannot draft them to help
make private profit"
| 1t is to be noted that many of those
| in Congress who are insisting on pas
sage of anti-labor legislation, and de-
manding that labor make sacrifices"
were the very ones who refused to
place limitation on profits for indus
try in this emergency. To these,
voorhis said This thing has got to
work both ways. l have heard it ar
gued that there cannot be a limitation
on profits now because we have to
give incentive to industry The same
applies to all groups, or it does not
apply at all Workers must also have
the incentive to better their condi-
ton"
We Must Be Wrong
The latest issue of Facts in Re-
view" nazi propaganda organ still be-
ing delivered regularly to all members
of Congress by Uncle Sans mailmen,
says that we're all wet if we think,
or even suspect, that Adolf Hitler has
the remotest intentions of gobbling up
the small nations of Europe He has
MT that kind of an appetite. And to
prove that Hitler is no gobbler of
small nations-or gobbler of anything
else, for that matter-"Facts in Re-
view" cites as its authority none other
than DR.. Joseph Goebbels, nazi prop
uganda minister, himself.
Dr. Goebbels assures the people of |
America and of the whole wrold that |
nazi intentions so far as the small |
nations are concerned are noble and |
altruistic-that all the nazis want to
do is to put Holland, Norway, Den
mark, and the rest of them "on their
feet" Fact is however, that these
nations were pretty much on their
feet when the nazis over-ran them,
and their people enjoyed far higher
of living than did Hitlers'
subjects. But, since Hitler actually I
put them on their backs, there may
be an element of truth to what DR..
Ioebbels says, because people lying
IN their backs cannot perform work
n nazi labor battalions, or even stand
up before firing squads. In either
event. they have to be stood up
Current Capital Comment
Count Teleki's suicide-if suicide
t was-shows that living with the
lazis isn't exactly bed of roses. T.
There are many who are talking up
home defense corps" not to beat off
Hitler invasion, but 'for property +.
against labor strikes"
liberals know what that means.
Hiss Harriet Elliott, consumer COM
missioner in the National Defense Adj .
'isory Commission, last week took to
a crack at increases in wholesale
Office prices as "entireIy unWar-
anted." It's beginning to look, =
hough, that it will take something :
tronger than words to hold the prof :
.eers in line. :. The House has
oted to continue the .(Tolan) COM :
littee investigating interstate migra- !.
on of destitute citizens. 1t will now
e known as the Committee Investi- :.
ating National Defense Migration,
lat phase having been added to it's :.
Judy Contract awards totalling :.
$50, ,281 for government-finance ).
liant expansions in connection with =
ational defense had been made by
lie end of February.
Rep. Ford, California reactionary, a
as introduced a bill in the House h
lat would make striking in a ma tt
onal defense industry an act of
eason, because waste of time ham P
IFS the defense program" A bust p
sss man who wastes valuable time" OF
7 holding up government contracts as
It'll assured handsome profits at no &C
SKIS whatever he would probably call re
patriot" and award him with a de
edal for good business" The in
preme court split decision (4-3) de-
ling to Uncle Sam the right to sue RI
r treble damages under the Sher- cl
an Antitrust Act those who boost er
ices through collision In bidding ic
II handicap the government In it's pr
mpagn against the war profiteers. tn