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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-11
ArnistiCe Ddy
Parade Timed
For Workers
Set for 8 PM. TO Keep
Arms Makers on Job;
Fewer Uniforms in Line

With demonstration dedicated
10 victory and keyed 10 martial
music Detroit today is observ-
ing Armistice Day.
For the first time in "a years
the peace-inspired holiday Is tho
occasion for grim application 10
the business OF war.
Chief event OF the day will be
the parade. which starts moving
south on Woodward avenue from
Peterboro street at 6 p. m. pro-
ceeding TO jefferson avenue and
thence east TO the Veterans Build
ing at Hastings street.
War characterizeS the process
sion.
D FEWER TROOPS IN LINE
Although there will be approx
mately 1000 fighting men in the
military escort. there will be fewer
troops than in recent years.
Michigan's national guard will
be missing from the marchers.
GuardSmen now are serving the
nation on foreign fronts.
War is taking priority also in
the ranks of the usual civilian
marchers. keeping many of them
at their tasks in industrial plants.
To make it possible for many of
them TO march the parade, ordi-
narily held at 2 p. m. this year
gets under way four hours latar.
Because of the press of war
work Hamtramck is not holding
a parade this year, but is joining
with Detroit in its observance.
EXPLOIT BONDS, STAMPS
Floats and banners which will
dot the parade call for victory
through greater purchase of war
bonds and stamps.
First military unit in the pro-
cession will be Clusters 795th tank
destroyer battalion with % We
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-11
The Weather
HOURLY TEMPERATURES

. The sun will set n Sis D. m. today.
and rise tomorrow ~ s;ie a. m.
The moon sets Al f0s3f D. m todsx.
ana rises tomorrow at 1.79 a. N.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-11

organization which went into
preparations. A large number
of people had to be in on the
plan.
TT IS possible some thought
u until the last minute we
ere. going into Dakar. as the
Nazis first did, but thousands
knew OF the elaborate military.
naval, economic propaganda and
international political prepara-
tions which enabled us 10 drop
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-11
In the Times TODAY

DIR. J. G. TOOLE DENTIST, no
w. Lafayette. at Mich, opp. City
Hall Hours SO Tel. CA. $685.
Adv.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-11

How T.. s. Hid
Elaborate Plan
For I'd Front
BY PAUL MALLON

WASHINGTON. Nov. 1.-THE
W North African venture was
won by meticulous planning,
which caught the Nazis and
Vichy French completely off,
guard.
For a few days before the
blow fell. the Axis radio had
been noting the presence Of
British warships inside Gibral-
tar. Braggingly, it gave the
names and number. Only "A
hours in advance did ii begin TO
mention incidental the pres
ence of an American ship or two.
The Nazis thought the British
were going TO reinforce Malta.
where supplies were known TO
be running low. Only as an
afterthought did they consider
the possibility Of what was TO
happen.
THE British warships had
sailed up in front Of the
Nazi spies in Spain with flags
flying TO practice activities.
which held Nazi attention while
our arm ad a slipped through
Gibraltar mostly at highland
mostly undetected.
. When Vichy, Rome and Berlin
learned the plan, it was too late
for them 10 do much. Reinforce
ments would have TO be organ
ized first. then cross the
NJ d iterr anean and, by that
time, we were in possession of
that sea. A good part of the
British fleet was steaming
around off the shores Of Tunisia
and Tripoli TO make that even
more difficult.
This grand deception was
amazing when you conside. the
vast amount of planning and
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-11
Truce Reported
For CaSablanca

LONDON, Nov. IL QNS).-The
American army in French North
Africa speeded its consolidation OF
captured positions in Algeria and
Morocco today amid reports that
United States forces were striking
rapidly southeastward in the direc-
ton Of Tunisia.
French troops at Casablanca
have requested an armistice.
Reuters reported from Vichy.
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DEFENSE EXHAUSTED

The Vichy announcement said:
I'm the Casablanca sector
after three days of fierce fight
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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-10-16
SURVEY SHOWS
FARMERS SHORT
OF LABOR

Albert H. Kruse, state commissioner
of agriculture, returning this weel
from a survey of general conditions
prevailing in the sugar beet produc
ing areas of the state, reports a short
age of labor which not only threatens
the successful harvesting of this
years crop, but may and probably
will, bring about drastic reduction in
acreage planted to sugar beets next
year. Immediate action to save this
years crop is mandatory, and depend
able plans assuring adequate and nee
essary labor for next year must be
outlined early enough to insure farm
ers against scarcity of labor next
year, or there will be comparatively
few acres of beets planted next
spring.
Many farmers. according to Mr..
Kruse are facing bankruptcy because
of their heavy investment in a sugar
beet crop this year with very small
chances of being able to harvest any
amount; certainly not
enough to offset the amount which
they stand to lose because of short
age of necessary labor.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-10-16
Jim PATTON
is NAMED ON
NATL. BOARD

Observation-Disclosures G. Patton
president of the National Farmers
Union, whose appointment by Presi
dent Roosevelt to the economic stab
ilization board has been announced
by James F. Byrnes, director of the
office of economic sterilization, made
the following statement:
'The broad representation on the
economic sterilization board should
assist Justice Byrnes and the agencies
under his direction in making real
istic decisions and taking prompt ac-
ton to promote conversion of agricul-
ture and industry to an about war
basis. Such decisions and actions, as
they are based on determinations in
which representative of agriculture
labor and management have had a
voice, will be the more readily ac-
cepted and followed through. This
can be another step toward the dis
ciplined democracy-still democratic,
but welcoming disciplines equally and
shared that we must
have to win this war.
81 believe the working farmers of
the nation are ready for this step.
They understand cooperation. We
must cooperate to win as free men"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-10-16

poration, we also criticized the Small
Business Committee of the senate,
headed by Senator Murray of Mon
tana. We should have made it clear
that neither the Small Business Com.
mittee nor Senator Murray personally
should be held responsible for the in
adequate action of the Smaller War
Plants Corporation, which is due TO a
number of factors, including indiffer-
ence of important officials of the
WPB to the use of small plants and
the strong liking of the army and
navy for giving as much business as
possible to few very large com
panies.
G. ]. Seedman, president Of the
American Business Congress, points
out on page 467 of this issue some of
the achievements of Senator's Muir
rays committee, The Senate Small
Business Committee. 1t got through
congress the law creating the Smaller
War Plants Corporation, with $780,
000,0 capital. 1t came to the rescue
of $4,000 automobile dealers and other
small businesses. 1t is now holding
important hearings on thu problems
of small business in general.
Senator Murray has been fighting
for small business since long before
America entered the war, in fact,
since 1910. His committee has acted
as buffer between small business
and numerous government agencies,
and has prevented these businesses
from being treated even more roughly
than has in fact been the case. The
investigation of the rub
Der problem drew praise from no less
an authority than Bernard M. Baruch |
We still feel it is true that Washing |
ton has paid far too little attention |
TO the needs of small business, but
we are glad to record here the fact |
Continued on Page Two)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-10-16
| REELECTION
OF HAIGHT
is likely
Fergus County Scion Meet
ing Opposition Arguments
With a Past Record for
Sound, Constructive Work
For Constituents.

Herbert Haight, elected by the peo
pie Of Fergus county as one of their
representatives in the lower house OF
the Montana legislature and with one
term served as their representative
in the state senate, is seeking re-elec-
ton to succeed himself in the upper
house.
Mr.. Haight has earned the respect
Of all of those who have served with
him in the Montana legislature over
the years. One of his outstanding
characteristics as a legislator has
been his jealous regard for the in
terests of the taxpayers, evidenced by
his critical scrutiny of governmental
expenditures. He has rendered yeo-
man service in that respect and in
general, has always given first consid-
Grafton to the interests of the people
of his county and the state. No faint
of influence by selfish interests has
ever been reflected in his official acts.
His integrity has never been ques-
toned by either friend or opponent
He is seeking reelection on his rec
ord of service with which the people
of his county are familiar Opposing
him is an untried man, completely in
experienced in legislation, whereas
Haight win bring to the work in the
Continued on Page Two)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-10-16
WALLING
TAKES SLAP
AT EDITORS

TORONTO OPP - Ivory tower
editorial writer's in the daily CONNER
cial press, who make a mockery OF
labor's war effort and lie about high
wages" for workers, were attacked by
Wage-Hour Administrator L. Metcalfe
Walling before the ALL convention
here October 6.
Calling attention of such writer's to
the facts, Walling emphasized: even
in these war times there are still en-
ployers who Illegally withhold from
their workers even the modest mini
mum prescribed by law"
He said that since Pearl Harbor
the wage-hour administration had to
force restitution of about IS million
dollars to more than 100000 workers.
Referring to his recent statement
that 71z million workers get less than
40c an hour or SIG week, and that
a great many get less than zoe an
hour, he said:
Zone Of the ivory tower editorial
writer's complained that such figures
should even be made public Just
two weeks ago one of our most in
fluential weekly magazines asserted
blandly on it's lead page that nearly
everybody is employed at high wages
Now | have no doubt that the peo-
pie who write these things are sin
cere. No doubt, they probably never
worked on an industrial farm. They
have never been through the
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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-10-16

lco-operative leagues of the
other American nations to ar
range for a joint conference
committee to study the posi-
bilities for a united federation
of co-operatives in the Western
hemisphere.
The congress also called for the Gre
alton of a committee for the postwar
transportation of commodities from
the co-operatives of the U. S. through
co-operatives of other countries to
needy in the countries devastated by
the war.
On instruction of the delegates, the
board of directors of The Cooperative
League is to name a planning commit
tee whose duties shall be to % write
a five year program for the national
(2) to coordinate cooper
alive planning with work now being
done by the national resources plan
ming committee through representa-
ton on the federal committee If that
is possible and 90 to submit its pro-
posed national cooperative program
for ratification to a specially called
planning conference of the next con-
gress of the league.
The congress called on The Coop
erative League and "all co-operators
to use all energy and bend every eff
fort and talent toward gaining that
complete victory that shall guarantee
The continued existance of free in
situations and shall permit us to pur-
sue an abiding and abundant peace
for all peoples everywhere" and re-
luested the board of directors to ap-
point committee on post war plan
ming. A further resolution urged that
cooperative organizations, both ma
.ional, regional and local, give the
greatest possible publicity through
heir various organs and publications
o the part they are taking in the war
ffort for our government"
Action was taken to set up a Coop
Communication Network" through
which every affiliated cooperative
nay be quickly, effectively and per-
onally informed and invited to act
Continued on Page Four)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-10-16
REPORT OF WORK
In SUPREME
COURT FOR Week
DECISIONS

DECISIONS
September 29th-ln the matter of
the estate of Louis Fligman, State
Board of Equalization v. Helen E.
Flisman. Appealed from Lewis and
Clark county. Majority opinion by
Judge c. F. Morris. Judges Left
Erickson and Albert H. Angstman dis
sented
Held: Where deceased left several
annuity policies providing that upon
his death certain payments should go
to beneficiary, 1t was held that such
payments to the beneficiary are re-
ceipts from insurance coming within
the $4,000 exemption, and not taxa
BILE under the inheritance tax laws.
October 2nd-Peter Kelly v. Rose
Graney, James P. Grainey and Annie
Kelly. Appealed from Silver Bow
county. Unanimous opinion of the
court by Chief Justice Howard A.
Johnson.
Held: In suit brought by Peter
Kelly to quiet title to certain real
estate in the city of Butte, it was held
that Rose Grainey, James P. Grainey
and Annie Kelly had no right or in
terest in the property and that Peter
Kelly should have. the title quoted in
himself.
October End = West Dodd " Nat
Continued on Page Four)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-10-16
LARGE NET BALANCE
in GENERAL FUND

Records in the auditors office in
dicates that the present state admin
istration is keeping it's expenditures
safely within the margin of receipts
of the state as the net cash balance
in the states general fund on Octo-
Der 1, was s1,19S,149.36.
The above figure is more impress.
sive when compared with the highly
touted business administration" "bal-
anced budget and pay as you go'
propaganda of the Ayers machine
during his administration when the
average overdraft in the general fund
for Al months of his administration
was s5OO,37S.96.
The general fund on October l of
the last year of the Ayers regime
showed an overdraft of s530,39602; a
balanced budget" out of kilter; a
pay as you go" policy with warrants
drawn against anticipated revenue
and not against actual cash on hand.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-10-16
BYRNES SEEKS
$4,000 ROOF
ON INCOMES

WASHINGTON - Economic
Sterilization Director James F. Byrnes
made an encouraging beginning this
week Immediately after being sworn
into his new job at the White House
His first act was to ask the Treas.
ury department to recommend regula.
lions by which he could enforce the
$4,000 income limit which is one of
the detectives of the Presidents stab
ilization program. The CLIO and AFL
have laid particular stress on carry
ing out this policy of President Roose-
welt.
Byrnes next conferred with Chair
man William H. Davis, war labor
board, and a member of the economic
sterilization board.
AFL Pres. William Green and CLIO
Pres. Philip Murray were named as
labor members of Byrnes' advisory
board. Pres. James G. Patton, Ma
tional Farmers Union, an outspoken
friend of labor, and Pres. Edward A.
O'Neal, American Farm Bureau Fed
Grafton, spokesman of the reactionary
farm bloc, will represent agriculture.
Management representatives will be
Pres Eric A. Johnston, president of
the United States Chamber of Com
merce, and Ralph e. Flanders, presi-
dent of the Jones and Lamson Ma
chinery Company, Springfield, VT.
Other members of the economic stab
ilization board are the secretary of
labor, the chairman of the Federal Re-
serve Board, the secretary of the
treasury, and the chairman of the
war labor board.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-10-16
MRS. Martin
OUTSTANDING
representative
Mrs. R. T. Martin, Indepen-
dent Candidate for the State
Legislature Opposed by
Newspaper Editor Once a
Familiar of Ayers.

Banking ON the good Judgment o
the people of Fergus county, progress
sives and liberals throughout the stat,
are expecting them to return Mrs. r
T. Martin to the state legislature this
year as one of their representatives
and to defeat for election Tom Stout
Lewistown editor, rumored to have
been an effective participant in the
smelly Ayers regime as one term gov
ernor of Montana, and an ardent sup
porter through his newspaper OF
Ayers candidacy for second term OF
his sorry administration of the states
affairs; an effort defeated by the
Montana voters.
Mrs. Martin has served in two ses-
sions of the Montana legislature as a
representative from Fergus county.
In this service she established a rec
ord for keen insight into the states
problems and the interests of the com
mon people. Always a courageous
and able champion of their interests,
she earned the respect of those OPP
POOCQ " hhCbi anu ouppOl llH6 lut COll-
troll by the special interests of the
state.
She was recognized as one of the in
fluential and outstanding members of
each session in which she served. a
representative with whom representa-
tion of the people of her county and
state, held first place. Based on prin-
ciple, she was recognized as having
the courage and ample ability to fight
for all legislation which would meet
her demands for justice, effectively
and asking no favors Able to pre-
sent her views with clarity and con-
yincingly on the floor of the house
she always commanded a respectful
hearing from supporters and opposi-
lion alike.
While it is expected that the Ana
conda Copper Mining Company will
throw it's support to her opponent,
Tom Stout, who, if he should be
elected, may be expected to function
Is its willing stooge, the people of the
state are hoping sincerely that the |
people of Fergus county will realize
he Importance of re-electing Mrs.
Martin and work and vote to that |
md. Mrs. Martin is making con-
siderable sacrifice in coming out as
IN Independent candidate in order to |
lave another opportunity to serve the !
people and to bring about the defeat |
II the machine candidate" who op-
,oses her.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-10-16
WAR ECONOMY
CHANGING
OUR SOCIETY
By SCOTT NEARING

/ War is an exciting and absorbing
Occupation. 1t rivets attention, stir
emotion, arouses passions and make
people forget or submerge their petit.
troubles. A war makes front pag,
copy for the papers more effectivel,
than any other human activity.
While reports Of battles fill the
headlines and hold public attention
silently operating economic forces are
changing the structure of our society
! The latest and one of the most sig
nificant instances is the widespread
destruction of small businesses thai
is now taking place in the U. S.
At the very outset of the campaign
to build up formidable military ma
chine in the u S. and to send sub
stantial aid to the French and British,
the Washington administration faced
two important decisions:
l. Who should be called in to direct
the campaign? The answer was a
series of business Notwithstanding
ius Of U. S. Steel, Knudsen of General
Motors and Nelson of Sears Roebuck.
2. Should the contracts for supply
ing materials and equipment go to
small concerns or big ones? Dollar
a-year businessmen, working under
the direction of the big business ex-
ecutives, awarded the bulk of the con-
tracts to less than 100 concerns. Gen
eral Motors, Bethlehem Steel and
handful of the biggest businesses OBJ
tanned the biggest contracts.
There was nothing very surprising
about this. A large-scale war, fought
with quantities of mechanical equip
ment, quite naturally calls in the serv-
ice of mass production enterprises, At
the same time small plants, equipped
to compete with the larger ones and
to meet government specifications,
were left out in the cold.
Now comes the turn of the small
Government economists
recently testified before the senate
small business committee that the
shortage of civilian goods and the lack
Of store labor would probably compel
100000 small tradesmen to close their
doors by December 1913.
This is but one step in long proc
ess. Half a century ago retail trade
in the u. S. was carried on in small
general stores or small specialized
shops. Then chain grocery, drug and
novelty stores reached out into thou
sands of small towns, pushing the
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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-10-16

You didn't pay an
income tax last March but next March
your normal and surplus tax will be
Sill. On top of this there will be
Victory tax" of S66.30. You will be
able to shave of S2652 of this if you
spent that amount ON war bonds, in
surance or paying old debts. Other
wise you'll get s26.52 back after the
war.
We're not trying to scare you. The
Treasury department and senate mem
bers gave us the figures.
If you're making s25 a week, and
have a wife and child, you'll still have
to pay $3.50 in Victory tax" or
1880 if you're buying s1420 worth
of war bonds, insurance etc.
No American worker minds paying
his part of the cost of the war. Union
members have proved that by the way
they're buying war bonds.
But the tax bill as tentatively ap-
proved by the senate October is
most generous with corporations and
the millionaires the members of the
senate banking committee protect
with such tenderness, and very tough
on the wage earners.
Profits of corporations in 1912 will
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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-10-16
new REPUBLIC RETRACTS
CRITICISM OF MURRAY
Liberal Publications Urge Reelection of
Senator Murray; New Republic Editorial
Declares Its Editorial of September IA,
Not Intended As Attack.
'ublic and the Nation, -

The New Republic and the Nations
liberal national weeklies in their last
issues come out with high praise of
Senator James E. Murray Of Montana.
The New Republic in it's issue of
October IL apologies for its implied
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-10-16

election to that office according tc
reports from reliable sources.
Mr.. Murray has been endorsed by
the organized labor bodies of Butte
of which he has been a member fol
many years. Militant and able, his
support for the office he is seeking
is growing rapidly.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-10-16
the butter is still going on.

(e) The dietician, Mrs Wolfe, did
not tell me what follows. But the
told me. To quote his exact words,
There are no eggs, and you had just
as well make up your mind, you are
not going to have any" When l de-
INJURED, he said: "a dietician, when
a thing is lacking, knows how to sub
stitute something else"
The mans lack of knowledge that
CONTINUED on Page Three)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-10-16
THE
WASHINGTON
SCENE
BY VIRGINIA GARDNER

Did you get raise in pay in 1912?
Kiss it goodby. The senate this
week, in an orgy to Guido the house
in seeing that the burden of the tax
bill for financing the war falls on the
little fellow, is drastically cutting your
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-10-16
Operative CONGRESS-
ADOPTS FAR-REACHIhG
PLANS FOR THE FUTURE
Calls for Creation of Federation of Co-ops
For Western Hemisphere; To Set Up
National Planning Commission and Select
Post War Committee and Organize Coop
Communication Network.

MINNEAPOLIS.-The Cooperative League of the USA at
18th biennial congress here September $3.50 took several
far reaching steps to strengthen and extend its domestic and
international program for the development of cooperatve
closing session here the delegates voted unanimously
Cooperative Union of Canada similar national