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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-08

Transform Attic or Basement
Into Recreation Space

For raw winter days when tho
children are unable 10 play out
side, IL is fun 10 have basement
or attic playroom for them The
interior Of an unused room can
he finished with rigid fiber boards
while panels Of glass blocks set
into the outer walls will flood the
room with light. Warmth is as
Sured because the glass blocks
have hollow near-vacuum CEN
ters that make splendid inSula-
ton against the outside cold. The
glass blocks can also he wiped
clean with damp cloth 10 keep
them spotlesS. And when the chill
dren have been tucked in bed for
the night. such a room makes an
ideal spot for the grownups 10
entertain their friends.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-08
Phelps Reveals Plans
For Hundreds of Homes

Projects are already under way
in Detroit. Allen Park, Gibralter.
Riverview, Lincoln Park. South
field Township, Gratiot Township
and Warren Township.
One of the major projects re-
vealed by Phelps is that OF the
Thrift Homes Building Company
in Lincoln Park Manor Subdivision
No. 2 in Allen Park. One hundred
and fifty homes are TO be con-
structed here Immediately. There
are more than 500 lots in this sub
with all improvements in. II Is
one Of the largest defense housing
projects on the west side and Is
in direct line with the Willow Run
bomber plant.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-08

through 6. Wayne County Sales
Book No. /, Volume 5.
WEDNESDAY - Book No. |,
pages through 10. Land in the
City Of Dearborn. beginning with
the KengerS Subdivision Of Lot 8,
Military Reserve, through Zeigler
Park Subdivision. as described on
pages 6 through 10, Wayne County
Sales Book No. l, Volume 5.
THURSDAY - No sale, legal
holiday!
FRIDAY Book No. I, pages II
through 10. Land in the City Of
Detroit which was withheld from
the February. 1871, public auction
sale. beginning with Ward l
through Ward II. as described on
pages IL through 10, Wayne
County Sales Book No. l, Vol
ume :.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-08
BUY a BOMBER
Copper Suffers

Copper cutters, which are 10 he
painted. should he allowed TO
weather for some time before
painting 10 remove grease II this
is impossible. clean with paint
thinner. High grade house paint
should then be used.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-01-30


were it not for the fact that FDR
privately let it be known that he
would veto it if it came to his desk.
Labor had better keep a close
watch on the house naval affairs COM
mittee, for here is breeding ground
for anti-labor legislation.
Who Is Father CoughIn For?
Join all patriotic organizations"
Father Coughlin advises his followers
in recent issue of his Social JUS
tice" magazine.
Does Father Coughlin want his fol-
lowers to join patriotic organizations
to aid the Administration and the
country in the war effort, or to spread
some of the following thoughts which
are taken verbatim from the same
issue of Social Justice?:
1.-THE fact that the United States
is now embroiled in the greatest con-
flict the world has ever known is, in
Mr.. Hoffman's (Rep. Clare Hoffman,
Mich, the notorious labor-baiter)
mind, merely confirmation of the
soundness of his isolationist position
December 7, 1941."
"On December 20, Anthony Eden
and Josef Stain pledged Hitler's de-
feat. Did you ever hear of Anthony
Eden pledging the defeat of the Com
munists in England or the survival
of Christian philosophy in England?"
Every able-bodied man in the
United States = save few chosen
princes of privilege - will be regi-
mented."
at is expected in the near future
The government will compel persons
with idle money to invest in these
securities Defense Bonds). All this,
If course, will lower the American
standard of living. 1t will take mon
sy out Of circulation. Money, which,
lnder ordinary circumstances, would |
De spent for Injuries, conveniences
md necessities will be spent for she'll
loles, corpses-and liberty"
1t may be that the above is the
lind of stuff to peddle around in pa
riotic organizations to help the
United States war effort against Hit
er and his partners, but If it is Hit
er's propaganda organization will be
'nly too glad to supply it to us in
,reat quantities and at no cost.
lewis Proposes peace"
Whatever John l.. Lewis may have
lad in mind, it is certain that his
proposal for labor unity had the effect
# putting bad crimp into efforts
Iuietly proceeding in that direction
or several weeks.
Neither the ALL or the CLIO has the
lightest confidence in anything that
lewis might propose by way of labor
eace, since he has been the chief
bstacle to labor peace ever since the
of the CLIO. Also, there is
10 confidence in the unselfishness Of
is motives.
1t is strongly suspected here that
,ewis is trying to capitalize on a sit
alton he knows to be developing in
rider to seize power for himself. John /
!. Lewis can think only in terms Of
ersonal power for John L. Lewis. {
Reports have it that Lewis and his '
Id friend, big Bill" Hutchinson, {
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-01-30
GOVERNMENT WORKERS UNEASY
AS THEIR FREEDOM DIMINIsHEs

be extended outside of government
circles = first to defense production,
and then to jobs In general. The reg
istration of manpower up to Ga years
will give all able-bodied males identi-
fication cards, which will be both
passports and work tickets.
Skilled men will be drafted for spe-
cial jobs. Unskilled labor will be
shipped here and there. Those who
obey will work and eat. Those who
disobey will be jobless or worse.
Is this setup labor CONSUMPTION? Or
will it be called selective labor serv-
ice?
Labor union officers shake their
heads gravely when they talk about
the issue AS patriotic duty their
unions have given up the strike. II
the war lasts until the use of work
passports becomes general, and If the
FBI continues to expand where will
the worker stand when the war ends?
He will be jobless by the ten mil
lions-that is taken for granted Will
he also be pushed around by bureau
Gratis? More important still, will he
be given the choice between labor
and starvation?
No one seems to know the answers
to these questions, but many men and
women are taking them seriously
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-01-30
LITTLE LUTHER

Father" said Little Luther, what
tures?"
"The list is so long, my boy, that
could not begin to tell you. Our
government is wasting billions Of dol
lars on services that could easily be
dispensed with for the duration Of the
war"
But can't you tell me what some
of them are?"
well, take some of these typical
boondoggling projects. The govern
ment has spent millions upon millions
to send youngsters into. the woods
to rake up leaves"
Il suppose you are referring to the
CCC. But as I recall, the conserva-
ton work Of the CCC is one of the
activities that even the most conser-
vative newspapers have praised"
Possibly so, but I tell you the gov
eminent is still squandering billions
Of dollars for things that are not alb
solutely essential"
Father, maybe a good way to econ
omize would be to limit all war profits
to go. That's more than the savings
banks pay"
Luther, you don't know what you
are talking about. What incentive
would there be for private contractors
If profits were practically abolished?"
There's always patriotism, father"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-01-30
/ REPORT OF WORK
lin SUPREME
COURT FOR week
HEARINGS:

HEARINGS:
January 21st: State of Montana v
Mcguire Construction Co. Appeal
from district court of Lewis & CLARK
county, Helena.
Controversy presented. The state OF
Montana brought suit against the
Mcguire Construction Company alleg
ing the failure to pay certain taxes
The construction company went out
of business during the year In ques-
ton and claims that no tax is due
for that year for the reason that 1t
had already paid the tax for that year
based upon the prior years income.
The state contends that the law con-
templates that the income made dur
| ing the year in which the corporation
went out of business must be taxed
The court took the case under ad.
visement.
DECISIONS:
January oath: F. F. Lewis v. Eva
Bowman ct al. This case was ap-
pealed from the district court Of Pom
dera county, Conrad. Unanimous
opinion Of supreme court by jeremiah
J. Lynch, district judge of Silver Bow
county, sitting in place of Mr.. Justice
Morris, disqualified.
Held: In suit by the husband to
recover property purchased with his
money and the, title taken in the name
of his wife who later died, it was
held that the evidence produced by
the husband was not sufficient to
overcome the presumption of gift
which obtains when title is taken in
the name of the wife.
ORDERS:
January 21st: w. G.. Montgomery v.
The First National Bank of Dillon
Controversy in the process of appeal
from district court of Beaverhead
county, Dillon. The appellant filed
motion to diminish the record by de-
letting certain probate records consid-
cred by him not pertinent to the is
sues. The court, in an order signed
by Albert H. Angstman, Acting Chief
Justice granted the motion, but re-
served the right to defendant to in
clude any Of the deleted parts it might
consider pertinent
January 23rd: The court denied pc
tition for rehearing in state ex rel.
Barnhart V. Cranston heretofore re-
ported in these releases.
Prepared and Released by:
PETER MELOY, Marshal
Supreme Court of Montana
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who enter the competition should look
up the rules of prosody-which, If you
must know, is that part of grammar
having to do with the laws of poetry,
such as feet, meter, assent and rhyme.
Having a grip on that helps the anna
teur get the rythm and swing of a
good song. "Poets are born"-true
enough, but their output is improved
a lot by knowing the rules of their
art.
Just where President Patton picked
up that song, "Everybodys Doing It."
is hard to guess. Back there in 1911,
when the state-owned street car ran
from down town Bismarck, N D., to
the state capitol, it's one-man motor
man was Mickey" O'Connor. Mickey
used to sing that. song only he had
his own rendition of it: "Everybodys
doing it-doing what?' but instead of
staying by the text and singing: 1.-THE
Turkey Trot;" he would wing one blue
Irish eye and let go: "None av yer
business! None av yer business!" to
the great scandal of the purists of
music. If they were singing that song
in 1911, into what archives has Pres
ident Patton been digging so deep for
such a. resurrection? There's no an
swer to that one, but. there sure is an
answer to the song title, for on Val
entine's day this year, everybody'll be
doing it-rallying round box social,
a card party, dance for the good
of a great cause and for the protec-
ton of the farm home all over these
United States. And, just between us,
NJ w. Thatcher, who is some mus
ician himself, says that while the song
Jim Patton picked is old, it has a
lively, lifting air and if the Farmers
Union bards can just rejuvenate the
words and bring them up-to-date, he
will play the accompaniment on the
piano and lead the singing the very
first chance he gets. Now-all to-
gether!
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-01-30
BY SCOTT NEARING

i ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
workers in Washington are asking
two questions about their jobs. The
first has to do with the postwar let
down; the second concerns labor con
scription. The two issues are closely
tied together.
Federal workers have been increas
ing rapidly in numbers during recent
months. At the end of 1899 there
were less than million in the execu
tive civil service. BY the end of 1912
there may be double that figure.
For the duration these workers will
have job security. And then? The
war may end next month or In 1914,
but when 1t stops those engaged in
government war work will be dropped
by hundreds of thousands. Who will
go and who will stay? The Civil
Service Commission and the FBI be-
tween them will probably give the
answer.
FBI activity spreads as the crisis
deepens. Government workers do not
know how wide its ramifications are
but they fear it and talk about 1t in
whispers.
Washington is listed in school
books as the capital of a democratic
country, but the workers there do not
feel that way about it. They con-
stantly remind outsiders that Wash
ingtonians are wholly disfranchised-
they cannot vote upon public ques-
tions nor do they have any voice in
determining the policies of the local
or national government And day by
day they see their jobs hedged about
with new restrictions.
Personal passports are becoming
the rule in Washington. Employees in
many departments must carry num-
bered cards with photograph of the
worker. Without such a passport
they canont enter their guarded Of
fices.
The Civil Service Commission and
the FBI have records-just how de-
tailed is matter of question-deal-
ing with the past of each government
employe. A man or woman who has
been active in the labor movement is
evidently documented In great detail.
Some government workers have lost
jobs because of their former labor
connections.
A government worker who leaves
his job without the consent of his
boss cannot get job in another gov
eminent department. In short, he is
blacklisted. In many cases 1t is virtu-
ally impossible to obtain transfer
from one department to another. The
usual reason for refusal is that de-
one another. Consequently a worker
cannot shift even though he is offered
a better paying job.
How long will 1t be before govern
ment workers are told where to go
and what to do-conscripted? Entire
are now being shifted
from Washington to Philadelphia, St.
Louis and other distant points be-
cause Washington is crowded. Work
ers in these departments must pick
up their belongings and follow their
officers on pain of joblessness and the
blacklist.
Washington workers are asking
else. They want to know
how long 1t will be before the type
Of labor RECOMMENDATION and espionage
that is now rife in Washington will
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-01-30
INVESTIGATES ATTACK
ON UNION ORGANIZERS

ATLANTA, Ga.-Agents of the Fed
eral Bureau of Investigation have
started questioning witnesses in the
mob attack on ILGWU organizers at
Pascagoula, Miss, the middle of last
month. Charges were filed by Frank
McCallister, southern secretary of the
Workers Defense League, with the U.
S. Department Of Justice, that the
mob led by State Representative
Claude Bilbo, personnel representa-
tive Of the Jackson County Wooden
Mills in Pascagoula, were guilty of
violating federal civil rights statutes.
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have been getting their heads together
and Matching up something. But 1t
appears as though they didn't take
the real leaders Of the two labor or
CARNATIONS into their confidence.
The White House didn't like Lewis
proposal a little bit. Not that FDR
doesn't want to see labor unity
brought about. The President, on a
number of occasions, "stuck his neck
out" to urge unity
What the White House and liberals
fear is that Lewis and Hutchinson
have up their sleeves a grandiose
scheme to turn the labor movement
over to the isolationists and anti-New
Dealers. That, Of course, is as impos-
sible of accomplishment as 1t is vici-
Gus in it's conception.
The Going May Be Tough
AS Allied bombers continue to ar
rive to augment the Far East air
forces, experts here are confident that
the going soon will become mighty
tough for the Japanese.
They base that view on the fact
that the Japenese now have far-flung
lines Of water communication that
they must protect, and bombers have
shown that they can raise havoc with
water communication lines.
The Allies may have been caught
mapping, with insufficient air strength,
but nobody doubts that it is only a
matter Of time before air supremacy
will be attained.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-01-30
Nobody Had Any Idea.
Bird-Mating Day.
Patton Started 1t.
Study Your Prosody.
He Will Play 1t!

When the soldiers of Emperor
Claudius II led out Valentine, presby
ter Of early Christians in Rome, tt
execution on February IA, 270, A. D..
nobody had any idea that farm fam
lilies in a then unknown continent
would be celebrating the day in more
than 20 great states! 1t was that
martyr, who gave his life in aiding
and assisting the prosecuted Chris
tians, for which the day is named,
Now, on the 1872 anniversary of his
death, Farmers Union families in the
thousands of locals all over the coun-
try get together in social gatherings
to show the fellowship of cooperative
minds and to move unitedly to
strengthen their great National Union.
The custom of celebrating Valen-
tine day did not originate with that
execution in Rome. 1t was purely ac-
cidental that death came to the pres
byter on day long before recognized
by the pagans, who regarded it as the
day when birds took their mates for
the coming year Both Shakespeare
and Chaucer make reference to this
old belief. In Midsummer Nights
Dream" the Bard of Avon has one
Of his characters ask:
EST. Valentine Is past;
Begin these woodbirds but to couple
now?"
Apparently the birds were a little
late in mating that year and were
crossing up the old belief. But you
watch and you will see that Farmers
Union members will be right on time
with their meetings and socials this
year. So much depends on these for
the perpetuation and growth of their
organization that they will not fail to
join fun and frolic to a serious pur-
pose
Pres. James G. Patton and the
board of directors of the National
Farmers Union are responsible for
this call to arms. They feel that the
usefulness and efficiency of the Ma
t1onal organization can be greatly
strengthened if it is given financial
support adequate to the needs of
these dangerous times. Therefore the
money raised on st. Valentines day
will serve to supply the munitions
of war in the fight which agriculture
faces, these days, to hold it's own.
This is agriculture's defense fund.
To add a little contest of wits to
the affair, President Patton is offer
ing prize of $25 for the best parody
submitted of the old song: Every
body's Doing It." with $40 second,
prize This contest is open to all
Farmers Union members and there
will be some lively scratching and |
scrbibling by amateur poets to pro-
duce the verses that will win Those !
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-01-30
ON OUR
DOORSTEP
BY PARKER t. ANDERSON

At the annual convention of the
Montana Woolgrowers association just
concluded at Missoula President Gil
bert advanced the proposition that the
government purchase the entire wool
clip of the nation for the duration
Of the war and one year after to per-
NIT adjustment to peace time condi-
lions. These are the same patriots
that lined up for Roy Ayers in the
last gubernatorial contest because he
sponsored the racket known as the
Montana Grass Conservation Act, that
fiIched the lions share of the public
range under the Taylor act and that
made sport of the WPA workers for
leaning on their shovels. To lend
force and validity to President Gil
bert's novel ideas he should have
stated what percent of the selling
price of wool is to be accepted in
defense bonds in lieu of cash. He
leaves us in grave doubt as to how
much worse it is to lean on shovel
than to lean on sheep.
The National Farmers Union has
launched a campaign to save the fam
ily-sized farms of the country. The
vast acres of agricultural land in the
wheat states are threatened with the
same fate that has befallen the public
domain and the marginal lands pur-
chased under. the Triple-A program.
The big stockmen in the range states
with governmental aid have done a
pretty thorough job of rounding up.
the grass and the big insurance COM
panies and corporation farmers with
good start at corralling the wheat
land. With fifty percent of the large
acreage operators getting 80 percent
of the soil conservation and parity
payments there is no reason why the
big fellows should not complete the
process in record time.
1t has been well said that when
wealth takes over the land manhood
decays. When the little men of
country lOSe oWuei oHip VI theH hohSS
and the land they till they have taken
the first step toward wage slavery,
peasantry and serfdom. This lesson
of history should not be lost upon the
American farmer and American
craftsmanship. That is the reason
every Farmers Union local in Mon
tana should respond to the proclama-
ton of President Patton and do its
bit on February 14th to raise funds
to safeguard the welfare, dignity and
Of the little man on his
own acres.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-01-30

BUFFALO.-In what is believed to
be the first action of its kind, a union
employer is blocking about produc-
ton of war goods. The strike vote
was taken January 10 by Local 3O8,
United Electrical Radio & Machine
Workers (CIO), against Remington
Rand Inc.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-01-30

WASHINGTON.-Labor was prom
ised an equal voice in the develop
ment Of war production by the coun-
try's new production car, Donald Nell
son, who announced drastically re-
vised establishment for getting war
goods produced.
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tContlnueu from rage Onet
also-"labor profiteering," they call it.
Behind it all, of course, is the
scheme of the anti-laborites to put
their program over. The house naval
affairs committee is center for such
activities. Last spring, this commit
tee brought forth the Vinson bill,
which was the darling of the anti
laborites, and they might have sue
ceeded in having it enacted into law
were it not for the fact that FDR
privately let it be known that he
would veto it if it came to his desk.
Labor had better keep a close
watch on the house naval affairs COM
mittee, for here is breeding ground
for anti-labor legislation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-09
LIFE OF PULHAM
 TOLD ON SCREEN
Loew's Poli Offering Fa= nous Novel Starring
 Robert Young

I'll. M. Putnam, Esq.," Brought to Life in M-G-M Film Version.
 HI. M. Putnam, Esq based on J. P. Marquand's best selling novel, proves front-rank screen entertain ment at the Loew Poli theater, where it's principal characters are enacted by Hedy Lamar, Robert Young and Ruth Hussey.
 The M-G-M picture follows the book with fidelity, recounting the life of Pullman, young Bostonian, who, after Harvard and the World War, plunges into business activity in a New York advertising agency and meets the love of his life in all ambitious" "career-girl" Then, un- able to escape his destiny, he re- turns to his home town to marry the girl of his family's choice, and, twenty years later, finds that when the opportunity comes he can not recapture the romance of his youth.
 Hedy Lamar gives crisp, incl sive portrayal of Marvin Myles, the straightforward, young business woman; Young is excellent in the title role of Harry Pullman, a role which sees him first as college boy and finally as a settled business man of middle age; and Ruth Illus sey is effective as the woman he marries, a typically conservative