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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-04-24
FROM EDITORIAL COLUMNS
THAT Lousy, Ragged Russian Army"

One evening in March had the privilege seeing
series of moving pictures showing the Russian Red Army in
action The pictures taken by Russian film company
with Russian governmental approval
Two of the reels pictured the advance of the Russian
Bukovna and Bessarab event that took place several
months before the German attack Russia What took place
at that time and the economic condition of the peasants and
workers under Rumanan rule the poverty and misery
the unbounded joy manifested their
deliverers shown great detail Likewise shown the
appearance of the Russian soldiers their smiling intelligent
faces their most excellent equipment their weunformed
appearance AS looked at the truth revealed
by the moving picture camera we recalled to memory the
stories printed American at the time these events
took place. At that time Russia and Germany had signed
treaty of treaty of between
that they allies only
that they to attack each other However, the
nonaggresson pact made Russia friend of Germany in the
of the opponents of Germany Russia the bad boy
of the world in the of American capitalists
and of of the which the capitalist class
Do remember the stories that printed about
the Russian at that time? On the Finnish front they
i'll clothed i'll fed lousy When they invaded Eastern
Poland they ragged mob" and when they invaded
Bessaraba the people all fled into Rumana they would flee
from pack of ravenous wolves.
Well almost everybody realizes that these stories
lies written by who paid for lying and printed
Most of these newspapers have had to print different
kinds of stories since because there time when the Brit
sh and American realized that the only power
capable of stopping Hitler long enough let get armed
self defense Russia land of solaonist fifth col
umnss traitors to their government
this socaed lousy Russian mob of army that has
stopped Hitler dead his tracks this army lied about
by capitalist press whom General Macarthur recently
telegram to Joseph Stain paid of the highest tributes
of which language is capable
Russia than ago, liberated the Bessarabian
and Polish from the landlords who kept the
people in servitude probably bad southern
harecroppers Hitler and his put the landlords back
control but when Hitler down will the landlords of
he dominated nations Russia Britain and America
partners in this When win, of the land
lords and other economic masters of Europe least will lose
again they lost when the Russians liberated their peasant
serfs in 1940.-Farmers Union Herald.
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"Adhering to Enemies

Within the past two weeks shocking revelations of
nung relationship with gigantic business organza
tons in enemy country the part of two similar in
the United States have been made
The first when the Standard Oil shown to have
cartel with the G. Farbenndusrie of Germany
controlling patents and for the manufacture of
hec rubber and had withheld information of this from the
United States with Germany making full of them
Last week. grand jury handed down indictments against
General Electric charging that through pooling
Krupp in Essen Germany it exercised monopoistic
restraint American production and of
tungsten carbide, vital element in production
production in the form of Dolarayear
in the Washington agencies high for unmgated gall
appears have been established when Dr. Fay Jefes head
of the War Production Boards metaurgy committee APP
before committee defend the General Eec
trio couldn't be said be dsnterested wit
nasmuch he is chairman of the board of Carboloy
company subsidiary General Electric the company
directly manufacturing the product
Dr. Jeffes confessed that the Nazis had been kept
Of the amount of the element produced and used
through Swiss firm thus making possible for the Nazs to
the progress of production of Shells tanks and
other heavy metal supplies in this country
On being questioned by SENATOR Dr. Jeffres insisted
the company didn't do it unawfuly and that "any
thing in the that might be challenged ethical
moral grounds would be answered by assertions that they
were withn the law General Electric paid valiant
defender S32,100 last year.
Senator Truman called the actions of the Standard Oil
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dangerous crank But it's rather helpless
ing for gored tycoons who thought they had monopoly
on swindng to have people laughing the they
outsmarted outraded by their
leagues.
People Want to Know
What laughing there was course pretty restrained
No matter how of humor can't find
belly laughs in the fact that American corporation helped
break the British blockade of Naz Germany by freeing from
dependence natural rubber. Nor will you find many
chuckles in other revelations showing similar operations
aluminium, magnesium, and related materials
The American people beginning to know many
things corporations that they knew before They
recall that the steel magnate officials of the alum
trust the copper kings and their colleagues other
dusres who blocked needed plant and
ago while masquerading $1aear patriots because
they their profits guaranteed before they'd make
people know this now but what they don't under
why these proteering patriots still
mandng vital of the production 'front.' why there
S1-a-year than before, and why all
questions policy entrusted whose
atty their corporations first and their country second
M H. R.-The Progressive.
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Busy Apologiziing

press uproar against organized labor died away
croaing whsper-for the time being The reason? Most
the newspaper spokesman corporate wealth haven't had
time throw rotten labor because they've been far
occupied aibng and apoogzng for Standard OIL alum
trust and other paying members of that citadel of
medevalsm the National Association of Manufacturers.
Captains of industry and their me too boys of the press
have become thoroughly alarmed They recognized the
real thing the of which swept the country follow
ing exposure of the sinister operations of monopoes which
know country and whose only god ngng cash register
The big boys could coming They knew better than
else what dirty work they had been to- and they
marshaed the full of the and radio to fight
their battle More than month and several weeks before
the sensational disclosures regarding Standard OIL The Pro-
warned editoriay that the NAM building back
fire. that it promoting, organizing and financing
against labor in the hope of fastening the blame for
shortages the nations workers that imminent revelations
about industry would have little effect public opinion
Shook Country's Confidence
The enthusiastic cooperation of the press and
radio the NAM and associated parasites flying start
After ALL couldn't blame average American for
swallowing the falsehood that strikes and the 4Ohou week
responsible the shortage vital military
equipment He read in his day and he heard
the air every night from " Kaenborn and all the
other radio phones.
All going very well for the fat boys until Donald
Nelson and high officials of the War Navy
two departments by the which have been accused
of harborng proabor sympathestesified unequvocaly
that strikes the 4Ohour negligible
the problem of shortages The people began
confidence in the that labor to blame for
everything
the hell which broke loose with the revelations Stand
ard OIL This development really alarmed them for it not
only the nation mixing of the responsibility vital
shortages but it shook the counrs confidence the great
ness and infallbity of captains of industry"
Hoodwinked by Nazis
This of profoundly disturbing experience
for the fat boys What bothered them the
fact that the people the fact that people
laughing at them and if there thing stuffed shirt
can't stand it's biting ridcule people were laughing
because the testimony showed that Standard Oand other
corporatonwere hoodwinked by their slick Nazi partners
Thurman Arnold for instance testified that Standard Oil
taken in by G. Farbenndustre the great che
cal and dye trust He pointed out that the gube officials of
Standard handed the Nazs everything they had the of
patents and and in return received ony the
privilege of Sitting competition"
Being called greedy grasping and unpatrioc old
story Standard OIL 1t buys millions of
good w in the press protect itself the charges
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-04-24
EARMARKs OF DOUBLE CROSS

On May the wheat growers are
going to vote for or against wheat
quota if they vote. I just received a
circular telling of many reasons why
farmers should vote for the quota,
some | think are somewhat over en-
phasized. | assume that all wheat
growers received the same circular.
which l presume would run into sew
eral thousand tons of paper. If the
quota was such good thing for the
wheat grower, and as most of we
wheat growers by experience are
learning how the quota works, is it
necessary to waste those tons of a
commodity we are just a little short
on?
How is the quota and the 81 per
cent parity loan working? And who
will get the benefits? In answer to
question 1. 1t appears to be working
just 100, per cent in favor of those
not interested in the welfare of the
farmer or tn consumer.
Answering question 2. On April 80
the loans on some 373,820000 of
farm stored wheat will be due, with
at least some 20O,OOO,OOO more bushels
in country and terminal elevators Ac-
cording to the action of the grain
gamblers on the wheat exchange
board of trade. by April 80 the wheat
market price will be forced down
about their limit Of control, (which is
about 20 cents over or under" If the
owner can sell his wheat in storage
by April 80 at small gain over the
IS per cent value loan he has he will
do SO. That applies to some $780,
900 bushels and if in the 80 days prior
to the due date the market is forced
down zoe per bushel that makes
neat sum Of just mere $104, 900.
Here is another part of the racket
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sideration. This proved to me that
your word carried little weight, even
under the consideration of faithful
service rendered
If Handbook has his way in the COM
ing election, you will be put on the
shelf under the head Of "ex-politi-
clans" and will be able to go back
to the ranch to take care of your cat
tie and sheep and go fishing. I think
you are a has-been like Jerry O'Con-
nell, Monaghan and Roy Ayers, be-
cause all of you have outlived your
usefulness If you ever had any, and In
my humble opinion, if you are quail
fled to represent Montana in any
capacity, Handbook Coolidge is enti-
tied to be the Pope of Rome.
Respectfully yours,
E. B. COOLIDGE.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-04-24
WHAT'S IN THE NEWS
By MIKE ]. DVORSHAK

Australian girls are marrying Gen.
MacArthur's men at rate that alarms
some folks down under, as wall as
some up here.
Comment-Substitute marriage (for
love) at first sight.
Mussolini reported crazy.
Commentator the public fell for
it-or did they?
Next day papers stated "Muss in
good health"
Comment-Well, it was good while
it lasted.
President thinks WAR Of Survival"
is a good name, though he preferred
that the choice come from below
rather than from the top.
Comment-Well done.
The gimme press has run an edi-
torial wake Up America, It's Late"
being down on the gimme farmers and
labor, but failed to mention some GIN
me mags gimme double price, give
mo more Of everything, more, etc.
Our local sheet carried the "edito-
rial being down on labor, yet the
sheet has a gimme double price since
fate of Pearl Harbor.
Commentary or boycott.
If this be government by the peo-
pie, ETC., ETC., how come it don't own
or control the country's money-how
come it has to borrow Tor does it,
and from where. How ridiculous.
There lies the one whole trouble and
if we're not in a pretty mess, miss
my guess, I guess.
Embargo" backward 80 grab me-"
Peoples choice, now rejoice Eve"
And so the President signed the
bill Pension for congressman
Comment-Again once more well
done"
Why did not Dies make one Of his
very first investigations of the xxx
or is he one of them?
Comment-Left open.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-04-24
To the Union Member Who Thinks
| His Union Is Slot Machine:

Any member of union who thinks
his union is slot machine where you
stick in your dues and hope for pay
off in better working conditions, is
all wet. Neither is a union a shop
where member buys shorter hours
and higher wages. Nor is it a bust
ness, for it does not sell anything to
anybody A union is cooperative
enterprise "a democratic body f
workers, in which each one does his
share of responsibility. It's measures
of success is the measure of co-opera-
tion in its members.-St. Louis Trades
Council Union News.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-04-24
GOLF CLUB PRODUCTION
WILL STOP MAY 81

No more golf clubs will be manu-
featured after May 81, by order of the
WPB. Until then, manufacturers
may use only so per cent Of the met
ais previously used in the manufac-
ture of clubs.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-04-24

reasonable How the General Electric subsdi-
airy company?
Section three of Article three of the Constitution of the
United States defines follows Treason against the
United States shall consist only in levying against Them
OR IN ADHERING TO THEIR ENEMIES GIVING THEM
AID AND COMFORT" (Caps ours)
Didn't Germany get laid and comfort" from these
moth corporations existing in the United States they
subject to the provision of basic law?
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-04-24

The farmer finds himself financially
in tight spot SO on May 2 he goes
and votes another quota for 1923
with the result that the gamblers will
say, now that the fooled farmers have
Stabilized production we will raise
the price Of wheat so that the fooled
consumers won't howl, he don't object
to paying around $500 for bushel
of wheat in bread form. So that now
we have the wheat let's just up the
price.
Our nations at war, and howl We
| farmers need every cent we can mus
| ter by hook or crook to produce the
food it takes to win. Without food
in abundance our nation will be in
the duplicate position of those noble
boys of Bataan. We may soon have
an army of 100000 to feed, besides
all the workers. 1t takes money to
grow the commodities that are known
as Victory vitals or Victory food Is
our national war board going to sit
idly by and allow bunch of teaching
gamblers rob the producers to the
point where production will be ham
pered.
It's very true we have millions of
bushels Of surplus wheat. The cause
is not the growers fault. We should
thank God we have abundance of a
commodity we were terribly short on
during War I. If Washington officials
are honest in their welfare of the
farmer-remove the taxes from our
land, replace it with an income tax,
we won't need any A.A.A. thereafter.
1t is within the power of our gov
eminent during a war emergency to
do almost anything, so why tolerate a
bunch of food supply gamblers. Close
up their joints, send me one, I'll
teach him that to get wheat from the
soil, you do so by the sweat of the
brow" There is lot OF difference
in growing wheat and stealing it
legally or otherwise.
So with this viewpoint it looks to
me that vote favoring the quota
is a vote favoring the grain gambling
concessions.
G. S. HORTON.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-04-24

cuSSed TO some degree at least, CD
Great Falls, Mont, April II, 1912
Mr.. H. S. Bruce
Helena, Montana
Dear friend Cap:
Today I received a letter from Con-
gresham O'Connor, copy of which
is enclosed together with my reply,
which should be self-explanatofy.
l hope you will see Fit to publish
this note to you, and also the letter
from O'Connor to Handbook, and Hard
rocks reply to future ex-politician.
Sincerely yours,
E. B. COOLIDGE.
Washington, D. c., April IA, 1912
Mr.. E. B. Coolidge,
Great Falls, Montana.
Dear Sir:
In the March 81, 1912 issue Of The
Peoples Voice, a newspaper published
in Helena, there appeared over your
signature a letter dated Great Falls,
March 16, 1912, containing a number
of statements regarding fictitious
story of purported interview with
myself and first published in The Vel
lowstone, newspaper at Billings.
In this letter you referred to certain
quotations made in the article in The
Yellowstone, which is alleged to be
owned or controlled by Senator James
E. Murray. In addition you made
comments of your own, quoting GER
tain parts of this alleged interview
and making derogatory remarks re-
garding myself, such as Corporation
stooge," etc.
First I want to say that I was sur
prised that you would believe such
scurrilous statements attributed to
me by The Yellowstone. 1 thought
you knew me better.
Secondly, I want to say that If
had made such statements as ap-
peared In The Yellowstone, l would
not have blamed you for writing such
a letter
Some of the papers which repub-
lished this libelous article have al
ready printed public apologies and
retractions. | have also demanded6
from The Yellowstone a retraction
and apology for such scurrilous,
libelous statement regarding myself, |
and l have received from the editor
manager letter which admits that |
the story was pure fabrication from
beginning to end and was intended |
as such. am enclosing a photostatic
copy of this letter from the editor
of The Yellowstone for your
Now, Handbook, in view of our past |
relations and in view of the fact that |
unless you have changed greatly, I /
.hink you are fair minded when it
comes to matters such as this and I
nm asking you, through the columns
If The Peoples Voice, to retract not
only the statements made by your
self, but those from The Yellowstone
which you quoted. Those statements
we're clearly libelous and in view of
he fact that those who reprinted and
lsed this material from The Yellow
stone are equally responsible, I think
hat you owe 1t both to yourself and
ne to comply with my request.
This story on this purported inter-
yiew was the lowest piece of political
rickery it has been my experience to
in SO years Of politics in
Montana. 1 have heard of such trick
Try in Butte years ago, but never be-
ieved it.
l trust you will take care of this
natter promptly in order to protect
ourself
With best wishes, I am
Sincerely yours,
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-04-24
OPINIONS OF READERS


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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-04-24
(s) JAMES F. O'CONN,

Honorable James F. O'Connor
Washington, D. c..
Dear Mr.. O'Connor:
| have your letter of April 18th, to.
gether with the original letter from
The Yellowstone Inc, and to say the
least, was surprised to learn that
the article printed in The Yellowstone
was pure fabrication, but neverthe-
less, whatever The Yellowstone Inc,
said does not alter my opinion and
belief. l meant every word l spoke
In my letter to The Peoples Voice
and printed it under my signature and
have no apologies to offer, for when
l express an opinion, I want you to
know that 1t is sincere.
On my last visit to Washington
with DR.. H. J. McGregor, we called on
you in your office and you were in
terrible shape physically. You advised
us that you were under the care of
a military hospital and you were not
receiving any relief, and in my hum
BILE opinion, Dr. McGregor snatched
you out of the graveyard and put you
back on your feet in three days of
intense medical care. At that time
you made a declaration to both DR..
McGregor and myself, which was alb
unsolicited, and which you
never complied with or gave any con-
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Missoula, Mont, April 81, 1912

Missoula, Mont, April 81, 1912.
Editor Peoples Voice
Helena, Mont.
Dear Cap:
I am enclosing copy of letter
which | am mailing to Senator Muir
ray in reply to his of April 16. You
will recall that l sent him a copy Of
my recent letter to the Editor of
the Muscular in regard to the dis
posal of strategic minerals by small
operators. Senator Murray replied in
effect that his Small Business Com
mittee would possibly investigate
such matters in the near future and
would like to have me available for
presentation of testimony.
While l am none too sanguine of
results being accomplished by such
an investigation, because of the pow
erful opposition of the large mining
interests, I believe that an airing of
this situation could do no harm and
might do some good. Consequently I
hope that small mine operators who
have found it difficult to dispose of
their product of these strategic met
ais will get in touch with Senator
Murray and be ready to present what
ever evidence they have.
1t Is my contention that the large
corporate interests by their efforts
to monopolize markets are doing more
toward sabotaging American war eff
forts than all the Nazi fifth column
lists ever Matched. Their hold on both
the state and nation has long been
a detriment and handicap to progress,
and until that hold is broken we may
expect little real advancement either
in war or in peace.
Sincerely,
LEVERNE HAMILTON
Missoula, Mont, April 21, 1912.
Hon. James E. Murray,
D. c.
Dear Senator Murray:
Thanks for your letter of the 10Th
which | received yesterday.
| am glad to know that your COM
nittee is taking an interest in matters
similar to the one l called, or at
empted to call, to the attention of the
Editor of The Missoulian.
To date have not heard "cheep"
rom the Editor regarding this, or
my other subject which might affect
he monopoly Of his owners, the A.
;. M. company, nor do l expect any
esults from him.
1t is my personal opinion that there
what might be termed a ."cartel'
n the state which prevents owners
t small mining properties from mar
citing their strategic metal holdings,
nd assure you that should your
mall Business Committee undertake
investigate these matters | shall
lake every effort to be available to
resent any information l have which
an be of aid In exposing their meth
DIS.
l can be reached at my present adj
ress and should l.. due to exigencies
I the war effort, be called elsewhere
will arrange to keep in touch with
ais address SO that l can readily
o reached. In the meantime I will
ndeavor to gather as much additional
formation along these lines as nos
ble.
With best regards remain
Sincerely,
LEVERNA HAMILTON,
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1942-05-14
Shepherd FOwlkes
Vows Announced

Announcement has been re-
ceived here Of the marriage of
Miss Martha Shepherd and Mr..
Marvin Fowlkes, formerly of
Cranberry, now of E1gewood,
Maryland, which took place there
May l. with the Rev. Everette
Thompson, officiating.
The bride, who wore navy blue
with white accessories for her
marriage, is the attractive daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mr. w. F. Shep-
herd and is graduate of Ma
than's Creek hioh school, class of
1910 and was voted the most stu
dious member of her class. For
the past year. she has been en-
ployed with the Bata Shoe Com
peny. Belcamp. Md. Mr.. FoWlkes
is the son Of the late Rev. William
Fowlkes. For some time, he was
a member of the CCC camps and
for the past few months he has
been employed at the EdgeWood
Arsenal. in Edgewood. Maryland,
where the young couple will make
their home.