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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-03

NV advice u.s. therefore action and less talk
Leon Henderson, price administrator.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-12-18
Pitfalls

Due to it's growing strength the Cooperative Movement
is constantly attracting greater public attention New friends
joining ranks while old foes carrying their
against movement which developing the shadow
receiving the spotlight of public attention frequent
walls.
By claiming the right of the organized the
of the air medium of information Consumer
Grafton by demanding extension the system rationng
be secured by ALL by submitting taxation program
alternative to the old taxation system which avors pr
vate business and income from capital the Consumers Coop
eratve Movement has placed itself in the vanguard the
tenders of the interests of the
This function gives increased publicity hut the
to increased public
long little known owed solely to ourselves
observe strictly cooperative principles We have done
because knew that otherwise could not succeed Now
however, the public function assumed by Consumer Coopera
ton imposes the movement increased responsibilities One
of fundamental duties to live up practice
the principles and ideals in which believe which
have repeatedly declared to be beliefs 1t has been point
edy expressed by Dr. James Warbasse that quality
Nothing could damage the of Consumer Co-opera
ton well that of the Consumer in general easily
the of the public than for show signs
ency between our ideals and practice.
Around all too often instances of such discrep
ancies.
If to succeed in promoting Cooperation and in
serving defenders of the of the be
metcuou in the observance of principles and fall
into the of paying to them merely lip
Co-operator.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-12-18
HOME OF FORGOTTEN PEOPLE

Once, perhaps, but now, no longerl
What is happening these days at
Warm Springs, is welcome news to
Montana citizens. Our states largest
custodial institution, housing and feed
ing more than nineteen hundred and
sixty patients, may yet deserve to be
called a Hospital for the Insane.
1t is difficult to speak briefly of the
changes that are taking place in this
institution. We shall recount, how
ever, number of steps that have
been taken which measure gain, not
loss, in human welfare
In respect to food, the gains are
outstanding. Marked improvement is
acknowledged even by the more skept-
ical. Each patient gets meat, vegeta-
bles, fruit and butter every day. Some,
whose health is poor, get butter twice
or even three times a day, and the
helping is generous. Planned meals
provide balanced ration, skillful
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-12-18
The Next Congress

probably that the majority of people OF the coun
try looking forward with curiosity blended with some ap
prehenson coming session of Undoubtedly
who cast protest votes wondering II they
would done we'll by voting otherwise rather than let
ting prejudices perhaps we'll founded influence their
baloting
More than likely the anlabor and generally antsocia
United States strengthened by the
electors election Already the leading reactonarles
firing the opening of oratory in the legislative nails
protesting against the expenditures for FA the NYA and all
other agencies established relieve the lot of the forgotten
man. Again these of wealth and privilege are de-
claiming against the small hardwon advantages secured by
ganzed labor there appears to be note OF con-
fdence be discerned in the spoutings.
The advance guard in coming attacks on labor will prob
ably Of the farm bloc representatives of the cor
poraon They will make the preliminary attacks to
soen up" the membership of both houses Then will follow
teup probably of the interests of the commercial farmers
with the paraleing of manufacturers And confu
will brought about deliberately but the major plan will
with the combined force of all reaconaes In the
congress- and this confusion created will probably be
crete part of the grand strategy"
Just the ant-adminstraton antinew deal forces
will 90 to what extent their disregard of the
tona and their for private enterprise and
profits will go hamper the prosecution of the remains
the least the prospects cannot appear
encouraging who is not unreasc optmlst The
defeat Norris and others who have proved
that they social consciousness do not much
consideration for the general welfare.
The common people of the United States had better
awaken to the danger within we'll without Their rights
as members democracy theirs only long they
guard them
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-12-18
JUST THINKIN'
BY OLD PHIL OSOPHER

We've all been readin' and hearin'
about Army and Navy flynn men who
have crashed miles out t sea, n
tossed out their self-inflatin' rubber
life RATS, n drifted around f'r days
n days til they finally pulled UP on
some mite of n island, or were dis
covered by flyers huntin' fr em.
You've heard how they drifted with
out much idea O. where they were,
sometimes paddlin' 100 miles day
with shoe soles FIR paddles, sometimes
havin' mighty close brushes with
death in the form of sharks n storms.
Wonder what keeps those fellers
alive? Maybe you haven't been t
church since last Easter, but you're
agreein' with me, l know, that there's
divine Providence guidin' those bob
bin little rubber boats to safety
But there's tn human element, too,
| there's no denyin'. 1t strikes me that
you might call it cooperation. Three
men adrift FIR weeks-not just days
in a boat so tiny they can't even
stretch out full length, couldn't bear
up under the hot sun, cold nights and
hunger that those fellers FACET it
weren't for somethin' of a cooperative
spirit that makes selfishness a for
gotten vice.
We farmers back here safe on terra
firma, thinkin we're havin' hard
times, can get thought or two from
those plucky lads. Think of the
Coop, if y like, as a rubber boat,
keepin' us afloat in a sea that gets
mighty rough at times. We're the
Coop members ridin' the boat. And
how ie we keepin' afloat? By CO.
operatin, O. course. Just let us start
gettin' selfish ideas and stop cooper
atm with the other farmers in the
Coop, and what happens? The whole
blinkin' Coop sinks, doesn't it!
If we ever had t. keep the Coop
afloat, now's the time-when Uncle
Sam needs food for his soldiers n
sailors, and t feed people in countries
the Axis has starved Me, for one,
I'm goin' t help out best l can by
putin little more Coop in my CO.
operatin'. Are y with me?
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-12-18
Forty Per Cent
SaETs. &, 5

the December at the Jap concentration
in California there argument both sides of the conro
to whether judging the Japs in this country
too harshy harshy enough Of the 10000 the
1000 determined to celebrate and applaud the
things their countrymen did at Pearl Harbor The
other 5000 tried to restrain them with the result that they had
battle which required military Intervention to stop
So it that of the Japs this country 40
dsoya and dangerous while 60 trying to be
loyal citizens If could tell which which
cedure would be but all Jap the poker face
whether lying telling the truth have be good to the
bad order be bad the Perhaps
they should all be through of those e detector
chines.-Capital Press (Ore)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-12-18
Puerto Ricans-
Continued from Page one)

in the war effort, but the council
points out:
"The longer term reason is that
Puerto Rico has been developed as a
colonial appendage to American com
mercial interests with little or no re-
gard for the security of welfare of
it's own people. The war has tenn
porarily severed the commercial ties
which had previously kept the local
population barely alive.
Before the war Puerto Rico was
receiving each month more than 100,-
900 tons of shipping. This was neces-
sary because the entire economy of
the island is geared to the export
of the annual sugar crop with other
non-food crops and needle work play
ing relatively minor role The food
deficiency caused by the monopoly on
sugar necessitated the importation of
most of the food and other goods con-
sumed."
1t was when Tugwell proposed to
enforce an old law limiting the size
of any agricultural holding to 500
acres so Puerto Ricans could raise
their own food that the sugar inter-
ests began to shout for his blood-a
cry that was soon echoed in congress.
The council believes that the diff
culties arising from the war can be
overcome. 1t stresses that relief for
the island is not only humanitarian
but military necessity because Puer-
to Rico is the key of the defense of
the Panama Canal
program for relief for Puerto
Rico, already proposed to President
Roosevelt by Rep Vito Marcantonio
(ALP, N. " is:
mediate direct relief either through
lend-lease or other funds; assignment
of sufficient shipping to carry food
support of Tugwell and democratic
groups in the island; defeat of those
who are exploiting Puerto Rico for the
benefit of Wall Street interests which
control 1870 of the islands sugar
immediate release from
Atlanta penitentiary of Alibuzu Cam
po, nationalist leader, who was i'm
prisoned in 1886 for advocating Point
3 of the Atlantic charter-"the right
of all people to choose the form of
government under which they will
live"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-12-18
FROM EDITORIAL COLUMNS
Stains War Aims

sian revolution that they antagonsc associa
ton with the Soviet Union Americans generally have been
impressed by the unconquerabe spirit the Russian and
people and their effective defense of their land against the
Germans that they willing to lay aside old prejudces
Joseph Stains statement of Russias aims has been
the cearest impressive from
the United Nations 1t is well to summarize them again
Abolition Of racial excusiveness
Equality of nations and integrity of their territories
Liberation of ensaved nations and restoration of their
sovereign rights
Right of every nation arrange it's affairs it wishes
Economic aid nations which suffered assist
to them in attaining their material welfare.
Restoration of democratic liberties
Destruction of the Hitherto regime
An agreement by the United Nations cear-cut state
of aims along those lines would be political weapon
against the powers of terrific power-Grea Falls Tribune
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-12-18

their future. Several things are rea-
sonably certain, however: Co-opera
ton is proving its efficacy and adap-
liability in meeting vital community
needs; in these two localities over
1000 families will have had some
sound practical experience in consum-
ers cooperation; as members of vari-
GUS locals these people are carrying
back to their unions graphic story
of what cooperation can do. AS a
result the national executive commit
tee of one union may soon act to pro-
mote the study of consumers co-opera-
ton in all local unions
Rubber Workers Promote Education
The other case which I wish to de-
scribe is that of the United Rubber
Workers, CLIO. At the annual meet
ing Of this organization in 1871 a res
olution was passed urging study and
support of co-operatives. However,
unlike many similar resolutions, pro-
visions were made which gave this
one real meaning. The general sec
rotary treasurer was gwen the job of
doing something about it.
This official, Frank Grille by name,
met with Wallace Campbell, assistant
secretary of the Cooperative League
of the U. S. A., and with James
Meyers, secretary of it's labor COM
mittee, early in the spring of 1912.
Grillo went away from this meeting
with Of tho
sound movie Here Is Tomorrow" and
the draft of letter to all local unions
instructing them to set up commit
tees on Consumers Cooperation"
These committees, of course, re-
quired materials and assistance. The
Eastern Cooperative League was
called upon for help and letter was
sent to each local in the state in
GLIDING practical suggestions and a
variety of educational materials.
Speakers and advisers were offered.
In August, the League was asked
to provide speakers on Consumers
Cooperation and Credit Unions for
district council meeting held in New
ark. 100 delegates from five eastern
states listened attentively and asked |
many questions. After the meeting
representatives of several locals |
talked with the Eastern Cooperative |
League fieldman about getting coop |
erative activities started among their
Others indicated an in
tention to join co-operatives near their
homes which they had not known ex-
listed. Similar interest in other areas
seems likely to arise. Local coop
eratives are being urged to carry
through with generous assistance to
the cooperative committees within
local unions.
This example is significant because
it provides a broad pattern for similar
development in other international
unions. The important point is that
must happen at each level
regional and local. Unless
action is carried through to the local
evel no real cooperative development
may be expected.
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3735 5Sth S. w.

Seattle, Wash, Dec. IL, 1912
Peoples Voice Publishing Co.
Helena, Montana
Dear Mr.. Bruce:
Find enclosed the $3.50 order which
I forgot to enclose the other day.
This time l arrived at the P. o. early
and thus avoided the mob, yes mob"
is the word, honestly the stores are
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| WAotHo~HwWM
| WAR BINDS

The sixteen-inch coast gun is the
most powerful of all American guns
and costs about $4,000 each. 1t
will throw shell weighing up to
ton many miles. The Coast Guard
also has an eight-inch mobile rail-
way gun which will hurl heavy
projectile about Is miles.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-12-18

Hopp, Mont, Dec. 8, 1912
The Peoples Voice
Helene, Montana
Dear Sirs:
Your paper is admired for its firm
stand in upholding the common peo-
ple-the farming and laboring classes
who make their living by honest toll.
Enclosed find my check amounting
to $3.50 for which please extend my
subscription for another year. Elk
cuse my delay in making remittance.
Very sincerely yours,
C. P. SCHWENCK.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-12-18

Patronize the Cooperative in your
is there to serve you!
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For defense of our homes, the
Coast Guard needs many OF these
powerful weapons. You can do your
part to help pay for them by invest
ing at least ten percent OF your in
come in War Bonds and Stamps ev-
cry payday. U. S. Treasury Department
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-12-18

votes all important 1t WILL to the limit of its
facilities give graphic picture Of the session it
1t will neither gld the lily throw veil
made by anyone 1t will tell the simple truth.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-12-18

ectlVely. Anonymous letters Will re-
n. Names will be withheld on request
crowded from early morning unit
closing time, and the post office is
Overlooking all the time, and they
too have extra help even extra sub
stations.
People here did not turn out to vote
as was the case in Montana, and all
over the country, and every election
analyst has a different story l be-
lieve though by 1914 the people will
realize that responsibility and democ.
racy go hand in hand, especially our
soldier boys will understand this.
Merry Christmas to ALL
Sincerely yours,
MRS. PORTER.
Oswego, Mont, Dec. 10, 1912
The Peoples Voice
Helena, Montana
Dear Mr. Editor:
Please find enclosed $1.50 for one
year subscription to The Peoples
Voice. We like the paper and would
not want to be without it. The
editorials are especially good. Wish
ing you all kinds of success.
Truly yours,
ERNEST w. CARLSON.
Havre, Mont, Dec 8, 1912
The Peoples Voice
Helena, Montana
Dear Cap:
Enclosed please find Money Order
for $3.50. One dollar and half for
renewal of my subscription, the bal
ance ($5.00) a Christmas present for
The Peoples. Voice.
Very truly yours.
Alloys WUTZ.
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OPINIONS OF READERS

The Voice dagees with the opinions
least effectively
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Lewistown, Montana
Dear Sir:
Sorry I'm four days late with my
check but keep the good work up.
Today we hear lots of people refer
to the Peoples Voice"
WILLIAM KOZA.
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Oswego, Mont, Dec. II, Iy42
The Peoples Voice
Helena, Mont.
Dear Sir:
Please find enclosed a check for
$150 to cover subscription cost of
peoples Voice" for one year. | like
the paper very much.
Yours truly,
VIM. NJ GASS.
RadnicÌŒka borba = Workers' struggle. [volume] ([New York, N.Y.]) 1907-1970, 1942-12-10

uzasne zube. Reakconarna burzoazija iii njeni
predstavnici, fekeri mantijasi okrecu Indus
trijalizam naopako da bi tako postigli svoje
prljave svrhe. Dok radnicka klasa stoji zbu-
memo trlja svoje zazmurene oei. Nevoljno
trpi sve vece obespravljenje.
l zaista u ovo doba kada Sc ocevidno ras-
pada kapitalizam wise nego ikada potrebno je
da Sc cuje glas besmrtnog De Leona:
Ujedinite Sc! Ujedinite sc ma ekonomskom
polju ma jedinoj osnovi, ma kojoj je ujedinje-
ME moguce: osnovni solidarnosti radnicke kla-
Sc, jedine vrste cinjenice, il koje Sc politicko
jedinstvo moze odraziti! Ujedinite Sc! Ujedi-
mite Sc ma jedinom ekonomskom nacelu, koje
j. u stanju da podupre PravO radnicke glasov-
nice sa Siom, koja da ga delo sprovede! u
jedinite Sc "a generalni strajk ma glasackoj ku-
tiji u svrhu obaranja politicke citadele kapi-
talizma poduprt generalnim strajkom .protiv
kapitalisticke klase u industrijalnim poduzeci-
ma, koja je ona uzurpirala, iii, bolje, general
MIN lokautom. Ujedinite Sc Ia .oslobodjenje
radnicke klase "a spas civilizacije cd kata-
strofe!
kada sa kapitalizmom odu "prah, magla
i obaci," tada cemo svi zivi tex moci stvarno
videti pravu velicinu Daniela De Leona, jer
cemo uzivati prakticnoj primeni njegovog
plana - Socijalistckoj Industrijalnoj Re-
publici Rada, koju jos "a sada tex mozemo Ia
misljati. Zbog toga je beskrajna veicina Da-
niela De Leona zbog toga je on besmrtan,
RadnicÌŒka borba = Workers' struggle. [volume] ([New York, N.Y.]) 1907-1970, 1942-12-10
IMPERIJALIZAM I AMERIC-
KA POLITIKA.

Da Ii je moguce unistiti imperijaizam bez
da Sc unste imperije?
Ma prvi pogled, ovo ptanje moze izgledati
prazno. Ali, pogledajmo ma cinjenice:
Podpredsednik Henry Wallace drzavni
pod-sekretar Sumner Welles proglasili su sa
recitoscu da imperijalizam nece imati mesta
pose-ratnom svetu. A Atlantski Carter zavetu-
je Sc da &c svi narodi mati pravo da "biraju
formu vladavine pod kojom &c ziveti "fPovra-t
tce Sc pravo samo-uprave svima onima koji
behu liseni toga prava. IL ovoga je jasno da
nasa vlada zeli da narod owe zemlje veruje
da je jedan Cd ratnih ciljeva oslobodjenje ma
roda Cd imperijalistickog suzanjstva. 80 ~
Francuska ina imperiju, najveei Ide0 te
imperje nalazi Severnoj Africi. Ia Sc
imperija osvojila silom oruzja, ona Sc podrza-
va silom oruzja. Mnogo puta su Sc urodjenici
Moroka Alsira bunili protiv imperijaiistic-
kog vladanja mad NINA. Svaka ova pobuna
bese ugusena u krvi
Veliki deo Francuske Imperije Severnoj
Africi nalazi sc sada pod mlitarnom kontro-
lom militarnih sila Amerike. Kada su vojnic-
Ike sile supple ma africko zemljiste z. noven-
Marsalu Petainu sefu Francuske Drzave. To
pismo sadrzayase bezdvojben zavet da ce Fran
cuska Imperija biti saeuvana "a Francusku..
Ocevidno ovo znaci sacuvanje imperija
lzma Severnoj Africi. Ocevidno imperijali-
zam ne moze biti unisten ako imperija estate.
Ali moze biti da je zavet Marsalu Petainu
jos jedan primer move diplomatic" u kojein
slucaju to znaei opste nista. "Ako je Hitler
Makiaveli, zasto ne bi Roosevelt bio isto ta-
kav?" pise Henri de Kirillis sa divljenjem u
novini "Slobodnih Francuza" Pour la Victorie.
M. de Kirillis ukazuje da makiavelianizam do
nasa rezutate, "a primer Sc poziva ma rekord
Marsala Lyautey u Moroku Alziru. "On
[Marsal Lyautey] praktikuje izvanredan rea-
liam, upotrebljavajuei do krajnosti vodje ko-
je nadje ma lieu mesta bez razlike kako sra
motni njihovi rekordi bill. -. On je upotreb-
ljavao laskanje, korupciju davanje casti da
bi dosao do svoga ella. I, konacno, kad je
vreme doslo, on je udario kao grom, nasilno
sa drskoscu. tako, sa jednim potezom, on
bi pokupio, skoro bez krvoproica, plodove svo-
je duge pripreme." M. de Kirillis Sc ne protivi
ovim metodma. "Nemoj mo Sc NIL" pise on,
'plasti da priznamo predsedniku Rooseveltu
RadnicÌŒka borba = Workers' struggle. [volume] ([New York, N.Y.]) 1907-1970, 1942-12-10
genijalnog djaka Lyauteya."


Ali moze biti da je Predsednikovo pismo
Marsalu Petanu cd istog bubrega kao vesta
cinicka diplomatic kojom Sc mas drzavni Sc
kretar hyali. Mi to dvojimo. Mi verujemo,
kada je osovina jednom porazena kada Sc u
Francuskoj ustanovi "prava" vlada, da &c Sc
Francuska Imperija Severnoj Africi ponovo
uspostaviti
Pod-predsednik drzavni Pod-sekretar pro-
glasuju da je americka politika neprijateljska
prema imperijalizmu Della owe Wade teraju
laz takva protu-i m p e i a t
pre- r a n Istina je ovo: niti je
p | t k owe Wade r o j imperija-
lizma niti "a imperijalizam koliko tice
imperijalstckih poseda; politika owe Wade je
da sluzi interese americkog kapitalizma. Ako
Sc ovo moze najbolje uradti zadrzanjem kolo-
nijalnog status quo-a, imperije &c ostati; ako
Sc to moze uraditi najbolje oslobodjenjem ko-
lonija, ova &c vlada uposliti sve svoje sie i
svoj upliv ovim pravcem.
o jednoj stvari mozemo biti sigurn Ame-
ricka okupacija Severne Afrike ostavce nesto
wise liza sebe nego Ii miljokaze engleskim
natpisima. Americka okupacija ostaviee trgo-
vacke i druge ekonomske veze, koje nece biti
tako lako rabbit Americki kapitalizam &c vo-
diti mamie brige zastavi koja &c vijati mad
kolonjalnim teritorijama (dotle dok je "prija-
teljska" zastava) nego njihovom trgovinom
WEEKLY PEOPLE. p.