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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-08-07
STEEL
OFFICIALS
GET RAISES
Wailings by Officials That
44c Per Hour to Workers
Was Initiation Threat Did
Not Stop Them From Taking
Increases for Themselves.

ELPHIA.-(FP)-O Officials
of the Little Steel companies, who
cried that 44c hourly raises for the
workers would mean unlimited infla.
ton, received up to $42.79 hourly in
creases in 1871.
Biggest annual increase of all U.
S. company executives was $4,000,
reported to the Securities & Exchange
Commission by Chairman Tom Grid
Ter of Republic Steel Corp. Com
puted on the basis of 40-hour week,
which Girdler probably doesn't put in,
this amounts to an increase of $42.79
an hour. Girdler's annual income for
1941 was S275,O00.
Second biggest income in the entire
U. S. for 1941 was reported by Pres.
Eugene Grace of Bethlehem Steel
Corp. He received $537,724, an in
crease of $59,5SO over his 1910 in
come. Computed on an hourly basis,
Grace only realized a raise of $28.64.
Far behind Grace and Girdler were
executives of the U. S. Steel Corp.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-08-07
Mr.. Higgins Goes Home

Mr.. Higgins Goes Home
Andrew Jackson Higgins ha 8
packed his baggage and gone back
home. muttering things-and not al
together to himself either-that aren't
fit to print. All he got here in Wash
ington was lot of sympathy-and
that from people who weren't in a
position to do him much good
Higgins still wants to build ships
for Uncle Sam to help win the war
wants to build them faster and cheap
er than anybody else. That should
mean something to anybody who's fol-
lowing the war news closely. But
bureaucrats are immune to such
things.
Admiral Land, of the Maritime Com
mission, says that Higgins can't build
ships-that there isn't enough steel
to go around-and that's that.
Land was a bit unfair to Higgins
when. in testifying before congress
sional committee, he made it per-
sonal issue bteween him and the
rough and ready man from New Or
leans. He said in effect: Choose be-
tween me and Higgins. If you let
Higgins build ships, you've got to fire
me-"
1t wasn't a big mans way of talk
ing. There are many people who
think less of Land for it.
On the question of whether or not
there is enough steel to go around,
we heard Henry Kaiser, the West
Coast shipbuilder, say at the National
Press Club the other day, with Land
seated just few seats from him, that
he would build more ships from avail
able steel eff Admiral Land will only
let me-"
And we thought that it was Lands
business to get all the ships built that
he possibly can!
But whatever the merits of the con-
troversy, it looks as though Higgins
will have to make living at some
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reconsideration with no heed
given to his qualifications in
regard to social consciousness
or sense of responsibility to the
consuming public. Protection
of the profit interests of bust
ness appears to be the primary
motive in the appointments
made.
To forestall any possible chance
appointment of anyone with liberal
or progressive background, a repre-
sentative of the regional office exer-
cises control of this feature of the
set-up. This man, named Rosenthal,
was formerly with the National Youth
Administrations regional organization
and his record in that position which
he established in this state, classifies
him as a willy bureaucrat and
staunch supporter of the status quo.
Curtailment of the NYA program APP
parently came at an opportune time
for this gentlemen with this other
agency just being developed with OPP
portunities for application of his pc
culiar talents for taking no decisive
stand and certainly not on any matter
that might affect him adversely with
the people In business.
The character and type of the Mon
tana office of price administration can
be judged by the horde of high sal
aried Officials appointed and the
order, repeatedly coming from Rosen-
thai, that salaries of the office work
ers who actually do all of the work,
be curtailed. Moreover, no provision
for remuneration to county rationing
boards, for their time and efforts APP
pear to have been contemplated at
all. Presumably all they have to do
is work, with some high salaried "of-
fetal" on the third floor of the Placer
hotel, figuring out more and more for
them to do, debating his orders to an
office worker.
1t would appear to be timely for
consumers organizations to be formed
to safeguard their interests. With
hOhLdudH5 lHCOI pOIdlSu, Lue MlSSOuld
Mercantile Company and other like
debating the policies of
the office of price administration in
Montana, little protection for the in
terests of the consumers need be an
ticipated
In broadcast this week, Admins
traitor Peterson, is reported to have
stated that farmers and laborers
would be represented on the local
boards. Just how much authority is
going to be vested in the local boards
IS not as yet made clear. Moreover,
It is understood that they are to serve
without compensation. The money
will be paid to the Officials"
And it will be interesting to observe
he type of farmer and laborer" who
will meet with the approval Of the
Montanans Incorporated.
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TRESPASSINC AT THE CAPITAL
By A. l. HARRIS

thing else than building ships. His
friends say that he's coming back, but
! they've counted nine over him in
Washington, and he's very, very
groggy. It's reported that the wreck
ing crews have started dismantling
his unfinished plant.
Whether Higgins could have done
better here had he not said the I'M
kind things he did about the fat boys
is anybody's guess.
For sure, the Higgins episode has
| left the atmosphere in Washington
somewhat impure. Everything about
the thing may have been on the ma
tural = on the up and up = but you
can't prevent peoples tongues from
wagging, and it's not doing the war
effort any good.
Whatever the merits, the Steel
Trust shipbuilders got real break
out of the closing of the Higgins
shipyards. It's worth coolies to them
to get fellow like Higgins out of
the running in postwar shipbuilding
competition.
Credit Goes To Labor
One of the scribes at the Press
Club asked Kaiser, the miracle ship
builder" about his labor relations,
and he got the following reply:
Some American industrialists have
yet to learn that good labor relations
are necessary to efficient operation of
their plants.
Il maintain the closed shop in both
of my shipyards, and every worker,
who didn't belong to the union had
to join if he wanted to keep on work
ing for me. The union supplies all
my help. l have never had labor
troubles of any kind. And ! couldn't
possibly have established the record
in building ships that ! did were it
not for the fact that ! operate strict
Iy closed shop.
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visited in Helena two days the past
week Major Bonner has been as
signed to duty at Camp Adair in Ore
gon
Major Bonner's family will follow
him to Oregon and will make their
home in Salem during the time he is
there
His office as attorney general was
filled by appointment of Mr.. Gullick-
son as acting attorney general, Mr..
Gullickson resigned last week to enter
the naval service, and R. V. Bottomly
formerly an assistant in the office,
has been appointed acting attorney
general.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-08-07
CANVASSING
BOARD REPORTS
ELECTION VOTE

The official report of the state can
vassing board in the tabulation of the
primary vote, shows that 140.271 reg
istered voters failed to cast their bal
lots and that only 11S,47S selected the
candidates for themselves and the
ones that did not vote. The 1921
figure is based on the total vote
highest of ALL cast for the nomina
ton for U. S. senator in both parties
In the 1910 primaries, 27,S76 more
votes were counted for the senatorial
nominations in both parties.
The only "close" vote tailed, was
in the race for the republican CON
gressional nomination in the first dis
trict, in which Howard W. Hazelbaker
of Missoula defeated Edmond G..
Toomey by SAB votes.
The official canvass shows the fol-
lowing tabulated result:
Democratic
United States senator - James E.
Murray, Butte, 1926; Joseph P. Mon
Afghan, Butte, 28,709.
Congressman, first district - James
Addison, Helena, 1881; John X. Clax-
ton, Butte, 1858; Jerry j. Clifford,
Anaconda, 1,7S9; Mike Mansfield,
Missoula, 1888; Jerry j. O'ConneIl,
Butte, 1873.
Congressman, second district = W.
NJ McCracken, Great Falls, BITS;
James f. O'Connor, Livingston, 5,1S9;
Robert A. Patterson, Havre, SIP.
Railroad commissioner = Horace F.
Casey, Helena, 31,912; John T. Kelly,
Red Lodge, 1886; r. S. Murray,
Clancy, 22,084.
Clerk of the Supreme court-John
w Mountjoy. Dillon, 22,O62; Frank
Murray, Butte, 25,609; w. p. Pilge
ram, Helena, 1894.
Republican
United States carbohydrates r.
Dawley, Great Falls 9,267; Yelling
ton D. Rankin, Helena, 24,677; DR.. ].
Butte, 1899
Congressman, first district-Howard
W. Hazelbaker, Missoula 7,471; Sher-
man W. Smith Helena, 1861; Ed
mond G. Toomey. Helena, 6,92S.
Congressman, second district - By |
ron DeForest, Great Falls, 4,491; |
Grant Hammond, Billings, 1888; F. F.
Haynes, Forsyth, 1906.
Railroad commissioner-Leo c.
Young, Superior, 35,688.
Clerk of the Supreme court-Lewis |
R. Knox, Helena, 22,154; Peter NJ
2igg, Havre, 1890.
1.-TWO Nominated)
Associate justice of Supreme court |
Hugh Adair, Helena, 40,5S0; Albert
f. Angstman, Helena, 40,934; David
7. Ryan, Great Falls, 27,10S.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-08-07

The case is important because
if reveals how difficult it is 60
ing to be for co-operatives to
get any help from FILA.
FILA is the government agency
which guarantees housing loans made
nv money-lenders on mortgages and
when the conditions imposed by the
FILA law are fulfilled. Co-operators
make use of FILA have been discour-
aged and have complained but it has
been difficult to make a case against
FILA So, when a cooperative group
In Washington incorporated and be-
gan it's struggle to develop housing
project in the Greenbelt area, coop
erative development just outside
Washington, representatives of the
Cooperative League of the USA tried
to watch the project closely.
No one can question the integrity
of the FILA administrators because of
their decision in the Washington case.
1t would be impossible to even prove
that heir Judgment was bad But the
story of FILA is simply that FILA,
established to guarantee mortgages
profit building philosophy. The adj
ministrators are, largely, recruited
from profit industry and profit build
ing industry. They were reared and
fed and schooled in a business domi-
mated by one rule to express value,
Twill the house sell?' And that
standard of value is not the standard
which will dominate cooperative
housing where interest will be in the
esta blishment of permanent homes, as
distinguished from houses for trans
tents.
The Washington cooperative group
incorporated in 1910 and got a 99-year
lease on acreage in the Greenbelt area
where the Farm Security Administra
ton operates a government resettle-
ment project. Sixty government |
workers signed contracts to partici-
pate and bought shares in the corpor-
alton. They found money-lender I
who was anxious OF buy their mort
cages if FILA would guarantee the
loans. They went to FILA and then
their troubles began. Briefly, the
history of the project is recorded as
follows:
FILA objects to FSA lease and al
most two years delay results before
the one government agency, FILA,
will approve the lease offered by the
other government agency, FSA.
FILA demands a bona-fide bid from
! bona-fide contractor before it will
consider application for mortgage
An architect had to be
to prepare detailed draw
ngs, so that bids could be sought.
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NORTH CENTRAL ASSOCIATION
OF COMMISSIONERS, SECRE-

NORTH CENTRAL ASSOC1ATlON
OF COMMISSIONERS SECRE-
TARIES AND DIRECTORS OF
AGRICULTURE at Helena, Mon
tana, July 81 and August /, 1912.
Whereas, Our nation in cooperation
with United Nations of the world are
now engaged in the greatest war in
all history for the purpose of making
secure our liberties and freedom from
destruction by the Axis powers of die
tatorship, we believe that our Amer
lean system of government is our
surest foundation of true progress,
sound social security and permanent
general welfare. We believe in con-
stitution democracy Effective organ
ization of our military and economic
defense are the outstanding problems
of our nation in these trying times
that lie directly ahead. Continued
maximum production of basic agricul-
tural products is equally as essential
as the production of any and all other
war and defense materials. Realizing
the Importance of ample supplies of
food and fabric and other raw mate
rial in successfully prosecuting the
war, farmers, their wives and families
through long hours of work are pro-
ducing the largest crops and including
livestock, poultry and dairy products
that they have produced in many
years. There has been no loss of
agricultural production due to juris-
dictional disputes in the agricultural
industry. The imposing of unfair
farm price ceilings, the paying of
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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-08-07
Commissioners
OF AGRICULTURE
DISCUSS TOPICS
North Central Association of
Commissioners, Secretaries,
Directors of Agriculture
Hold Meeting in Helena
During Week.

Attended by officials from several
states the North Central Association
of Commissioners, Secretaries and Di
rectors of Agriculture met in Helena
| last Friday and Saturday with Albert
H. Kruse, Montana commissioner of
agriculture as host Discussion of
many of the perplexing problems fac
ing agriculture today, were held dur
ing the two-day session.
The following resolutions resulting
from the discussions, were adopted
by the organization:
PRODUCTION OF SYNTHETIC
RUBBER
Whereas, Rubber is one of the most
vital and essential products in equip
ping our armed forces and our mod
ern agricultural and transportation
equipment, we wish to highly com
mend the members of the subcommit-
tee appointed pursuant to Senate Res
olution 224 of the nth Congress for
thoroughly investigating the POSSIBLE
tiles of production of synthetic al
cohol and rubber from surplus farm
commodities, the fixing of the respon-
sibility for such delay and for the
reasons for allocating the whole of
the appropriation of $50 million dol
lars to the developing of rubber from
petroleum products when the govern
ment pilot plants had demonstrated
fully the practica bliity of such produc-
ton from grains in a shorter length
of time and at less cost than from
petroleum. We commend the Con
gress for the speedy passage of the
bill providing for a separate board
than the WPB to be charged with the
of rubber production,
and we urge the chief executive to
sign said bill in order to expedite the
production of rubber so essential in
the war, and to make profit
able use of our surplus grains and to
more speedily accomplish the winning
Of the war.
Be 1t Further Resolved that copies
Of the foregoing resolution be sent |
to the members of the committee, |
Senators Gillette, Thomas, Wheeler, |
McNary and Norris, copy to the |
National Association and copy to
he President of the United States.
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BONNER GOES
TO ASSIGNME
I'm OREGON

Having completed his preliminary
training in Washington, DC. and Fort
Leavenworth, Kan, former attorney
general John Bonner, now major in
the Judge advocate generals depart
ment of the United States army,
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-08-07
FILA Interested ONLY
IN HOUSES that Will
SELL; NOT IN H0USIL;1
Cooperative Housing Project Wg# ers On
FILA Doorstep With Profit BuiltSS ! Values
Governing FHA's Decisions; A s tects'
And Contractors Services Prot s ed; Not
Interested In Permanent Hon

BY John Carson Washington Representative Coop League
WASHINGTON. - Another cooperative housing project
wthered and died this week the doorstep of the Federal
Housing Administration Speculative housing completes
FILA and administrators trained in the schools of building and
promoting shouses se' this DEATH
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-08-07

With only possible exception the office price adj
mnistraton in Montana its departments appears
be developing into branch of Montanans Incorporated
the Anaconda Copper Mining Company controlled state cham
Der of The each officer
pointed indicates that his business background the first
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-08-07

The brass in 1000 radio tubes
would make 105 .30-caliber cartridges.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-08-07
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Absorbing OFFICE OF
PRICE Administration

Montana's Set-up Under the OPA Taking
On the Appearance of Branch of the
Organization of Business Men Without
Consideration of Farm and Labor Groups
Or Consumers Generally.
Evening star., 1942-04-10

Although the War Department is
making public no details Of troops
still left on Bataan Peninsula, it is
believed that several Washington
men are included in that valiant
band whose exploits will 60 down
in American history.
1t. Gen. Jonathan M. Wainwright,
the former popular commandant Of
mand when Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur went to Australia, now Is
making his stand at embattled Cor
regidor Fortress, about 5 miles of
Bataan Peninsula.
Brig. Gen. Allan c. Mcbride, Sc,
formerly of 2133 Tunlaw road NV.
Evening star., 1942-04-10
100000 Income
Credited 10 Mclean
Estate, Collector Says
District Court Advised
Sum Is Greater Than
Has Been Reported

Net income exceeding $4,000, 900,
instead Of the S185,815 reported, Is
being held by the American Security
& Trust Co., trustee under the Will
Of John r. Mclean, to the credit OF
the estate of his son, the late ed
ward B. Mclean, District Court wss
advised today by william II. Wad-
hams, collector Of the sons estate.
Mr.. Wadhams filed an answer to
report and petition Of the American
Security & Trust Co., which had
asked the court for instructions re-
garding the disposition to be made
Of the undistributed income OF the
estate Of the father. Mr.. Wadhams
asked District Court to require the
trust company to file complete &C
counting.
Mr.. Wadhams, who recently was
appointed by District Court and
qualified as collector Of the sons
estate, says that he Is entitled i'm
mediately to 1856, admitted by the
trust company to be held by 1t as net
income Of the fathers estate as Of
July 27, 1941. Mr.. Wadhams con.
tends that he Is also entitled to q.
sum equal to the sum retained by
the trust company as commissions
for the period when the son acted
with the trust company as CO.
trustee Of the estate Of John r. Nc
Lean, from August, 1917, to May,
1888, as commissions earned by Ed
ward B. Mclean.
Wants Full Disclosure.
Further Mr.. Wadhams wants the
court to require the trust company
to make a full disclosure of all rec
ords in the case. After an account
ing, Mr.. Wadhams desires the court
to enter decree for the full amount
Of the net income from the estate
Of John R. Mclean from June, 1916,
to July, 1941.
Mr.. Wadhams claims that the ap-
pointment of the late Rear Admiral
Mark L. Bristol, U. S. N retired, as
committee for Edward B. Mclean,
who was adjudged mentally ii, was
null and void and beyond the juris-
diction of the Maryland court aN6
| this court" Edward B. Mclean was
patient at hospital at Towson,
Md, in his latter days, dying on
July 81, 1941. In addition, the COL
lector advises the court that the
appointments Of the Washington at
| torneys Neil Burkinshaw and John
j. Wilson, as temporary committee
and committee, respectively, of the
estate of Edward B. Mclean are
null and void and beyond the juris-
diction of the court"
Payments to Wife Cited.
District Court is advised by Mr..
Wadhams that the American Sc
curity and Trust Co. has never made
full and complete accounting and
he asserts that the undistributed
net income in the firms hands Is in
excess of $4,000 900, instead Of the
balance Of s1S5,8 reported.
Further, Mr.. Wadhams tells the
court in his answer, the trust COM
pany allegedly has paid TO Mrs.
Evalyn Lucille Walsh Mclean, wife
Of Edward. out Of the net income Of
the estate $46S ,91487, auegedly un-
der DEGREES entered by District
Court in an equity action for main
tenance, "in direct violation Of the
provisions Of the spend-thrift trust
under the will Of John r. Mclean"
and pursuant to orders In that
maintenance case which were be-
yond the jurisdiction Of the court
to enter"
Evening star., 1942-04-10

was last heard from by his wife in
a letter which was mailed December
81 and arrived here April !.
Mrs. Mcbride said at that time
Gen. Mcbride was chief of staff of
the Philippine Department, but she
does not know where he Is now. He
sent her a radio at Christmas time,
she said.
when I don't get any news" she
said, Of course I can't help but
have hope"
List Includes Col. Quintard.
Another Washingtonian who has
been serving with American forces
in the Philippines is Col. Alexander
S. Quintard, field artillery. Col.
Quintard was born here in 1891
and Is a grandson of the former
District Gov. Alexander Shepherd.
According to relatives here, the
family last heard from him by cable
February rs in which the terse
message merely said "All o. K" He
sent a cable at Christmas time and
a letter, undated, was received two
months ago. These also reported
the colonel as being safe.
Col. Quintard's wife and two
daughters are staying in Sewanee,
Tenn, with her parents, Gen. and
Mrs. James P. Jervey. The retired
general is an instructor at the Uni
versity Of the South. Another
daughter, Mrs. Wyatt Brown, wife
Of a naval ensign, lives here. His
mother, Mrs. Edward A. Quintard,
and a sister, Mrs. E. r. Thomson,
reside at 4424 Forty-ninth street
NV.
Col. Quintard joined the Army
as second lieutenant shortly be-
fore the First World War and served
In France. Subsequently he was
promoted through the grades to
colonel.
Maj. Maury Believed on Island.
Another local officer believed to
be still in the Philippines is Mai.
Thompson Brooke Maury III. His
father, Magruder Gordon Maury,
5031 v street NV. said today no
word had been heard of him since
Christmas eve. when wireless mes
sage had been received by the ma
jor's wife at Los Angeles, Calf,
where she is working at a defense
post in an airplane factory. When
she received tE Christmas radio
message from the Philippines, she
called Mr.. and Mrs. Maury here to
communicate the good news Of his
safety.
A graduate of the University Of
Virginia and West Point Military
Academy, both with honors, Maj.
Maury had been stationed for some
time after leaving West Point at
Fort Myer, Va. He was at Fort
Lewis, Wash, when ordered to the
Philippines last June. His last as
signment, known to his family here,
was as one Of Gen. MacArthur's
staff officers for field artillery.