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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-10-08
DUTIFUL IF TT REFLECTS ON LEE BUT
s'DISGRACEFUL" IF 1T REFLECTS ON BEALL


The Republican State Central Committee pretends
to be shocked because Democratic State Central Com
ttee has seen fit to publish the true record OF their
candidate Glenn Beal, concerning his (Beas) SETTLE
ments of business obligations after the 1929 depression
This pretense of shock and reference to disgracefu
might be dismissed cry baby Stiffness were 1T not
for the fact that unsuspectlng persons may De
deceived by such pretenses. Who or what provoked
and started this "disgracefuP' business?
It was all started by the political party managers
of Mr. Beall and obviously acquiesced in by Mr. Beah
himself when they began and persisted in smear
campaign against Brooke Lee and his business reverses
growing out of the nationwide business panic
that began in 1929 and in which Mr. Bealls reVerses
too, evidently had their beginning. Thousands upon
thousands of honest and capable men-buslness men,
professional men and others = were caugnt In that
memorable break of 1929
Some managed to weather the storm and came
through with heavy losses but without the necessity OF
having any public record of their misfortune. Some
others lost everything and were not able 10 save even
business connection upon which to try to rebuild 1t
was sorry epoch for everyone especially Tor those
directly involved in the losses Those fortunate enough
to escape and decent people generally regarded tnese
reverses or sfortunes of their neghbors as matters
not to be held against them nor to be referred to I'M
necessarily There should be no necessity for digging
up and rehashing these business reverses OF either
Brooke Lee or Glenn Bea But the partisan political
managers of Mr. Beal having disregarded all this by
their smearing campaign against MIR. Lee, made pub
hcizing the record of Mr. Bea absolutely necessary
matter of fairness and correct and complete public
information on the subject
The Republican committee emphasizes the state
ment that Mr. Beall (now) meets his obligations and
pays his bills That fact doesn't change the record
There many citizens who could easily meet their
current bills promptly now if they were in position
to be relieved of 900 depression obligations by the
payment of $4,000 The claim is also stressed that most
of the $4,000 not Mr. BeaPs debts but the
promissory notes of others which he was endorser
Everybody should know that endorser becomes
obligated for the amount of note if the maker fails
to pay. Every business man, successful unsucceSs
full must know that. The Court records prove it. He
would be queer sort of business who would con-
tend otherwise.
This smearing business should have been
started in this campaign and it should be ended at
Whether will be cannot be forecast 1t depends
upon those who started it, But thing is certain.
If Mr.. Beall and his campaign managers elect to
tinue their unwarranted smearing attacks against Mr.
Lee they must realize that matter of fairness and
correct public information, their attacks will be
answered in the way the facts justify.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-10-08

eral Assembly to set up similar
courts in any municipality or coun-
ty desiring them. Such courts are
set up under the following provis-
ions: 1.-The court must be a court
of record and have jurisdiction
over all criminal cases except those
punishable by death or life impris-
onment, of all persons under eight
cen years of age. 2-The General
Assembly shall prescribe by law
on all other matters-election of
judges, right of appeal, duties of
the clerks, and other matters per-
tanning to the court.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-10-08
Axis Reports Are Propaganda

The pepole of this country should not pay much
attention to that originates in Berlin, Toyko
Rome While there is censorship to prevent these
broadcasts from reaching the United States the record
of past events has shown them to be entirely untrust
worthy.
An example is the recent broadcast from Berlin,
asserting that 38 out of 45 ships in convoy to Russia
were sunk and that six naval vessels were destroyed
at the same time London admits that undsclosed
number of vessels was sunk.
The British are handicapped because they will not
give out the complete details of the engagement This
helps the enemy but the British Admiralty says that
Berln's claims about the convoy were "even more
exaggerated than usual
The observation applies to communicates
broadcast from Tokyo. The Japanese have repeatedly
claimed the destruction of the United States fleet
pronouncing Coral Sea and Midway as Japanese vic
the Japanese claim.
Undoubtedly, the purpose of these enemy broad
casts is to worry and alarm the people of enemy
tries. By persstenty claiming great victories and
reporting enormous losses for enemies, the Axis hope
to create doubt in the minds of the Allied peoples and
to cause them to wonder whether their governments
are telling the truth.
Aside from the necessary delay which must accom-
pany admission of losses, the communicates issued by
the Navy Department have been correct and there is
every reason to believe that official statements made
in London are based upon the truth. Even Soviet
Russia has good record in regard to the with
Germany.
Every American can assist in maintaining national
morale by disregardng exaggerated reports from enemy
sources There is need to worry about what Tokyo
and Berlin say; if there is any truth in their claims
the United Nations will at the proper time reveal the
facts
There people in the United States worrying
about whether they will have abundant fuel this win
ter other peoples in conquered lands wonder if thew
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-10-08
The Effort To Smear"

The following editorial IN the lead position
in The Cumberland Times of Sunday October s. 1t so
clearly and fairly expresses qUhat must be the reaction
of ali auho familiar NTH the effort to smear Colonel
Lee that reprint 1T here for the benefit OF Mont
gomeyy County readers.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-10-08

LESSON TEXT-Mark 2:14-17: John 8:
$3.50; Philippians 3:7-11.
GOLDEN TEXT-What things were
gain to me, those / counted loss for
Christ.-Philippians 3:7.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-10-08
Lesson for October II

lected and copyrighted by International
Council of Religious Education; used by
permission.
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BY HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST, D. D,
Of The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.
released by Western Newspaper Union. J
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-10-08

There people in the United States worrying
about whether they will have abundant fuel this win
ter; other peoples, in conquered lands wonder if they
will get anything to eat.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-03-20
By A. E. ANDERSON

/ Hitler's triumphant march through
Europe eliminated with his disastrou!
invasion Of Russia and may well prove
his ultimate undoing; life-and-deatf
struggle, the outcome of which likely
will decide the fate of continents, Il
not the entire world. His next move
| is contingent on the outcome there
while Japan and the new Tirpitz bat.
tleship may prove important factors.
Since his campaign in Russia has
proven a failure and his spring Of
fensive blocked even before started
he is almost sure to try out some des-
perate scheme to extricate himself
out of a difficult dilemma.
Seeing the futility of his Russian
adventure, he may heed his generals
advice and steer clear of the Soviets
while starting his spring offensive on
other fronts. To do so he must first
establish strong defense line be-
tween Russia and the reich from the
Baltic to the Black sea which is now
reported to be under construction in
Estonia, Poland and southwards, and
then try to force passage through
Turkey for the IraQ oil fields or invest
Gibralter by way of Spain aiming at
full control of the Mediterranean and
the Suez canal. He might try both
offensives simultaneously expecting
the use of the Vichy fleet and the
full cooperation of General Franco in
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-03-20
HITLER'S NEXT MOVE

Spain. In the meantime the Red
army might modify his campaign
there or disrupt 1t altogether.
While an invasion of the British
coast is impracticable as long as
Great Britain rules the waves, Hitler
is certifying the Norway coast and
from there threatening the Allies sup
ply route to Murmansk which was
comparatively staging safe during the
winter months. He foiled a feasible
English invasion by way of Murmansk
simply by threatening phony chan
mel invasion of the British Isles Thus
he is immobilizing a large standing
while he is trying to cut one out of
the only two supply routes to the
main fighting front left to the Allies
while Japan is trying to block the
southern route.
While Churchill is planning the
great offensive, Hitler is fighting
losing battle Of battles on his eastern
front which may compel him to play
his last card in the Mediterranean
providing he can hold the Red army
on a stationary line, further provid-
ing he can persuade England not to
open the much heralded western
front. While the Axis powers have
lost the initiative ON the Russian
front they are still going strong on
all other fronts, in particular on the
Japanese fronts.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-03-20
By JOHN STAHLBERG


For days I have been trying to dis
entangle your point of view from the
brier thicket of words in which you
conceal 1t. I emerge at last will
shirt and pantaloons tattered, one cal
torn off, and blood flowing from {
dozen grievous wounds. And I still
don't get it.
First you suggest that I have nc
right to hold, much less express al
opinion. That alone would make me
unique among the 130.000,000 citizens
of this land of the free. Then you
discover base motives for my silence
during the past six weeks. Appar
emily l have no right to keep my
opinions to myself either. Can it be-
you hint darkly, that don't get
enough money any more?
My dear good lady! STEPPED in sin
my soul doubtless is, and hard my
sordid heart; but In this matter at
least | am pure as Galahad. If profit
was ever a motive for contributing
to liberal journals of small circula-
ton, have yet to hear Of 1t. When
the publisher Of such a journal has
paid the costs of printing and mailing
an issue, he totters out to a restau-
rant and spends nickel for q cup
of coffee. This gives him strength
enough to reel around to the post
office and buy a defense stamp with
the remaining dime or quarter. Moth
ing is left for the writer who also
needs a cup of coffee to stall off dis
integration-but then If a writer has
any sense in the first place, which
is none too likely, he has already
ARRANGED to go out and dig bitches
to pay for his coffee. The natural
consequence is that the writer is able
to send a contribution only when he
can spare enough time from ditch
digging to write 1t.
| hope this makes everything clear.
AS to the rest Of your letter: 1t
no longer startles me to be told that
l am an unattractive fellow, full of
defects. | first heard that mournful
tidings when one of my mothers
feminine friends peeked at my face
between the blankets and gasped the
well-chosen words: For the land of
the living sakes, is THAT the babyt"
have heard 1t daily in one form or
another, ever since. Once more, then,
acknowledge my faults and accept
full blame for not having conquered
them. Does that satisfy you, madam?
If not, shall be happy to plead guilty
to any specific crime you recommend,
SO long as do not have to commit 1t.
Most people are conceded the right
to be born with whatever qualities
God saw fit to give them; to survive
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-03-20
In OTHER WORDS

the hazards of human existence and
develop those qualities as best they
can, SO long as they pay their way
or find some sucker to pay 1t for
them. Even the editor of the Mis-
soulian-Sentinel, who is in every way
Gods superior, once stopped pulling
down his vest and trying to look orac-
ular long enough to remark that the
aim of education (Which is only an
other word for open-minded living)
is to amplify natural abilities and
make more useful men and women.
After this startling lapse into ordi-
nary good sense he fell down in
fit. Loving hands gathered him up
and carried him to st. Pats hospital,
where he lay comatose for forty days
and nights.
OF course none of the rules that
are accepted for other people have
any weight In my case. Everyone
knows that l had myself conceived
and born; grew up; and for half
| lifetime scrambled to earn my way
and equip myself for my responsible
with malice aforethought, to the con-
slant distress Of my betters. My bet
tiers are of course those natural peers
of the Almighty whose grandfathers
made enough money by swindling In
dams or robbing stagecoaches, or In
less scrupulous forms of private en-
terprise," to enable their fathers to
buy them the most fashionable and
expensive college degrees.
| Please don't think I am bitter about
| the laudable determination of people
like yourself to keep me in my place.
quite understand that the greater
advantages you enjoy are only the
proper reward of your superior virtue.
tremble and gurgle with admiration
when members of your class dedicate
their lives, their college backgrounds,
and their brave and overwhelming
honor to winning any advantage, fair
or Japanese, over an untaught labor
handcuffed, gagged, and chained to a
post during the process, that | feel
they are going bit farther than pa
triotism, philanthropy, and Christian
piety require.
One of the differences between
them and me which forever mark me
as unworthy Of membership in the
human race is that in fight l strike
only at those who have greater ad-
vantages than I. They strike only at
those who have no advantages at ALL
Their method is little like hunting
down hamstrung moose calf with a
tank brigade. Mine is merely naive
and questionable.
How l envy courage and good
craftsmanship!
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-03-20

production problems.
Nelson wants to appoint a man fol
the airplane industry with powers
similar to those of Kanzler in the
automotive industry. Although air
plane production is rising steadily
| Nelson has plans for speeding it up.
These plans include employment OF
technical experts to act as trouble
shooters" to work with the ALDERMAN.
agement committees, and to give tech
nical advice to management whenever
needed This, however. will be worked
out when Meiggs' successor Is named.
War Enters New Phase
II evidence were needed that this
country is about to embark upon Of
fensive warfare, 1t is provided in the
removal of Admiral Harold r. Stark
as chief of naval operations, replaced
by Admiral Ernest ]. King, who will
add his new duties to those of COM
mander in chief of the United States
Fleet
Stark is of the overly-cautious and
defense-minded type. He is known to
have opposed the fleet venturing too
far away from it's base for operations
against the Japanese. King is of the
exact opposite type. He is credited
with being both daring and skillful,
and fits in with the new offensive
spirit that seems to be taking hold
of the United Nations.
Warning To vichy
Answer to the question of whether
Vichy France is aiding Adolf Hitler
in his war effort can be found in an
nouncement by Undersecretary Of
State Welles that shipments to
French North. Africa have been sus-
pended and will not be resumed until
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-03-20
Trespassing-

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latter to drive home the idea that this
| is white mans country, with other
races having no rights-and that this
is white mans war, in which the
negro has no legitimate interest.
The FBI is said to be paying par
ticular attention to the part axis
agents have played in creating the
riots.
acknowledgement Committee
Establishment of the first joint la
Encouragement committee on an in
dustry-wide basis resulted from the
meeting last week of WPB's Ship
building Sterilization Committee, of
which Paul Porter is chairman.
Agreement also was reached for
uniformity in schedules In hours Of
work in any particular area, as well
as approval by both labor and inter-
ested government agencies of any new
schedules put into effect by plant.
The latter was made necessary be-
cause the Bethlehem company had
been putting new work schedules into
effect without consulting anybody.
Melggs Slated To Go
Merrill c. Meiggs, head of WPB's
aircraft division, is definitely on his
way out, this column learns. His sue
cessor likely will be the production
manager of a large automobile COM
pany.
Meiggs got in Dutch" with his
chief, Donald Nelson, when he laid
a memorandum on Nelson's desk tell
ing him that the Presidents airplane
production program could not be at
tanned. 1t didn't set well with the
production czar," who feels that the
program not only can be realized, but
even exceeded.
Chief complaint against Meiggs has
been that he has no knowledge of
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-03-20
MONTANA FARMERS AND JAPS

man for sugar company, spoke IL
favor of such labor
| Sometime ago the Tribune carried
an article, written by an official OF q
sugar company, which stated, that
the Pondera beet growers were In
favor of using enemy alien labor; this
staement was emphatically denied by
the Conrad Independent Observer
and reprinted in the Great Falls Tri
bune on March 3rd, under the head.
ing, 1--WE Don't Want EN-" This is
just an illustration of the methods
being used.
The governors article also stated,
that Montana laws would permit the
ownership of land by American born
Japanese. 1t is well known fact,
that this caused much trouble in Cali
fornia and therefore does not present
a bright outlook for those of us, living
on irrigated farms, who would in a
short time be forced to compete with
them
Sugar professors are interested
chiefly in making profits on a large
volume of business and no doubt, the
use Of Japanese labor would increase
their dividends, so naturally they
could be expected to favor bringing
them in; how ever, it is regrettable
that some Chambers of Commerce are
helping to put this over, contrary to
the wishes of the farmers and the
public in general
The farmers of Montana are quite
capable of making their wishes known
and will resent this attempt of others,
to speak for them and to make the
proverbial goat of them, if future COM
plications arise.
Let the sugar beet professors and
any other groups working with them,
be honorable enough to come out in
the open, and take the full RESPONSE
bility, both now and in the future, If
they succeed in bringing in the Japs
REP. RALPH A. PARKER.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-03-20
Hearings On
CONTINUED from Page one)

| is the power to Destroy" Perry de.
clared that you cannot tax the right
| to vote and have it too"
Lucy Randolph Mason, descendant
of famous Virginia family and south
ern public relations representative of
the CLIO, charged before the commit
tee that the poll tax is deliberate
device to keep power in the hands
of a few people,"
ELECTED representatives forget peo-
pie who do not participate in the
elections" she said
Representing the Southern Elector-
al Reform League, More S. Plunkett,
whose forbears were immigrants to
Virginia in 1886, declared that lad
vocacy Of the poll tax and a sincere
belief in political democracy are IT.
reconcilable." He cited attempts to
get the poll tax abolished in Virginia
where, he charged, a politician can
buy up a block of 1000 poll tax re-
ceipts and, If he gets caught, pays
only SIS fine.
Skepticism on the part of Senators
O'Mahoney and Warren Austin (R.,
VT, the only two members of the
subcommittee present, as to the prev
alence of the practice of buying up
blocks of poll tax receipts was dis
PEELED by Mrs. Joe Kelly Stockton
from Prentiss county, Tenn.
Mrs. Stockton described how her
husband had Ona vaar daoidad RI huv
up $50 poll tax receipts and give them
to the poor so that they could vote.
Mrs. Sherwood Anderson, wife of
the famous novelist and representing
the YWCA, said she voted in Virginia
several years before learning that a
poll tax was required. Her tax was
paid by the machine" she said.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-03-20
To the Editor:

To the Editor:
Governor Ford stated in an article,
printed in Saturdays Tribune, that
there had been an abrupt, about face
in the attitude of Montana farmers,
toward the importation Of Japanese
labor
From current articles in the press,
and other observations, 1t seems only
reasonable to assume, that the gov
errors information has come from
two different sources; the first from
bonafide farmers, voicing their own
sentiments and the second from pres
sure groups, now organized to further
their own. interests by attempting to
use the farmers to cover up the work
they are doing.
The writer has attended two farm
meetings at which the question OF
Japanese labor was discussed pro and
con by more than 100 dirt farmers;
about 800 of whom were opposed to
bringing in the Orientals, few were
neutral and only one, former field
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-03-20
ON OUR
DOORSTEP
By PARKER t. ANDERSON


Local reports coming to the writer
indicate the fall planting of wheat has
come through the winter thus far in
good condition and gives promise OF
a stand. During the two cold snaps
there was ample snow to fill the fur
rows and protect the roots of the
plants and up until the second week
of March the entire surface was COW
cred. The planting has yet the thaw-
ing and freezing test of early spring
to Withstand before predictions can
confidently be made regarding the
prospects for crop. If the 1912
yield is good 1t will be the third sea-
son in rotation when the winter wheat
experiment justified itself
events are powerful arguments. Ever
since the Spanish-American war, to
hold or not to hold the Philippine Is
lands has been mooted question and
it doomed large in more than one ma
tional campaign. At this time the
eventualities of war have completely
isolated the products of the islands
from their continental market and
fair appraisal can be made of the eff
feet upon our commercial and social
economy. After the present holo-
caust has subsidized into an Allied vic
tory the Filippinos will have made up
their minds as to how badly they
crave an Independent status and con-
gress will have substantial knowledge
upon which to base future legislation
The groups that have clamored
loudest in the past for Philippine in
dependence are the cane planters and
the beet sugar interests. Their mo-
tive has been obvious and not alto
gether unselfish. With higher tariffs
on Cuban sugar and no free quota
from the Philippines, they argued,
beet growing can be 80 expanded as
to supply the American market and
the country will be free of sugar
shortage in case of war. The beet
sugar industry now has the oppor-
tunity Of a lifetime to prove the cor
rectness of its theory. The United
States will get no Philippine sugar
until the Japs are expelled from the
islands. Cuba is dividing its crop be-
tween Great Britain and America and
there is no acreage restriction on
domestic planting this year. The
beet sugar industry should be on it's
toes.