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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-03-27
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mark the l2th year in . row that
the party has been held.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-03-27
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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-07-03
SWEDEN'S C0-0PS
GROWING IN
FACE OF WAR

STOCKHOLM. - (By wireless to
American-Swedith News Exchanged
Despite wartime restrictions, includ-
ing scarcity of imports and extensive
rationing of essentials, the Swedish
Cooperative Union (KF) during 1941
grew in membership and the number
of new stores, it was revealed here
June 1st, at the opening of the Bard
annual convention.
There are now 736,500 members, an
increase of 36,500 since the 1941 con-
vention, while the stores now number
5,431, an increase of 1870. Approx
mately one-third of Sweden's families
hold memberships in the cooperative
societies. Total turnover during the
past year increased by 698o to a total
of 755,O00,000 kroner (about s188,750,-
900 at par).
Chief speaker at the conventions
opening was Premier Per Albin Hans
son. He said that recent rains in
Sweden held out hopes for better
crops than during the past two years,
but even with good yield it was i'm
possible for government authorities to
promise any appreciable increase in
food rations. "The wisest policy for
us is to conserve and thus provide for
the future" Mr. Hanson said.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-07-03
CONSUMER GROUP TO
AID FDR PROGRAM

GRANVILLE, o. (FP) - Indorse
ment of President Roosevelt's 7-point
war economy program and steps to
see that it is carried out were voted
at a Consumers and the War confer
ence here sponsored by Consumers
Union and attended by SO delegates
| from consumer groups, co-operatives
ALL, CLIO and railroad unions
A Council of Organized Consumers
also was established. 1t will not be
a policy forming group but will serve
chiefly as an exchange for informa-
ton between consumer groups. Chair
man of the council ic Marion Weir
of the St Louis Consumers Federation
and the executive secretary is Lydia
Altsehuler of Consumer Union.
To carry through the consumers
end of the Roosevelt program, the
conference urged organization of the
people in all communities by means
of consumer action within existing or
CARNATIONS, establishment Vi commun-
ity and neighborhood consumer groups
anu CONSUMER representation Ou oil
war councils and boards.
Representation of consumers, farm
ers and unions on all rationing boards
was demanded. The conference also
urged the government to put floor
under the quality of goods, otherwise
the price ceiling would be meaning
less. An offer to provide the govern
ment with volunteer checkers to help
enforcement was made.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-07-03
new SPEED
Limit FIXED BY
PR0CLA ma ton

A maximum speed limit for motor
| vehicles on Montana highways of AZ
miles an hour was fixed this week
by Governor Ford in proclamation
| 1t is probable that the highway patrol
will commence enforcement OF the
regulation Immediately
The proclamation follows:
Whereas, A state of war exists, and
a maximum speed law for motor We
hicles is of vital Importance to the
effective prosecution of the war effort
in our determined drive for victory;
and
Whereas, The President Of the
United States has requested the sew
eral states to establish a 40-mile-per-
hour maximum speed limit for motor
vehicles within their respective states
and
Whereas National and state agen-
cies have requested the establishment
of a 40-mile-an-hour maximum speed
limit for motor vehicles within the
state of Motana; and
whereas, Inc war ellOIL HAS duucu
greater burdens to our highways and
created new traffic problems and
Whereas, Construction and recon
structon of our highways has been
and
Whereas, Critical materials and adj
ditional machinery and equipment
cannot be obtained for maintenance
and our highways must be
protected and saved; and
Whereas, 1t is necessary to restrict
motor vehicles to speed of 40 miles
per hour within the state of Montana
Tor the following reasons:
l. AS tires are essential for sue
cessful prosecution of the war, and
he shortage of rubber is continually
growing more critical, maximum
speed limit of 40 miles per hour will
CONTINUED on Page Two
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-07-03

The North Atlantic states, II
which a substantial portion Of
the nations industry is cen
tered, are faced with a critica
shortage of both fuel oil and
coal. This industrial area
must also import or bring from
distant points in the south and
middlewest most of the raw materials
processed in it's factories. The sub
marine warfare off the Atlantic coast
and the worldwide demand for ship
on our railroads at a time when every
freight car is urgently needed.
The politicians and the vested in
terests of the North Atlantic states
who were responsible for the main
tenance of the manufacturing monop-
oily held by that section in the past
have combined to increase this uneco-
nomic concentration of manufacturing
despite the war emergency. Recently
two huge aluminium plants were au-
thorized for this section. One is 10.
Gated in Boston and the other in
Brooklyn.
The two plants will require approx
mately 100000 tons of coal annually
and New England already faces a
coal shortage. The coal for the plants
must be moved from 600 to 500 miles,
and the aluminium they will process
comes largely from smelters in the
south and southwest, even more dis
tant. This is an example of the I'M
economic cross hauling which taxes
our transportation system. These
plants should have been built in the
middlewest where we already have an
aluminium industry close to the coal
fields and where the Mississippi river
provides a submarine-free, all water
route for the movement of bauxite
from South America through the port
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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-07-03
TRESPASSINC AT THE CAPITAL
By A. l. HARRIS

wouldn't even allow us time out tc
go over and take part in these delib
creations"
Holiday For Nazi Agents
Persons who have made a study OF
the Caribbean situation, where nazi
| U-boats are taking their heaviest toll
of merchant ships, have presented a
new plan for dealing with these ma
RAIDERS.
The plan involves organized activ-
tiles by various groups in these coun-
tries to run down the nazi agents
sending out radio messages to the
U-boats on movement of cargo ships,
nature of the cargoes, etc.
The state department, always over
ly cautious and hesitant, is said to be
opposed to any plan outside of deal
ing directly with the officials of the
various governments. The plan, how
ever, is said to appeal strongly to
some of the navy people.
Nazi agents in the Caribbean area
thus far have been literally enjoying
Roman holiday, with nobody to in
terrupt their espionage activities.
A recent visitor there reported:
1.-THE area is lousy with nazi spies,
and they are going great guns. The
Caribbean is a spy's Paradise"
1t is useless for the Navy to put
landing parties on shore to run these
nazi spies down, since they can put
their 10-pound radio sets under their
arms and disappear easily in the hills.
They couldn't get away that easily,
however, from local groups organized
to track them down.
The sets that they generally use can
send messages only 100 miles or SO
out to sea-just far enough for sub
marines to get but not far enough
CONTINUED ON Page TwO)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-07-03
PROGRESS BY
| MUSTARD COOP
phenomenal
Multiplies Assets Nearly
Seven Times in the Past
Year Showing Net Income
OF More Than Five Times
Its Share Capital.

Showing q gross operating revenue
i of sos, 04567 and a net income Of
l$71,544.72, for its operations for the
year ending May 81, the Northern
Montana Mustard Growers Co-opera
tive has set difficult mark for other
similar co-operatives to equal.
On the cover page of its annual re
|port is the following:
"The information contained in this
report, proves without any doubt, that
with determination properly applied,
any group can solve their problems
through the method of cooperation.
1T is much easier and far more
pleasant to work with your neighbor
and fellow man, than to oppose him.
When all mankind learns this simple
truth, life will be that much closer to
the ultimate ideal.
Cooperation will strengthen de-
mocracy"
The total assets of the company on
May 81 last year were $20,46S.24; this
year on the same date they were
43,10950. Share capital issued is
$13,O50.
The distribution of savings Is fixed
CONTINUED on Page Four)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-07-03
MAIN Street
HAS PRICE
Restrictions

The price ceiling now covers all o.
Main Street. 1t stands above the
cash register in the shoeshine shoI
as we'll as at the butchers 1t mas
been extended until it shields the man
who wants clock repaired or his hat
blocked as much as it does the Gus
toner at the corner grocery or drug
store. Under this ceiling are the
highest prices which may be set by
laundries and furniture repairmen, the
most that may be charged by auto
parking lots and dry cleaners, lock-
smiths, gunsmiths and morticians.
All these additions to the price con-
troll structure-the entire list would
fill innumerable pages-fall into the
category of what are called consumer
services" They are controlled as of
July l by a new Office of Price Adj
ministration regulation which trans
fers all such services connected with
commodities from the general maxi
mum price regulation and sets them
up under a special system in recogni-
ton of the fact that they constitute
special problems.
The number of establishments af-
fected by the new regulation is nearly
a million while the total amount
spent by the buying public for the
wide range of services covered
to more than billion dollars
a year.
For the most part, the services con-
trolled are services sold at retail,
and hence the order is one which will
be reflected in almost every family
budget. 1t will, for example, be re-
Elected in what the average family
pays for repairs to all sorts of things.
And repair services, with new goods
becoming scarcer every day, are be-
coming increasingly important.
The new regulations apply only to
consumer services rendered "in con-
nection with commodities. They do
not apply to fees charged by lawyers,
architects, doctors, barber shops or
beauty parlors.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-07-03
FOREIGN CARS
Need NO MONT.
LICENSES NOW

Governor Ford this week suspended
the requirement that cars from other
states must have Montana licenses.
The ruling in the proclamation ex-
empting cars is for the period Of the
emergency and so days thereafter.
The proclamation follows:
Whereas, In the existing state of
war an unhampered flow of commerce
| throughout the country is of vital i'm
portance in the effective prosecution
Of the war effort in our drive for vic
tory; and
Whereas, The agencies of the fed
eral government engaged in the war
effort have brought to the attention
of the governments of the states of
the Union the extreme Importance of
such uninterrupted flow of commerce
and the difficulties of certain obstruc-
lions to transportation in motor We
hicles; and
Whereas, The President of the
United States has recognized the sit
uation and has appointed special
committee to act in the matter; and
Whereas, The unusual and emer-
gency transportation requirements
make it essential that motor vehicles
be used on the highways of states in
which they do not customarily travel
and in which they are not licensed;
and
Whereas, State motor vehicle regis
tratio nlaws in the several states seri-
ously interfere with free and UNI
hampered flow of commerce.
NOW, THEREFORE,, /, Sam c. Ford,
Governor of the State of Montana, do
hereby declare and proclaim that for
the duration of the present emer-
gency, and for sixty days thereafter,
all state, county and city officials
shall permit the operation within this
state of any motor vehicles, even |
though said vehicles are not licensed |
under the laws Of this state; provided |
only, that said vehicles are properly |
licensed under the laws of the state |
Of origin, and that the governor of |
said state shall have issued Proc
Continued on Page Four)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-07-03
Estimate of the Situation

With the primaries less than three
weeks away, there is marked apathy
toward the election on the part of
the voters. This apathy extends
even to those who normally are ex-
tremeIy POLITICALLY conscious" as
witness the fact that only few
responses have been received from
people who had promised to send
The Voice a list of the candidates
filing for the legislature. We hope
to have complete list for the next
issue.
Candidates for the state offices
report that the people are display
ing only mild interest in the pri-
mary election; so mild indeed, that
none Of the candidates can form
any very accurate judgment of their
individual standings. Each one of
them, while actively campaigning
get some encouragement when they
can attract the attention Of the peo-
Pile away from discussions about the
war, priorities, rationng, price fix
ing, shortage of rubber, possibilities
of gas rationing and other subjects
peculiar to these times.
The writer of this column owes
an apology to Robert A. Patterson,
candidate for congress In the second
district whom we misnamed Robert
A. Hammond" two weeks ago. Mr..
Patterson called our attention to it
in gracious manner and we thank
him for doing so, and apologize
sincerely.
Mr.. Patterson advises The VOICE
that he has been endorsed by the
Trades and Labor Assembly of his
home town, Havre, and the endorse
ment of the Four Brotherhoods in
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-07-03
APPEAL COURT
CONFIRMS
JUDGMENT

WASHINGTON. = (FP) = A grea
victory for the common man was
scored few days ago when the Dis
trict of Columbia court of appeals
upheld the conviction of the American
Medical Assn and the District Med
ical Society for conspiring to violate
the antitrust laws.
The decision is called charter OF
freedom for the medical profession by
| the Cooperative League of the U.S.A.
But it is more than that, for it breaks
| the AMA's monopolistic hold and
gives the common man chance to
form medical co-operatives to obtain
care without exorbitant fees. 1t will
help bring medical care to millions
of Americans who have never been
able to afford it.
Throughout the court hearings the
two roads for the medical profession
were clearly marked. One was dem
ocratic approach to the solution of
the tremendous problems of medical
care The other was the AMA's road,
road of restricted practice, monop-
oily and their inevitable results, high
cost of service and inadequate care.
Asst Atty. Gen. Thurman Arnold,
who argued the government case, said
that "the decision is not merely
vindication of the right of the public
at large to utilize cooperative plans
to obtain medical care. 1t should also
be viewed as charter of freedom for
doctors themselves"
''The court" he said, has held that
not only laymen but members of the
profession must be left free to expert
ment with methods for the distribu-
ton of medical care without coercive
Continued from Page One)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-07-03
''WRECKLESS''
HOLIDAY
POSSIBLE

America is at war and we are all
willing to do anything within our
power to help our country win that
war What would any or all Of us
do to forestall an enemy plot that was
going to snuff out $500 American
lives and cost the American people
$500, 900? We would spare no
effort or no risk to prevent catas-
trophe of this magnitude, and yet
that is just what the Fourth of July
celebration cost us last year.
This year we have another two day
holiday but this year we cannot at
ford the reckless disregard of safety
that we exhibited last year Every
life and every dollar counts in our
about war effort, but IL we are not
going to repeat last years orgy of
blood, we are going to have to be
careful for the National Safety Coun-
ell predicts that automobile traffic
over the July holidays will be almost
as heavy as in previous years. This
being the case, there are going to
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ers are careful
All of the people who go out on this
weekend holiday want to come back
home, all of them want to live 10 see
this war brought to victorious con-
but there will be thousands of
them who wont, all because they, or
some other driver, will be careless.
Wouldn't lit be a fine contribution
to the nations war effort If Montana
could go back to work on the 9Th of
July with a clean record of no deaths,
no serious injuries and no bad acct
tents? We can do that If we will. If
every Montana driver would start out
with the determination that he or she
Continued on Page Four)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-07-03
EQUALITY OF
SACRIFICE
ENT0MBED
By SCOTT NEARING

Congressional committees are still
jockeying with the administration pro
posal to limit personal incomes t.
$4,000. At latest accounts the house
ways and means committee had
shelved the proposition. Evidently
the congressman involved have nc
idea of promoting anything that points
toward equality of sacrifice.
Equality of sacrifice calls to mind
/ two interesting items that appeared
in print during the past week.
One, from the Census Bureau in
Washington, summarizes 1889 wages
and salaries for 27,45S,20 males and
1864, 220 females working in the U.
is. More than two-fifths of the males
(42.7%) received less than $500 for
the year
Another quarter received from $500
to s1,400 making total of 69.4% with
less than 81, 400 1927 week.. Wage
and salary male workers with more
than $4,000 $3.50 a week. made up
only 1920 of the whole.
Pay rates for female wage and
salary workers were far lower than
those for males. Fifty-four percent
of the women received less than $500
year (S12 a week.; $500 received
less than $500 a year; while 91.2%
received less than S1,400 a year.
These figures cover the pre-war
year 1889. Pay rates have increased
since then-but so have prices. On
the whole, they give very fair pic
ture of the range of wage and salary
incomes in the country.
Less than third of the male work
ers and less than a tenth of the fe-
male workers received a wage or sal
airy of more than 81 400 a year
The second item is taken from an
published by a Park
Avenue hotel in New York newspa-
per:
Enjoy these advantages Social
environment and gracious atmosphere
do add much to the pleasure of town
living. They are part of the back
ground which go with the Injuries of
1 suite at Delmonico. Spacious, ideal
" arranged rooms, individually de-
signed, faultlessly furnished, including
over and terraced apartments. Two
'ooms from $1,000 up"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-07-03
Speed In Wrong Direction

Speed In Wrong Direction
The 77-page majority report of the
house military affairs committee
which severely criticized the Army
Navy, Air Corps, Rural liberalization
Administration, and other government
bodies, was damned through" with
out the minority members ever having
seen it in advance.
The report was presented on Wed
nesday of last week and steamrollered
through that same afternoon. All nine
republican members Of the committee
and three tory democrats signed the
majority report, while nine democrats
issued a minority report branding the
majority tactics as CHASED and intern
perate."
Interesting sidelight of the majority
report was criticism of the govern
ment for not having built up large
stockpiles of strategic war materials.
1t so happens that all nine republicans
in 1899 voted against an appropriation
OF $1OO,0OO,0OO requested by the ad-
ministration to purchase strategic war
materias-and kept right on opposing
such appropriations. throughout 1910.
Said Rep. Fitzgerald of Connecticut,
a member of the committee who
signed the minority report, to this col
umn:
1T was the SWEETEST steamroller |
eve rsaw Talk about trying to shove
something down your throat
81 insisted that we be given day
or two to read and study the report
before acting upon it, since it was
supposed to represent Is months of
investigation. 1t was on the same
Wednesday afternoon, when the house
was considering an appropriation Of
$42,8OO, 100000 for the war-the larg-
est single appropriation in the history
of this or any other country. They
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-07-03
MRS, ROOSEVELT HITS
DIES COMM. METHODS

NEW YORK.-FP)- The practice
OF the Dies committee of smearing in
dividuals and organizations without
giving them hearing was attacked
| by Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt June 25
in her My Day column.
Expressing establishment at the
smear on the Union for Democratic
Action the first lady wrote: 81 ques-
ton whether a committee composed
of SO many people Of good reputation
being granted hearing and it might
be well to settle this once and for
all !"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-07-03
RETAILERS REFUSE TO
BACK SALES TAX

CHICAGO-(FP)-Fear of what the
customers back home would have to
sa ycaused the delegates to the an
nual convention of the Natl. Assn. Of
Retail Grocers here June 8 to vote
144 to against a motion supporting
a general federal sales tax.
The association has opposed sales
tax for years but this year, the more
reactionary element thought 1t could
use the war as an excuse to put the
matter over.
A demand for more businessmen on
price control and rationing boards al
ready stacked in their favor was made
by the convention, which also ap-
proved demand for government
economy as we'll as a formal state
ment that merchandise should be dis
tributed equitably to customers.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-07-03

Montana, which body also endorsed
his opponent James O'Connor, eav-
ing the membership free to exercise
their individual preferences. He
states in letter to The Voice that,
If elected, he will devote his efforts
to the interests of labor and farm
ers.
Senator Murray is spending some
time In Montana In the immediate
future and is scheduled to speak in
various places. The senator is in
the fortunate position of not being
under compuIsion to make any apoI-
ogies to the electorate generally for
the manner in which he has dis
charged his responsible duties.
If we we're inclined to "stick our
neck out" we might hazard guess
that Senator Murray will poll rec
ord vote in the primaries against
his opponents. 1t is probable that
he may have SITTER competition in
the general election with republi-
can candidate backed by Wheeler.
However, on the part of the farmers
and labor, there is certainly no vo-
cal demand for change in the SEN
ate, insofar as Murray is concerned.
These groups appear satisfied and
certainly the small business man
should give him unqualified support
IN consideration of Murray's efforts
in his behalf.
The race for congress In the first
district, predominantIy democratic,
has the political sooth-sayers dizzy,
and certainly this column cannot
presume to enIghten anyone as to
the probable outcome. Jerry O'Con-
nell is always a threat to any OPP
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