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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-03-26
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BY THE OBSERVER
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

The people along the west coast
need to have a few Jap bombs
dropped on Them said a Libby
woman who returned home recently
from a visit to the western dis
trict They are altogether too
-complacent over there They take
the attitude that 1T can never hap
pen to us. The Japs will never
get this far They are much too
easygoing about the war and need
TO be jolted out Of their lethargy'
Another Libby citizen says the
same thing is true regarding the
people Of New York. Apparently
they think the war is many long
miles away and will never reach
us.
How greatly surprised they would
be some day if death started drop
ping out of the sky in their back
yards and blowing them or their
loved ones to kingdom come!
| wonder if there are possibili-
ties for a new industry for the
| Libby district and a war in
dustry at that
A recent daily said
not to cuss the lovely little dan
delion as it makes its appearance
in your lawn this spring.
That lowly little golden-topped
flower may help produce tire for
your car before the war is over.
Scientists believe certain kind
Of dandelion can be a source Of
much needed rubber. Why should
mt that mean a war industry for
Libby?
We defy any section to pro-
duce larger dandelionss or more
of the pesky things to the
square yard than can be grown
right here. III rubber can be
produced from dandelions, our
fortunes are made.
There must be a million of
them--by actual connt--grow-
ing in my lawn.
/ The nation seems very much
aroused over continued reports
THAT war production has not been
and is not being handled as it should
be. Evidence Of this is constantly
coming to light in local circles.
One doesn't have to stroll around
very long before running into it.
Last week another organization
went on record against present
! practices in irfgh circles. The Pine
Tree club has named a committee
to submit resolution against
waste and unnecessary expendi-
lures" same to be forwarded tc
Montana congressman.
Says Chairman Staples Of the
Lincoln County USDA War Board
Right now isn't the time to wor-
ry about profits or doing extrs
work. We farmers have been pro.
vided the job Of producing fooc
and just as surely as oul
soldiers are doing their duty sor
the many battle fronts Of the world
\ $50 are we doing our duty OH thu
production front
More Of that attitt,,ig is needed ii
tfc factories that arc pro iuelng wal
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-03-26
Usual Symptoms

Doctor. Have you any idea how
your wife caught this terrible
cold2'
Husband: Il think it was on ac-
count Of her coat"
Doctor. TOO thin, eh2'
Husband. mo, it was last win
ters coat, and she didn't wear it. =
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-03-26
Steel-Piercing Eye

Steel parts machnesplanes tanks ships
hawless because Americas hgntng men must
have weapons that both accurate and tough
The people's voice., 1942-08-14
HIGHWAY DEPT.
TO COOPERATE
WITH WAR DEPT,

Gov. Sam G. Ford has authorized
the state highway department to en-
ter into a working arrangement with
the War department to assume re-
sponsibility for the maintenance of
auxiliary army air fields in Montana
This work which will consist of
routine maintenance, snow removal
and repairs will be carried on by
trained personnel Of the highway de-
partment under the joint supervision
of the Army and the Highway Com
mission, and the state will be fully
reimbursed by the federal govern
ment
Excepting in case Of emergency due
to accident or attack, advance notice
of not less than 48 hours will be given
the state by the government regard
ing the work required at a designated
airfield
The people's voice., 1942-08-14
Plane Industry May
Be Major Economic
Factor After War

War demand is an important factor
in speeding economic change This
proved to be the case in World War
l. 1t is equally true today.
World War l began with the air
plane as factor of no economic i'm
portance Once the plane had demon
strated its effectiveness in scouting
and in combat, all of the chief ma
tions turned to government subsidized
plane production.
During the next two decades the
airplane took its place as a passenger.
mail, express and even freight trans
porting agency. The change would
have come more slowly in the course
of peacetime economic evolution. 1t
was the push of military necessity
that forced the process forward at
great speed.
The arms race which preceded
World War II was, in some respects.
a race for plane production capacity.
1t was of little use to make the planes
themselves and store them for the
coming war, as clothing or food were
stored Notifications in design made
them obsolete almost as soon as they
reached their hangers.
Productive capacity was the import
ant factor. Once the production plant
was constructed, planes of new types
could be turned out as the new models
were designed.
Since the outbreak of World War II
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The people's voice., 1942-08-14
CAPITOL
HICHLICHTS
CONTRIBUTED

R. V. Bottomly, newly appointed
attorney general announced new addi-
tions to his staff this week. George
Smith, former county attorney of Yel-
lowstone county, was named as an
assistant attorney general, and Charles
O'Donnell Jr, Havre, was appointed
law clerk. Fred Lay, Bozeman, was
appointed first assistant attorney gen
eral, and R. L. Word Jr., present law
clerk was named special assistant in
charge of land matters. Word sue
ceeds Wesley Wertz who resigned to
accept appointment as an attorney for
the Montana Office of Price Admin
istratiOn.
Governor Ford named DR.. G. H.
Craig, Bozeman, as member of the
Montana Milk Control Board, succeed
ing DR.. R. r. Renne, who resigned.
DR.. Renne, former professor at Mon
tana State College, is now Price Off
Ger of the state QPA office in Helena.
Hadleigh Marsh Of Bozeman, was ap
pointed to succeed himself as a mem
Der of the board of Veterinarian. Ex
aminers. Sen. w. E. Kelley, Deer
Lodge, was elected president of the
Montana Bar Association at its reg
ular meeting in Missoula.
DR.. A. L. Strand, president of Mon
tana State College and a nationally
known scientist and educator, an
nounced his resignation this week
Dr. Strand has been named president
Of Oregon State College at Corvallis,
Oregon, an institution of the same
type as the Montana State College, al
though much larger. In commenting
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The people's voice., 1942-08-14

a lot of people around here who think
that we can win the let Hitler lick
Russia.
There are appeasers and defeatists
waiting for the chance to launch a
| full-fledged campaign against Roose
welt and for a negotiated peace. The
President is undoubtedly aware OF
them. He also knows a second front
will cost a lot in human lives, and
once the casualty lists from the front
start pouring in, the appeasers and
defeatists are going to howl as they
have not dared to before.
1t is only reasonable to assume
tragic as it may seem-that the Presi-
dent must keep his eye on the elec-
ton returns as he plans the strategy
of war. He can't afford to have the
nation panicked by what the defeat
lists will scream when sacrifice is ex-
acted. 1t seems obvious then that the
more assurance he has that the peo-
pie are solidly behind his second front
plans, the quicker he can accomplish
them.
Every worker who has ever been
through a strike knows that the strike
committee can't always reveal the de-
tails Of strategy. Every worker who
has ever been strike leader knows
that his best laid plans always depend
on the way in which they are sup
ported by the strikers. The most in
genious and daring plans can be
wrecked if stooges and spies are able
to dissipate the militancy or solidarity
of the strikers.
That, in a general way, is the situa-
tion today The allied leaders know
what is the best strategy but they
want to be sure the finks here and in
England won't break the solidarity
that it takes to make a success of
second front. The demand for sec
Ond front is as much a part of the
for it is as cannon, ma
tanks and invasion barges.
And the American workers have
shown that they can produce it, too
The people's voice., 1942-08-14
Fish Investigation" Portends
Sensational Developments

Fish Investigation" Portends
Sensational Developments
Ham Fish's explanation of how he
happened to get $4,000 in 1889 from
Dictator Gen Trujillo of the Domini-
can Republic and did not include that
small item in his 1899 income tax re-
turn sounds flishy, to say the least.
The money was paid out of kit
ty" of 100000 deposited to Trujillo's
credit at the National City Bank.
THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY FOR
A SMALL-TIME LATIN-AMERICAN
DICTATOR TO BE PLAYING
AROUND WITH! 1T WOULD BE
INTERESTING TO KNOW WHERE
IT CAME FROM, WHO GOT 1T, AND
WHAT KIND OF SERVICES ITS RE
CIPIENTS PERFORMED.
Dope Is that sensational develop
ments are in the offing involving two
other so-caIIed soIationist members
of the lower house. alleged to have
been "paid off" by two other South
American countries, Argentina and
Venezuela, for "services" not in evi-
dence. Perhaps it is unfair to former
true isolationists to call these fellows
isolationists, since probably what they
are are admirers Of Hitler and his
works.
But getting back to Fish, there still
is satisfactory explanation coming
from him as to how he received from
$4,000 to $4,000 in checks year or
so ago from None Hans Sturm, osten-
sibly for isolationist lectures.
We have done bit of checking on
this guy Hans Sturm, and here is
what we have found out:
Hans is a brother of Erich Sturm,
west coast isolationist propaganda
for the nazi cause, with suspected
Bund connections. Both Hans and
Erich work for their uncle, Ferdinand
Hanson, proprietor Of the Romanoff
Caviar Co. Hans manages the New
York office of the Romanoff company.
Hanson's chief activities of recent
years consisted of publication and
dissemination of isolationist tracts,
quite obviously issued to further the
cause of Fuehrer Hitler. He is known
to have purchased and distributed
some $4,000 copies of Foreign Agent
Ralph Townsend's pamphlet, Seeking
Foreign Trouble" which Townsend
sold for 35 cents each. Townsend, by
the way, was convicted and is serving |
a prison term as self-confessed for
eign agent-an agent of the Japanese
government.
During World War l. Hanson was
refused admission to this country be-
cause of known pro-German activities. !
The people's voice., 1942-08-14
C0NGR RESSMAN
DEMANDS PROBE
OF ME:WSPA APERS

WASHINGTON.-(FP) = A depart
ment of justice investigation of the
New York Daily News and Washing
ton Times-Herald was demanded by
Rep. Elmer Holland 3D., Pa.) in a
speech before the house August 8. de-
nouncing the publishers, Capt. Joseph
Patterson and Mrs. Eleanor Patterson,
as Americas No and No. Q ex-
ponents Of the nazi propaganda line. ;"
An editorial in the August 1 edi-
tions of the Pattersons' papers enti-
tied The Propaganda War, which
called promises by England the U. S.
"a propaganda thrust" was cited by
Holland as being in line with nazi
efforts to belittle the second front
agreement of the U. S., Britain and
the Soviet Union
''This editorial" Holland said, "at-
tacks the Russians themselves and be-
Titles the great patriotic appeal of
Joseph Stain to the Russian army
to cease their retreat and die to save
their country.
"The Daily News and the Times
Herald are doing their best to bring
about fascist victory, hoping that
in that victory they will be rewarded
| demand that the FBI bring the
big shots into the problem of the pro-
nazis who are being tried in court"
Capt. Patterson in an editorial Aug
ust 5, entitled You're Liar, Congress-
man Holland, denied that he and his
sister followed the axis line or wished
for a fascist victory.
The people's voice., 1942-08-14
WHY THE SOCIAL WORK
LABORATORY WAS ESTABLISHED

that which real experience teaches so
effectively? I couldn't be sure of this.
In all probability, did not know the
full truth Of what | taught.
ArtificiaIity Dominates the Teacher
The social science instructor is u.s.
ually forced into rather protected
artificial environment from which he
finds it difficult to escape He relies
upon history for his information. The
historian usually relies upon docu-
mentary evidence to prove the truth
OF his information or upon the author
ity of the historians. If he Is analyt-
ically inclined, he uses logic to help
him make his conclusions However,
this is usually dangerous because so
much depends upon the validity of
his major premises, those principles
which govern his thinking He lets
the philosopher use logic and he tends
to content himself with facts derived
from documentary evidence or from
authorities who use such evidence. AS
a consequence, he tends to grow up
in decidedly artificial environment,
one of books chiefly, and he offers
his students the same type of environ
ment. Learning as a process takes
place in the so-called cloistered Ivory
Towers. The real world is an exter-
nal world he does not adequately un-
derstand.
Being Participant Observer
Considered
To realize the position the social
science instructor is usually put into
is disconcerting. What can he do
about it? Are there ways and means
of surmounting this artificial type of
environment? May he gear into"
the reality of human experience un-
der real life conditions and develop
a faith in what he believes? Is a
teachers faith in what he believes
as important as the information he
has acquired from documentary evil
1ence and authority? l was discon-
certed l knew theories of social
change but to have aehand in making
social changes in order to help the
solve some of its perplex-
ing problems was too intangible to be
recognized. l decided to test some
Of my theories of social change. Per-
haps l could become more satisfied
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The people's voice., 1942-08-14

to have promoted and continued the
practice of maintaining a false ap-
pearance of competition and conveyed
to buyers, including official awarding
authorities of the United States gov
ernment, the belief that they were
in reality they were acting collusive-
ly in preparing and submitting bids.
On numerous occasions, the COM
plants allege, Rohleder, acting direct
ly and through his agents, co-operated
with other respondents in the prep
aration and submission of numerous
false, fraudulent and noncompetitive
bids for the furnishing of material for
Rohleder's use, which were then sub
mitted by him to purchasing officials
of the Cramp Shipbuilding Company
and representatives of the Navy de-
partment for approval as genuine
competitive bids and price quotations.
The respondents named in the com
plants are:
Westinghouse Electric Supply Co.
and r. R. Devices, as its agent;
Grater-Bodey Company and s. w.
Roberts as its president; J. P. Rainey,
trading as ]. P. Rainey G. Company;
James A. Clancy, M. A. Webster, and
Joseph r. Duffy, trading as ]. r.
Duffy Manufacturing Co.; American
Steel and Wire Company of New Jer-
sey; Walter II. Cave, as agent of
Cyclone Fence Company and Amer
lean Steel and Wire Company Of New
Jersey; Paul w. Crawford, trading as
Adams-C Crawford Company, and A. F.
Crawford as agent of the company;
p. ]. Mcbride and George B. McClen-
men, trading as Delta Equipment Co.;
Russell Keely and F. Oliver Keely, in
dividually and trading as S. S. Keely
& Sons; A. Wilt & Sons Company
and Frank r. Bowers as president;
Frank L. O'Brien and Clarence J.
O'Brien, individually and trading as
The OBrien Machinery Co.; William
J. Cattle, trading as Cattle Tool Co.;
w. B. Rapp; Walker Brothers and
Anthony M. Callahan, individually and
as vice president of Walker Brothers
and Adelphia Electric Co., and Nor
nan T. Liethold, Individually and as
secretary Of the company; and
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The people's voice., 1942-08-14
RUSSIA CAN'T
BE OMITTED
By CHARLES P. STEWART
Central Press Columnist

Maxim Litvinov, Russia's ambassa-
dor here, is popular diplomat in
Washington. Back during the period
Of treaty relations between Moscow
and Berlin he was looked on pretty
much askance, but he really was a
likable chap, personally, even then.
Now he's so recognized by the cap
ital's officialdom, the press and the
public generally.
1t also is noteworthy that the vari-
Gus representatives the United States
government has sent recently to So
Wet headquarters all have returned
with the most favorable accounts of
their conversations with Josef Stain.
He was represented as a ferocious old
Muscovite bear not so long ago-an
OGPU kind of a character, whom it
was at least disagreeable if not down
right dangerous to associate with. To
day he's described as amiable and
kindly as we'll as seemingly perfectly
reliable.
OF course, the explanations simple
enough. Whereas previously tied up
with the nazis, the Russians are fight
ing on our side at present and doing
it very creditably, considering their
unpreparedness for having Herr Hit
Ter suddenly turn against en- True
they shouldn't have been caught off
base, as they were. Still, it's recog-
nized as highly desirable to let by
cones be bygones as of current juno
ture.
MiscaIcuIation
Furthermore, we and politico-socio-
economic folk like us miscalculated
hose communists for quite awhile
They considered government bad
hing and some kinds of it are Under
czarism, they had one of the bad
kinds. RebelIing against it, they un-
overdid matters in wiping !
t out. They needn't have been as
as they were with Nicholas |
Romanov and all the members of his |
'amily. 1t wasn't principle of com
though. A small group of |
'anatics pulled it off.
Okey 1t unpopularized itself ini-
tally. Investigators like Representa-
tves Ham Fish and Martin Dies went |
on its trail before any other ism"
The people's voice., 1942-08-14
TRESPASSINC AT THE CAPITAL
BY A. l. HARRIS

The authorities, who suspect that
the nazi payoff of Hanson consists OF
some form of subsidy to the Romanoff
company, didn't have quite enough tc
include him in the recent foreign
g e mt s indictments. HOWEVER
THIS COLUMN KNOWS, ACTION
SOON WILL BE INSTITUTED TO
DENATURALIZE HANSON.
Thus, by degrees, Uncle Sam is
catching up to the boys that have
been carrying Adolf Hitler's water
bucket for him in this free land
Headache For AIcoa
Some weeks ago, this column re-
ported that the federal bureau Of
Mines, after nine years of prodding
by Utahs Senator Murdoch, finally
declared that it was feasible to pro-
duce aluminium by the so-called Kali
unite process. This would break the
strangle-hold that Alcoa (the alumni
mum trust) has on the American peo-
pie.
And now comes another favorable
report on production of aluminium by
the kalunite process-this from the
advisory committee on metals and
minerals of the National Academy of
Science.
The Kalunite process is means for
extracting alumina from alunite,
which abounds in great quantities in
the states of Utah and Washington.
Alcoa uses the so-called Bayer process
for extracting alumina from high
grade bauxite ore, which is not SO
abundant in this country and much Of
it has to be imported from Dutch
Guiana. Alcoa maintains its monop
oily by controlling the sources of high
rights expired more than 20 years
ago.
1T WILL BE INTERESTING TO
SEE WHAT WPB DOES WITH DE-
VELOPING ALUMINIUM PRODUC-
TION FOR WAR PURPOSES FROM
INDEPENDENT OF AL
GOA.
The Defense Plant Corporation, on
the basis of the bureau of mines re-
port and over the vigorous objection
Of Arthur H. Bunker, dollar-a-year
head Of WPB's aluminium section, de-
cided to invest $2,O00,000 for construc-
ton of plant for Kalunite, Inc, this
being the smallest commercial unit
possible. On the other hand, Alcoa
got $56S,OO0,O00 for plant expansion.
From the standpoint of the war ef-
fort, production Of aluminium from
ilunite is preferable to production OF
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The people's voice., 1942-08-14

located IN Philadelphia, are
engaged in selling either cleo
trical supplies, mill work, lum-
Der, or other building materi-
ais, and machinery.
Charles F. Rohleder, Philadelphia,
contractor for certain of the construc-
tion work, is involved in all the com
plants which are directed against in
dividual companies and their agents
who allegedly participated in various
agreement to submit fraudulent bids
and to suppress, restrain and elimi-
nate competition in the purchase and
sale of construction materials.
In 1910, the complaints allege, as
a part of its work in the national de-
fense program, the Navy department
arranged for the Cramp Shipbuilding
Company, whose shipyards are To-
Gated at Richmond and Norris streets,
Philadelphia, to undertake the con-
struction of naval vessels and, in that
connection, the Navy agreed to ar
range for the advancement of the nee
essary funds to rehabilitate the ia
cilities of the shipyards, including Of
flee buildings and shipways, with the
understanding that the expenditure of
all funds for the work would be under
the general supervision and subject
to the approval of officials of the
Navy department.
The Cramp Shipbuilding Company,
the complaints continue, then con-
with Rohleder for the latter
to do the construction work on cost
plus fixed fee basis, with the under
standing that in procuring materials
and services he would obtain COM
petitive offers from as many reputa
BILE firms as possible, but not less
than two (or not less than three when
specified), who were in position to
provide material, equipment and serv-
ices at a reasonable cost, and that |
contracts would be awarded to firms |
quoting the minimum price. 1t was
further provided that all bids were |
20 be opened in the presence of the |
Supervisor of Shipbuilding of the q.
). Navy or his representatives and |
we're to be subject to his approval.
Pursuant to understandings, many
of the respondents and their agents
famed in the complaints are alleged
The people's voice., 1942-08-14

was available.
Then along came fascism For a
bit, fascism wasn't considered so aw.
full. Signor Mussolini was spoken of
for spell as, perhaps, fairly com
petent workingmans friend and reor-
ganizer. 1t was Adolf who, breaking
into the situation later, absorbed
Benito and tore genuine hades loose.
Japan isn't totalitarian yet All it's
grabbing at is an imperial rather than
a totalitarian opportunity.
Herr Hitler and Signor Mussolini
surely don't see it, as to the Japs.
The Japs'll hop them as soon as
they'll hop any white race as soon as
they think the right times come.
Can Russia be hooked into the ulti-
mate world?
Coordination
It's big enough to be necessary.
There's hope in Washington to the
effect that Moscow and the democ
racies can coordinate.
They can do it, so far as concern
the United States, the British, the
miscellaneous little European coun-
tries, the Free French, the Italians,
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