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Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-25
I really dent like fighting.
WOULD KArHER EAT

Il don't enjoy fighting at all. 1t
pays well if you can get anywhere
at all, but there's nothing else
about it the least bit attractive
I'm always hearing fighters say
they'd rather fight than eat. Not
me by long shot I'd a heck of Il
lot rather cat"
Jack, now % and father of three
children, jumped into boxing like a
guy coming down a coal shutc He
was in Denver hanging around the
gyms. He spared with the boys,
picked mp a few pointers and said.
"okeh, I'm ready to fight
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-25
Markets at a
Glance
nv uNITTn PRESS

tpf.ks ifreEulafiy lower in quiet trading
fonds irregular. Is governments quiet
fufb sioel,s irregular
Cotton of as much as 81 30 a bale.
Wheat OF ! "a T.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-25
WON 23 STRAIGHT

Apparently he was. He won %
consecutive professional bouts be-
fore he finally blew one. His
manager, Joe Magnone of Denver.
finally told him to head west where
money was greener and grew in
larger denominations.
Chase hooked up with Manager
Johnny Kelloff, of the Lest An
geles-San Diego KelloffS, who does
Jacks business and split one-third
of Chase's ring earnings with
Magnone.
That suits me-" said Jack. Il
get two-thirds, they get one-third.
We all see eye to eye on that
LOST IN DIEGO
Chase won the state middlcWcight
title by defeating Eddie Booker In
San Francisco. Then he lost it 10
Archie Moore in San Diego He
won it back from Moore in San
Francisco.
You get the idea, don't you?" he
quericd. the place for me to fight
my title fights is San Francisco. "
He recently retained his title in a
l5-round title bout with Lloyd
Marshall in San Francisco when the
bout went to a draw. Tomorrow
night he meets Moore again in
Hollywood Legion but the title isn't
at stake.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-10-08
Realism

There is no price too high to pay the destruction of
fascism When that do not only have in mind the
destruction fascm countries but also here IN our
We hear the constant repetition of the phrase
way its desrably batantly pronounced by the
sooges capital industry and their instruments the
roed and never hear word uttered by them IN any
indicating that it has not already attained perfection
What they of course is that they wish preserved with
interference the opportunity to exploit the great mass OF
people without CONTROLS to continue unhndered
privileges of dominating the lives of the American peo-
pie the nequabe economic and social system
We hear comparatively little from source of the
ohe side the American of life brought about by our
present SYSTEM word of from the sources men
toned above
On July 8, Senator LANCER of North Dakota, made a
speech United States senate in which he mentioned some
the things need know and work toward remedyng
He said in part:
DAILY we in the newspapers and magazines that
living in the finest country the world and ugges
lions frequently that does not like this country
that he should emigrate Ireland Russia other
country The boys that running this country do not like
criticism They resent the truth the matter
that shows that have 600 families
that than $3.50 for food 35 cents meal
entire family that 81 girls out of 100 prostitutes
daughters farmers and sharecroppers and
coal and that 69500O boys ignorant and had
education that they could not and not in
Quoted into the army that 100000 people in this country
syphilis gonorhea and that 100000 workers
suffering venereal diseases What tragedy for
who wrap the American flag about them and loudly
claim their patriotism what contrast to those 5000 who to-
receiving salaries of $4,000 of
them onehaf million dollars year. and leading organ
lied fights against paying their share OF taxes while the faith
unable educate their children and whose wives and
daughters often become prostitutes because they have not got
enough to eat and wear
Corrupting the Elections
"The men control the newspapers and the radio the
contribute millions of dollars to couptng the cleo
every 000 600 being spent for the Demo
Republican last Presidential election alonedread
power the farmer the aborng the small business
They that they will unite and vote together They
spent 5 in the last election to keep them divided
keeping them divided they could raise the price
of the farm machinery and those things that
they these people must have they could get their $685.
100000 back again and the election would cost them nothing
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-10-08
Figures Don't Lie But

Despite the COMMANDMENTS Chiefs repeated calls for
unity in the face of the enemy and his warning
against attempts to divide farmers and workers. the na
ZIONIST forces have served notice that they intend
their antisubsidy efforts into antiabor campaign They
launch attack upon labor just the time
when second front is imminent in Europe and when the
Hearst urging separate
with Nazi Germany instead of unconditional surrender
Under the ttle steel" formula, rates have been
frozen May 1912 and increases equal
stimulate production be passed upon
the War Labor Board Out of 5000 that handled the
WLB reported that only had affected selling prices and
these cearcut 1t concluded that have mot
added percepby either directly indirectly to the cost of
living burden of the American people,
O'NeaI for Wage Roll-back
Completely ignoring such sober findings by government
agence the ONeaSmth boys uggle figures like circus per-
formers and then conclude
wages rather than prices should be rolled back and
is the uninterrupted climb of that is SCATTERING
the sterilization lne"-Official News Letter
Farm Bureau Federation, August 10.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-10-08
The New Tax Bill

definite legislative proposal retail
has been introduced there ample evidence OF under
activity by the usual groups to saddle upon the low
income groups.
M L. sedman chairman of the New York Board of
has urged the committee holding hearings Run
ming he has suggested Vctory Sales Tax
and he is of the rne oue common among organizations
the kind of which he the head who to their own seh
ends would cloak his wolfish designs in patriotism.
suggestion many supporters in the
In the Byrd of Virginia be counted OF
the sawar support of the sales tax proposal with or with
out the patriotic designation and in the lower house. Taber
of New York will be found the leadership of the proponents
for the iniquitous measure
When the new tax bill reaches congress,
will be interesting to note who, of all of the members will
raise his voice in proposal for seeking tax money where II
be most readily found in the excessive profit accumua
lions of the great industries.
At the hearings before the house ways and
the proposal repeal revise the law curbng prof
its through renegoaon of contracts the effort being made by
ruthless profteers Undersecreary War Robert Patterson
divuged interesting figures in regard to profits being
made.
Patterson estimated that if the war lasted through 1914
the scale of production industry will have
cumulaed postwar of O0OO00 and that this
did include the billions of dollars in plants built by
the and which the contractors have OPP
ons did include the insurance provided by the pres
ent tax laws for refund of normal taxes they should lose
money after the correspondent who had
made study of the possibilities has estimated that the
with these features added will be $7OO00 100000
Added this amount it may be suspected should be the
hidden taxation by the connvance of crafty legal
minds directing accounting One of the obvious methods
escape indicated by Patterson in his statement of tire
mendous increases in salaries OF corporation executives ha
increases from $4,000 and $4,000 to $4,000 and
100000 ga very common thing.
Willy war industries with the willing assistance of the
roed press will publish reports of the comparative low per
cent of net profit they make certain contracts But
business the profits made when figured their
total capital investment tell different stories
immediate question in regard to proposed taxes would
be going to permit group of IN
dustra organizations build and exempt from tax
alton tremendous from profits at the expense OF the
public future security in the making of still more
profits while the of the little people threatened by
taxation the point where they will suffer from lack of food
shelter and clothing?
Will that be following the program of the Atlantic
charter?
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-10-08
Big Business Advertises To ''Cyp"
Uncle Sam

is likely that the of the
Interior motives back of of the big advertising pro-
in newspapers the radio YET there pur-
In nutshell the object to deprive the government
of an opportunity to collect taxes excess profits.
Here is how it is done: Advertising deductibe
pense before income taxes paid. Simple, isn't it.
But why ask-in of the shortage civilian
goodss there any advertise now? There only
limited amount of canned goods available and consumers
them to buy.
Big business is spending of thousands of dollars
meaningless advertising because this money be deducted
from gross income expense.
The Wall Street Journal estimates that the adverts
ing bill this year will reach least billion dollars In
other Words SIS Is for every man. and
child in this country
The newspaper ads don't make the goods, which
better But big business would much rather
and the radio industry than
pay it to the government in profits
Regardless of how looks at it, the net result that the
is financing the advertising campaign If the big
business interests didn't advertise, they would have
much of the So 600 to the But will they
that The no. They would rather pass the
burden the farmers and the workers. and all of the little
fellows.
AS for another angle on January l. 1914 the average
American figure that he helped pay for this bill
For family of four it amounts to $6O72 Yes,
602 which you paid but for which you received absolutely
nothing return except lot of newspaper advertising
nice displays magazines and bad radio programs
AS long is searching for ways and to
additional why don't they tackle this problem of
unnecessary advertising which needed It's time that
big business stopped "gyping" the government
The government needs the money. We don't need the
Advertising Wisconsin Union Farmer
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-10-08
Cannett's Gutter Press

Are state educational funds going be used to finance
and extend Gannetts gutter press?
Not long announced that Frank E. Gannett had
added the Bnghamton his string of newspapers 1t
has light that the bought by Cornell
University and then leased Ganne for 20 years Gannet
chairman of the committee of the Cornell Board
of Trustees and such key position its funds The
Bnghamton Press deal indicates that Mr. Ganne probably
with full consent of his fellow board members using the
funds of the university finance and extend his private
publishing business.
Gannetts publishing business is his private
every Nowhere Gannett paper conducted
public Instead every of them used forward
that those private k dskes nmica pub
Ganen active promoter of fascist propaganda and
When Gannett threatened to get the book
the publishers stated that the facts had been carefully
checked and for Mr. Gannett ahead The suit has
been started and Under Cover last week passed the
Of the list of best selling books.
Besides this kind of acit partnership exists between
such far morganzaons the League and Farm Bureau and
Cornell The releases of these organizations cleared
full in the Gannett papers The farmers of Broome Della
Chenango and oga counties who have depended
the semibera Press for their going nothing
but infusion of eLague Cornell Culture from with
Mr.. Gannett furnishing the fascist overtones.
is idle of Mr. Ed Babcock talk of the Press purchase
investment 1t is obvious that the purchase made
advance the political and financial interests of the clique
running the university clique which is hand in glove with Mr.
Gannett, the League and the Farm Bureau.
The Press deal may be legal But officially it is pure
Defender.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-10-08

sources of the farmers of his state.
Nobody thought that this box car
discrimination could be broken in
time to help much this fall 1t was
thought that we would be lucky if we
had that old order No. 10 in the ash
can by next year. Now it appears
that the Association of American Rail-
ways in league with the private grain
trade, is not just as strong as it
thought it was. Certainly!-it pulled
fast one" but there were fast field
ers in the outfield who have pulled
it down.
AS for the private grain trade, it
is bit jittery over the Canadian gov
ernment's closing of the futures mar
ket" in Winnipeg and in the govern
ment increasing to slips bushel the
price of wheat which the private
grain trade had been buying at
$1.2019. There is a repercussion in
the U. S. markets and the price of
wheat, held to the loan value or a
cent or two over or under, is now in
creased. If Uncle Sam took over the
futures markets here, the price of
wheat might reach full 100 per cent
parity-provided the ceiling on flour
were lifted The private grain trade
is in no position to invite that sort of
and may find it prudent
to treat the Coop with more consid-
GRAFTON.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-10-08

sounds like there would. Governor
Moses went down to Washington and
raised a "ruckus" about the destruc-
ton of North Dakota's great grain
crop by reason lack of cars in which
to ship it. Joseph Eastman, who had
previously contacted Mr.. Thatcher,
was sympathetic and an order went
forth to the railroads of the nation to
return to the northwest railroads all
their cars that are now running loose
and wild over the country. He fixed
the quota at 600 cars a day-which is
not plenty, but will be better than
what the northwest has been getting.
Observe now that Governor Moses,
one of the few democratic governors
at Washington, to get what he did.
Which( among other things, indicates
that the governor will go to extremes
in defense of the interests and re-
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-10-08

Similarly Grange Master Goss distributing an advance
ona Grange Monthly in which he suggests that labor its
living standards instead of urging price sterilization.
There nothing in the facts of the to justify acced
ton program but in the next sentence he admits T is
true that there with fixed income who hard hit
by the rise in living COSTS
O'NeaI and Refuted
Both ONea and Goss avoid any mention of the conclusion
arrived at by OPA report issued August g. stating:
'It appears that the real basic rate had remained
substantially unchanged perhaps had declined in
the of the This that the dollar change
in the basic rates offset by the rise in the cost
of living over the period"
trying to make getting rich out of
the the Grange and Bureau spokesman practice
of confusing hourly rates. weekly and factory
payos Since millions of new workers have entered industry
and overtime work has become is absurd take
the percentage increase payros of changes
wage rates
industries would and those already the pay
rolls would additional for working 6 hours instead
of 10. Such proposal however, could hardly be
pected to incentive for increasing production
Goss Pulls Out Rabbits
Mr. Goss states National income has increased over 100
per cent The factory increased over
929 per cent Mr.. Goss makes attempt say what he
by factory workers income whether he is talking
about factory paros and how workers employed
each period He gives for these figures does
not even bother to state what day. MONTH or year he is com
pairing with 1859 base.
The u S. Department of Commerce announced August
10 that the total national income had increased from est
1913 billions in 1912 to LAG billions 1943 based
o rhe second quarter of 1913 After adjusting the fig
seasonal changes the Department Of Commerce
ports Salaries and wages showed increase but
per of the national income both peri
ods despite the fact that abor share of the national
is being distributed workers.
But Opposed $4,000 Ceiling
the that enither ONea Goss supported
the $4,000 ceiling net salaries somewhat surprising
find them avidy interested in rolling back rates
the ow-income groups
Richard Gilbert OPAs research director recently pointed
that workers non-manufacuring industries who amount
1919 of all workers. have taken cut of 80 in their real
earnings January 1941 to March 1943 and drop
Of TO real hourly earnings These not just
e wworkers as chooses to put it. but 1919 of the
otal-or 30,000,000 workers.
Until the Grange and Bureau members succeed in con-
ncng their the farmers opposed to initiation
We can expect to of this statistical sghohand by
loss and O'Nea-Facts for Farmers.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-10-08
FROM EDITORIAL COLUMNS
They Preach Patriotism

Here is lovely story According "Wall Street
Journal the leading bankers planning to Campaign
against too fast reduction in farm mortgages They'll try to
induce bond buying instead That is they will preach
patriotism in order to increase their profits
The Wa Street Journal doesn't put that way but it
does that by paying off their mortgages the farmers have
been reducing profitable bank assets Of course that
sin God-fearng farmer should commit!
So at meeting in Wall Street. the American Bankers
Association through it's agricultural committee will attempt
to put this the farmersWillams County N Da
kota) Farmers Press.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-10-08
C(;o.optis2?als:
F.U.C.TA.,
Battle of Box Cars.
Confusion Cleared.
Gov. Moses Kicks.
Pulled a Fast One.
They're Jittery Now

| The battle of boxcars" which
opened September Is in Washington
| D. c., has now returned to the home
grounds in st. Paul, where it is out
| in the open under the eyes of very
| large and interested northwest audi
ence. Down at the nations capital,
M w. Thatcher as general manager
National Federation of Grain Coop
eratives, had taken up with plenty of
vehemence the resurrection of 20
year old order of the Association of
American Railways, by which local
elevators received box cars (now ter
ribly scarce) on basis of practically
one to an elevator, regardless of the
volume of grain handled by the eleva-
tor That resulted in GTA Coop ele-
vators, which get a big volume of
grain from their patron stockholders,
being plugged early in the season,
while the line elevators were not yet
restricted That was when the shoot
ing started. Mr.. Thatcher told it to
Joseph Eastman, director of the Of
flee Of Defense Transportation and
to officials of his staff and to Senator
Wheeler who is chairman of the SEN
ate committee on Interstate Com
merce. They told him: you have
made case"
Joseph Eastman got busy First he
wired Frank w. Matson, chairman of
Minnesota Railroad & Warehouse
Commission and asked him to suggest
some course of action. Matson wired
back that a hearing should be held in
the Twin Cities at once. Mr.. East
man wired the Minnesota ODT repre-
sentative, S. F. Philpot, to arrange
meeting at st. Paul, where it was
held September 80 in the State Office
building, with several hundred eleva-
tor manager present. The railroads,
the grain trade and the GTA were on
hand for the battle. The two former
protested not to know what the trou-
BILE was all about and to be confused
by the intricacies of the situation.
But at the wind-up, committee was
named to prepare resolution which
would serve to clear up the "confu
sion" and give elevators the cars their
volume of business required
But will there be box cars? 1t
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-10-08
OPINIONS OF
READERS

Publications Of communications
under this heading, does not imply
that The Voice agrees or disagrees
with the opinions expressed. Let
tiers submitted for this department
should be brief and the subject mat
! ter discussed to some degree at
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| held on request.
Mr. Editor,
AS the representative conference
between England, United States and
Russia approaches, is it not important
that the common people of United
States note the representative men,
bership of that board as appointed for
that conference?
In case capitalist socialist opposers
sent from United States-haters of
Russia in fact-and imperial, CAPT
talist opposers are sent from England,
is there not danger of a foundation
for future discord being laid which
may end in conflict and future war
with Russia?
At any rate, can any one doubt that
many serious questions are to be in
volved in this conference and the out
come means much to every nation
involved? Can our people sit by and
trust capitalist politicians to decide
FULLY what means so much to a
nation supposed to be wholly demo-
cratic?
Should the people as a whole take
special note as to membership and
their motive and be prepared to chal-
lenge the outcome, if placing our peo-
pie in danger?
Can we as people afford to enter
another war to maintain IMPERIAL
ISM and DECAYING SYSTEMS of
aggression? E. B. S.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-10-08

From January through July, 1913.
total of 80 new us. tankers aggre-
eating 1,325,500 lightweight tons were
delivered, compared to 81 tankers tot
aling 99S,200 lightweight tons pro-
duced in 1912
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-10-08

The Salvation Army has served 49,
900 allied troops in single week at
its Wellington, New Zealand, railway
hut
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-10-08

Comment: Ach du lieber allmaech
tiger Colt, what comfort to poor
hard-pressed Adolf some Americans
must often have beenI
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-10-08

which weight Comment: Just strait
jacket
brilliant SenineI Russia
before
this heedt is again:
With could death struggle
civilization Russa
determination
destruction
Hiterism this With determination
destruction SIMILARLY
thing dsapproval Russia Granted
neither
destruction political
believe
losophy without destroying Americans?
lenghenng
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-10-08

Comment: Please make your own
comment.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-10-08

From the MIsSoULA SENTINEL,
March IS, 1871:
"Nazi willingness to appease Stain
needs considerable explaining. Ger
tainly it is not fear of running up
against the Red army, which is in
the main rabble. . 1t Hitler fears
anything, from a military point of
view, it is merely that Russian col
lapse would be so rapid that his /.
NAV would burst"
From the MIssoULA SENTINEL,
June %, 1871:
eff there is victory for either Ger
many or Russia the democracies
will have to fight the winner Civ
ilization would gain if they should
fight to the point of exhaustion +. !.
both losers"
From the MISSOULA SENTINEL,
September 8, 1941:
"Some time the United States may
have to settle with the Soviet, but
|. f. when that time comes Uncle will
be in position to command re-
spect in Moscow :. It's the big fist
I. which carries the most weight
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-10-08

Comment: Just put us in a strait
Jacket and call us We.