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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-20

1t was inevitable, but it is unfortunate that initial
attacks on appointment of Edward }. Flynn as min
lister to Australia should have come from Republican
senators.
The question Of Mr. FIynn's fitness for this inn
portont diplomatic post is not and should not be made
portson natter. The sole issue is whether by train
ing, by temperament, by mental cober, by ethical
senstivty, BY demonstrated achievement and recog.
nzed standing in the American community, Mr..
Flynn con be good diplomat.
In determining the answer to that question, one
is entitled to whatever preliminary suspicious may be
raised by the general feeling that Mr. Flynn is being
kicked upstoirs" because, as national ohoirnon he
has become IiobiIity to his chief
He has become q liability in the opinion Of COM
petent political observers because in the conduct Of
national party affairs he did not rise above his poro-
chioI nePotistio background.
He became q liability because Of the Belgian paw
Ing blocks episode A Bronx grand Jury found that
he had no legal liability in the matter 1t did not
onerote him on the ethical charge that complosonty
with no indication Of scrupIes-he permitted city
paid workmen to pave the courtyard Of his country
estote with eity-owned imported paving blocks.
He never asked for the blocks the grand Jury said.
But neither-thoueh he is lawyer Of presumed toll
ent-did he even mildly renoonstrote against viola.
tion Of the law for his personal benefit.
In the Bronx Mr. Flynn rolled up consistent mo-
jorities When his field was broodened he did MOTH
ing effective TO temper party disaster
His public activities have consisted Of three items:
first, his local political chorn'onship; second, his
service as New York secretary Of stote by appoint
ment Of Mr. Roosevelt where he did not s1ne third,
very successful law proctise resting heavily polit
ieol patronage
Are these the materials out Of which hieh-ronk-
ing diplomat is node2
good politician might be trained thereby for
diplomacy. How about one who did not succeed in
any brood field who in his own narrow boiwick show
ed exceptional toIent at making enemies, OF excit-
ing resentment
Will our oily Austroio feel honored to welcome
Ed Flynn, Tomnony politician; as minister from the
United Stotes2
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-20
McKENNY ON
BRIDGE
BY WILLIAM E. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority

Finishing second in the ma
tional open pair championship
will prob b ~ give Harry j.
Fishbein of New York the No. l
rating in Shepard Barclays an
nual Collier selection, as he has
two firsts and two seconds. Mrs.
Olive Peterson of Philadelphia
has also won two firsts and two
seconds this year, but as FISH
bein won the world champion
ship Masters individual, that
will probably give him first
honors.
Here Is another hand out OF
Harry's little black book Most
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-20
JUST SPECTATORS
KANOCu Utah

of airplanes overhead, the warn
ing squall Of auto horns and the
crackle of flames - destroying
the towns biggest store-awoke
residents of this western Utah
village.
1t was no air raid, they learn
ed. The racket was to summon
volunteer firemen.
The airmen2 Just watching
the fire.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-20
GIN RUMMY QUIZ

O. What is "Gin" hand?
A. A hand in which all 10
cards are matched.
@. If player goes Gin and
his opponent then m | d S and
laws off every card in his hand,
which player wins?
A. Player going Gin" always
wins.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-20
TAX HITS BOTTOM

SPOKANE, WASH .-NOt all
taxes are going up. One drop
ped so far at the Spokane coun-
ty court house it stopped the
works.
The man called TO repair the
elevator found someone had
dropped state tax token
worth three mills-down the
shaft. 1t stuck in the starting
mechanism.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-20
NOT MONDAY, PLEASE

SALT LAKE CITY = Mrs.
Helen Swasey hopes it won't
happen every week.
Her washing machine was
stolen on Sunday, returned on
Tuesday.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-20
WELL, YES, BUT

AUSTIN, TEX-A resolution
to require the Texas House of
Representatives to sing one
verse of the song America each
day died aborning.
Opponents said they wouldn't
mind the singing, but House
rules can't be amended by reso-
luton.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-20
CAREER MAN
CLOSE GUARD

SEATTLE, WASH. - Patrol
men M. P. Nelson and Mike
Walsh escorted drunk through
the back door Of the patrol wag-
on.
1t was quite while later that
a pedestrian let the officers out.
They said the door blew shut
and locked.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-20
DENVER. COLO.

DENVER. COLO. - Sale of
horse meat for human consump-
ton would be made illegal under
a bill introduced by State Sena-
tor Curtis p Richie of Pueblo.
His battle cry: Out here we
don't eat EN-, we ride emf
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-20
. BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON

lilS dNSidSc llOIilc NdIlCty VI
Solomon might we'll give an
opinion off the arm of his fav-
orite living room chair that if
the music companies are max
ing more royalties than they are
entitled to, the remedy for that
would not be to pay the must
clans an equal royalty, tw o
wrongs never make a right.
THERE ARE RAMIFICATIONS
Apply that principle to some
other lines of labor and see
where IT brings you:
Should you have to pay IL
cents for your favorite newspa-
per instead of three cents, just
because there are four mem
bers of your family who read
il?
The author of a book gets a
royalty on every copy sold, true.
But he doesn't get and couldn't
collect 1000 royalties on one
copy of a book read by 1000
readers.
A carpenter or brickmason
gets paid once for the work
done in building an apartment
house. Yet in 1000 months, the
apartment house owner hopes TO
collect 1000 rents. Should the
carpenter and the bricklayer get
paid 1000 times because Of that?
BY arguments just as tricky,
Petrillo would have his laboring
musicians collect on every COM
mercial transcription of every
recorded piece of music: In sup
port of that claim he has pre-
vented his musicians from MAX
ing any recordings of new music
or any new recordings of old
music since Sept. 3. and the ban
will stick until Petrillo gets
what he's after, or until he is
restrained by court action or a
request from the President him.
self.
If ever there was one for the
courts, this is it, and as matter
of ( a C (, permission has been
granted the antitrust division of
the Department of Justice to
take the case before the SUI
preme Court. Assistant Attor-
ney General Thurman Arnold
filed suit against fhe musicians
union and Petrillo last August,
but Judge in Chicago ruled this
was a labor case, not an anti
trust case, and threw it out.
It's labor dispute all right,
and one that needs settling
quick and for all.
BIG BUSINESS AGREES
Big business in this case -
meaning the record makers and
the broadcasters - finds itself
in hearty accord with Assistant
Attorney General Arnold. Ar
mold himself is right now at the
crossroads of his turbulent ca
reer. He is the one assistant at
torney general who has really
tried to enforce the Sherman an
THRUST laws not to destroy
business as has so often been
misrepresented. but to permit
absolute capitalism, w h C h is
completely free competition,
without restraint of trade.
Needs of the war production
effort haye stymied Arnold's &C
tivities to large degree. To en-
able competitors to pool their re-
sources for war production, the
antitrust laws have had to be
set aside in over 100 cases. Peo-
pie whom Arnold has investigat-
ed, pros cuted, prosecuted, y
want Arnold himself set aside
permanently. That's why the
skids are being creased under
him now to ease him into a Fed
eral Court of Appeals Judge
ship, succeeding Wiley B. Rut-
ledge Jr., who has just been APP
pointed to the Supreme Court.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-20
. FLASHES
OF
LIFE .
LONG LONG TRAIL

LONG LONG TRAIL
FALL RIVER, MASS. - A
movie fan got in line to buy a
ticket.
But when he got near the head
of the line he found that it led
into grocery store, one that
had butter. He got a half pound.
CAREER MAN
LOS ANGELES - G.. c.
Sperry got $50 after his
evidence convicted a grocer of
violating OPA price ceilings.
We'll, WE'LL unused Mr.. Sper-
ry...
Yesterday he testified in three
more cases land | have about
100 others coming up.
Il decided to become the Jesse
James of the markets. I'm do
ing all right for myself and /
figure it's a real service TO buy
ers.'
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-20

CHICAGO - The manpower
shortage hasn't affected the Chi
cago political field.
When filings closed for candi-
dates for the city's aldermanic
posts. 2O2 names were listed
an average of four for each of
the so wards. Two Of the so
aldermen, however, are unop-
posed. Included among the
candidates for the Feb. % cleo
tons are five women.
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FORCES AHEAD AT 80

3. MOLINE, ILL-William Pas
coe observed his Goth birthday
today at his forge in the Moline
Tool company where he works
40 hour week forging orna-
mental andirons and fireplace
tools in addition to his regular
duties as a skilled blacksmith.
The firms president, c. r.
Rosborough, said that Pascoe is
skilled workman, and he
asks 'favors from no one
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-20

Denmark is one count r y
where poker is outlawed. Well,
that's one way to promote 1t.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-04-30

ORDERS:
lnAndreWs v. Smithson from Cas-
cade county, heretofore reported in
these releases, the court ordered the
petition for rehearing denied after
substituting new opinion which did
not change the result of the opinion
formerly promulgated.
Prepared and Released by:
PETER MELOY, Marshal
Supreme Court of Montana.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-04-30
In Hitler's Footsteps

Thank Heavens Captain Eddie Rckenbacker is at last
out in the where the stupid of recognize
him for what he he tool of Americans
like Adler and Sulzberger of the New York Times who
seeking take advantage of this crush American
labor unions.
AS Dorothy Thompson puts it: although he denies in
words he attacks the basis of organized labor those laws
which seek to bring order and stability to the rights
workers. organized unorganzed; and the whole structure
which makes labor organization possible.
"And for all the faults production, he bames
the workers and blames them exclusively.
"While fighting in Africa and the Pacific,
Captain Rckenbacker organizing their lives for them
their return He is planning that they shall be used break
the trade union system.
"The men in the hell holes doing the fighting not
largely corporation executives They mostly the
American workers
Certainly, when the soldier back to the nation
which he has rsked his life to protect he will demand share
in the wealth of that nation And he certainly won't get
In word Captain Rckenbacker pursuing the
Beno Mussoni and Adolf Hitler Those worthless
financed by the fnanciers and ndusrasts of Italy
many.
We do not know who is financing Captain Rickenbackers
crusade but do know that the elements which
Rckenbacker in this country the elements which made
possible for Mussoni Hitler the vesge
of democracy Italy and Germany and thus the
the most devastating of all wars
Standing by himself, the captain would not be menace
He is dangerous because of his backers.-From Labor
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CONSUMPTION of Labor

Consumption without CONSUMPTION all along the
would be unparalleled injustice yet is about the only
form of conscrpton which hear advocated Various
organizations politicians the years before the used
conscrption wealth. in the of another their
shbboeh but the started these organizations and
breastbeatng politicians have maintained complete silence
these organizations has mentioned it,
occupied himself largely with the Rckenbacker
line No voice has been raised in the
the United States for wealth conscrpon So it must be
considered dead isue at best only demagogic slogan
which may be found useful again, the is
capitalists and ndustriasts would of course dearly
have enact labor CONSUMPTION 1t
all of the possible difficulties with labor and
permit them exploit it under cover of the law.
long labor is free, the workers can bargain sell
their services the employers for what they deem fair
pensation withhold them the employer is unwilling to
demands Thus labor which produces the wealth.
threat to unbrded profits But if labor
should be concrped this threat would be removed and the
profits be completely assured
CONSUMPTION of manpower for armed forces
the protection of country and this with all of its faults
failures of administration is the fair and just But
CONSUMPTION of for industrial with its
ershp industry private hands and for the making of
vate profit cannot be justified.
Let make that people do not countenance
this fascist move
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-04-30
FROM EDITORIAL COLUMNS
I'VE Are Fighting For"

Let what to choose the of the people:
1t first of ALL that not fighting to restore
social economic political systems which knew
before the
A social system in which and dscrimi-
against the basis of class creed color will
be tolerated in the century of the We not
fighting for that social system, and had best begin to dis
card it today.
We fighting for system of vested chaos in which
the people went hungry when there bread We not
fighting for system which could not solve unemployment
provide security for the average
What fighting for is simple We are fighting for
equal opportunity for ALL both in this country and throughout
the world We fighting for economic system which
harmony with modern technology and which will produce
for the not restrict production for the stock
holder.
We fighting for political system which will reflect
the and needs of the everywhere the
world, not those of a privileged few.
We fighting for world in which ordinary and
live in and security and in which the tests
of public policy will be the welfare of the greatest number
These the simple things fighting for and if
achieve them the peoples revolution will have succeeded after
hundred and fifty of stuggeAnoch Review Vel
low Springs O.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-04-30

sened two three ago. evidently the
victed was promptly brought to trial.
The charges according to reports that this
and the others accused had been careless in welding
important parts boats Evil
IDENTIFY the had been working piece work basis.
We know nothing about the except the brief
ports carried the dispatches However it strange
inspectors the posi-
bly, careessness with which the worked and had him
discharged.
But the strangest feature of all is the speed with which
convicted sentenced We have noted that
the officers of great corporations found doing things which
have called reasonable by responsible officers of the
still liberty holding the positions they have
always held Faulty ammunition has been delivered for the
the armed forces faulty steel has been turned OUT de-
berate to circumvent inspection have been
found in by industry Why have not Of the
officials of the organizations found be doing this been tried
and sentenced.
Where does the difference lie?
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-04-30

Dear Mr.. Bruce:
About your amazing bit of red
journalism concerning ut Is Happen
ing Here, answer me just one ques-
ton. When there's a national emer-
gency who is it that is called on to
run our great industries? Our great
est business men, those who have
been trained and demonstrated their
ability to run such complex organiza-
lions. So isn't it logical during this
emergency to turn the farm program
back to someone who is educated to
run it? Please, just during the war,
let's forget everything but the war.
After it's over the dirt farmers can
have their program back, to play
around with all they want to, to ex-
pertinent all they want to with brain
trust pig-killing communistic theories
But during the war let's forget every
thing except raising food-more and
more Let's forget about the various
impractical crops the theorists are in
sisting we raise, and tell the farmers
to raise whatever they can, only dou-
BILE it. In a pinch, man can even eat
WHEAT. After the war let the
dreamers come back-at least Hitler
will be whipped.
M T. across the line"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-04-30
A Fascist Mouthpiece

The Department of Justice should Immediately to
put decisive halt to the fascist moungs of the Rev. Bernard
r. Hubbard known the glacier priest of Alaska.
The people of the northwest have long viewed the actv
ties of Father Hubbard with healthy suspicion.
Father Hubbards campaign of Indictment against our
allies reached all time low in Chicago last week when
demanded that the United States seze Siberian air
be used against Japan
Under the pretext of promoting the against the
satellite in the Pacific this calls country
with the Soviet Union which done the effec
tive job of whiting military and pre-
pairing it for the kill.
accident that this proposal should time
when the Hearst and the nation again
carrying hyserica campaign to divide the and
block possible the carrying of the Casabanca
for the invasion of Europe
The reasonable proposal that attack the Soviet
order to fight Japan blow at the effort that gives
aid and comfort to enemies should be
The New World.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-04-30

through the ballots they elect tell
their hired hands what they want
done
l read The Peoples Voice regular
ly, and | can not see where it ever
advocated a change in our form of
government l advocate changes in
our business system but that has
nothing to do with our form of gov
eminent Can't you see that there
is a difference.
And l also know some millionaires
who are real progressives, who know
there is something wrong with our
social system and that some thing
ought to be done about it, but I'll
admit they are rather few and far
between.
With best wishes,
Respectfully yours,
Farmers Union Live Stock Comm.
CHAS. D. EGLEY, Mgr.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-04-30

grad.
Last but not least is the $3.50 sup
port and cooperation of the civilian
fighters behind the enemy lines. The
home-front considers itself as part
and-parcel of the front line fightinf
force and considers no sacrifice too
! big to help it's soldiers defeat the
enemy.
This is the spirit which will save
civilization in this second World Wal
provided the Allies take advantage Of
tehir opportunities. The mere fact
the Red Army was partly modified al
! the time of the Dunkerque disaster
possibly saved England from actual
invasion, Hitler dreading the thought
of Germany being caught between foes
in war with two fronts.
Another point of vital importance
to the Red Army's resistance was the
evacuation of entire districts indus
tries into Siberia. This was unlike
the Chinese piecemeal and back
breaking evacuation of light industry
but in an orderly, mechanical big
scale manner which would make a
fairy tale chapter in itself The i'm
portance of this vast evacuation can
be realized when it is known that
about two-thirds of Soviet pre-war IN
dustry was over-run by Axis forces
in the first year of the war, and, in
the first big Red Army counter often
sive only two per cent of the equip
ment used was supplied from outside
sources, and that means equipment
used on two thousand mile front.
There was a chance, had the Dieppe
raid turned into a genuine Allied in
vasion, that the Red Army could have
destroyed, or captured near a million
Axis troops by now, troops holding
precarious positions around Lenin-
grad and north Caucasus before Hit
Ter launched his second drive against
Kharkov. The Red Army has, so to
speak, grown up with their arms, fol-
lowing closely Lenin's advice when
demobilized after World Wor l which
was: Take your guns home and keep
them well oiled, you may need them
again"
n AMBER SON
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-04-30

tive The Il need the money argument falls down when
becomes let down by long hours and has doctor which
nules the extra they receive by having
doctor bills.
The efforts of organized labor to shorten the working
hours matter of history and give evidence that
gives heed to the question of fatigue Eghour laws
another indication that 8hour periods offer
the best results far production concerned
At this time when there many calls the energy
the workers. exhaustion opens the door to sickness This
opens the door absenteesm hnders
effort.
We want step up production-not decrease -Seatte
Machinists' Bulletin.
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Butte, Mont, April rs, 1915
So st. Paul, Mimi, April 21, 1943
Mr.. Fred Alter,
Rudyard, Mont.

So st. Paul. Mimi, April 21, 1874;
Mr.. Fred Alter,
Rudyard, Mont.
Dear Mr. Alter:
l have yours of the 18th inst, anC
glad to get your further views on the
important questions we have beer
writing each other about. To have
markets we must have purchasing
power in the pockets of the people
who carry around the empty stom
achs, unclothed backs, etc.
| There is nothing in any of the sug
gestions that you make to keep this
purchasing power In the pockets OF
the people. We have an economic
system that draws this purchasing
power out of the pockets of the peo-
pie, that does not keep in circulation
sufficient purchasing power so the
people can buy back what they pro-
duce. But you do not touch on that
question at all. You do not offer any
solution of that problem at all.
| You object to the 'rice producers
markets being given to Cuba" You
don't care whether the Cubans starve
to death, just so the American rice
producers have a market. You don't
just for a privileged few that you Sc
lect. We can have a market for ALL
the people if we will establish de-
cent social order so that there re-
mains in the pockets of ALL the peo-
pie sufficient purchasing power so
they can buy back what they produce
The same is true of your reference
to the "effect of free trade on the
English farmers. We can produce
enough for ALL. Why don't we adj
vocate policies that will bring that
abundance to ALL, not some special
friends of ours?
You ask me to explain my plan in
detail That is very simple. would
just expand the cooperative move
ment until all business collectively
used is comparatively operated. Then
through the payment of patronage
dividends instead of stock dividends
would keep wealth decentralized so
people can buy back what they pro-
duce. Then you would have no sur
pluses as you now have to bring pan
les and depressions at time when
ALL should be enjoying abundance.
We don't have the SURPRISES be-
cause there is no demand. We have
them because there is no purchasing
power in the pockets of the people
where the demand exists And that
power isn't there because
we have social order that robs the
masses of their purchasing power,
concentrating wealth in the hands of
the few.
But you offer no plan to stop the
the robbery. You think
we can let the robbing continue and |
in some way in spite of that figure |
out way to have prosperity for our
people, if not for others.
And to ask whether by advocating
cooperation l meant some one should |
boss the farmers and tell them what
to do, you certainly show little under
of cooperation. Co-opera-
lion is democracy in it's nth degree.
Annual meetings are held. Nobody
ellis the farmers what to do, they