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Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1943-02-19
MISCELLANY:

MILKING: AS part of the pro-
gram to supply American farms
with badly needed labor to assure
record food production, federal au-
thorities and the University of Wis
consin are cooperating in training
young men of 16 and II years of age
for work on dairy farms. The youths
are recruited from low producing
farms by the federal employment
service and the Farm Security ad-
ministration and given a five-week
education in modern dairy methods.
COMPOSER: America took claim
to great artist recently when Sergei
Rachmaninoff, famous musical COM
poser and pianist, and his wife,
Natalie, were naturalized citizens.
The Rachmaninoffs have made their
home in the United States since 1918,
after departing from their native
Russia.
MINERS: Backed by 450, 900 men,
bers, John L. Lewis will seek Sub
stantial" pay raises for the United
Mine Workers in the bituminous
fields when negotiations get under
way with operators in March. Al
though the governments policy in
these matters has been established
by the War Labor Boards formula
for increasing wages at rate equal
to the rise in cost Of living since
1941, it is reported Lewis and the
miners will seek "$2 day boost"
This amount is in excess of the IS
per cent the board figures represents
the per cent of increase in cost
of living since 194l.
SACRIFICE: Speaking before
throng of aircraft workers in Cali
fornia, Eddie Rickenbacker declared
that no effort being made at home
could begin to compare with the
heroic sacrifices of American troops
throughout the world. Rickenbacker
has also stated that the American
soldier returning from the front lines
will be the most rugged of individu-
ais and will not tolerate regimenta-
ton.
STOPPAGES: Work stoppages in
creased by 301 in England last year
to total of 1921, the labor ministry
reported.
LAST HOUR: "Victory will 20 to
the side able to hold quarter hour
longer than the enemy" Premier
Mussolini declared in an address to
Italian militia.
QUALIFY: In selecting officials
for French North Africa, High Com.
missioner Henri Honore Giraud will
be guided by their administrative
ability as well as their political past.
Many competent men served in
Vichy, Giraud said, without repre-.
senting its ideas in the generally
accepted sense.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1943-02-19

If you're concerned about what
sort of gift to send friend or rela-
tive in one of Uncle Sans
branches of the services, your
worries are over. If he smokes a
pipe or rolls-his-own, the answer
is pound of tobacco. Numerous
surveys made among soldiers,
sailors, marines, and Coast
Guardsmen show that tobacco
ranks first on his gift list. Local
tobacco dealers are featuring
Prince Albert in the pound can
for service men. Prince Albert,
the worlds largest-selling smok-
ing tobacco, is big favorite
among many men in the service.
ADV.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1943-02-19
WAR NEAR CLIMAX:
Saws Finn President

In a statement slanted for the
United Nations, President Risto Ryti
told his Finnish parliament that "the
war is approaching elimination
point" and expressed hope that "the
Allies will understand Finland's posi-
tion," dispatches from Helsinki re-
ported. The dispatches said that
Ryti did not mention Germany,
Finland's ally in the war against
Russia.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1943-02-19
SOLOMONS:
Japs Try again

The Importance of the Solomon
Islands in Japan's scheme for an
expanded empire was forcibly dem
onstrated again when the navy an
nounced another major Jap effort to
retake the islands.
Even the earliest communicates
announced that American forces en-
gagged the enemy in what may be
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1943-02-19
OTHER RATION DATES

Feb. 20-Expiration date for Pc
Rod 3 fuel-oil coupons which
became valid Dec. 20.
Feb. 28-Final date for first in
spection of tires for "B" or &C"
passenger car card holders and
for commercial vehicles.
March 13-Period S fuel-oil cou-
pons, good to Sept. 30, become
valid.
March 15-Last valid date for No.
II sugar coupons, good for
three pounds.
March 31-Final date for first in
spection of passenger car tires
for "a" card holders and mo-
torcycles.
April 12-Expiration date for Pc
Rod 4 fuel-0il coupons.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1943-02-19

be presented at the time of regis
tration and "excess" canned goods
on hand as of February 81 must be
declared. OPA has previously ruled
that each member of the household
may have five cans of eight ounces or
larger on hand at the time of regis
tration and still escape having cou-
ponS removed from the new book.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1943-02-19
WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS
Point Rationing Scheduled for March l.;
Solomons Fit Into Jap Empire Plan
But u. S. Armed Forces Will Not Agree;
Treasury Favors Pay as You Go Tax

opinions they
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1943-02-19
FARM LAND

fADn Aunc Write the THoS. A. BUSEY
THNM LhNUS AGENCY, Chester, Mont,
for listing on grain farms,
stock ranches. Some excellent buys.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-04-02

That the Anaconda Copper Mining Company is willing and
advantageous tremendous maintain their
hold most of the channels of public information in the state
evidenced by scanning the corporation of these pub
fishing companies the under the dominance of the
corporation While the the copper does not
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-04-02
JOBS OPEN AT
PUGET SOUND
Navy yard

The United States civil service com
mission announced nositions open at
the Puget Sound navy yard, Bremen
ton, Washington.
er, blacksmith, boilermaker, electri-
Among those listed were: boatbuild-
clan, coppersmith, carpenter Joiner,
loftsman, machinist inside, machinist
outside, pipefitter, moulder, painter,
rigger, shipfitter, shipweight, sheet
metal worker, toolmaker, and helpers
for all the above trades. Also needed
are caulkers and clippers iron, pneu-
matte driller, foundry clipper, rivet
heater, classified labor Cloth male
and female), pipecoverer and insula-
tor and trackman.
Details concerning method of apply
ing, quarters and subsistence, salary,
family quarters, hours Of work, annual
leave, my be had by writing or seeing
Wallace C. Sharples, special repre-
sentative of the United States Civil
Service Commission, Room 313, Placer
Hotel, Helena, Montana or any U. S.
Employment office
Persons now employed in essential
occupations or war work requiring
equal skills should not apply.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-04-02
MARTIN DIES
mot A VERB
ON The AIR

| Martin Dies has taken to the air
twice in two weeks to apologize for
his committee, beg public support for
it. His method is to repeat over and
over his Axis anti-Comintern line,
right out of Herr Goebbels' book of
rules, and trust to ingratiating oratory
to put it over. 1t is more than mere
ly interesting that in these radio
speeches, in which he does not enjoy
immunity from prosecution as he does
in speeches on the floor of congress,
Dies did not dare to mention single
name. Which is a fine tribute to
his own faith in what he says
wires of support. In the second
speech he reported that he had re-
ceived thousands of letters and tele-
grams" The figure, if correct, sug
gests that perhaps people who oppose
Dies and his un-Americanism made
the mistake of writing TO HIM and
telling him So Their letters would
not likely be read, simply counted as
response to his radio appeal. Don't
write to Dies. Write to your own con-
gresham, or to the Speaker of the
House, to tell them what you think
of the 'so-called gentleman from
Texas" as Secretary Ickes called him
a week or so ago.
In his speech of March 4, Dies said
"Our committee has investigated and
exposed every organization in this
country where there was any evidence
that the organization advocated that
any racial or religious minority should
be denied of its rights under the con-
stitution" Without congressional
and without fear of contra
diction, this can be labelled a plain
Dies Lie.
The Ku Klux Khan, the Christian
Front, Father Coughlin, and any num-
Der of native and foreign fascist or
CARNATIONS operating on American
soil, which Congressman Dickstein
once charged "had the key to the
back door" of the Dies committee,
and which have never been exposed, |
but rather in every case protected by
The Dies committee must have gig
gled when they heard that lie coming |
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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-04-02
ELK CITY COOP
HOSPITAL
THREATENED
Directors Accuse Medical
Politicians" of Trying to
Close Coop Hospital, In
Spite of Supreme Court
Decision UNFOLDING Co-ops.

ELK CITY, Okla. - The supreme
court of the United States, in an his
toric decision early this year, upheld
the right of the people to band to-
gether to purchase medical care
through group health associations and
medical co-operatives. The American
Medical Association and the District
of Columbia Medical Society were
convicted of combination in restrain
of trade under teh Sherman Antitrust
law But the attack on medical CO.
operatives is being carried on under
cover.
The board of directors of the Com
munity hospital here have just re-
vealed that local medical politicians"
have misused their positions on the
Committee of Procurement and AS
signment of Beckham County to draft
key doctors in the Coop hospital here
in an attempt to force the hospital
to close it's doors. Already DR.. Alex
ander Shadid and Dr. Ralph Shadid
have been drafted and Doctor Brewer
committee is still not satisfied and
without consulting the hospital has
declared that DR.. Fred Shadid is
available" and have recommended
that he be drafted. His loss, the
board of directors points out, would
so cripple the operations of the hos
pital that it would be forced to close.
Repeated attempts have been made
by the local medical society to kill the
Coop hospital ever since it was estab
lished in 1881. The conspiracy
against it was so effective that Gov.
w. H. Murray, was forced to step in
to prevent destruction of the hospital
which is owned by 1900 families in
this part of Oklahoma. 'In discrimi-
mating against the Community Hos
pital the doctors are grossly violating |
the trust the federal government |
places in them" the board declared |
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value TO CORPORATIONS
OF kept PRESS SHOWN
BY FISCAL CONDITION

Tremendous Sums Paid for Its Support by
Big Interests in the Form of Subsidies To
Maintain Its Dailies in the State Indicated
By Corporation Reports; Indicates Value of
Development, Control of Public Opinion.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-04-02
SpeCi2!. egiSlative Session Almost Certain
RUTHLESSLY NIGGARDLY
POLICIES OF HOUSE MAY
PROVE TO BE EXPENSIVE:

Board of Examiners Still Struggling With
Problem of Keeping State Institutions
Functioning To End of the Present Fiscal
Year, AS Result of Failure of Lower House
To Consider Needs of State.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-04-02
LUMBER and
SAWMILL WORKERS
TO HOLD meet

The sixth semi-annual convention
of the Montana District Council Of
the Lumber and Sawmill Workers will
be held in the Labor Temple at Mis-
soula Saturday and Sunday, April Bird
and 4th The opening session will
convene at 1920 a. m. Saturday
The decision to hold the convention,
which is a month later than usual
this year, was recently reached follow
ing large favorable majority refer
endum vote among affiliated unions.
Libby in October 1912 had approved
Action at the las convention held at
resolution proposing to hold but
one convention year for the dura-
ton of the war The referendum vote
nullified the economy inspired action
of the Libby convention and readily
indicated that there are many reasons
now existing which merit the atten-
ton of delegates who will attend from
most of Montana's numbering COM
munities.
Delegates are planning to attend
from Troy, Libby, Columbia Falls,
Marion, Kalispell, Somers, Poison,
Hot Springs, Missoula, Bonner, Hamil-
ton, Darby and other Bitter Root Val
ley points. Representative of the
Lumber and Sawmill Workers Union
and the United Brotherhood Of Car
penters will also be in attendance
from several points in neighboring
states and on the Pacific coast, it is
reported. The Montana State Council
of Carpenters and the Montana State
Federation of Labor will also send
fraternal delegates to the Mis- sonia
Lyle Williamson, president of the
host local 2S12 at Missoula, heads the
committee on arrangements. He is
being assisted by Esther Ramer, Dick
Martin and Irene Gillian. A banquet,
with appropriate entertainment, will
be held at the Grill cafe Saturday
evening at z p. m. Perry Melton,
editor of the Treasure State Labor
Journal, has been invited to act as
1t is reported that several locals
have already prepared resolutions and
other recommendations to present tn
the convention. Among matters to
be considered are job absenteeism, Sc
curity for service men and depend |
Continued on Page Three)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-04-02
WHAT'S WHAT
in WASHINGTON
CONTRIBUTED

The biggest and best news of the
week was the defeat by the House
of Representatives in Washington of
the Ruml and Carlson tax plans.
These plans, enormously entitled
"pay-as-you-go" should have been en-
titled "soak-the-poor-and-s
for that is just what they intended to
do. Much has been heard of the pay
as-you-go principle and the newspa-
pers have been full of articles at
tempting to force congress to pass
such plan. These articles have been
extremely misleading in that they
failed to state that the principle of
the Ruml plan was what is termed
''tax-forgiveness" There is no room
here to go into the details, but the
rich taxpayers who sponsored the
plan hoped to get out of paying their
1912 taxes Thus far their plans have
been stopped cold, and it is to be
hoped that no new ideas of this nature
will be Forthcoming.
Ihe INSIDE story OF the maHeuVerlnS
in the Department of Agriculture is
yet to be told When the President
appointed Claude Wickard to be Sec
rotary of Agriculture, Wickard ap-
peared ready to cooperate with the
Farmers Union and other progressive
farm groups. In fact, it was hoped |
that plans to promote Herbert Pa
risius to coordinate agricultural or
CARNATIONS and provide a liberal pol |
icy for agriculture might be carried |
out by Wickard. Unfortunately, after |
a good start, his sympathies began to
waiver, and it appeared that the word
liberal was an uncomfortable cpl
tibet in the halls of the agriculture
The naming of Chester
Davis, former Montanan, can not be
CONTINUED on Page Three) !
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-04-02
COOP CREAMERY
STARTS BUSINESS
LYMAN MANAGER

On March 9th, the Farmers Union
Cooperative Creamery Association of
Great Falls opened it's doors for bust
ness. Farmers Immediately began
rushing cream into the newest of farm
cooperative enterprises.
Howard Lyman of Great Falls, has
been employed as manager of the new
enterprise. The creamery had the
distinction of having its butter graded
so score. The butter is packaged
under the name of Falls Maid" The
creamery is located at 612 First Ave-
S., Great Falls, in a fine modern brick
and tile building. The plant is one
of the most modern of it's kind in the
state. se
George Schmidlbauer is employed
as plant manager and butter maker.
Mr.. Schmidlbauer has had ~ years
experience as butter maker and plant
manager in cooperative creameries
His home is in Minnesota, the state
noted for its fine quality butter Mr..
Schmidlbauer guarantees the quality
of Falls Maid" butter to be unsur-
passed by any in the state.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-04-02
VANITY OF
HOUSE SPEAKER
Is SHOWN
Publications of the Lower
House of the 18th Assembly
Show Slight Consideration
For Economy; 'Embellished'
With Pictures.

| Two new departures" in the make
up of official publications of a legis
lative assembly are evident in the
"Rules of the House" and in the
Final Status of House Bills" by the
28th assembly.
Apparently, the majority of the
lower house was so fond of the
speaker, that they insisted that his
picture be reproduced in the Rules
of the House, published at the end
of it's session, with the names of the
individual members inscribed on the
cover of the book each one receives
as memento This is the first time
that such honor has been heaped upon
a speaker.
The fact that having the picture of
the speaker on one of the pages which
made four additional pages in the
book and certainly added materially
to the expense of printing, appears
to have caused O'Connor, Horrigan
and other self-professed advocates of
economy no concern. O'Connor's phiz
had to be in the book and never mind
the expense to the state. Probably
the feature was suggested by the
ACM lobbyists or by that great cham
pion Of economy, the secretary Of the
Taxpayers Association. Incidentally
it was reliably reported at the time
of issuance of the books that the ACM
LOBBYISTS each received one with his
name inscribed upon it, the same as
each of the members received. Per-
haps quite fitting tribute to these
stalwart assistants and advisors of the
speaker.
LEGATIONS was the annual "Final Status
Continued on Page Four)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-04-02
EFFICACY OF
FARM LABOR
BILL DUBIOUS
Secretary of STU Claims
Extension Service Incapable
OF Handling Farm Labor
Problem AS Provided in
Cannon Bill.

The senate appropriations commit
tee holding hearings in Washington
on the farm labor supply bill adopted
by the house of representatives March
II was told that if the bill introduced
by Congressman Cannon of Missouri
becomes a law few if any farm work
ers will be transported from one area
of the United States to another.
II. L. Mitchell, general secretary of
the Southern Tenant Farmers Union
whose headquarters are in Memphis,
Tennessee told the committee, I'VE
do not believe that the Agricultural
Extension Service is capable of han
ding the problem of farm labor on
a national basis. The Agricultural
Extension Services operates on a
county level. We do not know of a
county agent in the mid-south who
would admit that there was a surplus
of farm labor available in his county
no matter how many workers were
available for employment elsewhere"
Mitchell urged that congress au-
partment of Agriculture of a special
division-ro handle all farm labor prob
lens and that as matter of war time
necessity write into the measure a
provision for establishing wage rates
and housing conditions of workers
across state lines.
The union secretary also stated that
his members and thousands of others
like them feared that they were again
going to be victims of the operation
If the American Farm Bureau and the
Agricultural Extension Services which
ne stated were closely allied. He
asked for permission to insert in the
'ecord brief of affidavits collected
CONTINUED on Page Three)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-04-02

Transfer of title from the Off
GERS of the Independent Refinery
of Laurel, Montana, to the officers
of the Farmers Union Central Ex-
change took place in the Presi-
dents office of the Midland Ma
tional Bank at Billings, Montana,
on Monday, March LIST, 1913.
Shown in the picture are (seated) !,
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-04-02

1, 1943.
They should indicate to everyone
just how much ''uncensored" news
unfavorable to the exploitation by the
powerful interests of the state and
the nation may be looked for and
found in them.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-04-02

Post Publishing Company:
quite DiaIy Post" Butte:
Capital paid in -...-.-,-...$124, 10000
Existing debts 6,251.58
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-04-02

appear Ill dHy VI IIoSo ICpOI 10,
it is common opinion and it has
never been denied, that the
staggering "debts" of these
publishing houses represent
the subsidies made by the cop
per company to control them
and to dictate the policies of
the daily papers published by
them. The debts" admitted in the
reports, if actually owed to any bank
or other commercial institution would
preclude the operation of these COM
panies one additional day, or extreme,
careless optimism on the part of any
creditor expecting to be repaid.
The manner in which these news
papers" arefoperated and the control
exercised over the contents of the
papers was manifested last Sunday,
when a radio speech by the governor
of the state calling attention to the
condition in which the penal and GUS
todial institutions had been left by
the failure of the recently ended ses-
sion of the legislature to appropriate
sufficient funds for their operation
during the balance of the fiscal year,
was completely ignored by the "com
pany press" while the Great Falls
Tribune, independently owned, rated
it a seven column front page banner
head One of the company papers
mentioned the speech briefly in a
small story on it's back page on Mon
day.
We publish below, figures taken |
from the corporation reports of some |
of the companies showing their paid |
in capital and their existing debts |
which all spells funny business:
Montana Record Publishing Com
pany: montana Record Herald"
Helena:
Capital stock paid in $38, 945.o0
Existing debts -.....-....-....-$ 1888, 376.72
Muscular Publishing Company:
"MissouIian," MissouIa:
Capital stock paid in $50, 10000
Existing debts ...-...---..-..----- 81, 066.47
Independent Publishing Company:
"HeIena Independent" HeIena:
Capital paid in .....--.....-.-.-...$75 100000
Existing debts ...-...-.......--$21 10000
Standard Publishing Company:
montana Standard" Butte:
Capital paid in ------.-.-----$1 100000
Existing debts .......,..--.$ $685., 017.13
Post Publishing Company:
"Butte Dialy Post" Butte:
Capital paid in -.......-.....$124, 10000
Existing debts 6,251.58
These reports were filed on March
1, 1943.
They should indicate to everyone
just how much ''uncensored" news :
to the exploitation by the :
powerful interests of the state and /
the nation may be looked for and
found in them. (
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-04-02
MONTANA'S
House of Lords
BY C. J. CARLSON

During the legislative session just
passed, this column took occasion to
demand that the legislators give care
full attention to the needs of the state
| institutions such as the State Hospital
and the State Industrial School and
Orphan Asylum. 1t was pointed out
on numerous occasions that the blocs
and cliques controlling the legislature
were doing a great deal of harm to
the state, and they must be overruled
if lasting damage was to be avoided.
Unfortunately, only few legislators
fought for higher appropriations, and
our institutions were sadly neglected
AS a result it now seems quite GER
tain that the governor will call a spe-
cial session of the legislature. This
will cost the state a good deal of
money. Unfortunately, it appears
that the state institutions will not
have enough money to carry them
through until June 30, 1913, and a spe-
cial session is necessary to provide
sufficient funds.
The House wrecking crew consist
ing of Representatives Horrigan of
Granite county, Dillavou of Yellow
stone, Williams of Yellowstone, O'Con-
nor of Carbon, Dougherty of Powell,
and Arson of Beaverhead, are respon-
sible for this situation. Upon their
shoulders must rest the blame for the
predicament the state is now in, and
it is to be hoped that if special ses-
sion of the legislature is called, these
men will not continue their tactics.
Last week the governor of the state
gave a radio address in which he
called attention to the desperate con-
dition of institution finances. He
pointed out how inmates Of the State
Continued on Page Four)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-04-02

The financial condition in which the state
buttons left by the failure of the lower house of the eg
atve assembly to provide sufficient funds for their operation
the remainder of the fiscal which by The
Voice in its of March II in which suggested that
special of the state legislature might