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The people's voice., 1943-07-16

thorities. The products of the mill
are all in great demand by local as
well as outside customers.
Draft Board and USES Intervene
Within a few days following the
lockout a number of the Riverview
by the local Selective Service Board
at Hamilton and made subject to
early call to the armed forces. High
ly skilled men vital to the war effort
in the lumber industry, and indirect
ly in food production, were reported
the local draft board, apparently at
the insistance of anti-union factions
in Hamilton and vicinity
1t is also reported that the Hamil-
Service discouraged the men in eff
forts to gain decent paying jobs else
where, using various technicalities to
hold up the issuance of certificates of
separation that would permit them to
go to other jobs, until such time as
IhCy COulu pOoSlUly TGSullt luSlI Cli-
ployment at the Riverview Manufac
turing Company
Investigation Demanded
Organized labor, particularly in
western Montana, is aroused over the
situation at Hamilton and is demand
ing that responsible governmental
agencies conduct an immediate in
vestigation. Letters have been sent
to Governor Ford, the West Coast
Lumber Commission, the War Produc-
tion Board, the War Manpower Com
mission and others.
A strongly worded resolution pro-
testing the lockout and urging the
West Coast Lumber Commission to
take immediate action to bring about
a reopening of the plant for the pro-
duction of the materials essential to
the handling of necessary foods, has
been passed by the Central Trades
and Labor Council of Kalispell and
The resolution has been
sent to the War Production Boards
in Helena and Washington and to
Governor Ford with a request that
they lend their offices to remedying
the condition.
The people's voice., 1943-07-16

Lumber and Sawmill Work
ers Local 1888 and the River
view Manufacturing Company
at Hamilton are parties to the
recent Pine Wage Decision OF
the West Coast Lumber Com
mission, which decision pro-
vides for a minimum wage of
8212 cents per hour with cor
responding increases in all job
classifications.
1t is reported that V. H. Lagerquist,
manager of the Riverview Manufac-
turing Company has resisted all eff
forts of the union to gain compliance
with the directive order of the com
mission, which commission is an ex-
ecutive arm of the national war labor
board in the lumber industry
Union Continues at Low Pay
Members of the union continued to
work under the very low minimum
wage of 48c per hour for several
weeks following the issuing of the
directive order and were paid the last
week of their employment on the
basis of 60c per hour minimum, as
the employer voluntarily raised to
that figure, apparently to meet local
competition.
Men Locked Out by Boss
Action against the employer under
section 1926 of Montana Laws, known
as the Logger's Lien Law, was finally
commenced by "a employees in an
effort to collect the wages directed to
be paid them by the West Coast Lum-
ber Commission
On the morning of June 21st, the
were refused further en-
ployment and the plant, which manu-
factures badly needed butter and
cheese boxes, berry crates, ETC. was
closed down without any explanation
being made. All efforts of the union
and other interested parties to get
production again under way have so
far failed as the lockout continues.
1t is reliably reported that V. H.
Lagerquist has had several offers of
financial aid to keep his plant operat-
ing until such time as the wage con-
can be settled by proper au-
The people's voice., 1943-07-16
MILLIONS ON
SUBSTANDARD
WAGE LEVELS

KNOXVILLE, Tenn - Almost 16
million American families and individ
uals have a weekly income of less
than $4,000.
This statement was made by John
w. Edelman, CLIO liason officer to the
OPA at the Tennessee State CIO con.
vention here
Millions of American workers are
making less than $4,000 a week." ac-
cording to the best government fig
ures.
"That includes four million retail
workers who average $24.79 a week
and more than 1 Il million textile
workers who made $27O6 a week dur
ing February. In fact, many work
ers involved directly in war produc-
tion make less than $40 a week in
cluding inovertime. Chemical and
allied products averaged exactly $38
a week in February"
''In one industry, a recent study
showed that earnings were so per
cent above those in August, $780,
he said. Since the cost of living has
risen only "a per cent according to
official figures, that meant that the
workers were theoretically 26 per
cent better off than they were. Even
assuming that these figures are ac-
curate, those men are now working
two to three days a week more than
they used to. That means that half
of their extra work, day and a half,
goes to pay for increased prices"
Edelman, nationally-known leader
in consumer and housing fields, stated
that problems of wages, prices, profits
have not yet been tackled as part of
an all-round program
Profits are still rising, official esti-
mate that even after taxes, corpora
tion profits this year will be 13 per
cent higher than in 1912. In the food
industry, net earnings for the first
quarter of 1943 were 27.4 per cent
higher than for the same period last
year"
ANY attempt to secure economic
has to stabilize prices
and profits and salaries of corpora
tion officials, as well as wages" he
The people's voice., 1943-07-16

whether an engine failure resulted
from faulty engine engineering, ma
terials, maintenance, or inspection.
"5 More than 25 per cent of the
engines built at the plant have con-
sistently failed in one or more major
parts during a 3-hour test run.
"6. Spare parts were shipped with
out proper inspection. In fact it was
entirely possible to have parts go out
as spares with no inspection at all.
Since these parts came from the same
stores as those which were built into
engines, it is reasonable to assume
that they would be defective in about
the same proportion.
81. Records furnished the commit
tee by the Army Air Force as being
complete show that while this plant
has been producing engines since
1941, it has been impossible, so far,
to complete successfully a required
150-hour quality test OF three such
tests run, one engine failed in less
than % hours, the second in less than
33 hours, while the third completed
the full run. The latter, however,
was in such condition at that time
that it was considered definitely un-
At the close of its report, the com
mittee states: "The committee is of
the opinion that the Lockland plant
is glaring example of the concentra-
tion of contracts in large plants with
management trying to
get out large production on fixed
price contract and ruthlessly slashing
quality to maintain production and
schedules in the face of excessive
production costs caused by poor man
agement"
The people's voice., 1943-07-16
PRESIDENT
SPANkS The
SCRAPPERS

Creating new agency, the Office
of Economic Warfare yesterday the
President relieved both Vice President
Wallace and Banker Secretary OF
Commerce Jones of all of their re
sponsibilities in connection with for
eign economic warfare and the pur.
chase of stockpiles of strategic war
materials abroad
In doing this, the President dis
solved the BEW headed by Wallace
and with about 1000 employees and
removed from the control by Jones
all subsidiaries of the RFC to handle
foreign purchases and imports which
have been so built up by him, and
which APPARENTLY have been most lib
eral in their dealings with "big busi-
ness" in foreign countries.
The boss of the new agency and
its mammoth operations is Leo T.
Crowley who has accepted the ap-
pointment. He has been alien prop
erty custodian up to this time
In notifying Vice President Wallace
and Banker Jones of his action, the
President stated that his intention
was not to decide who was right,
but that it was prompted by the nee
essity ito clear the decks and get on
with the war at once To do this,
requires fresh start with new men,
unencumbered by interagency dissen-
sion and bitterness" He stated that
cooperation between the two in the
program of economic warfare could
apparently not be carried out
The President also sent a letter to
all department and agency heads tell
ing them that if they air interdepart-
mental disputes in the press, he will
expect them to send in their resigna-
lions Immediately.
The people's voice., 1943-07-16

Testimony taken in sessions The committee states that
report the favorable and the least critical that the
committee render and at the time fulfill its duty to
the senate and the public"
first received complaints in January
this year from Army inspectors though Army inspectors
according the when the committee finally went to
Cincinnati to hold its sessions and take testimony
mbued with IAN undue regard for the webeng of the
Wright Aeronauca Corporation and too often seemed to be
by desire protect the and its interests
The people's voice., 1943-07-16

announced. Before making trip,
motorists must apply to their ration
board for written authorization stat
ing the starting point and destination
of the trip and dates on which it will
be made. Authorization does not give
the motorist an extra ration of gaso-
line.
AGRICULTURAL JOBS FILLED
During May, the United States EN-
ployment Service of the War Man
power Commission filled 1,005, ,489
jobs in industry and agriculture, an
increase of 11.2 per cent over April.
OF these jobs, 297,725 were in farm
work or food processing, an increase
of 1873 over April and 636 over May
1912. For January through May, the
total placements were 1904, an in
cerase of 1884 over the same months
in 1912.
RATIONS FOR SICK
Although the need to conserve ra-
toned foods is great, no hospital pa
TENTS health need suffer, the OPA
has announced. Local rationing
boards have been given authority to
provide supplementary allotments to
meet the dietary requirements of pa
tients in hospitals - whether or not
such patients are on special diets.
FUEL FOR INCIIRArnpc
Fuel oil for incubators, brooders,
and other equipment used in raising
poultry, livestock, or other agricul-
tural products can now be obtained
regardless of the age of the equip
ment. OPA has recently removed
these items from the list of equip
ment for which no fuel oil rations
were previously allowed
COAL PRODUCTION LAGS
Coal production for the first half of
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The people's voice., 1943-07-16

unsavory situation involving the shut down of the River
Manufacturing Company plant at Hamilton, Montana
gained than local attention last week. following in
vesgaon by representatives of the United Brotherhood of
Carpenters the Montana State Federation of Labor and the
Central Labor Councils of Missoula and Kalispe.
The people's voice., 1943-07-16

Falicaon of tests Of engines destruction of records Improperly
odg results of forging Of inspection reports skipping inspection
operations and by these and other selling the de-
ecve and subsandad plane engines thereby eopag the lives Of
fighters charges Ieveed against the Cmts Wright Corporation
the nations second largest contractor by the Truman investigating
committee report made congress- backed by 8 pages of sworn
The people's voice., 1943-07-16

NO GAS TO GO TO GARDENS
Special rations of gasoline for trav-
ell to Victory gardens were discon-
tinued July II, although rations al
ready issued for this purpose may be
used as long as valid This action
was taken by OPA upon advice of the
Department of Agriculture that gar
dens planted after that date would be
too late to produce enough food to
warrant extra use of tires and gaso-
line in cultivating them.
CO-OPS CAN REPLACE STOCKS
Farmers co-operatives and any 9th
er dealers who sell farm supplies at
cost or at a markup of not more than
three per cent, are permitted to re-
plenish stocks on farmers certificates
on a dollar-for-dollar basis, under a
recent amendment of Priorities Regu-
lation No. 10. Previously, the dealer
could use the farmers certificate to
get supplies only up to rs per cent
of his sales. The amendment enables
farmers co-operatives which sell ap-
proximately at cost to make full re-
placement of their stock.
The people's voice., 1943-07-16
HAMILTON mfg. PLANT
IGNORES Directive OF
WLB: men LOCKED OUT

Company stste H.. n',tter and Cheese Boxes
And Berry efasss fss's' ''ssi:'' siss' omply With
Minimum Wage Decision { WLB, Locks
Men Out; Closing of Plant Endangers Food
Production; Draft Board With Company.
The people's voice., 1943-07-16
CURTISS-W WRIGHT CORPORATION
CHARGED WITH TURNING OUT
DEFECTIVE AIRPLANE ENGINES

Truman Committee Report Released Last Weekend
Accuses Company of Selling Defective and Substandard
Plane Engines by Employing False Tests, By Not
Requiring Inspection Reports and By Various Other
Devious Methods.
The people's voice., 1943-07-16
CAN'T SEND RECORDINGS
OVERSEAS

Discs or recordings containing per-
sonal messages cannot be sent to
soldiers stationed outside the contin-
entail limits of the U. S., the War De-
partment has announced. There is no
objection to sending discs Of personal
messages within the continental
United States.
The people's voice., 1943-07-16
VACATION TRIP FOR MOTORISTS

Motorists in the northeastern gaso-
line restricted area may use their "A'
rations, beginning July Is, for one
round trip to a summer home or other
vacation place, in the absence of ade-
quate alternative transportation, Price
Administrator Prentiss M. Brown has
The people's voice., 1943-07-16

Coal production for the first half of
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Fonda Facing
Paternity

Hollywood. July I4-INS For
the second time in as many months
Hollywood was burning today over
a paternity suit filed In superior
court against one OF the film cap
it1s/celebrities. the latest OF
whom is Henry Fonda. now on
duty with Uncle Sans Navy.
Barbara Thompson brought the
action against Actor Fonda. She
charged that he is the father OF
her baby girl. sharon. who was
born last June 81. The suit did
not identify Fonda's accuser but
merely stated that she and The
actor had never been married.
Coming on the heels OF similar
charge filed against Comedian
Charles Chaplin by his former pro
tegee, Joan Barry. Miss Thomp-
sons action asked 50. 600 monthly
support for the baby. $4,000 hos
pital bills. $4,000 court costs and
$4,000 for attorney fees.
The Chaplin case has been set
aside until Miss Barry's unborn
child Is four months old. when
bloodtests will be taken in an ef.
fort TO determine whether Chap
lin is the father.
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Rider

CONTINUED from Page One)
unwise, discriminatory and uncons-
titutional. y
A good many members OF Cob
gress probably will agree with Mr..
Roosevelt. the same argument hay-
ing been advanced against the rider
before the congressional adjourn
ment when the Senate vainly was
trying to persuade the House 10
abandon H.
Mr.. Roosevelt outlined TO his
press conference yesterday the mes
sage he intends to send to Con
gress when ii Conyenes Sept. IA.
1t will argue that the rider is.
in fact, a bill of attainder, under a
Supreme Court decision holding
that legislation which Furnishes
without judicial trial shall be 50
considered.
Section 9, Article Of the Consti-
tuition specifically states that no
bill OF attainder or eX post facto
law shall be passed"
Rep. Sam Hobbs, D., La, one OF
the few legislators remaining in
Washington, agreed instantly with
Mr.. Roosevelt.
There is no doubt" he told
the United Press, that the rider
is unconstitutional. II provides
punishment without trial and vio-
lates the separation OF powers doc.
trine implicit in the Constitution.
In my opinion this rider is a bill
OF attainder."
Mr.. Roosevelt emphasized that
he considered the rider an en-
croachment by the legislative
branch upon the powers OF the exc
cutive and judicial branches and ex.
pressed the opinion that II, there
fore, was not binding upon either.
He refused to say whether he
would go through the motions OF
renominating any or all Of the three
men to the Jobs they now hold.
But It seems more likely that he
simply would instruct the agencies
involved to keep them on the pay
roll.
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Daily Market Report

sPINACH-No. 2, 1850 bu.
ASPARAGUs-No. l. s1.5O-l.7S dox.
bchs
PARSNIPS-No. I. $3.50 bu.
Rl'uBARB-No. l. CSC doI. bchs.
Fruits
APPLES-Deliclous, fancy, t4.50-S
bu.. No. /. S3.50-4 bu.: Mcintosh
fancy, S3.50.l bu.: No. /. s3-3-2s
bu,; No. 2. Sl.b0 bu.: Northern
Spies, No. l. s3.504: Jonathans.
No. /. $2.75-3 bu.: Steel Reds, fan
cy. S4.5O-5 bu.; No. /. S3.5O-4 bu.
BLACK RASPBERRIES-24 pts.
1915 TOO.
CURRANTS-l6 OTIS, mostly s3.2s:
RED RASPBERRIEs-24 pts. $3.50;
200.
EBERRIEs-ls OTIS. mainly
$500
CHERRIES In too limited volume
TO establish a market
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Municipal Court

Stop street violators received
special attention from police Mon
day and as a result Ave persons
who paid fines for unlawiully driv-
ing into stop streets were Milton
Schwartz. IS: Edward Agner, 81;
owen Putnam, 81 l.. b. Miller, ~;
and Donald Weber. 81.
Five speeders were also rounded
up in the police net and paid hnet.
They were Clair Jones, $40; Karl
Walter, SIS. John j. Couglin, $40;
Cecil Brown, s.; and Henry Mini
ger. IS.
Persons paying fines on intoKieA-
ton charges were F.. G. Johnson,
SIS; and Irving u. Boyd. SIS.
other persons paying traftic fines
we're Rube Willoughby, -: Doris
Fisher. So: Laura KOSHER Wacker,
50, Beatrice Wright. 81 John
Cruthheld, 81; Alvin Brandvold, 81;
Donald LUX, So. Fifteen persons
paid fines Of dollar each for over
time parking and other minor traf.
hc violations.
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Livestock

Detroit. Mich. July t4-CAT-
TIE: In the steer and yearling sec
ton OF the market. small lots OF
strictly good light steers sold at
l5.40-l5.75, while the rank and file
Of medium to good killing steers
turned at l3.OO-l5Gs There was
also a sprinkling of on color and
low grade little cattle at l09u-l2QO.
Heifer trade was limited to few
head OF medium grade offerings.
most OF which qualified at 1900
1900. All cows sold actively at
steady TO Csc higher levels. 4 few
weighty and matured COWS turned
at 1880 and 1918 but the market
on most common TO good grades
was a lO75.l2OO deal Gamers and
cutters Cashed at S7.50-l0.j0, usual.
~ 500 up Bulls continued to edge
forward in the price scale. Sew
eral strictly good wcighty sausage
bulls made 1850 while the bulk Of
good kinds brought liOO-li.25. on
common to medium kinds It WAS
largely a SI20O-l3.75 market, show
ing the full strength with inferior
lightweights at 9.5U-ll.0o.
CALVES. The few outstanding
head at 100 were In a class by
themselves and the market on
most good and choice offerings was
l6 90 movement Medium grades
again sold from l3.00-l550, with
some merely good kinds at 1900.
and Gull llghtweights down TO
$1,000
HOGS: The practical top at lil0,
although an outside price Of lt20
was reported for n few selected 100
22O FOUNDERS Good aud choice $50
300.lb hogs bulked at l3.S51i10,
while most li0-l60-lb lights and un-
derweights were listed at 1900
1926. Most good sows brourht
l225-l2.50 with few best light
weights 1915. Stays were un-
changed at II 90. generally.
SHEEP. Small lots Of good ma
tive spring lambs cashed at 1870
1900 and few good yearllngs
made 1900. Most Of the odds and
ends OF Gull and common grassy
yearlings qualified at S.00l050.
Common to good slaughter eweI
sold from 5.5O-SOO with culls down
to 400
Poultry
Broilers, 275; capons, 6 pounds
up, 81: under pounds. 27b0;
fowls, 24.60; stays. 20.60. SeeBe,
25: turkeys under rs lbs. $3.50;
Is TO % lbs. 3i10: % lbs up, 1910;
ducks, rs. No loading or unloading
Saturday or Sunday.
Grain
WHEAT--No, ?. $l.62.
BARLEY No. | mailing range,
l45 moisture. $1,000. feeding,
Sl22.
BGGS-White. u. 5. Grade A. jun
hos. 1890; extra large, 46.9'
47c; large, 43la.i5c. medium
i0h.41c, brown 4. $. Extras,
Grade A; large. 45-i5lac; u. S.
Grade b, large, 4lc.
Vegetables
BEETs-No. l, S2-25O bu.
| CARROTS No. |, $l.50.2 bu.
GREEN ONIONS--Fancy. CSC doz
bchs.
FRENCH FNDIVEs-Fancy. 1926 8
Id. box; No. !. $l75.
VEGETABLE OYSTERS-No. !,
90c-Sl doz. bchs.
HORSERADISH-No. ]. 81 bu.
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Housing

Continued from Page One)
banded three times their present
capacity.
3-The ratio OF negro police in
creased to a ration OF one to 10
in conformance with increasing
population and that all-night thea
tiers be protected.
Further, the riot was more or
less spontaneous, said the report,
and was not brought on by the Klu
Klux Khan or by foreign agents.
This in turn brings about the
indictment OF the people of De
troit, both black and white" the
report continued Frankly, the bet.
ter elements OF both races were de.
tached and disinterested in what
was occurring"
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War

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tions of Allied bombers and fight
ers roared over the English Chan
mel early today, apparently bound
for targets in northern France,
following a heavy assault on Ger
many during the night by Raj
bombers. A Nazi news broadcast
identified the night target as
Aachen and claimed 81 OF the
bombers were shot down.
German air raiders retaliated by
dive bombing a town on the north
east coast of England in the face
OF a terrific anti-aircraft barrage.
Considerable property damage and
a number of casualties were re-
ported. Anti.aircraft guns chased
off a lone German raider that ap-
peared briefly over London.
In the Pacific. Allied torpedo
planes and dive bombers dumped
80 tons OF heavy explosives on the
besieged Japanese air base at
Munda. on New Georgia Island in
the Solomons. as ground troops
surrounding the base pressed clos
er in the face OF increasing Jap
resistance.
To the south. Allied naval units
and ground forces broke up an enc
my attempt to land reinforce
ments on Vangunu island. Three
Jap barges loaded with $50 troops
were sunk on the islands north
east coast.
Tough Yank troops battling Jap
ground forces at Enogai inlet, New
Georgia Island, killed 159 hippo
nese, wounded many others and
captured valuable equipment.
Allied bombers meanwhile con.
tinued to pound Jap bases over a
wide area in the South and South.
west Pacific. The heaviest new
assaults we're delivered against
the Villa Airdrome on Kolombang-
ara Island in the Solomons, the Bal.
lale Drome in the Bougainville
area to the northwest. and at Lac
and Salamaua in New Guinea.
Four Allied fighter planes drove
off force of Is Jap dive bombers
and 10 zeros over New Georgia Is
land after shooting down four Of
the zeros, against a loss OF only
one Allied plane.
Seventeen enemy bombers and
Is fighters attacked the Bena Bena
area and Wau. both in New GUM
ca, but both Jap attacks were in
effective.
In Russia, the German offensive
along the 100 mile Orel-Kursk-
Belgorod front appeared to have
begged down completely today, al.
though the Nazis continued to sac
rifice more men and materials in
new attacks in the Belgorod area.
Moscow announced So more Ger
man tanks destroyed and 13 Ger
man planes shot down near Bel
gorod in the last "a hours. making
a total OF ais tanks and 1900
enemy planes knocked out in the
unsuccessful 10 day Nazi Drive.
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Births

Son: To Mr.. and Mrs. William
Nelson. Belleyille, at Boyer Hos
pital, today, weight seven pounds.
1874 ounces.
Daughter: To Mr.. and Mrs. Elm
er King, Wayne, at Boyer Hospital.
today, weight six pounds, FIVE
ounces.
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French
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transfers his authority TO Hoppe
not and steps out OF the picture.
The French admiral has signi-
fled his willingness in principle
10 discuss with Hoppenot the
transfer OF his authority. II no
unexpected hitch occurs in these
discussions, il is believed the
transfer can be made within the
next "a hours.
1t also is hoped that Guadeloupe
automatically will come over TO
the Allied side with Martinique.
though there is some uncertainty
about the situation there. The
governor OF Guadeloupe, NJ. Saurin.
has been threatening TO stand
aloof from the proposed arrange
ment.