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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-19
-. l. made the difference .

-. l. made The difference .
Cpl Edward Kolclski 26-ycar-
old marine gave mp amateur box
Ing 20 make machine gun bullets.
then Went over 10 Guadalcanal to
fire thom
As q plcIlI>t be won the anna
tour championship IN ms weight
division of Akron, .. A q fighter
m tho bigger battle, he won the
Purple Heart when his ankle was
shattered by shell fragments from
a Jap mortar
The laps are the worlds
vorNt shots, Kozeiskl said.
They re not worth a damn at
any distance beyond 20 wards,
hut they really know their stun
in camouflaGe. That's why they
were able 10 get that close
ko1cIski is on SICK leave for 20
daN> from 4 San Diego hospital
having suffered "A dozen attacks
oLualara lie u.s. visiting his wife
and 5-tUaI-old daughter Al thcn
home b}-S iuIcc
l saw the laps in attack and
saw their fake surrcndcrS.
be- a0 They would send out
an advance group holding aIoft
a white flag Behind them the
machine gunncrS waited When
our men moved up 10 take them
prisoner. the devils would open
fire and NOV down their own
men as we'll A. ours.
= he's knew the trick, but
We stopped en- when they tried
Ga penetrate our lines at night
hN adopting passwords i'm which
the letter a. appeared They
just couldn't pronounce them"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-19
Warned Of Home Front

WASHING TON. June IS
President Roosevelt To-Day " a 5
called upon by Rep Otter RI Of
Pennsylvania 10 divorce himself
long enough from I'm, ambition
for a fourth term 10 deal rcaliSt-
Icaily with the situation on the
home front.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-19

HOLLYWOOD, June 1s INS)
While Charlie Chaplin honey
noOned somewhere in central
California with Oona O'Nelll, his
fourth 'teen-aee bride, OPA Of
Ticials today launched an inquiry
INTO how he managed his motor
rip under gasoline ratloning.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-19
JAW SOEOHalOnS Hero
Blasts Arms Strikers

Sworn in as a life member of
the UAW-CIO. Michael G. Marty
injured Guadalcanal hero. today
criticized fellow Go members
for a strike which recently Grip
pied a war plant
Marty. second class fireman.
has received A Purple Heart eta
ton along with SIN other medals
since Joining the navy last Sep
temher. lie addressed members Of
UAW-CIO EOS last night at -l23
Gratlot.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-19
Photo By international News Pilot

Samuel Leask Jr., southern
California OPA director, said he
was checking assertions that the
Chaplin wedding encourage had
sped toward Carpenteria (Cal)
for the marriage at an So-nile-
an-hour clip.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-19

tainly we need the tools to tight
with. "
Marty, - an Eastern HIEh
School graduate. SAID he was
proud 10 learn on his return from
the fighting zone that his brother
George, IS, continued making war
equipment While other members
Of his union we're on strike.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-19
Extra Gas Given
15by BrigIid' S
BoardUnderFi Fire

OPA today is Investigating Is
persons in addition 20 Traffic
Judges George r. Murphy and
Thomas r. Mahcr. who got Spe-
clal gasoline ratinnS from Board
S2-6 while Thomas j. BriClia.
teAmStcrS' union lAFL) official,
was chairman.
Harlan p. CriSty acting chief
rationng attorney, admitted to-
day that the - names had been
turned up m an audit Of the
boards records following the dis
charge Of BriEiIa june 10 for
irregular issuance OF gaIOllne
ratlonS.
II have notified all Is 10
appear before me for question
ing" CriSty said, but can't
make their names public until
/ hear what they have To say"
Eight OF the IS have already
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-19
PUZZLED BY STRIKE

Fighting marines and sail
ors on GuadalCanal just cant
understand Stoppage Of war
work while they are giving their
lives to protect those who are
supposed to producing" Marty
told the group after BENG
sworn in as an honorary life
member
They might have grievances
hut It il no reason tu cat oft
the production of war supplies,
he added Certainly they need
us out there fighting. And GER
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-19
THAT WAS DIFFERENT

10 " 80 800
CrlSty- was reminded that tho
OPA legal department had shown
no such fine feeling for the pro-
prlctlrs SIX weeks ago when II
announced u was calling IN for
examination 80 representatives Of
the transfers union tAfL)
alleged 10 have mlSuScd rauOned
gasoline IN Port Huron.
That case was different" he
claimed The union officials
had been Investigated by our
OPA Investigators"
Crietv refused 10 say more
about the IL unidentified rcCipi-
entS OF special gasoline rarons
except that some Of them were
ration board officials
Judge, Murphy and Mahor APP
poared IN CriStyS Office shortly
after noon Yesterday. They came
20 explain their possession NJ G
ration books good for three
months driving A. the rate Of
go miles a month and issued by
Board s2-6 while Br.gAa was
chairman.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-19

\ real campers tent-buiIt for comfort
the kind that makes camping a JOY. Full
standing room in the center with room for
two cots The entrance has a bobnette
screen and screened window. Strong, double
stitched construction. With poles and stakes
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-06-04
TAX INSTALLMENTS
MUST BE PAID

Bills from the United States gov
eminent to income-taxpayers through
out Montana are being mailed from
Helena now, the number being ap-
proximately 10000.
The passage of the necessary tax
legislation in Washington has been
delayed so long and so many changes
suggested and debated that there is
some confusion in the minds of a
great many income-taxpayers and the
bureau in Washington and Lewis Pen
well, the Collector in Helena, are lay
ing all the stress possible on the fact
that he income tax legislation already
passed or pending will make no differ
ence whatever in the installment to
be paid on June Is. No matter what
taxes the taxpayers will be relieved
from paying in the future, it will not
affect in the slightest this payment
to be made on June is. We are urg-
ing all to make their payments on
time, that is, on or before June Is, to
avoid the penalty and interest
charges.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-06-04
new FEPC HEAD
ASKED FOR
CONFERENCE

Congratulating Rt Rev. Monsignor
Francis ]. Haas on his selection as
chairman of the FEPC, and offering
its full cooperation in enforcing Exec
utive Order 1902, the Workers De-
tense League has requested that he
call conference of the nineteen or
ganization leaders who met with Gov.
McNutt and Attorney General Biddle
on February 10Th at the Presidents
request.
The WDL further urged Father
Haas to retain the present members
of the FEPC, and to order the railroad
hearings to be rescheduled immediate
~ These hearings, which were
scheduled for January 25 and pre-
pared to expose long history of anti
negro discrimination in the railroad
industry, were postponed indefinite
ly" by Manpower Commissioner Nc
Mutt when the FEPC was placed I'M
der the jurisdiction Of the War Man
power Commission. This postpone
ment has led to complete suppression
of the hearings.
Father Haas is the third chairman
of the FEPC in its two brief years
of existence. Mark Ethridge, pub
Usher of the Louisville (Ky) Courier
Journal, was the first The second
was Malcolm MacLean, who resigned
in the midst of the turmoil created by
the cancellation of the railroad hear
ings.
Father Haas has had long history
as labor mediator, and has also
served as member of the National
Labor Board, the Labor Advisory
Board of the NRA, and the Labor
Committee of the WPA. He
is Dean of Social Sciences at Catho-
lie university.
To keep berries, cherries and grapes
Liptop, store in a shallow tray in a
cold place. Wash just before using.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-06-04
WAR CHANGES
BRING firms
UNDER FED. Law

Reduced consumer supply or de-
mand in retail lines is causing many
dealers to seek business or Industrial
outlets for their goods. Formerly ex-
empt from the federal wage and hour
law as retail establishments, such
firms may now be required to pay
their employees in accordance with
the minimum wage and overtime pro-
visions of the law, according to L. A.
Hill, Minneapolis regional director of
the Wage and Hour and Public Con-
tracts divisions, U. S. Department of
Labor
Firms converted to war production
are also subject to federal regulation.
There have been many instances
recently where such employers, not
aware of their position, have unwit-
tingly permitted backwage liability
to accumulate" Mr.. Hill said.
The retail establishment exemption
is not available to firm whose non
retail sales exceed 25 per cent of its
total dollar volume of business. In
most cases applicability of the exemp-
ton may be determined by analysis
of the semi-annual record of sales of
the establishment. The dates jan
uary 1 to June 80 and July to De-
cember 81 should be used to deter
mine whether during each such g.
month period substantial portion of
the selling of the establishment was
For purposes of enforcement the d.
vision considers as non-retail ~ sale
of an item at a discount and in guam
tity greater than a normal individual
CONTINUED on Page Two)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-06-04
PATTON FIGHTS
ANTI-LABOR :


NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. G. Patton
president of the National Farmers I'm
ion, has sent the following message
to the president of the senate, the
speaker of the house, and the majority
and minority leaders in both houses:
1.-THE National Farmers Union, an
autonomous and Independent organi-
cation of working farmers which for
40 years has consistently stood with
labor against those who seek to d.
vide and exploit both labor and work
ing farmers, is opposed to the Con-
nally BILL the Smith bill, or any COM
bination of the two that, while pur-
porting to give the President and Com
mander-in-Ch additional power al
legged to be needed to insure con-
tinued production necessary in war,
is in fact wholly unnecessary dupli-
eating legislation insofar as the Presi-
dents war powers are concerned.
1--WE deem it significant that this
legislation has the support of the out
standing labor-baiters of this country,
of men and groups who are always in
favor of shooting workers out of the
plants, breaking their unions, and
shooting them back into the plants
on the employers terms.
"The effect of such legislation
would be the destruction of collective
bargaining, the weakening and de-
struction of union organization, and
the substitution of force in the han
ding of labor relations. In the past
10 years, management and labor have
made great progress in solving COM
mon problems by orderly negotiations
rather than by spies, tear gas, picket
lines, lock-outs, strikes, bloodshed
and, to put it in legal language, OBJ
5truction of interstate commerce. Be-
fore and after Pearl Harbor, manage
cooperation in war produc-
ton, manpower, and transportation
have, on the word of Donald Nelson,
CONTINUED on Page Three)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-06-04
MONOPOLY
BEHIND The
farm BLOC

The 1910 census of agriculture re-
ported that the selling price of land,
exclusive of buildings, of the 264, 225
all farms-was $5.104 million, nearly
a quarter of the land value of $1,000
farms.
The selling price of farm land has
increased about 1870 in the past three
years, because of higher prices for
farm products, SO the land of these
farms is today worth nearly six bill
lion dollars
The selling price of land of one
twenty-fifth Of Americas farms, is
about one-third of the assessed value
of land in thirty-two major American
cities, with a total population of tens
of millions, almost three times the
assets of the United States Steel Cor
poration, with its $4,000 stockhold-
ers, and about one-sixth of the selling
price of all stocks listed on the New
York Stock Exchange.
Buildings on these farms, where
hired producers live and stock is shell
tered, are worth only about one-sixth
as much as the land
These farms, with the nearly 459, 900
farms of 260 to 499 acres, now have a
total land value of about eleven bill
lion dollars-that is one-ninth of all
farms, have about one-half of the land
value of all farms-and the value is
constantly rising.
The owners of these farms get most
of farm benefits, and back the Farm
Bloc
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-06-04
0PA CHARGES
PRICE CEILING
VIOLATIONS

Ten Montana firms are charged
with violations of OPA regulations
including price ceilings, rationing and
rent regulations, and legal proceed
ings have been instituted against the
alleged offenders, according to re.
port of OPA state attorney Russell e.
Smith.
The report also shows that two
Montana firms have refused to permit
OPA investigators to examine firm
records in connection with price cell
ing investigations and OPA has asked
for a court order permitting access to
the records.
Charged with violation of price cell
ing regulations are Strain Bros, Inc,
and Sears Roebuck and Company;
Colgan's Market and Carrolps Market
at Neihart, Montana; Echelard Pros
per of Havre; and Stacey Ayers of
Butte, doing business as the Midget
Creamery
The case against Strain Brothers,
selling agents for Sears, Roebuck and
Company charges persistent hiking of
prices on working clothes above the
ceiling prices established under gen
eral maximum price regulations. The
case will be heard in Helena in fed
eral court.
Other cases listed in the report in
clude two which alleged violation of
rationing regulations with the defend
ents being E. G. Stafford of Great
Falls, the Montana Market, Inc, of
Great Falls.
In addition to the cases already set
for hearing, the report shows that
warning notices have been issued in
So cases in which Investigations had
been made by members of the state
legal staff. Failure to correct prac-
tees warned about may be followed
up by license suspension proceedings
it was stated.
The report also shows that fifty-two
Continued on Page Four)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-06-04
FOOD SHORTAGE
DISCUSSED BY
UNION COUNSEL

Discussing the shortage of food be-
fore large assembly at a Peoples
Lobby luncheon last week, Donald e.
Montgomery, consumer counsel for
the Automobile Workers of America,
called attention to the necessity of
about conversion of agriculture to
war food production.
| His remarks, in part, follow:
1.-THE reason for food shortages and
high prices is us. 1t is true that food
shortages exist because the govern
ment did not get the production of
all that might have been produced and
because it has not properly managed
the supply that was available. 1t is
true that food prices are high because
the government has not kept food
prices down. Nevertheless, we, in
this country, cannot ever place ulti-
mate blame upon our government. If
government performs badly, then we
must accept that result as reflecting
the fact that we, the American peo-
pie, did not want it to perform well.
Government spokesman quite often
mislead the people. This has been
VIGOROUSLY true for two years now
concerning the adequacy of forthcom-
ing food supplies. Through repeated
official assurances which were not
justified when they were made, and
were proven untrue when they ma.
tured, the government has sought to
discharge large part of it's respon-
sibility for our national food problem
by denying that the problem existed
This is still true of many import
ant phases of the food problem. 1t
is still true, for example, that we are
not gearing up our resources for food
production to their full capacity
Thousands upon thousands of smaller
farms are not financed or equipped
to produce the full amount of food
that their land and their manpower
could produce.
at remains for organized consum-
ers, church groups, co-operatives and
organized labor, to take up the cudg-
els for this vitality necessary food
production agency. Our national food
OlliSiolo w liCbiC iiiOl tudn duHllb
they will find use for the agency if
congress sees fit to continue its ex-
istence. Perhaps that is because the
official closets are hung with skele- |
tons Of the same species. The Sec
rotary of Agriculture approved, and |
the War Food Administrator has not
reversed a decision to continue to
grow cotton and tobacco in large I'M
needed quantities, permitting those
crops to absorb land, manpower and |
fertilizer badly needed for additional |
food.
'The superficial reasons for the |
high prices of food are obvious The |
same tender regard for established
practice and vested interest which
holds back about conversion of agTi-
culture to war food production like
CONTINUED on Page Four) J.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-06-04

much of the state and joining
with them, in their opposition
were representatives from Ida
no. The hearing which was
scheduled for yesterday only,
was continued today.
The meeting was opened by Gov
ernor Ford but was presided over by
Col Richard Park, district army engi-
neer of Seattle. Brig. Gen. Warren
corps was also present and partici-
pated in the meetings. discussions.
Colonel Park stated that of all prof.
ects considered, Flathead lake offers
the only possibility of obtaining 3,O00,-
900 feet of water storage in time to
meet the anticipated needs of the
war effort and with a minimum use
of vital war materials.
He stated that while only an addi-
tional 100000 feet Of water are now
expected to be needed for the de-
velopment of power, should it be nee
essary to store 100000 feet, which
would raise the level of the lake to
the 2,932-foot contour line, the area
inundated would extend to about two
miles north of Kalispell The storage
of 100000 acre feet would bring the
lake to the 2,927-foot contour line.
Questioning brought out that the
army engineers estimate of damages
to property by raising the lake to the
2,927-foot contour line would amount
to about $14,75S,000. In addition to
the damages to property, the engi-
neers estimate that the price paid to
the Montana Power Company for the
Kerr dam would be in the neighbor
hood of $10,000,000
General Hannum emphasized that
the Kerr dam would continue to gen.
crate power and might possibly do so
CONTINUED on Page FOurt
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-06-04

dence for two reasons:
First, there is no desire to injure
Extension Service, but instead de-
] sire to make it more effective by
freeing it to become the non-polit-
| ical, educational agency which con-
gress intended that it should be.
Second, because there seems to
be some unanimity of opinio0 in
farm organizations on the impr0pri-
ETY. of agricultural agency employees
participating in activities other than
those specifically authorized by con-
gress.
/ am sure that the National Grange
favors an independent Extension serv-
ice, since its annual meetings have re-
peatedly so gone on record, as our
convention did last November.
The president of the American Farm
mittee, and | quote his words:
Write provision into the appro-
priation bill requiring the discontin-
uance by government employees of
all political activities, lobbying ac-
tivities and other activities except
those specifically authorized by con-
gress"
That should be done, with specific
provisions to prevent Extension Serv-
ice employees, hired either from funds
directly appropriated by the congress,
or from matching funds contributed
by the states, counties or any other
source, from doing private farm or
CARNATIONS work of any type. 1t
should be made effective by requiring
that federal funds appropriated to the
Extension Service of any state shall
be impounded if they retain, and re-
fuse or neglect to dismiss from their
employment, any person who has vio-
lated the law ON the subject.
For whatever help it may be to
the committee, l am filing the draft
of law which was handed us year
or two ago by an attorney to accom-
plish the end sought
| am also filing a table, supplied
to us by the Extension Service, which
shows the source of their funds in
each of the As states. You will OBJ
serve that farmers organizations con-
tribute less than 4 per cent of the
total. For the year ending June 80,
1913, the total is s34,S65, OBS in the
nation, and farmers organizations will
contribute only $1,153,540 of this.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-06-04
PEOPLES LOBBY
OPPOSES GRAB
of BILLIONS

Citing the statement of Asst Attor-
lney General Tom G. Clark, that the
100 great corporations which have got.
ten 1919 of war contracts, have also
gotten "the great bulk of the $14,-
00,000,000 worth of new plants built
at government expense" and that
some of these corporations demanded
and secured the right after the war
to buy and control these new facil-
tiles constructed at government ex-
pense,' the Peoples Lobby asked the
senate committee investigating the de-
Tense program, to investigate these
contracts, and to request the attor-
ney general to cancel all such agree
ments to ALLEVIATE government prop
erty, made under duress."
In their letter the Peoples Lobby
states:
Under their plan, we shall have at
the end of the war a full Pledged fas-
cist corporate state, a fact which the
Dies committee to investigate I'M
American activities chooses to ignore.
This program of American indus
trial fascists, would establish a form
Of industrial demonstrating for private
monopolies.
These great aggregations of capital
have no more legal right to third
degree government, than the police
have to third-degree their prisoners,
whether innocent or guilty"
Hugh t. Fulton, chief counsel of the
Truman committee replied
"You may be assured that your
suggestions will receive the careful
consideration of the committee"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-06-04

committee, now considering
the 1914 Agricultural Appro-
lpriations bill, a special supple
mental statement, including
evidence that many state and
county Extension Service en-
lployees actually work for a
private pressure group al
though paid almost entirely by
taxpayers money. He cited
instances Of use of Extension
Service personnel and franking
privilege in Farm Bureau mem
bership drives.
The attempt made in the house
agricultural appropriations bill to wipe
out regional offices in the Department
of Agriculture was linked by Patton
to the fact that the American Farm
Bureau Federation "has an extremely
close relationship with the Extension
Service.
unable to control some of our farm
programs here in Washington, that or
ganization would like to break the
whole farm program down into state
units, where the organization has
been successful in capturing control
for its own purposes, until such time
as 1t can force or secure controls at
the federal level"
If Extension Services are not freed
from control and use by the Farm Blu
reau, the congress should provide that
Extension funds for such states shall
be impounded by the Treasury, Patton
said He pointed out that, since the
president of the American Farm Blu
reau Federation had already proposed
to the house appropriations commit
tee provision in the agricultural APP
preparations bill, requiring the dis
continuance by government employees
of all political activities, lobbying ac-
tivities and all other activities except
those specifically authorized by con-
gress," and since the National Grange
has long been on record for com
pletely independent Extension. Serv-
ice, it now Seems to us an extremely
opportune time to wipe out the odious
completely"
Mr.. Patton's closing statement be-
fore the committee follows:
Our organization did not feel it was
necessary to gather all available evil