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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-02-12
Why Discriminate?

The Montana supreme court ruling that the APP
pointed by county of Garfield county the
state senate to fill the of Charles Mahoney not
the office undoubtedly meets with general approval
authorities would him urlough to make possible
perform the duties of the office to which the people
his county had elected him. But this fact did not vacae
the office
Following the rendering of the supreme court decision
motion passed by the senate the name OF the
the senate providing that Senator Mahoneys name be
added to roll call but with the provision that he not
to be paid the per diem unless present
Why this about per diem for Charles Mahoney?
In the 1887 session. the present lieutenant then
Senator Eaton attended of the state senate
was Helena for single day. yet the senate paid him
mileage Billings to Helena and return and diem for
every day of AS matter of fact he not
even in but in California during the session. and
never travelled one mile the official business of the assembly
as senator apparently this pompous stooge of the
privileged groups of the state had to ask for the
money Anyhow, he got and probably helped his enjoy
ment of the tabled California sunshine during the winter days
of the session.
This is intended argument that the state senate
should nav mileage diem to Charlie Mahoney when
he isn't here to fill office We believe that he would be
the last suggest such action and the senate sent the
money would But the action taken
by the senate the implication that he might make
demand for mileage and per diem and therefore the action
was taken to foresta any possibility of paying him. The i'm
piled meaning the action of the senate injustice to
Senator Mahoney
Perhaps if he of the stripe Eaton and "went
along with proposals of the special interests he could be
summing the beaches of California and draw
services were that stripe the senator who made the
deny him diem would probably have waved the
flag and moved that he be paid
The action is typical of controlled assembly
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-02-12
Voting For The Record

What kind character lack of character has the man
reputation of always being supporter of the vested
and knowing how the general public in
his section of the legislation sought by these in
will opportunity to vote against
sponsored by he is that the bill will with
out his vote?
Anyone who has observed legislators at work. pc
will have instances of that kind OF
apparently entirely lacking in principle; who when the
opportunity OFFERS the record that they be
point with PRIDE to the spurious evidence of indie
watchfuness for the interests of the people
When the bankers' relief bill third reading in
this week. member passed his vote but when
assured after the roll call had been TAKEN he
against the bill Up that time nearly
had felt that this senator would vote favor
ably However, the tactics used in voting contrary
interests he knew that they had fooled
if chamber But he will be able to
his constituency the next campaign with record of
voting against the special interests and probably fool them
One hold in respect, man who makes no apol
ogy regard for the special interests who believes in
them supports them consistently without deviation He
his manhood and self respect But the dime dozen
politician who will soop to tactics to deude his constu
ency thinking that he guardian of their interests while
actually concerned with the interests of the privileged
groups is about the lowest form of life imaginable
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-02-12
With a whoop, the campaign

that he wasn't against plan With whoop the campaign
was
1t would be nice to feel you didn't have pay
1912 1t is nice Most people know just what the feeling is
There is where the catch comes in.
If 1912 taxes forgiven and paying for
1943 everyone who makes $1,000 week will have
help pay for all the taxes forgiven"
1t will be nice plum for business large enough
to plan things that month set aside labeled
Reserved for taxes 1t will be SMALL temporary relief for
those with income small they felt able to make the
reservation and just tried to together enough
when the time
1t is not clear what will become of the money thus 'for
given Will the corporations declare bonus for their work
and thus distribute the money where will be eventually
1943 debts carried from previous
sickness unemployment? Or will they give those
officials who struggled hard to get the income down
everybody could help pay it? Do you suppose each
corporation will small commission the who is
credited with this tax saving idea?
Whatever they decide to do with the money- congress
skip collection of 1912 will all
pitch 1913 income tax, Victory maybe
beside to make for the retained by firms
with income enough to taxes 1912 1t will not be
small either
1853 corporations jumped profits Sc per cent in 1871
Profits in 1912 after added taxes
pected to be within five per cent of the 1941 level
Said the commerce department. There is confrma- L
available that either the high
destroying the probability of American corporate
business dubuque Leader.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-02-12
FROM EDITORIAL COLUMNS
Where Is the Surplus?

For years have been hearing that great diff
Guilty about the dairy industry is handling the surplus All sins
OF omission and commission have been laid at the door of the
evil surplus Mddemen, trained to think terms of
profit and who refuse think of society have
found themselves bese with SURPRISES of practically all goods
Surplus the of business does not goods for which
this rather goods profit
made is this definition of surplus which used
presenting the problem to the farmer He led to be-
eve that he overproducng and ansoca interests have
actually induced farmers and restrict produc
ton on the theory that there was no market for the amount
produced.
Progressive farm and leaders, liberal
mss and officials who are more concerned with
the health of the people than the stock quotations of big
poratons all realized how false this concept of surplus
Many of them have repeatedly pointed that had
surplus but substantial Nutrition
lists frequently pointed out that every man. and child
able to the minimum quantity of milk necessary
for the maintenance of good health would have remen
dous milk shortage The truth of these facts began to come
to light about two when boys began to
the call of the Seecve Service system for induction into the
army We discovered that 40 of all those called had to be
rejected for physical unfnes principally the result of NAL
nutrition The depression and the surplus mongerng have
taken terrific toll out OF the growing generation The need
for and the appalling picture of the dlapidated
physique of youth made Uncle Sam nutrition
scious President Roosevelt year called together at
Washington the Presidents Nutrition Conference Here 900
experts in all phases of food production processing and dis
buon met agreed that the people did get the food
they needed
Since then many things have happened unusual
to find lad return leave after two months at training
camp weighing ten to fifteen pounds than when he left
Sales of milk to city workers have increased right alongside
of employment and payrol At the time find that
instead of being possessed of burdensome surplus of milk
products faced with shortage and Secretary
Wckard has announced that raonng will have be rsord
to- Where the surplus? Obviously it has been consumed
not by people who have gouged themselves result of
irresistible advertising campaign financed by state money
but by who far the first time have
found possible to acquire the minimum quantities of food
which they need for good health and susenance
In the of milk sold to the armed forces the profit
guide for the determination of surplus obviously not avail
able Army nurons have established standards for feed
ing soldiers and they obviously consuming great deal
than they did in civilian life The civilian demand
coraged by increasing purchasing has destroyed the
last remnants of the surplus apologists.
1t perfectly clear that had surplus that
did produce enough milk but that the people
at dangerous rate that pri
vae monopoly has been exposed great to pro-
Queer and consumer aike.-Farmers Defender
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-02-12
WORLD
CITIZENSHIP

In your last issue, the article by
Harold Tascher in which readers of
this paper are invited to contribute
suggestions to help progressive think
ing and to further the cause of
Tascher's World Citizenship Group.
The caption is intriguing, and al
Though | am not clear as to Just the
scope intended to be included in this
study and discussion. Nevertheless.
at his time, study of worldwide hui
man relationships and the problems
arising therefrom is the most import
ant and absorbing question of the
hour. The war has thrust it upon the
world. There is no evading it. Its
settlement at the peace table will
mean much in shaping the progress
of our so-called civilization for a long
time to come. Isolation is no longer
possible. Science and education have
brought all nations and races together
into one huge interdependent group
which, like the primary unit group,
the family, must of necessity get
along with each other in amity, JUS
tice and tolerance, or destroy each
other through misunderstanding. in
tolerance and hatred.
1t is to be hoped that the peace
delegates will include a sufficient
number of bonafide statesmen to lay
Ia constructive foundation for an en-
during peace on which a world order
worthy of that name may be erected.
Ii only that much is ACCOMPLISHED at
the peace table, the suffering, diving.
misery and destruction of this world
holocaust will not have been entirely
IN vain. Under present bemuddled,
greed engendered social and economic
conditions prevailing yet in all coun-
tries, we may be thankful if no more
imam beginning of better era is
OBTAINED. Only the foundation of
a world order can be laid by the
statesmen; the superstructure of
federation of World Citizenship must
be erected by the people; and must
pc based on ever increasing diffusion
OF education and knowledge through
OUT the world. In order to make
a start in this direction it is first
necessary to contact and get ac-
quainted with our neighbors in other
lands and of other races and cultures.
The barrier of languages is the first
hurdle to be jumped and it is right
mere that | make my first offer of a
subject for discussion. This objective
is neither new or novel. AS far back
as sixty years, few new composite
such as Volopuk, Esper-
anto and few others were invented
out nothing came of them because
mere was no world organization such
rs the coming peace conference to
adopt them or implement their uni
yersal application. l would like to
'ecelve through these columns, ex-
'resslons from others on this fertile
subject of universal language.
A. ]. PLUMER.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-02-12

that not them here with instructions reduce
the appropriations for of the educational activities of the
state Bringing influence nth degree
CARELESS of the effect may
the state to be the principal function the Montana
Taxpayers League and its obvious informed
It's the expenditure of public
caused by fear that taxes be increased the profits of
the fat boys their organizations sate
additional taxes levied the general public Are not
these reductions appropriations fright their alley
Of they Reasoning back from effect does
not appear probable that the appropriations committee have
been willing listeners to the advice of this organization
of the privileged groups?
We should like to hear from any farmer working man
small merchant publisher in the urged repre-
sentative to that cuts in appropriations services
of kind, made.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-02-12
By LEVERNE HAMILTON
CAPITALIST DEMOCRACY
AT WAR

From the tone of the bellicose
"chatter" which animated from Wash
ington prior to pearl Harbor," Amer
lea had excellent grounds for the be-
lief that once we were in the war,
administration leaders would have a
definite idea of what should be done
and at least a tentative program for
accomplishing it as efficiently as pos
sible. But alas for those who place
their confidence in capitalist political
leadership. True, the military forces
were ready to move with that preci-
sion and dispatch acquired by inten-
sive training for such an emergency
but our Nude Eel politicians had for
SO long been accustomed to regulat-
ing the diet of Americans as a cure
for "all the evils incident to human
ity'' that they had acquired the habit,
and consequently the first economic
move in the war game was a resort
to dieting the public in the form of
rationing, and above all things the
first to be rationed was the one COM
modify of which the warehouses were
Admittedly sugar is a
factor in the manufacture of explo-
sives but not as important as many
other ingredients, especially the nj
trates. No immediate moves were
made to assure adequate supplies of
he more vital and necessary materi-
als, synthetic rubber, metals, fuels,
md gasoline substitutes (for they do
9xist). America does not, and will
lot object very strenuously to ration
ng' but Americans insist that their
eaders use at least a modicum of
horse sense" begin at the beginning
nd do first things first
The Goodrich Rubber Co. had a syn
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-02-12
We Pay AS Who Goes

The payas-yougo Ruml tax plan being put forward
peren by most of the boys with pocketbooks fat to
missed by any income tax plan.
First look makes favor it, second look isn't so good
and third look is positively ruinous
The idea is to forgive 1912 In other words skip
all taxes for 1912 far the federal
cerned Start paying taxes and pay them throughout the
year
The treasury didn't hesitate. They said In the
treasury department they know you are talking to
of them about tax problem, chances they will be
way ahead of you all the time business like selling
meat the butchers business And they their
When the treasury says time to take another look
Then when President Roosevelt asked about the plan
made statement that by careful twisting made appear
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-02-12
IS NATURALIZATION OF
INDUSTRY In PROSPECT?

thetic tire (Ameripol) practically
ready to put on the market as early
as 1886, yet even up to the present
time little has been done by capitalist
leadership to assure quantitive sup
plies of synthetic rubber, despite
Standard Oils access to Farben's pat
ents and processes, and even after a
national scarcity of rubber was de-
clared, American motorists found it
almost impossible to bring tires
across the border from Mexico where
they apparently could be easily pro-
CURED. Americans, deeply interested
in speedy victory want to know why?
Rationing of gasoline began with
the explanation from political leaders
that supplies were sufficient but
transportation facilities inadequate.
This inadvertent admission that pri-
vate management of the transporta-
ton systems had not been quite equal
to t h emergency was hastily
''shushed" and replaced by the less
derogatory explanation that it was
necessary 'to conserve rubber"
The process of the "rationing pro-
gram" speaks volumes for the made
quacy of private industrial manage
ment an dthe incompetency of CAPT
talist political leadership. By the is
suance of "priorities" it was soon
demonstrated t h a administration
leaders had not the faintest idea of
the quantity of vital materials in
stock. When this finally became ap-
parent to the leaders themselves, they
At least made an effort to find out
what was on hand, by inquiry and
BUSINESS firms were almost sub
merged under an avalanche of ques-
ionaires in an effort to find out just |
What we had. These questionaires
out one important fact, name
y, that industrial management had
4lmost as little information regarding
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-02-12

/ This has been a headache to the
farmers, as well as the federal gov
eminent Too many received this
loan thinking in case of failure, that
would be all that was to it. But there
has been many in the past year that
have paid these loans up in full plus
the SO, so in many cases the interest
has been more than the principal.
Farming is now supposed to get a
little more in line, and level with the
industry. But we know very we'll
when the manufacturer changed his
lines to war production, all the CAPT
tai was furnished in full, and the
promise of nice profit on top.
We know it is our duty to try to
grow these crops that is needed to
win this war, but it is also the duty
of the farmers that need to borrow
money, not to get out on limb, by
getting loan that will be carried on
the books, in case of failure.
And remember this country has had
failures, still we forget very fast.
The past has proven itself, it is
when the times are so-called good is
when the people will go in to debt,
so when the ordinary conditions
comes again it becomes very hard
to pay.
Very truly yours,
S. T. NESS.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-02-12
Peoples Voice Publ. Co.
Helena, Montana

Peoples Voice Publ. Co.
Helena, Montana
Dear Cap:
Inclosed you will find two checks
totaling 1925. This represents the in
terest on some cooperative shares.
There is no better place to put this
money than back into a good coop
erative that will help build and pro-
tect co-operatives
1 am still in training and hope that
I can soon take part in crushing fas-
cism and naziism.
I feel we should keep our good
paper going so that it can help in
keeping the war materials coming in
ever increasing amounts and also that
we may have better chance of re-
turning to a sane world after we lick
the Axis.
Yours comparatively,
SGT. CHESTER KINSEY,
1888 Bomb Group, Sal Bomb Squad
Army Air Base
Pierre, S. Oak.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-02-12

total stocks of essential materials as
the administration leaders. Conse.
quently America would be "rationed''
on everything from sugar to shoes
and from meat to motor fuel. Gone
now was the programs Of increasing
prices by creating artificial scarcity.
Americans could wish in vain for the
offspring of the six million hogs and
the millions of sheep killed and fed
to the magpies in the early depression
days Forgotten was the program of
birth control for COWS, and the AAA
program of payment to farmers. for
not raisin' nuthin'," all products of
the warped capitalist mentality which
attempted to increaes prices by an
artificial scarcity system. Uncle Sam
would need, and our Allies could use
very handily a large portion of those
staple supplies which were so wanton-
ly destroyed by the Nude Eel "magi-
clans" during 1934-35.
The utter confusion of Americas
early war effort has demonstrated
conclusively the utter assininity of
any nation attempting to wage "total
war; on haphazard, implanted basis
of privately managed industrial con-
troll where the sole motive has been
profit
For the first time in history we
have been treated to the spectacle of
railways carrying half page advertise
ments urging the public mot to
travel by train unless absolutely nee
essary," telephone office windows ex-
hibiting posters urging the public to
use the phone as little as possible.
and other industrial firms begging the
public NOT TO PURCHASE THEIR
PRODUCTS so that their efforts could
be devoted solely to the winning of
he war These advertisements Gin
'everse" are commendable but they
nevertheless constitute a damning adj
mission that privately owned and op-
grated industry has NOT been equal
o the emergency
Contrast if you will, this haphazard,
implanted, capitalist procedure with
he non-profit, definitelyplanned pro-
edure of socialist Russia and it is
lot difficult to understand the Ito
ome) well nigh miraculous success of
he Russian armies.
During the past 20 years Russia
ad become accustomed to a planned
economy, intent on accomplishment
nd with no thought of profit for
ne few entering into the calcula-
ons. Each of the Russian "five year
lans' had definite goal in view.
ussian socialist leaders had prom
led their people, higher standard
living, greater freedom, better edu-
alton and more liberty and leisure
nd in marked contrast to the polit-
al leaders of capitalist nations they
roceeded to keep those promises,
artly through sincerity and partly be-
luse there was no advantage, finan-
al or otherwise, to be gained by
,ing anything else True the goal
It in the first "five year plan" was
1T fully attained but as the Russian
,ople gained confidence in their lead
s the later plans became more sue
ssful and the goals set became more
sceptible of attainment. Remember
so that during all this time Russia
ID to combat the latent, and often
tive, hostility Of every capitalist
nation of the world, not
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Plentywood, Mont, Feb. 8, 1913
The Peoples Voice
Helena, Montana
Dear Sir:
Please enter my subscription at
once SO / do not miss a copy.
My brother has been subscriber
and his subscription expired 12-20-42.
AS l am stakeholder l certainly
should be a subscriber and therefore
please do this. Cancel his subscrip-
ton at once and give me years
subscription beginning January LIST,
1913, so as to back pay the issues that
| have been reading.
Hope we will have a successful
year and that the legislature does not
pass to many laws in favor of bankers
and corporations.
Comparatively yours,
ARTHUR REHMER.
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Poison, Mont, Feb. 1, 1913
The Peoples Voice
Helena, Montana
Dear Mr.. Bruce:
Enclosed please. find check for two
dollars $4,000 of which apply one
fifty on my subscription to The Peo-
pies Voice, the rest to be used as
you see fit to keep the paper going
stronger than before. We need more
just such papers to guide our way
when we have won this war.
Sincerely yours,
DAVID ANDERSON.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-02-12

Rudyard Mont, Feb. 8, 1943
Editor, Peoples Voice:
The news is now out, that here is
now available for the 1913 production
5,000,00 to farmers who need
money, and want to expand the pro-
duction of essential war crops.
The farmer who borrows tn j S
money for expansion in production
should be able to get this money with
the full understanding that it is Sc
cured by first mortgage on the 1943
crop only, and in case of failure
without recourse.
1t should not be expected that the
farmers should go in to this game of
chance on borrowed money to any
greater extent than giving first
mortgage on crops grown.
Here is so many that took the
seed loan in the past, without having
The full understanding how it worked.
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OPINIONS OF READERS

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IN HARLIE DANA an Indian
guide and trapper. who has
~ been running "A trap line