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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-02-05
ANTI-LAB0R Law
TRIAL BALLOON
FL0ATED

The New York Herald-Tribune this
week carried a lead editorial hailing
the introduction into the Massachu-
sets legislature of three bills directed
at destruction of the labor movement
consequently at destruction of war
production morale. The Herald-Tri-
bune thinks the idea is fine, and rec
ommends it for national study"
The bills are essentially the same
as those introduced in the congress
by Rep Clare Hoffman of Henry Ford
and Michigan, by Howard (Dime-an-
Hour) Smith of Virginia, and other
labor-baiting statesmen.
The drive in congress for such bills
is gaining momentum. This week
Hoffman made long speech to the
effect that passage of his anti-labor
laws would help the meat shortagel
Many members listened to him seri-
ously, took part in his discussion.
When Hoffman isn't labor-baiting,
he spends his time on the floor of
congress making speeches assailing
the overnment because it insists on
prosecuting Policy, Winrod, and the
rest of the 80 individuals indicted for
sedition, defending their right TO
treason. The Hearst and other de-
featist publications report these
speeches at length and with approval.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-02-05
SUPREME COURT
UPH0LDS RIGHTS
OF MEDIC C0-0PS

WASHINGTON-The supreme court
of the United States by unanimous
ruling January IS upheld the convic-
ton of the American Medical Asso-
citation and the District of Columbia
Medical Society for violating the
Sherman antitrust law in it's conspir-
acy in it's attempt to destroy Group
Health Association.
The decision followed four-year
battle to establish the right of coop
erative health associations to operate
without interference from the organ
lied medical profession which had at
tempted to destroy the Group Health
in its early days of oper-
alton. Justice Roberts, who wrote
the opinion, refused to hold the med
ical societies immune from prosecu-
ton and waived aside their appeal
for consideration under the Clayton
and Norris-LaGuardia acts, declaring,
They (the doctors) were interested
in the terms and conditions of the
only in the sense that
hey desired to prevent Group Health
'orm functioning by having any en-
)loyees."
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-02-05
HEALTH COOP FOR
NEW YORK CITY

Even before the supreme court
decision removed the opposition of
an organized group of doctors to
group plans for medical care, CO.
operative medicine received an
other big boost.
The Group Health Cooperative
of New York City announced Jan
uary II plan by which residents
of metropolitan New York can OBJ
tain basic medical care insurance
at an average cost of 2A cents a
day through their trade union, CO.
operative, fraternal, employment,
or other organized groups. TWEEN
ty-five hundred doctors, represent
ing every hospital in the metropoli-
tan area, have offered their serv-
ices under the plan, which has
been approved by the medical So
cieties of the city. The plan, it is
believed, will help meet the short
age of doctors. Just as hospital
insurance on a non-profit basis
started in New York and spread all
over the country, it is expected
that the Cooperative Group Health
plan will find wider and wider ac-
ceptance.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-02-05
EXCEPTIONAL
Child BILL
INTRODUCED

Mrs. Margaret Leppert Peterson,
representative from Missoula, in pre-
senting her bill for the supervision
of the exception child, states, "The
schools of a democracy should give
to each pupil training and education
adapted to his individuals intelligence.
Unfortunately, present custom disre-
CARDS the pupils native ability and
forces him to conform to the average
performance of an unsolicited group
of children in a school or class room
Mrs. Peterson calls attention to the
provision that Montana makes for
those children that are physically
handicapped feeble-minded, or insane.
and to its failure to meet the needs
of those children who potentially are
able to become very useful citizens,
but who at present are retarded in
their development because they devi-
ate from the average.
Those in a position to judge, esti-
mate that as high as forty per cent
of Montana's children get less benefit
than they should from the educational
methods in current use. Tests reveal
that one-fifth of those in school have
an intelligence quotient which ranges
from so to So, and one-fifth a quotient
between 10 and 140 From the same
tally of intellectual achievement, one
group requires a day and the other
an hour for the same work. Impris-
oned in the average school, one of
these groups comes out unframed and
mentally discouraged; the other I'M
trained and mentally undisciplined
All this because the element of time
and varying intelligences has been
disregarded.
While three per cent of the states
children who are notably inferior in
intelligence receive institutional care,
the three per cent whose intelligence
quotient ranges above 140 are seldom
discovered and almost never trained.
No one has taken the trouble to make
available in Montana methods and
courses suited to the needs of those
who rank highest, and in consequence,
their talents and genius for the most
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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-02-05
RISING PRICES
ON SOME GRAINS
LAST WEEK
Rye and Flax Prices on
Uptrend During Past
Week; Other Grains
Steady With Cash Demand
Good.

Rye and flax prices showed material
gains during the week ended Jan
uary 30 while wheat and the feed
grains remained steady. Trade was
hesitant at times with the PROPOSE
ton of placing ceilings on other grains
in addition to corn a controversial
matter. Demand for feed grains
though still good settled down some
what from the activity of recent
weeks. New flour business done dur
ing the week was small but mills
were running heavily on previously
booked orders, large flour contracts
having recently ben made both for
private and government account. Rye
futures were in active request as some
of the trade construed war develop
mnets as being conducive to rye ex-
ports. An official statement at the
close of the week denied any inten-
ton of buying rye for Lend-Lease pur-
poses at this time. Flex was in ac-
tive demand by crushers following the
enlarged oil sales and prices advanced
materially.
The quantity of 1912 wheat under
loan Increased slightly and on Jan
uary 23 was just under 100000
bushels. Corn under loan from the
1912 crop as of January % amounted
to 34,659000 bushels, an increase of
about 100000 bushels for the week
WHEAT: Unusually cold weather
overspread the winter wheat belt dur
ing the week ended January 26 with
much of the central and southern
portions of the belt bare of snow.
While this condition was unfavorable,
results of the cold weather have not
yet been determined. There was
some frost damage in the southwest !
ern portion of the belt and consider
able heaving wah reported in south |
western portions. The soil in that |
area has become dryer and less sus
ceptible to lifting.
The United States subsidy payment |
on flour has been advanced 35c per |
barrel to S1.60, effective at 200 pm, |
February H. The subsidy payment |
covers exports of United States flour |
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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-02-05
Who'll ESALE
COOP BUSINESS
MOUNTING
Preliminary Reports Show
1912 Coop Wholesale
Business Largest in History;
Increases Range From 2O%o
To 500 in Regional Co-ops.

NEW YORK Cooperative whole
sale associations owned by local con-
sumner co-operatives throughout the
consumers in % states reported their
greatest business in cooperative his
tory, according to preliminary sur
vey just completed by The Co-opera-
tive League of the USA.
Midland Cooperative Wholesale,
Minneapolis, which serves $50 local
co-ops in southern Minnesota and Wis
consin, reported that although the
sales of tires, tubes, electrical equip
ment, steel products and other items
had been shut off because of the war,
and in the face of drop in national
volume of food and petroleum sales
due to rationing that Midland came
through the year with its largest vol
ume, $6,944,O00. This was about $715,-
900 more than its business in 1871
and way ahead of its $4,5O0,000 bust
ness in 1910 OF the last years vol
ume, the grocery department showed
sales of $456,OO0 or a 46q6 increase
over 1871.
The Pennsylvania Farm Bureau Co
operative Association with headquart-
ers at Harrisburg showed the greatest
percentage increase of all of the re-
gional co-operatives. The pre-audit
volume of the Pennsylvania coop
wholesale was just over $5,000,000 an
increase of 52% over its record-break-
ing sales of $3,4O7 200 in 1941
The Ohio Farm Bureau Cooperative
Association with headquarters in Co
lumbus distributed S12,9O0,OO0 worth
of commodities to its local country
wide co-operatives, an increase of $50
over the $9,90O,000 business in 1871.
The 1871 volume, in turn, was a rec
ord high for the cooperative.
Central Cooperative Wholesale, pio
neer consumer coop regional associa-
ton located at Superior, Wisconsin,
supplied its local coop members with
more than $5,000,000 worth of goods
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tax on everything over $12
that he earns weekly. Why
should any group be permitted
any tax reduction at this time?
Perhaps the bankers may be
able to prove that they should
be specially favored, but so far
they have not made a case for
themselves.
If you haven't already writ
ten or wired your representa-
tive or senator concerning this,
do it today. To refresh your
memory on how the represent
atives voted, we publish the
record of the votes again, be-
low:
Those voting for H.B. No. az were:
Anderson of Phillips, Arson, Antrim,
Aronson, Atkinson, Baldwin, Ballard,
Blenkner, Blewett, Bricker, Brum-
baugh, Busch, Byrne, Castles, chaffin,
Cole, Cummings, Dallas, Davey, DlIa-
YOU, Dougherty, Dunn, Esp, Fallan,
Fewkes, Flock, Foot, Freshman, Geb-
hardt, GraybII, Hageman, Hall, Hark-
en-, HazeIbaker, Horrigan, Hughes,
Hunter, Kemmis, KimpeI, krieg, La
Bonte, Lehrkind, Little, Loughran,
Lowe, Mcdaniel, McMichaeI, Martin,
Minnick, Mulch, oliver, Padbury,
Page, Parker of Wibaux, Parker of
FIathead, Peterson, Potter, Rasmus-
sen, Sayor, Scofield, Settle, Simon,
Simpson, Standish, Stout, Wenger,
White, Williams, Wilson, Winters,
Wright, and Mr.. Speaker o'Connor.
Those voting against H.B. AZ were:
Banka, Beck, Bourassa, Bovey, Can
non, Gunderson, HeaIy, Hole, James,
MccIeery, McGreevy, Mass, Nelson,
Parker of Cascade, Patterson, Rice,
and Watts.
Anderson of Lewis and Clark was
absent.
Ayes ~; Noes II; Absent I.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-02-05
LABOR CASE
BEFORE MONT.
HIGH COURT

The right of workers to unemploy-
ment compensation while unemployed,
due to a labor dispute, was submitted
to the supreme court for decision, in
a case heard last Monday. The case
arose out of the labor difficulties at
the F. H. Stoltze Land and Lumber
Company sawmill at Columbia Falls
in 1871. resulting in a strike which
lasted from May 2Sth to Augsut 10,
1941 Members of the Lumber and
Saw Mill Workers Union, out of work
for the period of the strike, claimed
unemployment compensation benefits.
The claim of Donald Q. Jordon, a
member of the union negotiating COM
mittee, was denied by James H. Ste
wart, the Unemployment Compensa-
ton Commissions appeal tribunal.
Jordan appealed to the Unemploy-
ment Compensation Commission which
heard the matter August 20, 1941, the
day after the strike was settled. Ste
warts decision was sustained by a
two to one vote, Commissioners Bar
clay Craighead and George Shepard
voting to deny the claim and Com
missioner L. G. DeNayer dissenting.
Jordan appealed to the district
of Lewis and Clark county, and Judge
reversed the commission and
that compensation benefits
be paid as provided by law. The
appealed to the supreme
court and the matter was argued oral
ly February 1, 1913. The claimant
was represented before the supreme
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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-02-05
$40 Old AGE
PENSION BILL
IN INTRODUCED

A. bill for the payment of $40 per
month old age pensions to "senior
citizens over the age of 65 years"
was introduced in the house of rep
|resentatives yesterday. Eligibility re-
quirements for the "Citizen Grants"
as designated in the bill are that the
applicant must have been a resident
of Montana for at least five of the
last ten years, is not a permanent
inmate of public institution of a GUS
todial, correctional or curative charac-
ter and has not made voluntary as
signment of cash or property in order
to qualify.
The bill proposes to limit grants to
all whose yearly income is less than
$3.50, with the provision that if fed
eral contributions to grants exceed
$40 per month, any applicant shall be
eligible whose yearsly income is less
than twenty-four times the maximum
federal contribution, or whose month
ly income is less than twice the maxi
mum monthly federal contribution.
Three representatives from Cascade
county are on the list of those intro
ducing the bill: Parker, Gunderson
and Bovey. Others are Harken of
Rosebud; Saylor of Petroleum; Rice
of Big Horn; Flock of Fergus; KEN
mis- of Richland and Castles of Min
eral The proponents of the measure
hope for widespread support from all
sections of the state by next week
when it will be considered. 1t has
been assigned to the committee on
social security in the house.
The bill Glib 143), patterned close
ly after the Washington state old age
pension law, carries no provision for
any appropriation as it is introduced.
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still be presented or some
measure for amending it to
death" may be introduced.
On the calendar is a measure for
the creation of state department OF
finance, which when it appears on the
floor of the house may bring some
bitter fighting Many members see in
the measure an instrument of econ
omy, while others admitting that pos
sibility, fear that the department, if
created, may and probably will be-
come a penny pinching" organization
and carry the program of economy to
the point where the services de-
manded of the various state depart
ments may be severely hampered and
for all practical purposes destroyed.
1t is obvious that unless a department
of our government is provided with
funds with which to meet the demand
for services, it becomes ineffective in
proportion to such lack, and the cost
of maintaining a department which
cannot function effectively, becomes a
direct loss to the people of the state
Income Tax Bills
Repeal of the state income tax for
two years in the bill in the senate
has not been acted upon as yet. In
the house during the past week,
bill for a moratorium on the payment
of income tax for the duration is faith
cred by the master-mind of Horrigan,
chairman of the appropriations com
mittee who is being dubbed "Hurri-
cane Horrigan-Big wind blowing in
all directions by some of his fellow
members. The public reaction to-
ward the passage of the bankers
bill' may be affecting some of the
supporters of repeal or moratorium
with desire for exercising caution.
A house joint memorial has been
introduced which would deprive all
Japanese of the rights of citizenship. |
This measure which resembles bills
passed during the last war under the
impetus of emotional hysteria violates
the fundamental precepts of democ-
racy, and it is hoped that the assem-
bly, will not permit itself to be swayed |
by any wave of hysteria to the point |
where it goes on record with major
ity for any legislation of this char
acter.
A measure repeating the so-called
Hitler bill has been passed by both
houses, and inasmuch as its repeal
was recommended by the governor, it
will be a buried mistake" in few
days, without doubt.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-02-05
MOST PEOPLE
SUBJECT TO
FEDERAL TAX

Warning that there are few persons
not subject to payment of federal in
come taxes on their 1912 incomes,
Collector of Internal Revenue, Lewis
Penwell has called attention to the
circumstance that taxes are now due
and the final date for filing returns
| is March Is.
Under the present law, a single in
dividual who received a gross income
of $500 or more in 1912 must file an
income tax return. A married couple,
living together, must file if they re-
ceived a joint gross income of $1,000
or more during 1912. Any single in
dividual who is the head of a family
by virtue of supporting relatives in
one household must file if receiving
a gross income of $500 or more
Those who file their returns by mail
should address them to the Collector
of Internal Revenue, Helena, Montana.
Under a new provision in the 1912
Revenue Act taxpayer is not re-
CURED to have his signature on a
1912 return acknowledged He is now
only required to sign the return, no
acknowledgment no witnesses neces-
sary.
Line 4, page 1, of both Form 1040A
and Form 1910, calls for the social
security number of the taxpayer. This
means that if the individual has a
social security number which has been
furnished him by the Social Security
Board, such number is to be in
serted in the space provided. 1t is
important that this information be
furnished. However, if a taxpayer
does not have social security num-
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|KR in CONGRESS
THREATENS war
PRODUCTION

Last year Cong. Sam Hobbs of (poll
taxi Alabama introduced bill to sub
ject labor unions to the provisions
Of the anti-racketeering act. It's pur-
pose was to bypass a supreme court
decision that unions did not legiti-
mately come under the antiracketeer-
ing act. Hearings were held on the
bill by the poll tax dominated house
judiciary committee. During the hear
ings all branches of organized labor,
AFL, CLIO, Railway Brotherhoods, op-
posed the measure. However, the bill
was favorably reported by the judi
ciary committee, Cong. Celler of N. Y.
and Eliot of Mass. objecting. The
bill then went to the house rules com
mittee for a rule to give it right of
way on the floor of the house By
that time, the opposition had become
so great that the rules committee
voted to table the bill-a move which
effectively killed it for that session
of congress.
Present situation: On January 6,
1943 Hobbs offered an identical bill to
the present congress. 1t was referred
to the Judiciary committee. Without
hearing any testimony on the bill, the
committee on January % recon-
mended that the house act favorably
on it,
The judiciary committee has now
asked the house rules committee to
GRANT q r,,Io rorr, ittipo i,,,,,,odio+o
consideration of the bill by the house.
Descriptive effect: In calling his bill
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Wednesday the finance and claims committee of the
ate had the bill for consideration and the committee will
report the bill for passage sad with amendment
ducng the classification from 80 per to 20 per in
stead Of per cent thereby hoping to ake the off
it" presumably.
There appears be little doubt that the amended bill
will the senate and is expected that the house will be
avid in concurng in the amendment hoping that by
doing the cheat will be essened in their respective home
communities
However, there enough independent minded in
both houses of the assembly to that fosered
keep the issue alive the bill any form These
members unaerab opposed to the nequta
b favorng already privileged at the of
the state a whole.
well defined movement and plan is already under way
take the question the people of the state referendum
by petition the enacted law The leaders
know that they will have the support
general public this action that the public deeply ncensed
proposal at this time of all times The
asking reduction in their taxes the merchants
workers. Every worker is paying five per
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-02-05
THE "BANKERS BILL"

An increasing wave of public indignation the action
the Montana House of Representatives in passing HB At
Gravy B by vote of 72 for the and II against
apparent to everyone the bankers themselves In
the last few days there has been considerable sung around
by the senate and by house members who voted for the
ure and really agated discussion of take the
curse off the bill has been evident These people find
ing it extremely difficult to find to remedy
fundamentally inequitabe and favong privileged group
Protests from home" beginning pour in the
beshp of both houses and their equanmty suffering se
disturbance.
Information received from the membership indicates that
the movement for reduction of the classification for taxation
from 80 cent to cent initiated by the First
Banksock Corporation which together with the Northwest
Incorporation control 10 of the largest banks
state In many at least the heads of the state banks
have taken part the scheme their just share
of the tax burden of the state.
The of the banks that their
because of loss of income due to inability to loan money
this time is not justified by facts In replying request
by j. B. Bourasa representative from Daniels county
formation concerning the profits of the banks Montana for
1912 A. A. Brown superintendent of banks for the
mtted the statement printed below Bear mind when read
this that the net earnings after all have been
paid:
"There were sixy-nne chartered state banks in OPP
Grafton in Montana of December 81 1912 Of these,
10 corporatonowned (chan) state banks the other
SO being owned by individual shareholders Complying
with Mr. Bourassas request have grouped the 10
poration-owned banks and arrived at the following:
Common Capital --..--.---.--.--.---$ 1345, 100000
Surplus - LOIS 100000
Average Deposits - 1912 - 4Oe91 10000
Net Earnings 1912 ......-........-. 244,69O.OO
Percentage of Earnings deposits - 5000
Percentage of Earnings on Capital and Surplus 1920
the other fifty-nne state banks not corporation
owned only ftyseven have far reported their 1912
earnings and for that the data following relates
to only the ffty-seven banks which have reported and
which is follows:
Common Capital -.....-......$ 2,151 10000
Surplus ,495,65000
Average Deposits - 1912 -.-.......--.- 51,137,900O0
Net Earnings 1912 --.--.....-..--.--- 4O5, 18451
Percentage of Earnings average deposits 1890
Percent of Earnings on Capital and Surplus1113o"
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The decision which agreed with a
prior decision by the appellate court
declared, "The medical societies com
bined and conspired to prevent the
successful operation of Group Health's
plan, and the steps by which this
was to be effectuated were as fol-
lows: a. to impose restraints on
affiliated with Group
Health by threats of expulsion or ac-
tual expulsion from the societies; (2)
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With the turning thumbs down the Omstead bill
for closed primary the house yesterday killing the
bill introduced by Harkens and Sayor the immediate
threats to amperng with primary law removed but
since some DAYS for the of bills still available
there are current that bill for outright repeal may
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-02-05
CLOSED PR :::'s:' 81: .,...R!I ILLS
KILLED in BOTH HOUSES
TEMPORARILY QUIET NOW

No Controversial Measures On the Boards
For Immediate Consideration, Both Houses
Appear To Be Marking Time; Promise Of
Battles in Offing As Certain Bills Now in
Committees Are Reported Out.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-02-05

Percentage of Earnings average deposits - 1870
Percent of Earnings Capital and Surplus .111@o'
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"Of the other fy-nne state banks, not corporation
owned, only fy-seven have far reported their 1912
earnings and for that the data following relates
to only the fy-seven banks which have reported, and
which is follows: