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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-17
PLANE sPoTTER 700 HOURS

Bow, N. H. - (U.P.) - Carl Og, den, carpenter, broke his neck in 1888, But today he's the champion aircraft spotter in this section. Sub. stituting for absentee observers IT. addition to covering his own shift Ogden has rolled up more than 700 hours of observation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-17

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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-01-22
A TWO MILLION DOLLAR
HEADACHE

AS the current session of the Mon
tana legislature gets it's second
wind" providing of course such a
thing as wind is needed by a legis-
lature, it becomes apparent that one
of the problems with which that body
should deal is the handling of the
profits from the state liquor stores.
Under the original set-up of the
liquor board the rule was that all ac-
crued profits were to be turned in to
the general fund on, or about the goth
of each month. Only $5O,0O000 was
held by the board for operating ex-
penses.
At present the profits in the hands
of the liquor control board amount
to $2,292,15595 which HAS NOT
BEEN TURNED IN TO THE GEN
ERAL FUND. THE LAST MONEYS
TURNED OVER TO THE GENERAL
FUND BY THE BOARD WAS AT
THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR,
June 1912.
Two men in the office have author
ity to sign checks. These two men
could, if they so desired, withdraw
any or all of this sum. These two
men are bonded, one for $4,000, the
other for $4,000, a total of $4,000
Each member of the board is bonded
for $4,000 making total for the
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-01-22
Killing By Amending

bill to amend repeal the state primary law
is due to make its in the Montana senate within
The to be offered by Toomey
and Clark author of bill for outright repeal and
another amend the primary law introduced in the 1941
session, both being defeated
The bill to amend the primary law which platter
session proposes according to information received that
the filings for nominations for political offices all
in county conventions to be held by the political
parties These conventions would then select certain cand
endorse Them leaving the others the respective
without any organization support The effect would
be appears to read them out of the party 1t IN
teresng to speculate the effect such as this
would the parties themselves Would these asprants
for political office still remain loyal the party if the high
decided that they the kind of material
which the party should have would they renounce the lead
ership of the party and the party itself?
final result such proposed
should law would be the if the primary law
did exist The candidates would be selected by the party
hacks on basis of amenabity party dictaon and
this dcation would of be promulgated by the po
Democracy would not enter into the picture at ALL
hope that will construe speculation about
effect the parties themselves that ea
ture wondering if the party hacks have thought
this thing through. We doubt it. They thinking only
favored stooge He WILL of file with the understand
ing that he has the blessings of his party organization and
will endorsed by the convention Any other possibility is
unthnkabe To be the proponents of this will
members attended by delegates with minds who will
carefully the fitness of the candidates for the positions
to filled and endorse the best qualified Perhaps the
place their estimate of the degree of the ne
gence citizens that they think this kind
will be believed by the voters If they think we be-
eve that they wrong Moreover believe that the
great majority of Montana citizens prefer to select their own
for office and do not feel that they need the advice
inspired selfish political considerations of the party sooges
The bill to repeal the primary law was defeated by
vote 33 in the 1941 session. and believe that
will just definitely defeated this time However, it
might your representative hear from about
it. And watch how he votes on it.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-01-22
The State Income Tax

While bill for the repeal the state income tax has
yet been introduced it certain that will
appear shortly nasmuch is said that Boedecker ers
while former chief of the highway patrol who frequent
at the Capitol busiy engaged in Contracting representa-
ves and seeking their of for that purpose
Just what individuals he supposed to be represent
ing hasn't been made clear yet.
We find labor and the farmers definitely opposed to
amendment of the state income tax laws despite the
that probably majority of both classes paid state
income taxes last The report of the State Board OF
Equalization has this to say concerning this point
The for the depression years largely
the commercial industrial centers where taxpayers
steadily employed The picture changed in 1912
the entire state including agricultural
scented in the list of Good and high prices
livestock has had the effect of spreading the income tax
evenly the entire state"
who is back of this for repeal of the state in
tax?
analysis of the filed in Montana will show that
there large number of income taxpayers the $4,000
brackets Undoubtedly these the boys who
be relieved of state income taxes They want free
the state its opportunities and the
lection of its laws without paying anything for their special
privileges And they think that they advance their
by hiring working stiff to lobby for them The only thing
understand about the thing is how worker be
found to do their "dirty work"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-01-22
FROM EDITORIAL COLUMNS
Listen To the Silence When
Big Business Trips

Suppose labor union and five of it's leaders in
ded for defraudng the federal government in time of
Suppose the fraud charge actually constituted sabotage
turning out aegedy defective cable that would endanger the
lives of American troops and our Allies.
Suppose Attorney General Biddle accused the union
taking part zone of the most reprehensbe of de-
raudng the and endangerng the lives of Amer
lean soldiers and sailors the attention of the
department of justice"
There would have been much breastbeatng by the
press that it would have sounded like million
apes celebrating jungle victory.
But such charges have been made by the federal
against the Anaconda Wire Cable Companysubsid
larry of the giant Anaconda Copper Mining Company-and
five of it's executives.
And there silence from the editorial of the
sentative silence as big as Anaconda ITSELF which
is plenty big
parent company the biggest copper company
the world the worlds largest individual owner of "copper"
holding 28 per of the worlds known copper
through its subsidiaries (Anaconda Wire Gable and
American Brass Company is the worlds largest fabr
Yet of other metropolitan newspapers in the Phila
dephaNew York checked yesterday commented
the editoaly Most of them played the story down.
Two referred to the indicted employees although
the general of mills in nine different
cities and should be called an executive if not an official
The Record gave the indictments the prominence they de-
served, both page and on the editorial page.
We do not believe the charges against Anaconda Wire &
Cable proved true later in court reflect American
a whole We believe that only tiny fraction of
would fraud sabotage against the
government.
In the same way we believe that only tiny fraction of
labor leaders approve strikes in plants
But do believe in keeping fairly, and calling the
business little labor officials
leaders, let their selfish interests slow the
series of strikes reported yesterday in plants
industries vital to the from coal mines in Scranton to
rubber plants in Michigan.
They trivial questions of overtime
Sunday work. of changing Shifts of rates of We
such Strikes and have urged in the past that
the responsible be punished.
strikes too, might indirectly endanger the lives of
in the field
The time hear conservative commentators work
ing up strikes We'll remember their silence
the charges against Anaconda
meantime, The Record will continue play the
impartial and demand punishment for
group that stands in the of winning the war-December
%, 1912 Philadelphia Record
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-01-22
Repeating Laws

bills proposing the repeal of large number
the statute books of the state have already
introduced the house and senate Most of these
repeal said to comply with the
the Grffenhagen report and in undoubtedly
the effect of Kidding the statute books OF obsolete
laws However would be WE'LL all of these
carefully scruzed by representatives who have the welfare
public heart before they vote for them might be
the laws whose repeal sought might not be i'm
mediatey useful but still might have features which
would make their retention advantageous
House bill No. 10 pertains to junior colleges and under
propose that institutions of that kind to
be permitted to be organized proposal of that kind should
receive careful consideration There appears be arguments
both pro and for it.
The junior college provides two of college work and
there arguments in favor of it. large city
in the state had junior college, would make possible for
much greater number of the youth of Montana acquire
two years of college training Young and
able because of economic conditions the higher
institutions of learning in Montana might find possible to
of college work junior college if is
in the city the city where their families
live.
Presumably the argument which will be advanced for the
proposal the organization of junior colleges
pense involved But would that junior colleges would
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-01-22

hell everything their reach their country
Inundated Nuts to this talk of how Italians didn't want this
war, and how they are the victims of few leaders.
"The is true of Germany. You bet that Ger
many starts slipping you'll read and of how the
great majority of the German people did like Nazism
Pooh! Let EN- have it. Let bombers in and drop
thing but the Bust EN- burn en- starve EN- beat
down For every city they ruined ruin one of theirs Let
their mothers and fathers know the horror of about warfare
my suggestion for the to take charge when the
United Nations really get the hand Josef Stain He
the master of rough work He the who knows
about making miserable for the other fellow than other
Let him get in his ticks before the likes of Henry Wallace
allowed to come in spreading sweetness and light
"This sounds brutal you say Sure, it's brutal. But
you're dealing with brutal folk You don't tame panther by
making him member of the Union club and giving him spend
ing We handled the Huns with kid gloves after World
War L. That didn't work. Let's not let them quit the day
they know they licked Let's lick them until they know
that isn't pick decent people In short let's knock
their brains out this time"
Sounds Like sadists Hangover
Mr. McLemore, we don't know what you had for break
fast the day that you the above-perhaps
To your reasoning sounds like the words of
who suffering from sadistc hangover May God have
mercy the human your philosophy universal
we'll make up minds to have generation
uniforms until all mankind has exterminated itself
In making this observation, hold brief for the de-
PRAYED brutaes committed by the fascists Undoubtedly
antfasc before knew what the word meanwhile
you still watching foul balls sports writer We were
anfasc because believe that the fascist movement
by-product of economic conditions in Europe We say
eliminate the economic conditions and the causes of fascsm
will be eliminated.
Under your PLAN we could kill off every German Italian
Jap, and would still be faced with of the prob
lens of the world.
philosophy is dead ringer for that of Hitler In
fact its sheer naked brutality it oucreams of Hit
ler statements and thought that he the last word in
fiendish ferocity
Some have lost loved this and the last World
War We feel deeply about this do We also want
the problem solved for ALL But do not be-
eve that it be solved by turning ourselves into swash
buckng, "bucket-ofblood" mad
In short do not believe that permanent and equit
be written by adopting the of bar
barans Those whom the gods would Destroy they first
make mad blood lust, let's beware that do not
destroy ourselvesHay Miller in Wisconsin Farmers
Union News
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-01-22
Barbarisn?

In recent weeks some the more prominent national
newspaper coumnsts have become much boder and
hystercal in screaming out their "hymns of hate AS
read these coumnsts ask ourselves this question: Is alb
souey to create such deep hareds towards
nflame Americans forth effort
in winning the war? We may be wrong but sincerely
believe that it is not necessary.
If just and that most Americans
believe is then it should not be adopt the bru
and sasc philosophy of the fascists To do puts
their level An enduring and just peace cannot result
from this outlook AS Booker Washington sad You
can't put another down the gutter without getting down
there yourself"
The occasion for the above reflections to after
reading of the boodcurdng columns written by Henry
McLemore former sports writer author of syndcated
national newspaper column After reading McLemore,
sore tempted believe that mankind has made very
progress the direction of establishing civilization
founded the Christian concepts of the Brotherhood of Man.
McLemore's reasoning correct then
beliefs in Christianity and become barbarans in order to
win the In fact if had not read McLemore's
at the of the column would have assumed that the
words uttered by Hitler Himmler Goebbels
In order to make point clear to the reader may be
we'll to quote at length from McLemores spewings Hold
ing quotation:
ga Much Too Gentle Peace
There feeling in this country that the United States
will make much too gentle There is feeling that
the axis for they will be treated as
members of the human and accorded all the nice
ties of international diplomacy.
The citizen in this country doesn't want that to
happen He wants the Italians the Germans the Japs and
the other creatures who threw their lot with the axis
the full and complete treatment them to forage
FOR food. He wants their enemies shove them
them the face and generally show them that
hey superior invincble souls but just helpless
lnder conquerors heel the and they
conquered when the tide running their way
'There lots of Americans want Italy get the
works before is allowed to make peace of them
want bombers tear their towns apart naval knock
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-01-22
three members of $4,000.

three members Of $4,000.
The question naturally arises, what
does the board intend to do with such
la sum? Even under the Ayers ad-
ministration only 100000 was held
as operating expenses. Then why
the Withholding of such large sum
from the general fund? Is it the
boards intention to purchase two mil
lion dollars worth of liquor? Can 1t
be that the old doodle game" is to
be practiced again? If that were the
intention an appointment by the gov
ernor to the state liquor board would
certainly provide a nice juicy plum
for some large campaign contributor.
Under provisions of the law major
portion of the liquor profits when
turned into the general fund are ap-
portioned to the welfare fund, an
other portion goes to the teachers
retirement fund, etc., but this money
cannot be apportioned UNTIL it is
turned in to the general fund.
In the meantime old age pensioners,
welfare recipients and superanuated
teachers may possibly wait for their
pensions while the legislature, the
liquor board and the governor wrestle
with the problem of whether or not
to purchase another two million dol
lars worth of forty rod" and provide
two million dollar headache for the
people of Montana.
LEVERNE HAMILTON.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-01-22

So. st. Paul, Mimi, Jan. Is, 1913
The Peoples Voice
Helena, Montana
Dear Mr.. Editor:
I have just read the letter written
by Mr.. Fred Alter, published in your
good paper dated January in which
he opposes my recommendation of
Cooperation combined with public
ownership" of the means of produc-
ton and distribution and their opera
ton for service to ALL the people at
cost rather than profit to the few be-
cause 1.-THE government would Chem
tell us farmers how much and what
to produce, how and when to do the
work, and then maybe not let us sell
it after we were told to produce it,"
Mr.. Alter writes.
In reply wish to say that Mr.. Alter
certainly can not vision a democratic
form of government doing all those
things which he enumerates to the
farmer. Mr. Alter must be thinking
Of dictatorship. 1 did not advocate
a dictatorship. In a democracy the
government employees are servants of
the people who elect them, not die
tators. Instead of the government
telling the farmers what to do in
democracy the people should be tell
ing the government employees what
they want them to do.
Mr.. Alter seems to have the cart
before the horse. We have right now
just about the things that Mr. Alter
doesn't want, but instead of the gov
eminent telling the farmer these
things it is the banker, the railroad,
the implement dealer, etc., etc. They
tell the farmer what they are going to
pay him for what he produces, and
what he has to pay for what he buys
That's a dictatorship. We are living
in an economic dictatorship now The
folks who can and do tell the farmer
these things now get more than their
share of the national wealth
That is not what I am advocating
| am advocating that the people col
lectively own the machinery of pro-
duction and distribution either
through cooperation or else through
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-01-22

tighten the load of the present institutions of higher learning
Montana and while junior college each of the larger
cities of the state at least in each of several districts
might add to the of maintenance educational fac
ties nevertheless might be exceedingly well spent 1t
would leave and close their homes and
the home influence for the first of the college train
ing, and make possible for much number of the
youth to get that training.
At rate, doesn't to be of particular ad
vantage to repeal the statutes making the organization OF such
institutions possible If community of the state decides
that institution of that kind would be desirable should
be barred from planning to be called
obsolete law undesirable one
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-01-22

public ownership. When they do
that they will have real democracy,
both economic and political. When
they permit the few to privately
own this machinery of production
then we have economic dictatorship
because those few use their owner
ship of this machinery to exploit the
masses, and dictate to the masses
along the lines as previously stated
in this letter
Mr.. Alter also says: 1--WE farmers
are in the minority, and the govern
ment's policy can make or break u.s.
which is correct and, therefore, the
farmer better line up with some group
that has a similar economic interest
and problem and work together for
their common interests and solve this
problem.
Such group exists in the form of
labor 1t is exploited just like the
farmer, and in the same way There
fore, cooperation and public owner
ship is the solution of the working
mans problem as well as the farmer,
and if these two groups will just get
together they can run the show, no
matter what kind of show they want
to put on.
| am not defending the AAA. 1t
never had as a part of it's program
the abolition of exploitation. 1t was
merely designed to some what relieve
the distress brought on by a rotten
economic system. l want to remove
the cause of the trouble; replace the
rotten system with better system.
Mr. Alter doesn't He still thinks he
can make the system work notwith-
standing the fact that both republi-
cans and democrats have had ample
opportunity to show us whether that
can be done.
With best wishes to the editor, his
staff and my friends among the read
ers of The Voice,
Respectfully yours,
CHAS. D. EGLEY, Mgr,
Farmers Union Live Stock Comm
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-01-22

Butte, Mont, Jan. 16, 1913
The Peoples Voice
Helena, Montana
Dear Sir:
Inclosed find $3.50 check for a
years renewal subscription to The
Peoples Voice To subscribe for The
Voice is about as essential as to eat
our daily bread because of the I'M
censored news and helpful hints it
gives its readers which is not to be
found in the dailies or the subsidized
press. Take, for instance the legis-
lative, state as well as national news,
the legislative score board, the power
behind Hitler, the history of the Dies
committee, letters from readers and
many other items that the daily press
would absolutely not print should be
of priceless value if taken to heart
This war should teach us a valua-
BILE lesson but will avail us nothing
if we don't make a better prepare
ton for peace than we did in the last
war in which case the end will be
chaos and final barbarism. Could but
the people read up and wake up what
a glorious world this could be.
Very truly,
A. E. ANDERSON.
2314 Silver Bow Blvd.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-01-22
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New Conferences Are
 Rumored With Inonu
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than is apparent. Consulates are not usually closed because of tenn porary slackness of business but only when two nations anticipate worsening relations"
 A United Press dispatch from Ts- tanbul dated Friday said German Ambassador Franz von Papen re- turned from Berlin and issued a statement that he would continue to work with my Turkish friends SC that at least this part of the worlc may keep out of this devastating disaster"
 Won Papen officially denied he had visited the Vatican during his absence from Turkey.
 The Turkey press quoted von Papen as saying:
 "Our enemies insist on the man. euver that Germany is out for a peace drive, but such actions are in contradiction with the Allied principle of Germany's uncondi- toinal surrender"
 The Telegraph's diplomatic cor respondent observed that "aftel Menemencioglu's talks with Eden the Turkish government while af- f1rning that 1t was carrying out its obligations under the Anglo-Turkish treaty of alliance, reserved the right to decide If and when Turkey should enter the war on the side of the Allies"
 The Daily Herald said recent wal developments made reconsideration of the whole problem and of pos sible future action by Turkey ir support of her ally "almost mat ter of course"
 Decisions either have been ol will be taken Soon," the Herald said