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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1943-05-13

taking charge of the music for the
services.
To Editor Chas. Rowe, favored
friend. my sincere thanks for
grand write-up, to grand gentle
man.
CIONA BRINK COUTURE.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1943-05-13

ST. LUKE'S CHURCH

(EpiscopaD
Third Sunday after Easter, May
16.
Church school 10 a. m.
Evening prayer 8 p. m.
At the evening service a report
will be given of the annual Do
cesar convention held in Helena
on May IL and Is.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1943-05-13

pense, to say nothing of the amusing
situations which develop from the
eye-for-eye battle between Paulette
and Virginia Field in an effort to
get the permanent attention of Ray
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1943-05-13

The Rainbow Girls wish to thank
those who helped them to make
this lovely affair SO pleasing a
success-Mrs. Ed. Olson and Mrs.
Lionel Shaurette for decorating the
tea tables, Miss Flora Martin for
preparing the tea, and the Star
members for providing the refresh
ments.
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Afterwards tea was served from
a table placed III the center of the
room, with lovely eenterpiece and
lighted candles adding a tone of
soft beauty. Betty Johanson, wor-
thy advisor, and Janith Lea Har-
greaves, associate worthy advisor,
poured.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1943-05-13
Rainbow Girls
Present Mothers
Day Program

One of the outstanding beautiful
social affairs of the past week was
given by the Rainbow Girls under
the supervision of their advisor,
Mrs. Ray Rice. 1t was given in
honor of Mothers Day and because
of the Masonic hall being occupied
otherwise, the Rainbow Girls used
the Odd Fellows hall, which was
crowded to capacity with mothers
and friends
The musical feature of the ev-
ening was presentation Of the 'Ro-
nance Of Roses" a beautiful little
production admirably done. This
is more extensively mentioned in
the report of the Woman's Club
meeting and will not be repeated
here.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-12-03
Price Ceilings

In the report of the Farm Bureau Federation annual
vention published in the Great Falls Tribune find all of the
anmosy against the administration all of the specious
mens against subsidies all of the antpathy against price
any which evident the
of the Stumbling Bloc and its reactonay democratic and
publican support for the two We also
find some misstatements of fact.
AS example of misstatement of fact, President Gray
states that Farm Bureau has asked for needed appropriations
for the purpose of maintaining essential production to feed and
clothe the nation We unable to harmonic that dec
araon with the constant opposition of his organization to
appropriations for the Farm Security Administration which
through aid to low income farmers when Justified itself
greatly increased production and repayment of
advanced.
The price rol-back attacked by Mr.. Gray an ap
program and in the attempt to attack it, the
mudded arguments which have been used by the national
leaders the organization parroted and the usual dg
be expected from this organization spokesman taken at
organized labor.
Evidently Mr.. Gray is not informed in his attempted
buid-up the leadership of his organization makes de-
berae mssatement when he LET not forget that
avoid initiation and its evils, but ask for cell
ing for ALL including labor = AND PRESIDENT ONEAL
WARNED THAT ANY PIECEMEAL OR PARTIAL CEILING
WOULD END IN INJUSTICE" Emphasis ours).
On page of the report the hearings before the
banking and currency of the house of representa-
tives Mr. O'Nea is recorded stating: C. favor
SELECTIVE emphasis ours method of price control be-
cause we believe nequtable go
the extreme of freezing all prices in order to control in
flaton"
Presumably Mr. ONeal didn't want the products of the
southern planters and other big scale farmers of which he
one included in the price control He also
apparently ignored the fact that seectve control is
impossible has been tried Work clothing at
one time only of clothing that under the price
program Manufacturers Immediately stopped max
ing clothing increased production of such articles
under the control program
Shipping" the Office of Price Administration is char
expressions of of the Farm Bureau leader
ship them have with any program
sterilization preventative of initiation better than
the price rationng administered by
the OPA with all of its faults in administration.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-12-03
They Have Tried At Least

Accusing various government agencies of 3bungng
the fact that administration Washing
tried earnestly to ward off dangers the welfare Of
the country Sensing from the beginning the inevitable
of wildly nfatonary movement the administration has
That sacegious doctrine served to quiet the conscience
They adopted the Little Steel Formula" for the control of
They have advocated subsidy program hold with
in bounds the increases the prices of agricultural products
these honest efforts being defeated by the eshness
of different economic in the country The antnfla
line badly bent not broken by the successful
mands of the coal miners for higher 1t will be bent
further by the refusal of anything looking
action by congress- shall be paying for
increase price necessities WILL give organized
workers good to demand still higher wages And
constitutes the deadly spiral of initiation which
administration has been trying to No doubt there
been neptiude in the regulations designed to halt the
but have yet observed alternative
calculated accomplish the desired purpose One of the
of this situation the effect has the large
middle class of people We have sixteen million
families here who have been unable obtain
earnings They the clerks teachers librarians
lawyers DOCTORS other professional people, and
the of thousands of small business of
the country The condition of these millions of
ganzed Americans is rapidly becoming utterly impossible The
their living costs compelling them to do without
things which have cuomary considered necessities
This clothes for their children them
restricted educational opportunities only sufficient
Der of people could become onehaf vocal the
groups they might few members of
down there Washington the point where they would
some consideration to the largest voting group the nation
The Lewstown Democrat.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-12-03
What's ALI the Shouting About
Continued from Page One)

/
In months been making series
speeches before the throughout
state in which he pictures the federal
alien organization of the people and of the state
The in his speeches. pleads with the various local
federal any
local project He the wealth of the of
tana and points out that the state fund the black
to the of two and a half million dollars.
The must realize that adequate development of
irrigation and public the state of Montana requires
expenditure three million dollars many
times that figure and that large scale DEVELOPMENT such as we
need now and such will in the postwar period
qures of far beyond the financial of the
state of Montana
The great throughout the United States have
inspired this states rights campaign not because they believe
the fundamental principle of states rights but because
much for giant corporation to control state egsla
ture than is for to control the of the United
States of America and that of particularly true of
the Anaconda Copper and its satellite the Montana
Power company.
The should realize that he's playing into the
hands of the big interests here in the pressing this
states rights campaign and that the only result of such
pagn successful is to any adequate development
of irrigation and resources along great streams
here in Montana.
Everyone is in agreement that the raising of Fathead lake
would have been injurious to the state of Montana and
though the company primarily interested in
venting this development to its property the Kerr
which raised the level of Flahead lake 10 feet
and caused great injury to the lake. yet the people generally
approve Governor Ford action belatdy entering the fight
aiding preventing the further raising of the lake How
ever his campaign justified federal
development bring about what he calls sort of Estate
socialism is reminiscent of the private campaign
against public being socastc and contrary to the
American Way of Life"
AS the practically everything by the
large in the state of Montana but through
their gained not the real issue but
invented issue which only to cloud and
the real In this campaign to the Montana
the Montana Power company the inspired
make it appear that there is lack of coordination
the various federal agencies that the Montana
going be taken to the Of
hose who live along lower Missouri and the Mississippi
the the state of Montana that the basic prn
ple of rights involved and that the real conflict
irrigation flood control and not between private
power and irrigation, public power and flood control.
We will watch the campaign it with in
crest. If
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-12-03
Juggling State Job Insurance

State administrators of unemployment compensation held
national meeting in Louisville recently Arthur Atmeyer
chairman of the Federal Social Security Board made speech
reader ealing attention Mr. Ameyers remarks
mens: 81" looks if lot of state officials using the
situation cheat workers of unemployment benefits
Mr.. Altmeyer not quite blunt that
it that the national board seriously disturbed the
state unemployment insurance being amended
regulations being frightened deprive obless
workers of the aid they have right to expect.
Mr. Altmeyer warned that of the regulations may
deprive disabled soldiers of wage credits already
earned because their war-ncured disabilities impos
sibe for them to hold their old jobs
Of all this henanigan designed to money
the employers who in too have succeeded
capturing boards which unemployment
surance
present tme, said Mr. Atmeyer "when jobs are
plentiful this matter does public
cern postwar period when millions of may be
and when may again be with
ger starvation for themselves their families of
these precedents will return to haunt us'-Labor.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-12-03
FROM EDITORIAL COLUMNS
The Tax Bill

The new tax bill is peculiar 1t takes the
earned income credit from those who work for living
but it clamps down rgidy the it's renegota-
ton of contracts Reactonary elements congress- work
ing in bipartisan group have shown decided sympathy for
contractors who making big profits from the But
from that complaints because workers
getting big plants while they criticize the at
tempt of the offices of the and
time commission to hold profits contracts
within reasonable bounds
The time favorable for the drive protect profits The
country attention has been diverted by swelling
Washington that the individual must be protected
in his individual popular
naturally with campaign coming all that the average
the cut in the tax bill from billion dollars
But what do not increase small income
and drive to hamper the recapue of excessive profits
on contracts.-Great Falls Tribune.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-12-03
Pagan Theory Dug Up

R. c. Holes conducts column" in the Register" of
Santa Ana Calf He has dug economic theories that
popular the ruling class of Great Britain and this
country hundred years ago.
Mr. Holes that for the to continuous
ly help the poor class violation of Goods laws
principles"
"The try to help the poor the poorer the poor
becomes" he declares.
AS have suggested British Conservatives fond of
that theory hundred In those days. it will be
called, Mathus although he minister of the Gospel
step farther. He held that disease and famine
all benecient instruments used by Creator to main
tain balance between population and production.
possible head off that
of the rich and welo-do "Why give the worker higher
wages and improve standards of vng? they asked ha
thing against Gods laws will only make the poor
miserable"
sounds fantastic today and is just absurd it
God intended that human beings should live
sums covered with vern and hungry through fault
of their He gave His children world
and He intended that those should used
the benefit of all the people, for the enrichment
of few.
However, still have among writers like Mr.. HOLES
the audacy to challenge the goodness and mercy
We would like to think they speak for only mer
minority to the rich and powerful but
that tht is the case.-Labor.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-12-03
Explaining Strength and Progress

According reports in the daily press Premier Stain of
Soviet going insist that millions of Germans
be recruited rebuild the portions of Russia ravaged by the
invading German armies has been declared
this will bring home to the world better than anything
else the outstanding difference between the Russian
the other countries in the United Nations Russia
worry about the effect private enterprise
by the production accomplished by these millions of German
workers which the press says are to be demanded
The United News in ISSUE expressed worry
about this, stating
First make Germany work for her to replace
goods u S. and Britain cannot do the with
out interfering with private trade
Second Russia keep full employment with
everything u and Britain face serious
postwar employment problems
Thrd Russia may give the appearance of postwar
ress as undeveoped are exploited on planned basis
often utilizing developed transport and machinery"
And might add that the leaders of capital and indus
m and their tools he press will be behind the eight ball in
trying the people of the u S. and Britain about Russia
they successful in doing period of years
After the last Germany offered to provide large
of construction workers to assist in rebuilding the
devastated regions of France in order to meet its reparaton
payments but France would not accept them Of it
Both of these countries will have almost nsuperabe
problems unemployment of their workers meet under
the private enterprise On the other hand in Russia
workers from the outside will be welcomed and certainly we
shall witness there the appearance of postwar as
the editor of the u. S. News grudgngy predicts
1t is we'll recognized that big business getting
bigger that small business generally speaking hanging
by its eyebrows Monopoles increasing in and
influence and free enterprise becoming more and more
myth We hear constantly reiterated ulsome promises about
the convenences that to become available after the
But clearly recognized certainty that all of these
developments the fields of in the production
these materials under private
control In this connection, know that the DUPONT
company production of the greater part of mate
rails and articles out of pastics During the the
companys plant facilities have been expanded at cost of ST.
000 Of this the paid 53849000 and
Uncle Sam put $1061 DOL 600 In all like
hood very any all of these funds advanced by the
will be repaid and since Dupont will and
patents the materials produced in the plant there
will be little Uncle Sam do with the plant other than
the monopoly with and hope that the
people derive benefit from the production by the
company-if they have the money to pay for it
the question employment that there
will be purchasing One of the many nuts to crack in
This in the operation captaistc economy the
fact that the egencies of have brought about physical
output industry showing increase of 80 cent the
oeace time production the number employed
he production been increased only Is per cent does
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-12-03

| tary equipment of Russia better than
Lindbergh having built some of the
railroads there as well as having ex-
perimented with military equipment
on the Russian steppes. The German
informatian bureau knew all about
the Red army, most Of the details of
Soviet defense, even the fact that
most of all heavy plant and factory
equipment in European Russia was
purposely only bolted to cement foun-
dations to be quickly prepared for
evacuation in case of need. This was
well known to the German high COM
mand as well as the fact that it would
take the Soviets close to six months
to fully mobilize by which time the
war should be over according to
schedule. So it was finally decided
to take a gamblers chance and risk
it all on the turn of card and in
wade by surprise attack.
One thing that was overlooked was
its high morale as well as that of the
Soviet people as a whole.
In the month of June 1871, practic-
ally the whole German army as well
as the Satellite troops were conven-
iently placed close to the Russia bor-
der all the way from Finland to Bull
garia, set to cross the Soviet border
on the 22nd OF June, just one month
and 10 days after Hess landed in
England, without the formality of
declaration of war.
The bone of contention was oil,
pure and simple, and not the ideal
istic theory of government advanced,
which was only used as a smoke
screen. Once the Red army was de-
feated and the Soviets pushed back
of the Ural mountains into Siberia,
Germany could take her time cleaning
up England India and Africa to fol-
low. According to orthodox stand
ards, the Wehrmacht stood to win,
hands down, against the Reds until it
ran up against a stone wall, Stain
grad This point, no doubt, marks
the turning point in world history.
PROFESSIONALLY the Red army is the
outstanding champion in stopping the
Axis, but there are some contributing
factors which helped to turn the ia
bles on the Axis: the bombing of the
Reich, the fighting in Italy and Yugo-
slavia as we'll as the three billion dol
lars worth of Lend-Lease aid given
to Russia. While the three billion
dollars Lend-Lease represents only
one weeks U. S. war expenditures and
some probably sunk along the shores
of Norway and Finland, sometimes
the smallest item may throw the
scales one way or the other when
they are evenly balanced.
With the first sign of a second
front now, Hitler should be willing
to quit any minute. Peace-feelers
will be flying around these coming
days as well as other signs of the
end of war: one arms factory is re-
ported closed down in Salt Lake, one
shift in another 3-shift plant in Den
yer is laid off, the N. P. Ry. is granted |
priority in material for million dol |
ar tunnel between Livingston and |
Bozeman, Army and Navy are cutting |
appropriations down Is to IS billion
dollars, all signs showing which way
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-12-03
DID HITLER BLUNDER

DID HITLER BLUNDER
Apparently Hitler made his big mis-
take when he invaded the USSR, and
the stand of Stalingrad definitely
marked the turning point in World
War II. Had Won Paul taken Stain
grad, it would have given him con
troll of the Volga and he could have
swung his army north for possible
capture of Moscow and changed the
whole aspect of the war. This, in
the ordinary sequence of events, could
have forced the surrender of Lenin
grad as well as exposed the vital oil
fields of Baku and the Caucasus.
German strategy was worked out
long before even Hitler came into
the picture by the Triumvirate: the
Prussian generals, the Junkers and
the Farbin Chemical and Industrial
Trust, the real rulers of Germany
speaking of Hitler it must be under
stood that he is only symbol repre-
senting these interests.) Originally
it was only a three-point program:
Freedom from the Versailles treaty,
African colonies recovery and destruc-
ton of British sea-power. To gain
sary to strengthen her internal struc-
ture and gradually feel out opposing
forces, which she did by militarizing
the Rhineland, taking Czechoslovakia
and invading Poland. In doing this,
everything worked so smoothly and
according to plan that she revamped
her original plan to include every
thing she needed
She practically controlled Swedish
iron ore and could get all the other
vital material, but oil, from Africa;
thus oil became her long range OBJ
jective. After she had full control
of Polish and Rumanian oil it still left
her a little short of what she needed
and the nearest big oil fields were in
the Near East, Baku and Iraq which
Maxim Weygand with his French and
British colonials was closely watch
ing.
At first glance it looks like a mill
tary blunder when the Nazis failed to
cross the English channel on the heel
of the Dunkirk retreat, the threat of
the Red army was considered too
great after what happened in Poland
and so it was decided to liquidate
Continental Europe and this turned
out to be like taking candy from
kid. To conquer France in six weeks
and take two million prisoners was
enough to almost turn a persons head
and it evidently did
1t is obvious that to reach Baku and
Iraq oil there was but one out of
three courses to take: to scrap the
treaties with Turkey and Russia and
go through their countries or go by
way of the Mediterranean and Egypt
Going by way of Egypt would have
given Russia more time to prepare
for the decisive battles to be fought
between the Black sea and the Caspian
giving Russia the short supply lines,
putting Germany almost in the same
position as Great Britain was when it
lost Tobruk. To go through Turkey,
by force or consent, would
amount to the same thing, war with
Russia.
The high command knew the mill
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-12-03

the wind blows and pointing to an
early peace. While the Allied troops
in Italy act as holding operation,
we have enough troops in England
now to start second front on short
notice to take over the coming Bed
lam in Europe, and II Hitler starts
using gas now, it will be too bad for
him and won't save him.
A. e. ANDERSON.
Butte, Mont, Nov. "a, 1913.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-12-03

mt look like the u will need any workers than has
to produce all that profitaby produce after the
does it?
Maybe will be educational the people
investigate how Russia employ the millions Of Ger
mans in addition to its workers after the
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-12-03
OPINIONS OF READERS

communications this
should be brief
cud degree at least effectively Anonymous letters will
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-05
Tough Soldiers
First Essential
5"Be tough"

o-"Be tough.
The why. indomltablc little
Monty is almost fanatically in
SiStent on this point. Battle or no,
his Eighth Army goes through lg-
orous calisthenicS every morning,
often complaining but never for
getting that Monty himself does
the same thing.
Monty knew his ground so
well before the start of the battle
of Fl Alamein that he called the
war correspondents to him a few
hours before the incredible drive
began and said Gentlemen. by
tomorrow / shall be able 10 tell
you whether this battle will last
3 days or II.
The next day in the roar and
hell Of battle a British infantry
unit failed TO take one of three
necessary detectives because Of a
whitening fire from well entrenched
German positions. This battle
will now last II days" the fight
ing general announced IT lasted
II DAYS.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-05
Plans to Use
RommePs Weakness

There was never any doubt In
"Monty'S mind that he'd whir
Rommel whom he regards As a
deeply personal enemy. Wher
Wendell Willkie visited Monty
and inquired about Rommel
Monty answered:
Hes a trained, skilled gem
eral. But he has one weakness.
He repeats his tactics. And
that's the way I'm going TO get
him"
Rommel was ready to roll on
eastward by the middle of last
October but first he couldn't re-
SiSt setting his favorte trap for
the new and virtually unknown
leader OF the Eighth Army
Monty
The German wizard strength
ened his TANKS and deliberately
weakened I'm, middle. and 10 his
great giec Monty Int tho veal,
center OF the Afrika KorpS line.
II was Iu>t a. Rommel wanted il.
When Nlonty'S' armor was
stretched thInly enough through
The gap in the German middle
BommeI> tanks and tank destroy
cr> alonE the Quattara Depression
would head northward.