The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-03-19
BY LEvERNE HAMILTON
CEILING PRICES


While rationing of foodstuffs will
all its intricacies of points" fooC
stamps and similar red tape is becom
ing an increasingly severe headache
to the grocer and family purchasing
agent, forcing more small business
establishments to fold up" from
sheer disgust for the routine, admin
istration leaders, still obsessed with
the Nude Eel hallucination that CAPT
talism can be saved are discovering
that their cropping effort to ration the
nations resources is not accomplish.
ing the miracles which were expected
of it,
In the first place, capitalist leader
ship is, and always has been extreme
ly "class conscious" despite the hypo-
critical mouthings of the capitalist
press to the contrary. Capitalist lead
ers, notwithstanding the fact that in
democratic America" they are elect
ed by working class stiffs" are, and
always have been extremely reluctant
to yield any portion of capitalist con-
troll of government and economic pow
er to representatives of the radical"
working class elements regardless of
the fact that members of these groups
are just as patriotic, just as well quail
flied and in a great many cases much
more competent to administer such
power and control more equitably and
off hi orb
Gratis. AS Winton Churchill stated
that che" had not accepted the post
of chief minister to preside over the
of the British Empire, so
the leaders of capitalist America feel
that they were not chosen to preside
over the liquidation" of the capitalist
system, and with it the abolition of
the capitalist class and the much
"class consciousness" which
is a natural accomplishment of that
system.
Farm and labor organizations quick
Iy discover that fact when they al
tempt to secure appointment of bona
fide representatives of their organi
cations on the numerous local boards
Dr. bureaus in accordance with the
desire of administration
eaders to have such organizations
They discover that they
ire expected to provide the appointing
officials with a list of names (the
anger the list the more pleasing to
he officials) and the officials will
hen choose the representative" most
democracy then Mahatma Ghandi is
prime minister of England. If either
farm or labor organization is to be
accorded true representation that or
should be, and is, the best
Judge of the sincerity and competency |
# its representative, and If admins |
ration leaders were sincere, recon- |
nendation by the organization would |
,e accepted without further question. |
This is cited simply as evidence of adj |
leaders reluctance to re- |
inquish one iota of capitalist control |
o bone-fide representatives of farm |
nd labor groups.
In the rationing program conse-
uently, every advantage has been af
orded the privileged HAYES. An
made prior to the incep-
ion of the rationing programs gave
he privileged "haves" ample oppor.
unity to hoard" supplies while those
+ lower income would have been un-
bic to do so, even had they so de-
ired, because of limited finances.
With this and similar discrimina-
Dry practices obtaining in the ration
lg program and the mushroom
rowth of the "black market" playing
ayoc with the fumbling attempts TO
pportion the nations resources, CAPT
aIist leadership is finding it neces
airy TO take the next reluctont step
1 the evolutionary process toward a
lore efficient econom, the establish
lent of ceiling prices" on commodi
es
In taking these rc.uc AN. STEPS al
leadership resembles
othing so much as a balky horse,
sitting back in the 5reeching."
gain it is apparent that favor is to
3 accorded to packers and processes
products while the producer and
ltimate consumer gets the Short
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