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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-04-02


ents, increased purchase of War
Bonds and Stamps, uniform working
agreements, greater activity on legis-
lative affairs and elections, minimiz-
ing suspended member lists, union
laber for lumber products, safety,
health first aid, and sanitation in log
ging camps and mills, improved hos
pital care system, more attention to
educational matters and the problems
of schools and teachers
Current wages, hours and working
agreement disputes, some of which
are still in controversy with the Ma
tional Labor Board will be reviewed
and local union reports compared on
many points. Competent and well in
formed speakers on several matters
of vital concern are expected to adj
dress the convention. Representatives
of the Northwestern Council and the
United Brotherhood of Carpenters
will bring news of vital concern to all
l.. s. w. members.
All indications point to a progress
sive, war conscious, efficient conven-
tion in Missoula, with adequate enter
tainment also being provided. Pres.
Lyle Williamson of Local 1912, has
voiced assurance that all who come
to Missoula will be accorded a full
measure of hospitality by members of
his local and the Garden City of Mon
tana. Convention headquarters will
be at the Palace hotel Business SEES
sions will be held in the Labor Tenn
pie on East Main Street.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-04-02
kALISPELL LABOR
BODY PROTESTS
WI. B. RULING

The Central Trades and Labor
Council at Kalispell is in the center
of Montana's lumber industry and
widely recognized for its consistent
support of the Lumber and Sawmill
Workers program.
The following resolution recently
adopted by the Kalispell Council is
evidence of the attitude taken in sup
porting the objections to the unfair
Pine Area Wage Decision recently
handed down by the War Labor
Board:
WHEREAS, The West Coast Lum-
Der Commission, after many months
of consideration, has recently rend
cred decision on the Pine lumber
industry wage dispute which decision
has been affirmed by the National
War Labor Board, and
WHEREAS, this decision, by pro-
viding different minimum wages for
several areas in the states of Califor-
mia, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and
Montana has shown discrimination
and has contributed to chaotic con-
dition rather than contributed toward
the sterilization so necessary for the
maximum war production of lumber,
and
WHEREAS, the minimum wages
provided for in the decision are so
low that many men are already leav-
ing the pine lumber industry for other
better paid jobs in order to meet
the increasing cost of living, there
fore, be it
RESOLVED, that the War Labor
Board be asked to reconsider it's de-
cision in this case and that the War
Manpower Commission and the U. S. |
Employment Service be informed of
the great danger of the growing labor |
shortage in the pine lumber industry,
caused to a great extent by the re-
cent Pine Lumber Industry wage de- |
cision, which contributes to the dis
content of already overburdened work
ers and is a further incentive for
them to seek a decent living else
where"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-04-02
REPORT OF WORK
SUPREME
COURT FOR week
DECISIONS:

DECISIONS:
March 23rd-WiIIam G. Montgom
cry, administrator v. First Nationa
Bank of Dillon and others. Appealed
from Beaverhead county, Dillon. Opin
ion of the court by District Judge Ru
dolph Nelstead, sitting in place OF
Chief Justice Howard A Johnson, dis
qualified; District Judge Guy c. Derry
sitting in place of Justice Albert H
Angstman, disqualified. A dissenting
opinion was filed by Justice G. F.
Morris
Facts: In the Montgomery estate
proceedings, the district court made
two orders: first one directing the
sale of the remainder of the estates
property to pay claims of the First
National Bank of Dillon and the DAILY
Bank & Trust Company, and, second,
an order settling the account of J. H.
Gilbert as trustee of Montgomery
estate.
Held: That the first order be an
nulled because the claims of the banks
were barred by laches; and that the
second order be affirmed excepting
as to the claims of the two above
named banks.
March 23rd-Wiliam G. Montqom-
cry, administrator v. First National
Bank of Dillon and others. Compan-
ion case to the above. Unanimous
opinion of the court prepared by
Judge Rudolph Nelstead, sitting in
place of Howard A. Johnson, disqual-
flied
Held: That the district courts rul-
ing that certain mileage expenses in
GUIDED in the administrators account
were not properly chargeable against
he estate.
Prepared and Released by:
PETER MELOY, Marshal
Supreme Court of Montana
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and that it was for livestock that
would be prepared for market in the
shortest possible time. That l was
to refrain from buying any cattle un-
less they were in the hands of per-
sons who did not have pasture suffi
cient to care for them.
| 81 know if | had not been able to
get this loan, could not have stocked
my ranges this summer.
81 have noticed in various news
papers that the policy of the R. A. c.
C. has been attacked, and that an
effort is being made to stop the maxi
ing of loans of this kind. l hope you
feel that you can support the R. A.
C. c."
| inquired of the Farm Credit Adj
ministration whether or not the facts
set forth in this letter were accurate,
and I was advised that they correctly
represent the policy of the R. A. C. C.
in making loans to Montana farmers.
They further furnished me with an
amended copy of their bulletin Fl,
Boards of the Department of Agricul
ture must call in representatives of
banks or bankers associations to sit
on the committees that are consider
ing applications for r. A. G. G. loans
to insure that only such loans as are
not negotiable at the bank will be ap-
proved This bulletin sets forth the
following:
q. the loan representative of the
Regional Agricultural Credit Corpora
ton and chairman of the County War
Board should satisfy themselves that
each applicant for a Regional Agricul-
tural Credit Corporation loan is not
in position to obtain credit he needs
from other sources at reasonable
rates and terms"
In view of these very definite pol
icies of the Department of Agricul-
ture, it does not appear to me that
this agency of the federal govern
ment is in active competition with
local banks in Montana but acts as a
supplemental agency relieving the
banks of those submarginal and OBJ
jectionable loans which are necessary
to continue the maximum production
of vitality necessary foods.
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tional training.

tional training.
"The Board of Examiners included
in its request for appropriations for
that school an item to make it posi-
BILE to give suitable instruction to
these boys. Under the appropria-
tions made we cannot enlarge our
activities-we must drift along as in
the past.
I'VE cannot do our duty towards
these boys until the legislature real
ICES the opportunity that exists and
provides funds to give them proper
vocational training"
Should a special session be called,
as appears probable now, the O'Con-
nor Horrigan tribe of stooges may
find themselves surrounded by an
cry and resentful groups of farmer
members summoned from their i'm
portant tasks because of the lack of
common sense and understanding of
this group of so-called leaders.
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fully explained or analysed yet, but il
is hoped that the change will be fol-
the better Davis, as food admins
traitor, will WELD tremendous power
over agriculture, and his words will
be watched carefully to determine his
viewpoint.
Congressional exposes of ineffi.
cheney, waste and mismanagement
contiue. 1t appears that on the basis
of 1871 salaries, the income of the
leading officials of the nations 200
leading corporations have risen out
of all proportion with the rise in the
cost of living. Further, it is pointed
out that numerous brokers'" "con-
fidential agents." and "counsels" have
grown rich representing people look
ing for war contracts. The Truman
committee has exposed numerous in
stances of waste, and it is to be hoped
that these conditions will be re-
NEEDED, so that small segment of
our population will not be permitted
to wax rich off the war
Little has been heard of the Mon
tana delegation in congress for awhile
but it to be hoped that they are
still on the job. Both Representa-
tives Mansfield and O'Connor have
been filling the Congressional Record
with somewhat statements on every
thing from remarks on the beauties
Of Lake Occur d'Alene, Idaho, to edi-
torials from the Montana Standard.
The committee to aid small business
headed by Senator Murray has been
noted in the press.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-04-02
american FUNDS
START SCHOOL
IN CHINA

NEW YORK. - Funds donated BY
Americans have started new indus
trial training school in Kansu pro
vince that will equip mechanically in
clined Chinese boys to become tech
nicians, chemists and mechanics
| Buildings have been purchased and
furnished, and classes will start as
soon as the pupils assemble from all
parts of Free China.
The school will be known as the H.
H. Kung Indusco Polytechnic, after
China's minister of finance, who is
president of the Chinese Industrial
Co-operatives. The project will be
run under the direction of the GIG
organization in China, which is asso-
ciated in this country with the Amer
lean Committee in Aid of Chinese
Industrial Coo-peratives, participant
ing agency of United China Relief.
The new school is located in prox
unity to many workshops of the CO.
operatives, that will supplement
school training with practical expert
ence. Courses will last for two years,
and graduates will start their careers
in the Chinese Industrial Co-opera
tives.
Other branches of these manual
education and trade schools, of which
there are nine, are known as Bailie
Technical Training Schools, after the
Joseph Bailie, who spent
his life advocating industrialization
of China. Many of the young Chi
nese men for whom Joseph Bailie OBJ
tanned industrial scholarships in the
United States are now working in the
Chinese Industrial Co-operatives.
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Under the Surface of a Hero
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Continued
fered and died in the wake of his roaring plane shall
done in that because of thembecause what
did them and what they did hm-Ameca dedicated
the building of of freedom love and happi-
throughout the whole world that he
the things inside of him which in the clutches
helped give his Nation chance bless itself in the
the least of these the children of his Lord and that
of his awful experience neither his children
will be drawn into the Internal tragedy of
Or does SPADE ask for too much in behalf of genera
ton which is Jack?-From Spade, Washington, D. c.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-04-02
POSTWAR SPECUJLATIONS

foreign seige-guns like it has been fol-
so long. Moscow may even insist on
the public trial of Hesse and Mikhail
ovich and other Hitler collaborators
There may be considerable weeping
and lamentations over lost crowns
and fancy titles but there should be
some improvements for the rank-and-
file. There is likely to be a disarma-
ment conference with real disarma-
ment program; League of Nations
with teeth to make its decisions bind
ing.
Colonial countries should come I'M
der article of the Atlantic Charter
which happens also to be part of the
U. S. S. R. constitution.
This could prevent future wars and
save millions of lives.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-04-02
SEN. MURRAY'S
ON
R. A. c. c. LOANS

WASHINGTON. - In response t,
numerous letters that l have received
from bankers of Montana protesting
the activities of the R. A. A. C. il
making banking loans, may l refer
you to the following letter from w
H. Tschirgi, Wyola, Montana:
Dear Senator Murray:
81 have made loan with the Re
gional Agricultural Credit Corporation
recently and know the requirements
and purpose for which this kind OF
credit is extended.
"In my case they would not con
slider my loan until | proved to them
that it could not be financed in any
other way and that l had grass and
feed that would not have been con-
verified into meat this season if the
R. A. C. C. had not granted this credit
to me.
"They asked me if | had II led to
have the regular banking channels
handle this loan, which | had done
and been refused The r. A. G. c..
are offering to turn this loan, either
as whole or in part, to any bank
that cares to handle it.
my point is that l want to do my
part in increasing the production of
meat and the only place | could find
to finance this effort was with the
R. A. c. C. l think they are doing a
very necessary job in making it pos
sible to increase beef by financing
persons such as myself in the pur-
chase of steers, not stock cattle, to
fatten as soon, and with the least
and to carry these cattle
until they will yield much larger
carcass, and thus increase the ton
mage of meat in the shortest possible
time and utilize all the feed available
"The policy of the R. A. C. C. was
to me as that which
would only take care of loans not ac-
,eptable to banks, and to care for
persons who had feed that would not
be utilized unless the loan was made
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-04-02
MANGANESE PLANT TO
BE OPENED IN BUTTE

WASHINGTON. - Sen. James E.
Murray of Montana announced that
after many months of conference with
the war production board, he has Sc
cured clearance for 400-ton capacity
treatment plant for the Domestic
Manganese Company of Butte, Mont
This mill will enable the long idle
nodulizing plant at Butte to be put
into operation and will stimulate addi-
tional production of this important
strategic mineral by Independent pro-
ducers. John H. Cole, president of
the Domestic Manganese Company
has been in Washington working with
Senator Murray. Construction work
be started Immediately.
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over the air.
Representative Joe Starnes, who
bats for Dies when the chairman is
out ON one of his lucrative speaking
tours, or holding hearings with him
self in his Texas horse-corral, exposed
his own land the Dies committee's)
ideas about this war less than cou-
pie of weeks ago. Said Starnes in an
official statement to reporter for the
Birmingham News he hoped Russia
and Germany will fight each other to
utter exhaustion on the steppes of
Russia or on the plains of Germany"
Just don't forget about Martin Dies.
Even when his committee does moth
ing public, it is apparently working
tirelessly to undermine the morale
and the whole war effort of the
United States.
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prices, we still would not be able to
compete with Borden, Sheffield, or
dupont in paying those salaries of
$4,000 a year, and over.
Mr.. Will admits that the parity
formula is unrealistic, and yet he
would have us believe that little
more tinkering with it by the farm
bloc" will solve our problems. Since
parity is not used to compute our
milk prices, it is clear that all of the
farm bloc" definitions and re-defini-
tions of parity will not bear on the
milk problem. Since many of the ma
jor farm products are selling below
parity, it is clear that no boosting of
the parity ceiling will add penny
to the income of these farmers
| All of this talk about raising parity
is directed toward undermining, the
price control program and the $4,000
salary ceiling. The farmers are being
used as a political football; while the
farm bloc" talks about higher farm
prices, the professors get the actual
increases in dollars and cents - we
get only the talk" and re-definitions.
Instead of allowing each group to
grab what it can on a price basis, the
war effort requires that machinery,
manpower, and resources be allocated
on the basis of an overall plan to
the uses of which they can make their
greatest contribution to winning the
war. Some steps seem to have been
taken in this direction, but we still
have long way to go. Instead of
plan for the whole war economy, the
farm bloc" calls for rugged individ-
ualism with each group charging what
it can get and bidding against every
other for labor, machinery, and sup
plies. Such chaotic conditions would
be no boon to the war effort or to
the farmers, for we certainly cannot
compete with the trusts when it
comes to bidding for these productive
resources
If the Army and Navy had to bid
on price basis for men and guns, !
we would certainly have grand mess
yet, at the beginning of the war,
we saw how some manufacturers OPP
posed efforts to convert their indus
tries because they could make more |
money manufacturing expensive re-
frigerators, automobiles, or out-and-
out luxuries.
To win the war, we must plan our
economy to produce the maximum |
output of essential products, including
food, and we must all work and fight |
together in unity against our common
enemy We therefore regret the at
tacks which Mr.. Will and the farm
bloc" have made against labor. In
stead of stressing the need for unity,
Mr.. Will asserts that "the interests
Of farmers and labor are opposed"
the task before the
farmers and the workers is to lick
Mr.. Hitler. Our farm boys are fight
ing shoulder to shoulder with the city
boys; they need the munitions that
labor is making, and they need the
food that we are producing.
Mr.. Will, himself a member of the
Farm Bureau, says, ''In general,
approve of the things the president
If this organization, Edward A. O'Neil,
8 lobbying for in Washington, but,
o date, l have had no way to express
approval or disapproval of the bu-
'eaus policies by ballot" For my
oart, l have had no way to express +
ny disapproval of the farm bloc's"
policies, and therefore | am writing ,
his reply. :
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-04-02
Copper Scrap No. l Salvage
Problem This Year

wage problem of the west during 1913
although iron and steel scrap collec.
ton must be maintained at a high
level, L. J. Todhunter, regional sal.
wage manager for WPB, reports. He
said U. S. needs for copper for war
production are so great that copper
production could not possibly meet
the needs. Scrap, he said, must fill
the gap.
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You cannot control what you dc
not owni
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Ordeal ~ Nh:lnl{aj

try and get out when he'd stood with
the others before the iron-haired
Major He could have said: Major,
Ill be no good out there, sir I've
always been afraid of being alone in
the dark, ever since | was d child"
He hadn't said it, naturally. He
knew how the other men would have
laughed, laughter that would have fol-
lowed him as long as he knew them
They couldn't understand how deep
and terrible was his fear of the dark.
A shadow moved along the opera
tons shack. The challenge Haiti
stuck twice in Joe's throat before it
leapt out. There was no reply, no
movement Then he saw it was only
a shadow - without substance - and
great relief surged through him
He went on, wiping the Precipitation
from his forehead.
0OUND on the gravel behind caused
him to whirl, but his heart quoted
as he saw it was one of the guardhouse
dogs - Mike, the little brown one,
who'd been following him off and on
the post for the past few days. Joe
reached down and patted the small,
why head. Mike licked his hand. Joe
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over in his mind the challenge instruc-
tons. If the car stayed on the road.
it was no concern of his But if it came
down on the air-feld striproad, it was
not only his concern but his RESPONSE
bihty.
The lights swung off the main road,
and the nose of the car came into
view. Joe stood flattened against the
hangar, letting it go by; then: Haltr'
He made it as commanding as possible.
The brakes, squealed as the car came
to sudden stop.
Cut the motor" Joe demanded.
"Dismount and stand in front of your
headlights.
A lean figure in US. Army uniform
got out. did as directed. Who goes
there?" Joe asked. knowing very well
it was the F.O.D.
Field Officer of the Day
Are you alone?"
Yes"
Advance and be recognized"
The officer moved toward Joe.
Halt. Your name and the counter
sign, sir
Captain Baxter" The officer
gazed straight at him Il don't Know"
he replied. What is the countersign2'
Careful; he's Trying TO Trip You. Il
must have the countersign,' Joe in
sisted.
Still the officer hesitated, Joe
thought: If he doesn't give the coun-
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command that the motor be cut.
The small red bulb with the phone
box under It was just before him,
attached to the end of Hangar II,
and Joe made for it, 1t was time for
him to signal in.
When he hung up and turned, Mike
was gone He whistled once, but the
whistle sounded eerie in the quiet all
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Strengthened and
walked on, Mike at
his heels.
He wondered what
time the Cd. would
catch up with him
tonight. The obs
covered the field and
barracks like a blan-
ket, making sure the
guards were alert.
wide awake. Some
were tough. some
easy. On his first
night Joe had got a
tough one, and only
his inexperience
saved him from a
racking. Last night
he'd done all right,
except he fo-got to
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about him. and he quit abruptly. He
went on. He'd find the little brown
pup at this end of the post, around the
back OF Hangar l6, where the new
motors were being installed in the
bombers.
Suddenly he saw headlights
approaching, and knew it must be the
Cd. Joe braced himself, quickly ran
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A terrible thing, this Fear In civil
ian life he'd hid it from himself and
othersby never being alone. But in the
Army, with post to walk at night,
he could hide it only from others.
Not from himself. His hand, gripping
his rife, was wet with sweat.
Everything was so deep, dead still
Three thousand men at this Field.
yet they hit upon him to do this par
t,cular piece of work, for which he
was so completely unsulted! A notice
on the bulletin board had stated:
The following men will report to
Major Lang at Guard Headquarters
for three months guard duty During
this period they will be excused from
all other duties His name had been
there with twenty others.
He'd had his chance, of course, to
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Walking his post
in the dark, Joe
grappled with a
secret fear

Vow that night had come, and
the Field slept, the Fear again
4 u seized Joe Warwick.