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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-10-22
MONT. CATTLE
FEEDING
SITUATION

Developments in the cattle feeding
situation to the end of September
point to a rather sharp reduction in
the number of cattle to be fed during
the coming winter and spring COM
pared with year earlier, the De-
partment of Agriculture reported to-
day. Present indications are that the
number of cattle fed will be below a
year earlier in nearly all of the i'm
portant feeding states, both in the
corn belt and in other areas.
Reports from the various feeding
states show that the causes of the
probable reduction in feeding are as
ISOLATED with prices, and not with
the availability of cattle for feeding.
The potential supply of feeder cattle
and calves in producing and feeding
areas is larger than last year and of
ner record size. Pricec of fat cattle
in early October were little different
from year earlier, but there is much
in the minds of feeders
as to what fat cattle prices may be
next winter and spring under estab-
lished ceiling prices for beef, espe
cially, if ceilings are established on
live cattle.
Prices of feed grains, high protein
feds, and hay are much higher than
a year ago. Market prices of stocker
and feeder cattle. which were mate
rally higher than year earlier dur
ing the first half of 1913, have de-
clined considerably in the last two
and early in October were
about the same as a year earlier.
While supplies of feed grains and
protein feeds are quite large, the sup
ply per animal unit is much below
last year and other recent years. !
Many feeders in recent months have |
found it difficult to obtain needed |
feed supplies and are fearful that
he situation during the coming feed
ng season may be even more diff
cult
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-10-22
W. F. A. FIXES
BUTTERFAT and
MILK PAYMENTS

BOHEMIAN, Oct. 20. The whole
milk and butterfat rates of payment
which will be made to farmers to off
set increases in dairy feed costs since
September 1912 have been announced
by the War Food Administration,
states r. J. McKenna, chairman Of
the state AAA committee.
The rates for all counties in Mon
tana are 35 cents a hundred-weight
on whole milk deliveries and four
cents a pound on butterfat Payments
will be made by county AAA commit
tees direct to the producers upon sub
mission of evidence of the quantity
of milk or butterfat sold 1t is ex-
pected that the first payments will
cover October deliveries of dairy prod
ucts, but the exact time of payment
will depend on the availability of the
forms.
The statement submitted to dairy
producers who sell whole milk to CO.
operative associations, milk distrib-
utors or eyaporated milk plants,
cheese factories, etcm., will constitute
satisfactory evidence, provided it
shows the quantity of while milk
delivered. Similarly, the receipts fur
nished by creameries for butterfat de-
liveries will constitute satisfactory
evidence. Dairy producers who retail
milk will need to substantiate their
claims by submission of customers
lists or other supporting evidence.
Producers who sell butter to consum-
ers, local stores, ETC., will need to OBJ
lain receipts from the buyers or other
of sale. Payments on sales
Of butter will be made at so per cent
Of the rate on butterfat, since there
are about four pounds of butterfat in
i've pounds of butter. Payments on
sales of cream will be made at 20% !
If the rate on butterfat, since there
S about one pound of butterfat in five |
pounds of cream.
McKenna wishes to emphasize that |
lairymen delivering whole milk |
should be sure that the records being |
furnished them by the buyer show |
he hundredweight of milk delivered,
md not merely the quantity of but
erfat in it, since the feed payment |
will be based on the weight of milk
delivered rather than on the pounds
# butterfat in such milk.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-10-22
Big BAKERS GET
ADVAN TAGE

WASHINGTON.-B Backed by de-
luge of complaints and criticism from
the variety goods bakers, including
those specializing in bread produc-
ton, Sen James E. Murray, chairman
of the senate small business commit
tee, has expressed disapproval in a
letter to Prentiss NJ Brown, admins
traitor for the Office of Price Admins
tration, on the issuance of amendment
No. II to Ration Order No. 8
The amendment singles out one in
dustrial group of sugar users, the pro-
ducers of bread, and makes them an
added allotment of sugar which "un-
necessarily discriminate against the
interests of $4,000 bakers, small and
large, whose principal production is
in bakery goods other than bread"
Senator Murray further pointed out
that this type of discriminatory ac-
ton introduces differential ration
ing policy within recognized indus
try" and has the effect of melting
apprehension among other industrial
users of sugar products who fear sim
liar action against them.
Senator Murray, who has been de-
for days with OPA officials
before taking a stand, said that on
the bsis of such unanimous criticism
throughout the country, he feels that
the order is wrong and the baker
right
Widespread alarm is aroused among
the small bakers of the country that
this discriminatory treatment in sugar
will increase the paper work and rec
ord keeping, already a tremendous
burden.
Representatives of all classes of in
1ustrial users of sugar who recently
conferred with Senator Murray report
hat sugar stocks are increased to
point where OPA can very well begin
% simplify rather than add differen-
.ial rationing and further complica-
ions.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-10-22

WhoelhOrSeS nold IN MISSOURI
on Monday and Tuesday of
this week as the republican
journals tried to make it ap-
pear. However, no reports of
physical combat between the
differing personalities were re-
ported.
Delegations from eight states, Mon
tana, Colorado, Idaho, North and
South Dakota, Oregon, Washington
and Wyoming - attended the confer
ence. Heading the whole show, was
Harrison E. Spangler, national chair
man of the party who was the prin-
cipal speaker at a banquet held on
Monday evening and spoke again on
Tuesday.
From the somewhat meager reports
of his utterances, he presented no
particularly effective arguments why
his party should be favored over the
democratic party in the elections next
year. His talks apparently consisted
largely of condemnation of the New
Deal and the somewhat plaintiye and
not too clear assertion that the claim
of the opposing party that it would
win was "insidious propaganda" APP
parently his claims that his own party
will score victory are not to be
characterized by treachery and de-
ceit" as implied in the adjective he
uses about the claims of the demo-
Gratis.
In expressing his opinion of the
administration, the doughty Spangler
stated "This country is following the
identical pattern which in Germany
produced Hitler, whose first step was
to do away with the legislative branch
Of the government just as the admin
itself dictated our laws since
the early '30s, by having them ap-
proved by rubber stamp ICON
gress)". Spangler appears to have
overlooked the fact that these rub
Der stamps" were the chosen repre-
sentatives of the people, just the |
same as the ultra reactionary, wealth
Ind privilege controlled majority of
republican representatives in con-
sress at this time.
In an interview of Mr.. Spangler the
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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-10-22
FINDS JEEPS GOOD
FOR FARM USE

American farmers may find the
army jeep handy thing to have on
the farm after the war, according to
tests made by the National Institute
of Agricultural Engineering in Eng
land. In preparation for the postwar
period of beating swords into plow-
shares, the institute has been testing
various war machines that might be
useful in agriculture. The tests show
the jeep is capable of pulling two
furrow pillow and is particularly sue
cessful with disc harrow.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-10-22

1.-THE state treasurer VINO mad re-
fused to honor draft for the
down payment of $150,000 out
of funds deposited with him by
the board, was directed to pay
over the amount to the Chi
cago bank as the draft called
for.
The decision arrived at by the ma
jority of the high court, found that
the contract under which the trans
action was carried out by the Liquor
Control Board and the dealers asso-
citation was not in violation of the
law, but later on in the written de-
cision, a cloud is apparently cast on
the contract by the decision itself,
when it states:
But what appears to be real de-
feet In the contract with the dealers
is the fact that the boards consent
was not free (Sec 7475, Rev. Codes
but was the result of a mistake of
law (Sec. 1884 Rev Codes) appar-
emily INDUCED in by both parties, or
at least by the board and not cor
rected by the dealers (Sec. 1885, Rev.
Codes) and that the contract may
therefore be subject to rescission as
provided by statute (Sec. 7474, Rev.
Codes. 1t may be the duty
of the board to have the question ad-
Indicated in a proper action in the
general interest"
The question of why, the state Ii
quor board, If it could lawfully act
as purchasing agent for compare
lively small group of retail dealers
and procure large quantity of liquor
for them, could not as well purchase
it for equitable distribution to any
continue to be a puzzling one to the
general public. The rationing system
now established in the state by the
liquor control board, provides that in
lividuals are permitted to purchase
one pint each week, and licensed
retailers in substantially 60 per cent
Of the amounts severally purchased
by them in 1912"
In discussing the rationing system,
he supreme courts majority decision
states:
1.-THE contract with the dealers is
lot invalidated by the rationing sys-
EN- set up by the board. That sys-
EN- having been found necessary in
he emergency war situation, and be-
ng reasonably within the boards
tatutory power under subdivision Cd
# section 2815.6S to prescribe the
,inds and quantities of liquor which
nay be purchased under permits of
NY class, the board had full power
o establish the rationing system and
ull power to amend or alter it either
irectly or by lawful transactions
aving that effect, WITHOUT DIS
AS AMONG THE
Continued ON Page Four)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-10-22
Mont. Clio Unions
Dissatisfied With
Milk Control Board

Montana CLIO unions are dissatis
fled with the present makeup of the
Montana Milk Control Board accord
ing to members of the East Helena
Mine Mill &c Smelter Workers Union
(CIO) feeling that there is at present
no satisfactory consumer representa-
ton in that body.
The reason for this complaint is the
action taken by G. A. Norris, execu-
tive secretary of the Montana Milk
Control Board in appearing before
various milk distributors in the state
urging them to demand higher prices
for milk without regard to the in
terests of consumers, particularly
those with large families, to whom
milk is an important item in the food
budget
The Montana Milk Control Board
was established in 1895 and provision
is made for consumer representation
which at present seems to be COM
pletely lacking.
Present membership of the board
includes DR.. Butler, chairman; E. F.
Lyman of Great Falls; w. H. Bailey
and Fred Rosselet of Butte, and R.
R. Renne of Bozeman. None of these
men are satisfactory consumer repre-
sentatives according to spokesman of
the East Helena group.
A communication was sent by the
union to Governor Ford some weeks
ago asking for consumer representa-
ton on the board but to date they
have received no reply to their COM
In the meantime Mr. Gus Norris is
Iunketing about the state attempting
IN his own way to break down price
control to the detriment of the work
srs of Montana.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-10-22
Navy EXPANSION
GREATEST
In HISTORY

The phenomenal expansion Of
United States Navy shipbuilding is
unequalled in history. No naval con-
struction program Of comparable size
and speed has ever been accomplished
by any other nation. This ability to
build is one of the foundation stones
of American military strategy and a
basic advantage which the American
navy holds over fleets of all other
nations. 1t underlies amphibious at
tacks. 1t protects supply routes.
Most important, it makes feasible a
strategy of attack.
In the SO months between July 1,
1910, and July, 1913, the Navy COM
pleted 1876 new ships of all types.
This fleet-standing apart from the
U. S. Navy in existence on July l,
1910 - would be one of the largest
naval forces in the world. 1t COM
prises:
1888 combatant vessels aggregating
1,117,054 displacement tons and cost
ing more than three billion dollars.
1,274 mine craft and patrol craft of
1897 tons costing 800 million dol
lars.
ISL auxiliaries and 654 yard and dis
trict craft
1864 landing craft aggregating
610,7S1 tons and costing more than
one billion dollars.
Although the largest tonnage in
creases are in the combatant subdi-
vision of the program, the steepest
rate of increase has been in landing
craft. In the first six months of 1912,
compilations moved up to 10000 tons
or so per cent more than the total
of the preceding year and a half
In the last half of 1912, more than
20 times the total for the preceding
six months was completed.
Speed has not been achieved by an
extravagant expenditure of labor Sub
stantial reduction in man hours has
been made in many yards.
Production of Navy planes, as well |
as ships, has shown great gains. Be |
tween January 1, 1912 and July 1,
i'fo, IL Hudui upiSu. DSIWCch Juiy 1,
1910, and July 1, 1913, the Navy COM
pleted 1857 planes of all types.
Their combined airframe weight is al
most Ga million pounds.
To replace the Navy planes lost at
would have required half a
year at the 1910 rate of production.
BY June, 1912, when the battle was
fought, the losses could have been
made up in two weeks. Now they
Continued on Page FOUR
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-10-22
REPUBLICAN
GAINS NOT BY
Rep. VOTES

! In study recently made by thu
Union for Democratic Action which
is published below, it is indicated thai
in only few cases were republicans
elected by more of the party votes
than were cast in the off-year election
of 1888, and that the gains made by
the republicans in congress in the
1912 election were due to the fact thai
workers and soldiers did not vote and
the democratic votes were small.
Included in the release of the study
made by the UDA, the effect of dis
reimbursement in the south through
the poll tax is also clearly shown.
The report of the study follows:
Congress and the Peoples Mandate
In many northern and western dis
tricts which substituted republicans
for democrats in congress last ses-
sion, the democrats lost from two to
four times as many votes as the re-
publicans, comparing the 1912 cleo
lions with the 1888 off-year election,
an examination of the Congressional
Directory (pages 251-57) will show
But in practically no case did re-
publicans in 1912 get more votes than
the democrats in 1888. In only few
cases was the republican vote as high
as their vote in 1885, The sharp
drop in democratic votes left the re-
publicans the winners. Such returns
may not indicate a swing to reaction,
as congressman learned during the
recess.
There were million less votes cast
in 1912 than in 1888. Many of these
if not most-were the DISTINGUISHED
war workers and soldiers.
After the 1912 election, Senator
Mead d., N.Y. and friends made
survey of IA districts in Buffalo, NY.
They found that 7O% of the voters
in middle class districts had voted
But only 2O96 of the voters in districts
where workers lived had gone to the
polls.
Obviously liberals and labor must
earn the elementary lesson Tammy
discovered a hundred years ago: to
win an election you must get out the
vote
If the same people had voted in
1912 who voted in 1888, three-fourths
If the new republican seats in con-
sress would have remained democrat
C. In fact, it is doubtful if the |
switch in votes would have elected |
Is many as one-fourth of the new |
epublicans, now in congress. AS few |
Is 1000 votes sent republican to |
congress from normally democratic |
district.
There was no positive back-swing |
n 1912; only Acknowledgement and |
.pathy.
How SeIective Democracy Works
Congressman Schuetz of Illinois,
Who polled 1920 votes, has only one
-ote in the house of representatives.
he following fifty poll tax congress-
nen who together received the same
lumber of votes as Congressman
ichuetz have one vote apiece: 357,-
90 southerners have so votes in con-
ress while $4,000 free citizens of
illinois have only one vote
McMillen, SC, 1903; Richards, SC.
,112; Hare, SC, 3,2O1; Cox, Ca, g.
"a; Bryson, sc. 4,22S; Fulmer, SC,
,44S; Drewry, Va, 4,464; Whiting
On, Miss, 1876; Gibson, Ca, 4,7S5;
ace, Ga, 1924; Priest, Tenn, 1916;
teagall, Ala, 5,043; Camp, Ca, 5,1OS;
arver, Ca, 5,172; Bland, Va, 5000;
[arris, Va, 1910; Brown, Ca, 1898;
ivers, SC, 5,432; Boykin, Ala, s.
90; Alternately Miss, 1861; Vinson,
a., 5,725; Satterfield, Va, 1926;
Continued on Page Four)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-10-22

PVT. STANLEY WESLEY VOGT
Formerly prominent in the Blaine
County Farmers Union, cleans his
rifle as he prepares for inspection
at the San Diego, Calf, Marine
Corps base, where he is now under
going training as Leatherneck re-
cruit. Before entering the service
last month, he was serving as or
ganizer for the Montana Division of
the Farmers Educational and Coop
erative Union of America, and had
previously served as manager of the
unions oil station and creamery at
Chinook. The 28-year-old Leather
neck served as president of the
Blaine County Farmers Union for
two years.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-10-22
Grand total of 1O7s..-s21,s 1855


These contributions were gathered
from our northwest group of states,
consisting of Montana, North and
South Dakota, Montana, Wisconsin
and Iowa.
Our last previous report was sent
out on July 6, at which time we re-
ported total of LOOP contributions
and $20,S43.O8.
In this report, total contributions
have increased to 1,076 and $21,935. 95.
We are now just S1,064.O5 short of
our northwest goal of $4,000, which
we expect to reach before the Nation
al convention date.
Since this report goes to all state
board members whose addresses we
have, and to many boards of coop
eratives, we hope that it will stimu-
late contributions throughout the
length and breadth of our organiza-
ton.
Very truly yours,
A. w. KICKER,
Fiscal Director
National Farmers Union.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-10-22
DAIRY PAYMENT RATES
DRAFT DELINQUENTS TO
BE INDICTED

Beginning November /, all men Is
to SO years of age who are subject
to Selective Service but who are de-
linquent will be put into Glass la
Immediately and ordered to report for
induction, the Selective Service Blu
reau of the War Manpower Commits
sion has stated.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-10-22

War Ration Book -Four Monday, No
vember l. These stamps will be valid
through December 20 and will be
used for buying processed foods in
the same way as the blue stamps in
Book Two The last blue stamps in
Book Two OK, Y, and ~ remain good
through November 20. Book Four is
being distributed the latter part of
October-the exact time and place be-
ing announced locally One individ-
ual may apply for Book Four for all
members of his family residing at the
same address. The applicant must
have War Ration Book Three with
him for each person for whom he
wishes to obtain a Book Four
RESTRICT DELIVERIES
Restrictions on all wholesale and re-
tail deliveries ordered by the Office
of Defense Transportation have gone
into effect throughout the nation
The restrictions include: ~ no re-
tail delivery of packages weighing
five pounds or less or measuring go
inches or less in length and girth
combined; (2) limitations upon the
frequency of retail and wholesale de-
liveries of certain commodities; 90
no Sunday retail deliveries except of
ice, milk, or cream. Common carriers
ma ynot be used to make retail or
wholesale deliveries to circumvent
the order.
CIVILIAN RICE SUPPLY NORMAL
] Rice will be available this year to
consumers in average quantities of
the past several years, but may not
be adequate to meet the large de-
mand resulting from increased buying
power, the War Food Administration
said recently. Under controlled dis
CONTINUED on Page Four)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-10-22
WARNS AGAINST HARMFUL


Operators of all kinds of motor We
hicles have been warned by ODT
against the use of harmful salt or
oil preparations as radiator anti-freeze
Salt anti-freeze solutions may cause
corrosion or shorting of electrical cir
cults.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-10-22
[idates Are Represented.

With republican leaders of two states Wyoming and Mime
boosting Harold Stassen their
President Joe Montgomery of Lewown Montana heading
supporters Dewey and the delegation of republican leaders
from Oregon about for Wkie everything could not have
sweey harmonious at the conference of republican
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-10-22

decision rendered late yesterday evening" majority OF
the members of the Montana Supreme Court held that the
deal by number of the members of the retail liquor
dealers association the Montana State Liquor Control
Board whereby the board acting purchasing agent for
them the purchase of 900 of liquor legal and
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-10-22
RUSSIA THANKS
AMERICAN FARMERS

The sincere appreciation of the Rus
sian people for American seeds sent
to aid Russian farmers in the war-de-
vastated areas recaptured from the
enemy was recently expressed by
Russian officials, the Department of
Agriculture has reported. AS of July
this year, nearly 1 million pounds
of vegetable seed and 21a million
pounds of field seed had been con-
tributed to the Russian war relief
agency through the efforts of United
States seed improvement associations,
services, and thousands of
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-10-22
USE BOOK -FOUR NOV.

Housewives will start using green
stamps "a, "B" and &c" from new
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-10-22
AUSTRALIAN WAR FACTS


In introducing Australia's new budg-
ct, Treasurer Joseph B. Chifley re-
vealed that more than so per cent of
the Australian working population is
under arms or engaged in war effort
One-sixth of Australia's total war ex-
penditure in the present year, he said,
will go for reciprocal aid-'reverse
lend-lease" - to the United States
forces in Australia and the Southwest
Pacific Labor Minister E. j. Hollo-
way pointed out that nearly one in
every three workers in Australian
government and semi-government mu-
nitions, shipbuilding, and aircraft
works are women. The Common
wealth Food Production Executive
has launched the biggest seed produc-
ton program ever launched in Aus
tralia. Many farms will devote large
areas to producing vegetable seed
Before the war, much of the veget-
able seed used in Australia was i'm
ported.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-10-22
MAJORITY OF SUPREME
COURT JUDGES LIQUOR
LEGAL

Chief Justice Johnson and Associate Justices
Morris and Anderson Hold That Deal
Made by l27 Members of Retail Liquor
Dealers Association for Purchase of Liquor
By State Board, Stands.