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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-10-22
GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER
By RACKHAM HOLT
Reviewed by Max Yergan Ph.D., Pres Natl Negro Cong
By RACKHAM HOLT

way Of fighting against the cotton
slavery system of the south.
Rackham Holt has deep and full
appreciation of Carver's long life OF
work and its purpose. And she has
given us the story not only of that
life but OF its setting-the early home
environment, the various steps along
the long, hard path of seeking an edu-
cation, Tuskegee, and the tenant-farm-
err south-with an amazing richness
of detail. She has truly written IAN
American biography
Her narrative makes clear what
most of the eulogies of Carver, both
during his lifetime and at his death,
either obscured or ignored; that his
greatness lies in the fact that his life
was a preachment, expressed in deeds,
against economic and social waste
AS fascism is overthrown and the
world moves into the day of the COM
mon man, George Washington Cary
er's name will be remembered among
those whose lives were dedicated to
the cause of democracy.
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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-10-22

Rackham Hollis splendid biography
of George Washington Carver has
been described by at least two re-
viewers as the answer to the ques-
ton, What are we fighting for?"
This is proper Characterization.
This biography is an important book
for the times we are now living in;
it is, as Carver himself viewed it, "a
signpost guiding the way toward a
better life for the young of all races"
Through 80 years as an amateur,
beginning with the time as a child
when he became known to his neigh
bors as "the plant doctor, and through
over 40 years as a trained scientist,
Carver performed his experiments,
collected his scientific data, and made
his discoveries known to the world.
In all his efforts he constantly asked
himself, How can this be adapted to
the requirements of humble people?"
Through Farmers institutes and
conferences held periodically at Tus-
kegee, through weekend journeys
into the countryside with his demon
stration wagon, through demonstra-
lions at county and state fairs, and
through voluminous correspondence
and published bulletins, this man tried
to teach others what he had discov-
cred so that they might use this
knowledge to make their lives more
decent and more noble. This was his
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-10-22
New Social Frontiers

One of the great ironies the war is that millions
Americans for the first time enjoying goods and services
denied them time peace Thousands of American
fighting who have from depressed industrial and
rural discovering that the uniform of the United
States armed forces confers immunity diseases of NAL
nutrition Thousands experiencing the taste of foods pre-
vousy unknown them for the first time they wearing
sturdy shoes and wefitting clothing; Army
their infected tonslls Army dentists introducing
them to the pleasures of the drill and forceps Army opticians
are supplying them with glasses For many, whole
world physical webeing is being opened up Despite the
rgors and the hardshps of military discipline these
realizing the meaning of what happier
pleased to call the American standard of living.
Then, too there changed circumstances for
native refugees from the grinding poverty douth and erosion
the bowls the south and southwest during the decade
preceding precipitation into the Thousands of the
"okies and arkies of Mr. Stenbeck novel finding
security in the West Coast shpyard and factories
of Mr. Henry Kaiser In spite of point ratoning and food
scarcity they for the first time generations abandoning
accustomed diet of faback gs the wonders of
fresh meat and green vegetables
These are by-produc war; negative accomplishments
turmoil and unbaance of economy Mention
of them made for ddacc purpose but only to
that vast social frontier still existing that awaits
,oraton.
That social in the lives webeing of
American people, all hundred thirty million of them
Let examine briefly the challenge that offers
During the first year of selecve service candidate in
every rejected for physical According to
Times Of April 3rd 25 per cent of the 1920
age group report for induction rejected
physical Many reflections according to medical
hory due to not enough and improperly bal
anced food.
ty Administrator estimated that 40 million Americans
living the diet danger line In 1886 the Bureau of
Home Economics conducted nationwide survey and found
hat 3 cent of American families had diets that were dell
ey bad and that only 2 cent could be rated good
December 194 Dr. Gallup polled Americans food hab
ts half of those interviewed said they would like
the the Department of Agriculture conducted
survey housing and disclosed that 100000 farm
dwellings, unfit for human habiaton The United States
further revealed that than 40 per cent of all
American in need of major repairs Out of T.
units reported 100000 had BATH 100000
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-10-22
FROM EDITORIAL COLUMNS
No Time To Divide

Senator Nye who the Hateful day of Pearl Harbor
gry denounced the first of the attack
the lies of warmongers has led off with bitter attack
the British Consistent in making all the trouble he for
the administration in the effort he keeps busy with other
isoatons in efforts to create disunity between the Allies
Naturally the outburst anti-Britsh attacks
the senate stirring suspicious Enghmen the
other side of the Atlantic to equally preudced criticisms of
Americans At most unmely stage in the and in the
negotiations with Britain and Russia have groups both
countries who determined to disrupt the friendly relations
between the United Nations.
1t is noticeable that British haters get around
attack the nazs and the Japanese They all their
spleen and antagonism for those with whom closely
working in the most desperate in history No polit
zeal parisanshp personal hate of the President usfes
such trouble making.-Great Falls Tribune
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-10-22

Peoples Voice:
1t seems to me that a great injus
tice is being done the "prePearl Har
Dor fathers" that they are being
made the goat" so that Mr.. Wheeler
can express himself again. Mr.
Wheeler has been wrong before and
what does it matter what he thinks.
Any man old enough to be father
knows that it he tells his son to be-
have or else he will have to burn all
the leave in the driveway, that burn
ing leaves will be looked upon as a
punishment instead of thing most
boys enjoy doing. Why make it
sound as if sending their fathers off
to war is a punishment? Most of
them would be glad to enlist if they
were given the chance. No one wants
to be classed with group of men
that have been kicked around by con-
gress as to whether they are fit TO
stand up beside their unmarried
brothers. A man with child has
more to fight for-ask the men, ask
IhC WHY'D. DON lhO CnllQl CH.
Don't ask Mr. Wheeler. Why should
these men be deprived of the privi-
lege of serving their country just be.
cause they had child before Pearl
Harbor?
They won't all be taken, as some
will not pass" but it will be proud
wife and healthy child whose father
goes to war.
H. X. KNOWLTON.
A copy of a letter to The Voice
for publication:
Butte, Mont, Oct. 16, 1943
DR.. E. o. Melby,
State University,
Missoula, Montana
Dear Doctor Melby:
About two years ago l recommend
ed to yourself and to the governor
that the Russian language should be
taught in the University of Missoula.
| have not yet heard that the sug-
gestion is being followed, though you,
at the time, expressed approval of the
plan
There is on reason why, because
we are far from the populated centers, |
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-10-22

had running water SO cent had electric
The present emphasis the question of absenteeism
plants throws into sharp focus the matter of
tona heath Each to cite only of instances
10000 Americans die of despite the advances
medical science and the discovery of the suadug Each
there 100000 of sickness the
forty million people who comprise what President Roosevelt
described the loweshird of the population In 1912
quarter of million birth to children without
benefit of attending physician and the number who went
higher.
Of the quarter million men who were physically fit
but rejected during the first of eecve service because
of teracy low mentality the largest group neither
alien negro-it native white
How much be done in this still unexplored social
frontier may be by the 1910 which showed
100000 and 25 with schooling at all
900 with only to of grade school, and 4413
600 with only to of grade school, The u Bureau
of Education surveyed the 1000 public schools in America
and found that 900 affairs where single
teacher instructed as many twelve grades.
The eradication of all these evils thrown into sharp focus
by the exactng demands of With the ZEAL the
sefdenia the spirit of unity that the against
Fascism has evoked Americans against disease
ery and the waste of natural riches The disgrace of
of fortyfve million Americans living diet
insufficient to maintain normal growth and repair must be
wiped out The national living standard must be lifted sums
be azed decent houses built roads paved highways laid
harbors dredged soils conserved floods prevented farms
electrified and rendered fit for human habtaon hosp
schools erected medical educational services
expanded In the fields of public health alone vast frontier
extends We must attack the social diseases nfane
paralysis peagra infant and maternal mortality and the
This is not the whole problem 1t is perhaps only small
of the postwar but it does chart out the nature
of the domestic assignment.
"He who did we'll in just the right
To begin doing we'll in ce."-Robert Browning
From Journeymen Plumbers and Steam Filters Journal
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-10-22

has shown concusively that agency of big
only not in the least with welfare public
whole 1t has demonstrated that is completely callous
the possibility of the little people the state suffering
and deprivation of ordinary supporters
only for profits to themselves the exploitation
people and the states
The people of the state should stop this organiza
ton in it's tracks After ALL represents very small group
OF exploiting enterprises Let them feel the strength of
intelligent determined people Let them understand that
after ALL they what they have Montana through
the tolerance of the people, Let hold them to
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-10-22

our university should not step into
the forefront of education in neces-
sary languages. The young man that
II recommended from Butte, Noah
Gershefski, was never contacted, l be-
lieve, but soon after the opportunity
which the university had to gain his
services, he was engaged by the
United States to teach Russian in
Washington, D. c., and is now in the
service teaching Russian in Seattle,
Washington.
Young men in the Navy, in the Ma
rines, and in the Army, who have any
knowledge of Russian, are being re-
quired, by the United States, to per-
feet themselves in this language at
Cornell university.
l was told some years ago by a
friend of mine who had returned from
Russia that if he went into a large
restaurant in Moscow, and started
speaking English, waiter would be
assigned him who could speak excel
lent English.
Our trouble with Spanish America
and Brazil for a hundred years was
our stupidity in not teaching Spanish
and Portuguese. Our young people
are not as stupid as our middle aged
and old people. In 1916 l forced the
teaching of Spanish in the high school
here in Butte, and it was immediate
ly embraced by 200 Butte boys and
girls.
Foresight is so much more valuable
than "hindsight."
l call your attention to the fact that
after this war, in which
Russia will be victorious, there will
be an outburst in Russia of literature,
Of music, of architecture, of painting,
Of sculpture, of art, of research in
all of the natural sciences, of the
philosophy of government. To sus-
tain this theory, 1 call to your atten-
lion that Immediately after the Greeks
beat back the Persians at Marathon,
1T Plataea, at Salamis, came the age
If Pericles. 1t is noteworthy that i'm
nediately after Spanish power was
destroyed with it's Armada, came the |
lge of Ben Jonson, Marlowe, Shake
ipeare, Milton, and the colonization of
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-10-22
MOntanans Incorporated

In last issue of The Voice told about Montanans
Incorporated taking affirmative in favor of retail
sales and following the lead of another of big bust
ness organized for the purpose joined in fight against
operatives.
By this action Monanans Incorporated has thrown off
ifs cloak of hypocrcal for the state whole
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-10-22
United Nations


CONTINUED from Page One)
Is not adapted. The sisal agreement
calls for delivery of rs million pounds
OF fiber for naval and cher uses dur
ing the next two years. Production
figures shows that both programs are
well ahead Of schedule.
ASKS NORWEGIAN FARMERS
TO RESIST
Norwegian farmers have been urged
by the Norwegian underground news
paper, Bondon( (The Peasant), to
sabotage the Nazis' program in Nor
way, according to a report received
by Owl. The paper asked farmers
to refuse ito comply with forced re-
QUESTIONING Of goods and raw materi-
ais, to hand over horses and to work
for the enemy" If they take help
by force, the paper suggested, then
see to it that stolen goods are des-
troyed at places where the enemy has
collecting centers and stores"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-10-22

America by the English; Newton fol-
lowed upon this victory.
1t is not a far-fetched analogy to
recall that Homer's Had followed the
war against Troy, and perhaps the
first line is, "Sing oh Muse, the wrath
of Achilles" and even Virgil begins
his Aeneid with Arma Virumque cano
1t is not too late yet for our univer-
sity to step out. 1t is, of course, the
second or third hour, but not the
eleventh
What standing it would give our
university if at this time we could
produce forty or fifty young men and
women with two years study of the
Russian language for service with our
Army, our Navy and our Air Power
and our diplomatic corps
Many of the Russian and English
words are the same l do not mean
modern words like telegraph but
such basic words as nose" and
lamp" Some of our slang words are
good words in Russian; for instance,
the slang word "goofy" is taken from
the Russian word for a fool.
There is no finer training for the
youthful mind than comparative phi
lology.
am sending a copy to the gov
ernor.
Cordially yours,
H. L. MAURY
Livingston, Mont,
October 16, 1943
Peoples Voice,
Helena, Montana
Dear Sirs:
Inclosed find check for $100 for
which please mail me 10 copies of
The Peoples Voice March IL and 10
copies March 49, 1943
believe The Peoples Voice, Farm
ers Union, all co-operatives, Consum-
ers Union, and the Constitutional
Money League of America should CO.
operate great deal more. Give them
more publicity and promote each 9th
or more. For G. U. gives ratings on
tires, oil and explains what C. U.
'eally is as your articles give the
'eader little idea what G. U. is.
And if you would publish state
nents from DR.. Karl F. M. Sandberg's
book, Money and Democracy, showing
hat the Federal Reserve bank in 1920
jailed in 10 billion dollars, breaking
$1,000 banks. and one half the farm
RS, and again in 1929 they called in
light billion breaking 5000 more
,anks, then in 1887, three billion more
vas called in, each time causing a
cal depression.
Very few people know what caused
hese depressions. So very few peo-
lie will read long article.
Last winter / mailed some so copies
f The Peoples Voice, but only
ew remembered getting it.
Mention too that with bank deposit
Insurance we should never have
erious depression. Since this law
yas passed l have never seen it men
loned in any paper.
A man with the Federal Land Bank
aid the Chamber of Commerce is
epublican 800 and what he should
ave said is the other 1919 call them
elves democrats, but vote republican.
Sincerely yours,
FLOYD v. KENNEY.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-10-22
OPINIONS OF READERS

The Voice dsagees
mited this
cused least effectively letters will
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-10-22
CHINESE GET
LIBERTY SHIPS


Two American Liberty ships recent
| ly assigned by the United States to
during the war are the beginning of
the Chinese government for operation
the first Chinese overseas merchant
marine. Dr. T. V. Soong, Chinese for
eign minister, commenting on the
event said. Flying the Chinese flag
and manned by Chinese crews these
ships will represent an important SYM
boil for China and the thousands of
Chinese sailors now sailing on ships
of the United Nations" One of the
ships was named Chung Shan" in
honor of DR.. Sun Yat-sen, father of
the Chinese republic, and the other,
"Chung Cheng," courtesy name of
Generalissimo Chang Kai-shek, Chi
mas president and wartime leader.
HOW BELGIUM FIGHTS
A guide on methods of resistance
against the Nazi occupation forces
was recently published in the under
ground Belgian newspaper, Echo de
Belgique. The rticle was entitled:
ITO the Displeasure of Traitors, Bel
GUM Makes War" 1t said, in part:
1.-THE worker who hides in order to
escape working for the benefit of
the enemy makes war. The farmer
who refuses to hand over his produce
to the Germans makes war The gen
darme or the policeman who passes
by the man whom he was ordered to
arrest makes war. All Belgium makes
war and will continue to do so until
the last Boche crosses the Rhine
again and the German army has I'M
conditionally surrendered"
ESCAPE SLAVE LABOR
Ninety-three per cent of a total of
$4,000 Frenchmen recently called up
for compulsory labor service in Nazi
war industry succeeded in evading the
according to the Swiss
newspaper Tribune de Geneve. In
Belgium, house-to-house searches for
slave laborers continue, according to
reports reaching Belgian officials in
London.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-10-22

s'He who did well in just earns the right
To begin doing we'll in peace."-Robert Browning.
From Journeymen Plumbers and Steam Filters Journal
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-07-02
Kuifas HurIs
No-Hif g on1e

Outstanding in the games play
ed in the Local II softball league
Tuesday night was the no-hit, no.
run game turned in by Steve Kai-
fas as his team, the Champion
Spark Plugs, took their game from
the Standard Commutators by a
score of to 0.
Willys-Overland was the victim
of an uprising of scrappy Acklin
team and lost their secure hold on
first place. The score was Acklin
8, Willys-Overland 2.
Spicers had a field day and de-
feated the Auto-Lites 20 to g..
Shorter and Keller did the PITCH
ing for the Spicer team, which is
running neck and neck with the
Champion Spark Plugs and WHY'S
0verlands for top spot in the
league.
National Supply lost its firm
grip on last place when it sue
ceeded in defeating the Swartz-
baughs, IL to 8, giving the latter
undisputed hold on last place.
Second round of the season be-
gan last night with National Sup
ply VS.. Spicer, Overland VS.. Auto
Lite, Champion VS.. Acklin and
Standard Commutator VS.. Swartz-
baugh. Games will be played at
Wilson, Highland and Cherry parks.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-07-02
U. S. Gypsum Co.
Defies WLB
WASHINGTON (FPl

WASHINGTON (FP) - While
the US. Gypsum Co. June "a stood
pat on its refusal to comply with
a National War Labor Board or
der providing for union mainten-
ance at it's Warren, Ohio, plant,
WLB officials declared the case
would be handed over to the Presi-
dent for action under his war pow
ers.
Board chairman of the firm is
Sewell Avery who as president of
Montgomery Ward & Co., led a
similar insurrection against the
WLB a few months ago, signing a
union contract only after Presi-
dent Roosevelt, acting as COM
mander-in-chief, twice ordered the
company to do so.
WLB officials indicated that
they might ask the President to
close up the plant, which manu-
factures building materials, as its
output is not considered essential
to the war effort. WLB public
member Wayne L. Morse, urging
John E. MacLeish, company attor-
ney, to admit defeat asserted, "Be-
cause of the nature of the business
I don't think it makes a great deal
of difference whether the U. S.
Gypsum Co. remains in business
or not, if it persists in challenging
the authority of the United States
government"
To which MacLeish firmly re-
piled, "The company has taken this
position. 1t is a considered one,
and it is final"
The WLB order issued May 81
directed the company to sign a
contract with the United Steel
workers (CIO) containing mainten-
ance of membership and dues
check-off clauses covering 1S0
workers.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-07-02
Newspaper Guild
Backs Roosevelt

other minorities.
3. Full support to President
Harry Bridges of the International
Longshoremen's and Warehouse
mems Union (CIO) in labor's fight
against his deportation.
a. Full support with interna-
tional labor unity and send greet
ings to the Anglo-Soviet trade
union conference now holding its
third meeting in Moscow"
5. Support for funds of the Ma
tional Resources Planning Board
as an effective agency" for post
war planning.
6. Insistance that John L. Lewis
and the United Mine Workers make
use of the War Labor Board and
constituted government machinery
to satisfy the just demands of the
UNIV"
Z. Support for economic stabili-
zation and endorsement of Office
of War Mobilization as an agency
for centralized control of wartime
economy, and insistance that labor
be included in its top leadership.
The convention also put the
union definitely into the country's
political life, urging all locals 70
establish government reations COM
mittees to work with a national
committee on the legislative front.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-07-02
Makes AppeoI
For Badges

COLUMBUS, o., June 28-Offi-
cials of the Ohio Division of Con-
servation and Natural Resources
made another appeal to the fisher
men of the state to hunt up their
last years badges" in which the
licenses must be displayed, owing
to shortage of the metal contain
ers and the difficulty in securing
additional metal to make new ones.
With the bass season open in all
sections of the state, including the
Lake Erie district which opens
July /, there has been squirt in
license buying which indicates
there will be considerable demand
for the badges.
Many folks needed the sugges-
tion made by the conservation di-
vision earlier in the year; but a
recent check of license dealers re-
veals that the percentage of fish
ermen furnishing their own badges
at this time is rather small. Con-
servation officials suggest that
fishermen having more than one
metal container turn them in at
the time they purchase their Ii
cenSe.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-07-02
Call National
Conference On
Race Problem

NEW YORK = (FP) = Spurred
'by race disturbances in many mid
western and southern cities, the
National Lawyers Guild has called
national conference of 80 organ
izations concerned with the prob
lem of discrimination for Sunday
June 81. The conference will be
held at Howard University, Wash
ington, ID.
Meanwhile, protests and demand
for governmental action continued
to pour in from organizations all
over the country. The general
feeling is that local authorities,
where willing to act, are power
less-and where able, are unwill-
ing. Ku Klux Klan, Hearst press
and Axis agents are all believed
involved in the incitement.