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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-08-12
CRIME OF SUCCESS

Durno the s months which ended June 90
American yords turned out 1923 commercial ships
-coroo, tonkers etc. Their aggregate tonnooe ran
close TO u, $780, 900 tons Nothing like this ever hos
been dreoned by the shlpbudine industry.
OF thot stupendous construction ia ships which
is more thon "a per cent come from yards with which
Henry Kaiser IS Identified Assuming thot overoge
tonnooe figures this yeor did not vory greatly from
lost years Mr. Koiser hod finger in 400 900 tons
Of new merchant shipping Thot equivalent to about
two-thrds Of the toto tonnoqe under the American
tloo in 1889 - 10 third the tOnnoge under the
Union JOCK - 10 O 9reoter tonnoge than ony other
notion possessed when World War II broke out
Moreover, Mr. Koser's influence went much fur
ther Than the ships he built The moss production pre-
fobfeotoe- methods developed end the stimuli
us MS success cove TO others occount for O sizeobIe
increase in the tonnooe constructed by his riVos.
II would appear thot Mr. Koser had eorned the
respect ond orotjtude OF Americans, ond hod estob-
Ished primo focie right to be permitted to continue
in business otter the war.
Apparently he hos not For some reason Repre-
sentotve Cecil r King Of California considers It
highly reprehensble thot Mr. Koser would like TO
purchase from the government one Of the yords he
hos operoted 50 successfully
Whot does Congressman King hove in mnd9
Does ne believe thot the government should retain
ownership Of the woys il built TO meet this war en7er
eency9 In thot event does he propose thot the United
Stotes shol compete with the prvote yords which
have cooperoted 50 whole.heortedIy IN the eff
fort2 Or would he hove them conflscoted to pro-
vide O government monopoly IN shipbuijdng2
Or IS II O crime for O man who hos proven him.
self superIottve builder to aspire to purehose at
full prce the pont he hos operoted 50 successfully
for Uncle Sor1o
Ever since Mr.. Koiser become outstanding os a
symbol OF wnot private management can do under
pressure he hos been the object Of one ossouIt otter
another Some Of them came into the Open but most
OF them whispering connpoiens, troceobIe to on
element which does not believe in privote enterprise
ond wonts II 10 fol thot the government viii step
in and toke over
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-08-12
. BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON 0

roads from owning and operat-
ing BUSES and trucks. Wheeler
is also opposed TO railroad OPP
Grafton of airlines.
Senator Bennett Cla-k of Uni
versity City, Mo, chairman of a
Commerce su committee on aV-
iation, has yet TO determine
what legislation TO recommend.
Chairman Land of the Mari-
time Commission has courag-
cously come forth with pro-
posalS that the L. S war ship
ping fleet be ..ept on the seas
after the war.
AS war emergency, the gov
eminent has b lit several pipe
lines whose postwar place in
I n national transportation
scheme must be determined
Water and highway carriers.
now under Interstate Commerce
Commission regulation, would
like separate control To get out
from under what they consider
railroad domination.
On the other hand, the rail-
roads would like to see unified
regulation of all means Of trans
portat6n by one central body.
The viewpoint of Wheeler and
Clark is viewed by the railroads
Sa favoring such unlimited COM
petition between transportation
lines anc systems as TO ruin
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-08-12
THE AIRPORT DECISIONS

Rulings the highly controversial oirport issue
ore due ths week ond regardless OF their portent, IL
is opporent thot the motter will be referred TO the
Michigan Stots Supreme Court.
Detroit Officials contend thot the future OF ovo-
ton in the metropolitan oreo hinges upon adoption
Of vigorous, expanded airport program. Owners OF
some OF the Moeomb county property involved ore
vehement in their demonds thot some other site be
selected.
There ore mony sound arguments both side,
Of ths issue.
OF This both sides con feel sure:
Competent, unbiased consideration sholl be accord
ed oil phosss Of ths project On the finol result will
depend the course OF action TO be expected in the
future.
The motter is vito both 70 Detroit ond TO Moeomb
county.
There is no immediate problem: The orport is
visioned os O postwar undertaking; when ond as
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-08-12
X X Il X X

water carriers into from
i regionl networks. Blu
are holding back their pr1
they say, until Congress
venes and begins an q
consideration of the q
problem, nther than att
ing TO dea with one in |
without regrd TO another|
Many Of these moves a
viously designed TO bring
government ownership al
OF a socialiSic pattern d
elements of lie economy Il
ing the war" says Dona|
Conn of the American
portation Association"
are manifes,ly promoted
Self-interest of some fol
transportation against d
or in the hope Of creating
reaction favorable to Ext
subsidies.
In other words, everyb|
still out 10 get his. AID cd
M have to cut out a
sized job for itself in seem
the public vii. get its shaI
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-08-12
BY PETER EDISON

When Congress comes back
10 Washington in September,
one of its more immediate prob
lens, not directly connected
with the war effort though re-
] ted TO il, will be what to do
about the IT, s. system of trans
portation. Not just the airlineS,
but the railroads, the waterways
and the bus and truck lines. All
of them are making money now
as they never made il before and
should be reasonably happy,
but they're not. They are clam
oring for more planes, busSes,
trucks, barges, boats, locomo-
tives and cars 10 take care Of
thci- increased war business
They will be clamoring even
after the war is over TO get add
worn out in war service. II
there's a postwar business
boom as most people ar cipate,
all such new equipment will be
used, for the old saw has it that
Transportation is the life blood
Of trade" SO what's 10 be done
l. regulate transportation.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-08-12
"INTEGRATED"
TRANSPORTATION

In all these varying points of
view YOU have the markings Of a
m -ior internal economic dispute
that can be settled only by the
establishment of a national
transport policy.
Railroad investors, through
their American Transportation
Association, have their own So
luton for this muddle in their
proposal for "integrated" sys-
TENS of transportation, combin-
ing all air, rail, highway and
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-08-12
. SO THEY 81

Brazil is building up a
eXpeditionar. force. Its
destination is a war front
Minister Enrico Gaspar DJ
Brazil.
Now | realize what a
was when used TO take
week ends and not take r
serious in making shells al
lnders Form steel y
now with North Africa
writing 10 former boss al
Any Social Security
must depend on prosperou
ness-Il business. from
ing on up the scale. IS
Walter F. George OF Geor
The monstrous passion
d destroyed the greater .
our well-being has bee
Stroyed. - La Stampa,
Italy, newspaper.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-08-12
POLICY MUST BE
DETERMINED

Before anything can be done,
Congress may have to decide on
policy. II can be piece pol
icy, dealing with each phase of
transportation paratel V,
though II would be better if II
were an overall consideration.
Pending in Congress is the So
called Lea bill, which would re-
organize control Of aviation. It
is championed by Congressman
Clarence F. Lea of Santa Rosa,
Calf, chairman Of the House
Committee on Interstate and
Foreign Commerce.
Senator Burton X. Wheeler Of
Butte. Mon chairman of the
Senate Commerce Committee,
has announced he will present
new legislation to prevent rail-
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-08-12
. IN HOLLYWOOD

Red Shelton. just back from
another camp tour, doesn't con-
cur with all the talk about mcm-
bers Of the armed forces being
the best audience in the world.
Says Red: They're the same
guys. Just more OF en-"
Alan Carney, RKO's Rookie
star, reports that he's now
known as the west coast Frank
SiRatra During personal APP
pearance in San Francisco,
girl fan tainted in the lobby Of
his thcater. Later il was disCov-
ere she was suffering from
malnutrltion In modern
ling Eugene O NeIlls old thrill
er. The Hairy Ape, Scenarist
Howard EStabrook is setting
part Of the action on the "Athe-
ma, British ship sunk with
American refugees before we
entered the war Goethe
motto in John Mack Brown s
dressing room: Mistakes are a
roundabout way TO wisdom
ADD ODDITIES
Although J m m V Rushing
$50 pound blues singer with
Count Basie's band, inspired the
hit song, Mr. Five by Five"
the composers, Don Rave and
Gene dc Paul, have never met
him
Frances Laneford, currently
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-08-12
. BARBS

More Germans than ever are
going 70 tho country this sum-
mer-and it has nothing TO do
with vacations.
II seems that only a nice, cool,
quiet smoke Will quiet that rest
less feeling which men who stop
smoking have.
We suggest that Hitler start
choosing his words Well-some
day he is going to have to eat
them.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-08-12

entertaining the armed forces
ol erseas, relays this silly from
Australia. where she says it's
the No. l joke OF our armed
forces. Seems kangaroo hop
ped up 10 bar and said: Il want
a dry martini with ketchup."
The bartender looked up in
amazemcnt. Ha. snorted the
kangaroo, kim da surprised,
EN-"
Yeah. replied the bartender.
II though | was the only one
who ever had ketchup with
martins
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-08-12
FOXY FOX

\ foxy chop named Fox who is O Philadelphia
automobile rechonc, hos found O secret, monroe
toned fuel on which he con drive hIs=eaf os for os
he chooses without offending OPA regulations He
will not divuloe the formula.
In thot he IS wise If he did, ond we oil began
mixing our with point store liquids those would
be rotioned ond everybody would be worse off thon
ever. Such discovery os Mr.. Fox hos made loses
IFS virtue the moment he becomes generous with his
information.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-01-15
The Truth Must Be Given the Public

Some months number of nazi agents were appre-
this country They had here to sabotage
war effort trial they either executed placed
in prison Various Americans who aided them suf
fered similar fates.
came nazi subs to dislocate machinery
they caught they took their medicine The
of the nation told the story in full together with pictures of the
captured naz pictures OF their captor articles galore Even
the patent nsides which embesh many weekly
carried about the naz agents. their plans their
ture, ceera.
Recently another alleged dsocaon of effort has
the instance of the naz referred to above
damage the saboteurs apprehended be-
had work But in the instance hand
officials of the Anaconda Wire Cable Co. of
Marion Ind subsidiary of the Anaconda Copper Mining Co.,
ways crcumvent inspection of copper cable
by their plant which sold to the War and Navy
the United States and to foreign
battlerons of the world The for this
rcery the had aegedy manufactur
which defective in several respects that higher
profits could be secured Thus at the altar of profit might
have the battlefield untold numbers lives
of and aies Thus certainly eopardized
the lives of sailors and the sailors of our allies who did
transport this junk through submarine infested
Which the greater crime?
yet in most of the nations press any thor
of this breathakng The Montana
scarcely touched it. There pictures of the al
legedy responsible for the defective WIRE for the vile ckery
testing the scheming to avoid testing it at ALL Can
be that incompetent that they do
good story when they R We do not think this
another instance of the sacred cow In India
They must not be harmed They have the
run of the country So it these United States and in Mon
considerable to establish and
big newspaper Consequently most big owned
the interest of the which and
big business Any harmful to the interests of Big
Business played down eliminated entirely. That's why
getting the story of the Anaconda Wire Gable
the Mssouan for example The editor of the
Muscular wouldn't dare touch with foot pole He's
good newspaperman and knows is good story It is
Dad.
ng We think that they practically all just
patriotic like to consider oursef We do not for one
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-01-15

minute believe the powers that be of the great ACM Co. coun
such rotten conditions the Indictment of their sub
sdiarys officials the hand reveal But when the
high officials of the ACM remain silent and their
mains mute, though it gagged it looks bad If in
they had repudated the alleged action and demanded
the cuprs be properly punished the mother of soldier
boy would probably feel better and be willing
place confidence goods manufactured by that corporation
subsidiaries One point stands out plainly No
poration should be permitted to own newspapers.
This has be tried in the courts The guilt of
to be established But the known fact
rotten to the is established. We hope
entire will blow such proportions that it
the attention of the American people,
Then there will of such practices
fcing that profits be gained by few people, If
suspicion becomes general that Big Business mainly
making profits in this there
be hell to While the kept press talks giby
about money workers in defense plants making
it too often fails point that profits this will fall only
% lower than years wndfaldespte taxes. Corpora
ton profits will be 1907 higher than in 1939Wes News.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-01-15

far as England and America are con-
cerned, we are apt to get considerably
less than Mr. Wallace now proposes.
What We may anticipate, then, Is
full preservation of a profit system
of economy in the British Empire,
America, and all the rest of the world
wherever it can be made to stand up
or be re-esta blished, continued wor-
ship of Mammon as world ideal, a
vastly increased concentration o +
wealth and economic power in the
hands of thin upper crust long,
costly, and thankless job of playing
policeman among desperate people, a
certainty Of high taxation, restricted
rations, and enforced bond buying for
many long days to come, and worse
than all, the wide open opportunity
for the Getmore gentry in England
and America to move in with their
kale and take private mortgage on
all that is choice in the areas they
do not already own.
Perhaps this will bring a great
boom for year or two, while credit
is stretched to a new breaking point.
Then-Bingo-a crash that will make
1929-1937 look like a phony. In it all,
there is only scattering of seed for
a bigger and better war to come,
three, five, or ten years hence.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-01-15

ever, the feeding must of necessity
be spread very thin if we are to take
care of populations several times
larger than our own, out of bread
basket that must already be measured
out by rationing. Then, there is the
matter of policing. Foreign folk, re-
CARELESS of nationality, are not much
different from you and me. We
wouldn't care about being policed
governed at the point of bayoneD
by uniformed strangers. AS long as
the bread basket holds out, the polio
ing idea may be tolerated. The first
probability is that our bread basket
is too small. The second probability
is that the American public is not
going to work overtime, subsist on
short rations themselves, and buy
peace Bonds" for long period after
the wars close. This program may
carry on for a year or eighteen
months; it can't hope to run five or
ten years.
Well, folks, that is the program, If
you want to try it, 1t is the most
advanced program that has any organ
lied public support in this country
as yet. OF course, it will be toned
down at the peace table. The Tories
are not going to be there in great
force for nothing. In the finals, so
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-01-15
FROM EDITORIAL COLUMNS
Man of the Year

There national interest each year-end in the Time
imam of the year, Not that the magazines
judgment is approved by but it does focus aen
ton world leadership.
This year Time gives Josef Stain the title of imam of the
1912 That title does not necessarily approval
chosen mans activities But is testimony to their
importance In this there good argument for the
Under Stains powerful leadership Russian armies
again the full fury of every military force the
alliance could throw at them in Europe Under his aggres
sve leadership Russian people endured sacrificed and
produced back the in the with astounding
unity
No of the United Nations after all has successfully
battled Germany this Russia And the rockike
leadership Stain recognized by all observers of the
After do well to recognize Josef
Stain will speak with powerful voice in the international
determine the settlements One of
postwar mistakes the twentes ignore the importance
world affairs will not do to make that mis-
take again-Great Falls Tribune
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-01-15
AS [ SEE IT

feed, and re-finance all the war torn
In harmony with the Atlantic Charter
our administration peace plan carries
an aim that denisons of the war torn
world shall enjoy the four freedoms
of speech, religion, security from
want, and release from fear. In de-
ference to the cardinal principle OF
Russia's publicly announced list OF
war aims, it carries the proviso that
there shall be self-determination of
nations In Difference to China's cry
against Imperialism, there is preached
the idea that international trade must
henceforth be regulated toward elimi-
nation of hoggish impulses on the
part of stronger nations at the ey-
pense of weaker nations.
Nowhere in the published texts of
the program, nowhere in all the mill
lions of words that are being spilled
as build-up toward its general adop-
ton, is there whisper, sign, or
thought that the cause of privation,
starvation, hardship, national emotion
al insanity and war is to be elimi-
mated by eliminating the cause there
of, namely, concentration of the
worlds wealth in a few hands. No
where in the program is there a basis
for hope that humanity may, in part
at least, give up its dedication of the
almighty dollar and go in for a pro-
gram of service to human beings.
Let's take little look at this pro-
gram ten, five, or possibly three years
after its adoption if it ever is
adopted
Russia doesn't believe in doing bust
ness for individual profit and is not
likely to be enthusiastic about a world
program to perpetuate such a system.
China has lost five million soldiers
fighting a war against Imperialism
and is not likely to be impressed by
q program, the basic design of which |
is to police the world, loan money to
he devastated area, and take a mort |
gage on what little they have left |
in England want ident-
cally the same program as our Tories
lere. England's Labor party already
,coffs at Vice President Wallace's
IDEAS as inadequate
Feeding the war torn world is fine
lltruisitc thought 1t should be put
nto operation insofar as our national
trength and resources permit How
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-01-15
Awards the Iron Cross

The newspaper yndicates and the tory coumneers de-
the blame for the suffering caused by the oil
shortage on the East coast.
July 194 Harold Ickes suggested that pipe line be
built at once the East The big railroads
opposed because would threaten their profits but they said
it was because there plenty of tank
AID the chorus of intellectual prostitutes all chmed
in to make Ickes look foolish and him The pipe line
will waste steel these coumneers said.
they drummed public opinion against Ickes and
the pipe They did injustice not only to ckes but to
the nation.
The steel lost in the sinking of tankers would have
vded enough steel to build half of the pipe line The pipe line
built lives could have been saved and fewer
ships sunk the people the East would not be
suffering they today ckes plan would have been
ed The coumneers deserve most of the credit for de-
feang the plan They should be given the iron crosby
George M Rhodes, Editor The New Era Reading Pa.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-01-15
Grain Terminal

Sidney, Montana at 1:25 to 1870 pm.
daily, and at 5:15 to $50 pm. on Sun
days.
The stations over which the Farm
ers Union Grain Terminal Association
program may be heard are: WLOL,
Minneapolis-St. Paul; KGCU, Mandan,
N. D.; KLPM, Minot, N. D.; KLDR,
Devils Lake, N. D.; KSJB, jamestown,
NJ D.; KILO, Grand Forks, N. D.;
KVCX, Moorhead-Fargo; KGDE, Fer
gus Falls, Mimi; KWLM, Willmar.
Mimi; WEAU, Eau Claire, Wis;
KWNO, Winona, Mimi; KABR, Aber-
deem, S. D. at 1:25 to 1870 pm. daily,
$50 to 5:45 pm. Sunday; KICK at
Sidney, Mont. will be on at 1:25 to
1870 pm. daily, and 5:15 to $50 pm,
and KFBB at Great Falls, Mont, will
be on at 1:55 to 200 pm. daily, and
at 300 to 3:15 p. m. Sunday
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-01-15
]. o. BARNARD.
Montana State Pension Association

! Montana State Pension Association
Jan. 5, 1913, Great Falls, Mont
The Peoples Voice
Mr.. H. S. Bruce, Managing Editor
Helena, Montana
Dear Mr. Bruce:
Under separate cover l am enclos-
ing $1.50 to pay my subscription for
another year. | feel that all fair
minded people should support The
Peoples Voice. You are fighting the
common peoples battle and they
should give you this support. Let the
good work go on, Bruce"
1t is amusing to read the selfish
articles published in the daily press
under. the name Montana Taxpayers
Association, shedding tears for the
big interests in our state, and protect
ing them from being trampled on by
the common class of people. If the
legislatures will listen to and take
orders from that source, they can take
it easy from now on, or just say Amen
and retire, for the duration. But l
feel sure they smell the source it
comes from and will turn them down.
| just listened to the governors adj
dress to the legislature assembly. 1t
was a very interesting talk and no
doubt will be given careful considera-
tion by the law makers. In his ad-
dress Governor Ford mentioned there
has been an increase in Old Age AS
sistance, the past year of about $500
a month to meet the increased cost of
living. While the cost of living has
increased a great deal more than
$500, in fact l have been informed
by the County Welfare Department
that there has been no general in
crease. The increase is only in GER
tain cases.
In this state there are more than
$4,000 old people, trying to live on an
average of $24.00 a month, for food.
rent, clothing and other necessities.
| believe that the present session
should and will amend the Welfare
Act, so on one will be paid less than
$4,000 a month. And make it effec-
tive from January 1, 1943 | say that
every citizen who wants to see the
pension increased should write their
senator and legislators, now in Hell
ena, one or more letters urging them
OF take immediate action, and increase
the Old Age Assistance. Charity
should start at home, or what are we
fighting for?
Yours truly,
0. ]. JOHNSRUD.