The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-01-28
Rotten! Rotten! Rotten!

Governor his campaign the governorship
four years the mistakes of the Ayers administration
particularly of the handling of the liquor situation He
Immediately appointed liquor board and admins
TRAITOR with slate Unfortunately this
slate not kept clean long and many times drter
than he envisaged the Ayers administration.
First due to scarcity of liquor the liquor board it's
administrator adopted ratonng system every
equal treatment and Immediately and without any legal
on violated it bv making deal with certain dsterv inter
ests to favor comparatively small of retail dealers.
The that the board could find the liquor which
these retailers founda confession of incompetence
all aired before the state supreme which
opinion sustained the deal while admitting of question
able legality dissenting opinion by Justices High Adar
and Left Erickson annihilated the majority opinion.
This deal followed by a proposed deal by the
liquor board and administrator to buy dsllery and
quantity of liquor This proposal to into the dlery bust
just little too for the supposedly
dry and the entire board resigned The administrator is still
on the job and another board has been appointed
These rotten deals had cooled off, when began
be noised about that uckoads of liquor being dev
and stored in the First National Bank building Helena
The natural question why should liquor in such wholesale
quantities be stored this bank building when the state
Helena its large liquor warehouse which must be nearly
empty The State Liquor Board the only legal wholesale
selling agency and it due explanation to the people
what authority is selling such large quantities to this bank
when there is such shortage of liquor Come out with
explanation Governor Administrator and State Liquor Board
1t does not have pleasing odor Is to let this bank
the liquor market?
By legislative monopoly liquor by
the state was established and this system has worked most
satisfactorily in various countries where has been admins
honestly and mparaly By this system reaps
vast The Ford administration has made much
capital of the profits has made out of the liquor business
liquor which had been bought paid by the
and this has all been sold and nothing but empty
shelves remain wonder that large have been
produced? Furthermore liquor stores which not making
profits being closed regardless of the inconvenience
the public
Alo the state administration might explain why it that
there of the high grade liquor the liquor
unknown brands while retailers prom
nenty displayed hghgrade liquor for sale Is the purpose
force purchasers to have to to the retailers and
higher prices?
Another rather smelly occurance, which evidently has
relation to the liquor situation took place Helena dur
week of the year. when delegation of prominent
citizens headed by the president of the First National bank
called upon the county attorney and urged him to dismiss
proceedings against bar cafe based
allegation that gambling being carried in the estab
shment This action have connection with
LIQUOR storage activities of the First National bank
members of the delegation officials
he bank r
The liquor situation not being handled in that
impartial to all retailers the public is rotten
otten rotten and it to the the administrator
md liquor board to do explaining the public
We acknowledge Indebtedness to The Peoples Voice
of the ideas and facts set forth herenThe Yellow