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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-06-30

sumner problems. OIlloIlS PRIV
tect our income when we re-
ceive it, but how can we pro-
tect ourselves when we spend
it? Many union members
have already found the an
swer: Organize consumer CO.
operatives; own and control
the stores that serve you,' the
survey declared.
More than a million and half
families in the United States are
members of co-operatives and the
sales of all co-operatives reached
nearly billion dollars in 1943. More
than 5000 cooperative retail stores
are selling groceries, gasoline, farm
eouipment clothing and other items.
These stores have Joined together
and set up 30 WHOLESALERS to save
them money by buying in huge guam
titles. The WHOLESALERS find that it is
often cheaper to own factories ana
make their own supplies; and today
there are 112 factories including flour
mills. canneries, gasoline refineries,
bakeries, lumber mills, print shops
and factories producing foods, owned
by the people through their co-opera-
tive retail and wholesale stores. Co
operatives return to their own men,
hers all the savings made by fac
tories. WHOLESALERS, and retail stores,
amounting to some 100000 year.
Consumer co-operatives are con-
trolled by the people and do business
for the people. A simple code of rules
assures this Cd Each member has
only one vote. The man investing
81 900 has one vote; so has the man
investing S. Money cannot control
a co-operative. (2) Savings are
turned to members in proportion to
their purchases. All savings or 'prof-
it's" from doing business are returned
to members as percentage refund
on money they spend at the store.
(3l Interest on investments is limited
Profits cannot go to a few wealthy |
neople who own stock. (4) Member
ship is open to all. Everyone is a
consumer; all consumers may be
members. 90 Labor policies must be
fair. Cooperation means square
deal for the workers employed by a
co-oneratiye as we'll as the members
who own it. 60 Reserves Tor educa-
ton. A cooperative constantly edu-
Gates it's members and sets aside
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-06-30
REPORT OF WORK
in SUPREME
COURT FOR Vice.
DECISIONS:


June 19th-United States Gypsum
Co. v. State Board of Equalization.
Appealed from Fergus County, Lewis
town. Majority opinion of the court
prepared by Justice Albert Anderson,
Justices Hugh R. Adair and Left
Erickson dissenting
Heidi That the U. S. Gypsum Com
pany engaged in the production OF
wallboard in which pygsum is a COM
ponent part, should not be compelled
to pay the tax provided by sections
1856 to 1866, which sections provide
for tax of SC per ton on cement
plaster, or gypsum or gypsum prod
ucts manufactured" The basis of the
holding was that the legislature did
not define what it meant by the term
gypsum products nor did 1t set up
any standard by which to measure the
tax on an article containing gypsum,
such as wallboard
June 24th-State ex rel. Frank La
boarde v. Adds McGrath, county clerk
of silver Bow County. Original pro-
ceeding arising out of facts occurring
in Silver Bow county Opinion of the
court prepared by Justice Hugh r.
Adair.
Facts: Two years ago the county
treasurer of Silver Bow county (being
elected to a four year term) died and
a successor was appointed to fill the
office. The Silver Bow county clerk
has proceeded to include this office
in the regular July nominating pri-
maries. The relator has asked for a
writ of injunction to stop the county
clerk from holding nominating pri-
mary for this office.
Held: The application for the writ
was denied and it was held that where
there is an appointee holding an cleo
tive office. by reason of the death of
the regularly elected officer, the peo-
pie must be given the opportunity to
fill the office by regular primary and
general election if such is possible
and since it is possible in this in
stance the county clerk acted prop
erly in proceeding as he did
Prepared and released by:
PETER MELOY, Marshal
Montana Supreme Court.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-06-30
GERMAN P. OF W.
TO WORK ON
MONTANA FARMS

WESTINGHOUSE James f..
Murray announced today that $50
German prisoners OF war are now EN-
beets. The information from Major
General David McCoach, Commander
of the Ninth Service Forces at Fort
Douglas, Utah, also advised the SEN
ator that 1000 prisoners of war will
be under the custody of General Nc
Coach for assignment to all of the
states in the Ninth Service Command
which includes the Rocky Mountain
States to the Pacific Coast.
General McCoach advised me that
at the present time there has been no
request for prisoners of war to work
in the grain harvest" Senator Muir
ray announced. The action was taken
by Senator Murray on receipt of a
telegram from Governor Ford asking
that 1000 prisoners of war be sent to
Montana for the harvest season.
"Brigadier General Philip G. Bruton,
in charge of the Labor Division of the
War Food Administration, has advised
me that plans are now under way to
use Mexican Nationals throughout
Montana as farm workers for harvest
ing grain crops" Senator Murray said
Under General Bruton, the War Food
Administration has performed an out
standing service in recruiting Next
can nationals, and by locating rail-
road rolling stock was able to meet
the demand of Montana beet growers
in full and even recruited more
Mexican workers than the country
could use. An entire trainload of these
workers was returned to Mexico when
the needs of the West for beet work
ers had been met
Senator Murray was advised that
George Hill, Chief of Project Plan
ming of the Labor Division of War
Food, is now In the West arranging
for the use of Mexicon Nations In
other farm work as needed. The
Mexicans will be available for the har-
vesting Of beets which comes after the
Continued ON Page Four)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-06-30
Information
FORMS NOW
AVAILABLE

Joseph D. Nunan, Jr., Commission
err of Internal Revenue, announced to-
day that copies of Form $50 (Revised
May, 1910 are now available in the
offices of local collectors of internal
revenue for use by tax-exempt organi-
cations who are required by the Rev
enue Act of 1913 to file annual infor-
nation returns.
Returns on the new form are due
| by August Is from organizations re-
porting for the calendar year 1943 or
for fiscal years ending before April
1, 1914.
AS required by the Revenue Act of
1913, the new forms ask for specific
information regarding the income and
expenditures of tax-exempt organiza-
tions. In those cases where rental in
come of any type or amount is report
ed, or the organization is engaged in
any kind of business activity, bal
ance sheet must be submitted in addi-
ton to the detailed report of receipts
and expenditures.
If tax-exempt organization has two
or more chartered, affiliated, or asso-
ciated local organizations, the subor-
dinate units may either file separate
returns or they may ask their parent
or central organization to file group
return for them The parent organi-
cation, however, must file a separate
return covering its own income and
pypanditurpS in anV event
If any one or more of the subordi-
nate organizations included in group
return have had any income from
rents or from business activities,
separate balance sheet of each such
subordinate organization must be at
tached to the group return AS a re-
suit, separate data relating to the val
ne Of the property or business produc-
ing rental or business income will be
shown for each such subordinate or
ganization In addition, the group re-
turn will show the totals of business
income, rents, and other types of in
come and expenditures reported for
the subordinate organizations includ-
ed in the return.
The law requires information re-
turns to be filed annually by every
tax-exempt organization unless it is
specifically excused from filing under
the new act Those excused by the
act from filing information returns
are, in general: Religious organiza
tions, particularly churches; educa-
tional organizations which normally
have regular faculty, curriculum and
student body, such as schools and col
leges; charitable organizations if
primarily supported by contributions
Of the general public or supported in
whole or part by governmental funds, |
such as community chests, and U. S.
o.; fraternal beneficiary societies |
such as the Masons, Odd Fellows and |
Knights of Columbus; and corpora |
lions wholly owned by the United |
States Government.
All other organizations exempt UNI
Ter Section 101 of the Internal Reve-
nue. Code must file information re-
turns under the new law, such as |
Agricultural organizations (including
county and State fairs, farm bureaus,
cooperative marketing and purchasing
associations of employ
ees, benevolent life insurance organi
boards of trade, building or
,ovings and loan associations, bust
ness leagues, cemetery companies,
chambers of commerce, civic leagues,
CONTINUED ON Page Four
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-06-30

proved of the political organization
and have pledged their support.
The letter received by Mr.. Chap
man follows:
Helena, Montana, June is, 1914
Mr.. Don Chapman, President
Montana Council for
Progressive Political Action
Great Falls, Montana
NV Dear Mr.. Chapman:
The Joint Legislative Board of
the Four Transportation Organiza-
tions, in Convention assembled In
Helena, Montana on the above date
endorsed the following motion:
"Moved and seconded england
and Wofe) that we approve and
pledge our support to the Montana
Council for Progressive Political
Action, and so advise their Presi-
dent Don Chapman" Motion car
ried.
Very Truly Yours,
(signed) S. B. VIM, Chairman
Deer Lodge, Mont.
Attest:
(signed) r. r. MOWRY,
Secretary
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-06-30
ERICKSON ADDRESSES BIG
FARMERS UNION PICNIC
Banner Attendance at Teton County
Farmers Union Picnic Last Sunday
Hears Candidate for Governor Discuss
Postwar Plans.

With an attendance reported larger
than that of any other Farmers Union
annual county picnic so far held this
year, Teton county farmers heard
Judge Left Erickson, democratic can
didate for governor discuss postwar
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-06-30
HARRY SMITH

Word reached The Voice just
as we were going to press that
Harry Smith of East Helena
died this morning, while at work
in the East Helena smelter.
Mr.. Smiths passing is blow
to the progressive movement in
Lewis and Clark county of
which he was recognized
leader. He was also one of the
outstanding members of the
executive committee of the Mon
tana Council for Progressive
Political Action.
The Voice extends its sincere
sympathy to the bereaved FAM
lily.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-06-30
WOMEN SEEK
LEGISLATIVE
OFFICES

Reports received by The Voice in
dictate that there are several women
in the state who are now candidates
for public office and it appears to
be the concensus of opinion of ex-
perienced politicians that the wom-
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-06-30
BR0THERH00DS
APPROVE OF
POL. COUNCIL

Don Chapman, chairman of the
Montana Council for Progressive Po-
litical Action has received official
notification from the Montana legis-
lative board Of the big Four Broth
erhoods that they have officially ap-
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-06-30
LABOR PUBLICATION SAYS
Federation MEMBERS
PROFIT BY COOP BUYING
''Labor's Monthly Survey Urges Organi-
cation Of Consumer Co-operatiyes by the
Membership Of O ss.s a,.,, a Labor; Organize
Own and Control thte o sdsss 11ar, Serve
You, the Survey Says.
Z ou," the Survey Says.

WASHINGTON-The American Federation of Labor, in its
official publication Labors Monthly Survey reports that n
fifty cities federation members buying from coop
eraves beneng by high quality goods at fair prices
In these days family shoppers find high priced low
oalv goods in the stores awake to
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-06-30

plans are evolved now, which will as
sure a peaceful transition from a war
economy to one of peace, with min
imum of suffering and insecurity.
Montana labor news., 1944-08-31

INVEST IN VICToRY-lO PERCENT
OF PAY IN WAR BONDS TODAY.
Montana labor news., 1944-08-31

have yet offered to testify in a denial
Of his statements linking them to the
movement here.
Maj. Gen. George Van Horn Moseley,
retired pro-fascist Army officer and for
merly second in command of the U. S.
Army whom Pelley expected to aid in
the coming putsch, has not denied cor
responding with the Silver Shirt chief.
Senators Burton K. Wheeler D.-Mont)
and Gerald P. Nye R.-N. D., whom
Pelley said he was counting upon, have
kept as far away from the courtroom
here as possible.
Pelley has been shown as organizing
his Silver Shirt fascist group the day
after Adolf Hitler took power with his
Nazis in Germany.
It is the uncontradicted testimony in
this trial that Pelley had the closest
contacts with the Nazis until he went
to prison on another sedition charge in
1912, and he was contact man also be-
tween the German-American Bund and
various native fascist groups here
One Of the items of evidence that
Prosecutor o. John Rogge submitted tC
the jury was mail order request 10 the
Silver Shirt headquarters for 100 Cruel
fixions.' This was the fascist trade
name for an anti-war cartoon circulated
among soldiers, sailors and civilians. j
shows Uncle Sam being crucfied on
Montana labor news., 1944-08-31

prime military objective of the saipan
campaign.
Sure looks good to see our boys TAX
ing off from there" he said. Now they
can sleep nights back on the beach"
There was an outburst of small arms
fire up the ridge. He shook his head.
Cant tell who's firing now since they
captured some Of our weapons Used
to- be able to tell their light 25s from
our heavier 30s. Now you just wait to
see which way the bullets are flying"
There was a hoarse growl from the SER
geant up the line. Keep your heads
down. This war isn't over yet. And
don't get punched up there where one
good shrapnel burst will finish the whole
squad off. And now here's a corpsman
with cigarettes. Don't you men take any
unless you really need them"
Eyes, sir" repeated Corpol al Turner
as he dug down, with one eye on the adj
vancing tanks below, and one eye on the
threatening ridge above, "Im going to
give them all medals. Especially if they've
got a package Of my brand of cigarettes.
of the community.
Montana labor news., 1944-08-31
DOCUMENTS SHOW
.FASCISTS REAL
MENACE TO AMERICA

WASHINGTON-(FP)-SiXte weeks
of testimony in the mass sedition trial
here showed Aug. that the danger of
fascism in America was a definite and
very real fact in the last several years.
Documents from the secret files Of
William Dudley Pelley, Silver Shirt chief
and one Of the 26 defendants still before
the bar of federal justice, show that
native American fascists were preparing
to strike at the government with the
help of higher-ups in Congress and
friends in the u S. Army in event of a
NaH and Jap victory.
These documents also showed that
Pelley and his labor-hating confederates
were betting on the victory Of the Axis
powers abroad and the America First
clique here at home
None Of the higher-ups named by Pei
ley in his plot letter Of April %, 194l,
Montana labor news., 1944-08-31

ton does not finally solve the problem
Women are required to cook their meals
clean their rooms and do other domes-
tic tasks. Again the authorities are
faced with dilemma which becomes
ever more pressing as the war goes on
There is simply not enough labor to do
all the necessary jobs. 1t was impossible
to take domestic workers from other du-
ties because hospitals, hostels and SINH
lar institutions are already suffering
from an acute labor shortage The only
course left was to appeal once again to
the people.
The ministry Of labor has asked Lon
don's women to take on these new du-
ties Those with domestic responsible
ties are asked to volunteer for regular
part-time work Mothers, whose children
have gone to the country under the
evacuation schemes, are requested to take
full-time work Men as well as women
are wanted for some Of the duties con-
nected with the care of building workers
anu LllclE arc JDJo 4ul NO4lA4lCClo III 4Col
centers, shelters and British restaurants
volunteers are already coming for
ward Britain will get over this diff
Guilty as she got over many worse ones
since Dunkirk. Homeless people will be
housed in rest centers and other emer-
gency accommodation while house re-
pairs 20 on.
In these raids, building workers are
adding another fine war job to their al
ready long record. At the beginning Of
the war they were mobilized to erect
hundreds Of great new factories. Ther
came the task of constructing camps anc
airfields for the over-growing British
forces With the arrival Of U. S. troop
a vast new building program had to b,
carried through So pressing was this
that flying squads went ahead to set VI
camps in advance for the main body o
Montana labor news., 1944-08-31

By Sergeant Bob Cooke of Metuchen, n,
J., Marine Corps Combat COrre-
spOndent.
SAIPAN, Marianas Islands Delayed
when get down off this ridge, I'm
going to write my congressman" said
Marine Corp. Robert M. Turner 22-year-
old son of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Turner,
of 942 Iowa avenue, Butte, Mont. and
have him give each of those tank men
Navy Cross"
The young machine gun squad leader
was sitting on the side Of Break-Back
Hill, that burned-oyer deathtrap on Sal
pan which had cost SO many Marine
lives, and across which enemy machine
gun fire still swept from the slopes Of
Mt. Tapotchau on the left
A vicious burst of fire caused all Ma
rines in the area to duck. From the
front of the ridge came the cry, Corps
man." A man leaped to his feet, picked
up a stretcher, and was on his way.
And then I'm going to have all the
corpsnen given Congressional Medals Of
Honor" went on the Montana Marine.
we couldn't have held on if we hadn't
known they'd take care of u.s.
Below him, a file of U. S. medium
tanks moved slowly through the cocoa
nut groves of Laulau village on Magici-
enne Bay. There was a steady crackle
of machine gun fire From smaller
tanks came the occasional fiery tongue
/ of a flame-throWer. And behind them,
walking warily but steadily forward
through the smoke and flame, came the
Marine infantry.
Corporal Turned lifted his head from
beside his machine gun and pointed.
''There were five enemy tanks in there
last night. Our boys got three Of them
cold with baookas and machine guns.
Two Of them are still down there. We're
just hoping the Japs will try to come
back for them
Below him was a line Of Marines dug
in. their rifles trained on the coast
road. Jeeps and trucks were running
up the narrow gaugse railroad tracks
which normally carried sugar cane to the
factoy. Now the road carried supplies
and ammunition for the Marines who
had finally broken through fierce Jap re-
sistance to the east coast of Saipan. It
carried jeeps with plasma and jeeps with
wire, trucks with water and amphibious
tractors with ammunition.
Corporal Turner looked across Magici-
enne bay to dust clouds rising from the
heavy traffic around Aslito airfield
Montana labor news., 1944-08-31
BUTTE MARINE
SUGGESTS NAVY
CROSS FOR TANK MEN

By Sergeant Bob Cooke of Metuchen, N
J., a Marine Corps Combat COrre-
Montana labor news., 1944-08-31
FLYING BOMBS CAN'T
STOP BRITISH LABOR

Hitler's flying bombs have provided a
striking example of how swiftly wartime
Britain can cope with an emergency.
Happily these missiles are incapable Of
making any serious inroad into Britain's
var production. For one thing the vast
resources for the production of every
type of war weapon are completely out
of their range. Then, since the Battle
of Britain, key factories have been dis
persed so that whatever damage may be
inflicted, the fighting men will not lack
essential supplies. Moreover, workers in
the flying bomb area are following the
precedent of the Battle Of Britain Roof
spoilers are giving warning Of imminent
danger and work is going on with only
brief intervals in shelters. These men
with the job of watching for flying bombs
are getting expert at assessing the mo-
ment of danger
There is one problem however, which
has demanded immediate action. The
bombs and blasts have damaged large
numbers of houses. The cessation Of
wartime building has resulted in a Sc
rious shortage of accommodation. First
aid repairs to blitzed houses have thus
become a priority task.
To meet it, the ministry Of labor and
the ministry of works have been organ
izing Britains very restricted wartime
supply of building labor. Workers from
all over the country are being brought
to London. Building contractors are
coming in with their entire staffs. Men
from the Royal Air Force, Navy and
Marines with knowledge of building
have volunteered to join in the work
and a substantial number are already
taking part in it. Wherever possible
skilled men like carpenters are being
conlbed out from other jobs
Commenting on this, ministry of Ia
Dor official told me that there has not
been a single case Of a worker refusing
to go to London because of the raids;
bigger job has been to ensure that they
are looked after when they arrive.
The National Hostels corporation, an
organization set up by the government
to provide accommodation for people sent
to big industrial centers, has arranged to
look after a considerable number. 9th
ers have been billeted in private houses
But even the provision Of accommoda-
Montana labor news., 1944-08-31

workers, so that construction could be-
gin with the least possible delay. While
this rush program was on, villages were
literally transformed into military towns
in a matter Of weeks.
And all the time building workers We're
being taken into the forces, for the army
also requires their skill.
After the war is won, these building
workers will be wanted for reconstruc-
ton of Britains towns and cities, not
then for "first-aid" work, but for the
creation Of 1.-THE new Britain for which
the people are fighting
Montana labor news., 1944-08-31

SEATTLE -(FP) Delegates to the
sixth annual Western Conference Of
Teamsters here heard Vice President
Dave Beck Of the International Brother
hood Of Teamsters (AFL) oaI for re-
election of President Roosevelt and con-
gressmen who support his pouticies.
Montana labor news., 1944-08-31

lend-lease cross by President Roosevelt
ana Wendell Willkie, who are portrayed
with the kind Of features Nazis give to
Jews.
RadnicÌŒka borba = Workers' struggle. [volume] ([New York, N.Y.]) 1907-1970, 1944-04-06
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resima britanske radnicke klase -
da bi sc opet sukobili sa americkin
kapitalistickim argumentima da j.
odrzavanje visokih carina u in
teresu americke radnicke klase.
Takve su protivrecnosti kapita-
lima. Saglasno gospodinu Hull-u,
kapitalistieke nacije moraju trgo-
vati iii ratovati. Saglasno drugim
besednicima sistema, oni moraju
trgovati i.ratovati. Potrebe da sc
iznese ma javnost naredjuju draw
MIN funkcionerima da isticu "ce-
njene generalizacije'" da izjed-
nacuju. interese bezsvojinske We
cine sa .onima cd posednicke ma
mime. cinjenice kapitalizma po-
kaz4ju borbu. izmedju ekonomskih
klasa j horbu izmedju utakmiek ekih
posedniSkih klasa, xiniis obadva,
domaei iaternacionalni mir ne
mogRGim..
Viseko-zvn{no fraxiranje.
Izjednativ ansje kapttaliG1ititih