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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-08
SHOT THEM OUT

Immediately after Pearl Harbor,
many navigational aids and light
houses on the west coast were
darkened by the Coast Guard.
Some lights, in Alaska. were so
difficult to reach that they had
to be extinguished by gunfire from
Coast Guard vessels.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-08
ADVERTISING SUPPORT

NEW YORK, Dec. 7. -R,- The
War Advertising Council TO-DAY
sent an emergency call 10 bust
ness leaders Of the nation asking
advertising support for an inten-
sified campaign to recruit $4,000
urgently needed seamen for the ex-
panding Maritime Service.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-08
POPULATION SET
AT l&,l0O,S74

WASHINGTON, Dec. = Up -
Total population of the United
States including members OF the
armed forces overseas was 1885,
1Oo,874 last July i. the Census
Bureau estimated today.
In the four years and three
months since the 1910 census the
population increased by more than
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-08
MANY never
SUSPECT CAUSE
OF BACkhCHES
This Old Treatment Often
Brings Happy Relief

Many sufferers relieve nagging backachs
quickly. once they discover that the real cause
OF then trouble may be tired kidneys.
!. The kidneys are Natures chief way of tao
t mg the excess acids and waste out of the blood
When disorder Of kidney function permits
POISONOUS matter to remain in your blood, it
may cause nagging backache, rheumatic
pains, leg pains, loss of pep and energy, get
Ing up nights, swelling. puffiness under the
eyes, headaches and dizziness. Frequent or
scanty passages with smarting and burning
s so;4h shows there is something wrong
with your kidneys or bladder
Don't wait! Ask your druggist for Doan. ;.
Pills. used successfully by millions for over a.
years: They give happy relief and will help the
10 mues OF kidney tubes flush out poisonous
waste from your blood. Get Doau's Pill,
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-08
GROWERS URGE
COTTON LOANS

WASHINGTON, Dec T. Up =
Grower interests today urged con
tinuation of loans ans crop con.
trolls - on cotton, opposing trader
and banker calls fo' unrestricted
production in a free trade system.
c. L. Neill. chairman of til e
Mississippi State Ayr: cultural Ad-
ius.ment Committee and spokes-
men for cotton states AA COM
mittees, defended the Aeministra-
tons current price and produc-
ton program in testimony before
the House Agriculture Postwar
Planning Committee.
He recommended continuation OF
the program for Sterilization Of
an equi. table income to cotton pro.
ducers'' through price supports,
and said that farmers also wanted
kept in operation t h program
which enables us to adjust our
cost of production up or down so
that supplies will bear reason.
able relation to demand
Negotiation of trade agreements
with other cotton-oroducing coun-
tries to assure American growers
of share of the world markets,
of continuation of an export sub
sidy program to enable American
cotton to sell on a competitive ba-
sis with foreign staple was also
recommended by the AAA COM
mittee representative.
Testifying as vigorous expon-
ent OF free trade and unrestricted
production without loan program
was Lamar Fleming, Jr., Houston.
Tex, senior partner OF the world
wide cotton trading firm of An
derson-Clayton, founded by Will
Clayton, newly named as assistant
secretary of state.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-08

SQUARE MILES northern China ruled by the Com
under Mao and minute part Of the
this shown (top public meeting No cri
cs the anything connected with the dis
snaton Of information such the printing plant pictured at bottom
The split between Mao TeIung and Generals
Chang has hapeed the against Japan Photos
March Of Tines Newsree (Internatona)
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-08

To keep a lasting polish on sill
yer, 60 over it with your favorite
silver polish. wash off in warm
suds, rinse, dry and rub to high
luster. When thoroughly dry, coat
silver with metal LACQUER.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-08

bt \ ANOTHER BOND ror
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-08

Life-like wooden animals that can be set in any
position. Endorsed by educators-used by teach
ers to develop chdrens imagination Full Of
interest.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-04-14
so. AMERICAN
LECTURES IN
uM!Y. TODAY

Louis-Alberto Sanchez, Peruvian
lawyer, writer, and professor at the
University of Chile, will be the Pan
American Day speaker at Montana
State university's convocation on Fri
day morning, April IA, at 10 O'Clock
in the student union auditorium.
One of the outstanding men in lit
erature from South America, Senior
Sanchez is in this country under the
auspices of the Institute of Interna-
tional Education. On the day he ap-
pears on the university campus, his
ambassador in Washington, d. c., will
receive for him the first prize award
Senior Sanchez won in an essay con-
test on the subject Latin America in
the Postwar World" From his pres
ent tour of the United States, the
speaker will go to Mexico City to
teach a six-weeks' course in the acad-
envy of Fine Arts.
The South American received his
doctors degree in history, philosophy,
and letters from the University of
San Marcos at Lima, Peru. He has
taught at the University of San Mar
cos, the University of La Plata, Ar.
gentina, and the University of Chile.
He has been assistant director of the
National Library of Lima, president of
the National Press Association in
Lima, deputy for Lima, and at present
is assistant director of a publishing
house in Santiago, Chile.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-04-14
The PUBLIC AND LABOR RELATIONS

said, Frank, I'm going to recommend
you as a public member on one o
these panels" l told him not to b.
ridiculous, that knew nothing what
eve about it and didn't want to learn
'Well," he said, "if you're an editol
you must be accustomed to deal will
difficult people, and that's the mair
part of it."
was glad I was on the record as
knowing nothing about the subject
for the first panel on which l served
dealt with the knitted underwear in
dustry. It's an important industry and
I hope we did it no harm, but some
where l suspected one of Burt's little
jokes.
This is a serious confession as &c
how a serious member of the public
became interested in labor relations
In my case it was as accidental as
that. In the case of most of the pub
| lie, no accident has ever occurred
which involves the responsibility OF
hearing both sides.
When | say both sides l mean both
sides, with recognition that the man
who really hears both sides rarely
pleases either of them. l know that
in those early days of the tripartite
system public members were regarded
by industry as more or less well-in-
tentioned people whose benevolent eff
forts for their fellow-creatures were
discharged without the slightest con-
sideration for the comfort of their
victims, and l know they were re-
garded by labor as what labor had
sometimes lacked, possibly impress
sionable audience. What bothered
me then, and what setill puzzles me
now, is in what sense is the public
aware of it's public representation?
1 suppose the public is aware that
the National War Labor Board has
been hearing both sides for more than
two years now, and l suppose the pub
lie has a general awareness of the
two great tasks laid upon the board
the task of settling labor disputes
and the task of wage sterilization.
1 don't suppose the public is in the
least aware, and l don't know whether
you are aware, how these tasks are
conducted.
In the beginning of the National
War Labor Board there was only the
first task of settling labor disputes by
peaceable means and there was then
no insurmountable, difficulty facing
the public members who were called
upon to be chairmen of this or that
hearing What they had to do was
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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-04-14
N. P. HEARING
HIN BUTTE
DRAGS ON
Quizzing by Federal Power
Commission of Alleged
Expert" Witnesses of the
Company On Their Ideas of
valuations" Continue.

| The third week of the hearing now
being held in Butte, on charges by
the Federal Power Commission that
the accounts of the Montana Power
| Company show 'watered'' valuations
of over S50,000,000, on which the com.
pany has been making profit on
the rates it charges Montana consum-
ers, is dragging through its third
week, with the commissions attorneys
examining expert" witnesses for the
company.
So far, the testimony shows that the
organizers of the company by stock
manipulation and distribution of
masses of common stock fattened the
pocketbooks of the promoters, chief
among whom was John d. Ryan and
his fellow buccaneers in the utility
field in the state.
In one of the early deals in the
state, John D. Ryan and his associates
bought the Great Falls Water Power
and Townsite Company for one and
one half million dollars, and when the
Montana Power Company was organ
lied, these brigands after one half of
the original Great Falls property had
been floated through Butte utility,
were shown to have cleaned up on the
other one half or $750,000 of their
original investment of $1,500,00 the
sum of $17,500,000 in common stock
and S5,000,000 in preferred stock in
the Montana Power Co. For the half
which had been floated through the
Butte utility, later also purchased by
the Montana Power Company, they
received S4,00O,O00 in common stock
Of the Montana Power Company in
addition to $150,000 in cash which |
they received in the original transfer |
of half of the property to the Butte
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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-04-14

the convocation speaker on Wednes
day, April II, at II o'clock in the
student union auditorium and during
the remainder of his stay will talk to
various classes and organizations.
Dr. Kwei is on leave of absence
from the National Wuhan University,
Kiating, China, Were he is professor
of physics and dean of the school of
science. Receiving his early training
at ST. Johns college, Shanghai, he
came to the United States as one of
the students holding the Boxer In
demnity scholarships and entered
Yale university. He received his MS.
degree from Cornell university, and
his PhD. degree from Princeton uni
versity.
The campus visitor has been on the
teaching stats of the Picking Union
Medical college, Yale in China, at
Changsha, Northeastern university, in
Manchuria, and the University of
Shanghai. He was in charge of the
students of Central China college on
their 600 mile trek when the institu-
ton was moved from Wuchang to
Kweiling. Since 1889, he has been
with the National Wuhan university,
one of the four leading government
universities in China.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-04-14

owes the city of Butte, and school dis
trict No. 1 about eight times what
they have paid them, in the last 80
years.
The reports obtained from Silver
Bow county and the city of Butte, and
the report of the privately owned
Butte Water Company to the Public
Service Commission, indicate that the
water rights of said company are NOT
assessed for city purposes, and that
the city of Butte and the school dis
tricts within the city of Butte, are
wholly deprived of this revenue.
The following figures are taken
from the year 1892: With the COM
paratively small amount of taxes paid
to the city of Butte, one should have
in mind that the people of Butte lin
Guiding Walkerville) pay for water
service the sum of $544,574.70 an
nually. This may account largely for
Butte's financial embarrassment, or
shortage of operating funds, and may
in large measure account for the lack
of money with which to properly OPP
crate the schools located within the
city of Butte.
The discrepancy between the Water
companys assessment returns and
its statement to the Public Service
Commission is appalling. With both
statements filed under oath, it might
be difficult to reconcile the assess
ment return covering, warrants, cash
and accounts receivable S39,025 with
the balance sheet submitted to the
Public Service Commission, showing
the following figures:
Cash 5,00320
Notes and bills receivable 26,372.70
Accounts receivable ... 38,458.91
Interest receivable ....... 1,030.76
Their statement submitted to the
Public Service Commission, shows the
following items in the balance sheet,
viz; Plant and equipment $780, 966.O1
of which the inventory shows:
INTANGIBLE"
Organization ...... ..............S 100 900
Rights, license, etc. ......--.... 100000
If it cost 100000 to organize this
company, what would it cost to or
ganize Bethlehem Steel? If they paid
the city S1,400,0OO for a license and
the use of the streets, WHO RE-
CEIVED THE MONEY?
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-04-14
A MYSTERY OF FINANCE

The water supply for the city of
Helena, comes from sources which are
from 10 to 20 miles miles beyond the
city limits.
Prior to October 1911, the Helena
water plant was privately owned-the
owner being the Helena Water Works
Company At the time of transfer,
the outside water rights were assessed
within the city, as result of an
opinion of the supreme court of the
state of Montana in 1908.
In 1907 Mr.. Frank Edwards, mayor
of Helena, appeared before the county
commissioners sitting as a board of
equalization for Lewis and Clark coun-
ty-and there contended that water
rights, irrespective of source, made
valuable through DOMESTIC USE,
within the city of Helena should be
taxed by the city and the school dis
trict lying within the city. At that
time the water rights were assessed
at 100000 for county purposes. and
for rural or outside school district
purposes.
School district No. 1 of Lewis and
Clark county, lies within the city of
Helena, and the opinion of the court
subjected the water right valuation
of S160,000) to city taxes and school
district taxes within the city.
The title of the action was Helena
Water Works Company vs. Settles"
Settles was county treasurer at that
time. Case is reported in 81 Montana
237 and So Pacific 1888.
AS argued then and as may be
argued now, water rights at sources
are of little value, and are valuable
only at place of use, and are of ex-
ceptional value when devoted to do
nestle use, and should be taxed where |
or within the area where |
used Or putting it another way, the
county and school districts enjoy a
high valuation for taxable purposes, |
which is created by water consumers !
within the icty, who are required to
pay unreasonably high rates for such
service
Ut should be observed that in 1892,
he Butte Water Company paid taxes
% the city of Butte of S5,S37.S2 and to
Silver Bow county there was paid
he sum of S43,34S.78.) From this we
can assume that the Butte Water Co.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-04-14
ON THE MARGIN
By BOB

According to supposedly authentic
news stories some kind of rash
seems to have broken out on the face
of the democratic complexion in Great
Falls where a group of democrats
headed by Banker Ford and DR.. Lar
son are reported to be engaged in
organizing a democratic club to
further the candidacy of Haynes for
congress in the second district | re-
call that Haynes was a candidate for
congress there in the campaign of
1912 but didn't threaten first base
too much in the game.
If l may be permitted to philoso-
phize little on this particular thing,
I'd like to say that | don't find any
thing too incongruous about the ac
ton of these fat boys in Great Falls.
They are just looking for their proper
home plate. While they are supposed
to have been democrats, and if the
democratic party is supposed to be
the political refuge of the downtrod-
den, then why should fellows like
banker Ford, for instance belong to
it in actuality. On the other hand,
the republican party is considered to
be the logical political home of the
privileged So why shouldn't he or
ganize club to further the interests
Of Haynes and incidentally, himself.
Judging Haynes by his record in the
Montana legislature he is tailor-made
to represent bankers and similar in
terests in the national congress;
much more SO, for instance than re-
publican Maddox who showed in the
Montana senate that he thought may
be he owed something to other inter-
ests than banking and the like.
When l undertook to write this
weekly column, I thought there would
be lot of rumors floating around
which might make interesting sub
jects for analysis by the readers of
this journal, if l put them into words.
But in all of my too many years,
to rumors, | never found |
such dearth of them as exists now.
Can you figure it out? | can't.
Two announced this week that they |
were going after the state treasurers |
job George Porter, erstwhile for |
some years, state auditor, declared |
his intention to run for the office on
the republican ticket. w. P. Pilgeram |
who served some terms in the state |
of which he was speaker |
one term, announces that he will be
on the democratic ticket for state
treasurer. Pilgeram proved himself a
sound progressive while in the legis-
allure, has lot of friends in the state
and should make a strong contender
AS this town is kind of headquart-
FRS for rumors, / might add that there
ire no new ones about Clements COM
ng out for governor, as recommended
,y Tony Boyle. And Clements is still
IN the republican administrations
,ayroll. It's still mysterious.
| hope the rumor factory starts
working soon. Otherwise I'll have to
Iuit.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-04-14
LABOR VICTORY
IN SUPREME
COURT DECISION

The United States supreme court
in a decision handed down on March
%, 1914 sustained two lower courts
in holding that travel time in under
ground mining is hours worked under
the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1888
Thus the Highest court of the land
in a decision of historic significance
to the entire labor movement and par
ticularly to the CLIO Mine, Mill and
Smelter Workers climaxed a four year
battle through the courts of justice
between the Tennessee Coal, Iron and
Railroad company, the Sloss-Sheffield
Steel and Iron company, Republic
Steel Corporation and the CLIO, with
the administrator of the Wage-Hour
division, United States department of
labor as interviewer. The To decision
was written by Justice Murphy with
only Roberts and Stone dissenting.
Briefly the courts decision indi-
Gates that iron ore miners must be
considered at work during such time
as they travel underground at the
direction of, and on the property of,
their employers. Time thus spent
must be considered as hours worked
and if such time brings the hours
worked in any one week over 40 they
must be paid for at the rate Of time
and one-half in accordance with the
Wage-Hour law
Generally, the decision must be
hailed as tremendous victory for
labor. In the words of Justice Muir
ply: 1.-THE Fair Labor Standards Act
(Wage-Hour law was not designed to
codify or perpetuate those customs or
contracts which allow an employer
to claim all of an employees time
while compensating him for only part
of it," Continuing, Justice Murphy
said: Congress intended instead to
achieve uniform national policy of
guaranteeing compensation for all
work or employment engaged in by
employees covered by the act Any
custom or contract falling short of
hat basic policy, like an agreement
o less than the minimum require |
nents, cannot be utilized to deprive |
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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-04-14

Pilgeram was born in Great Falls,
March IL, 1890 and was educated in
the schools of Cascade county.
He has served as field man for the
State Land Office and the Industrial
Accident Board.
He is a member of the Veterans
of Foreign Wars and the present legis-
lative officer of that organization for
the department of Montana.
Pilgeram is also member and past
post commander of the American Lee
gion and is affiliated with various
other civic and fraternal organiza-
TONS
He resides at South Park Street
in Helena, Montana.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-04-14

"a special session OF the state
legislature is mandatory if the
people of the state are to have any
voice in the choice of a President
and Vice President this year.
II is not believed that an action as
planned, to bring the issue before the
state supreme court will alleviate the
present situation, as there appears to
be a question if the high court can
find anything in the new law passed
in 1943 which is unconstitutional and
there are serious doubts that the court
would nullify it, and leave the law
passed by the 1885 session in full
force and effect
The old law (Chapter 80, Laws Of
1880 provides that the presidential
electors elected shall meet at o'clock
p. m. on the first Monday after the
second Wednesday in December and
cast the official ballot of the state for
President and Vice President. This
law was passed to conform to a fed
eral law, passed June 5, 1884 Chapter
800, Section (a) 4Sth Statutes)
which designates that time for the
presidential electors of all states.
However, under the present law
which provides for the tabulation of
votes as late as the fourth Monday
in December, it is obvious that it
would be impossible to know who the
presidential electors are until after
that time.
Prior to the passage of the federal
statute, governing the time for vot-
ing by the presidential electors the
present state law might have been
workable, as prior to that time. FED
eral officers, congressman, senator
and ice president assm
their offices on the first Monday ~
March. Under the present federal
law congressman and senators take OF
flee the first Monday in January and
the president and vice president on
the 18th of January.
It appears certain, that if an action
is filed for declaratory Judgment by
the supreme court in the matter, and
If the court finds that it cannot nullify
the law, no Montana citizen, in the
service or civilian, in or out of the
state, will have vote for President
Dr. Vice President this year.
The only certain way to make it
possible, is for the governor to call
special session of the legislature to
lear up this one, at least, Of the
nesses which it left in its wake in
943.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-04-14

it has income must pay taxes upor
that income He pointed out that il
the cooperative lives up to co-opera
tive principles, and maintains proper
cooperative accounting, the associa
ton will have no income. Through
its efforts, those individuals who have
patronized the co-operatives, increase
their individual incomes and OF
course, these individual patrons are
subject to income tax.
The first application of this prin-
ciple was made in the case of pri-
vate corporation set up by insurance
companies for the purpose of printing
the many forms used in that business.
taxation in the house of representa-
tives recommended the passage of a
bill to exempt co-operatiyes from fill
ing income tax returns on the ground
that no taxes were being collected
from such business institutions since
they had no income, and therefore,
therefore, there was no necessity for
them filing returns
The congress of the United States
approved the recommendation of this
committee and since that time, coop
erative institutions who so conduct
their affairs as to have no income,
have not been compelled to file an in
come tax return. The present con-
gress of the United States, by over
riding the veto of the President has
reversed the position taken taken by
congress in 1916 and all co-operatives
must now file an international return.
No additional tax has yet been i'm
posed. The present effort on the part
of the Tax Equality League has as its
aim curbing the growth of the coop
erative movement by imposing upon
co-operatives a tax upon the gross
savings made for the individual pa
irons.
Other speakers who elaborated upon
the situation were William Sanderson,
secretary of the Farmers Union Cen
trail Exchange; Russ Smith, represent
ing the co-operatives of Mississippi;
Glen Talbot, president of the North
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