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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-06-16
A Peoples Movement

certain that the reactonary elements in major
political parties realize that they overesmated their in
fuence the public the fatal of under
estimating the patriotism and intelligence of the great
of the American people.
The American people probably the tolerant of
any people in the world up to certain point They will
permit reactonay and rant and caoe and
groups organize
action that threatens the fundamental rights of the people
under democracy this tolerant easygong
the American public shakes off apparent ethargy
starts moving mitanty and rresistably in its might and
definite halt is called
months We witnessed for time organized attacks by
bers of the United States the President
mandernChe We heard them criticize his effort to
the destroy fascism protect the rights
workers and restrain the Unsuitable greed for profits the
part of of the industries producing the essentials for
carrying the
The American people appeared be grmly intent
doing their towards winning the that they
ing no attention to the ranngs and Vaccinations OF these IN
dvduas and Aside from the leaders of organized
labor and the Farmers Union who fighting side by side
for the preservation of the simple human rights of the workers
of the land there appeared to be movement directed to
calling these reaconay to account They continued
their descriptive and destructive tactics apparently convinced
that they could continue with impuny They goated public
y that they had the fight for the privileged They
made the fatal of believing that the giant of the
American people, too busy in the production for
and harangue would not act at the proper time.
The mighty giant the American working public, stirred
itself in action moved to call halt to the nefarous plans
of those in the of the United States who support
ing only the privileged and creating dlsunty and carrying on
constant disrupve harmful to the effort and
destructive to the rights of the working people
Credit must be given to the Congress of Industrial Organ
izaton for taking the first steps organization for political
action and for its unsefish realistic appraisal of its for
enlistment of all other organizations and socially conscious
individuals to combine with and thereby build peoples
In many sections of the Nation it spearheaded
the movement but the people everywhere manifested clear
realization of the need for action The movement gathered
Concrete evidence of its power already hand
Already sooges reaconary descriptive groups
have moved out of public office and replaced by public
spirited, patriotic men,
The organization this state proposes general terms
restore political control of the state and its to the
people of the stae to from its political life the
growth of corporation domination
The Montana Council for Progressive Political Action is
peoples movement 1t is challenging in its strength
will be stopped will until Montana achieves it's
foreordained high destiny.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-06-16
Co-ops Face Same Smear Campaign
As Has Been Waged Against Labor

Cooperative leaders alarmed what they regard
concerted drive to destroy their organization They
cipate the kind of smear campaign that has been
waged for the last few years against organized labor
Foes OF the cooperatives expected to pick dis
honest cooperative few of this kind managed by
individuals for their private profand hold it "hor
rbe example, of the whole great movement Evidence that
this the tactic to be employed articles by
coumns who have been the payroll of the National
Association of Manufacturers
The preliminary step the wrecking has already
been Congress induced by Congressman Robert
(DemVa) to insert provision tax legislation passed
last winter file statements of their receipts
and disbursements and other details of their business
Labor organizations also included Since neither
trade unions promakg enterprises they
tax Those who induced to adopt the
amendment hope to change this policy.
The National Tax Equality Association, headed by Ben c.
McCabe Minneapolis millionaire and president of the Inter-
national Elevator Company sponsoring the Nc
Cabe has hired of highpresse publicity agents. in
Guiding Lary A. Shue former editor of the Curtis publca
tions, including the SATURDAY EVENING POST.
Congress is being flooded with leaflets all of which
the claim that advantage business and
are to private enterprise.
Complaint is made that coops have branched out into
the ownership of elevators oil wells refnees other
and able to underse private
petitors because they exempt from taxes
That statement is The fact is co-ops pay all
the that private business profits
and do make profits They simple buying and
selling organizations and all Savings their members
And this is where the shoe pnches and explains why some
business men are warning on the co-ops.
Genuine co-operaves, big and little their members
the huge profits which otherwise would go into the pockets
of business Of course business do not like any
thing that nterferes with profits Hence the Robertson
ment and the plan to hamstrng the cooperative by
taxing them.-Labor.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-06-16
Mr.. Johnston Goes To Russia

The Russians have got quite kick of the speech
delivered audience of their commercial leaders Moscow
by Eric Johnston president of the u S. Chamber of Commerce
In fact the of the speech that after getting
the drift of Johnston his Russian audience laughed
very heartily.
Johnston began by trucuenty declaring that he going
to tell his audience drec harsh business facts Then he
looked sterny and accusngy at them andsaid: "You
statemnded collective minded We n6st predetermined
most ndvdual-ninded, and gentlemen make mistake,
determined to remain to become So
Nobody got mad dared him to fight They nodded
approval and smiled
So he became specific and sterny declared "Our
American communists have been wasting their tme because
recent poll working people most of them declared
themselves to be middle-cass people, and continued How
they make proetaan revolution among workers who
do not know they proletarans?"
Evidently Mr. Johnston took with him to Russia the fall
lacou definition of the meaning of the word proetaran
which big business has pastered it. and oraoricay
posed his ignorance instead of getting the tuhwhch any
Russian would have been glad to give him. For public con-
sumption in this country snarling poitcocommercia big
which Mr.. Johnston is the headhas given OPP
orobrous meaning to boshevik proetaran and similar
Russian words designating such people ignorant dirty
lecked wldeyed bombthrowing malcontents AS matter
those words to the Russians SYNONYMOUS to
middle class common people, broader but not less
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-06-16
By LAVERNE HAMILTON
EFFECTS OF THE RUSSIAN
EXPERIMENTu

Before leaving our study of the
Russian Experiment" to examine
other factors in the evolutionary proc
ess, wish to summarize briefly a
few of the important effects of that
Experiment" upon the thought proc
esses of other nations and draw few
conclusions regarding the influence
which better understanding of the
FACTS in regard to that Expert
ment'' will have upon the evolutionary
progress toward naturalization of in
dustry throughout the world.
Let it be understood clearly that
Russia in spite of her rapid progress
has not yet reached the stage of pure
democratic socialism The obstacles
which she has been compelled to sur
mount, many of them erected by CAPT
talist leadership of other world pow
ers, have retarded that progress but
it has not been effectively halted,
even by the necessity of waging a
war for survival against the Axis pow
ers. Economic evolution is a natural
law and while it may be either aided
or retarded to some extent by mans
puny efforts, it can no more be
than could the progress of an
eighty ton army tank by a barricade
of fence posts. This is, and will be
true the world over and the Russian
Experiment" will continue to have an
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-06-16

primary election, also after the No
vember election. The business inter-
ests, big and little in every line of
business control the republican party,
| business men democrats and republi-
cans vote the republican ticket when
the consumer, farmers and all groups
other than the business groups vote
for these business interests we are
voting to help business to exploit the
masses. Please get that. One reason
the chambers of commerce in Mon
tana are in control most businessmen
need protection, for example in some
states dentists are not allowed to
charge more than SO cents for pulling
la tooth, in Montana the dentists
charge $500 to $500 for pulling
tooth. Medical doctors are bitter
against socializing medicine, in some
lines the charges per hour are greater
than allowed in other states. | was
told few years ago that one man
charged $3.50 for cleaning a watch,
some states have laws prohibiting
charging more than 81 to $3.50 for
'SiOdhihS q WdlCu, 81 luc CudulD6TS
of commerce are protecting profiteer-
ing. We elect the men they want and
THEY make the laws for their bene-
fit and the benefit of the corporations.
All business interests are organized
and all are republicans. Our Chris
tians part are with the democrats, and
part are with the republicans, in fact
split, farmers are just the same way,
split, the consumer is in the same
boat, and predatory interests are get
ting more and more control Of our
economics. For years the republicans
controlled both houses of our legisla-
ture, then they elected democrat for
governor who was a republican at
heart, this went on for years, there
are lots of republicans and democrats
who apparently did not know what
was going on.
Was it Diogenes who said he would
need lantern to find the honest men,
today he would say he needed Ian
tern to find the Christians among
our business men
RANDOLPH DEIBEL SR.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-06-16


actively Anonymous letters will re-
1t is conceded in the east our Presi-
dent will be reelected if he wants it.
The other side is working hard to
re-elect those men in congress who
worked for the interests and sabo-
tagged so many measures, they are de-
termined to control as many states
(the officials) as they can, and to
control congress. We must work
hard throughout the United States
to elect big majority in congress
of progressive men, statesmen who
will put the welfare of the nation, the
general welfare of the people ABOVE
ALL ELSE. Do the people not under
stand, that big business, big packers,
industrialists, big bankers and other
business interests have and are work
ing to get control of our nation.
The money taken unjustly in those
80 years that the Montana Power
Company has taken from the consum-
er ON account of the watered stock.
their children and would have made
life more pleasant for them. | have
fought against injustice to others, to
preserve our democracy | have
preached. that we must stand against
injustice wherever we find it, even
though it may not effect us even re-
motely because it is against the gen
eral welfare and weakens our democ-
racy. So now the enemies of democ-
racy are firmly intrenched. In our
state the republicans usually put up
machine men for congress the same
as for other offices but have been
electing democrats to fool liberal DEM
ocrats and republicans. 1t is rather
serious that there is so much ignor-
ance about politics, caused by vicious
People in every county
should study the votes cast after the |
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-06-16
Is NATURALIZATION OF
INDUSTRY In PROSPECT?

increasing effect upon the rapidity of
that progress throughout the capital
list world
The Soviet Constitution offers to
the individual a degree of freedom,
democracy and a guarantee of in
dividual rights and liberties not even
surpassed by our own U. S. Constitu-
ton and a comparatively recent de-
cree grants to the several Soviet Re
publics greater degree of autonomy
than is vouchsafed 10 the several
states of our own union.
To those of us in distant localities
who have followed interestedly the
progress of Russia under the bolshe-
vic leadership her accomplishments
have been agreeably astonishing, but
to those who have been accustomed
to accepting the information of the
capitalist press at its face value her
accomplishments have appeared little
short of the miraculous 1t is difficult
for the most partisan friend of the
Russian Experiment" to visualize the
transportation bodily of entire fac
tories and munitions plants from ex-
posed locations to new bases in the
Urals Ga distance of some 1,40O) with
no Stacking of scheduled production
for the month in which the feat was
accomplished. How much more unbe-
lleVable must it appear to the individ-
ual who has for score of years been
fed upon the propaganda of the CAPT
ta1ict
took place, and as the realization of
the actuality gradually dawns upon
the man in the street" he becomes
more and more impressed with the
possibilities which the Socialist "Ex-
pertinent" may hold for the rest of
the world
To relieve the siege of Leningrad
Russia constructed railway across
100 miles of Lake Ladoga ice to carry
supplies to the garrison. Can the
student picture such feat being ac-
complished by the incentive of "PRI-
VATE ENTERPRISE? Capitalists
would demand "cost plus" contract
from the government before the first
tie was placed and would bave col
lected before the golden spike" was
driven home.
To prevent its falling into German
hands and being used for Axis pur-
poses, the Russians voluntarily des-
Iroyed the giant Dnieper dam, one of
their greatest engineering feats of the
second five year plan. Can we fea-
.ure YOUR ELECTRIC COMPANY"
destroying even one of their seven
'trespassing" dams on the Missouri
liver? John Citizen knows that
YOUR ELECTRIC COMPANY" isn't
siven to making such sacrifices in
he public interest. In fact just re-
emily hearing was completed in
Suite the purpose of which was to
ompell or induce YOUR ELECTRIC
COMPANY" to base its rates upon
ctual valuation rather than on some
Millions of dollars of fictitious valua-
ion, or watered stock. Knowing these
acts John Citizen is more likely than
ot to hold the belief that YOUR
ELECTRIC COMPANY could be Gin
uced" to stay on and operate any or
II of its seven plants-particularly so
a REASONABLE PROFIT" were
Russia has demonstrated beyond the
hadow of a doubt that SOCIALISM
not an IDLE DREAM" but a hard
eaded economic REALITY which can
g made truly EFFECTIVE when eff
iently attempted and SINCERELY
arried on by SOCIALISTS who ac-
CONTINUED on Page Four)
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Sample

The lack of national planning cushion the shock of
termination of production made manifest the
shutdown of the Brewster Aeronauca plant when thous
of workers found themselves suddenly without job
The Navy cancelled existing contracts with that plant
without advance notice and result both and
workers found themselves Immediately helpless Free enter
prise" apparently didn't know which way
the government for help
The incident is an example of what may probably
will happen hundreds of production plants with their
of thousands of workers. Surely cannot wait
until the last minute to plan for the day when there is
further immediate need for continuing production of the i'm
plements of war
timely realistic appraisal of the implications of the
Brewster Aeronautica plant closing written by Peter Edison
Tribune last Saturday We reprint it in full below:
"WAR AS USUAL"
WASHINGTON June ~ NEA)-The big rumpus
the nays cancellation of the Brewster Aeronautica Corp
brought forth strange rayng that sounded
good bit like plea to continue "War usua!'
Remember the old wall of Business usua back in the
days before Pearl Harbor when industry reluctant to
vert to about production?
"War usual" is the to Business usual 7!
inspired by the selfish motives and you apt to
hear it a lot from here
The prayer to continue business usual comes from
business labor groups who having been persuaded
production and having made out of it,
want it to go While moaning of
of the mouth the hardshps of wartime
trolls and restrictions they yelling out of the other side
whenever there is move made Washington
ing controls that would give advantage to
competitor.
The result babel that beats anything
heard in the days conversion and indicates that the
for long spell of reverse headaches in getting back
the tracks of unless prevenves are administered
quickly before invasion makes cancellations of war
contracts the rule instead of the rarity.
Two Ways To Do 1t
principal schools of thought how to go
about ending "war business usual"
The first is to set kind of in Washington
plan boss the job somewhat falterng step in this
direction taken towards the end of May when pro-
naming of committee of army navy maritime commits
on manpower and WPB executives to make plans for
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-06-16
FROM EDITORIAL COLUMNS
Prophet Bromfield Is Not Starving

Louis Bromed the authorfarmer who last autumn pre-
dcted we'd all be going hungry by February visited Washing
ton last week While here he dined with friends
at Halls, ancient Potomac river front restaurant with
popular al fresco service Halls is known for it's steaks
we'll its food and Bromfelds companions avid
get thick juicy steaks Bromfed scoffed at the idea of
steak however I'm sick of steaks, said he II all the
beef | stand my farm. What want when
to Washington good food" = The Minneapolis
Morning Tribune
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-06-16
OPINIONS OF READERS


at least effectively
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-05

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. a (UP)
Mrs. Rose Whitehouse. A. went
hunting today for a
place TO rear the child of her SOL
der husband, % and a New
foundland nurse.
The child. Geraldine, 10
old. was housed by a
relative while her father. who has
three weeks left of a furlough,
and her forgiving stepmother,
searched for a suitable place to
bring up a child.
Pfc. Arthur Whitehouse, a
paperhanger before he entered
the army, arrived home Tuesday
with a baby daughter, and said
the child's mother wanted no
part of either of them.
Mrs. WhitehouSe. chlldless dur
ing nine years of marriage TO the
soldier, retired behind an indig-
nant family and refused to see
the child until Friday
1t was the baby's lean Features
and limited wardrobe that turned
the trick. as well as her bright,
smile, relatives said. Mrs.
WhitehouSe, they said, took one
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-05
Raiders Fire
TokyoP Plant

WASHINGTON. Dec. q (Ns)
Results of the fourth American
BIO Superfortress raid on indus
trial targets in Tokyo revealed
today that the huge Musashina
Aircraft Works was a mass OF
flames from good" bombing an
raging wind.
A war department communique
said B-29s from Gen. Hanselrs
command on Saipan carried out
the daylight bombing raid. One
Superfortress was lost to enemy
fighter opposition and II Jap
interceptors either were destroyed
OF damaged.
The bombing force concentrated
on the Musashina plant OF the
Nakajima Aircraft Co.. which had
been attacked Nov. "a In a pre-
vious raid.
One B-29 squadron reported
that Is per cent of its lethal load
fell within the plant area. A sege-
ment OF the sprawling industrial
works manufactures the greater
part Of Japan's military aircraft.
(The only Michigan man re-
ported to have taken part in the
raid was I'd 1t. John lid Of Rud-
yard, tail-gunner in the lead
plane.)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-05
War Workers
Bonus Urged

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 UP)-
War production chief Krug and
1t. Gen. Somervell. chief of the
Army Service Forces. today urged
adoption of some form Of bonus
plan to reward workers who stay
on war jobs.
Somerveu. appearing before the
Senate war investigating COM
mittee. coupled his advocacy OF
such a plan with warning thst
unless critical manpower shos
ages in war-vital industries
solved within a month, I'VE shaH
be back here asking for national
service legislation"
krug said he hoped TO present
10 Congress within two or three
weeks a plan for Offering induce
ments TO war workers for stick
ing to their jobs.
He said he had not yet decided
what form such plan should
take. but that the important thing
is 10 do something for the worker
who resiSts the temptation to
switch TO "peacetime" job.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-05
Fds(ists Desert
To Allies in Italy

ROME, Dec. a (INS)-Italian
Fascist troops who appeared last
month in front line positions with
the Germans are deserving TO the
Allied lines in great numbers as
fighting for the key communica-
lions hub of Faenza became in
creasingly bitter, a spokesman at
Allied Mediterranean head
quarters disclosed today.
The British Eighth Army inched
its way forward toward Faenza
between the Montone and Lamone
rivers against mounting opposi-
ton.
Other British forces which
drove toward the southwest of
Ravenna found the Germans hold
ing positions with reinforced
troops. u. S. Fifth Army forces
holding positions TO the south of
Bologna beat off heavy German
counterattackS.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-05
Africans Seize
Key Burma Port

HANDY, Ceylon. Dec. a (INS)
East African troops of the
British Fourteenth Army clawed
their way through Burma jungles
towardsNandalay, $50 miles away,
in victorious sweep which cap
tured the key Chindwin River
port of Kalewa.
The seizure of Kalewa was the
first major victory of the East
Africans and apparently the speed
with which they raced into the
town caught the Japs by surprise
since they left behind huge stores
of war supplies.
Meanwhile Chinese forces tight
ened their hold around the jap
held Burma road bastion of
Bhamo.
A field dispatch said Chinese
troops had captured the Bhamo
airstrip, two miles northwest of
Bhamo.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-05
Pearl HarbOr
Inquiry Fooled

WASHINGTON, Dec. QNS(-Democratic
congressional leaders today effectively blocked-at
least until the next Congress meets in January--a
general investigation of the Pearl Harbor debacle.
They also appeared to have stymied demands for an
inquiry into the feud between Atty. Gen. Bddle and
Norman NJ Lttel who removed assistant attorney
general by President Roosevelt for INSTRUMENTATION
Despite the unfavorable situation Republicans in both
Senate and House clamored for fudess inquiry into the
decision of the army and navy not to institute court
martial proceedings against Maj Gen. Walter Short and
Rear Adm Husband E. Kmme Pearl Harbor commanders
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-05
Ydnks, in Error,
Belgrade

ROME, Dec. 4 tUP) Flying
FortreSSeS accidentally bombed
the center of Belgrade last April
is. killing between l.200 and
1000 civilians. it was revealed
officially today.
The target of the raid was the
Ikarus Aircraft Factory, three
and one-half miles from the
heart of Belgrade,
Photographs showed that 40
tons were scattered across the
heart of the Yugoslav capital and
no hits were scored on the fac
tory. A Swiss Red Cross repre-
sentative reported 1,200 civilians
were killed, but residents said
the figure was closer to 1000.