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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-08-04
CONTEST ON FOR
ARTICLES ON
.C0-0PERATIvES

Service Co-operatives" will be the
subject of the second of series O.
six monthly competitions which Prog
ress Guide is sponsoring in honor
of the Rochdale Centennial of Con
sumner Cooperation
Conducting this contest as con
tribution to it's series, Some Better
for America" Progress Guide offers
prizes totaling $1,000 for articles de
scribing the growth of Consumer Co
operation in the United States. Any
one, except staff members of the Co
operative League, may enter the con-
test.
! Contestants preparing articles for
competition No. l, Farm Supply Co.
operatives" which was announced
last month, have until midnight, Aug
ust 81, 1914, to send in their entries.
| The best article on Service Coop
eratives" will be awarded $50 in cash,
and will later be entered in the finals
to compete for the grand prize which,
with prior award, will amount to $3.50.
The story of the Service Co-opera-
] tives concerns the cost of emergen-
cies in modern life Co-operatives
are providing means of lowering these
costs: For instance, % Group Health
secures Medical Care and Hospitali-
zation; ~ Funeral Co-ops provide
low-cost Mortician's Service; %
Campus co-ops reduce College Ex-
penses; (4) Insurance Co-ops cut the
cost of Accident, Fire, Theft, and
Life Insurance, and provide increased
investment moneys for cooperative
expansion. Also as part of the
Service Co-ops is Housing-enabling
people to comparatively buy land
more cheaply and erect modern homes
and apartments at lower costs.
Stories must be limited to $500
words. Articles may be built around
all these phases of Service Co-opera-
tives, or on any one phase. The arti-
Gle should be entertaining, but based
upon absolute fact In addition, con-
testants must discuss, in 100 words or
Principles.
Manuscripts for this second COM
petition must be postmarked not later
than October Is, 1914.
Subsequent competitions will cover
Credit Unions, Rural Identification
and Telephone Co-ops, Petroleum Co
ops, and Food, Clothing, and Depart
ment Store Co-ops.
Complete rules can be secured from
Progress Guide, Pontiac Bldg, Chi
cago 5, Ill. The following articles in
Progress Guide will prove helpful
guideposts to contestants: What
Makes Co-ops Click?" by Staff Editor
CONTINUED on Page Four)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-08-04
RADIO HANDBOOK
PUBLISHED BY
Clio Committee

NEW YORK-'Labor has a voice
The peopl ehave right to hear it."
That's the keynote of the new Radio
Handbook for labor and other pro
gressive organizations issued this
week by the CLIO Political Action Com
mittee.
The PAC publication declares that
trade unions and radio are no strang
ers. But, it adds, labor has not yet
recognized its full rights on the air
or knows how to most effectively pre-
sent its views.
Billboard, national amusement
weekly, sums up the benefit of the
guide aptly. 1t says:
For the first time, labor people
will have a guide that figuratively
speaking tells them how When in
Rome to act as Romans do 1t also
tells how and to whom to squawk
when they don't get what they want
or are 'wronged on the air."
Recognizing the excellent publicity
outlet radio provides, the guide takes
a friendly rather than belligerent atti.
tude toward the networks. Labor isn't
fooled by some of the tricks stations
have pulled to muffle labor's voice,
says the handbook. But the law gives
labor rights, under which they can
get their viewpoints on crucial issues
before the public, it says. "And la
Dor intends to use them"
While praising the service radio has
given the public, the PAC handbook
that $50 far radio has done
very little for organized and non-or-
ganized workers"
The workers may be at fault, how
ever, says the booklet. For many
reasons organized workers have not.
yet fully realized the Importance of
radio as a means of presenting their
views to the people and they have
not taken full advantage of their
rights to use radio"
In summarizing labor's radio rights,
lnions are reminded that only the air
belongs to the people; that all the
physical properties belong to the COM
1anies operating the stations; that
he broadcasting companies are given
he privilege in the form of licenses
or limited time to use the air
waves. AS soon as the companies
Continued on Page Four)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-08-04

showed that corporations had
increased their net earnings by
101 per cent and charged that
the workers are paying for the
war ''by the dollar bills left
out of their pay checks.
The study presented in the Review
while stating that the income of
farmers BEFORE taxes has risen
204%, it does not state that the farm
ers are making too much money and
points out that the average income
of farmers has risen from the pre-
war income of S691 to $2,103 and
said: 1.-THE war has brought much
needed increase for millions of farm
ers who were desperately poor"
Corporation profits according to the
report, rose from $53 billion in 1899
to s22.S billion in 1913; an increase
of $175 billion 1t calls attention to
the fact that 10-cent an hour in
crease could have been given to all
wage and small salary workers at a
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-08-04

cost to the corporations of only S7.2
billion.
The report states that the average
net income of farmers, small business
men and labor cannot be accurately
computed because they are taxed by
personal income tax rates varying
with income and numbers in the tax
payers families.
This study does not comment on
one of the stand-bys of the corpora
lions in releasing percentage figures
on profits made. These figures are
always low and sometimes indicate
lower percentage profits in the war
years than in the pre-war years. In
all such cases it viii be found that
they are based on production and
sales volume and not the percent of
profit made on capital invested
The reports of the war production
industries on profits made because of
the way computed, always calls for
sympathy for their sacrifices.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-08-04

Og Ia, UoA.
Judge Erickson gathered
much of his commanding lead
in Cascade, Silver Bow, Mis-
soula, Lewis and Clark, Deer
Lodge and Yellowstone coun-
ties where his opponents found
themselves very much in the "also
ran" class. In Custer county, Middle
tons own home county, Erickson was
only % votes behind him.
Three contests for nominations for
state offices were close. Paul Can
non won the nomination for the lieu
tenant governorship from Lou Boe-
decker on the democratic ticket by
the narrow margin of 155 votes; r.
V. Bottomly the nomination for attor-
ney general over Harrison Freebourn
by 1,217 and John A. Matthews the
nomination for the supreme court by
a lead of 1869 votes over Enor K.
Matson There were no close counts
among the candidates on the repub-
lican ticket.
The official returns of the canvas
are as follows:
Congressman first districD Dem
ocrat, Mike Mansfield, 26,217; republi-
can, M S. Galasso, 11,4S9.
Congressman Second DISTRICT =
Democrat, James F. O'Connor, 24,092;
republican, F. F. Haynes, 13,4O3; Dan
w. Maddox, 10,345.
Governor-Democrat Left Erickson,
2S,292; Austin B. Middleton, 1875;
Roy E. Ayers, 140S2; republican, Sam
c. Ford, 1885, j. Thorkelson, 5,3O6.
Lieutenant governor - Democrat,
Paul Cannon, 27,443; Lou Boedecker,
27,28S; republican, Ernest T. Eaton,
19,773; John D. Gillian, 1912; Paul
w. Smith, 1926.
Secretary of state-Democrat, Sam
w Mitchell, 49,029; republican, How
ard Hazelbaker, 39,742.
Attorney general-Democrat, R. vi
Bottomly, 21,366; H. j. Freebourn,
20,149; Joseph J. McCaffery, 1928;
republican, Stanley Foot, 37,2O1.
State treasurer = Democrat, w. P.
Pilgeram, 43,5OS; republican, George
Porter, 37,757.
State auditor = Democrat, John J.
Holmes, 1889; republican, E. ]. Mo,
33,9O5.
Railroad commissioner = Democrat, |
Horace F. Casey, 1896; Roger S.
Murray, 1850; T. R. Schoenborn, 81
846; Thomas Carey, S,671; G. ]. Cul-
len, 1904; republican, George A.
Davis, 13,461; Kirby Hoon, 1882;
Robert White, 1899; Mike Reynolds,
5,846.
Superintendent of public instruction
Violet Eastman, 34,694;
John f. Sasek, 1883; republican,
Elizabeth Ireland, 3S,49S.
Supreme court nominate FOUR -
Albert H. Angstman, 33,906; E. K.
Cheadle, 25,033; Albert Anderson, 22,-
1926; John A. Matthews, 2O,932; E. K.
Matson, 1861 Clarence F. Hanley,
13,412; David ]. Ryan, 11,907; Thomas
c. Malice, 1854; Jessie Roscow, 1881.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-08-04
FIRST COOP AND
LABOR INSTITUTE
is SUCCESSFUL

MADISON, Wis. (CLNS)-Men and
women of organized labor and the
consumer co-ops joined hands to make
a whopping success of the first Coop
and Labor Institute held here this
month as part Of the noted Uni
versity of Wisconsin Summer School
for Workers.
The Institute consisted of four daily
sessions during the two-week term
on the history of consumer Co-ops,
history of the labor movement, Coop
business administration, organization
and education methods, and Coop and
labor relationships. Staff leaders
were drawn from The Cooperative
League, and regional cooperative or
ganization in Superior, Minneapolis
and Chicago
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-08-04

(This material is prepared by the
Office of War Information from in
formation contained in foreign broad
casts and foreign newspapers, and
from other data received by Owl
through various overseas channels.)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-08-04
OFFICIAL TALLY OF VOTES
SHOWS ERICKSON CARRIED
80 COUNTIES in STATE
Erickson's Opponents Carried % of the
Counties b State u,..7' :" With l3 Carried
By Middleton. . Bldg ''''''' S; Erickson
Gave Middleton Close Race IN Custer
County; Cannon Wins by l55 Votes.

The made by the state board of
votes primary election shows Left Erickson leading
candidate the democratic ticket carried with
decisive VOTE the states Sc countless with total vote
Middleton second high carried Is counties with
total vote Ayers 10 counties with total vote
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-08-04
Missouri Valley Authority
(MVA)

Editors Note During the several months will
Informative articles a
Missouri Valley Authority written many
familiar
He
u S. Army Chief
and vicinity, in California This his first article.
The national magazine News-W Week carried the foowin
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-08-04

Based statistical reports of the u S. Department of
Comerce Labors Monthly Review (AFL) in issue
charged that corporation income 1943 in the years.
93943 showed greater increase earnings AFTER taxes
than the increase of farmers business and labor
BEFORE taxes The computation of profits by these classes
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-08-04
CORPORATION PROFITS up
1917 over PRE-WAR, AFL
MONTHLY review SHOWS

Charges Only Six Per Cent of American
Workers Receive Straight Time Wage Rate
High Enough To Provide Their Families a
Health and Efficiency Standard of Living
AT End of War.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-08-04
Western Water Rights

Western Water Rights
Western optimistic of success in their
fight to establish prortes the
west of the Mississippi The ISSUE involved in pending
floodconrol of the liveest sectional dis
putes pending in the upper chamber and probably will
be determined after Congress Westerners
want their rivers used first for irrigation reclamation and
industrial purposes; downstream senators deep
channels for waterborne commerce. which would call for
speedier runoff of streams. Army engineers contend
there is water enough for all purposes.
ST. Louis PostDpach one of the great forward looking
newspapers of America recently open
to all editors in Missouri Valley strongly urging formation of
MVA for development of all land and water
has been followed with other comment and articles along the
line.
Several weeks ago a regional convention of National
Union representative of the eight
wholly partially drained by Missouri River passed
sent strongly worded resolution pedging support
MVA idea Lesser units and leading individuals
ganizaton are now active toward such end.
Throughout the vast empire of Missouri River watershed
post planning bringing study and advocacy of large
scale development will increase
intensity finally take definite form as program for
future construction national military victory
and the need to provide jobs for millions of eervce and
workers becomes acute.
Since such program will affect the prosperity we'll
being welfare and happiness of nearly person the
whole Missouri River empire we'll their children
best kind of program that be of us will
agree, think that it should be designed
L. Secure benefits to the people of the region
developed, and to nation a whole.
g. Result fair division of these benefits between
various states and localities directly affected and
all the various groups and classfications of
people within this
g. Be set and continue purely democratic program
always within general control of the people, through
their chosen representatives and designed bring the
greatest good to largest number
AS the day of final military victory draws
within which definite concrete workable and effective
for land and water development prop
er worked out and set up gets correspondngy shorter
There most urgent need then that all study
stand what be DONE how be done
such program will have upon each of
With hope of shedding light and aiding in a clearer
general understanding of the whole gigantic project this
of articles will be prepared The writer lays claim
advanced superior knowledge of the subject past
has done much engineering and research work behalf
of land and water Development he great
deal of such work The facts, them will be
reported This reporting will be done without partisan
ship regard for politics and solely the interest of
and general public welfare In final analysis people
living in the Missouri valley who must first up their
minds to the amount kind and of
they will either fail to get, live enjoy
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-08-04

The national magazine News-W eek c
omment in its issue of July "a, 1914:
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-13
Color Map of Pacific
In Mondays Times

Where will the Allies strike open the battle for
Japan? Capture of and Ysnk victories Tnan and
Pacific offensive will be extended
into the battle for Japan.
From these bases powerful American forces strike at
the japanese islands the Philippines FomoSa the
road TO the China
Mondays Detroit Times will carry full page, color
OF the Pacific theaer For clear Of
where America strike next the Pacific and 60 aid
following future attacks against The Japs Clip and Mon
days full page map.
To yourself Of copy dial Cherry $500 Monday
and order The Detroit Times delivered your
by the Times boy neghboThood
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-13
Dorsey Denies
Stdbbing Hall

los ANGELES, Aug. u ms
The second round of the battle
OF the balcony" had ended today
as Tommy Dorsey, king of the
trombone, outlined 10 Dist. Atty
Fred NJ. HoWSer hls part IN The
brawl with screen star Jon Hall.
The husky beSpectacled "scntl-
mental gentleman IF swing de-
MED that he used anything except
ms fists on the handsome fca-
lures OF Hall who, after tho
fight, ended up in a hospital with
several stitches holding together
his ViSaCC.
Dorsey declared that the brawl
was caused by undue attention
paid by Hall 10 Pat Dane actress
wife Of the bandleader.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-13
BASIC PLAN

The basic plan II tr reqtttfe enc
wear of service IN the armed forces
for every able bodied young man
in the nation, before he passes a
certain age.
The army and navy would main
tain n permanent framework OF
regular army personnel and
through that framework, TINS cor
tinuing procession OF youths would
flow. acquiring their military
training as they went
In round figures, about i.
million American youths reach
the age Of lS every year. which
after making reductions for those
who arc so physically defective
that they would not he acceptable
for combat service, is about the
number Of trainees that would be
in the course OF processing at any
one time.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-13
Won Wiessnd Warns:
Won Wisssnd Warns:
War Still Far From Won;
Hitler Will Not Surrender
tCOntinued from Page one)

be asSaSSinated or silently depoSed
because OF physical or mental in
capacity, but Hitler will not sur
render.
He must be removed by forces
within Germany or be crushed by
the Allies from outside.
With the failure oi the attempt
60 asSaSSinate Hitler and the
crushing of the revolt al his gen
erals. elimination OF the 10 years
silent war within the army be-
tween them and the fuehrer the
grip of Hitler. Goering and Hmm
Ter on the German people has
frightened.
STAIN SETS PRECEDENT
The hanging Of Field Marshal
Erwin Won Witzleben, one lieu
tenant general. two major gen
erals and four other officers. was
bold defiance 10 the rebels within
Germany and to the Allies out
side.
Josef Stain In 1887 and 1898
set the precedent IN his vast
''clesnup" of the Red army. navy
and air fore OF wf1st he consid-
cred elements disloysl 10 him and
10 his aims.
No official figures were ever
given, but foreign military at
faehes OF embassies In Moscow al
that time reported figures rang
ing from 10000 10 II 900 as the
number OF officers '1iquidated' in
the Red army.
HITLER TAXES LESSON
Though the purg. included the
execution of the chiefs OF the Red
high command and general staff
the Red army did not collapse
What the purge dld On Vas n
raise younger officers 90 higher
rank and 10 "rvlUvenAte" the So
wet fighting forces
Among those reported executed
by Stain were Marshal VI. ~. Tu'
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-13
Ward Bond Sues

HOLLYWOOD. Aug u dNSl
Screen actor Ward Bond asked
damages Of $4,000 today for in
lurleS received when he was
struck down by an automobile
last month Bond named David
MyerSOn. John Doc and q
John Doe Corporation
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-13
ADVERTISEMENT
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-13

of the sheriff and cannot return
10 the service until making bond.
Special Prosecutor Kim Siglcr
displayed no citation over winning
the case until after he had left
The courtroom. The conviction
was important TO him in the fu-
ture conduct of the grand Jury
1T WAS just verdict rem
dered by an intelligent jury"
was his only comment.
He added he would take brief
rest now and then resume the
far-rcaching inquiry that is eN-
pected TO produce several more
bribery conspiracy trials
The trial lasted exactly nine
weeks.
The case went 10 tho Jury after
two and onc-half hour charge in
which the Judge gave a detailed
explanation of the prosecution s
charges and The rights Of tho de-
PENDANTS as TO their presumption
of innocence.
1T il your solemn duty 60
see that Justice is done, regard
less Of who may be pleased or
displeascd or who may be hene-
fitted or injured thereby" he
said.
EXPLAINS JUSTICE
Justice knows no favOTiteS
and shows no Partially. II
makes no distinction because Of
race or color and draws no line
Of demarcation between the
rich and the poor"
Three of the Detroit legiSla-
tors were renominated at the July
II primary during the course of
their trial They were Wilkow-
ski. Nowak, and Kowalsk. DiggS
and Buckley were defeated
Cooper. Hancock and Omacht
are defendants in another grand
jury trial involving the intangible
tax legislation adopted in 1899
Legislative defendants in the
same case are Wilkowski. Diggs
Nagel, Benzie. Buckley. Gallag-
her, Nowak, Walsh and Stockfish
HENIANS KEY WITNESS
Mai. Charles r. Hemans is the
states key witness in both cases
Returned from Washington by
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-13
MUST REMAIN PRISONERS
First Aid To Sore
Eyes-laVoptik

STOP little local eye troubles before they get
bis Use soothing pleasant Lavoptik. 30
years success Prompt relief for sore, In
famed itching. burning eyes or money re-.
funded. Also soOthes GRADUATED eyelids
Praised by uUuEaudE. Get BsssPtik today.
tFys-ciip included Al ell druggists.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-13
HARDNESS IRKs JUDGE

There was a delay NJ almost IS
minutes while state police searched
for Rep Earl Gallagher and Jo-
Seph Kowalski who had diSsp-
peared.
II vas tense quarter Of an
hour The Judge sat scowling at
the delay The only sound Mas
the monotonous tick of the clock,
seeming 10 chant relentleSSly:
Guilty. Guilty"
Finally Gallagher and kowsl-
ski arrived and the jury filed into
The box
Mrs. Florence Wilcox. wife Of q
White Oaks farmer. was foreman
and read the name ~ each defend
ant. pronouncing the verdict after
each.
JURY FOREMAN PRECISE
Twenty times she repeated
guilty" twice mot guilty"
Her voice was sharp and pre-
else.
Kim Sigler, special prosecutor.
showed no citation over his Sue
cess. although the outcome was
important 10 future grand urv
conduct
Left in the jury room was
note probably written during tha
deliberations. II pontificHted
What IL. l.; what il not, IL
moi"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-13
PRESENT ESTIMATE

The present estimate is that
$50. 600 regulars could provide the
basic framework which would give
the nation an active, standing
army OF Ia million men. al all
times
The proponents Of is idea point
out. however. that the lmmedi-
aiely available army in case OF
emergency. would be many times
that.
Research and experience have
shown that throughout the first
year. following year of military
training for the average youth,
he is as good a soldier as he was
when he was in uniform.
Throughout the second year he IS
almost as good.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-13
TWO WEEKS COURSE

Throughout the third year he
can be brought from civilian life
and turned into top-rate sol
der with n two weeks refreShcr
course. and after the end of the
third year he has to be trained all
over again from scratch He's
forgotten everything he learned.
The advocates of this program
point eut-thsi- onCc-thc ~campul-
sorry training system is in full ef-
feet, there not only will be ] -
million men. immediately in uni
form. but there Will be the
trained forces of the previous two
years ready for service almost at
moments notice, making more
than four million.