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Evening star., 1944-04-23
Leading Stocks
Suffer Neglect
I'm Slow Week
Gold Mines Buoyed
By Publication Of
Currency Proposals
BY BERNARD s. O,HARA,
Associated Press Financial Writer.


NEW YORK, April "a. = The
stock market today finished one Of
Its slowest and most price-depressing
weeks since last fall with gold mines
coming to life and numerous indus
trial leaders suffering principally
from neglect
The gold department was buoyed
by publication Of postwar interna-
tional currency sterilization pro.
posals. Thoughts of possible inn
portant war developments over the
week end, however, kept many Gus
toners in neutral ground and trends
were notably irregular at the close
Of the brief session.
The Associated Press average of
go stocks was on OIL of point at 81
and on the week showed a net de.
cline of 0.9, widest since November.
Transfers Of 258,240 shares com.
pared with 1880 last Saturday,
which were the smallest since Oc.
tober 8.
Widest Break on Tuesday.
The market suffered its widest
break Tuesday on q better than
million-share turnover. Customers
scurried to safety as invasion nerv-
business was accenutated by the
British move irf "quarantining" all
neutral diplomats. There was q
further dip Wednesday with activity
ltapering.
Investment demand came to the
rescue Thursday and Friday, when
modest advances predominated on q
sharp drop in volume. Timid REIN
statement of commitments here and
there was attributed to the belief
selling had been overdone and that
the market may have discounted
lany unsettlenent which would ac-
company the big Allied push into
Europe. Earnings and dividends
also provided props.
| Amerada Oil Hits Peak.
Amerada Oil was one of the few
favorites today to touch peak for
1914, with gain OF IL at 92A. In
front were Homestake Mining,
Dome, Mcintyre Porcupine, Alaska
Juneau, Great Northern, United
States Steel, Bethlehem, Du Pont.
Consolidated Edison and Eastman
Kodak. Losers included Central
Railroad Of N. j., of ia as stock
owners turned bit bearish on re-
ported reorganization plans; Sin.
Iclair Oil, Santa Re, N. Y. Central,
Goodrich. r. I. Case, General Elec-
ttric, Westinghouse, Montgomery
Ward. Sears Roebuck and Phelps
dodge. ss<
Evening star., 1944-04-23
Amerada Oil Hits Peak.
Washington Stock Exchange

Ml dsepored By w B. Hbbs q Washington D. c.
ON ~ ise8DnG oo Tkuaf ufHzseE AsaE Eos YEAR 1914 Ur ro
Evening star., 1944-04-23
Odd-Lot Declines

PHILADEIPHIA April go CPL,rhe Sc.
curities Commission reported today these
dealers or specialists on the NsN York
stock Exchange for April 81: 1854 pur-
snases nyoiyinT a. .a4l shares: 2.4os
short sales involving Lib shares.
Evening star., 1944-04-23

WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, APRIL u, 1914,


Quotations furnished by the Associated Press.
1914 Stock Sales
Evening star., 1944-04-23
-S737136,557.O.
Controllers to Hear Burns.


District Control, Controllers Insti-
tute of America, expects a record
turnout at the dinner meeting
Tuesday evening at the Carlton
Hotel when Arthur E. Burns, adjunct
professor of economics at George
Washington University. will speak
on Postwar Public Debt Problems. "
He will consider the effect of the
debt on postwar taxes and the effect
of these taxes on postwar purchas-
ing power and business investment
Mrs. Hugo Schif1 of Alexandria,
Va, will be the guest speaker at the
April dinner meeting of the Bank
Women's Club of Washington, Tues
day evening at the Continental
Hotel. Mrs. Myrtle P. Lewis will
preside.
Bank Installs News Service.
The Hamilton National Bank yes
terday installed the Dow-Jones
Trans-Lux news service in the lobby
at location where it can be seen
by all customers.
The news service is especially for
customers who may be obliged to
wait in line while approaching the
tellers' counters. These unavoid-
able waits are sometimes tiresome
and the brief world news items or
the Trans-Lux are certain to be
appreciated.
Officials received many congratu-
lations from patrons yesterday. The
Hamilton is believed to be the first
bank in the United States to adopt
the novel idea.
Bisselle Entertainment Head.
A. Scott Offutt. president, District
Bankers Association, has appointed
Hubert T. Bisselle, vice president
Riggs National Bank, as chairman
OF the Entertainment Committee
for the June convention. w. Hiles
Pardoe, vice president, Nationa
Savings & Trust Co, is vice chair.
man. The other members include
w. T. Vandoren, vice presiden
and cashier, Liberty National: 10.
seph r. Fitzpatrick, cashier, Seconc
National; George M Fisher, vict
president and treasurer, Washington
Loan g. Trust; David S. Hendrick
partner, w. B. Hibbs g. Co.; C. D
Ratcliffe, vice president and treas
urer, Munsey Trust, and S. Wilson
Earnshaw, secretary and treasurer
East Washington Savings Bank.
Evening star., 1944-04-23

tunit of trading, 10 shares: sales printed in full
In bankruptcy receivership being reorganized
under Bankruptcy Act. securities assumed by such
annual on last quarterly Or
semi annual declaration Unless otherwise noted spe.
esl or extra dividends are not included Ex dividend
8 Paid last year. Payable in stock . Declared o.
paid 20 far this year. Payable in Canadian funds
Evening star., 1944-04-23

New Orleans Prices.
NEW ORLEANS. April 20 R.-Cotton
end long LIQUIDATION. CLOSING prices Were
steady, IL to 80 cents . bale lower.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-01-14

democrat If liberal ticket composed of Roosevelt and Wen
dell Wkie projected into the 1914 elections, it would
parallel the ushon ticket which Lincoln and Johnson headed
And General Douglas Macarthur possessing the
sona magnetism the military talent the valid claim
that he has been denied by Roosevelt scency of and
material Generals Grant and Sherman received from Lin
con could substitute quite well in the role of McLelland
Lincolns untimey death for the United
States than losing the The Union lost the which
followed Andrew Johnson fought desperately to
national sanity balance but malicious congress almost
mpeached him for his fortnight honesty and tolerance
of sectional hatred graft political corruption the growth
and expansion of monopoistc privilege the oppression and
exploitation Of the south by carpetbaggers and puppets
which followed in the succeeding decades wrote of the
blacklist and fouest chapters in American history
distinct conclusions be predicted from that post
Civil War period First that the Soldier Vote elected Lincoln
Second that failure of the political parties substitute
principles abuse and to honestly and boldly face
problems of postwar reconstruction brought the
ton the evils which followed.
profit these lessons Let demand that
fighting be permitted to vote they did in Lncon time
demand that the cheap personalities and political fub
which normal elections be barred from
coming campaign Let demand that domestic and for
egn postwar policies of both national political parties be
openly debated without sefmposed censorship under the
spacious plea that open discussion will harm national unity and
aid and comfort to foes Let organized labor raise
those the politicians won't We don't want history
repeat itself The republic could not servive second
deal.-St. Louis Labor Tribune.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-01-14
FROM EDITORIAL COLUMNS
Let Corporations Clean Own Shirts

Associated article puporting be quoting Gen.
George c. Marshall appeared the local daily Sat
urday morning January 1914 The title of the article
Railway and Steel Strikes Are Declared to Have Delayed
Allied Hope of Axis Collapse tried to give the impress
sion that the threatened railway and steel strikes would
the and that would had already deferred revolt
in Germany
Fortunately not many people will pay attention to
this piece of propaganda because that all that And
the object of the article to dscred the unions and the work
ing people obvious that it silly The press
overlooks opportunity to condemn organized labor
People generally beginning to feel that not only the
newspapers but the radios throughout the country giving
of propaganda of which either wholly false
highly exaggerated and that the people should receive
being withheld To infer that the threatened railway and
steel strikes had would proong the in Germany
far fetched and ridiculous and plain attempt to throw
discred the unions that people high in the circles of
the big corporations read it with dsdan.
Organized labor and all of the working people whether
organized not have glorious record this war; but that
cannot be said for the corporations of the United States The
corporations have purposey wfuy and raitorousy with
held production have puposey perperated stdown Strikes
and have demanded their profits refused produce goods
The of the corporations of America will down
shameful incidents the history of this nation
Incident after incident could be cited of faulty MATERIAL of
delayed work. of employment of workers to pad the
profits.
condition. but nsnuate that the workers not do
the right thing is unjust and unwarraned Some times
the working people wonder why the government does not in
VeSgae OF the abuses which prevalent IN This war
And to change the subject little Bit the report that the
Army department had returned to the United States
Treasury which could use stirred the nation to its
depths When is considered that any department of the
federal of state always asks for
three times than expects this return of
by the to the United States Treasury takes
pang aspect well be imagined that before the Army
money every device to spend it, and
the action itself almost conclusive proof that the Army had
given such huge money that couldn't be spent
finally got in the hair of Army officials and to their
conscience it back to the Observation-Disclosures
labor News.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-01-14
'Subsidies-For Me-Are Okay"

Two resolutions reported adopted at the Wool Growers
convention held Billings last week. indicate quite clearly the
attitude of large number of people of different classes
the question of subsidies Subsidies called unAmercan
destructive of Free Enterprise many other things in
tended to damn them by opponents but most of hem at the
time have their hands out for graty from the federal
government.
One of the resolutions reported adopted at the woogrow
ers gathering in direct opposition to subsidies The other
requested the federal purchase wool at price
considerably in of the market price But by
strange process of reasoning the convention apparently could
not any relationship between this request and subsidies
We noted the attitude the part of Ed ONea and
the Bloc their opposition subsidies
in the production of vegetable oils These
duced their section of the country and of the
of them had to be protected In other however et
the law of supply and demand govern"
that every conceivable form of subsidy has
been and being supplied by the for all except
the little fellow Isn't the of the federal
the production industries of profits their
ducon form of subsidy; and the of the
refund of certain taxes to industry after the
they Immediately operate at profit? 1t would seem
reasonable classify the profits paid by the to
production industries materials produced by them in
plants constructed entirely with federal funds subsidies
The practice of payment of subsidies to lines and
shipping interests for carrying mail has raised any
storm of protests from the fat boys
So the people generally opposing subsidies to all
the position that payment of subsidies to them
but all wrong to pay it to others.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-01-14
The Do-Nothing BOYS

That the MISUNDERSTANDING is in the saddle in
plainly evident by the recent action of the house
quests for $1SO0OOOOO for health education housing
like needs
The administration asked appropriation 5000 900
already authorized by for defense housing The
mee cut it to S50000000 survey showed 925, 900 units
would needed house 100000 workers expected
the War Manpower commission to migrate to jobs EST
mated 000 but the administration asked
only for $200,000,000
the Baruch study showed lag in production due
housing workers. among other things shipyard loses
workers because housing facilities for the workers.
production drops the blame of the workers. but this
committee which failed to appropriate to permit the
ment to meet the problem.
The committee rejected the request of the Public
Health Service for 100000 provide physicians in
deprived of medical services because doctors have
gone into the service and newly created
Survey disclosed 213 areas chiefly in centers
without physicians dentists.
The surgeon general of the United States in asking for
money sad In these communities the situation bad
frequently impossible to get doctor
house at ALL have been reported people
Many patients workers and their families lose
time production lines by sitting in doctors offices
for long hours"
The committee said it realized critical situation
existed but program with federal funds
provide direct medical attention the civilian popu
lation.
Such attitude reflects thinking of the Hoover type
The congressman make the mistake of meeting situation
by thinking of the precedent first and the problem second
donothng policy world after the
last war another World war; and donothng policy
got depression these congressman adopt
the kind of do-nothng policy regards nsuring war
production.
The action follows the pattern used SO much congress
oday-hamper the administration discredt Roosevelt
CARELESS of the cost the countrys Minnesota
Teamser.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-01-14
The Montana Power Company

sessions of the legislative assembly,
bills have been introduced compel the Montana Power Com
pany pay the valuation it has been
med for rate making purposes but instance
the have been defeated AS result the company
has about half of the valuation which
permitted fixing charged the public
No including the Public Service Commits
Board of Equalization concerned with rate max
taxation, has presented logical for
valuation for rate making and another for taxation
Last week the Federal Power Commission charged the
Power Company with having wreups and other in
faonary items its accounts amounting to $50 841 and
hearing the charges scheduled held in Washing
January 81 develop information which will
dollars of the company provided the
Railroad and Public Service Commission of Montana will act
findings made by the Federal Power Commits
The public service commissions of both Montana and
Idaho will probably be represented at the hearing.
the book valuation of the Montana Power Company, on
structure is based reduced in the amount
which the wrteups and other nflaonary items total it will
interesting observe the action taken by the State Board
of Equalization taxation of the company
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-01-14
Will Propaganda Pay Off?

Hitler said that if a political group keeps repeating
statement matter how great lie it be- the public
will finally to believe it, Acting this advice from
the master propaganda the selfish political and industrial in
eres hostile to the New Deal and bitter toward labor have
been blasting President Roosevelt and his admnistra
ion Following Hers example, they have used and all
methods they have not been hampered by facts If
believe the political dopesers these enemies of FDR
getting results.
That puts it strictly up to organized labor. What
going to do about it?
If working and take the time and trouble to
register and VOTE they effect the outcome of the coming
election for they hold the balance of If do not
register; if we do not vote, are in for trouble.
The Ku Kluxers still organizing against labor unions
They determined to antiabor legislation through in
many If falter fail in duty they will do
just that!
The isoatonss have begun to raise their heads again
They want a negotiated peace Always pro-Nazi and pro-
Fascist they believe the enemies of democracy do better
given years reorganize another They are
definitely opposed to Rooseves unconditional surrender
program.
Wall Street is happy 1t thinks another Harding be
put the people
WE'LL has labor grown soft and fat? Have unions lost
interest in their welfare? Have working people forgot
long struggle up from slavery? Will they rally will
hey their ballots? Wall Street thinks not
This much is absolutely true labor survive labor
the coming fight Have you done part Brother?
lave you registered? -Washington Teamster
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-01-14
Your Money and Mine

Included in the tax bill which is pending amend
the renegotiaton of contracts law which will
the effect of multiplying all of its provisions and than
that will compel the return to the proeering industries OF
tremendous which have been returned to the government
unreasonable profits past contracts.
documented report of excessive profits made by 200
corporations has been filed with the senate committee by
group headed by Senator Walsh The report
specifically cites four companies by illustrations of
profiteering in the effort
The companies cited by the TimkenDetrot Axle
Company which 81 million dollars four times its
war years profit 1872 the Elastic Stop Nut Corporation
which made profits $3480000 1872 per of its net
WORTH in 1912 It's profits in its previous best year
S432 900. These profits after taxes.
The Warner and Swasey Company of Cleveland makers
of machine advertising that made money out of
the war; 900 after taxes in 1912 40 cent
of its total investment
The Harnschfeger Corporation made profits of $2795,
1912 after compared with 1851 900 in its best
previous business year.
practically all reports of corporation profits such
printed the press the percentage of profits computed
which makes them appear less damning In the
submitted by the senators to the senate committee in
poso nto the reputation of the renegotaton law the
profit based the net worth of the companies
percentage of profit the basis of net worth of
any companies % per cent and the highest
965 per cent
We must buy bonds to finance the effort but we
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-01-14
Let's Profit From Lesson In History

The phrase, "hstory repeats ITSELF coined because
history indeed has habit Of running in striking parallels AS
example, there is strange relatively between the Civil War
year of 1864 and the Second World War year of 1914
When Abraham Lincoln for his second term in 1864,
he candidate the Republican ticket but the Union
Party ticket fusion of what might be termed the radical
of his day. His running for vice president
the Inflated and magned Andrew (Tennessee) Johnson who
the Great Emancipation after his assassination in
1865.
The tragic sequence of the election of 1864 that
the political parties lodged postwar issues and safely
tered their campaigns winning the war; most de-
csive factor in ncons reelection the Soldier voe the
blue uniform prefeng Honest Abe to the magnetic
General McLeand brought out by the conservative ann
coin elements logical candidate to win the war and
serve the Republic from anarchy and the 'rabble.
Today 80 years ater find similar coalition ele
congress opposed to the radical Roosevelt who
identified New Deal candidate and not traditional
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-01-14
Proof of Efficacy of Subsidies

There subsidies in World War and prices darted
skyward To just what extent these figures from the Bureau
of Labor Statistics divuge.
Here last prices and present prices from the Blu
of Labor Statistics Butter December 1919 rs cents
per pound Butter so cents Eggs December, 1920 80
Now 81 cents Sugar June 1920, &c cents Now 68
Coffee JULY 1920 40 cents. Now 80 cents. Pota
toes pounds June, 1920 $103 Now 40 cents Lard July
1919 AZ cents Now IS cents Round steak July 1920 As
Now Al cents Pork chops September 1920 SO cents
Now 81 Oranges May 1920 Dozen II cents Now 81
Prunes November, 1919 pound 80 cents. Now 16
cents.
What further argument needed to ubstantate the
of subsidies unless initiation something to be de-
Labor Review
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-01-14

should certainly be interested citizens seeing that
sonabe amounts Of do not into the Golfers of
profiteerng industries unconscionabe overcharges.
The report makes the following pertinent statement
To wage this the nation expend its substance
and the lives of its appalling scale Meas
by their sacrifice contribution of tme
fort, money but patry mite Equality of sacrifice
there be-
"Bu if match their sacrifices must
do best the burdens the fairly
Above all else make certain that
exploit selfish benefit. This is but
simple fairness soldiers sailors and also
plwho enduring unwonted restraints and burdens for
he good"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-01-14
Butte, Mont, Jan. s, 1914

Butte, Mont, Jan. 8, 1914
Mr.. H. S. Bruce
Peoples Voice
Helena, Montana
Dear Mr.. Bruce:
! The Farmers Union and organized
labor has taken a stand for subsidies
and our congressman have voted for
subsidies. This gives them voting
record
don't think this check on our con-
gressmen is good enough when their
record is made on the basis of a So
called BOX Score"
According to the farmer-labor record
Mansfield and O'Connor voted right
but is that enough?
Some time ago Roy Ayers returned
to Montana from Washington to run
for governor and in spite of the fact
that he had shown his true colors
when he ousted the Mayor and Sheriff
in Butte to break up the miners strike
for the ACM company we were told
he had changed his stripes in Wash
ington and had voting record as a
progressive.
Roy Ayers showed he had not
changed at all. He was still a servile
henchman and we ousted him as gov
ernor.
Why don't Congressman Mansfield
and O'Connor work on the committee
for helping consumers if they are for
the Farmer-Labor subsidy program.
Respectfully,
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-01-14
Improvement

Some time the two Helena corporation owned daies
consolidated and the public promised that while only
daily would from then be published it would be given
tremendously improved journal And now, it appears that
the public really going to cash in the promises made
Sundays edition of the daily disappointment carried
the that beginning the coming Sunday the public sub
scrbng the will receive additional four of
each Sunday. Isn't that something? And won't it
be fun?
Something really funny" about the corporation
that many otherwise intelligent people read them Be
there people who read their editorials
and find them interesting WE'LL sit takes all kind of peo-
ct ceter
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-01-14

l. Names Will De WltHneiQ on request.
provisions of the Atlantic Charter is
part of both the old and the new
10. S. S. r. constitution ard are spe-
officially mentioned in Articles II, 118,
1913 and 1874.
In the early part of September,
1899 the Polish government and most
of the wealthy landlords fled into
Rumania with all the valuables they
could handle while the peasants of the
Ukraine fled towards the Russian Dor
der. The Polish troops put up but a
feeble fight and the Nazi army tact
fully stepped aside when meeting the
Red army but the peasants were over
joyed and given a ride back to their
homes; it was even said they treated
the Reds with cigarets which was not
quite correct as it happened to be
the Reds to do the treating as we'll as
helping them out in many other ways.
It seems like the London govern
ment-in-exile" giving orders for the
underground force in Poland mot to
resist the Red army is bordering on