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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-09
The women who wouldn't
u sit and wait

lT ISN'T EASY to say "good-by" to the family, and
to friends, and to nice long week ends.
1t may not be natural for woman to salute and
stand at attention and say eyes, sir.
But ask any Wac if she'd change places with any
one in the word-and the answer would be "NoY'
For deep down inside, every Wac knows the
enormous satisfaction of being truly useful at
time of critical need.
The Wac spirit is gallant spirit. The spirit of
women who would rather be in the war, than sit
ting and waiting for it to end.
The Wac pride is an honest pride. In job well
done. In being part of the Army of the u. S.
You really have to hand it to the women of the
WAC.
For they symbolic everything that is America.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-09
Plan Open House

In observance OF their silver we'd
ding anniversary, Mr.. and Mrs. Cliff
ford Reynolds. 2081 w. Michigan
Ave. will hold open house Monday
evening from Z 10 10 o'clock.
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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-04-14

In his touching devotion to himself
the editor of the Missoula Sentinel
delights in congratulating himself
and he always congratulates himself
too soon. He thinks he has estab-
lished beyond question the remarkable
theory that reader-e.g., you or L
has no right to dispute anything he
says in those exhibitions of semi-lit-
crate puff and strut which cover his
editorial pages; that when we do we
are not only mistaken but wicked.
At the same time, any libels he may
care to broadcast by tongue or press
fall under the head of 'reproof and
bear the imprimatur of the Constitu-
tion and the angels!
Before | go on with my studies of
the utterances of Mr.. Emily Post, |
propose to settle this question of
rights once for all.
The readers rights will say my
rights, since | am probably the only
reader dumb enough to read the edi-
torials in the Sentinel-these rights
are clear.
First, l have the right of citizen
to speak out on matters of public con-
Germ. If saboteur were to sneak a
lew barrels of arsenic into the public
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-04-14
STUDIES In MAIN STREET DIVINITY
BY JOHN STAHLBERG

water supply, that would be matter
per which goes to several thousand
subscribers feeds poison into the pub
lie stream of thought, that is no less
matter of public concern.
Second, l have the right of buyer
to express satisfaction or dissatisfac-
ton with the article I pay for. For
many years | have contributed my
quota to the support of the Sentinel
and its editor. If | may make
fragrant understatement, they have
not been worth it.
These two rights are so evident that
need cite no others.
The editors right to throw dead
cats in my direction is much harder
to defend. | am neither preacher nor
politician, self-anointed saint nor
prophet, and l control no medium
through which l can force my ideas,
whether they be good or bad, upon
my fellowmen. l am only laborer.
do my work and keep myself to
my oC'As ny ldi TIC bidJOi llJ VI Ails
Emily's readers have never even
heard of me- Since | was Is, nine
tenths of my time has been spent in
together the means to live
and discharge my obligations; and
though | cannot, like Mr.. Emily, in
dulge in ecstasies of self-approval on
that account, / have in fact managed
to discharge them. The writing |
have done in the remaining fraction
of my time exists in small papers and
and in eight published
books. Mr.. Emily is free to criticize
this writing, if he deems himself a
critic. My private life and personal
struggles are none of his business
That is where Mr.. Emily and | bas-
ically disagree. Some years ago,
when l chose to walk many miles a
day doing badly paid odd jobs rather
than go on relief, he strove to dis
credit my efforts, though, later on, the
yahoo publicly Dragged be-
cause HE, with nothing but fabu-
ously rich corporation to support him,
'efrained from asking for relief! What
was great virtue for him was some
how undignified in me, though | ac-
it at great cost and it was
never even a matter of choice for
him. My head was bloody; he wished
10 see it bowed as WE'LL though just
why this was indispensable to his hap
piness is question only a psychia-
-rist could answer.
AS Ellis Parker Butler might have
said had he known Mr.. Emily, prigs
Is prigs.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-04-14
By 7. M. PETERSON

Why does industry make shoes
automobiles, hats, patent medicines
and other commodities? The answer
is profits, of course. These items
listed merely at random, are made not
to supply a need but because there
is profit in the making of things
people do need or believe they need
There is no need of arguing this point
1t is freely admitted by the defenders
of the profit system and is further
proved by the constant attempt to de-
velop imaginary needs as illustrated
by the advertisements of useless and
sometimes harmful oncoctions-tooth
paste, patent medicines, etc.
Because the motive for supplying
these needs or imaginary needs is
Profit, many people assume that with
out the opportunity for profit, the
needs would not be supplied. The
argument is made that criticisms of
the present profit system is dangerous
and un-American. Dangerous because
it threatens adequate production and
un-American because it is criticism
of the American way.
While the charge of un-American-
ism is hardly worth recognition, it will
be adequately answered as we go
along dealing with the profit motive
and its effect on production, security
and peace.
Defense of the profit system usual
ly begins with an enumeration of the
accomplishments of capitalism in
America With this, we have no quar-
rel. Under mo other system could
America have made such rapid strides
during the pioneering days, in tech
nology, the development of new areas,
the transportation system, and the de-
velopment of political democracy
Slavery would have precluded the de-
velopment of new machines; feudal-
ism held back not only political de-
mocracy, but land ownership by the
poor, and chronological advancement
Even in medicine, tremendous prog
ress has been made under the system.
Education has been made available
to millions that would have been
doomed to remain in the position of
Their fathers under the feudal system.
But all this has nothing to do with |
the question. 1t is not a matter of |
what capitalism accomplished in the |
past. What is it now? What are the |
economic nedes now, the ethical prob
lens now, and what does the profit
system do to solve the social econom-
ic and great ethical and moral prob
lens existing today?
Does the profit system tend to solve
the great ethical problems rooted in
the way people make living and
associate with their fellow men?
Any system of doing business; any
for production that aggra-
vate the moral and ethical questions
before us rather than relieve those
questions is wrong. None, | think,
would dispute that.
What are the principal ethical ques-
lions before the world today? They
are poverty, war, unemployment,
slums, squalor, and disease.
When production of automobiles,
clothes, boots, machines and other
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-04-14

ganda campaign with the employment
of such catch phrases as free enter
prise" and
Whereas, 1t is obvious that these
groups have as their objective nom
polistic control of enterprise, and
more specifically the qualification of
the re-negotiation act and the liberia
ton of excess profits, and
Whereas, 1t behooves the people to
become awakened to what is going On
and to unite in an all out effort to
prevent the destruction of what eco
nomic and social reform has been
gained in recent years, and
Whereas, The support of the people
is needed by those congressman who
are concerned for the welfare of the
people,
Therefore, Be 1t Resolved by the
South Valley County. Convention in
assembly this 25th day of March, 1914,
that we unequivocally support any
efforts on the part of these congress
men to save what economic and social
protection has been gained for the
common man and urge them to mi
tiate further progress along these
lines.
RESOLUTION COMMITTEES:
Sidney S. Cotton,
John Amestoy,
Marie Eaton.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-04-14
THE ARGUMENT OVER PROFITS

necessities are produced for profit
the public-the producers-can nevel
buy back all the goods produced
Profit requires that there be gap be
tween the purchasing power and the
producing capacity of the people. This
gap or difference between the value
of the total goods and services pro
duced and the value of the total goods
lrepurchased by the people might be
illustrated in this way:
Suppose you owned the mines, mills
factories and transportation system
used for the production of goods. Now
suppose you worked all the people
that ought to work giving them a
fairly decent wage sufficient to pro-
vide for the necessities of life, plus
some recreation, education and even
Injuries. But regardless of how we'll
you treated your people, if these peo-
pie are not able to repurchase all the
goods made, there will be surpluses
piled up The larger the profit, that
is the larger the difference between
production value and purchasing pow
er of the people, the faster the sur
pluses pile up. The smaller the prof
it, the less likelihood of SURPRISES
After few years you, as owner of
the production machinery, discover
that you have so many goods on hand
that there is no need of running the
factory for a few weeks or months
or year. The larger the gap, the
more frequent will be the stoppage of
factories or lay-offs
This stoppage of the machinery de-
prives the public of purchasing power
and you have a depression. This is
inevitable unless you, as the owner
of large SURPRISES are able to find a
foreign market. Whether the sur
pluses bring about the depression or
you are compelled to seek foreign
market for these SURPRISES, the result
is to the disadvantage of the public.
The depression can be met by pub
lie works financed by taxes preferably
taken from the big profit takers while
the SURPRISES are consumed. But this
is unsatisfactory because the ones
who have the profits are loath to part
with their gains. They argue some
what like this: If the profits are to
be taken from us through redistri-
tax, why make profits
at all. So they hold on. An illustra-
ton of this attempt to keep the public
alive while buying back SURPRISES is
to remember the howl about taxes for
WPA.
The other way out as already stated,
IS to seek a foreign market. That
was not so bad before the other ma
ions developed their own production
system. We had markets all over the
world. Russia bought our farm ma
chimes, shoes, and number of other
tens South America, Africa and
even pre-industrialized Europe were
good customers.
But what is the situation today?
It is a curious thing that capitalism
carries within itself it's own death
germ.
England was the first to enjoy the
ruits of the Industrial Revolution.
She owned the patents on the new
machines, the trade systems, and
rade secrets. She therefore became
ich and influential in selling not only
Ter products but the machines and
rade systems. But as she sold to
ther countries, these countries final
Y became competitors.
Now apply this to dozen countries
nd you have a picture of the time.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-04-14
REPORT OF WORK
IN SUPREME
COURT FOR week

April 4th-Geneva Durham v. Ma.
turaI Bridge Ranch Co. and others.
Appealed from Sweet Grass county,
Big Timber Unanimous opinion of
the court prepared by Chief Justice
Howard A. Johnson.
Facts: The stock of the Natural
Bridge Ranch Co. was owned by three
persons. Plaintiff Durham owned 500
shares, one of the defendants, Bruffey
499 shares, and one share was owned
by third party. Plaintiff loaned the
corporation money and a note and
mortgage were given to her. Later a
renewal note and mortgage were
given by the corporation as authorized
by stockholders meeting at a time
when Bruffey had acquired the third
persons share of stock so that all of
the stock was owned by but two per-
sons. This suit was to foreclose that
The defendants contended
that the corporation, since it was not
composed of the statutorily required
three stockholders, had no power to
execute the mortgage. The district
court allowed the mortgage to be fore
closed.
Held: That the decree of the dis
trict court be affirmed; that the de-
Tense interposed was not tenable in
this case since the Montana statute
(Sec. $1,000 provides that where a
claims in good faith to be
one under the laws of Montana and
does business as such, neither (a) its
due Incorporation nor OBJ its right to
exercise corporate powers may be in
luired into in any private suit to
which it may be party.
Prepared and released by:
PETER MELOY, Marshal |
Montana Supreme Court. |
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very simple-succeed or perish. Tha
was easy to understand. The rest wa
a little more difficult What publ
members were called upon to exercis
in those early days was judicial capa
city in realm where there WASH
any law. | don't know how the othe
chairmen felt, for none of us evel
saw each other, but in every case
handled I was scared stiff. l used tt
go back to my hotel and read over the
wonderful rules drawn up by thai
great judge, Sir Matthew Hale, and
by him named Things necessary to be
continually held in Remembrance:
That l rest not on my own under
standing or strength, but implore and
rest upon the direction and strength
of God.
That in the execution of judgment,
carefully lay aside my own passions,
and not give way to them, however
provoked.
That | be wholly intent upon the
business | am about, renting all
cares and thoughts as unreasonable,
and Interruptions.
That l suffer not myself to be pre-
possessed with any judgment at all,
till the whole business and both par
ties be heard.
That l be not too rigid in matters
purely conscientious, where all the
harm is diversity of judgment.
That I be not biased with compass
sion to the poor, or favour to the rich,
in point of justice.
That popular or court applause, or
distaste, have no influence in any
thing l do, in point of distribution of
justice.
Not to be solicitous what men will
say or think, so long as I keep myself
exactly according to the rule of JUS
tice.
In criminals that consist merely in
words, when no harm ensues, modera-
ton is no injustice.
To abhor all private solicitations,
of what kind soever, and by whom
soever, in matters depending.
To be short, and sparing, at meals,
that l may be the filter for business.
1 know nothing about Sir Matthew
Hale except that private memorandum
but l have often loved him for it. |
never succeeded in living up to all
his membranes, but l did try, and
[ hope that in a human way he had
his lapses too. Although there were
plenty of agonies in that mediation
work, agonies for everybody, there
was also plenty of good clean fun, and
passing up the rather vital question of
low the members of the tripartite
panels were elected, to represent La
DOR, Industry and the Public, the fact
'emains tina THE tripartite system was
| good example of democracy at work
remember those obscure little panels |
sitting in smoke-filled hotel rooms, or |
t sometimes seems to me like frogs |
n the grottoes of the Department of |
labor building, or once as / remember !
n a huge corridor which was domi-
lated by fantastic statutes of postmen
If former ages holding out plaster en-
Telopes which had never been, and
lever could be, delivered. Those
title tripartite panels, doing their I
,est to take the heat off this or that
ispute, doing their best to get it into
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-04-14
VALLEY co. F. U.
REACHES
DECISIONS
Resolution No. I

/
/ Whereas, We have examined the
Presidents message to congress set
ting forth his direct reasons for using
his veto power to express his disap
proval of tax bill HR 1857, and
Whereas, We find the Presidents
message to be JUST in its criticism
of the tax bill, patient disclosure and
explanation of its faults and weak
nesses, and a FEARLESS and COUR-
AGEOUS denunciation of an attempt
by certain members of congress to
place the heaviest burdens of the war
upon the low income group of Amer
lean producers and consumers.
Therefore, Be 1t Resolved by the
South Valley County Convention in
assembly this 25th day of March, 1914,
that we stand back of the President
and give him and the members of our
Montana congressional delegation who
supported his action our unqualified
support.
Resolution No. 2
Whereas, Radio Station KFBB of
Great Falls, recently issued an edict
denying the Farmers Union the use
of their facilities for broadcasting the
Farmers Union programs, and
Whereas, Their action is discrimi-
nation against our organization which
represents a large group of Montana
agricultural producers, and
Whereas, This denial is without
legitimate reason and represents an
attempt by certain interests to re-
press freedom of expression.
Therefore, Be 1t Resolved by the
South Valley County Convention in
assembly this 25th day of March, 1914,
that we deprecate this action and
brand it as fragrant violation of
social and public ethics.
Resolution No. 8
Be 1t Resolved by the members of
the South Valley County Farmers I'm
ion in convention assembled this 25th
day of March, 1914, that we are in
accord with the provisions of the
Murray amendments to the
Social Security act, senate bill 1854,
medical security would be
available to the masses whose in
comes are inadequate to provide this
security, and
Be It Further Resolved by this or
sanization that we heartily commend
Senator Murray for his efforts in pro-
noting this and other measures de-
signed to be in the interests of the
people of Montana and other states.
Resolution No. a
Whereas, 1t is fairly obvious that
The reactionary forces and big bust
ness interests are launching propa-
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-04-14

Plato, means broad-shouldered, and of
all his broad-shouldered books | most
admire the one he wrote in his old
age, called The Laws. That book was
thought of as a practical blueprint
for government in Sicily, which in
his time had recently changed hands.
About this blueprint Plato in effect
said this: when | was a young man
wrote book called The Republic,
and I'll stand by it as a good book
about the perfect state. But now that
I'm old, | know that men will never
create perfect state. | doubt if
men can manage an almost-perfect
state. So let us all aim at a third
most perfect state, for if we stretch
ourselves that's something we might
be able to attain" Thus he proceeds
deliberately with his third-most per-
feet blueprint. Plato, one of the very
sweetest of the old idealists, was an
unusually practical man.
In no way am | condoning failure.
am only saying that in human af-
fairs you have to admit a percentage
of error, and be patient We all have
to work according to tolerances. Sure,
they should be close tolerances. They
are close whenever we feel the sense
Of emergency. The army is at its
best in the front line. How true that
is of all of us at home! When we
know that what we are doing is inn
peratiyely urgent, we too are pretty
much united. 1t is when we lose that
urgency that we fall apart.
Although it took some time for the
harsh implications of total war to
touch the conscience of everyone in
this wide and Independent country,
it was the common feeling of urgency
at the beginning of the war which
caused such high percentage of set
Elements in the early dispute cases
brought before the National War La
Dor Board In that first sprint nearly |
everybody could be persuaded to
waive their individual habits or de- |
sires. AS the sprint developes into a
we have most energetically |
to guard against a WEAKNESS of spirit.
Let me give you the figures about |
strikes. To give an overall picture, |
that the peak year for
strikes was 1887, when 4,740 strikes |
resulted in about S1a million man.
days of idleness. Since 1899 the num-
Der of workers in industry where
strikes are likely to occur has in
creased from about rs " to 301a mil
Iion-an increase of five million
The actual number of work
ers involved in strikes rose from L.
10000 in 1889 to 100000 in 1941,
dropped to 839,961 in 1912, and rose
10 100000 in 1913. The number of
strikes in 1912 was 2,968; in 1943 it
was 1850. The time lost in 1912 was
l,1S2,557 man-days, and in 1943 was
L3,500,0 900 man-days. The four big
coal strikes which involved 100000 |
men accounted for 100000 of these
or GO per cent of the total.
rhe only bright spot in the compare
Ion is that excluding the large coal
strikes the average man-days lost per
worker involved was three days in
-943, as compared with five in 1912,
o in 1871, and Is days in 1889.
(To be concluded next week.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-04-14

Thousands of Army and Navy men
are getting high school or college
credits by following correspondence
courses conducted by the Armed
Forces Institute. The Institute offers
Ga separate subjects, including Eng
fish, mathematics, science, business,
architecture, and mechanical, electri-
cal, and civil engineering. A Certif-
icate of Proficiency is awarded upon
satisfactory completion of each
course.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-04-14

A. group of competing countries look
ing for trading zones, areas of influ-
ence, colonies, mandates for the dis
posal of goods their own people can
not repurchase. What is the result?
War. War between competing indus
trialized nations, revolution by sub
dued and exploited nations; hate be-
tween the exploited and the rich ruler
nation. The answer? Cut the profit
so as to allow the repurchase of all
the goods produced. Do not compel
any nation-any people, to take our
SURPRISES. Needed commodities not
produced within our own country will
be secured through voluntary ex
changes on friendly terms.
(The next installment will deal with
profits and unemployment and pow
erty.)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-04-14

To keep up morale, the Air Trans
port Command once flew a whole
bowling alley to an arctic Army out
post. The bowling alley was cut into
sections for shipment and pieced to-
gether again upon arrival.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-04-14

Editors Note: The Voice will
present series of articles by Mr.
Peterson, state secretary Of the
Farmers Union on the present world
condition and the issues involved.
The seventh article follows)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-04-14

The Army and Navy are operating
the largest motion picture circuits in
the world The Navy alone leases
about 300 new titles a year
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-04-14

Have you registered to vote
yet? If not, do so NOW!
Kodiak mirror., 1944-08-19
IOns Heads
 &aDepartment

uarters Alaska Dept. s. Gen. Delos Carleton 5, former commander of Naiian department and
 Defense Command, is nmanding the Alaskan
 ent and has since June eeding General Buckner. |Gen. Robert M. Bath O came here as chef of erved under him in
 and the Western De- mmand post.
 r Corps veteran and one early advocates of the Omber, Gen. Emmons is Omer to Alaska. He ser he Territory for 2 years
 the last war as Infant ensnt and also was on $ an observer in the IS last year at the con-
 of the Aleutian cam after assuming command hmons told a press con-
 "We will use every E our command against ny. We have made some
 with the Japanese in the
 bombs dropped on the
 but Japan cannot be de- Ny bombing alone. It will eh to soften resistance, F, as it has done in all leaters."