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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-03-24

she finds necessary in order to
assure the Montana men in the
armed forces their rights to
vote in the coming election.
The law as passed provides that
the state canvassing board shall meet
on the first and fourth Mondays of
December to canvass returns of abb
sent voters ballots from voters in the
armed services after which they shall
be sent to the various county boards
of canvassers for a final count which
is to be made not later than the Satur-
day preceding the first Monday in
January All ballots from voters in
the armed services received five days
prior to the election and up to the
fourth Monday in December are held
by the state treasurer and are opened
on that day by the canvassing board.
The Butte club calls attention to
the peculiar situation that might arise,
should the canvassing board, COM
posed of the attorney general, the
state auditor and the state treasurer
chance to be candidates for office in
which case they would be counting
the votes for themselves for the Of
fices they were seeking. In such
case, any candidate opposing them
could bring an action challenging
their right to count votes and contest
the election
Another embarrassing situation GER
q I'm IN 10 ha rrli lx
elected officers are supposed to take
office on the first Monday in January
under provisions of prior laws still in
force and these laws also provide that
an elected officer must qualify for
his duties 80 days before taking Of
flee. Since the officer is not elected
until all ballots have been counted,
if this latter law is complied with,
then the time of assuming office will
have to be delayed until 30 days from
the Saturday preceding the first Mon
day in January.
1t appears quite probable that the
law will be found unavoidable and
thus the Montana soldiers, particular
ly the many serving overseas will be
utDTlNcu VI d VOLe III the coming eleC-
ton unless the governor calls spe-
cial session as has been done in sew
eral other states, to pass special leg
islation making it possible for them
to do so. 1t is futile to hope that
any of them can be assured of a
chance to vote, by means of the mon
now on the Presidents desk,
passed by the reactionary bloc of re-
publican members, and poll tax demo
cratic members of congress.
The present situation in regard to
the soldier vote in Montana as caused
by the action of the last session of
the legislature is only one more piece
of evidence of stupidity of the several
which resulted from it's "delibera-
tions."
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-03-24
TESTIMONY OF SENATOR MURRAY ON
SERVICE ACT AT HEARINGS BEFORE
military AFFAIRS COM. S666, JAN 10

ment and labor together have done
a very good job, very good job, but
There have been these shortcomings
which / have spoken of in voluntary
production, and l would say in some
cases, but | do not think many, some
of those shortcomings may have been
in the case of individual management
but do not happen to have in my
mind any very serious ones where
management has lacked that leader
ship. Management generally is easier
to get the ideas of leadership to than
it is to a great mass of men. 1t is
no great credit to them if they should
be a little quicker in finding out what
the situation is, than labor can do it,
in the absence of governmental lead
ership.
Senator Murray: But you do not
find any resentment in the minds of
the American forces as the result of
the failure of management or industry
in any respect?
Secretary Stimson: OF course, Sen
ator, this situation would prevent it:
they have no way of finding out where
the management is derelict in its duty.
When a man calls strike it goes in
the press and they all hear it, but
when management falls down on some
thing, nobody may know about it.
Senator Murray: Was it well adver-
tised among the armed forces that
some American industries were manu-
featuring defective material and sell
ing it to the government at huge prof
it's, which was endangering the lives
of the American forces? Was that
we'll advertised to the American
forces?
Secretary Stimson: I am not aware
of any large number of those in
stances.
Senator Murray: Well, there have
been some very glazing instances,
have there not?
Secretary Stimson: 1t certainly was
not advertised as much as the threat
of a strike would be.
Senator Murray: That is right, that
is true. In other words
Secretary Stimson Gnterposing)
Now. just let me finish. You have
got an inference in there that is not
fair. You are trying to indicate,
am afraid, that we have tried to shut
that up.
Senator Murray: No.
Secretary Stimson: There has been
no intention to do that
Senator Murray: No, | have not in
ferred that, although | realize that
the press of the country has laid great
emphasis on the alleged lack of patri-
otism on the part of labor, but when
industry or management commits any
shortcomings showing their lack of
patriotism, there is very little said
about it.
Secretary Stimson: Well, l will say
that very little of it has existed of
the kind that would not be stopped by
the agents of the Army We have in
our hands much greater weapons
against management than we have
against labor
Senator Murray: Notwithstanding
the effort of the government to pro-
tect itself from defective material, in
dustry, in some instances, has been
able to outwit them by trickery and
fraud.
Secretary Stimson: You surprise me
when you emphasize it.
Senator Murray: | do not see why
should not emphasize it when it is a
fact.
Secretary Stimson: When you speak
of it so emphatically, that is what
mean.
CONTINUED on Page Four)
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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-03-24
NAILS SHOW CONCERN
OVER ALLIED LEAFLETS

NaZi concern over the effect of leaf
let's dropped by Allied planes in raids
over Berlin was indicated recently in
a decree by Minister of the Interior
Heinrich Himmler providing for the
Imprisonment of Germans who fail to
surrender to the authorities 'imme-
diately" any leaflets cor other publica-
tions" dropped from the air or Intro
duced into the Reich by other means. .
While German propaganda for for
eign consumption has attempted to
discount the leaflets as a "senseless
molestation" of people firmly bent
on winning the war, the Importance
attached to the leaflets was under
lined by section in Himmler's decree
suggesting that the nazis were pre-
pared to apply the death penalty for
failure to surrender them
Himmler told the Germans, accord
ing to the DNB agency, that anyone"
violating the decree would be sent to
prison unless other regulations pro-
vide for seyerer punishment" The
death penalty, it is believed, can be
imposed under existing nazi DEGREES,
if leaflets are passed on from one
person to another.
German domestic propaganda in the
past has inveighed against the drop
ping of leaflets, but the campaign to
discount them reached new peak
with the beginning of the American
d,ulioht roido on po,Iin
AS the German radio denounced the
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-03-24
WARDEN TO
LECTURE AT
STATE univ.

Second in the series of guest lectur-
ers in journalism appearing at Mon.
tana State University will be Alex
ander Warden, business manager of
the Great Falls Tribune, who will
serve as a member of the school of
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-03-24
POSTWAR REBUILDING
INSTITUTE ADDRESSED BY
LEADERS IN COOP field
Told Of Dramatic =. Nth of Credit, Health
And Consumer Co. fssass1i'sss ssa lsrs,, lers
Outline Cooperative Role IN War
Planning; Restores Economics of Mass
Production to Common People.

NEW YORK Three top leaders of consumer credit and
co-operaves took the platform together before 200
the Institute Post War Reconstruction at New
York University March drive that
every step taken by coops wartime vital part of post
war reconstruction Cred co-operatves devoted prma
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-03-24

thorough anaysisJby the South Side Democratic Club
of Butte of the states soldier vote legislation passed by the
of the Montana legislature has been called the
attention of Attorney General Bottomy who has found the
club soundy based in the main and MAX
thorough of the act and will take such
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-03-24
VOTING MIDDLE CHARGED
TO LAST SESSION OF The
MONTANA LEGISLATURE

Amendment to State Election Laws
Supposed to Facilitate Voting by Soldiers
Full of Loopholes and Unworkable; Only
Special Session of Legislature Can Remedy
Law So That Montana Men Can Vote.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-03-24
INSIDE THE AXIS

leaflets as Lies" and the Berlin Illus
trierte Nachtausgabe warned the Ger
mans they would be "sent to Siberia"
if Germany lost the war, one broad
caster revealed that one of the leaf
let's had informed the people of the
military defeat suffered by the Wehr-
macht in the "Cherkassy pocket" in
Russia. According to the Nachtaus-
gabe, another leaflet declared in eff
feet that 'if peace prevailed, no bombs
would be dropped on Germany"
Nazi propagandists did not quote di-
rectly from the leaflets, merely para
phrasing them as the basis for de-
nunciation. 1t was apparent that the
propagandists had admitted the exis-
tence of the pamphlets only because
their contents had already become
known to large number of Germans.
w.
"WAR HEROES DAY.
Germany's fifth observance of 'War
Heroes Day" last Sunday was con-
spicuous mainly through the failure of
the last four years, the fuehrer always
made the main address on Germany's
day of dedication to its war dead.
When Hitler chooses to abstain
from talking on an important cere-
monial occasion, it is usually Prop
uganda Minister Joseph Goebbels or
Reich Marshall Hermann Goering who
substitutes for him. This time, how
ever, it was Grand Admiral Karl Doe
nitz, commander-in-chief of the Ger
man navy.
Doenitz called on the German peo-
pie to stick by their leadership to
the bitter end.
The day before Doenitz spoke, the
nazis announced the death of Doe
nitz's youngest son, Naval 1t Peter
Continued on Page Four)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-03-24

Have you registered to vote
yet? If not, do so NOW!
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-03-24

(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.)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-05-22
Missionary
Sees Defeat.
Of Japs Soon

Prediction that Japan will be
knnckcd ont OF the War within six
months after Germany is defeated
was made here today Oy Rev, II. n
McMii!hn for thirty wears Il South
"rn Baptist missionary IN China. He
was here for Il sermon al the Frsr
Baptist church Sunday night anC; for
an address Ia wOmrnS missionary
groups OF the church tins evening.
Rev. NJ. McAlllian MAS IN u jap
hncsc iEtrrnmCnt camp IN Shnnglai
ror eight months and returned lu the
United States aboard ,nc Swedish
liner GrIpshulm las Dr""mDc.. in
an r%c!i;n9" ui !C.IiI.aius.
Tn" minister. - native q. Scot
land county. who has one snn nov
III Free China. another in the Navy
IN u" Pacific and one =; Wake For
"S, COLLEGE. is living in iiichmnnd
ana spcIlIng in ChurCH,s while he
awaits the wars cuf 80 return la
China. with Mrs. Mcmillan.
lie sad Japan wT> being drasii
raIly weakened by .uc">san, and IN
Cr"aSiu% American and Allied =,
'aCiS. and that Shr Nus unable ,o
replace h,. planes :Iui ships as last
a. they are being destroyed. lie
thinks Japanese leader VIII alibl H.
th"ir people altc" tie All ur Cor
many that they Caumd ti"m; thc
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-05-22

"sE - &c rid -.naie-raGisi and
wal Hu!' w.'n!r reasonable Time
"i'cr 'ac NaZ'S r, beaten.
In MS sermon u, the church Sun
day night. Ds Mcmillan described
NJ experiences u The prison camp
IN Shanghai. and said Americans
and British held there wcg. treated
reasonably well. and tnat. While
lo"n was none tnp plentiful the
health al the l.lOU persons in the
compound Was exceptionally good.
II" minister sad he MAS impress
"6 nI tho stability and reality of the
-ai'n - the Chinese Christians. and
never Wa more convinced -! the
power "i PRAYER. He was also I'M
pressed oy the liberty al Americans,
nmi SAID nr though; the naiiunS of
me world w"ald Ice open 10 the COS
pei alter IA" war u& never before.
IL" SAID America WAS no, ready Tor
pIIc" as YET. and urged Il Draycrtul
alN'tid" 10y lie yvpp.v u ihu. end.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-05-22
Inductees Absent Next
Saturday On Order May
Vote In The Primaries

III caldwell county of bieamous CO.
naoila'l"h on the ground tina, North
"a, ''hil would not recognize "A Ne
Cnoa olNorce. The State Supreme
Souil upheld that verdict. but tbr
supreme Court Of the United S,n,eS
oVerruied IT. The couple were au,in
urea. ms time the chief allrg;,,;un
oeihs mat they had obtained ,b..
Reno divorce by rraudulrn, rrnrn-
SentatlOnS. The second trial rrs,iI,,d
also III conviction and unC, nur,. ,bn
State Supreme Court affirmed il
me current petition Tor rchrnI.iru i'm
INC United States Supreme Court is
DhSeo on TWO main points: Tha, the
Slate court was bound by the United
StacS court decision in the frs. ,.:,sr
ana mat second trial constituted
double Jeopardy since the uffruSr al
i'%culS WAS the same. regardless uI
contributing factors.
HoCNGSrER-On of the .yoInp-
est men connected with either pu-
hrtn"l"rial headquarters is GG-vr;r-
old Edgar BruadhurSt. State manager
i"r Mcdonald. Mr.. Ed ius, c,,.,.
understand why the other ;,itorho.
q! Inc headquarters should Cuiuul;iiu
''huul being tired a.. sleepy. Hes
usually III" first man ON the H.: IN
Ia" morning: almost always tho las,
l" l"d\" al nIEhi-sInd night ,l,,,.u
mean aitrrnuuH. These hcaduu.Itrr.
!"iks Stay with thuil iypcwriturS and
mailing iI$iS Hmt.l most folks ar,. in
nrd. Mr. Ed has always been u
NnracI"US reader. lie WAS afraid
when h" %ui into this campaign he
hiEh' iall behind in some of his Der
@"na! literary entertainment, DcSDitc
III" t.ct n" IS al hi; political job from
around eight in the mu!ninn Iu IL
81 niiht. he still keeps ON his seized
lie u! reading.
REASON-hs 4 breakfast food ad-
Nrrt!Scmcnt used 10 say. There's a
reason" Mr.. Ed never gets in 4
hurry: nc never gets mad When
decisions have tu be made he makes
them promptly: sometimes they may
prove wrong. bU; lie doesn't worry
about that. either. He NATURAL.
thinks his candidate is going 20 win.
out II he doesn't somebody else vii.
lose whatever sleep is lost over il.
Mi. Ed Will return 10 The practice @.
law at Greensboro and his reading
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-05-22
Daily Dispatch Bureau
by LYNN INSECT.

Raleigh. May 22-At;orncy Gen
oral Harry Mcmillan has advised the
state Board of Elections and that
body has i'm turn notified county
boards. that inductecs away from
home an election day on army orders
NAV vote absentee. Technically. they
may moi be in the armed services" ."
and a strict literal interpretation of
the law might deny them the right
10 vote absentee. The attorney gen.
,ral. however. believes that the pCu-
Yle Oi North Carolina do not want
10 be too strictly technical i'm respect
IL permitting soldiers 10 vote The
sririt al the act will be served by
uein'ltina draitccS. whcth"f or ;hc
way - camp. at camp on ON tl2 way
home The same privileges c.juycd uy
Elen already in uniform.
FINANCIAL REPORTS S-O"l., two
CT three Republican candidates had
failed Ia file reports of expenditures
in ihr campaign by Saturday annn.
Secretary OF State E.tmc haI noti-
i!e6 them of the failure. bat NJ.
penalty l. apt Ia be- INFUSED. There
is open question whether ;n .In.D-
posed C;ndIda,c Is required L yrpt.t:
that l.. a candidate who wuy crvt.-
fed ta the uumIcr of MS uaItv and
Consequently did not 80 into ;n,. pri-
mary. The candidates whu have.
tailed I" Tile statements all com, IN
ihat "roup Naturally the, sa,u:
no r.riey other than their illua fec
and .gIin there is legal dIrpt ~ to
whether that item is rcquirYI t. bc
reported. So ii the statements from
these unoppoSed Republicans .r-
never filed there isn't Likely 20 be
2nythI"R done about it.
CERTlORART-Thc attorney gcn-
e:al has been served paper in the
matter oi petition by O. Il. Will
Hams and Lille Shaver Hendrix tor
Nh ana Mrs. q. l.. Williams as they
axe locally knDwn) for u wri, Of
'crtl"rarI from the Supreme Court
ot the United States on their double
conviction for biEamy.
CELEBliE-This case is fast be-
coming II cause cclebrc in legal cir
Giles. Tn" couple was first convicted
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-05-22

| Wrightsville and Slocum Town.
ship, and introduced him to people
named variously O'Hallcran, Xim-
bruski, johnson, Dowling. Gold
berger, Vcnuti, jacquard, Wladis-
laus, and Broadbcck-journcymrn
machinists, toolcrs, aSscmbiy-linc
mon, farmers, retailers. hired
hands, white and black and brown,
with children of unduplicat"d siXcs
and degrees of cleanliness.
In ii short time, through the curl
ously wide acquaintanccship of
Miss Pat Wright, Mr.. Queens note
book was rich with the color of
America, Wrightsvillc edition.
Il don't know what I'd do with
out you" Ellcry said one morning
as they returned from Low Village.
You seem so much more the cuun-
try-club. ioungcr-Sct type Of fc-
male. How come, Pat?"
I'm that, too," grinncd Pat.
"But I'm n Sociology Major, or |
was-got my degree in June: and |
guess just can't help practising on
the helpless population. If this war
keeps up"
Mr.. Queen Interrupted with, "By
the way, what does Mr.. bradford.
your lawyer friend, think Ui all
this, Patty"
"Of me and sociology"
"Of me and you"
"Oh." Pat tossed her hair 10 the
wind, looking pleased. Carts jral-
GUS"
"Hmmm. Look here, my little
one"
"Now don't start being noble"
said Pat. "Troublc with Cart. he's
taken me for granted too long.
We've practically grown up to-
gethcr. DO him good tn be- Jealous"
Il don't know" smiled Ellcry,
chat l entirely relish the role Of
lovc-irritant."
"Oh, plcase!" Pat was shocked.
81 Ike you. And this is more fun"
Suddenly, with one of her quick
sidclong glanccs: "You know what
people are saying, incidcntally--or
don't you?"
"What now?"
"You told Mr.. Pcttigrcw that
you're n famous writer"
"Mr. Pcttigrcw supplied the ad-
jcctivc famous all by himself"
"You'vc also said you don't writs
under the name Ellcry Smith. that
you use pscudonym hut You
didn't tell anyone Which pseudo
nym."
Tord. MOI"
80 people are saying that may
be you aren't famous author after
all" murmurcd Pat.
"Do you think I'm q fraud?"
"Ncvcr mind what think" re-
tortcd Pat. But you should know
there's been n run on the Authors
Photograph File at the Carnegie
Library, and Miss Akin reports
you're simply not there"
"Pish." grinncd Ellcry. "And n
couple of tushcs! I'm just not IA
nous enough"
"That's what I told her. Mother
was furious at the very thouCDt,
but | said: 'Muth, how do We kuow"
and do you know - poor Mother
didn't sleep wink all night?"
They laughed together. Then FL
lcry said: (Which reminds me. Why
haven't | met your sister Nora3
Isn't she well?"
He was appalled, by the way Pat
stopped laughing at mention of her
sisters name.
"Nora?" repeated Pat in a per-
fectly fiat voice, voice that told
nothing at all. "Why. Nora's all
right. Let's call IL morning, MIR.
Smith,"
ITO be continued)
OopyrisM by Little. Bfosn 4 Co.;
pbuiIulsd by Kins Features syndie,ls. Ina
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-05-22
American Bombers Continue
Pounding Of Continent
Continued from Page Onc.)
the Impending invasion from .hr

west
RuiEDurg. Gcrmany'S greatest ia
land port. had been bombed 81 times
previously. of which seven were MA
jon attacks. II last WAS hit hard ON
May -. 1919. and following thri al
tack. record AZ the time. The uig
ministry announced The entire cunr-
m,rClu. a.d administrative cent. =
HE city OF 3n1.Unu had been laid in
ruins.
The attack on Dasburg lasj night
WAS urscg3n,a by the air ministry
as every h"ayy" While Dm.Du.g
WAS being puumvlcd. other British
b"mhcr formations cracked down on
"DlcC'iNcS in Naruoycr. raiclcd u Nali
aIri.'!d IN Belgium and carried OF
m'"us.N" mine laying in ,ncnly wa
,crS. Tine loss %. night bomhrr> ,y.a
the greatest sustained by the PAF
since May ,. when 10 bumbcrS C;,ii-
cd 10 return from widespread mui-
tplr attacks uu France and Gcru."Iv.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-05-22
AT rINGERrRINT SCHOOL

!lSSistant Ono! 0l PUlicc {. {.
i!arri. has gone ru Chapel Hin To-
attend Il !.ngr.pIiu, school. at which
instructions arc given by FBI en-
prlts. TIL" school began today and
Is 10 oc held iur two weeks.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-05-22

STATS : Iiis .e=.. md vi ~
virtually l1avJ!vc ny Tnusday
might Candidates. managers and
WORKERS vii. - home Friday 10
va',, bat ~" KEY personnel will re
imm during the hay Saturday To ..c
ccivc return, that night.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-05-22
an 'esui7r hour ri .i,rr

?OLlTlCkING-Scvrral Stat, o.
iiciaiS will bee missing from ;h,ir
ueSNS mos, ui Tins week. They are
p'cN nome p0ltickIn" Tor their
'"N"t''c candidates Tor governor ~,
senator. There's double reason tor
"h'E activity. In the first place tnCy
r'LiiF want 10 help out their candi-
cal.S, perhaps more important from
,neir viewpoint. they want To keep
"''f hands on things in IL" old
c'"Ii'N. Its like the story o. th,.
""''or who SAID he could,:'. :"fc y
vacation because he ddn't war; his
f'Hei,S t" find out they could %:
along Just as well without him.
DRUGGISTS rnuycr.:,n ~,
nc program FOR Ralcich is the State
fharmaccutiCal Association which
rneHtS mere Tuesday and Wednesday,
ohr oi the Things the assugiatic2 viii
discuss viii be tightening up .hc l,y &
~ ''ihinE registration oI n.;Ir,rr-
vi"'s and the Killing ~ prcscrir,.nrs
N":ih Carolina is said rn hry, ;br
S''"'"Si set of laws uI ANY STATE IN,
'hv union n"W. and there MAJ yy
S"'iv objection 1" changing them.