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Milford chronicle., 1944-11-10

in Virginia visiting friends and rel
atives.
The first snow of the season fell
at Milford early yesterday morning.
1t melted. however, as fast as it
fell and the furry only lasted about
ten minutes.
The inspection of Company B will
be held at the ArmOry at eight o.
clock this evening. The local out
fit hopes to win state hOnOrs again
this year.
James H. Salevan of Delaware
College is spending some time with
his relatives.
DR.. Willard r. Pierce, who has
been practicing in Philadelphia
since his graduation from college.
has located in Milford. DR.. Pierce
is well known in Milford, where he
resided some years ago.
Large crowds are attending the
basketball games which are being
held here almost nightly.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-02-04
RECORD ON
HOME LOANS
PRAISED

WASHINGTON. = Citizens of Mon
tana have made an excellent record
in repaying mortgages to the Home
Owners Loan Corporation, Sen. James
E. Murray announced today following
a report made to him by Commission
er John H. Fahey, commissioner of
the Federal Home Loan Bank Admin
istration. Up to date, Montana Dor
rowers have paid off 64.9 per cent of
their loans, Senator Murray said.
A total of 1873 persons made loans
from the government agency. OF this
number, 1,167 borrowers have repaid
their loans in full The total of
loans to Montana was $7,S87,452. At
the present time, 226 borrowers are
paying off their loans in excess of
the amounts required. The govern
ment has had to foreclose on 1926 prop
critics, but all except 81 of these have
been resold. Only 1913 borrowers took
advantage of the act passed in August
1889 granting extensions of the loans
and reductions in monthly payments.
Nationality, the Home Owners Loan
Corporation has liquidated 81 per cent
of all loans made Montana's liquida-
ton is approximately 8 per cent over
the national average of repayments,
Senator Murray said, and pointed out
that this is an exceptionally fine rec
ord.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-02-04
A LETTER
FROM JAKE

Mr.. Editor:
The Amalgamated Association OF
Bar Flies had convention last week,
and when l told the guys that | in
tended to devote most of my time to
literary work from now on, they
elected me president emeritus. OF
course, I'm going to give advice to
whoever they elect as president in my
place. And getting the right guy for
that job is why I'm writing this letter.
Some of the CATERS thought maybe
we ought to offer this guy Mcdonald
the job as they'd heard that he might
quit the state giggle syrup set-up as
his job there kind Of slows him up
and he don't seem to get a chance
to put it over like he wants to.
Some of the other fellows thought
maybe we ought to get this Joel ST.
Clair, If we could just get to under
stand what he says. That gimmick
uses a lot of words like when he
wrote to you, that maybe he knows
what they mean but. they sound for
eign to US. At that he must know
something about the blue ruin bust
ness or he wouldn't be holding the
job he has. Of course he doesn't
seem to pay much attention to the
small gassoons in the racket and l
guess that shows he's smart. He
deals the aces to the big shots, and
of course they appreciate that And l
guess the baby knows which side his
bread is buttered on and who does
the spreading. Most of the guys who
run these refreshment stands just
manage to keep a short jump ahead
of the bill collecting sheriff anyhow.
guess st. Clair don't care much
what happens to those chawbacon
clowns in his set-up.
l see by the papers that both of
these guys have gone to California to
scout around for some wine The
guys in the AABF are kind of curious
to know which one of these CATERS
is the assistant to the other one. If
we can find that out, then we'll know
which one we want for president of
our outfit
1 bought one of those good-sized die
tionaries that they sell at Wool
worths, but I can't find lot of the
words Joel st. Clair uses in it. But l
guess they're okay anyhow. l can't
find any of the old brands of stingo
in the state stores either, but the new
ones seem to work alright.
Anyhow, we've got to find new
president. l hope you'll print this.
Maybe it'll help us.
And it'll break the news about the
job to these guys I've been writing
about.
JAKE.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-02-04
"A SILENT
FILIBUSTER
ON NOW

Thirty-seven weeks after passage
by the house of representatives, the
Marcantonio anti-poll tax bill has not
yet come up for action in the senate.
What is happening is that lip-serv-
ice supporters of HR in the senate
are carrying on a silent filibuster
against it.
First they were going to bring it
up the third week in January. Then
they said it would be brought up
around the middle of February. Now
they are handing out word that this,
that, and the other measure must be
disposed of first, and it is quite eyi
dent the plan is to stall consideration
of HR 7 on the senate floor indefi
nitely on one excuse or another.
The old gag which turns facts topsy-
turvy and puts the blame for delay
in important legislation on the spon-
sors of the anti-poll tax bill and white
washes the filibusters is also being
trotted out by so-called friends Of the
bill.
Such friends" can do job any
poll-taxer would pay half his salary
for, just as an insurance premium.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-02-04

TINS OF AXIS aggression.
Twenty-Five nations repre-
scented at the conference either
through their cooperative as
sociations or through repre-
sentatives of the governments
interested in cO-operatlves IN
cluded Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Den
mark, France, England, Greece, Ice
land, Netherland, Norway, Poland,
Palestine, Scotland, Sweden, Switzer-
land, Yugoslavia, Brazil, Canada, New
Zealand, Jamaica, China, the Philip
pine Commonwealth and the United
States. Observers from the Interna-
tional Labor Organization, the United
Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Ad-
ministration, members of the house of
representatives and the senate and
several of the executive departments
as we'll as national educational, relig-
ious, labor, farm and professional or
CARNATIONS participated in the confer
ence. Peak attendance at the ses-
oiOho was DOtWCCh lifO e1A%u Ola iNAAA
bred.
In a letter addressed to Murray D.
Lincoln, president of the Cooperative
League of the USA, sponsors of the
two day Conference on International
Cooperative Reconstruction, the Pres
ident said
ut is fitting that the centennial of
the establishment of the truly demo-
cratic Rochdale principles is being
celebrated by conference of the
Committee on International Co-opera-
tive Reconstruction.
1.-THE weavers of Rochdale who
founded modern cooperative enter
prise balanced independence with in
terdependence, self-interest with good
will, and action with foresight Any
effective handling of the problem of
the relief and rehabilitation of the
CONTINUED on Page Four)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-02-04
ISSUES FOR SMEARS

The Howard w. Smith committee
to smear the administrative agencies
of government got out its fourth blast
this week. This time it was an at
tack on the work of the War Labor
Board in attempting to avert labor
management difficulties in war pro
duction.
For the first time a dissenting min.
GRITTY report was issued 1t was
signed by Congressman John ]. De-
laney of New York and Jerry Voorhis
of California. They defended the ac-
lions of WLB.
Voorhis and Delaney still have TO
prove themselves, however 1t will
not be forgotten quickly that they
signed reports issued by Smith at
lacking price-control, rent control, ra-
tioning, OPA in general, and the Pres
ident's committee on fair employment
practice.
1t is reported they plan also ii issue
tack on FEPC which the committee
is preparing for its fifth report.
Their constituents should see to 1t
that they do Also that they main
tain a win-the-war position against
the Smith majority all down the line,
not just once in while. This once
in-a-while and part-of-the-way position
was the Voorhis gag during the years
he served on the Dies committee.
Voorhis' occasional mild criticism was
welcomed by Dies because 1t gave
added liberal" support to the general
of un-Americanism enun-
ciated by the committee, which Voor-
his supported.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-02-04
SOLDIER VOTE
OPPONENTS
COVER UP

The house rules committee has
voted to cover up congressman who
don't want the soldiers to vote-by
not allowing a roll call on amend
ments to the Rankin no-soldier-vote
bill when it comes up some time this
week.
1t is possible, of course, for the
house itself to change this ruling, but
that sort of thing very seldom hap
pens, and it is quite probable the "un-
holy alliance" of poll takers and re-
dictionary republicans will be strong
enough to keep this protective shield
over their nefarious activities.
The bill reported out is essentially
the same measure that passed the
snate while back. 1t amounts to a
pious expression of hope that the
various states will make it possible
for their citizens who are in the
armed forces to vote. OF course every
congressman knows that this is not
possible. The Secretary of War has
already told congress the army can't
set up machinery to make it possible
for soldiers from 4S states to follow
4S different complicated procedures to
cast ballot. And it is also true that
with the best intentions in the world
only half dozen or so states could
possibly change their voting laws in
time to give the soldiers and sailors
an effective vote in 1914.
The Worley bill which will be Of
fered as substitute will provide OPP
portunity for members of the fighting
forces to cast ballots, but in most
cases even if this substitute were
passed, most of the states would
throw the votes out because the vot-
ers had not complied with the COM
plicated state registration and ballot
ing laws.
Probably the Scanlon bill will be
offered as an amendment too. This
provides both for voting and for
counting the votes.
The unholy alliance does not want
the people of the country to know
who voted how on these substitute
Continued on Page Four)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-02-04
INDUSTRIAL
ACCIDENTS KILL
18,400 W0RKMEN

The WPB and the Department OF
Labor today announced an operating
agreement through which two agen
cies will pool their forces to reduce
the toll of industrial accidents that
annually result in a loss of life six
times as great as the nation sustained
at Pearl Harbor, announced Oscar A.
Baarson, WPB district manager.
In 1943, 56,SOO,OOO man-days were
lost from essential production and 49,
400 workers died because of Industrial
accidents. This vital blow at Amer
ica's war production goes unrecog-
nized by too many of us who were
shocked into instant action of the loss
of 1908 lives among our armed forces
at Pearl Harbor, said Baarson.
Management, labor and government
must eliminate the menace of indus
trial accidents, which yearly strike
down division of our soldiers of
production. Such defeat on the
production line cripples our war effort
just as certainly as a major military
defeat in the field.
The new agreement between the
WPB Office of Labor Production and
the Laber Departments Division of
Labor Standards represents further
step in carrying out the comprehen-
sive anti-accident campaign launched
recently by WPB, Baarson said, in CO.
operation with various federal agen-
cies, labor unions, industrial groups,
and other private organizations.
Among the private groups participant
Continued on Page Four)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-02-04
BETRAYED BY
SENATORS SAYS
50. Conference

Betrayal of "the masses of southern
people" by their own representatives
is involved in the attitude of southern
senators opposing anti-poll tax and
soldier1vote legislation, said the ex-
ecutive board of the Southern Con-
ference for Human Welfare, meeting
January 1928 at Black Mountain col
lege.
The board directed letter to Sem
ator Mead of New York, asking him
to lead the fight for cloture in debate
on the pending poll tax legislation,
and for passage of the bill, HR 7.
In statement of policy and action,
the board also assailed the action of
a group of southern railroads defying
the free and equal opportunity or
der of the Presidents Fair Employ
ment Practices Committee, and urged
action to meet "the challenge"
"In this open defiance of the order
to grant job opportunities without
regard to race, creed or color" said
the statement, lis implicit not only
a denial of democratic principles, but
also a grave and far-reaching danger
Of intolerance of the law, widespread
contempt for institutions of govern
ment and continued affront to estab-
lished authority"
The statement advocated adoption
Of uniform nationwide classification
Of freight rates to end the discrimi-
natory rate system now existing
which Vice President Wallace has
recently said keeps the south in a
colonial status, subservient to the
money markets of the
northeast"
Other actions included:
Expression of regret at the senate's
allure to provide for federal aid to
,ducation and request for renewal of
CONTINUED on Page Three)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-02-04
RATION-FREE RUBBER
FOOTWEAR

OPA will permit some ration-free
sales of rubber footwear by retailers
and jobbers who have excess and
slow-moving stocks that otherwise
might be wasted through deteriora-
ton. Retailers and jobbers desiring
permission for such sales must apply
in writing to OPA district offices. A
minimum of Is days will be required
between filing of application and
granting of ''non-rationed" stickers,
which identify the released footwear.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-02-04

ice or through the State Health Off
Ger requesting the relocation of a
physician or dentist. rbe Public
Health Service agrees to pay moving
costs and to pay the relocated doctor
$3.50 a month for the first three
months. The doctor agrees to prac-
tice in the community for nJt less
than one year, and the community
agrees to contribute one-fourth the
governments cost to the Public Health
Service.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-02-04
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SETS MAXIMUM VEGETABLE

To prevent sharp increases IN fresh
vegetable prices, the Office of Price
Administration has announced maxi
mum prices for carorts, spinach, peas,
snap beans, eggplant, peppers, and
cucumbers. The action, effective at
the country shipper level, January 81,
will be come effective Is days later
at wholesale markets. Exact retail
prices in each community will be an
nounced by the regional and district
OPA offices.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-02-04
SOLDIERS BALLOT

SOLDlEho bALLOt
President Roosevelt's fortnight dec
laration of the right of members of
the armed forces to vote in 1914, his
denunciation Of the fraud of States
rights" arguments against the soldier
ballot, may well have been the decid-
ing factor in the current battle in
congress.
Congressman and senators are
swinging fast to the Green-Lucas-Wor Tor
ley bill for federal distribution of bal
lots.
You have seen the Presidents Mes
sage to Congress, or reports of it, in
your newspapers.
Now write to your own representa-
tive, your own two senators, telling
them you support the President, urg-
ing them to fall in line with democ-
racy.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-02-04
w.
MAY TIGHTEN FARM
DEFERMENT

To maintain their deferments from
military service because of their agri-
cultural activity, the 100000 regis
trants engaged in agriculture may be
asked to increase their production
CONTINUED on Page Four)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-02-04
HELP FOR TRUCK OWNERS

Owners of farm trucks and other
truck operators are requested by the
Office of Defense Transportation TO
cooperate in reporting system
which the ODT has established to
help truck and bus operators with
their tire-procuremen problems. Any
operator eligible for tires but unable
to obtain tire certificate from his
local rationing board because of ex-
hausted quotas or other reasons, is
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-02-04
TO RELOCATE PHYSICIANS,
DENTISTS

Any municipality, county, or otner
local subdivision of government suf-
fering from an acute shortage of phys
icians or dentists may row apply to
the Surgeon General or the district
office of the u. S. Public Health Serv-
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-02-04
NOTES ON CONGRESS

floor when the appropriation came up.
Most of those who should have been
counted on to oppose this steal were
just not there. Only Congressman
Vito Marcantonio got up to speak in
opposition.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-02-04
DIES GETS $4,000

Martin Dies of un-American fame
got $4,000 from the House of Repre-
sentatives this week to Investigate"
the CLIO Political Action Committee.
The money (Which brings his total
direct waste of taxpayers funds to
S657,500) will be spent in smearing
the people who oppose Dies and his
un-American friends in the 1914 cleo
lions, according to en- announcement
from the Texas Gualeiter.
There were few congressman on the
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-02-04

TO FIGHT GAS BLACK MARKET
A plan whereby gasoline ration cou-
pons are mailed to individual motor
lists from carefully guarded central
issuing stations is now being estab-
lished by OPA. The plan is expected
to eliminate thefts of ration coupons,
give OPA a check of issuance, and
eliminate great load from local
boards. To further fight black mar
kets, about February OPA will issue
a notice urging endorsement of cou-
pons to be inserted in newly issued
gasoline ration books.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-02-04
C0-0PER AT|vES Plan TO
PARTICIPATE IN POST
WAR RECONSTRUCTION
Delegates Representing % Nations Holding
Conference in Washington To Consider
Methods by S' sss erica, 1 s Can Serve
In Post War RecOmnysslds library resident
Endorses Their Service.

Observation-Disclosures Franklin D. Roosevelt told rep
nations January
that the cooperative movement which belong
but has its roots the traditions of all democratic peo
pies the appropriate instruments be any
effective handling of the relief rehabilitation of the
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-02-04
FARM SUPPORT PRICE PROGRAM

Average prices to egg producers
ranging from low of about 30 Genus
a dozen during the spring to high
of about 40 cents a dozen in late fall
or early winter are planned by the
War Food Administration in its price
support program for carlot graded
eggs for 1914. VIA also announced
it's proposal for support prices on
other farm products, subject to con-
gressional action.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-02-04
TO DETERMINE TAX you OWE

TO Def EKMINE I AK YOU OWE
AS soon as wage earners get their
wage and tax receipts from employers
thew should make out their annual in
come and victory tax returns to deter
mine how much if any tax they must
pay by March Is, the deadline for
filing, the Treasury department ad-
vises. Some wage earners will owe
a substantial amount, many will owe
a small figures, and others will get
refunds.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-02-04
CANNING SUGAR NOW
AVAILABLE

Housewives may now get five
pounds of canning sugar by using
stamp No. 40 in ration book four, OPA
has announced, and additional can
ming sugar later will be available on
application to local boards Stamp
No. 40 will be good Is months,
through February %, 1915.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-02-04
mo FARM BLOC" SAYS
SENATOR WHEELER

WARNS MONTANA FARMERS AGAINST "PLAYING
WITH RADICAL LABOR"
Editors Note The Voice is
Wheeler addressed
We publish the information
eesed peope)
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-04-28

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The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-04-28

service for about half the charge.
 Advocates of the new system don't figure the profits would come so much from increased sales as in the reduction of manpower. It's estimated the post office and gem eral accounting office, where all money orders must now be audited, could save something like 500 jobs by the proposed streamnning.
 The study of the money order system to eliminate personnel had been started before, Congress tossed the business into the laps of the banks.
 Some post office officials here don't think that the mid-May re- port will give any true picture, principally because there's an old statue on the books which prevents private enterprise from competing with the post office. While there Is no record of it's having been inVok- ed for decades, it has prevented prtz vate enterprise from advertising specific services in competition to those. performed by the post office.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-04-28
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Editor, Wrangell Sentinel ITr-n-r-rIl AInnl.-

Editor, Wrangell Sentlnel
 Wrangell, Alaska
 Dear Sir:
 In your issue of last week edition I netice on the front page a state ment made by Harold L. Ickes.
 Whereas fishermen of the United States made more money on their catch during 1943 than ever before in the history of their industry Reading on through the paper. I find on the back sheet the same statement. I wonder if this was an error on the printers part or whether a second reminder, to draw the fact to the public's mind of the tremendous monies the fishermen had made during that year No doubt MT Ickes has at his disposal figures showing the amount spent for this fish, but he fails to give an accounting as to the amount of money it cost the fishermen to put this product up.
 I should suggest Mir. Ickes to get in touch with the Internal Revenue Dept. and look over some of the in come tax returns fishermen had filed that year, and a maybe fair conclusion could be made to the
The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-04-28
ON TlHlE WASHINGTON FRONT
By JACK sTINNETT

WASHINGTON Sometimes Con- gress can't ste beyond the end Of it's nose. The example at hand is the increase in the cost of post of flee money orders Gas high as 66 per cent in some cases) voted in the recent Revenue bill.
 If the bankers lobby had worked night and day for months, 1t couldn't have hoped for as great benefit as Congress may have hand ed them in this seemingly minor item of increased public charge for services rendered.
 The House ways and means com mittee glibly estimated that in- creases in the cost of local postage, airmail stamps and money orders, would bring an additional revenue Of $96,0O0,000 a year. The govern ment has a monopoly on the sale of stamps and, for the most part, for services rendered hereunder It doesn't have any monopoly on mon ey orders. Its principal hold on this most lueartive sourct of post of flee profits was that it could safely transmit money in certain amounts as economically as any private ag- ency.
 In those certain amounts, that may no longer be true. When the public realizes banks can supply the same service for less cost, the money order profits may nose dive,
 The first reports on the new rev enue bill won't come in until the middle of May and then only from the larger cities but so positive are post office officials that their high ly profitable money order business has been dealt a serious blow, they already are revamping the whole system.
 What is proposed is the issuance of postal notes s''-similar to trav- elers' checks. By buying these blanks 'en bloc", the cost would be reduced to compete with those banks which now perform the same