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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-12-29
POSTWAR ROAD
PROGRAM FUNDS
NOW ASSURED

Provisions of the federal highway
bill, recently passed by both houses
of congress and now signed by the
president, will give Montana a $40,-
100000 postwar highway program,
with nearly $S,0OO,OOO available in fed
eral funds alone for each of the first
three postwar years.
Howard w. Holmes, state highway
engineer, said the bill provides for
these amounts of federal funds to be
granted to Montana in each of the
first three postwar years: primary
roads, $4,550, 000;. secondary roads 3d.
10Y, 900, and urban area roads, $780,,
900. The federal government share of
81 per cent of total cost must be
matched with 40 per cent state funds.
Holmes said that for the first post
war fiscal year approximately $4,000
600 will be Immediately available for
surveys, plans and construction, but
no other money will be available for
actual building before the beginning
of the first postwar fiscal year
Under the new bill national sys-
tenn of interstate highways is estab-
lished not to exceed 10000 miles, 5000
miles more than in the old interre-
gional system. Also railways will be
required to pay for benefits received
in grade separation projects up to
10 per cent of the project cost Also
provided for is S25,000,000 for forest
$12,500,000 for forest trails,
$4,250,000 for national park roads, $10,-
100000 for park access roads and $6-
100000 for Indian reservation roads,
these funds to be used for the entire
nation during each of the first three
postwar years.
Montanas total three or five-year
program as provided in the bill, the
time spent in construction depending
on several factors, would be: primary
system, $21, $50, 900; secondary system,
S14,672, 900; urban roads, S1,470,O0O
and grade separations, $2,390,000.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-12-29

state will dictate the organiza-
ton of the lower house major
ity and it is expected that they
are favoring George w. O'Con-
nor of Carbon county, speaker
in the 1913 session for re-elec-
ton to the office, with Ralph
Bricker of Cascade as ajority
floor leader While Bricker might be
a strong contender for the speaker
ship, the company" undoubtedly feels
that he will be far more valuable to
it as floor leader than in the speakers
chair And, of course the boys wils
be good and obey orders. O'ConnOr
lacks the finesse and personality and
leadership ability of Bricker
From the standpoint of ability and
length of service, Neil Parker of Flat
head who will be serving his eighth
term, should be entitled to the speak
ership if he wanted it, but the "com-
pany" would frown on any considera-
ton being given him, so his chances
are probably nil.
While the company's choice for
chairman of the appropriations COM
mittee will undoubtedly be it's sub
servient tool, Horrigan, the republi-
cans may insist that some other be
selected, many of those serving with
him last time Directing to his high
handed methods, and feeling that the
committee might function just as well
without a dictator
David James of Liberty county will
probably be the selection as minority
floor leader in the lower house and
Senator Plank from the same county,
the minority leader in the upper
house. For his outstanding service to
the corporations, Senator Keely, presi-
dent pro TEN of the senate, will prob
ably be awarded the majority floor
leadership of the upper house during
the session.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-12-29
RI BROTHERHOOD
BACKS JUSTICES
ON WAGE BOARD

The Brotherhood of Railroad Train
mems Legislative Board for Montana.
composed of R. c. Lots and e. Hobbs
of Great Falls, and Alex Dunlap of
Miles City, has adopted a resolution
indorsing the services Of justices of
the Montana Supreme Court as ref
erees for the National Railroad Adj
justment Board and heartily com
mends those justices of the state
court who have served on the national
board in the past.
Text of the resolution, which is pub
lished herewith in full, was sent to
A. F. Whitney, national president of
the Brotherhood The Cascade County
Trades and Labor Assembly has con-
Cured in the resolutions.
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the Railway Labor Act
~. S. Code, Title As, Chapter 81 was
enacted by the congress of the United
States
"Q) To avoid any interruption to
commerce or to the operation of any
CARRIER eUSdStu lHtltlll5 NAJ W IOl-
bid any limitation upon freedom Of
association among employees or any
denial. as a condition of employ
ment or otherwise, of the right of
employees to join labor organiza-
ton; CD to provide for the COM
plete independence of carriers and
of employees in the matter of self
organization; (4) to provide for the
prompt and orderly settlement of
all disputes concerning rates of pay
rules, or working conditions; 81 to
provide for the prompt and orderly
settlement of all disputes growing
out of grievances or out of the inter-
probation or application of agree
ments covering rates of pay, rules,
or working conditions.
AND WHEREAS by said act of con-
gress the National Railroad Adjust
ment Board was established to arbi-
trate labor disputes arising under con-
tracts between the railroads and the
of railroad employees,
which disputes by their nature and
large numbers cannot practically be
decided in the courts and unless ar
bitrated will inevitably result in the
disruption of the nations railroad
SYSTEM and
WHEREAS the said act of congress
established the said National Railroad
Adjustment Board as bipartisan or
ganization with each division thereof
equally of representatives
Of the carriers and of the employees
and provided that in
case of their inability to agree upon
an award or upon the selection of a
neutral person to sit with them as a
referee thereon, the National Media
ton Board should select such referee
and fix and pay his compensation;
and
WHEREAS, in furtherance of the |
of the Railway Labor Act, the
National Mediation Board selects as
such referees able and impartial per-
CONTINUED on Page Three
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-12-29
S0vIETS
GRATEFUL.
FOR SEEDS
By S. APARTSYN

IRKUTSK, Siberia.-A heavy crop
of American" vegetables has just
been harvested in this area by factory
workers and farmers who last spring
received three boxes of seed sent by
Russian War Relief
Good results were obtained from all
paintings, but especially fruitful was
land put in peas and cabbage, the
great Russian staple. The growers
were impressed by the high quality of
the American seed, and in all cases
cultivated new seed from their crops
and will SOW the same varieties next
year.
Marked ITO our Russian friends for
their Victory Gardens" the packets
were distributed to factory workers
in Irkutsk and to the Truzhenik state
farms just outside the city.
An engineer, Vastly Popov, in the
local electro-mechanical plant picked
crop of peas double his last years
yield and Ludmila Sviridenko, a tex
tile worker, harvested enough veget-
ables from American seeds to last
her family for an entire year.
The people of Irkutsk will be eter-
nally grateful for this gift and want
the Americans who sent the seed to
accept their heartfelt thanks. Every
one | speak to says the same thing,
What generous friends our American
allies are
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-12-29

(This material is prepared by the
Office of War Information from in
formation contained in foreign
broadcasts and foreign newspapers,
and from other data received by the
owl through various overseas chan
nels.)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-12-29
AGENTS PRovocATEURs

Norgesnytt, an anti-Nazi publication
in Stockholm, has warned patriots in
occupied Norway to beware of Nazi
Gestapo agents who have infiltrated
into their ranks during the past two
years for the purpose of exposing
Continued on Page Three)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-12-29

Organization and cooperation will do the job That was
the theme the seventh meeting of the Farmers Union
Grain Terminal Association when than 1000 sockhold
and delegates moved national level to establish
united farm front The three-day in St Paul
December IL to a. and stockholders joined with Coop lead
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-12-29

ers and farm leaders, and the
Secretary of Agriculture to
stress the need for greater or
ganization and cooperation to
meet the postwar problems of
The cooperative
at this years gather
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-12-29

With number of of the legislature already
rived this week seeking housing accommodations
the twenty ninth legislative assembly scheduled next
Monday with strong maores of the republican party both
of the houses
is generally conceded that the corporate of the
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-12-29
PHENOMENAL GROWTH OF
F.u.G.T.A. TOLD AT
ST0CKH0L DERS MEETING

Growth of Grain Marketing Coop Made
Possible by Need and Understanding by
Farmers of Northwest States, Indicative of
Fact That Besides Being Mammoth Enter
prise, 1t Is Also Dynamic Social Factor.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-12-29

Patronize the Cooperative in your
community is there to serve you!
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-12-29
TWENTY-NINTH ASSEMBLY
OF MONTANA LEGISLATURE
TO START ON HOLIDAY

New Years Day, 1915, VIII See Opening of
Doth Session of the Montana Legislature;
Members Arriv s' cs. H,stss Library Seeklng
Housing Accommodates, Lization of
House Said Settled by Company
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-06
Trade sCHooLs-MALE

ACETYLENE ARC WELDERS
BODY. fender repair inspector niue
vEPTNF sCLooi ,. " Fo-,
DRAFTING tool designers, eng
neeTing. Day eve. classes.
Open 1919
Detroit College Of Applied Science
1903 Woodward A. Seward Ma sag
LEARN modern barbering. DAYS or
ewes part or fun time. bet Barber
College. 3l7 z. Jefferson. RIA. 697l.
LEARN modern bsrbering ~ an In
ternAtional affiliated school day,
evening classes. CAL, write. phone
for Information. G%reenes Barber
College ESq Michigan ca 2gi4
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-06
Developers End
August Meetings

Meetings Of the land developers
division OF the Detroit Real Estate
Board have been suspended during
the month Of August, Clarence w.
Treadweli chairman of the group,
said Saturday.
Treadwell said that in Septem-
Der the program committees plans
for practical butter
subjects would be undertaken.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-06
DIRECTORS

ARMSTRONG
tc-n. .RFee
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-06
Dry Basement
Oampness Venishes Using
Boiler in Summer

That bugaboo Of prewar homes,
the damp basement. has been ban
iShed and postwar builders can
plan their homes with the knowl-
edge that their easements can be
made dry. healthful and disable
the year round, says the Plumb
ing and Heating Industries Bu-
reau.
Owners Of hot water heating
plants have found that the mild
heat given off by the boiler in
the summer when it is used for
the heating OF domestic water
tends TO keep the basement dry.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-06
Powder Room Cabinet
for First Aid Kits

A medicine cabinet in the pow
der room is the ideal place for
first aid supplies, and guest
makeup Cabinets with round
or oval, mirror doors are decora-
tive.
Tubular side lights add an at
tractIvc and useful touch or the
cabinet may be the kind with IN
tegTal lights. set IN Al each SIDE.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-06
Rdnney Joins
Se|don-JohnsOn

Clifford II Ranney has joined
the Seldom & Johnson. Inc, mort
gage staff, V. II. FairleSS, man
ager of the mortgage department,
announced Saturday.
Ranney was associated with the
tal FILA office for six yeas be-
fore assuming his new duties,
Fairless added.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-06

AUTOMATIC screw machine opsr
ators. Brown ard sharpe and Mutt.
years ~ general layoff. See Mr..
Hamilton. F!ex o Tube, i4th and
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-06
MALE HELP WANTED

VINO Regulation, governing eusi-
bihty Tor employment IT YOU Were
last employed as an essential or
locally needed activity, you must
have a statement Of availability. II
O are qualified for employment ~
a critical occupation, you q be
referred through the United states
F-mp'oyment Service
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-06
Deatb Aotltes

BITERA. Carl SIS stb Dqy son
infantry T.. :, Afmy-age Is killed
IN action. july 10 IN France. Detroit
residence 1888 Mendoza, beloved
brother OF Mrs. Sarah TrapanI and
Mrs. Anna Hunter Memorial mass
at Santa Maria Church. Card0ni and
Rosedale. Monday. Q A NJ
.CUsMANO-Certrude, suddenly, age
40 beloved wife Of Charles dear
neither Of Jerome and Joan. Fufrrsl
Monday a. \ 4 m from BaEuasC0
Funeral Home, 5l2 r Grand Blvd.
and -. Martin Church al . a m
Iuterment NJ oiVet
MCLEAN william n beloved hus
band Of Ruth, dear father ~ Dougiss
" n william Jr ear brother Of
Perry Mclean Funeral efrtces ~
Cooper Bros. Mortuary. Mack and
Garland, Monday az 3 g. m
MILLER Aug D. James. OF 1888
Alcoy beloved husband Of Laura
Fuchs Miller dear father Of Mr.
Audrey Nickel Gilbert az n S
marines and DOTS brother Of Mrs
Emma Schmidt and Joseph az T..
runto. Funeral service Tuesday 2
? m a. a. II. Peters Funeral Homo.
i2057 Gratiot
RALSS-Aug 4. Ernest jobs, nus
band Of Carrr-fsLasI--EdMar
F.. T/sgt Donald f.. ST. Ko6sTf
amt Shirley tft-t-sr@ttfe-@t1
Walter Moore. Mrs Joseph Nuii.
Arthur, John r James G. RAuss
Service At william sullivan 4 Son.
Funeral Home. 7O5 " First 81
Royal Oak. Monday II A NJ
ROBERTSON- Mort 5 son OF Mrs
Marian Robertson n the ate judge
william Robertson husband Of Jean
Broeg Robertson father OF Elizabeth
Robertson and Air Cadet William
Robertson. Born Jan. "a. 1897. died
suddenly OF a heart attack a. his
home. 1923 COnger. Port Huron.
Funeral arrangements not completed.
TASSONE-Aug 8. 1914 lmmacu-
lata beloved wife Of Larry, dear
mother 81 Mrs Vincent RAMIREZ
Mrs. James Borgess. Mrs Joseph
|FlnaZzo. Mrs Vito FlnaZZo. Ms
Charles Ridolli. Frank. Joseph. An
thony and Raymond Tass0ne go
grandchildren and 5 great grand
children survive Service A. 33+l
Preston ST., Tuesday 10 A. ~ and
q Church Of Jesus Christ Arndt
and McDougall - 10 80. lnterment
Forestlawn Cemetery.
WRIGHT Aus BOY B-ht-nyed
husband Of Irene, father o. Mrs.
Nelson Munigan, Stanley ROy vs.
Beverly And A. ON &c RnheEt
Wright. brother Of Mrs Fred HalleT.
George and Guy Wright Services A.
the Armstrong Funeral Home 10000
Puritan avenue Tuesdss - > ? N.
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-03-28
BY Associated Press

Russian troops inside Bucovina
appeared to be strangling the COM
munications at Czernowitz from po-
sitions on that provincial capitals
outskirts while Red artillery along
80 miles OF the Prut River poured
salvo after salvo into the enemy
ranks.
There Is no positive indication
that the Russians have crossed the
Piut. which divides Bessarabia ana
Rumania proper. nor any report OF
answering fire from the German
and Rumanian guns. indicating the
foe is in flight toward Iasi, head
quarters of Won Mannstein's re-
treating army of the south.
Street Fighting
The Russians are reported as 10
miles from Iasi on the Prut at
Skulyany Street fighting is report
cd at Nikalaev. the Black Sea port
on the Bug estuary 215 miles east
of Iasi Nikolaev is reported as ripe
Tor Russian capture
Forty miles northeast of Germ
owtiz, the capture Of the strong
Dnieper River base of Kaments
Podolsk, and the town of Bozovit-
sky have swiftly fashioned death
pocket around the Germans in a
l 400 square mile salient in the
northeast.
Escape Routes Snapped
The main escape routes have been
snapped and the Germans could
retreat now only through the
muddy corridor, which is being
closed from the north by the First
Ukrainian Army, and from the
south by the Second Ukrainian
Army, Izvestia said
] The ominous rumble of Russian
artillery is already audible at Iasi
and THE German Command can
not halt our troops" the Red Star
declared in a dispatch from the
Prut River.
Marshal Konev's Second Armv
tanks and tommy gunners are driv-
ling the Germans and Rumanians
to death in the narrow stream Of
the Prut.
| Czernowitz with 10000 popula-
ton, is the third largest city in
prewar Rumania
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-03-28
JAP FORCES
pUSKING0N
INTO INDIA
Making Determined At
taeks-AIIies Continue
Counter attacks

NEW DELHI, March %. Jap
forces pushing through the Somra
Hills inside the Indian border are
pressing home with determined at
tacks in the vicinity of Ukhrul, 80
miles northeast of Imphal
To the south of Imphal mean
while the Allied troops are reported
in today's communique as continu-
ing operations to clear the Tiddifn-
Imphal road along which the Japs
are moving steadily northward
since crossing the border several
days ago.
Late this afternoon American
trained Chinese troops stormed and
captured the village of Hwakngla-
wang in the Mogaung Valley killing
large numbers of Japs.
The Chinese forces are now
astride the upper Mogaung Valley
road and are in contact with the
enemy.
In the same valley, troops of
Stilwell are wiping out Jap sui
eide squads with grenades after
COMPRISING the invaders between
the Hkawnglaw River and Shadu-
zup.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-03-28
The W ashinqton
Merry Go Round
BY DREW PEARSON
Qt. Col. Robert S. Allen now on active
service with the Army

WASHINGTON A mysterious
hand has reached inside the War
Production Board to hold up a new
method of alcohol production. The
process, developed in Germany, IS
the distillation of alcohol from
sawdust and wood waste.
All over the U. S. A. there is a
great surplus of sawdust and wood
scraps from saw mills. In some
areas, it's disposal is problem. But
in Germany, some thirty plants
are in operation turning sawdust
not only into alcohol, but yeast and
cattle feed.
This same process has been test
ed at a U. S. Forest Service pilot
plant at Marquett, Wis, and recent
ly plans were all set to open a
commercial plant at Willamette,
oregon The Vulcan Copper and
Supply Company was scheduled to
do the job, and ]. Alfred Hall,
borrowed from the Forest Service
by WPB's office of production re-
search and development, actually
had gone out to Oregon to inspect
the proposed Willamette site.
But now something has happened.
The alcohol division of WPB is re-
ported to be quietly throwing mon
key wrenches into the works.
For two long years, WPB's alco-
hol division had blocked the saw
dust alcohol method for the obvious
reason that the big alcohol compan-
les are entrenched with the Cuban
molasses method. Their plants are
near the Atlantic seaboard, where
molasses is readily accessible. They
don't want competition from the
lumber regions of the South and
Northwest. But finally, because Of
the desperate alcohol shortage, they
were overruled and the Willamette
plant was authorized.
However. queer things happened
When the Willamette application
was sent by registered mail to WPB
it was "lost." WPB refused to act
without the original" application
SO valuable weeks were wasted ar
guing.
Then, an engineer named Levy
who had had experience with the
sawdust method in Germany, wa!
brought here from England. Thi!
time the Willamette application
papers were ready. But another
hitch developed. WPB suddenl,
found some of Levy's credential!
unsatisfactory, demanded an FB
investigation. The F'BI cleared him
but still the WPB's alcohol division
is holding things up.
NOTE - Hard hitting Senate
Wallgren of Washington wrote al
article on the subject for the Wash
ington Star, exposing the Who'll,
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-03-28
BY JACK sTINNETT

WAS HING T ON, March 28.-
There's going to be reorganization
of the Department of State. 1t may
await the return of Undersecretary
Edward r. Stettinius, Jr., from his
trip to England, or, announcement
may come any minute.
AS was predicted here some
months ago, when it comes it will be
through the efforts of Stettinius,
who went to the Congressional APP
preparations committees and told
them that reorganization lis only
about 80 percent complete" and that
State is undermined to point
that is somewhat alarming to me,
not only in respect to our ordinary
functional activities, but in connec-
ton with our planning for the post
war period"
Stettinius made such an impress
sion ON the House Appropriations
Committee that, with hardly dis
sent, it okayed employment of nearly
800 additional workers at cost Of
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-03-28
CONTEST IN
OKLAHOMA
WATCHED
Outcome May Delide
Course of Roosevelt
and Dewey
tBy Associated Press)

Democrats and Republicans today
watched the progress of the special
Oklahoma Congressional election in
hope the outcome might give some
clue as to the future course of two
silent men in politics, Roosevelt and
Dewey. These two who have given
no public indications they will be
candidates may be given clue as
to their course.
AT Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Wendell
L. Willkie climaxed his campaign
in that State for the Republican
Presidential nomination by the as
sertion the United States is bog
ging down internationally, observ-
ing that the President and other
Allied leaders, early in the war. laid
down broad general principles OF
foreign collaboration.
Willkie said "at each successive
step we have violated the very prin-
ciples we announced as principles
for which we might fight"
In Oklahoma, w. G. Stigler, Demo-
crat, and E. o. Clark, Republican
are battling for the Democratic
House seat. The contest brought
Senate Majority Leader Barley into
the campaign with the declaration if
the opposition wanted to make the
New Deal dominant issue, the
Democrats are ready to accept the
challenge. Senator Moore, Repub-
lican of Oklahoma, asserted that
Clark's election will lend the fourth
term talk"
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-03-28
LIBERTY SHIP
INVESTIGATION
IS UNDERWAY
Witnesses Called Before
Truman Committee at
Hearing in Seattle

SEATTLE, March 28.-The Gov
ernments conversion of operating
Liberty ships into troop transports
instead of converting those still
under construction is branded
wasteful by one witness appearing
before the Truman War Inyesti-
eating Committee here.
Supt. E. M. Murphy, of the
Alaska Steamship Co., testified that
five Liberties his company oper-
ated were converted into troop
ships
How much of job is it to con-
vert?" asked United States Sen
ator Mon C. Wallgren.
Takes about two months" re-
piled Murphy.
How much did it cost asked
Wallgreen.
about three million dollars" was
Murphy's reply
why is it necessary to make a
ship fitting at the dock for CONVEX
sion when other ships which might
be converted are already on the
ways" asked Wallgren.
Il can't answer that" sale
Murphy.
1T appears to be wastefu
doesn't it, queried the Senator.
Murphy answered Eyes, in my
opinion it is a wasteful way Of
doing the job"
Are Good Ships
! F. J. Mcdowell. General Manager
of James Griffiths Sons, said his
company was operating IL Liberties
and I'VE feel they are good ships
We have had no major difficult
ties" He said his company also
operates five new Liberty ships, ano
some of the latter developed cracks
as the result of being forced while
in convoy.
r. B. Butterfield, Assistant Gen.
eral Manager of the American Mai
Line, said his company operated 81
Liberty ships and I'VE found the
Liberty ships easy to operate, sturdy
and seaworthy"
Good Troopships
John Hearing, Port Engineer o.
the ALASKA Transportation Com
pany, said his company was acting
as shipping agent for IA Libert,
ships, two of which have been con-
verted into troopships.
How do you feel about the use
OF the Liberty ships as troopships ;
Continued on Page Three,