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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-05-25

~ltS IN the manner proposed by
the league.
The scheme, apparently Matched in
the brain of the erudite secretary of
the Montana Retail Liquor Dealers
Association, Joel B. st. Clair, was the
organization of a ''non-profit" corpora
ton which was to be the sole owner
of number of slot machines. These
machines were to be placed in divers
and sundry bars and taverns through
out state; the take from the ma
chimes" was to "be split with the pro-
prietors of such bars and taverns
where the machines" were to be kept
and operated. To qualify as Char
table organization, some part of the
take was to be regularly distributed
to various worthy causes.
The incorporators of the organiza-
ton named in the papers on file in
the secretary of states office were
Joel B. st. Clair, Great Falls; L. H.
Stallman, Missoula and C. R. 0'Rourke
of Helena. According to its articles,
the "objects and purposes for which
this organization is formed is to main
tain an association for social fellow
ship and companionship and charit-
able activities among its members; to
issue memberships in this corporation
authorizing such members as agents
to solicit and receive donation from
the public either by outright contribu--
ton OR THROUGH THE OPERA
TION OF SUCH EQUIPMENT, DE-
VICES, MACHINES AND RECEP-
TACLES AS ARE PERMISSIBLE
UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE
OF MONTANA PERTAINING TO
CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS. :"
Emphasis ours)
Apparently. the crafty St Clair had
evolved a real, money-making idea,
and also a means to attract member
ship in his Retail Liquor Dealers AS
ISOLATION, as it seems improbable that
anyone not a member of that organ
ization would have been considered by
him as imbued with the proper amount
of charitable impulses to be permitted
a share in the swag collected by one
armed bandits placed in members
places of business.
The real flaw in the scheme was the
provision in the last part of Section
of the act which provides: g. that
such religious organizations, fraternal
organizations, charitable or non-profit
organizations are the SOLE AND
OWNERS of said slot
and that THE ENTIRE
PROFIT, If ANY THEREFROM.
GO TO SAID ORGANIZA-
TONS" Emphasis ours)
Attorney General Bottomly's opin-
ion held:
Il. That the Montana Charity
Continued on Page Three)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-05-25

The company presses are busy. The
governor is at large, running true to
form. Now it is a promise to build
feeder roads if enough suckers vote
for the big sales tax mortgage.
The state is now bonded for above
5 million dollars. There was book
keeping cash balance last winter. The
Legislature permitted the Helena
bunch to spend that for new buildings
on the Capitol grounds, when little
ACM barroom upstairs in the Placer
hotel has been large enough to do
all the governors serious work for
some years, and also that of the leg
islature.
Ford, as the unfaithful steward of
the Scripture, being discovered by the
liberals" that once elected him, is
making friends with the Mammon of
righteousness. When two per cent
is now high interest on state loans,
his clique, if given authority to issue
twelve million in debentures- at four
per cent, can make an undercut with
the chain banks so large that they
can all retire. The public never gets
anything back from Boss Tweed rack
eteers; the only chance is to keep
them from getting their hands on the
money.
The promise of feeder roads is late.
Why not think of it last winter, and
devote the fake balance in the treas
ury to feeder roads, instead of new
buildings for the Capitol grounds ?
More money was spent widening the
paved highway from Helena to
Clancy than would have built paved
highway from Divide to Wisdom-but
working in the Big Hole country
would have prevented the sons of
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-05-25
UNIMP0RTANT, But

Collapse of the rotting timbers of
Hitler's New Order have brought many
strange objects scurrying out of the
woodwork.
This country hasn't had any import
ant traitors working for the Axis. But
there is one little termite, Ezra Pound,
American-born poet, arrested near
Genoa, Italy.
Pound, one of the first of mod
ERNST poets, despised American de-
mocracy, called this country mind
swamp.
After we entered the war, he con-
tinued his pro-Fascist line and broad
cast to this country appeals to Amer
lea to oppose the war
For that, he was indicted for treas
on in July, 1943. We hope he is
brought back to this country and tried
promptly.
He's not very important as traitors
go. We never heard that his broad
casts influenced anybody. But he
should be dealt with as a matter of
public sanitation.-Philadel Rec
ord.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-05-25
GOVERNOR JOINS CHAIN BANKS
FOR Sl2,OOO,OOO BOND ISSUE

Helena residents from spending the
night at home.
Now there is survey to reset, re
build the already fine highway from
Butte over the Divide to Whitehall
We do not need it; it is boondoggling.
with justifiable pride, the Nebras-
kans advertise their state as the
white spot of the nation. They have
no bonded indebtedness, no state in
come tax, no luxury tax; yet their
colleges and schools, their roads and
other public works are fully abreast
of the times. National Geographic
Magazine, May, 1915.
Dear Governor Ford: You are en-
circled by corporation tools who will
not tell you this solemn truth. Since
you became governor, four and one
half years ago, your conduct of your
office, guided in every serious act by
the absentee landlords, the chain
banks, insurance, mining, power con-
Germs, has so disguised the younger
generation of Montana folks, that 90
900 have gone away for goods, 900
are refugees, 10 per cent of popula-
ton $4,000 are inductees into armed
service. And, of 5000 honorably dis
charged, only 1000 have come back
to live here. Your support of this
S12,000,0 900 issue is in your usual line.
If you can drive out $4,000 more
young, intelligent Montanans, you and
your clique can be returned to office
by the remaining company tools in
definitely. You know that cash and
carry is the only decent economy, but
to line the pockets of your clique, you
are willing to sacrifice this once great
happy state.
LOWNDES MAURY.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-05-25

To those who fear that irrigation
rights will suffer under a eva,
should say that the browning glory OF
the IVA has been it's care and sue
cess to retain the water falling on the
land where it falls long enough to
nourish the crop. Careful instruction
has been given to all farmers to pillow
around the hills, and not make each
furrow water course going up and
down. Careful instruction has been
given as to the raising of clover,
beans, the locust tree, which is also
a legume, and restores nitrogen from
the air to the land. Such careful
work has been done, and encouraged
to keep the land moist, with slow
run-off that once the muddiest of riv-
ers, charged with silt, now flows into
the Ohio the year around as clear as
your beautiful river coming from the
snow-clad mountains flows by Hamil-
ton. Countless lakes, beautified in
every way, grace that mighty, once
ugly, foul stream, not only giving
pleasure for outdoor recreation, but
already an immense fishing business
has grown up, getting it's supplies for
market from the 26 lakes of that au-
thority.
In the last message to the people
that he served so nobly for IL years.
Franklin Roosevelt said that the Fort
Peck dam, the Bonneville dam, the
Grand Coulee dam, should be put I'M
der the respective authorities. The
Fort Peck dam now generates an i'm
mense amount of power. This is sold
to the Montana-Dakota Power COM
pany, and the Montana Power COM
pany, probably both controlled by the
same board of directors in New York.
The power is re-sold for profit to
Montana consumers. To put the thing
in plain English, the government, the
people, paid for the Fort Peck dam,
but the profit that is realized out of
it goes to power companies. That is
the secret of why our newspapers and
our corporation attorneys, and our
power companies and our governor
are in favor of the army engineers
building these dams.
In the Tennessee Valley act, in the
Columbia Valley act, in the Missouri
Valley act, the law provides that pref
erence shall be given to cities, towns,
counties, farmers, co-operatives, pri-
vate individuals, small business for
the use and resale of the power, and
a maximum price is set on the resale
so that the ultimate consumer cannot
be gouged.
Our distinguished governor adyo
Gates work to be done by the army
engineers and the reclamation serv-
ice The key to the work would be
in dam 165 feet high at Canyon Fer
ry, 16 miles from Helena. 1t would
back water up almost to Townsend
over the immense ranches of dis
tinguished lawyer who ran for the SEN
ate two years ago. The power would
be sold to the Montana Power com
pany for redistribution, just as the
Fort Peck power is sold. We hear of
CONTINUED on Page Four)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-05-25

issue. lnlS is Ine IlHdl lISldlllieH
AS protection for the irrigation
of the northwest, in Senator Murray
bill for MVA, there is a provision
that west of the 96th latitude, line
running near O'Neill, Nebr., prefer
ence shall be given to irrigation rights
above navigation rights.
| am told that Mr.. Pope spread fear
among our farmers about their water
rights if the Columbia Valley author
ity were established. Down south,
among the mountaineers, propaganda
ministers of the power companies op-
posing the IVA told the mountain
GERS, "Of course your land needs fer
tilizer, but if any of the government
fertilizer gets on your land, from that
day the government owns all of your
land" The best answer that can be
made to this line of argument is from
the bill now before the senate. | read
from that bill:
81. Such regional agency shall
recognize the doctrine of beneficial
consumptive use of water, and in the
event of any conflict between the pur-
poses for which the waters of the Co
lumbia Valley region may be used,
such waters shall be devoted to a.
domestic, irrigation, mining, and in
dustrial purposes. (2) flood control,
90 navigation, and (4) power, in that
order of priority.
"2. Shall acquire the electric or wa
ter system of any municipality only
if such acquisition is agreeable to the
municipality.
SO. Shall make it's power and water
projects collectively self-supporting
and self-liquidating.
"A. Shall recognize and utilize to
the fullest possible extent the author
tiles, advice, assistance, and co-opera-
ton of the people of the region and
their public and private organizations
local, state and federal"
The language l have just read also
answers another argument Instead OF
a valley authority centralizing the
power in Washington, it decentralizes,
and recognizes and uses the advice,
the assistance and cooperation of the
people of the region and their public
and private organizations, local and
federal.
l am told that you have been intlml-
dated with the threat that litigation
against the valley authority would be
in the United States court. The Mon
tana Power company is New Jersey
corporation; the railroads are all cor
porations foreign to Montana Already
now if you bring suit against any
foreign corporation for more than
$4,000, the corporation will transfer
it to the federal courts for trial.
Now, another question. 1t is neces-
sary in establishing the eva to build
certain dams. Dams cannot be built
without flooding land. $4,000 acres
of land was flooded by IVA. Every
acre of it was paid for at its full
value; even the feelings of the people
were regarded. No cemetery was
flooded until after the remains of the
departed had been moved carefully
and with dignity to higher ground and
re-buried
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-05-25
SHAREHOLDERS
APPEAL TO LABOR
FOR ASSISTANCE

NEW YORK. (WDL)-Five hundred
sharecropper families of the Delmc
colony Pemiscot county, Missouri. &C
about their cropping with heavy
hearts as they face the threat of evic
ton from the government-owned
homes where for three years they
have known their first freedom from
the semi-slavery of the planter sys
tenn.
An order from congress for the
Farm Security Administration to eli
quidate" all their farm holdings will
force auction selling of these 500
homes unless workers join the South
ern Tenant Farmers Union in imme-
date action. The sLanger-Hook bill,
pending in congress, would permit the
families to purchase the cottages and
adjoining small tracts of land on in
stallments at a reasonable price, with
an interest rate of per cent year.
Most of the tenants have posted 500
as down payment or to show their
good intentions.
Lest auction sale and eviction
should come before congress acts,
STU urges that workers % wire or
write President Truman asking him
to transfer the Delmo Labor Homes
Project to the Federal Housing Au-
thority; (2) write or wire your own
urging him to request
the President to make such a trans
fer; and 90 wire or write Frank
head of FSA, Washington,
d. c., asking that he sell these homes
to the residents and other families
at liberal terms. Evidence is that,
within the scope granted by congress
he can do this.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-05-25
PROPERTY
AVAILABLE
TO FARMERS

Farmers and rural areas generally
are equal opportunity to supply their
needs out of surplus property as it
becomes available, the surplus prop
erty board states. The boards regula-
| ton No. 8, effective June 1, 1915, sets
up procedures for channeling critical
| lyneeded trucks, machinery, and
equipment into agricultural uses.
Farmers, however, should not expect
flood of SURPRISES at give-away
prices, the board warned. First and
second purchase priorities given by
the surplus property act of 1914 to
federal agencies and state and local
governments will absorb many sur
plus items, but trucks, machinery and
equipment in critical short supply
will be distributed on the basis of
greatest need.
Disposal agencies designated by the
board are directed to cause appropri-
ate quantities of surplus property to
be sold or channeled into rural areas
so that farmers and farmers cooper
alive associations will be given OPP
portunity to buy.
Sales will be made to distributors,
dealers, wholesalers, farmers cooper
alive associations or retailers who
customarily distribute in rural areas,
and who certify that the SURPRISES
being purchased will be so distrib
uted.
The office of war mobilization and
reconversion has announced that sur
pluses will be sold mainly through
dealers and distributors, not to indi-
vidual consumers. An exception to
that rule is provision for direct sales
to veterans who wish to buy SURPRISES
to establish themselves in business,
the professions or agriculture.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-05-25

Holding Charity League did not meet all
the requirements for the operation of slot machines by bona
de religious fraterna charitable nonprofit organizations
permitted by Chapter 142 Laws of 1915 Attorney General
Botomy has held that Board of Equalization may
license the operation of the zone armed band
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-05-25
ATTY. GENERAL BLOCKS
Plan TO OPERATE zone
ARMED BANDITS" In BARS

Crafty Scheme To Install Slot Machines in
Bars Is Defeated by Opinion of Attorney
General Bottomly Requested by Chairman
Coca of Equalization Board; Covers
Analysis of Chapter l42, Laws of 1915
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-05-25

Lowndes Maury addressed
subject Columbia Valley
unable in
issue. is the installment)
Evening star., 1945-03-25
Your Psychologist
By Df. w. II. Young

Few people understand nervous
ness. The. peculiar sensations and
feelings which highly nervous peo-
pie experience are extremely hard
to explain. One must experience
them to understand them. When Q
nervous person tries to explain
them to physician or friend, they
are looked upon as fiighty and
foolish.
The fears and the tense feeling
accompanying them are a very
terrifying problem. The heart
beats rapidly, the breathing seems
restricted, and waves of peculiar
sensations shoot through the body.
Generally such people find it diff
cult to sleep, and awaken with
sense of weariness and tension.
Digestive disturbances and head
ache are usually present
Such ailments are functiona...
The nervous system is in a weak
ened condition, and the result is
the above symptoms. When treated
in the proper manner these symp-
toms are eliminated, and health
and happiness are restored. Phone
Ma. 1925, DR.. Young will give you
the details. Free booklet upon
request.
Evening star., 1945-03-25

prewar elastic inserts and elastic
garters. The front seams are at
tractively fagotted, the top is boned
to keep it from rolling over. and
the front panel is lined for ttmmy
control. To be doubly certain, it is
fastened with q hook and eye clos
ing, topped with a ripper fastener.
It's the much wanted 14h-inch
length, comes in sizes from 26 to
80. and is priced at SIS. SEARS
has a complete department Of corr
sets, all-in-ones, girdles, panties
and bras. Trained corsetieres give
you interested service. and there are
5 fitting rooms Zone for fittings Of
surgical garments). Drive out to-
morrow Free parking at all times.
.450O Wisconsin Ave, Gil Bladens-
burg Road NE. and $500 Wilson
Blvd, In Arlington.
Evening star., 1945-03-25
w4A
ONE
MORE
SPRING

It's time to ride In an open
cor liz you own one and con
spore the sosoIine). It's time to
visit the Zoo. It's time TO
pIont q window box and pin
O flower in your button hole -.
to put q ruffle on the pontry
shelf and to smile at per-
feet strangers on the street.
It's spring.
Everybody knows it ond feels
it whot with Eoster Just
one week owoy.
SNORT Washington will turn
out in all its spring finey
in copes as dramatic on suits
os they ore on dresses . . in
jockets thot swing from the
shoulders in new exciting
lengths in prints, posteIs
and sober tones and in
the most picturesque hots you've
ever seen.
Evening star., 1945-03-25

tice William o. Douglas, who will be
chairman OF the forum, and Mrs.
Douglas; Mr.. John Foster Dulles,
the British Minister and Mrs. Hugh
Butler, Representative Emily Taft
Douglas of Illinois, Senator Wayne
Morse OF Oregon, Mr.. Owen Latimer
of the State Department and Repre-
sentative and Mrs. Charles La Fol-
lette of Indiana.
Following the "Wednesday evening
concert Of the National Symphony
Orchestra in Constitution Hall the
guest artist Of the evening, Alexan-
der Brailowsky, noted Russian pian-
Evening star., 1945-03-25

lar place in which to entertain
at luncheon, dinner and late sup
per. The food is delicious and the
seafood. steak and chop platters
are prepared by q master chef. This
wonderful restaurant occupies two
large buildings in the same block
ljust q few doors apart. And
there are innumerable dining rooms
in each to accommodate any num-
her in your party. Ask the head
waiter to seat you at the Captains
Table. or in the Ships Cabin, or In
any Of the ether Marine Dining
Rooms. 1921 and l207 e ST. NV.
Evening star., 1945-03-25

Mr.. and Mrs. Nathan Sylvanus
Healy announce the engagement Of
their daughter. Miss Mary Jeanne
Healy, to 1t. John william Deegan,
son Of the late Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam A. Deegan and nephew of Miss
Katherine Klingel Of Ridgway, Pa.
Miss Really was graduated from
the Preparatory School and Junior
College of the Georgetown Vista
ton Convent. She now is associ-
ated with the National Geographic
Magazine.
1t. Deegan received his degree in
architectural engineering from Cath
olic University. He is member of
the Civil Engineers Corps of the
Naval Reserve and is stationed at
Cherry Point, N. G.
No date has been set for the we'd
ding.
Evening star., 1945-03-25

list, will be the honor guest at a
party given by Mr.. and Mrs. Ray
mond e. Cox.
The next evening q party will be
given by Maj. Bruce Howe and his
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Bruce
Howe, for the artists who have ap-
peared In this seasons series Of l5-
80 concerts. The party will be an
informal supper and win be given
after the final concert In this serias
for the season.
Yesterday Mrs. Robert A. Wepp-
ner was hostess at luncheon given
at the Oficers' Service Club in
Evening star., 1945-03-25

outfit. The shop Is
filled to overflow
ing with demure
prints, gay prints,
dark sheers, frosted
with crisp white
lingerie, exquisitely
designed dre S s.
maker suits and the
loveliest spring
r0ats vousya aver
Evening star., 1945-03-25

seen. # you're in quandry about
your selections, Susan Joy will be
on hand to help you and you'll be
thrilled with the collection-so
varied, so lovely-and the inter-
ested attention and service you will
receive there. Stop in tomorrow.
BRESLAU, SIT 18th STREET NV,
Evening star., 1945-03-25

to the music of Stephen Kisley,
his violin, and his orchestra which
arrives tomorrow. The food at
the Carlton is prepared to a gour-
NETS taste-and you will be given
the same food and service which
has made the CARLTON DINING
ROOM so famous at home and
abroad. Lunch dancing from 1890
to 2::30, cocktail dancing from $50
to 7:3o, dinner dancing from $50
to l:30. 18th and K Streets NV.
Evening star., 1945-03-25

SEA G. r ILL
and know it as
q restaurant of
excellent cui-
sine, q m os-
phere and serv-
i c e A n d
tx n o " in 6"
Washingtonians
Evening star., 1945-03-25

Spring prints and white-lingerie-
touched black and navy dresses.
Coats for a many-sided wardrobe.
All these, and more, await you in
this shop which is open evenings
until pm. 1927 CONN. AVE.
Phone AID. 7432.
Evening star., 1945-03-25

what type OF
spring suit you
may c h o o s e.
III fin d q
blouse to enhance
it in this blouse
d ep ar t m e n t.
Sheer fine ba-
tistes, lovely ray
on crepes. smooth
tAraNvS In th q
Evening star., 1945-03-25

Correct y o u r
posture, acquire
a graceful walk,
good grooming
and a pleasing
voice. These
are just a few of
the things to be
learned at the
P E A r L A T.
~ y NJ ~ At
Evening star., 1945-03-25

must do about
it! Keep your
feet so beauti-
fully shod that
your pride and
confidence will
be maintained.
Give yourself a
shoe = wardrobe
of those stun
ming NON "a
Evening star., 1945-03-25
GefmONd
Continued From Page B-3).

and Mrs. Warren Lee Pierson, DR..
Leo s. Rowe, Mr.. and Mrs. Paul v.
McNutt, Comdr. and Mrs. Eugene
Meacham, Mr.. and Mrs. Forrest
Davis, Mr.. and Mrs. William Clayton
and Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Armat.
Tomorrow evening Mrs. Robert A.
Taft will entertain in honor of the
speakers on the United Nations
Forum. The party will be dinner
given In the Georgetown home OF
Senator and Mrs. Taft, and the
guests will include Associate Jus
Evening star., 1945-03-25
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