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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-10-12
CONVENTION OF
LUMBER WORKERS
DISCUSSES STRIKE.

At the eleventh semi-annual conven
ton of the Montana District Council
Lumber & Sawmill Workers at Mis-
soula, Mont, October and Z, dele
gates attended from Ia lumber and
sawmil1 workers local unions having
| Jurisdiction in various phases of the
logging and lumber industry through
out the Montana lumber area. The
principal discussion revolved around
| the current industry-wide lumber
strike, with a special committee being
set up to make recommendations to
all of the local unions on problems
arising out of the strike. The strike
committee recommendation adopted
by the convention include methods of
assistance; recommendations to pre-
vent price and wage cuts in the Christ
mas tree industry and other industries
closely related to the lumber industry
but not affected by the strike; recon-
mendations requiring lumber and saw
mill workers members seeking en-
ployment in other industries to secure
permits from other unions involved;
and methods of supplying picket and
other assistance in localities where
outside assistance is required.
Offers of number of Montana en-
ployers to meet the unions wage de-
mands in order to resume operations
were also considered by the conven-
ton and a program established per-
hn ixid 4f
accept offers which include the meet
ing of the unions wage demands in
full, subject to approval by the indus
try-wide strike policy committee. A
of small employers were re-
ported willing to meet the wage de.
mands if permitted to resume opera
lions.
Resolutions of a general nature |
adopted by the convention include rec
that portions of the |
Montana forests be set aside as public |
camp grounds, parks, and play |
grounds, and urging the immediate
establishment of a Missouri Valley au-
hority for the development of the Mis-
souri, River Basin. Resolutions were
llso adopted endorsing the action of
he Montana State Federation of La
DOR in it's efforts to secure the rein
statement of Miss Violet Eastman as
| teacher in the Helena public schools,
md thanking the Missoula County
central Trades and Labor Council for
heir efforts to entertain the conven-
ion and their assistance during the
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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-10-12
TURNING OVER
RECORDS TO COM.
IS OPPOSED

NEW YORK.-Refusal to turn wal
agency personnel records over to the
House Committee on un-American
Activities was urged on President Tru.
man and his cabinet by the National
Federation for Constitutional Liber-
ties, which also urged the President
to call for the abolition of the COM
mittee.
Quoting the late President Roose-
velt's description of the Dies commit
tee investigation of government work
ers as "a sordid procedure, George
Marshall. NFCL chairman wrote the
President: ut would be a serious blow
to our country if the present commit
tee on un-American Activities were
given records affecting the security of
our country and records which could
be used by INSCRIPTIONS men to
smear, through publication of unsub-
stantiated charges, the names of
American men and women"
The million-name blacklist of the
old Dies committee, (which constituted
the major tool for its disruptive work"
was taken over Immediately by the
Rankin committee, Mr.. Marshall
pointed out in his letter to the White
House. War agency files would mere
ly be used to extend the blacklist, he
said.
Tine American people have just
won a military victory over fascism
They are incensed that congression-
al committee is using fascist tech
niques here" the letter said.
At the same time, copies of the
NFCL communication to the White
House were placed in the hands of all
cabinet members, with the request
that they use their influence to refuse
files to the committee and to bring
about abolition of the committee it.
self
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-10-12
U. S. C0-0PERATIVES BUILD SOUND
AGRICUL TURAL INDUSTRY

Other figures circulated in the ma
tion-wide discussion of the co-ops out
line the progress made by farmers in
the cooperative processing of their
own products for more advantageous
marketing.
Out of 1922 coop manufacturing
plants covered by one report, only &C.,
or less than 0.8 of 1 per cent were
engaged primarily in lines not directly
connected with the processing of farm
products or the supply of farm bust
ness needs. Not all of these 26 were
farmer-owned co-ops, it is pointed out
The other 1926 processing plants,
continues the National Association, of
adoption by the farmers of modern
production methods to extend and i'm
prove traditional farm activities, such
as churning butter or making cheese.
All of these manufacturing enterprises,
it is pointed out, are natural subsidi-
aries of the farm business.
Taken together, this statement as
serts the multitude of facts and fig
ures marshalled for the information of
business men, fully justify the ma
tional policy favorable to cooperative
endeavor which congress, some years
ago, formally adopted in the firm con-
viction that the farmer cooperative
is in the public interest
By controlling his own business OPP
erations himself, the farmer is doing
no more than any other manufacturer,
this statement explains. Acting alone,
the more than 100000 little units
the agricultural industry,
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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-10-12
NcPAc FIGHTS
TO KEEP new
RADIO FREE

Launching. what they promise will
be a Sustained" campaign to keep
static free Frequency meditation" ra-
do from monoDoly control by pres
ent standard broadcasters and large
newspapers, the National Citizens Po-
1itical Action committee released to-
day an eight-page printed Report to
America on Radio Broadcasting."
The report, bearing a boldly printed
demand for Immediate action" has
been mailed to thousands Of citizens
groups and civic leaders throughout
the country. 1t briefs the current
state of American broadcasting, out
lines the prospects for domination of
F.M. broadcasting by the same timer
ests "who now control the country's
principal stations and newspapers"
and urges action in the form of let
ters, wires, petitions, and resolutions
to the congress and the federal com
munications commission.
The first page call-to-action, signed
by Elmer A. Benson, chairman of Citi-
zens PAC.'s Executive council
warns: "You must act now to prevent
control Of FIN. from falling into these
hands, or the fight on other issues
which interest you today and which
will interest you in the months and
years ahead will be the harder to win"
Six recommendations are made to
the FEC. and congress in the report:
n,nI,r 80 Lob NJ
channels be granted to standard broad
casting stations or newspapers;
2. That the FEC. prescribe in
terms of hours and expenditures stan
dards of public service programming
for all broadcasting licensees;
8. That q of all available F.M
channels be granted to newcomers, I'M
der rules and regulations which will
insure fair consideration for veterans,
small businessmen, farm, labor, coop
erative and citizens groups;
4. That no FIN. licenses be granted
to standard broadcasting stations with
out the holding of public hearings;
s. That the licenses of present |
broadcasters not be renewed without /
advertising and holding public hear
ings;
6. That local hearings be arranged |
in the communities applicants intend
to serve.
In discussing the current state of
American broadcasting the report
notes that "the 10 clear-channel, 50,-
stations owned nv members
Continued on Page Four)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-10-12
Stu FIGHTS
FOR FLOOR
UNDER WAGES

Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P.
Anderson, was today called upon to
postpone the proposed referendum
vote scheduled to be held September
l, on contemplating wage ceilings in
10 Mississippi Delta counties and 25
counties in eastern Arkansas.
H. L. Mitchell, president of the
Southern Tenant Farmers Union,
headquarters in Memphis, sent a tele-
gram copy attached) to Mr.. Ander-
son. The telegram stated that meet
ings had been held in the two state
areas by plantation owners represent
ing less than 10 per cent Of the farm
people and that cotton pickers had no
opportunity to express their views nor
to be informed Of the referendum vote
on the question.
Mitchell also questioned the need
for ceiling wage on cotton picking,
stating that average earnings of farm
laborers in this area were less than
$500 per year and that since war
plants were closing down, there would
be sufficient labor available to harvest
the 1915 crop.
Mitchell also said he had wired Will
lam Green, president of the American
Federation of Labor, Philip Murray,
president Of the CLIO, and James G
Patton, president of the National
Farmers Union, asking that they join
in protecting the farm Iaborer of the
South from any attempt to set wage
at the low level prevailing before the
war.
The president of the Tenant Farm
srs Union stated that tenants and |
were not in favor of
ceiling wages being set on cotton
picking, pointing out that these fami- |
les picked their own small crops of |
cotton and usually hired out to big
plantation owners during the season.
Continued on Page Four)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-10-12
BENSON STRIKES
AT EFFORT TO
TAX C0-0PS

| Elmer A. Benson, chairman of the
executive council of national citizens
political action committee, today re
leased copies of letter he has ad
dressed to the house ways and means
committee attacking proposed taxes
on cooperative patronage refunds. The
text follows:
1.-THE coming of age of the co-opera
tive movement in America has been 8
boone to the American farmer, protect
ing his income and expanding his pur-
chasing power. The cooperative move
ment has been democracy in action
peoples institutions run by the people
and for the people.
1.-THE present proposal to tax the
patronage refunds of co-operatives is
a grave threat to these marketing and
buying institutions and their annual
business of over three billion dollars.
1.-THE substantial savings which CO.
operatives have afforded farm er s
through mass purchasing of fertilizer,
feed, machinery, oil and other essen
tials for farming, and, the better prices
received by farmers from marketing
their products through their own in
have helped substantially to
increase that all too fractional per
cent of the consumers food dollar
which goes to the farmer
"These savings, returned to mem
bers in the form of patronage refunds
or as investments in the reserves of
their own institutions for expansion
and contingencies must not be taxed.
Farmers must not be penalized for
savings through sizeable OPP
erations. The effect of tax on pat
refunds is to deny the farmer
he privilege of hiring his own mark
citing and buying agents. The farmer
s already taxed on his income, and
he returns he receive on his invest
nent in co-operatives should not be
subject to double taxation.
1--WE have heard protestations from |
hose who propose this nefarious leg
Station that they do not oppose CO.
operatives But it is worth noting that |
wo of the officers of the National |
Tax Equality association, sponsors of
he legislation, Ben G. McCabe and |
;. F. Scheunemann, are reported by |
he Farm Journal to be grain traders |
f the Minneapolis chamber of COM
nerce, lifelong enemies of the coop
rative movement, who prevented CO.
peratiyes' representatives from trad
ng on tn board of trade until forced |
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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-10-12
RISE IN PRICES WILL
DELAY HOME BUILDING

Fifty-five hundred dollars for home
that's what the average American
plans to pay when he builds, according
to survey recently made by "Archi-
tectural Forum" And here's another
point shown by the survey-if the cost
of that $500 house should go up, even
as much as 1,000-nearly half the
people planning to build say they'll
postpone building, or give their plans
up altogether
OPA price ceilings on lumber, brick,
shingles, millwork and other items
that go into home building are there
to do job, to keep costs down, so
that these planners, servicemen and
others, will not be kept from building
the home they have planned for.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-10-12

Members of the Typographical Helena report
request for conference endeavo settle
ment of the differences between the unions the
ment of the company controlled newspapers Helena
Msou and Anaconda had been received up yesterday
and meanwhile the public in these cities deprived
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-10-12
NO settlement OF The
TYPOGRAPHICAL STRIKE
IN SIGHT AT THIS Time

Publication of Company Newspapers in
Missoula, Butte, Helena and Anaconda
Still Suspended; Union Members in Helena
Report No Effort Made by the Management
This Week to Arrive at Settlement.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-18

proposal and the board will do whatever possible Co comply with the request ol the teachers Mayor John s. Monagan. who presided. said that "ihere should be some thing definite in the early part oi the year
 Comsr Parkinson proposed that f inc joint committee can not agree then the wage proposal should be aired by the board as a whole
 A reierral Of the men teachers proposal was also made to the joint committee.
 The $500 increase was requested to meet the increasing costs oi living and maintain a respectable profession standard.
 Taxes Heavy
 Roy Walch, Crosby teacher. pointed to large federal income lax that { ' Nhers pay and 10 the three per cen. tax that will be de- ducted starting next year for a pension. He said there was no ob- Jection to the taxes. and that he merely wanted to point out that high school teachers have less money now than We had before we received 10 per cent increase"
 Paul Perazelli of Leayenworth high school said that prices have risen and that buying power has decreased. Samuel Meyers of LeaY- enworth pointed out that the cost Of living has increased B per cent and that the increase in teachers wages has increased only from 10 to i2 per cent in the basic salaries. He said teachers have not received pay increase in IS years except for the bonus.
 Arthur Bowling of Wilby, chair man of the delegation, said that the board has worked for physical bet terment of the schools and he asked for generosity in considering the latest proposal.
 Date For Equalization
 The board received a letter from the corporation counsel, who stated that the equalization of high teach CTS pay must take effect July l. The equalization will remove dis elimination because of sex.
 The board meeting was preceded with a dinner for members, the newly-elected commissioners, and heads of Wilby high school depart ments at the new teachers cafeteria at Wilby. James Moran. principal of Wilby was host at the dinner. The mayor, purchasing agent, the school departments main clerical and secretarial staff, and repre- sentatives of the press were among other guests.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-18

First Lieutenant Ad0iphs Eng llsh. son Of Air. and Mrs. Adolphe W. English, ST., of 4oI Willow Street, who has served In Eng land, Scotland and Belgium Is now with the Fist Weather Squadron in Germany.
 He entered the service Septem. Der 2i. l94z, and received his commission September C, fel3. He has been overseas since March, I944.
 Prior to his entry into the serv- Ice It. English was a finishing supervisor at the ScovIlI Manu- facturing Company. He was a member of the 19al graduating class at Dartmouth College.
 He holds the bronze star on his European Theater ribbon for bat tie participation for his activities with the Air Corps on D-Day. He also was a member of the 466th BOmbardment Group commended for combat achievement on it's first mission, an attack against Berlin. It was the longest initial mission ever flown by any unit in the history of the European The ater and one of the heaviest day. light bOmbardments of the Ger man capital on record.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-18

awares. Before they could establish defenses or demolish the bridge, the Ninth had moved across to create a brtdgehead over which hundreds of thousands of Allied troops crossed the Rhine.
 Military authorities have esti- mated that the Ninth's feat saved & minimum of 5000 American dead and 100000 wounded.
 The Ninth saw it's first real action during the Won Rundstedt counter offenAve. For it's contribution to the epic of Bastogne, one of the divi- sion's combat commands received a unit citation
 A veteran outfit now, the Ninth was committed to the offensive be- tween the Roer and the Rhine rivers. The division couldn't be stopped in seven hammering, bat tering days, 1t rolled from river to river. And then it made it's great news at Remagen.
 After it's Rhine crossing, the Ninth raced to Limburg, then turned east to spearhead the First Army's thrust toward the Russian lines. The Ninth encircled Leipzig, paving the way for the fall of that key city.
 The divisions final assignment was in the Sudetenland.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-18
Men Teachers Seeking Higher Pay ReDision
 JoIn Movement Initiated by Grammar School
 Teachers; Increased Cost of Living Cited

Men high school teachers last night joined women grammar school teachers in asking the Board Of Education for an upward revision of pay schedules.
 Representatives of the newly formed Waterbury Men Teachers Club asked for a $500 annual wage boost for all high school teachers while a grammar school teachers committee appeared 10 renew pleas for an increase oi the maximum wage for elementary school teach CTS from si 900 10 s2.500 annually.
 The two delegations, together with a third one from the child care committee. filled the Wllby high school library. whert the meeting vas held to near capacity.
 No Agresment Yet
 Comsr. Perry oraieers,ein, re- porting for the joint committee on rules and teachers which consid- cred the grammar school pay pro- posal. said that the committee members had not yet been able to agree on a uniform schedule and that further studies would be made.
 The commissioner said that be- fore a new pay schedule Is agreed upon by the board. the Board O. Finance must be consulted to make sure that whatever We commit ourselves to will be taken care of "
 'Miss Helen Mcdonald and Miss Helen Hogan. who headed the del- egation, asked for an increase in the basic pay early in the year. Miss Hogan asked the board to grant the basic increase first and then consider the general wage scale later.
 Comsr. Graicerstein commented that the school board looks in general in favor of the teachers
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-18
Ciln1arti1, DriscoH, Paur And Kinney Nominated
Continued from Page D

during the war years and he &C., complished his job well and thor oughly.
 Very truly yours,
 ' GEORGE FORK
 JOHN P. KINNEY
 Dec. IT, 1945. Man of the Year Editor
 Dear Sir:
 am acquainted with John P. Kinney, teacher at Crosby High School, but slightly. My son at- tends that school however, and through him, both directly and in- directly, have come to know of the great worth of MT. Kinney to the youth of Crosby.
 One of Che most popular teachers in the city, his popularity stems from his sincerely with these kids" and his kind yet firm interest in their affairs. A family-man who suffered a tragic loss this past year in his own family, he shouldered this responsibility without ever fal- tering in his responsibilities to his students.
 The teachers of today have tremendous duty in guiding our youngsters. Their duties have been added to because the temptations of these youngsters have been added to by outside means. A man such as MT. Kinney can do more good for a community and community's future by his work with these chil- dren than can many such public ized individuals.
 I nominate John P. Kinney. Sincerely,
 A CITIZEN OF WATERBURY JOSEPH TAJILDEEN Dec. r, 1945. Man of the Year Editor
 Dear Sir:
 would like to offer my idea of the most outstanding man in the city of Waterbury. When you mention the name of Joseph Tajildeen you don't make mistake in saying he is the man. "Joe," as we call him. is always out in the front line when there is a drive on and 1t doesn't make any difference what 1t is as long as it is for good cause. And he doesn't draw the line on race. creed or color. "Joe" would be in the last war if it weren't for his age but he did the next best thing devoting, I may say, all of his time selling War Bonds and buying them too. If all men were like "Joe" what wonderful world it would be. We are well pleased to have him doing business in the East End and hope he will be with us for many years to come. Thank you. E. J. L.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-18
BRIG. GEN. ROBIN E. PAPE

Brig. Gen. Robin B. Pape, son of MT. and Mrs. William J. Pape, Woodbury, was scheduled to arrive in the United States yesterday by plane from Casablanca, from Bata- via, Java, to where he was assigned in October, 1945. He wears the Le- zion of Merit Medal for meritorious duty in the CBI Theater where he served following a visit to Water bury and Wocdbury in November, 1942.
 A graduate of West Point, Gen. Pape served as assistant military attache in Tokyo before Pearl Har- Dor. Later he was at Singapore, Java, Burma and other South Pacific posts before going to New Delhi in the spring ot 1942.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-18
Your GI Rights
By DOUGLAS LARSEN
 NEA Staff Correspondent

Washington, Dec. 18.--Here are some answers to the all-important questions of when the boys will. be back from overseas:
 o My husband has 20 months service, nine overseas and mas 41 points as of September. He is now in the Third Military Government Regiment in Germany. When will he come home?
 A. It is impossible to give 8 defin- ite answer to this question. He will be returned whenever he gets enough points for discharge or when the occupation forces are taken out of Germany, which ever comes first.
 o. My son has B points. He Is in the 3120th Quartermaster Serv.