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Why Henry Wallace Should Be Confirmed Secretary Commerce

WHY 14I11Iy w d1ldlt O11Oul4 DG
It far from the truth say that Left Wnger Radicals etc.
the only supporters Henry Wallace although uques
onaby true that the Progressive school thought favored
him. 1t is with confidence that express the opinion that as the
controversy nfold there will be revealed breadth of support
for him which will stagger careless thinkers.
This controversy aroused by the nomination of the Honorable
Henry Wallace Secretary of Commerce striking instance
ofcrent loose thinking For those whose thinking amounts
to than echo Of the prophets Of Preserve the Status
Quo might appear that Walace sole supporters extreme
Left Wngers Liberals Radicals Communists ETC. Public utter
and editorial comment have hammered away the effect
through direct assertion and by implication that such
Waace and that all others should be una
teraby opposed to him.
Wallace supporter believing in him and in the inherent
soundness of the which he champions Yet am neither
Communist Radical merely American who desires
vigorous democratic America which, the long pull will
bring about the highest possible living standards for the greatest
number Of our people.
Mine was not silverspoon" BIRTH Everything possess to-
day result Of my efforts My background not the
soil in which Communism takes root believe that epoye
is entitled decent wage and believe in his inherent right
honest living in occupation of his choosing but
that does not make me Radical.
am little businessman am president of my independ-
ent company Furthermore Ihod in three
different oil associations and active Member of five other
independent oil groups However
ton Of this public statement only and acceptu
responsibility for the statement Yet dare say that great
oy of independent oil share my views the matter of
Henry Wallace.
To Henry Wallace conceded that rarest of all virtues pub
lie He is sincere and honest generous portion of the
opposition will credit him with integrity and sincerity He's
pabe administrator he has vson he has abundant and treess
energy and has the intestinal fortude speak behalf of
his convictions.
AS matter of fact is this trait Of fighting for that in which
he believes upon which the opposons sights frequently
trained They say sneerngl "Walace dreamer vision
ay Well didn't dream into existence the greatest industrial
miracle of all tmehe creation of the Worlds formidable
industrial empire within the relatively brief span of century
and half.
Henry Wallace has grown steadily stature And this growth
attributable small part his recognition Of the fdamen
tai significance of Issues and at the time capacity to
regae its proper subordinate sphere the personalities
;,aoc Ilat nhox ho
Evening star., 1945-02-25


past and for whose policies he will continue to fight in the
days to come.
Henry Wallace is more keenly than public
life the needs and the rank and file of Americans the
vast majority of whom workers of one kind another small
businessmen He shares their aspirations and tune with their
sentiments And what every of those and who
want most of all opportunity to work at decent to
open and conduct small business OF his oWn prospect
of reasonable profits with varying abilities This
chance expand requires protection against economic anga
tion by large and unscrupulous competitors
Henry Wallace has indicated clearly that in his opinion these
minimum goals the majority of Americans be achieved only
provided the Government sets the rules and then e the game
He believes that the days of ruthless competition he public be
damned policy and of recognition of special interests with the
longest pocketbook have permanently disappeared
Henry Wallace knows that most Americans back to
anything Progress has been the wacword of this Country from
its earliest infancy
Henry part American creed tohep
worker find job start business of his He is
keeny than people that this policy has been deter
mined announced as the official attitude the Roosevelt Ad
mnstraon He also knows that not ALL of the ubornates of
the Administration have ALWAYS translated that policy into
ton Perhaps Henry Wallace had this thought mind when he
suggested to the Commerce Committee that the Congress might
potab inquire into the facts types businesses and cit
zens receiving aid from the RFC Again he treated of ISSUES
NOT of personalities.
One of Henry Walaces most active supporters in the
fight for confirmation is the Honorable Claude Pepper United
States Senator from Florida Foridan and heartily ap
prove the action of Senator Pepper supporting Henry Wallace
proud Of the stand taken by Senator and commend him for
such action.
Undoubtedly countless citizens of other States the Union
equally proud Of the fight being made behalf of Henry Wallace
And believe that such citizens demand that their respective Sena
tors vote confirm his appointment Those citizens too
ous and determined that Henry Wallace shall remain in active
national life order that he may continue his invaluable support
of the Governments expressed policy of helping the man.
Moreover they want him be watchdog of that policy resolved
to his full of persuasion and all OF his official Influence
to bring about nearly complete eectuaton of that policy
down through the channels of Government where cosderabemo
mentum has been lost in the past
Again. say speak for myself alone But fmy feeblevoce
reach the single eatng Senator and be of help
convincing him that he should vote to confirm the appointment of
Henry Wallace Secretary Of Comer then my efforts in this
connection will have been amply rewarded For should infinitely
prefer to light one small candle than remain silent and for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-28
Mrs. Barbara Huffman Made
Foster Day Care Trustee

Mrs. Barbara Huffman, 2517 Uni
versity place NV, a foster mother
working with the Foster Day Care
d Counseling Association. is one of
f1ve new members of the associa-
lions Board of Trustees, according
to an announcement by Joseph D.
kaufman, vice chairman.
Other new appointments are Mrs.
Olive Faircloth, an attorney: Mrs.
Alice Hunter, president of the Fed
Grafton of Parent-Teacher Associa-
lions; Miss Dorothea Sullivan of the
Catholic School of Social Work fac
ulty; DR.. Dorothy Farebee, physi-
clan, and DR.. Rex E. Buxton, direc-
tor of the Washington Institute of
Mental Hygiene.
Mrs. Huffman had had experience
both as an employed mother and
In providing homes for the day care
of children of working mothers, the
board said
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north British troops are hopping
up south of Mandalay.
Northeast of Mandalay Chinese
1st Army troops were tanning out
south and southeast from captured
HSipaW, Burma road junction, in a
move to cut the eastern escape
routes of the enemy,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-28
Paper Collections
In I'd District Rise

Responding to increasingly urgent
appeals to get in every bit of salvage
paper possible, Papertroopers in the
second district of The Evening Star
PTA Salvage for Victory program
yesterday collected 1880 pounds,
an increase of $4,000 pounds over
the previous Tuesday This brings
the grand total of the drive to
l2,307 1863 pounds.
Among the collections of half a
ton or better were: Gwynn Park
Md High School, 1880 pounds:
Gaithersburg High School, 4,210;
East Silver Spring, 1896; Thorn
son, 2,795; Garnet-Patterson, 1.75O:
Cleveland, $780, Morse, 1921;
Woodbridge, 2,675; Burroughs, $500;
Taft, $3.50, and Noyes, 1850.
Collections in the fourth district
tomorrow. together with the lead
ers, will be as follows:
Honor Roll
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-28
Allied Bombers Batter
laps Below MandaIay
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
CALCUTTA. Mar 28.-Japanese
positions in the kyaukse area Is
miles south of Mandalay We're bat
tered yesterday by Allied bombers
as British and Indian land forces
pushed toward the town from the
west, south and north, Allied head
quarters said today.
The japanese have been reported
massing at Kyaukse. apparently for
drive eastward out of the col
lapsing Central Burma pocket.
British and Indian troops have
cleared the east bank of the IRA
waddy River from Pakokku to My
otha. Is miles northeast of Kyaukse.
Other Allied troops advancing
northward from captured Meiktila
have occupied Myittha. 10 miles
south of Kyaukse, while from the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-28
Leaving Accident See.e
Tipsy Driving Costs $3.50

Johnnie Mcconnell, 80, colored,
1902 N street NV, was fined $3.50
by Municipal Court Judge Thomas
j. Quinn yesterday after pleading
guilty to charges of driving while
drunk and leaving after colliding.
According to police. McConnell's
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-28

car struck an automobile owned by
r. H. Heflin, 603 Fourteenth street
NE, on March II at Bladens.
burg road and Central avenue NE.
Mcconnell was fined 500 on the
drunk driving charge and $50 for
leaving after the collision.
"WishfuI thinking won't win the
war - buying bonds will do much
more"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-28
ADVERTISEMENT.
ADVERTISEMENT.
Ugly Eczema
No Joke

The itching torment of eczema is
enough to make anyone wretched and
anxious for relief. If you suffer from
the itching of eczema. pimples. angry
red blotches and other irritating
blemishes. get Peterson's Ointment,
35c all druggists. If one application
does not delight you. money refunded.
Peterson's Ointment also wonderful
for itching feet, cracks between toes.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-07-26
Gen. Housbrouck
Compliments
Mont. Men

HELENA-UD-Maj Gen. r. W..
Hasbrouck, commander of the famed
seventh armored division, which
chased the Nazis half way across
Europe to defeat, complimented
Montana men in his division for the
contribution they made to the sue
cessful conclusion of the European
war. In letter to Gov. Sam c.
Ford, the general singled out Staff
Sgt. Floyd H. Ballard of Rural,
Pfc, John A. Enough of Malta
! TIA James thinner of Glentana and
Cpl. Silvanes f. Wareham of Wini.
fred for commentator.
| ut is the hope Of these men,
the general said, that their effort:
have contributed to a guaranty O.
everlasting peace to those who 81
| earnestly supported them on thu
| home front"
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-07-26
Gov. Ford Fovors
Alaska Highway

Gov. Sam c. Ford recently urged
continued use and further i'm
provement" of the Alaskan High
way terming it the logical link
between the United States and
Alaska.
Il am confident that I speak for
all the people of Montana" he said,
lin expressing the hope there may
be continued and further improve
ment Of the highway"
The governor said Montanans
were "gravely concerned" over the
possibility the highway would be
totally abandoned and "the work OF
thousands Of men thrown into the
discard with little thought of the
millions of dollars that went along
with the hurculean efforts of the
men to open the way through ar
unknown territory"
All of us felt when the road was
started that here was the logica
link between the states and theil
northern neighbors," the governor
said.
He added that the people O
Montana were confident that il
time the highway would be looked
upon as one of the greatest con
tributions to our transcontinenta
highway system" if further use ant
Improvement was made Of tn,
! highway.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-07-26
Fire Destroys
800A(es In
SAT. Blaze
High Wind Carries Crown
Fire in Cherry Creek
Section Near No. z.
RESPONSIBILITY FOR
FOREST SAFETY OURS

Fire last Saturday created an
other scar on Lincoln County's
landscape, resulting in more un-
productive acres, not to mention
the cost and effort involved for con-
troll thus far.
For what happened and the story,
we will take our readers to Forest
Supervisor Karl A. Klehm's office
in Libby. Here's Mr.. Klehm's de-
"A smoke was reported near
Cherry creek in section IL, town.
ship 20 N, range 81 w., at l2:l4
p. m. on July 10. Men were dis
patched, but before the spread had
been stopped the fire covered an
area Of 81 acres. Men were on the
fire every day eaAinguishing all
smokes that showed as well as
probing for possible hidden sparks.
ION the afternoon of the 21st
smoke was seen by the three look
outs covering this area. Men were
dispatched and upon arrival, found
the fire was west of Cherry creek
where no fire previously had been
found. The fire crowned in the for
est growth, throwing spots ahead
creating more fire fast. This was
due of course, to severe burning
conditions-low humidity and heavy
wind. Highway No. and Libby
creek were no barriers. The wind
continued until late evening. When
it stopped, the fire had crossed moi
only Highway No. 2 and Libby
creek, but also the old highway
No. 2 east of Libby creek.
Final control was accomplished
with loggers, mill men, blister rus
crews, brush crew, and dozers or
the 22'd The fire. looks safe now
but again as before, it is difficul
to find every spark and extinguisf
it. The larger the fire the more
difficult it is to extinguish. There
fore any spark is a lurking enemy
that can be brought to life by tn,
right burning condition and agar
be away.
THE job of putting out UMPIRE
ventable fires with the manpowe
shortage is more than a real chal
lenge to any protection forces. Man
caused fires such as this one can b,
prevented by the carefulness of tn
public. We call upon you as cit
izen to be careful and if you SCI
someone who is careless, call hi
attention to the possible danger
You owe it to yourself as citizen.
Lightning has caused one or tW
small blazes this week, one bein
Tuesday night near the Rave
Ranger station in the Fisher Rive
country.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-07-26
Will Make Survey
Lincoln County

Harold Kaufman of the Montana
Study, an organization associated
with the University of Montana, has
arrived in Libby to assist in con-
Quoting a social and economic sur
vey of Lincoln county. Mrs. Kauf
man is joining him later this week.
Mr.. Kaufman, formerly of the Col
lege of Agriculture of the Univer-
sity Of Missouri, has made surveys
of this type in rural communities
in Missouri and New York.
1t is planned that number of
organizations and individuals in the
county will participate in this sur
vey. The survey headquarters will
be in the Community Room OF the
courthouse.
This is Mr. Kaufman's first trip
to Montana and he is much i'm
pressed by the friendliness and CO.
operativeness of the people.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-07-26
Rotion Reminders

Red stamps K2 through P2, ex-
pire July 81. Red stamps o. through
U2 expire August 81.
Red stamps w through "a ex-
pire Sept. 80. AL through Ell expire
October 81.
Processed foods-BIue stamps NJ
through So, expired June 80. Blue
stamps TT through X2, expire July
81. Blue stamps w, ~, AL, B1, CT
expire Aug. 81.
Blue stamps D-1 through HI ex-
pire Sept. 80. il through nj ex-
pire Oct. 81.
Sugar stamp 36 expires August
81. 4t7
Shoes-Airplane stamps Nos. /, 2
3. in book three continue valid in
definitely.
New shoe stamp (Airplane Stamp
No. 4 in book three) will become
valid August l.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-07-26
Boy Scouts Hike
To Minor Luke

In case any of the residents of
the south part of town wondered
who those boys were who were
YEARLY dragging themselves into
town last Thursday evening, they
were some Boy Scouts returning
from an overnight hike to Minor
lake. Eight boys started out with
their Scoutmaster, Rev. Clayton NJ
Shotwell, early Wednesday morn
ing. Their experiences were quite
varied and exciting When the group
was almost to the old mill on Par
menter creek about five miles out
of town, one of the more exciting
incidents occurred. Allen Kreymey-
er's dog spied a porcupine, and in
the excitement which followed the
porcupine slapped the dogs nose
with its tail leaving many quilts.
Since one does not generally take
pliers along on camping trip (es-
pecially when he has to carry all
Of his equipment on his back, the
quilts could not be taken out, and
SO Allen had to return home with
his dog.
The rest OF the group went on,
and after hours and hours of hiking
and thinking that they would never
get there, finally arrived. One Of
the two of the last arrivals in camp
announced that he had seen a bear
cub. The evening and morning were
spent fishing in the lake, and many
good -sized native cutthroat trout
were caught. The boys all survived
the hike, but before they got home
they all agreed that the distance tt
Minor lake, which is supposed,
about IA miles, seemed like closer
to TO- The boys that made the TRIP
were: Roger Switzer, Bill Luscher
Bob Potter, LaVerne Engle, Ernes
Engle, Dale Thomson, Keith Walsh
and Rev. Clayton M. Shotwell
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-07-26
Mercury Makes New
Seasonal High

Old Sol has enjoyed a first class
festival several days during the
past week. During this period he
set up a new maximum record for
this season by sending the mercury
climbing up to a dizzy 1902 degrees
in the shade. For compensation
however, that night the minimum
dropped down SO degrees stopping
at the 43 mark. During the past
week the precipitation has remained
locally at zero.
The average high for the period
beginning July Is and ending the
Gath was 90 degrees. The average
low for the same period was slight
ly over 43h degrees, with the high
est 'low" being 81 on Sunday. We'd
nesday night of last week saw a
near freeze with temperature of
"a degrees. Most of the nights have
been excellent for sleeping-even
upstairs!
Following is a detailed report
furnished from the Libby Ranger
Station.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-07-26
Madison Rites
Tuesday Eve

With many war buddies of War
III present at his last rites, Robert
James Madison, Seaman 2/c, was
laid to rest in the Libby cemetery
following services by Rev. E. Roy
Fort at the Gompf Funeral Chapel,
Tuesday evening, July "a,
Music was furnished by Legion
Auxiliary members, Mrs. James
Krall, Mrs. Oliver Phillips, Mrs
Walter collars and Mrs. Ira Miller,
pianist. Songs sung were Ivory
Palace" and Saved by Grace.
Graveside services were conduct
ed by the American Legion and
Veterans of Foreign Wars with
Gust Adamson in charge as Sgt
alarms of the Legion, and James
Krall, chaplain of the Legion, and
Karl Knudson, Senior Vice Com
mander OF the Legion acting in
their official capacities.
Other than the sergeant-at-arms
and chaplain, all members OF the
organizations participating were
veterans of the present war, and
included Color Bearers--Brad Phil
lips, Fred Clark, Color Guards
Vernon C. Friend, Walter Katarzy
Firing Squad-Robert Adamson
Duane Adamson, Clarence Hogan
Verle Quien; Pallbearers JACK
White, Connie Blackwell, Dairy
Petrusha, Milo Miller, Jack Collin
son and William Polda.
Taps were sounded by Harole
Gompf.
Seaman Madison was born il
Libby, December H. 1926 and at
tended the local schools until hi
enlistment in the Navy Novembe
%, 1914 In March OF 1945, younl
Madison was home on leave, blu
the first day after his arrival suf
fered severe pain and the famil.
was advised by proper government
authorities to move him to Far
ragut Naval Base, which they did
Shortly after that he was transfer
red to the Bell Flower Lakewoo,
district u. S. Naval Hospital, Lon
Beach, Calf, where he passed ava,
July Is, three months after hos
pitalization.
i The lads mother, Mrs. D. D. Mad
ison, was with him the last tw
months. His sister, Bernice an
brother, Dewey, who is now out O
the seas, visited with him for
short time while he was .confine
there.
Surviving are his parents, Nj
and Mrs. Dewey Madison, siste
Bernice, with the WAVES, an
brothers, Morris dewey in ser,
ice in the South Pacific; Donals
, Richard, Dean, Glen and Steven, a
. of whom were here for the ser,
ices, except Morris.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-07-26
Enuineer Here For
Power Co. Dam

]. j. Jergenson, engineer from
the Chicago office of the Midland
Construction Co, arrived last week
to begin work on the new Mountain
States Flower Creek Reservoir
project.
Most of the labor to date has been
employed locally and the work at
present consists in clearing the way
and building a road to the pro-
posed dam site. Construction will
begin in the near future and will
proceed rapidly.
M. M. Rawlings, Kalispell, divi-
sion manager for the Mountain
States Co., was in Libby Monday
and Tuesday, returning home yes
terday. While here, he stated the
new project when completed will
give Libby one of the very best
plants in the country.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-07-26
County Per Copito
Average $228.83

During the bond sales beginning
in May l94l on through and includ-
ing June, 1945, Lincoln county has
bought per capita E bond aver
age of S228.83, which gives it 48th
place in the state. Total county
sales during this. period have
amounted to ST, 453, 983. A compari-
son with neighboring Montana
shows Flathead slightly
higher with a per capita average
of $288.51, and Sanders, lower with
an average of $205.54.
During the same period the pei
capita average for the entire Unitec
States was $276.28, and for the state
of Montana, $35506. The total sales
for Montana were $166,85 1855, ane
for the entire United States the I
bond total is $36, 002, 944, 900.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-07-26
Memorial Service Held for Eureka
Soldier Who Died June IS in the
Philippine Islands

Harold Edmond Evins was born
at Welder, Idaho on October !, 1923.
He took his grade school education
in Eureka, Mont, and nearly two
years of high school at the Lincoln
County high school Of Eureka. He
was drafted into the army on March
90, l943, at the age of 10 years.
The official casualty report states
that Private First Class Harold E..
Evins, in the Infantry division, died
June Is, 1945 on Negros Island Of
the Philippine group, as result OF
malaria.
Our Boy
A precious one from us has gone,
A voice we loved is stilled,
A place is vacant in our home
That never can be filled.
The loneliness in our hearts
Is all we can bear,
We miss you more each day,
Since God called you to His Care.
You are not dead-not lost,
But gone on before,
You live with us in memory,
And will forever more.
God needed another Angel,
To worship before His Throne,
So, he looked down from Heaven,
And called our loved one Home.
Time has passed since that sad day
The one we loved was called away
God took you, it was His Will,
But your memory fingers still.
More and more each day we miss
you,
Friends may think the wound i.
healed,
But they little know the sorrow,
That lives in our hearts concealed.
Yes, God took you home, it wa
His Will,
And in our hearts your memor,
liveth still,
But only star shines over tn
grave
I Of the one we loved, and could no
save
/ Funeral services were held at TIL
Church Of God, July Is, 1945, as
memorial to Harold E. Evins Open
ing ode, Rock Of Ages sung by tn
choir Solo, Some Day I'll Under
stand by Mrs. Ed Leonard. Vocs
duet, "Old Rugged Cross by Loi
Johnson and Mrs. N. H Haust
/ Prayer was given by Rev. N. +
Hause. His message was the CON
fort chapter, John IA, from the Hol
! Bihle. Vocal duet, Abide With Ms
! by Lois Johnson and Mrs. N.
Hause. Services closed with the rel
dition Of Nearer My God To Thee
by the choir.
Services were attended by tt
| relatives and many friends of tt
) family. The floral offerings weI
: given the Evins family.
Surviving relatives are: parent
: Mr.. and Mrs. George w. Evin
5 brothers, sisters and families M
7 and Mrs. George w. Evins, Jr., M
and Mrs. Zelmer E. Evins, Mr.. ar
t Mrs. VIM. D. Smith, Mr.. and Mr.
5 Ferris Blanchard, Mr.. and Mr.
4 Winston Pluid, Leonard Dean Evil
> and Grace Marie Evins.
Y Three brothers are in the SER
! ice: Pfc Raymond H. Evins, no
in Germany, Melvin |. Evins, som
where in the Pacific, and Cpl. eli
ford v. Evins, u. S. Marines.