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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-07-06

Labor and Building Trades
Councils (CIO), the National
Farmers Union, all state Farm
ers Unions in the Missouri Val
ley, state departments of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars,
state Federations of Women's
Clubs, the National Rural Elec-
trification Cooperative Associ-
alton and state identification
coop groups, and state Farm
Bureau Federations.
In conjunction with the regional
conference, there will be a meeting
Thursday, July 5, of AFL and Build
ing Trades Council representatives at
the Hotel Fontenelle. Left Erickson,
chairman of the provisional Regional
Committee for MVA which recently
opened an office here, and David
Weinberg, Omaha attorney who repre-
sents a number of the AFL unions,
will be the principal speakers at the
AFL meteing John E. Wetzig, treas
urer of the provisional regional organ
ization and business manager of
IBEW Local 124, Kansas City, Mo-,
will preside.
The regional committee is planning
a number of features to supplement
the 10-state conference These in
clude a public showing of films and
slides relating to river improvement
and resources development at pub
lie session at the Fontenelle at 500
Friday evening, July 6; an exhibition
of pro-MVA editorial cartoons by Dam
lei Fitzpatrick of the St. Louis Post
Dispatch and Daniel Bishop of the
st. Louis Star-Times; an interview
with Erickson, conference chairman
and former Montana supreme court
justice, over Station WOW, Omaha,
at 12:45 noon July 5; and an address
by Raymond r. Tucker, chairman of
the Missouri Committee for MVA and
former st. Louis city smoke commits
sioner, before the South Omaha Mer-
chants Association July 6.
Businessmen, churchmen and pro-
men who will attend the
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-07-06
LAND PRICE
BOOM IS
Threatened

Agriculture two-fold problem after
the war will be REIMBURSEMENT OF
acreage to peacetime demands and
avoiding further land price initiation
II. w. Duggan, governor of the Farm
Credit Administration, recently told
an assembly of town and country
ministers at Emory university in At
lanta, Georgia.
1T would be nothing less than a
national calamity if there should be
added to the acreage adjustment prob
lem a farm land boom,' Governor
Duggan declared to the churchmen
He pointed to the 1 per cent a
month average rise in land prices
throughout the nation in the past four
years, as an indication of advancing
land prices Land prices in Georgia
are 70 per cent over the 1858 aver
age compared with SO per cent for the
nation as a whole. In many areas
prices have doubled.
Duggan recalled that the period of
greatest initiation after World War
came during the two years after the
Armistice. Should prices follow the
same pattern at the end of this war,
we will be dealing with soaring land
prices and reduced income at the
same time.
1.-THE threat of advancing land
prices is so great" Duggan empha-
sized, that | believe we should forth
with take steps to control specula
ton in farm real estate" Control
measures mentioned by the FCA Off
cial included, % a heavy tax ON
capital gains made through the resale
of farms, ~ Limitation ON the amount
which can be loaned on farms, 90
fixing a ceiling ON the price at which
farms can be sold, such as the value
Of the property on January 1, 1912,
and (4) fixing the price for the dura-
lion of the war, and perhaps few
years following, at the price of the
lext sale.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-07-06
n. TIE. A. TAKES
RAP In penn.


Harrisburg, ia July 6.-(NAC)-
The National Tax Equality associa
ton suffered complete rout and a
severe prestige-destroying setback
when the Pennsylvania state legisla-
ture, by Overwhelming vote, passed
four bills designed to clarity evisting
legislation affecting farmer co-opera-
tives.
All four measures had been opposed
by individual Pennsylvania business
men and state organizations sympa-
thetic to NTEA's attack on the Co
operative movement Defeat of the
Keystone state crusaders for tax
equality" was compared by many OBJ
servers to what happened to them in
Kansas earlier this year, when irate
farmers jammed the Topeka legisla-
tive halls to win a brilliant victory
over their foes on the tax issue.
The Pennsylvania struggle was pre-
cipitated when state farm organfza-
tions sought legislation designed to
correct inequalities in tax laws under
which they had been paying TWO
state income taxes, one of per cent
under the law of 1889 and one of
per cent under the Emergency Cor
porate Net Income Tax act of more
recent date.
Cooperative leaders were in COM
plete agreement that they ought to
pay a tax on net income, the same
as any corporation, an attitude which
deeply impressed the law makers. vi
this requested tax was fiyed
at per cent and three other meas
ures were also passed to unravel the
statutory tangle involved in the ex
listing laws.
Net result has been to nullify COM
pletely any charge that Pennsylvania
co-operatives pay no income tax.
Aroused by the appearance of Mt
EA's wn-with-the-co-ops" crowd,
abandoned party lines and
became stout champions of the farm
ers' side of the fight. Two of the
measures passed both house and SEN
ate by unanimous vote, one of the
others received seven negative votes
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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-07-06

conference or are permitting use of
their names as sponsors include, in
addition to Erickson and Tucker, FL
mer A. Benson, former governor of
Minnesota: Thomas Hart Benton, ar
tist Kansas City, Mo-; Sen. Neal ID.
Bishop, Denver, Colo; Richard Bray
of the University of Colorado Exten-
sion Service, Denver, Colo; Quentin
n Burdick, attorney, Fargo, ND;
Rev. Grant Butler, Des Moines, Iowa;
w. A. Byers, mayor of Council Bluffs,
Iowa; John Connolly Jr, attorney.
Des Moines, Iowa; Gaylord e. Conrad,
editor, Bismarck, Nd; e. H. Cramer
director, Mercantile Bank and Trust
Co, Boulder Colo; Don Edison, sec
rotary of the Iowa Farm Grain Deal
ers Association, Fort Dodge, Iowa;
Paul F. Good, attorney, Lincoln Nebr.;
Charles A. Graham, attorney, Denver,
Colo; Thurman Hill, attorney, indie
pendence, Kans.; and Fred G. Hunt
ington, attorney, Billings. Mont
Other progressives attending or
sponsoring the conference include
Harry H. Knight, investment broker,
st. Louis, Mo-; A. B. Larson, secre-
tary-treasurer of the Mandan Produc-
tion Credit Association, Mandan, Nd;
Sam Fl. Liberman, past president of
the st. Louis Bar Association; Rt
Rev Msgr Luigi G. Ligutti, director
of the National Catholic Rural Life
Conference, Des Moines, Iowa; Rabbi
Eugene Mannheimer, Des Moines,
Iowa; Henry Mundt, attorney and
former state legislator, Sioux Falls,
Sd; Wallace e. Pearson, president
of the First National Bank of Lowell,
Wyoming; Walter Pesman of the Colo
RADIO State Planning Commission,
Denver, Colo; and A. w. Powell,
rancher and banker, Sisseton, SD
Others include Dr. Sherman d.
Scruggs, president of Lincoln Univer-
sity, Jefferson City, Mo-; c. A. Soren-
son, attorney, Lincoln, Nebr.; Forrest
T. Spaulding, librarian, Des Moines,
Iowa; Robert Van Pelt, attorney, Lin
coin, Nebr.; f. J. Wallace of Glen
wood Iowa; and Jerome Walsh, chair
man of the Kansas City Committee
for MVA.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-07-06
Limitation FOR
WAGE CLAIMS
OPPOSED

! A three-year statute of limitation
for claims arising under the Fair La
Dor Standards act, with waiver of tn,
double liability of liquidated damages
except in cases of wilful violation
was recommended by L. Metcalft
Walling, administrator of the wage an(
hour and public contracts divisions O.
the United States Department of La
Dor, in testimony on H. R. 27S8 be
fore house judiciary committee
Mr. Walling was opposing the
Gwynne bill, which would place a
one-year statute of limitations on EN-
ploye suits brought under the wage
hour law This actually would mean
notification of the Fair Labor Stan
dards act, according to Mr.. Walling
Mr.. Walling sought committee con
sideration ito improve serious defects
in the law and promote a more fair
and equalized treatment of employer
and employe under it" He stressed
the following points:
1t would be impossible to correct
many serious violations under one
year statute of limitations.
Even moderate degree of enforce
ment would be impracticable under a
one-year statute of limitations with
out greatly increased inspection
staff.
The one-year period provided in the
bill is much shorter than the period
allowed for criminal actions.
The employees whose right of recov-
cry would thus be limited to one year
are subject to longer periods of liti-
cation on debts that they incur
The undermining of the rights of
employees in need of the protection of
the act threatens to lower labor stan
dards throughout the country.
ut cannot be emphasized too
strongly that the most direct recip-
tents of the benefits of the Fair La
Dor Standards act are the unorganized
workers, who have no unions to speak
for them," Mr.. Walling said. "They
are the ones who will suffer most I'M
der provisions of the Gwynne bill be-
cause they are much less apt to be
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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-07-06
bureaus would increase output far beyond peacetime
needs Emphasis ours

needs. Emphasis ours)
Out of this drumfire grows the old story about now
is the time to make Montana industrial state Grand
wish could be- Monanas speciality always has been
products Mining and livestock and farming our
basic industries. If make finished goods here
have to ship them long distances to markets where there
many people to buy The finished goods carry higher
transportation charges than products. Thus
finished materials cannot compete with factories located
in centers of population. That is why do not have
furniture factories in Montana We would have to sell
the furniture hundreds thousands of miles away We
could not compete with manufacturers in densey
lated states
Those of fortunate enough to live in the west
just well get down to earth We have speciaities
and had better stick to them If shove heads
too far into the Clouds lightning strike So, have
two things to watch the bureaus have state
left after the and the gentle
who would locate huge factories here in defiance of
economic laws Emphasis ours.)
We cannot say how of believe the propaganda
against the Missouri Valley Authority and the Columbia Valley
Authority proposals inspired by the Anaconda Copper Mining
Company and the Montana Power Company AS previously
stated the merits of these proposals not being discussed
here Our in calling attention to these state
the corporation and by spokesman for these
is to get realize that their attitude toward
great foreign corporations maintaining
their powerful monopoly control in the state; and
interested in Montana home for ourselves and children
You and may differ methods to attain what want
development of state But meet the common
ground Of wanting development Any method finally selected
will be democraticay arrived at choice But
desired by these great corporations They
nothing anything but freedom to exploit natural
sources for their selfish gain.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-07-06
TWO LETTERS THAT RECEIVED
NO REPLY

January s, 1915.
Mr.. John D. Rockefeller, Jr,
Rockefeller Center,
New York, N. Y
Dear Mr. Rockefeller:
read an article in January Read
ers Digest on what you believe, which
was condensed from broadcast given
to the USO. Personally, | think this
condensed article was a masterpiece
and you certainly are to be commend
ed ON the Utopian picture that you
have presented to the general public,
but on the other hand, | believe you
should know what thousands or hun
dreds of thousands of the people in
these United States are thinking of
the Rockefeller fortune and foundation
which was built by the efforts and
conniving of John d. Rockefeller, Sr.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-07-06
WASHINGTON
LETTER

The first big gun has been fired
in the postwar battle to throttle la
Dor by legislation.
Brushing aside the peewee bills al
ready in the hopper, three senators
who have never been noted as la
Dor champions threw in a big one
with a bang. The three are Carl
Hatch ID, N. NJ, Harold H. Burton
(R., Ohio, Joseph H Ball (R., Mimi
Their new bill came with all the
benefits of carefully prepared bally-
hoo, and was presented with implica-
tions that it is pro-labor. Actually,
it is sweeping anti-labor legislation.
1t abolishes NLRB, by attrition de-
stroys the right to strike, regulates
internal affairs of labor unions, weak
ems collective bargaining.
BY careful definition, under this
bill, major industries would be ex-
cluded from all federal regulation in
their labor relations 1t is Immediate
ly evident, for example, that it is in
tended to exempt major portions of
the steel and mining industry, pos
sibly even some auto Cf an automo-
bile manufacturer for example set up
three separate corporations, one to
buy raw materials, one to manufac-
ture, one to selD.
The bill would throw labor rela
tions into complete and utter chaos.
1t is announced as planned to avert
serious danger of Touchdown
drag-out fight between management
and labor in the immediate postwar
period and sets out to accomplish
that by undermining and in part de-
the fighting power of labor
Full analysis will be ready very
soon. Meanwhile it is important that
The grass-roots yell against this meas
IRE be quick and loud.
Permanent FEPC still lacks 90-odd
names on discharge petition before 1t
,an get to the floor of the house. If
your own representative has not told
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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-07-06

OMAHA, Nebr-One of the most representative confer
progressive organizations and pubcsprted indie
pendens held here in recent will take place July
and when 10-state meeting the proposed Missouri
Valley Authority will be in session.
Organizations represented will include state Federaons of
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-07-06
Ten State Meeting OF
|M.V.A. SUPPORTERS IN
SESSION IN OMAHA today

Gathering of Representatives OF Labor
Organizations, Farm Organizations, Vet
Grams Organizations, Women's Clubs and
Rural Identification Organizations To
Discuss Educational Campaign
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-07-06

Permanent FEPC still lacks 90-odd
names on discharge petition before it
can get to the floor of the house. If
your own representative has not told
Continued ON Page Four)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-25
JIMMIE FIDLER M HoHyuDood
DIatrIbutsa Sv asNauEAt svuaIsats. Ias.

HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 2S- 2Oth Century-Fox announced the other day that 1t will bring o. Henry's most famous short story, ''rhe Gift of the Magi," to the screen as a super musical" It's quite possible that it will be . good picture, but even so, I find the item a bit de- pressing.
 'The Gift of the Magi" is one of the real masterpieces in Ameri- can literature. As 1t was written by O. Henry, 1t is perfection. Yet there is no place for 1t, in that perfect short story form, on any movie program-just as there is no place for the thousands of other great short stories written by such mas ters as Ambrose Bierce, Bret Harte, Edgar Allen Poe, Rudyard Kipling and Jack London. Despite the fact that the perfect short story epitom- izes dramatic values in literature; notwithstanding the evidence that the short story is Americas favorite reading matter, movie can't touch them without destructive padding" because they would emerge as short subjects" And short subjects have been outlawed from theatre bills to make room for the ,mawkish features that Hollywood calls "Class B films"
 Go to your nearest library and read 0 volume of O. Henry shorts. Close your eyes and imagine those stories as they would be If trans lated to the screen. And then, un- less l miss my guess, you may be stirred enough to fife beef with your neighborhood exhibitor.
 I consider seven-year-ol Billy Severn and i7.year-old Roddy Me- Dowall unusually talented juvenile actors, but deplore their appear ances in American boy roles, for both of them have such decided English accents that they destroy the illusion of realty. I've heard dozens of fans complain about Roddys broad As in the two "Flicka" pictures, In which he play ed the so nof an American ranch- CT. Little Billy Severn's accent is the only sour note in PRC's other wise delightful film, "T'he Enchant- ed Forest" In 1t, he Is cast as Q backwoods waif, raised by an old westerner who lives Q hermit.like existence in the Big Redwood coun- try of California. Why such east ing? There are plenty of capable youngsters available who can speak plain American.
 
 I want t0 quote the No. and No. 2 paragraphs of an article written by Q spokesman for the motion picture industry.
 Paragraph 1: We have been surprised and continue to be dis appointed because of the failure of the Army. the Navy and the Presi- dent to speak out In appreciation for what this industry and it's people did to help win the war" Paragraph 3: "fIollywood's count
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-25
STRAND

A blundering range.riders we'll meant efforts to pose as Q notori- ous outlaw make up the usual theme of "Along Came Jones', 1nterna- tional Pictures new Gary Cooper Loretta Young starring vehicle, which is hailed as one of the most entertaining films of the year.
 Moved by Q quixotic impulse to help frontier maiden in distress, and by Q desire to prove himself hig-shot In the border country, Melody Jones valiantly pretends to bet he murderous Monte Jarad. Mel ody's impersonation fools some of the inhabitants of the little town of Payneville, but 1t doesn't fool Monte's suspicious pals, or the sheriff or various other gentlemen who have scores of their own to settle with the bandit.
 Moreover, Melody is probably the worst shot north of the Rio 0rande, and this ineptitude with Q six gun gets him into plenty of embarrass- ing situations, but 1t assists In his stormy romance with Loretta Young, as the heroine,
 Blending tense drama and down. to-earth comedy with It's love story, Along Came Jones'" an RKO Ra- dio release, was produced by Gary Cooper himself from Alan LaMay's novel. Nunnally Johnson wrote the screen play, with Stuart Heis- Ter directing.
 The companion feature is For. ever Yours" starring Gale storm.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-25
PoLI'S

Playing today and tomorrow at the LoeWsPoll theater is Junior Miss" the iiimization of the Broad' way stage sensation that kept New York bowling for two straight years Starring Peggy Ann Garner witn m outStandIng supporting east, the picture iS said to surpaSS even the stage version in heaFt.happy hilar' ity and gay excitement, It @ . sparkling story filled with real, hu. man people and situations, studded with uproarlous hilarity. |,
 The second big hit of the pro' gram is the screen comedy Don Juan Cullligan". Starring William Bondix, Joan Dlondell, and Phil eilyers, the fast-nioviIig, laugh packed hit features Bendix, who had never won a girl h all Of his screen career, as one of the greatest lovers of all time. Be sure to see it, you'll cherish It's high.spirited fun and laughs for . long time to come. ,.s
 Starting Thursday Is the new e. traction "Our Vines Have Tender Grapes" In which Edward c. Rob- inson and Margaret O'Brlen are co. starred. Heading the imposing sup. porting cast is Jackie Butch" jen. kins, with important roles played by James Craig, Frances Clifford, Ags nes Moorehead, Morris Carnovsky, Sara Haden and Dorothy Morris among others.
 Our Vines Have Tender Grapes" iS . tFue.to-iife drama, one of the most gripping and coFnpeilingly hu- man films to come out of Hollywood in many years. It is the stirring story of . little girl who taught whole town the meaning of human- ity, c youngster who recognized the path that Was leading to the de- stFuction of c population. Our Vines Have Tender Grapes" is Mar garet O'Drien's first picture since Music for Millions"
 James Craig, who teamed so suc- ceasfully with little Margaret 0'Drien, in Lost Angei", has Q siin- liar assignment with the child star In this new film. Craigb role Is the romantic lead, aS the editor of . small town Wisconsin paper who is MaFgaret's good friend and con- 9ldant. His romantic interest b Francis Clifford as the rural school teacher.
 The co.feature is the mystery thriller, The Hidden Eye" the new adventures of the famous blind dc. tective, Duncan MacLain, and his famous dog Friday, featuring Ed- ward Arnold as the blind sleuth. Topping It's popular predecessor, "Eyes in the Night" for excitement, "The Hidden Eye" sets c fast en. teTtainEiept pace as 1t tracks down . crafty fouf-tiine killer who leaves behind him jasminc-scented mur- der trail. '~. hE
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-25

less contributions were made
 out Q thought of seeking applaN
 It just goes to prove that lnNA are strange ways of hiding l|Nt under Q bushel.
 Not long ago a handful Of acfeeN stars-most noteably Frank Hina tra and Ed Gardner from European entertainment t1ur4 spouting invectives against Che 'mismanagement" of USO officials and Army Special Services offices who had handled their junkets. ma charges made by Gardner, in pan. ticular, were SO hot that they sccna@ ed almost incredible In view Of the fact that dozens of other starr. after touring the same areas and meeting the same officials, ha8 made no complaints at all. W6lls yesterday, I had Q chance Co hear the other side of the story when I read a big bundle of letters from an American major who has he'd personal contact with nine out of ten celebrities who have gone t0 Europe to entertain troops. If thoos letters are ever published-and they may be certain donnnFH will regret to their dying days tha8 they ever started Q controversy.
 According to Hollywood trndo papers American studios arc making lavish offers to German directors and screen stars. Thnt announcement leaves me sizzliu9. The German motion picture indls~ try was one of Hitler's principal weapons. It dished out the kind of propaganda that America spent Q million lives to squelch. Now that 1t is defeated the American raovio industry should be able to struggle along without importing help" whose background Is questionable and whose ideologies in any event. are anything but American or democratic.
 Alexander Knox, whose Tosenah@ lance, or lack of resemblanco Co Woodrow Wilson has been arguo4 ever since he starred in tho late presidents filmagraphy, offers m practical suggestion for the future He thinks we should have law compelling all famous men whcsa life stories may be screened, to wear full boards. Then any actor could portray them without having his life turned into Q nightmare hV the ensuing controversy.