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Detroit evening times., 1945-04-13
LONDON CHOP HOUSE

Capable Diane Dale, kitten of
the Keyboard caShes in on nov
city numbers nightly at the
London Chop House. Her ar
rangementS Of Il Can't Say No"
and I'm Beginning TO See the
Light" provoke as much laughter
as applause.
Vocalist Eileen Faye still gets
requests for her tingling version
Of Rum and Coke" and Frank
Gagen'S orchestra remains 10 fur
nish background and dance music.
BRASS RAIL
Jerry Girardins Melody Men
are on hand for any and all re-
quests at the Adams avenue Brass
Rail from 2 p. m. until Curfew
time.
At the Michigan Rail. Carla
entertains at the piano daily from
5 D. m
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-13
Film Time Clock
ApAMs-"sops of s.rnsdstt' {" 1871 a n

ADANs-"song Of Bsrnsdstts." 1857 a m,
.3.la. Ola. a.lS p m.
BROADWAY cAPIToI-"Tkres Is Fam
lily" HIS a. m. 2:25. $40, $50 p m
And Nov, Tomorrow" 1855. $50, 7.oa.
10 Is o.. m.
Tonight and Every Night.'
1890. 3.35. 6.S5. 1913 p. m "Our
Hearts Were Young and Gay" Ala. >. S4'
3. 81 p, m
Fox-"Here Come the Co-eds." II a m
4. so. f:AO. 80, 1920 o. m Under
Western Skies" i2.43. 3'33. 625, els
p, III.
MADIsON-"our Hearts Were Young and
Gay IL 4. m 221. S42. a03 m
Tonight and Every Night" 12.2i, 3.42.
7.O3. "a p. m.
MICHIGAN" Main IN Han Moon street "
II a. m. lis. 8 80. s.45 p. mls -rrae-
tically Yours II IS, 3.4s, 7.O3, lols
p, m.
PALMS STATE-"One Body TOO Many. "
II a m. 2.l7 S,3A. ssh ?. m Woman
IN the WINDOW" - 10. 3.33. &. So 10 OF
y. m.
UNITED ARTISTS-"Three caballeros 4"
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Crazy Knights" 1l.10 a. m, l.5s. AR.
so, Gas pm.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-13
EAGLE CAFE

Comedy as dispensed by Les
Scott. master of ceremonies,
serves as the entertainment high
light this week at the Eagle Cafe.
Scott adlibS while presenting each
act in the revue which boasts the
following talent: Rocky Sullivan,
singer; Jackie Roberts. novelty,
Rose Marie. character dancer. and
the rhythmS of Roy Cary and his
orchestra.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-13
NEBIOLO'S CAFE

Juggling and novelty entertain
ment is the offering of Phil De
Jong, who heads this weeks revue
at Nebiolo'S, where comedian
Chuck Stanley remains 70 clown
and introduce the two nightly
floor shows.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-13
Expert Archer

JEAN HEATHER had to learn
archery for her role as a hill-billy
in Murder, lie Says" starring
Fred MacMurray. 1t has become
her faVorite pastime.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-13
Strenuous Work

BARBARA HALE lost so much
weight being showed around by
"JapS" in First Man Into Tokyo
that retakes will have to be made
of some Of her earlier scenes so
they'll all match up.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-13
Jerks Comma

The comedy stage revue sched-
uled 10 open Friday at the Down
town Theatcr has been renamed
Jerks BerSerk. Musical comedy
star Marty Nav heads the cast.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-13
Ted Lewis to Open
At Lee n Eddie S

from 6 p. m. with the exceptions
of Tuesdays when festivities start
al 5 D. m King Porter and His
Musical Maniacs continue on the
bandstand
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-13
CLUB STEVADORA

Radio tenor Charles Garlic, for
mer star Of the airwaves. is win
ming new fans with his melodiouS
renditlons nightly at Club Steva-
dora where he is now in A second
week. The vocal hcadliner ap-
peared on the nations prominent
net work shows before beginning
his present in person tour.
Newcomer Harry Whitney as
Sumes the comedian of ceremonies
role. introducing the Bordens,
knoCkabout comedy dancers; Ruth
Jordan, character dancer. and
Boyd Senter, instrumentallst.
CLUB CASANOVA
PerSonahle Marian Crater sold
her swing songs with such good
effect last week that she remains
over 10 top the current revue at
Club Casanova.
Tony Gray, master of Cere-
monies, has some new comedy ma
terial, and the six Claire Ray
Girls win attention with luml-
nous dance number.
Every dog has its day. but the
canine proteges Of Leroy are
certainly having their nights AT
this spot. It's one of the dogglest
acts in show business.
CLUB THREE 666
The Three AriStocraiS, featur-
ing piano. drums and electric gui-
tar. are newcomers 10 the enter
tainment staff at Club Three 666.
Dave Wilborn and his guitar have
been retained.
Entcrtalnment is continuous
The people's voice., 1945-12-21
AMERINGER PLAN
REVISED BY
ORGANIZATION

| A reorganized abundance movement
based on the work of Oscar Ameringer
and other progressives, has been
launched by George Campbell of Seat
tie. In the initial phases of the pro
gram he was aided by J. w. Southwick
of Stockton, Calf, until the latters
untimely death. Chief purpose of the
movement is to establish by law a
system of production for use. Organ.
izations are now being formed on the
state level, with view to supporting
any candidate who can be relied upon
to push the National Abundance Bill.
Members have taken the name OF
Peace and Abundance League.
In the outline of his program, con-
tanned in the booklet atomic Bombs
and Atomic Power, Campbell de-
clares:
I'VE abhor the senseless, criminal
mass murder and misery of Imperial
list War! And we know that we can
NEVER establish abiding PEACE un-
til we crush and utterly abolish the
profit system and its economic COM
petition, the most vicious element of
which is foreign trade (for private
profit)."
The National Abundance Bill en-
braces measures for public operation
of industries, guaranteed employment
and guaranteed income, price regula-
ton, abolition of absentee ownership,
public centralized banking and sim
gle tax. 1t is so worded as to en-
courage the ownership Of private
dwellings, family acreages and small
business holdings. An eventual OBJ
jective is liquidation of the public
debt through money that now is di-
verted to corporation profits, commits
sions, dividends and usury.
Organizational activity is carried on
by Campbell as director-general from
his business address at Box 134, Seat
tie, Wash Others on the national
board are DR.. John c. Cranberry, edi-
tor of The Emancipator at San An
tonic, Texas, Benjamin Carson, editor
of We The People Protest at Sullivan,
Indiana, and Norman Hawkins, writer
and former Loyalist fighter, at Puy-
allup, Wash At las treport organiza-
tion had been perfected in several
states, with heavy mail response in
dicating progress throughout the un-
ion.
The people's voice., 1945-12-21

celebrate
Anniversary

Great Falls Local 286 of the Car
penters and Joiners of America, cele
brated the 55th anniversary of the
granting of their charter, Saturday
November "a, 1945, at Carpenters hall
in manner befitting the occasion.
A half acre of Birthday cake was
cut by Brother Bill Patterson, the only
remaining charter member Following
this President A. J. Seiban gave a
brief outline of the high spots in the
life of the local Vocal and instru-
mental numbers were furnished by
young people of members families
Brother Larry Price acted as master
of ceremonies and lastly called on
Sister Amanda Liehelt, president of
the Auxiliary who gave a few perti-
nent remarks.
The evening was then given over
to dancing and cards, until midnight
when Turkey sandwiches were served
to the 500 in attendance. Liquid re-
freshments were served throughout all
the evening and morning following.
Local 2S6 feels that 55 years of con-
tinuous actual existence in state
as young as Montana, is an achieve
ment of a great deal more than ordi-
nary worth.
From its earliest day Local 2S6 has
always been in the forefront of labor
activities, and has taken an active
part in all civic affairs. 1t gained
step by step, working conditions,
hours of work and a scale of pay COM
parable to any local in the Brother
hood. It's history is remarkably free
from labor disputes and its standing
in the community of Great Falls is one
of respect and honor.
The local confidently looks forward
to another SIS years of equal achieve
ment and honor.
The success of the party was due
in great measure to its able arrange
ment committee headed by Brother
Pat Pate, assitsed by Brothers Kess-
les, Balstedt, Erickson, Brickie and
Price.
The people's voice., 1945-12-21

Montana schools are in dire finan
cial straits. They need more money.
They need money to attract and hold
teachers. They need money for other
reasons too.
Governor Ford has admitted this fl
nancial embarrassment Even Mr..
Fred Bennion, who as executive secre-
tary of the Montana Taxpayers Asso-
citation (who are the associates any
way?) has done not little to bring
this condition to pass, admits it. The
Montana School Board Association re-
solved recently on this subject and
with the same conclusions.
There is something about this sud
den frankness about Montana educa-
ton which is suspicious. 1t doesn't
sound natural especially coming from
Mr. Bennion and associates. A pos
sible clue is the proposal, which is
being sent up as a trial balloon, for
a sales tax to help finance Montana
education Do they want to help edu-
cation or do they want sales tax?
Governor Ford addressing the goth
annual convention of the Montana
School Board Association December
18th. urged a state sales tax. Accord
ing to the ever-inadequate Montana
press, the governor made it clear that
"the possibility Of obtaining more rev.
enues from present sources is remote
OF course. we have only the COVER
nor's word for it; ordinarily that
would be enough. But we may be sure
that Bennion and company (of com
panies) will back him up. But where
is the proof?
Montanans ought to ask for proof!
How do they know-how does the
governor know-that there are no 9TH
er possibilities for revenues? Who
has studied the tax situation in Mon
tana SO that a reliable, intelligent,
honest answer can be made? Has the
legislature? Has the state university?
Has the state college? The School
Board Association? Montana Educa-
tion Association? The State Fedora
ton of Labor? Has anybody?
In fact, has anybody really studied
the tax situation in Montana since "a
lew named Levine''-see his story in
Joseph Kinsey Howard's MONTANA
brought in his now famous study
(and found himself ousted for his ef-
forts)? Can the governor refer us to
any commission which has recently
studied the problem thoroughly?
Governor Ford has prided himself
and many people have supported him
as good government" man. Is it
good government to lay new tax on
people without doing the utmost to
revise and otherwise reform the exist
ing tax structure so as to make 1t
more efficient? Or is the problem one
of good government?
Altogether too many people will be
inclined to to go along with the gov
ernor. Many will point to the fact
that ga good many other states have
The people's voice., 1945-12-21
THE LANCER-MLTCHELL MINORITY
REPORT ON MVA

Pick-Sloan plan was described as
farcical concoction hastily prepared to
fend off the demand for MVA in
which leach agency swallowed whole,
even though gagging bit, the plans
of its erstwhiIe rival"
LANCER and Mitchell directed their
heaviest fire on the electric power in
terests which they listed among the
prime opponents of MVA and the prin-
cipal obstacles to full development OF
the valley They referred to testi-
nony offered at the hearings that
household power costs All cents a
kilowatt hour in the Missouri Valley
against 1.S8 cents in the Tennessee
Valley; that commercial and industrial
power in the Missouri valley costs 162
cents against the Tennessee valleys
rs cents kilowatt hour.
Then, they said, the so-called "uni-
fled plan" = the Pick-Sloan plan Of
fered as a substitute for MVA-"rep-
resents a scheme to avert public pow
er development rather than to de-
velop such power and therefore to
relegate the basin to a static If not
declining economy"
They quoted Chairman Leland Olds
Of the Federal Power Commission as
holding that there is in the Missouri
basin a potential power development,
hydro-electric supplemented by steam
plants, of 20 billion kilowatt hours
and argued that the unified plan"
would make use of but one-fourth of
that capacity.
I'VE spent sSOO,OOO,O00 for IVA in
the S0s and it is expanding and in
creasing the prosperity of the region
every day" LANCER and Mitchell re-
ported. 1--WE spent S1,250,000,O0O for
drouth relief in the Missouri basin in
the same decade and it continues to
decline. In S. 555 (the MVA bill) we
Continued on Page Four)
The people's voice., 1945-12-21
REPORT OF WORK
lin SUPREME
COURT FOR Week

November 30th-Emil Christianson
and v. D. Volney v. Pete and Katie
Mincoff. Appealed from Custer Coun
ty, Miles City. Opinion of the court
prepared by Justice Edwin K. Cheadle.
Justice Hugh r. Adair and Justice AL
bert II. Angstman dissented.
Held: Plaintiffs sued for money
had and received, to recover a sum
deposited with an attorney to be de-
livered to defendants with an agree
ment as to it's delivery. Parties had
agreed on the terms of lease to be
put in writing by the attorney. The
trial court cound that by the agree
ment, the money deposited was to be
delivered to defendants when they
signed the lease, whether or not plain.
tiffs signed This court held that
such finding was supported by sub
stantial evidence, and affirmed the
judgment.
December 11th-State of Montana v.
North American Car Corporation. Ap-
pealed from Lewis and Clark Coun-
ty, Helena. Majority opinion pre-
pared by Justice c. F. Morris. JUS
tice Albert H. Angstman dissented
and Justice Hugh r. Adair concurred
in the dissent.
Held: The North American Car
Corporation contested the validity of
the tax imposed by section 2103, Re-
vised Codes. The corporation leases
rolling stock to the various railroads
in Montana. The legislature in order
to tax these cars enacted section 2103,
r. c., which section, as interpreted
by the Board of Equalization, levied
on an average of all of the ad valorem
taxes levied in the state including
those of the minor taxing districts.
The Supreme Court condemned the
tax for the reasons, among others,
that the tax was discriminatory and
that it violated section of Article
XII which commands that the rate of
taxation shall not exceed 2 mills on
each dollar of valuation unless the in
Continued on Page Four)
The people's voice., 1945-12-21
NEWS NOTES
FROM The
STATE COLLEGE

BOHEMIAN, Dec. - New develop
ments in carrier telephone equipment
for voice transmission over rural pow.
er lines may offer the opportunity for
expansion of telephone service to farm
people in Montana and elsewhere who
are now served by rural electric lines
but out of reach of telephone lines
according to an announcement re-
ceived by the Montana Agricultural
Extension service from the Rural Elec-
trification administration.
After more than five years of joint
research by the Bell Telephone lab
oratory and the REA to adapt carrier
telephone technique to rural power
distribution systems, practical test
is now being made in rural area in
Arkansas.
. In this test speech is transmitted
to and from farm homes by means of
carrier wave of radio frequency,
which travels on the REA power lines
along with the power supply. Elec-
tronic transmitting and receiving
equipment is installed at the switch
board in the telephone exchange and
at the subscribers end of the line.
The dial phone is used in the same
way as in regular telephone service.
Pointing to the possibilities of this
type of rural phone service in Mon
tana, the REA cites the IS co-opera-
tives operating 1889 miles Of lines
serving $3.50 consumers in this state.
1t is believed that many of these con-
sumers are outside areas served by
rural telephone lines since the 1910
census showed a total of 1886 Mon
tana farms without telephone service.
Co-operators in the poultry demon
stration farm project of the Montana
Agricultural Extension service marked
up a record high for production per
hen in their flocks and for labor In
come during the record-keeping year
just closed, according to Harriette e.
Cushman, extension poultry specialist
at Montana State College.
A summary of demonstration farm
records shows that the average pro-
duction per hen for all flocks for the
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The people's voice., 1945-12-21
MvA REGIONAL
COMMIT
Meets TODAY

The regional committee for MVA
executive committee is meeting today
in Kansas City, Mo-, Friday, Decem.
ber 21, for the purpose of drawing UP
plans for broadening the committees
program in the coming months.
The executive committee of the
Kansas committee for MVA also held
meeting in Kansas City Thursday.
Regional executive committee mem
bers affiliated with organized labor
include John E. Wetzig of Kansas
City, committee treasurer and repre-
sentative of the International Broth
erhood of Electrical Workers; T. v.
Carter of Kansas City, vice president
of the Painters International; James
A. Davis of st. Louis Mo-, secretary
of the Missouri State Industrial Union
Council and the National G. l. o. COM
mittee for MVA; Sylvester Graham of
Billings, Mont, c. l. o. sub-regional di-
rector; Frank Pechnik Of Pueblo,
Colo, president of the Colorado State
Industrial Union Council; and A. ].
Porth, business representative of Car
penters Local 201, Wichita, Kan.
Farm leaders at the meeting includ'
ed Benton J. tSong of Denver, Colo,
editor of the National Union Farmer,
representing National Farmers Union
President James G. Patton; Glenn j.
Talbot of jamestown, N. D., presi-
dent of the North Dakota Farmers
Union; Henry Peterson Of Superior,
Nebr., a director of the Nebraska
Farmers Union; Leroy G. Sable of
Pipestone, Mimi, manager of the Pipe
stone-Rock County REA Coop; and
E. L. Smith of Benson, Mimi. presi-
dent of the Minnesota Electric Coop
arativa
The people's voice., 1945-12-21
PETITION
CAMPAIGN
PROGRESSING

! OMAHA, Nebr-Farm and labor or
ganizations from Montana to Missouri
are responding enthusiastically to al
appeal by the regional committee fol
MVA that they write Sen. Elmer
Thomas to urge that the senate agri
culture committee conduct hearings in
the Missouri valley on the Murray
MvA bill
Support in the present campaign is
coming from the Arkansas Valley AS
sociation of Oklahoma and affiliated
organizations in Senator Thomas
home state of Oklahoma.
The Central Labor Union Of Mus
kogee, Okla, was the first Oklahoma
group to respond to MVA Committee
Chairman Left Eriekson's call for help
from Oklahoma.
The c. L. U. secretary, a member
of the AVA association board of direc-
tors. wrote Erickson, I'VE are very
much interested in the development
of the riverways of this part of the
country and think it a pleasure to ex-
tend to you any assistance that we
may render you in your attempt to
promote the MVA." A copy of let
ter to Senator Thomas was enclosed
Erickson had written, 1--WE are sure
you will want hearings on an AVA
bill to be held in the Arkansas val
ley"
He stated that while the regional
committee for MVA was primarily in
terested in Missouri valley develop
ment, it was also enthusiastic" about
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The people's voice., 1945-12-21

| the sales tax" and so on. Many
school people will see here an appar
emily adequate relief to their situa
ton (Will they also see the black
eye which this tax will also give Mon
tana education so far as the people
of the state are concerned? And can
they be sure that the money once
tana schools?)
One way of putting the matter is
this. Perhaps the sales tax is eff
cient. 1t may not be fair; it may vio-
late some of the rules" of equitable
taxation. But it is probably efficient,
and it will work. But before Mon
tana teachers and Montana people in
general rush to yell Eyes" to the gov
ernor's proposal, let them do some
bargainingi
If there must be something new in
the Montana tax system, let the gov
ernor prove his case. Let him prove
that the present system is entirely in
adequate, even if reformed; let him
prove that it is beyond reform; that
there are no loopholes at present; that
significant resources in Montana are
not under-taxed; that the deal on state
lands, from which Montana schools
secure a revenue, is above board; /;
that no deals are being made by
boards of assessors here and there;
that Montana cannot make her pres
ent system efficient If the governor
can prove all this, then by all means
let us have the sales tax for Montana
schoolsl But does the governor dare
to prove all this? Does he care to?
And if he doesn't feel up to this
task, then let the Farmers Union,
the Montana labor movement, the Mon
tana Education Association, and other
associations of taxpayers Gncluding
Mr.. Fred Bennion's society of bleeding
hearts, take up the cudgels and bring
in report Let us have real study
Perhaps Montana could use again "a
Jew named LevineH Such man or
such a report should gladden. the heart
of good government" governor!
But it is so much simpler and so
much easier to pass sales tax. This
way no embarrassing questions are
asked Nobody who really counts"
would make it hot for good govern
ment" governor for doing thing like
passing sales tax. Why should any
body who really counts" get sore at
a sales tax? Should corporation?
Perhaps sales tax is good gov
ernment'-in Montana? At least as
good as we can expect? And Ford
is a good government" governorl
The people's voice., 1945-12-21
(Reprinted From the ST. Louis Post
Dispatch, December 5, 1945.)

Dispatch, December ,, 1945.)
A minorinty report of the senate
committee on irrigation and reclama-
tion, strongly urging adoption of the
Murray bill to create Missouri Va
ley authority, was presented to the
senate last week. The majority re-
port was adverse to MVA.
Prepared by Sens. William LANCER
| (Rep) of North Dakota and Hugh
Mitchell of Washington, the minority
report said that CONGRESSES decision
on the Murray bill would determine
whether resources of the valley are to
be developed for the benefit of the
people or whether they are to be
stunted by selfish interests.
Congress must decide, LANCER and
Mitchell said whether the area is to
become a valley of opportunity for
the many or exploitation for the few"
They said the committee hearings "al-
though conducted by avowed oppon.
ents of the measure" had demonstrate
ed that the contest was between the
masses of people, represented by their
farm, labor, REA and other organiza-
tions and vested interests flanked
with press agents"
The Langer-Mitchell report reviewed
testimony presented at the hearings
that the wealth and population of the
Missouri basin have been declining
and concluded that this had resulted
because there had been no eo-ordinat-
ed development of the valley through
an autonomous regional authority such
as exists in the Tennessee valley.
They ridiculed the contention of
MVA opponents that unified plan"
for development of the Missouri basin
now exists in the Pick-Sloan propos-
ais, which compromised the major
differences between the bureau of rec
lamation and the army engineers. The