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Evening star., 1945-04-23
Health Association
Conference Planned

The District of Columbia Asso-
citation for Health, Physical Educa-
ton and Recreation will hold its
annual conference Saturday at the
Eastern Star Temple, 2600 Sixteenth
street NV. The conference will
open at 10:30 am. and its last
meeting and general session will
convene at 2 pm. Speaker at the
principal session will be 1t. Comdr
H. F. Etter, head of the department
OF physical medicine at the Be-
thesda Naval Hospital. Miss Bar
bara C. Hall, chairman of the
women's division, will preside at
that session.
Evening star., 1945-04-23
Air-Borne Warfare Show
Will Feature Loan Drive
BY the Associated Press.

Latest efforts of air-borne war.
fare will be demonstrated in 81
cities throughout the Nation during
the Seventh War Loan drive.
The War Department, sponsoring
the show jointly with the Treasury
said the types of warfare utilized
in Normandy, Holland and most re-
Gently in the Rhine will be demon
strated between April 20 and July 4
Three units will play cities in diff
ferent parts of the country. Each
unit will include more than so OFF,
GERS and men and eight aircraft. The
shows will be held at civilian OF
military airf1elds.
No show Is scheduled for the
Washington area.
Evening star., 1945-04-23
D. c. Building Congress
Plans Forum Next Week

An open forum for members Of
the Washington Building Congress
will be held at 8 pm. next Monday
at which training of men for the
construction industry will be dis
cussed, Charles H. Tompkins, presi-
dent OF the congress, has announced.
Earl w. Shinn, chairman of the
Apprenticeship Committee, will be
in charge of the meeting. Speakers
will be Maurice r. Colbert, John G..
Scnarf, c. F.. Preller, William F..
Patterson and Mr., Shinn.
Evening star., 1945-04-23
Lodge Coils Joint Meeting

The first Joint meeting Of the Al
exandria Lodge of B'nai Birth and
its recently former women's auxili-
ary will be held Wednesday night
at Gadsby's Tavern, according to
Maurice D. Rosenberg, lodge presi-
dent. Col. Joseph H. Burgheim of
the Office of the Quartermaster Gen.
eral will speak on Supplying the
American Soldier"
Evening star., 1945-04-23
Weather Report

District of Columbia Cloudy with
mild temperature; intermittent light
rain beginning late this afternoon
and continuing tonight and tomor-
row.
Virginia and Maryland-Intermit-.
tent rain with mild temperature to-
night and tomorrow.
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers clear
At Harpsrs Ferry. Potomac clear at
Great Falls
Evening star., 1945-04-23
Report for Last 4s Hours.

Record for Last n Hours
lFrom noon yesterday to noon today
Highest, 81. at $40 pm: year ago, 81.
Lowest, A, at $40 am; year ago, 46.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest, SO, on March go.
Lowest, L. ON January %
Evening star., 1945-04-23
Precipitation.

Monthly Precipitation in inches In the
Capital (current month to date):
Month 1Q4S Ayera pecora
Evening star., 1945-04-23

Tide Table.
FURNISHED nv limited StoteS ro.st .rA

The Sun and Moon.
The daily monitor leader., 1945-12-06
State Presses
Fire Inquiry
Seek Cause
Of Blosts

ST. CLAIR SHORES - Seek
ing evidence of possible incend-
iarism, two investigators Of the
State Fire MarshaPs office on
Wednesday probed the ruins of
the fire-gutted Lakeshore Coun-
try Club, which burned Sunday
on Masonic near Harper for a
$4,000 loss.
The state inspectors were ac-
companied by Fire Chief Philip
Eckhout, of st. Clair Shores, who
had asked for their aid after he
had expressed himself as puz-
zled by the fires origin.
HEAR BLASTS
Reports of two sharp explos-
ions prior to the fire about $50
a. m. Sunday, coupled with Wis
ual evidence that at least one
automobile had made fresh
tracks In the golf club drive
way, were part of the basis for
Eckhout's decision.
The state Investigators, Olin
Williamson and Fred Davis, had
no comment TO make Wednes-
day. They said they are making
q thorough preliminary investi-
cation" to determine whether q
more elaborate scientific probe
Is necessary.
SEEK INFORMATION
Eckhout and the inspectors are
planning to question anyone who
saw the fire at it's start or can
shed any light on the mystery.
The structure had been unoc-
cupied for several months, Chief
Eckhout said. Throughout most
OF the war years it had served as
quarters for Sc Navy cadets, he
said, but had been relinquished
by the government some six
months ago.
Eckhout said that the building
was owned by Alfred Epstein, of
BIZ Lakeshore road, Crosse Pie.
Shores.
The st. Clair Shores fire chief
lauded the efforts of Roseville
and East Detroit fire depart
ments which rushed equipment
and men to the scene of the
blaze that had already gained
sufficient headway by the time
flremen learned of the emer-
gency to prevent control.
Z FNONYMOUS CALL
Notification of the fire was
called in at $40 a. m. by Floyd
Kent who said There's a bad
fire on Masonic boulevard. It's
been burning for about a half
hour"
Eckhout said that when his
men arrived electrical wiring at
the south corner of the building
was short-circuited but that it
was impossible to tell whether
1t was caused by, or responsible
for, the fire.
The building, located on Md
sonic boulevard, between Harp.
er and Little Mack avenues. was
landmark in the community
and at one time was a unit in
the large Masonic Country Club
layout near the shores of Lake
st. Clair.
During recent years it has
been operated as a public golf
| links.
The daily monitor leader., 1945-12-06

Mississippi has $500 miles in
its highway system, Of which
about SO per cent are hard sur
faced.
The daily monitor leader., 1945-12-06
USES. Sets Up South Macomb
Veterans Advisory Committee

A South Macomb area veter-
ans advisory committee has
been appointed by Frank Chris
tensen. manager of the North
east Office of the u. S. Employ
ment Service to work with staff
members Of the USES and Mich
igan Unemployment Compensa-
tion Commission in developing a
broader community employment
service program for returning
veterans.
A number OF Detroit execu-
tives are on the committee.
The daily monitor leader., 1945-12-06

WHICH lnCluucS Tie IOllOWliS
Macomb County civic leaders:
William c. Harper, president
Of the village Of Roseville and
Macomb County Drain Commits
sioner;
Robert E. Harrison. president
of st. Clair Shores and executive
of q Detroit department store;
Richard Maxwell, mayor OF
East Detroit and prominent in
veterans and labor circles;
Russell Isbister, mayor OF
Center Line and principal oi
Busch High School;
Joseph Richards, past adjutan,
of Victor Rieck Post 351. Ameri-
can LeLion. Utica;
Henry Wellenbach, past com.
mander of Cpl. Neil w. REID
Post, VFW, Roseville, and
william Ritzman, commander
of Cpl. Walter Bruce Post, VFW
ST.. Clair Shores.
Christensen said that the Of.
flee has set up special Veteran
Counseling, selective placemen,
and Veteran referral units, and
he believes that with tn coopera-
ton of the local Veterans Advi-
sorry Committee the effectiveness
of these activities in the com
munity can be improved.
The Northeast Detroit Veter-
ans Advisory Committee is made
up of citizens of Northeast De-
troit and South Macomb County
who are interested in assisting
the returned Veteran in -habil-
itating himself into civilian en-
ployment and are cooperating
with the Northeast Office of the
United States Employment Serv-
ice to accomplish this objective
according to Mr.. Christensen.
Members of the committee are
clergymen, commanders an
past commanders of Veteran or.
ganizations, public officials. clut
leaders, social workers, educa'
tional leaders, personnel men
doctors, lawyers and busines:
men.
Christensen announced the
first meeting of the Northeast
Detroit United States Employ.
ment Service Veterans Advisory
Committee will meet in the
Northeastern Y. NJ. c. A., Harper
at Cadillac, at noon Wednesday
Leonard Bieke, Veterans En-
ployment Representative and as
sistant to Christensen, will act
as temporary chairman of this
meeting.
Christensen stated that the
enthusiastic favorable reaction
Of leading citizens in the com.
munity, who have been asked tc
serve on the committee, Is high.
ly encouraging. The interchange
of ideas and plans resulting from
conferences with such com.
mittee will go long way in as.
sisting the Employment Servire
to do a better job in this com.
munity in the all important task
Of serving the returned Veteran,
he said.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-06-22
The els and Wheeler

There is of course, official record of what actually
TRANSFERRED at the meeting with assembly of Gls by the
Wheeler committee visiting Europe ostensby to investigate
communications but apparently ndugng in other exracur
rcuar activities But from the reports of the "off the
record discussions between the soldiers and the members
the committee somewhat acrimonious expressions took place
result of the propoundng of question to the G by
of the members of the committee if they willing and
ready to fight the Russians.
According to the detailed reports of this conference
by liberal agencies this blunt question by the moronc
senator fire from the Gs and there immediate
efforts the of other members of the committee prob
ably including Wheeler to switch the discussions to other
subjects
From all Indications knowing Wheeers attitude toward
ally the committee, probably with single exception
among membership deliberately setting out to develop
the Russians and the of Wheeler at least
order All ethical considerations asidesuch appreciation
the Russians where may ask, is Wheeer's avowed
of now? Has he become inerventonist
of all things seeking country into
with most powerful ally? Where, may ask is his
great profesed for the lives of American boys?
writer believes that Wheeler and his colleagues
committee bundered when they propounded the question
willingness fight the Russians, to them, and be-
eve that when Wheeler for reelection again he will
find that the people of his state to challenge the
sincerity of his about young American lives that the
GIs going to ask him what he contributed to the
effort beside efforts to create dssenson in this country
between this country and its allies in the bitter struggle
And he will have stand silent He point to nothing
constructive that he has accomplished.
The Gs and their families Montana not going to be
fooled by you, Senator Wheeler.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-06-22
Pooling the People

There one old saying that must have escaped
ton of the opponents of the proposal to create Missouri
Valley Authority and that that Truth mighty and will
prevail If this not if they had observed how
misrepresentation of subject while convince few
people at the time invariably dsguss the intelligent
people factua information made available to them
these preaders of false propaganda might be cautious
But apparently they deude themselves into thinking that the
great majority of their fellow citizens in Montana and the
other Missouri valley states all ignorant believe them
Messah and will make effort to get at the truth
There is single claim made by the opponents of the
Missouri Valley Authority which stands facua They
claim that state rights will be nfrnged They know that
claim false that state rights will be assured of
lection under the authority plan than under the socaed Go
ordnated plan of the Reclamation Bureau and the Army En-
gneers They assert that water rights will be violated They
know that assertion fasehood they have read the bill
provides every possible protection existing water
rights and far here Montana where the Montana Power
Company has carried it's claim into the courts to all of
the waters of the Missouri the state failed their
approval for its attempted brgandage.
Turning their heavy these spreaders of faehoods
claim the MVA will be "supergovernment that is state
socialism, They know this claim false their other
assertions they think that the of the states
which under the IVA all socialists when they public
y endorse the IVA? Do they think that the Chambers of
the IVA states controlled by socialists when
they speak advantages that brought private
business through the coordnaed development of the region
by the IVA?
These ackeys the private power the
paint horrendous word pictures of the nundaton of tabe
lands that will follow the establishment of MVA They
have claim forsooth that the plan of the
MyA nundate 100000 of the Big Muddy valley
Montana and they know that sase that the VA plans
yet drawn that this is the plan of the Reclamation
be verified by reference the Reclamation
Bureaus map No 58-D490 which part of the "Waer Re-
Development Missouri River Basin plan of the Rec
lamation Bureau.
No honest proponent Valley Authority will
claim that plans adopted not flood apprecabe areas
of tabe land Of this will happen We shall not be
surprised if the opponents will claim day. that the Rec
amaton Bureau will construct it's reservoirs and dams on
mountain tops and leave all lowng lands untouched and
the intelligence of the citizens of the state be low
enough to accept their statements, as factuaL
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-06-22
CANNING SUGAR
QUOTAS
ANNOUNCED

Following the announcement that
the maximum amount of home can
ming sugar to be issued by Montana
War Price and Rationing Boards
would be eight pounds per person,
District Director L. M. A. Wass this
week announced that similar action
had been taken in all the other Rocky
Mountain states.
Mr. Wass pointed out that applica-
lions for canning sugar this year thus
far have run far ahead of the same
period in 1914, and that local boards
are swamped with applications "Since
we know positively we can issue
certain number of pounds per person
right now, we are doing that so home
Gamers will have sugar to use for any
fruit they may wish to process in the
early part of the season. Any addi-
tional sugar that may be issued later
depends largely on how rigidly appli-
cants refrain from asking for home
canning sugar they don't need. It is
the responsibility of the individual
to determine whether she
uses all of this allotment for early
fruit crops or retains part of it for
the canning of fruit coming on the
market later in the season." Director
Wass stated
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-06-22
USE TAX STAMP
DEADLINE
ON JULY 1ST

Lewis Penwell, collector of internal
revenue for the Montana district, re-
minds motor vehicle owners that the
new SIS motor vehicle use tax stamps
should be purchased and displayed on
their vehicles by July 1, 1945, in order
to avoid the penalties provided by
law for failure to pay this tax.
The stamps are now on sale in all
Post Offices and at the office of the
collector of internal revenue, Helena.
Persons who do not find it convenient
to purchase the stamps for cash at
the post office may mail their order
to the collectors office at Helena.
Mail orders must be accompanied by
cash, money orders, or certified
checks, made payable to the collector
of internal revenue.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-06-22
SEC Report Reveals War Promise FAILED
CORPORATE INTERESTS REAPED BIG HARVEST

No milonares will be made by this war! That
promised the American people when their drafted
for the fighting and workers wages frozen.
What becomes of that promise, the light of report
made public this week by the Securities and Exchange Com
msson Of all the disclosures yet made of wartime profits
and most of them have been printed in LABORts is
the most sensational
The report shows total gains made from 1889 through
1914 by all American corporations banks and insurance
companies In other words includes all manufacturing,
commercial railroad and other kinds of corporations
whether big small.
For the fveyear period since the started in Europe
the report shows
l. That the corporations current assets nearly doubled
from $54 $98OO0 100000 These
sets include cash hand U S. government securities
money the corporations from the and other
customers material in inventories and other assets
2. The corporations leash hand than doubled
from SIC, 900, 100000 to S23 100, 900.
g. The u S. government securities owned by the corpora
ons multiplied nearly 10 times from $4,000 100000 $780,
80OOOO0OO.
A. At the end of 1889, the U. S. owed the
virtually nothing At the end of 1914 the gov
eminent owed them $470,000, 000 000
The corporations net working capital nearly doubled
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-06-22
Helena, Mont, Ma,

Helena, Mont, May %, 1945
State Board of Equalization
Hon. Sam D. Coca, Chairman
Helena, Montana
Dear Sirs:
Recently, the undersigned, on be-
half of the Montana Charity League
Inc, conferred informally with your
Honorable Board, with respect to OBJ
tanning several hundred slot machine
licenses in the corporate name, as
required by Chapter 142 of the Laws
of the 1915 Montana Legislative As
sembly.
Since 1887 we have pondered what
is generally referred to as the Hickey
Law, which granted special privi-
leges and exemptions to specifically
enumerated organizations, viz: relig-
ious, charitable and fraternal
Our native piety forbade that we
should emerge from our praying
chamber to announce that we had
seen great light on the road to
Damascus, inspiring us to found a
new religion to benefit from this law;
beast on every hand symbolizing fra
ternalism, we concluded that the
brotherly love exemplified by Damen
and Pythias was being given ample
treatmbent; we could see that, of the
aforementioned categories, the great
est of these is charity, and here was
an opportunity to emulate the ex-
ample of Mr.. Robin Hood of Sher-
wood Forest.
We now construe the legislative in
tent of this recently amended law to
be revenue measure, other opinions
Notwithstanding.
Indirectly, we have been informed
that our application for these licenses,
which upon the ultimate consumma-
ton of our plan should aggregate an
annual state revenue of $780, 100000
Thereby making the General Fund of
Montana the chief beneficiary of our
has been rejected by
the Attorney General, in an historical
essay on gambling, under an official
opinion, dated May 18th, 1915.
We dissent from the opinion of the
General, acting on hearsay,
who has interpolated the word take,
which might be indigenous to the
vocabulary of those long experienced
N the operating of slot machines, but
we insist that examination of our
Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws
Will disclose that the usual division
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-06-22
Full Employment

We far too apt to think that full pro-
ducton for peace after the full employment
to follow. This is inaccurate reasoning
Today producing at rate never before equaed
doing with better than 20 cent fifth
potential working the
Moreover great chronological advances in production have
been perfected during the period and the productivity of
the individual worker has been greatly increased
With the chronological improvements applied to
goods production full production for the needs of the
achieved by less than the number employed
in producing materials for and where does that leave the
returning soldier?
1t than probable that private capital
in the years following the will be largely made for adapt
ing methods learned during the period to increase the
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-06-22

productive capacity of plants lower labor We
expect them to do nothing else.
A bill introduced by Senators Murray Wagner,
Thomas and OMahoney meets this problem be
not by fatuous reliance private industry provide jobs
full employment and declares essential the adoption
national policy recognizing that every American able
and willing to work. has the right to useful employment
Full production by private industry does this
1t duty that activates this policy
Otherwise full production by private industry will not
become effected accomplishment under
system because profit SURPRISES will inevitably pile up and
curaiment of production and consequent unemployment
follow.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-06-22

from $24 900 1889 OO0 900 in 1914 Net
working capital the cash and other ready money assets
owned by the corporations after subracng every they
1t does not include the value of their
and other fixed assets The latter have
mously, but their value is not shown in the report.
The corporations working capital reached high
at the end of 1914 the report says.
The total increase in the corporations working capital
500 900 100000 That after paying billions in divi
dends and interest their stocks and bonds and after setting
aside enough money to pay all their income taxes.
Moreover the report points out at the end of 1914 the
corporations had ST. 900 coming to them from Uncle
Sam in postwar tax refunds"
top of all that after the the corporations will get
but still unknown through such income
tax law loophoes carrybacks excess profits credits
accelerated amortization and decomposition of base period
LABOR
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-06-22

So. st. Paul, Mimi, June Is, 1945
Mr.. H. S. Bruce
Helena, Montana
Dear Friend:
1 am enclosing paper which tells
about the results of an election re-
Gently held in Minneapolis. You will
note labor won resounding victory
believe if you would analyze the
reasons why labor wins in Mime
apolis and the farmers lose in Mon
tana lesson could be learned from it.
Labor won because it is organized.
Farmers are not; that is too few of
them. And labor uses its organiza-
ton. One thing it does is to get out
the vote. Get the common people out
and they'll usually vote right. Pro-
gressives lost the recent election in
Montana because there was no or
ganization in the state to get out the
vote
And labor is enjoying its newly
recognized power. It's only recently
that they have had the organization,
and done through it the things that
win elections. It's new experience
to labor, and they like it. And I'm
sure if we can arouse the people on
the ranches and farms in Montana,
get them to get their feet wet they
will like it too, and we'll be on the
road to better times for all the people.
With best wishes,
Respectfully yours,
CHAS. d. EGLEY.