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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-08-30
British Fleet
SteamS Into
POrtOfHOng Kong

SYDNEY, Australia, Aug. 80
-(P-A strong British Naval
Force commanded by Rear Adm.
c. H. j. Harcourt entered the
port of Hong Kong today to re-
occupy the Crown Colony, Brit
ish Pacific Fleet headquarters
announced here tonight.
The communique said Adm.
Harcourt was aboard the Swift
sure but did not identify the
vessel further.
Text of the communique:
"A strong British Naval Force
commanded by Rear Adm. C..
H. j. Harcourt in the Swiftsure
entered the port of Hong Kong
today to reoccupy the Crown
Colony"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-08-30

NUREMBERG, Aug. 80 Up
In the bomb-blasted heart of
this one-time showplace Of Naz-
idom they are working fever
ishly to prepare the stage for
one of the greatest dramas in
history-the trial of Naxi arch
war criminals before m interna.
tional military tribunal.
It would be q task In any city
anywhere to prepare for the In
flux of an estimated 1000 peo.
pie from two hemispheres to
participate in and record the
trials which will last weeks,
perhaps months. In Nuremberg
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-08-30
TRUMAN FEELS RESPONSIBILITY WAS GENERAL
Says Pearl HarbOr Blame Rests on Nation
WASHINGTON. Aug. 30

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30-tAD
President Truman declared
today he thought the whole
country, as much as any individ-
ual, was responsible for the
Fearl Harbor disaster.
Mr.. Truman told a news con-
ference he had no objection to
a court martial but didn't in
tend to order one.
In addition, he said he always
had favored q unity of command
for the army and navy. but didn.
want to amplify his views On
that now.
Answering a barrage Of ques-
tons based on the release yes
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-08-30

terday OF official reports by
boards of inquiry which inves-
tigated the events leading up to
Pearl Harbor, the chief execu-
tive said he had read the docu-
ments carefully.
And. he said, he had come to
the conclusion the whole thing
was a result of the policy of the
country itself. II wasn't ready
for preparedness, he asserted.
Preparedness moves by the
late President Roosevelt were
stfled, Mr.. Truman said. and
Mr.. Roosevelt was villified for
preparedness statements.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-08-30
GOERING, HESS HEAD LIST
Rush War Criminal Trials

in whose waste of stone an
intact building is an exception
and where food and fuel are
short-the job is Herculean.
HITLER AIDES
The chief defendants, Herman
Goering, Joachim Won Ribben-
trop, Franz Won Papen already
are on hand. Other top-rankin.
survivors of Hitler's new order
assembled here for the trial in
clude, Marshal Wilhelm Keitel
and Col. Gen. Alfred Jodl OF
Killers general staff, Jew-bait-
er julius Streicher, Kurt Da-
luege. former Gestapo chief
See TRIALS-Page q
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So, he said. the country was
rs much to blame as any in
dividual.
The President acknowledged
that he had made . false state
ment about Pearl Harbor whRc
ne was in the Senate. In a ma
gazine article last fall, Mr.. Tru-
man had said the army and navy
commanders Ut the Pacific Bas-
ton were not on speaking terms.
A reporter reminded him Of
that today.
Grinning, Mr.. Truman re-
marked that things come back
to haunt you. -
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-08-30
Rescued Pilots
Tell Of Brutal
Enemy Tattits
Henssd by Thumbs
in Effort to
Obtoin information

SHANGHAI, Aug. 30 R-
Stories of brutal Japanese cap
tors who beat them with bam-
boo sticks and metal rods until
they were black and blue from
knee to hip and could hardly
walk, were released here by
eight American filters.
One airman said he had his
wrists tied behind him and had
been hung by his thumbs in ef-
forts by the Japanese to force
him and had been hung by his
thumbs in efforts by the Japa-
nese to force him to reveal the
American plans to invade Nip
pom.
All are In good condition, and
their wounds are healing. They
still are held by the japanese
who threatened correspondents
with bayonets when they first
tried to interview them in the
YMCA here. Entrance was gain.
ed after q IS minute delay. The
city Of Shanghai still awaits Its
official release.
RESCUED MEN
The prisoners are:
End 1t. Harold H. Eifler, Chi
cago, pilot Of an Army B-24
bomber; End 1t. William h.
Martin, Jr., Colorado Springs,
Colo, and Sgt. Clyde ]. Sellers,
Mt. Pleasant, Mich; Navy Flers
AMM-1C Walter Pallack, Chi
cago; AMM-3C Frank Maratea,
Chicago; AOM-3C Ted Hauser,
North Hollywood, Calf, and
Seamen 1-c Jens Martinsen,
Brooklyn, N. Y, and Richard c.
Warner, Dalton, Ill.
Eifler and his bomber crew
were shot down May II. The
See FEROCTTY-Page z
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Ex.Marine Held In Staying OF Estranged Wifi
Yank Veterans
Occupy Jap Ports
BY LEONARD MILLMAN
ASSOCIATED Press Staff Writer)

General Macarthur landed trunphonty in Japan todoy
with g. so battlefield occupation forces and found the blood
less 'nvosion' going spIendidy"
The Supreme Allied Commander established his heod
quarters bomb shattered Yokohama Admiral Hosey
his four pennont Yokosuko transforming Nppons
second largest naval bose into the first IT, S. Navy shore
headquarters in Japan Nearby Aue oirdrome alive with
parotroopes arriving in the greatest flight the Poetic
has
CAPTlvES ILL
Marine and naval forces swaing into the Yokosuko oreo
found 500 wounded and sick prisoners Of in hell hole
mseoIed hospital suffering from the worst manution
imaginable Among them Moi. Gregory Boyneton Of
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-02-09

things which are construed to be of
partisan nature. The Graybill amend
ments would have corrected this.
1t was also pointed out that the
operation of the Army Engineers in
the state of Montana, particularly in
the Flathead area and Fort Peck Dam,
has not been above reproach and that
only a short time ago the state was in
an uproar in regard to the plans of
the Army Engineers for Flathead
Lake 1t was hard to understand why
the legislature was trying to give
them such an expression of confidence
as was embodied in the resolution.
Reference was also made to the
fact that the Army Engineers and the
Reclamation Bureau are so different
in scope and ideals that it would be
impossible for them to work together
for any length of time and that the
ultimate outcome of the present ar
rangement would probably be discord
and lack of development
House Joint Memorial No.
IlOuSt JOlul NItllOlldl NV. V W Tic
congress urging the adoption of a 22d
amendment to the Constitution of the
United States fixing limitation of
income taxes at 25 per cent of in
come, rightly called the "millionaire's
amendment" is still in the legislative
hopper being presently in committee.
1t was brought out once with favor
able report by the committee that it
do pass" but when it came up on
general orders, a motion that it be
re-referred to the committee was
passed. The report is that letters
and kilograms from home" in opposi-
ton to this memorial have been pour
ing in, until even the most subservient
tools of the privileged in the assem-
bly, are jittery. 1t is to be hoped that
this drive by the people of Montana
against this iniquitous memorial will
continue until it is finally and com
pletely killed.
Department of Labor
A bill in the senate providing for
separate department of labor was
killed this week as was one in the
house However, the bill in the lower
house was revived yesterday, but to
many there is an odor about it's re-
vival that is not too good, and it is
freely predicted that it will not sur
vive; that it will either be killed in
The house or the house will pass the
buck to the senate. In the latter
case, of course, there will be many
If the members in the house who will
pose from then on as champions of
Continued ON Page Four)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-02-09
Missouri Valley Authority
(MVA)

Editors months VOICE will
informative short articles
Missouri Valley Authority written by Locke
employed obipo
and vicinity, in California This is his 2Sth article
Thousands being terminated by the
Some of these have spread found enlisted
new in the conduct OF human affairs In course OF
time these well be the roots of behavior patterns
Among others is one pertaining to monuments
Past during most of recorded history, have been
followed by of monument building Those who sur
vved attempted perpetuate MARBLE granite bronze
the likeness vao spirit herom and accomplishments of their
friends and loved we'll battle leaders, who had been
sacrificed in the conflict Older and long settled countries
Uttered with arches monuments plaques New
countries well started toward accommodating collection
All of it most worthy desire and attempt to discharge debt
that be repaid
Now there widespread discussion, not only in U.SA.
but half dozen foreign lands of something different in the
of monuments and memorials Instead of attempt
to tribute to and perpetuate memories OF war dead In
cold metal why not nscrbe the record far
be DONE useful public projects of pleasing ap
pearance.
Screwbal idea! WE'LL on second thought, is it? Why
did these men, fight and die anyway?
Certainly not because single one enjoyed It, Not wholly be-
there other choice few individual soldiers
may into battle under feeling of compulslon The mass
any army goes only when that feels it has sacred
duty to perform and when 1T ready and wiling to incur all
the harshps and risk of performance The overwhelming
majority motive be summed in three words desire for
betterment"
The Individual soldier beterment for himself or
bettermen family and loved his social strata his
community his nation or for all the world may all
these the items may be predominant in his hope
and ambition The betterment he Graves may be material
social spiritual mixture of these ingredients In
event. into the life he hopes to come back TO-
leave for survivors he does not come back he tights
and dies to make better world
So in the matter of monuments which stay-athomes
will gratefully build during the next to 20 years to our
savors who have been sacrificed all bos down to one
simple question Would majority OF these tney coua now
speak, rather have their and IN
cold stone and metal in public projects that Will help TO
better world for which they srove and gave forth
in the fullest measure.
ntlnued raseF
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-02-09
THE COURT PACKING BILL

three are attorneys for Anaconda,
Montana Power and for many insur-
ance companies and railroads. No
one can appraise the bill without read
ing it carefully about dozen times.
attempt a sketch 1t proposes that
the Constitution be amended to pro-
vide:
"On and after December Is, 1916, all
justices of the supreme court, and all
district judges, shall be appointed in
the first place by the governor of the
state of Montana, from a list of NOM
inees selected by the judicial commits
sion, which shall consist of seven
members, each of whom shall take
and subscribe the Constitutional oath,
and shall be constituted as follows:
The president of the State Bar Asso-
citation, Harry Crippen), the senior
district Judge in point of service in
the state, the immediate past presi-
dent of the State Bar Association,
(Bill Jamieson), the dean of the Law
School of the university of the state
of Montana, which four shall select
III &C ObACi do lOliOWo. OuC
labor (open shop or I'M
ion), one representing agriculture
(cattle rancher or head of the ACM
model smoke farm under the Big
one representing industry
(small business man, or Montana
Power, or ACM?) and when a
vacancy occurs in the office of chief
justice, associate justice, or district
Judge (they will all be vacant Deem
Der Is, 1916 if this becomes law, the
judicial commission shall certify three
nominees for each office to be filled,
to the governor, who must appoint one
of the three for the office.
(Since Judge Lynch recently made
the Anaconda pay s46,00000 for a
school house undermined by the COM
pany, they do not like him, and have
written in a clever way of eliminating
him). CAS- senior judge he would be
on the commission.) The judicial
may not nominate one of
its members for an appointment by
The governor.
The State Bar Association Cor COM
pany clerk composing this proposed
law should study grammar. Its avowed
Continued on Page Four)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-02-09
SOME DEMOCRATIC ASPECTS
OF THE IVA
Address by PAUL MEADOWS Montana State University
Before the Montana MvA Association February 4, 1916

economy in which government = all
government - and business and the
people could work together in part
nership for regional development.
Here, then is a new kind of democ-
racy, a new kind of grass roots" de-
mocracy: a regional partnership of
people and government. The only
fear the people of the Tennessee have
had of the IVA is that this partner
ship might be wrecked by outsiders
Here in Montana and elsewhere in
the Missouri Valley there is some fear
that this partnership will ever be
established. There must be some
thing peculiar in Montana which has
made us SO fearful of this new, demo-
cratic tool for a new, democratic job:
regional self development.
Is the IVA a democratic method?
Is it action "by" the people?
The fight which the proponents of
the old make upon prophets of the
new makes it difficult to say always
Continued Page Three)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-02-09
BY LoWNDES MAURY

The State Bar Association, run by
insurance company and other corpora
ton lawyers and their clerks, for sc
years, has by acting as brake on
all progress, done much to make the
ordinary citizen distrust the lawyers
as a class. But in proposing House
Bill 145 for a Constitutional amend
ment to put every judge of the su
preme court and districts courts out
of office on December Is, 1916, and
fill all the vacancies by appointment
of Sammy Ford, the Priests of the
Golden Calf, posing as a Bar associa-
ton, have shown more ignorance of
the safeguards of government by the
people than high school children.
Not content with packing the Pri-
mary Election laws for election of
judges, this erudite aggregation of
pussy footers for the Grand Alliance
of insurance racketeers, chain bank
sters, mines, power, gas, railroads,
bus lines, telephones, chain stores,
would boldly blast down the capstone
of the Arch, i.e., "The powers of the
government of this state are divided
into three distinct departments: The
Executive and Judicial ;"
Sec. 1, Article u, Montana Constitu-
ton
The Anaconda, leader of the Bund,
having recently purchased the gov
at probably more than $780,
10000, collected from other corpora
tons, their allies, and Mr.. Weir Mr..
Lamey, Mr. Teddy, of the Rocky
Mr.. Pete, of the NJ. & NJ,
by the votes of women, (45,000 of our
men are at war;, propose to cash in
on their investment.
The citizens may Judge whether this
house bill is an Anaconda measure or
not. A call for. a Silver Bow County
Bar meeting about this bill 145
brought good attendance on February
3rd. After discussion, a resolution
against it, and to notify the legisla-
ture of the hostility to it by lawyers
Of this county, was made. The only
talk for the bill was by an attorney
Tor that company. On the standing
vote, the resolution overwhelmingly
carried Three stood up for the bill,
and against the resolution. These
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-02-09
ON THE MARGIN
By BOB
By BOB

Your editor claims that he doesn't
but facts. However, on some occa-
sions in the past he has asked me to
contribute a column, and / must con-
fess that | don't always tell only
things that | could at any time and
without difficulty prove in court. |
have been honest with your editor
about this. But | may say in justi-
fication of myself, that l claim to have
ljust about as much regard for verify
as the editor and he knows it well.
So what | say in this column now,
or in the future, will be true to the
extent that the information in items
presented, comes from responsible
sources. And when what | say is an
expression of opinion, it is not only
mine but supported by the same views
of many others.
Item No.
The University of Montana Alumni
Association threw feed at the Mon
tana Club this week, and the old grads
had spread themselves to the extent
of inviting the members of the Mon
tana legislature to be their guests.
To at least one of the legislators it
became a memorable evening; as
memorable, no doubt, as a horrible
nightmare with possible future recur-
rences can be. The story is this:
Dr. Melby, president of the univer-
sity was the principal speaker and
after his speech, the POSTMASTER or
master of ceremonies invited ques-
tions. One alumnus quizzed DR.. Mel
by about the condition of the forestry
department and was rather critical of
some conditions at the university.
The discussion reverted to lack of fl
nances as one of the reasons, at least,
for any deficiencies existing at the
institution.
Ralph Bricker, one of the represent
atives from Cascade county, the home
county also of the quizzing alumnus,
arose and launched into a prolonged |
explanation of the difficulties the leg
islature had to meet to find funds for |
all of the needs and demands of the |
university and other state institutions. |
The alumnus gave him courteous at |
tention, but when Mr.. Bricker had ex-
hausted his store of explanations, the |
grad is reported to have said to him:
Ralph, do you expect to come to the |
legislature another timer" to which |
Mr.. Bricker replied that he did not
The alumnus Ia prominent member
of Brokers own political party then
assured Mr.. Bricker that he would |
never again have the opportunity.
that this, did not make
Mr.. Bricker happy
Item No.
A representative from FIatfead |
Neil Parker (the editor tells
me in his mellifluous manner that
Parker is an "erstwhile liberal'') made
a speech last Sunday in support of
House Joint Resolution No 1, oppos-
ing the MVA. l wish Mr.. Parker
could have listened to himself The
Continued ON Page Eour)
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/
One of the most common objections
to the proposed MVA arises out of the
supposed undemocratic character of
the IVA. One is advised editorially
by the Montana press that democracy
is at stake if the MVA, patterned
after the IVA, is established.
OF course, the Montana hearts
which now bleed for democracy are,
we suspect, far more interested in
other things than in democracy. But
since they have raised the question,
let us discuss it. Is a Valley Author
ity, Tennessee or Missouri, demo-
cratic?
Democracy is a term belonging to
the people. In the past we have often
confined its use to government alone.
Today the new democracy of the com
mon man is term belonging not to
government alone but to the whole
society: democracy is society "of''
the people, "by" the people, "for" the
people. Today "the people" are the
test and sooner or later everything
comes to the court of the people. And
when the people become important in
Lincoln's classic dictum is our three
fold test of democracy. Is it "for"
the people? Is it "by" the people?
Is it "of" the people?
The IVA, said President Roosevelt,
was intended to raise the standards
of life by increasing social and eco
nomic advantages in a given area"
There were in the Tennessee Valley
many devices for achieving this end.
Some belong to private business, but
not all; some to local government,
but not all; and others to the federal
but not all. Until the
advent of the IVA there was no
method by which these agents of pop
ular well-being could be brought to-
gether in order that they might work
in concert with each other in a given
area How important that is can be
seen in the Missouri valley: there
are here in our own valley some 30
odd federal agencies. The Bureau of
Reclamation is only one of them, and
it makes no provision for cooperation
with any of the others. How ridic-
ulous it is to talk about the Sloan |
plan as plan for regional develop
ment when its own chief acknowl- |
edges that the Indian Service or the /
Forest Service-to cite only two pos
sibilities-had not been consulted in
The formulation of its plans!
The IVA was set up in order to
establish a regional economy in the
valley of one great river, a regional
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-02-09
POLL TAX DIES
in GEORGIA
By FRANK McCALLISTER
Southern Secretary, Workers
Defense League

Atlanta, Georgia (WDL) = Georgia
became the first one of eight south
ern states still requiring payment of
poll tax as prerequisite to voting
to become tax free. Tuesday, Janu-
airy 80, the Georgia house of repre-
sentatives concurred in the action
taken by the Georgia senate week
previously in voting to repeal the poll
tax as prerequisite to voting The
vote in the house was 141 to 81, and
in the senate was 81 to 10.
In one of the biggest reversals ever
recorded in state legislative history,
the Georgia house reversed itself after
voting previously in this session 106
to so against lifting the poll tax on
returning veterans.
Governor Arnall made a surprise
talk to joint session of the legis-
lature following this vote.
In his speech, the governor said,
I'm my judgment the poll tax is on
the way out. In my Judgment, it
serves no possible good and in my
judgment it should be eliminated"
The governor added that under the
Georgia constitution he had authori-
cation to suspend the tax until the
next meeting of the Georgia assembly,
and if the tax were not repealed he
would take this action
The campaign for repeal of the poll
tax in the eight southern states still
requiring it has been pushed by the
southern Electoral Reform League
and it's stae affiliates. The Georgia
Electoral Reform League has been
very active in Georgia for the past
year carrying on a campaign of edu-
cation among newspapers and organ
zed groups of the state.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-02-09

while their meeting was in
progress, the reactionary, cor
poration controlled majority in
the Montana legislature would
(and did) pass House Joint
Memorial No. 1, opposing a
Missouri Valley Authority.
Plans discussed included financing
of an educational campaign and the
organization of county units with mill
tant leadership to carry to the people
factual information to offset the eff
forts of the corporations to deceive
the Montana people into thinking that
an MVA is some peculiar instrument
of potential dictatorship instead of
responsible corporation operating I'M
der the laws of their own government
and completely responsible to their
representatives in the congress. Def
mite steps to follow out the decisions
of the meeting were later taken by
the executive committee of the or
ganiZatiOn.
Encouraging reports of progress in
the sentiment for an MVA among the
people of the state came from many
of those present
Charles Cotter, was selected as per-
ecretary-treasurer by the ex-
ecutive board, Mrs. Pat Gilfeather
having resigned because of pressure
Of other work
The executive committee is sched-
lled to meet again later this month. |