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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-12-21
Peace and Abundance League
Guest Editorial

interests do not constitute the only factor opera
American history but they furnish the best key FOL
interpreting political history.
AS far back Colonial times the conflict was sharp be-
tween two distinct sets described for example
in "The Tree of Liberty by Elizabeth Page Along
the Atlantic seaboard the chief towns the merchants
the arocracy in close touch with England the bankers In
the fronersmen the pioneers lovers OF liberty like
Patrick Henry and Thomas Jefferson.
and equality have dominated the Frontier which
is the wesprng of democracy Shortly after the Civil ar
corporation became the dominant unit in economic e
and rapidly corporations combined into consultations
trusts, pools and holding companies
Seeing their brthright of freedom vanishing citizens of
the Middle Far West raised howl They proposed
upon the theory of fiat They called for
'ree silver and bimetallsm Farmers organized The Pop
uist Party fourshed. William Jennings Bryan added his
eloquence.
viewed manifestations with cynical interest Radicals
crackpo of wild ackases did to enven our ma
tona fe perhaps whenever the danger of revolution
threatened could be found to the vested interests
called in to turn the tide and corporation
protected Big Business against surgg
but imperfectly organized forces of democracy
Various efforts to organize and consolidate the people
against improperly called WalStree met with
of but lack OF sound economic thinking and
of competent leadership fatal
At this uncture trained economist and brilliant thinker
William E. Zeuch, launched abundanceforall move
He drew up National Abundance Bill embodying his
happened that Oscar Amernger busy
writing his autobiography and the American Guardian
without specific and definite issue So Amer
Zeuch temporarily charge of the Zeuch
formed Board of Trustees of himself Amernge and Dr.
Shadid founder of the Community Hospital at Elk City, Okla
and Abundance Clubs up all over the country
story of what caused the collapse has been fully
told Guardian suddenly dropped the subject
making to it. The Second World War Dr.
Zeuchs health failed him.
Several efforts have been made to revive the movement
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-12-21

dollars profit co-ops are
paying for their money than the does
addition the have paid than $50 100000 the
principal than 0O0000 of which paid before
date.
And what about REA not paying taxes? Let's look the
right here state In 1914 the REA co-ops
this state paid into the state treasury ST. 84 in and
their federal exceeded $4,000 In addition than
100000 invested in bonds.
AS for the REA being appendage of the Democratic
party made up of revoutonss will invite anyone to
take trip REA hghne and stop off of the
it You will find many others have
found the Republican party probably gets the majority
of the votes that cast
But the important feature of the REA is that
it bringing the blessings of the miracle juice into the life of
drudgery farmers families endured the
past brings through the farmers initiative at prices
afford And the savings left at home in
the community further enrich his life rather than being
Wall Street be used for sabes and mousnes
by some holding company executive.
These are the facts about REAFrom The Capital Times
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-12-21
REA's Splendid Record

From time to time The Capital Times receives propaganda
from either directly connected with the private utilities
inspired by Them which seeks to the splendid work
being done by the Rural Electrification.
These attacks the usual of all such insdious
propaganda They characterized by distortion hafruths
outright misrepresentation Their thesis that REA is
gigantic organization established and maintained at the
of the taxpayer for the sole of delivering farm
voices for the Democratic party.
The electrical pictured eeches distributing
electrical the nations farmers at huge cost to the
taxpayers The whole REA painted colossal
failure by the trust propagandists Coop members
tax evaders and reds
So the refan-the refrain that part of the
trusts revazed program to the public power gains
made by this country during the New Deal There is only
way this hysterca Goebbezng That is to rect
the facts REA's record.
What of the charge that RA has failed to provide
for American farms? Let's look the facts In 1885 when
REA established only 900 of Americas almost 7000
900 farms receiving electric power from central stations
years REA added sos farms highlnes This
almost twice the private utilities had hooked
the SO years previous to REAs establishment
What of REs financial record? Is costing the taxpay
ers money to keep REA going Look at the records REA
co-ops selfamorzng projects The federal government
has advanced to assist the formation and main
tenance of the co-ops
That lent at original interest rate of from
2 to per cent Congress has reduced to
cent To date the have paid thegovernment S44
interest payments of which more than seven mon
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-12-21
THE OLD SO AND
SO SAYS:

Governor Sam C. Ford told a Repub-
lican gathering in Billings early this
month that he was opposed to the
proposed loan to Britain. 1T will i'm
poverish u.s., said the governor BE
sides, they would spend the money on
Socialistic schemes"
The proposed loan amounts to the
cost of the war, to us, for Is days.
Had it not been for the heroic stand
of the British Hitler would today. al
most certainly, be the undisputed mas
ter OF Europe, the possessor of the
atomic bomb and capable of sending
jet-propelled planes across the Allan
tic, under radio control, loaded with
the deadliest of bombs or gases.
Pretty picture? Some Americans
talk as if it would have suited them
better than victory, so long as we kept
out of the war.
And Socialism?
Yes they are Matchmaking the Bank
OF England, but paying the stockhold-
ers in their own money What about
our own Federal Reserve system?
True, they are buying up the coal
mines and building houses for the
homeless, for those whose homes were
destroyed during the blitz, but again
using their own money, not American
dollars, for these purposes. Enough
TO make one just shudder, itsn't it?
Threatens constitutional government
right here in America!
But what puzzles the Old So and
So is that Herbert BrownelI .Jr.. chair
man OF the Republican national COM
mlttee, announced from Chicago that,
in the main, Republicans in congress
would support the loan.
Could it be that Senator Wheeler
Will oppose his party again and that
explains why our governor must also
oppose his?
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-12-21
Such Sudden Change

According to reports daily corporation press Gov
Fords sudden for the condition of Montanas
the low salaries of the teachers also
causing distress to Fred Bennon and his Montana Taxdodges
please Taxpayers Association Could it be that
have held sort of conference and decided
that the golden time to have sales tax imposed
protective against increase of taxes on the
poraons supporting them boh The timing Of Fords pro-
posa sales and the report of Bennon grief the
of teachers and possible lack of funds for school
purposes to be too perfect to have Just happened
Scanning of the bulletins of the Montana Txpayers Asso
past fails to disclose any
about the condition of school finances In the bulletin OF De-
cember 1913, we read the following:
In inquiries directed to the State Superinten
of Public Instruction. Miss Ireland replied under date OF
October 49, 1913
'The schools of Montana rather well off at this time
have than they have had for due to
the fact that many delinquent taxes were paid.
It not for schools to make evies IN
order maintain school for the coming The schools
cash basis To the best of my knowledge no
school Montana in recent has had to close school
lack of funds
From the state office was learned that the legislature
has provided equalization fund of 100000 for each
since 944 to take care districts unable maintain good
school without extremely high evies That this
has been adequate evident from the fact that IN
1941 was expended from this fund $81 $50 while
194243 only required that in two years.
reverted to the public school general fund for dis
trbuon all the schools on classroom unit basis
In the same Bulletin Bennon took issue with
statement that had been made by Dr. Meby that salaries
paid professors institutions of higher learning were
too cites the salaries paid and the tabuaton lists
who paid the staggering of from $1,000
$1,000 annually Heading this abuation is the caption
written by Bennion "Are These Poor Salaries?"
Perhaps Mr. Bennon can explain his expressed concern
now over finances and teachers salaries when in
Bulletin for September last he carried the following
headlines:
estate Finances Best in Montana History,
cover Sc 900 Cash Balance in State General and Uni
versity FUND.-,
estate Property Taxes Lowest Since 1920,
estate Bonded Debt Cut Fifty Per Cent in Ten Years.
Referring the statement in the Bulletin for December,
943 following the letter of the State Superintendent of Public
Instruction. printed above Mr. Bennon remarks the ade
ouacy equalization fund.- and how well the schools
Of Now uppong for instance that proper renta
rates lands leased for grazing fixed
which would increase of annual income of at least
100000 year, would that not remedy conditions Messrs
Ford and Bennion? And suppose that levied property
tax purposes? And suppose that increased
tax rates net income?
Perhaps things DONE the grief of Governor
the Montana Taxdodgers Association the cond
ton the states school finances would be assuaged
We'd like have statement from Governor Ford on this
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-12-21
WAS CHRISTMAS EVE OF 1916

stools in the eat joints were occupied
chamber of commerce in body and
/ told Junior they did not want any
new INDUSTRIES" they had all they
could handle, and were entitled to all
the gravy they could absorb, after a
prolonged spell of business malnutri
ton.
The Company Society of Irksome Lii
abilities resolved to go to work.
The Press Club met in liquid SEES
sion and unanimously changed its
name to Writers Guild, and each mem.
Der was obligated to bring his own
quart to meetings.
The Company presented each of its
employees with a big fat turkey, gar
nished with cancelled red stamps.
The Society of Newspaper Managers
resolved to print all the news fit to
print, with reservations in the public
interest.
The Hon. S. Clarence Ford and the
Hon. Buzz Wheeler promised not to
oppose the MVA, if they were let in on
the ground floor (Not to be confused
with the Sixth Floor.
The A. F. L., the c. |. o., the U. NJ
w, and General Motors, United States
Steel and the Ford dynasty joins
hands, danced around Prexy Truman,
and played Postoffice.
The congress of senators and repre-
sentatives. recessed indefinitely, with
out curtailing the rights of Industry
to gain profits with no ceilings, and
the rights of Labor to raise wages,
and to strike or not to strike.
Could it be?
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-12-21
By B. SMITH, Butte. Mont.

Recently | was on trip up north
for a rest period, like those other
non-producers- Cornelius Free
hand Kelly, Mr.. J. Resources Hobbins,
Mr.. Dan Mutacious Kelly, and the
Hon. Buzz Wheeler
While up there (Kalispell, to be ex-
act), | saw millions upon millions of
Christmas trees, stretched out along
the late Jim Hills railroad tracks.
Coming back to The Richest Hill on
Earth" | found the Main Stems
showered with Christmas trees, artis-
tically and brilliantly lighted by cleo
trio bulbs furnished by the Montana
Power company, at the request of our
own Mayor Barry O'Leary.
Upon investigation it appears that
there were no objections from the OPP
Grating Authority Six Blocks up in
the Hennessey building.
Securing a grant of moo juice, l re-
tired to my igloo on West Galena, and
had the following most pleasant
dream
Christmas morn the Santa Claus
trees were loaded down with grant
of the wage demands of the men who
work under and on top of the Hills"
with the compliments of Messrs. Kelly,
Hobbins and Kelly.
Also the Hon. Buzz Wheeler prom
ises to have the atomic bond applied
to Joe Stain where it would do the
most good.
The news was flashed around the
state, and presently the empty stalls
in the flop houses began to fill up, the
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-12-21

! This is the third frame-up in my ex
perience. Each one has tried to "la,
me-" as Mencken expresses it, fol
destruction or attempted destruction
OF property. In 1921 it was a huge
tent i'll which q religious meeting was
il progress. In 1880 it was neigh
boris house What it is in 1915 nc
one will tell me. But whatever story
the morons are blabbing, it is theil
story; let them prove it. Whatever
proof os wrongdoing they clam &c
have against me is of their own manu-
facture and provides an index to their
ethical standards, not mine; let them
submit it to authorized examination.
II the proper authorities feel that any.
thing exists to Justify proceedings
inst me, l dem lnl immediate trial.
If no such thing exists, as indeed it
cannot, then I demand that this idi.
otto persecution be stopped instantly,
entirely, forever 1t must be stopped.
Life in the midst of a crossfire of
spite which never slackens is simply
mpcssible. If the law cannot or will
not protect law-abiding family from
utter outrage, | shall assume that /
have the right and the inescapable
obligation to take whatever steps be-
come necessary.
Let no reader of these lines imagine
that the matter does not concern him
No man is an island, said John Dome
i'll the now familiar Devotion :" every
man is part of something LARGER,
part Of mankind. Mankind itself is
and each of it's parts is
diminished, by the death or destruc-
ticn OF any man. Surely this is no
less true when he is done to death
by willful injustice. Besides dimin-
ishing all decent humanity, his death
then magnifies the forces of evil and
the arm which will the
sooner strike down anothe victim.
Therefore never send to know for
whom the bell tolls; il tolls for thee"
Ii the campaign against us were to
succeed, the forces which have always
sought to outlaw any questioning of
their divine right of dictatorship
would have developed and tested a
method which, with slight adaptations,
could and would be used again and
again to dispose of troublesome op-
)onents.
JOHN STAHLBERG.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-12-21
THE LAPPS, A LESSON
IN EVOLUTION

Above the Arctic Circle in North
Scandinavia is the homeland of the
Lapps with total population of about
$500 divided into three groups, the
nomads the fishers and the hunters.
Scientists claim there is a distant re-
lationship between them and the va
kuts, Mongolians and Firms, but all
we really know is that they have in
habited the present regions since be-
fore written history. The nomad
tribes live in tents following their
reindeer herds from summer in the
mountains of Norway to the low lands
of Sweden for winter grazing.
Generally speaking, they are in
clined to be dirty, wearing the same
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-12-21
Sure, War Contractors Are Satisfied

When worker is longer needed to produce mate
rails he is paid off and discharged But that isn't the proceed
followed with contractors.
Robert H. Hnckley director of contract settlement
phaszed the difference treatment in report to
showing that since the end of the $2500 900 has been
paid in settlement of contracts and that $4,000 900
will be paid before the end of the year.
That than the profits of all corporations in their
most prosperous
Contractors have expressed their satisfaction Hnckley
declared and why not? 1t might be asked-From Labor.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-12-21
1T TOLLS FOR THEE

|
For six months the fascists of Mis-
soula have been waging a viciously
criminal campaign against me and my
family. The campaign has taken the
form of SANDER, but the crime at its
heart is murder and conspiracy tc
murder Murder is what they intend
multiple murder is what they are ac
complishing What is more damning
it is no crime of impulse; it is murder
carefully and patiently planned, steI
by step, for five cold-blooded years
They first threatened me five years
this pogrom they actually couched
their threats in the plain Technology
of murder A wealth of evidence sup
ports what | say.
This is the last attempt l shall make
to reach the understanding and the
common humanity of the people
among whom we live l write it for
the simplest reasons. l do not want
to be destroyed and see my family de-
stroyed to anoint the vanity and graft
fly the malice of any person or group.
cannot consent to see my wife driven
into a madhouse by horror of what is
happening to me, or allow Damocles'
sword of insane suspicious and unre-
solved threats to be suspended over
the heads of my children, ready to fall
whenever envy or enmity or plain de-
pravity chooses.
We are native Americans, born and
reared in the West and Midwest. This
is our country We scrupulously abide
by it's laws; we scrupulously discharge
whatever duties it gives us to do; we
pay taxes to support it's system of JUS
tice. We must have some rights I'M
der that justice.
Please get one thing straight: 1t
is not l who have gone about pretend
ing to be saint. God knows I have
made mistakes and God knows l have
paid bitterly for them. But l invite
the same God to strike me dead this
instant if I have so much as dreamed
of committing the imbecile offenses of
which l have been accused. There
hofO OOOL IiiilCo Ill lily liz WnOH L
may have done some fellowman
wrong. For this l offer no excuse
when wrong has been done, mini
mum decency demands not that it be
justified but that it be repaired There
have been times when l have known
desperate difficulty in meeting my OBJ
legations. But if any man today feels |
wronged through any fault of mine, |
let him show me wherein the wrong |
consists and l will redeem it. If any
man can show that 1 owe him one
cent, let him present his bill-.o me,
hough; not to some confirmed sniff
'er at other peoples chamber potsl-
md it shall be paid. And if it can be
by any wild convulsion OF
antasy that l owe debt to society
hat bloody-handed, cheap-minded, rot
en-hearted blasphemy which has done
lothing but Cypress and prosecute,
Under and betray, murder and MAIN
he best men in history, from Jesus
~ then l claim the right to pay that
ebt as well.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-12-21

At the most promising that nauguated and directed
by George Campbell P. O. Box 1874, Seattle II, Wash He
began by seeking the advice and cooperation of
nected with the original movement From this little
and assistance materazed So convinced
he that the plan sound and timely that he worked the
bill adapt it conditions and set about organizing
his He has had experience in political organization
and has liking for it. He refused to be rushed the
forming the result of months of thought and work
Mr. Campbell Director General and he is all that the title
implies He knows what he wants. and how it. Leader
ship the need of the There also be loyal and
intelligent followers The
promise of large and important service.
JOHN C. CREAMERY.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-12-21

Difficulty is severe instructor, set
over us by the Supreme guardian and
legislator, who knows us better than
we know ourselves, and loves us bet
ter, too. He that wrestles with us
our nerves and sharpens
our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.
Burke.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-12-21
OPINIONS OF READERS

communications this heading
with opinions
discussed at effectively letters will
withheld
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-18
OPTICIANS PLAN
S0FTBALL TEAM

The City Optical Co. announced
plans last night to sponsor team
in the Municipal Softball League
this year, and disclosed the names
of 10 players on the roster this
year.
Manager of the team this year
will be Louis Keith, succeeding
co-captains Roy Cook and Frank
Mccall, who took the team to the
State Championships in Gastonia
last year. The team is to be re-
membered for the record game of
Is innings with the Camp Davis
team at Robert Strange park last
season.
Those players already signed for
the team this year are Elmer Chg
Boe) Bohannon, Robert Shipp,
Amos Howard, Oliver Smith, Neil
Cockerham, Roy Cook, Frank Nc
Call, W. S. McKeithan, Burney
(Barefoot) Covington, Shuney Brit
tain, Rudy Gieschen, Ed Urbon,
Red Pierce, Carl Erickson, Al
(Slugger) Brown, Walter Vim,
Red Sparrow, Fred Grotgen and
Leon Thomas.
Johnny Edens, Lloyd Keylor and
Hubert Bohannon, who played with
the Opticians last year, are now
in the armed forces.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-18
Basketball Fever Hits
Denver AS Contestants
Prep For AAU Tourney

DENVER, March 17-(P)-Bas.
ketbau fever scared in Denver to-
night on the eve of the opening
of the national A. A. q. tourna-
ment and speculation was rife as
to who, if anyone, could block
the Phillips sc clubs drive for a
third successive national champ
ionship.
Pvt. Gale Bishop, the nations
leading scorer with more than L.
900 points in 43 games, led his
Fort Lewis, Wash, warriors into
town today as fans weighed
chances of service team to wealth
err the rocky path to the tourney
finals next Saturday night.
Two Army teams, Fort Lewis
and Fort Francis E. Warren, Wyo.,
were among the eight seeded
quintets, but tourney veterans still
string along with Phillips of Bart
lesville, Okla, in the favorite' S
post.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-18
VINO RULE VEXES
BASEBALL CARS

WASHINGTON, March 17-P)-
One of basebalrs vexing manpow-
err problems - involving players
who leave .off-season wartime en-
ployment to return to the diamond
is officially before the War Man.
power Commission.
The principal point is whether
such players need certificate Of
availability to 60 back to the game.
An intensive study of the situa-
ton was begun by the VINO after
the Cleveland regional office
brought it to head. A decision
will be announced shortly. 1t could
affect substantial number of play
ers, including many key men.
Edward L. keenan,, manpower
director for Ohio, Michigan and
Kentucky, requested a national
VINO ruling on availability of such
players, and remarked that base
ball men may be like school teach
ers.
A bona fide teacher, under VINO
regulations, may accept other en-
ployment during vacation periods,
and return to teaching without a
referral card from the United
States employment service.