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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-04-05
POLITICAL
PATTER

Interest in the senatorial race thi
year holds the center of the stage
and speculation on an opponen
against Senator Wheeler holds thu
spotlight of public attention every
where in the state.
OF the prospective candidates whose
names were carried in the poll recent
ly conducted by The Voice, all but tive
appear to have faded out of the view
as possibilities. Mansfield has an
nounced his candidacy for reelection
to congress from the first district
John Bonner and Art Lamey have boil
of them told friends that they are no
going to be in the race against Wheel
err, and it is not probable that Pau
Cannon will be. This leaves only Lei
Erickson and Hugh Adair of the grouI
as remaining possibilities.
Close friends of Left Erickson state
that they are certain he intends tC
announce his candidacy for the U. S
Senate as soon as his service on the
railroad fact finding board is terrni-
mated. They state that they are sure
he will announce his intention to file
or may file as candidate about the
23rd or oath of this month.
No decisive statement of Adair's in
tentions has been forthcoming rela-
tive to his intentions, from his friends
1t is not likely that Justice Adair will
file since Erickson intends to get into
the race against Wheeler. Such action
would be very definitely in favor of
Wheeler's candidacy for reelection.
On the republican side of the fence,
Colonel Dawley of Great Falls and
Pauly, sheep-man and banker of Deer
Lodge are said to be aspirants for
the senatorial toga. Dan Milestone,
national committeeman of the repub-
lican party has also been mentioned
as a possible candidate. Mr.. Whet-
stone would probably lack the support
of the Ford wing of the republican
party, as would any other strong can
didate, il being clear that Ford will
be devoted to the cause of Senator
Wheeler and will use his influence for
his reelection. 1t is evident that Mr.
looks with distinct disfavor
and justifiably so, on this departure
of Governor Ford's from party fealty.
Whether or not, the Ford segment of
the party is strong enough to get only
a token" candidate on the republican
ticket in anticipation of Wheeler's
on the democratic ticket,
remains to be seen.
Two democrats have announced
their intention of seeking the nomina-
ton for congress-; Mansfield in the
first district, and Johnny Holmes in
the second. Both of them should be
strong candidates. D'Ewart will I'M
be a candidate for re-elec-
ton in the second district and will
have the blessing Of the large corpora
tons. No very well-founded rumors
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Union Membership
Pays Dividends
To Workers

A United States supreme court de-
cision last week involving the Ford
Motor company and an employee, JOS
eph Nierotko, marked the final phase
of a legal battle in which the CLIO Auto
Workers Union won back jobs for
1900 Ford workers and $2,600,000 in
back pay, according to JAW Ford Di-
rector Richard Leonard.
The fight, led by JAW Attorney
Maurice Sugar, started in 1886 with
the discharges. The JAWS 1871 strike
and NLRB action brought reinstate,
ment then with back pay.
The union then went to bat to win
equitable adjustments of income taxes
on the back pay and guarantee that
Social Security protection would be
awarded the workers during the period
Of their discharge.
The supreme court decision last
week will increase the amount of the
workers old-age benefits and will
make it possible for the widows of
workers who died to collect benefits.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-04-05
Decisions Of State
Supreme
Court

March 19-Jess &. Van Voast v.
Blaine County, n. D. Heibert, as Treas
urer of said county, M. H. Skones and
Tina Skones. Appealed from Blaine
County, Chinook. Justice Hugh R. Ad-
air prepared the majority opinion. JUS
tice Edwin K. Cheadle concurred spe-
cially. Justices G. F. Morris and Al
bert H. Angstman dissented separ-
ately.
Facts: Plaintiff brought suit against
Blaine County, H. d. Heibert as treas
urer of said county, and M. H. Skones
and his wife seeking to have declared
void the tax deed to the county of a
particular piece of land and the con-
tract of sale entered into by the coun-
ty with the defendant Skones, and
to have plaintiffs title to said land
quoted The principal issue was
whether the plaintiff who had no right
or title of record was an occupant of
the land at the time the county issued
notice of tax sale and thus was enti-
tied to notice. The plaintiff had prior
to this time been in possession of the
land by virtue of an unrecorded lease
from the owner of record. This lease
had expired before the county gave
notice of tax sale but plaintiff claims
he had remained in occupancy as
tenant at will The trial court, in find
ing for the defendant, held that the
acts of the plaintiff following the term
nation of his lease were not such as
to constitute him an occupant.
Held: The court held that "occu-
pant" under section 2209 Revised
Codes, which required that occupant
be given notice, meant an actual, visi-
BILE occupant and that, as there was
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period of the Handel-held lease there
was production from three shallow
wells in the area Then in the sum.
mer of 1915 deep sand production was
found Immediately south of the 200
acres in question.
AS a result of the newly-found deep
sand crude, spirited bidding featured
the lease sale at the December 1915
land board meeting, with the Central
Exchange finally winning with rec
ord bid of $3.50 an acre on one 40-acre
tract and paying almost $4,000 more,
in all, than the minimum rental for
the entire 200 acres.
The high courts decision was based
solely on the question of when the
Handel company, as prior lessee, was
required to exercise its right to match
the high bid.
Appeared One Week Late
Handel representatives appeared be-
fore the state land board approximate
ly one week after the public auction,
but before the lease was issued, to
proffer a check equalling that put up
by the Farmers Union, contending it
had the right to exercise its prefer
ence at any time before the board
acted formally.
The states case was built on the
fact it was the boards practice to re-
quire a preferential right holder to
exercise his option at the time of the
auction. Handel attorneys here ar
gued that the custom was based on
agricultural land leases, there having
been no previous case in which there
was competition for an oil lease up
for renewal.
Associate Justice A H. Angstman,
who wrote the majority opinion, held
"a that since the statute does not say
cised fixing of the time is left to the
board and ~ there is no justification
for one rule applicable to oil and gas
lands and another for grazing and
agricultural lands.
Justice Hugh r. Adair signed the
majority opinion and Justice C. F.
Morris wrote a special concurring
opinion. Justice E. X. Cheadle dis
sented Chief Justice Howard A. John
son, spending his last day on the
bench, did not sign.
Legal Speed Record
Something of a speed record in legal
circles was set in this case, with less
than four months having elapsed from
the time of the sale until the final
court decision. The way is now open
lor the Central Exchange oil division
% start drilling as soon as equipment
ian be installed on the grounds.
Securing of the lease and the getting
If the field into production, according
% CE Division Manager Peter A.
Thompson, will provide much of the
rude necessary to operate the Co
,perative's 10,OOO-barrel refinery at
laurel.
Handel Asks Rehearing
1t was announced yesterday by at
orneys for the Handel Oil company
hat they would seek a rehearing of
heir appeal to the supreme court in
/ final effort to reverse the state land
boards granting of 200-acre oil land
ease to the Central Exchange oil d.
yision. The appeal was based on the
that the courts decision of
March 30 repealed state preference
statutes.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-04-05
HARVESTER union AGAIN SEEKS
TO SETTLE |MPL EMENT STRIKE

The National Harvester Council of
the United Farm Equipment & Metal
Workers of America, CLIO has pro-
posed the following plan in another
attempt to seek an immediate settle
ment of the Harvester strike:
To help meet the critical food pro-
duction program the Union proposes
the following interim agreement for
settlement of the dispute and resump-
ton of farm equipment production in
the International Harvester company:
1. Those recommendations of the
Government Fact-Finding Panel, to
which the company now agrees, to be
placed into effect Immediately upon
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-04-05

the nunQreQS OF arClcIeS we
make in the factories where we
work.
When we get good wages we can
provide our families with the proper
food needed to produce good healthy
American citizens. When we get low
wages we have to eat bologna and
pigs feet instead of roasts, steaks and
pork chops. We don't like low wages
and we don't think the farmers want
us to get low wages, either, for then
their products drop in price and the
pinch is on the farmers, too.
During the war many workers got
pretty good wages. The farmers also
received a good price for their prod
ucts, mainly because the workers had
money with which to buy
AS workers we are interested in the
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-04-05
Farmers and Workers Must Stick
Together If They Are To Prosper

This of fraena greeting from of your
good customers the $1,000 Minnesota workers organized the
different trade unions affiliated with the Congress of Industrial
Organizations. We eat lot of your beef pork mutton poultry
dairy products and wheat We your wool
Half of the contents of envelopes spent
for food and fiber produce In turn the buyers of
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-04-05
MANY NON-CITlZENS IN
ARMED FORCES

The total number of non-citizen men
and women in the armed forces of
the United States who were natural
lied between March 27, 1912, and the
end of the fiscal year 1915 reached
Hips. Of these, 1887 were natural
lied while serving overseas.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-04-05
HAY UP 81 A TON

Price ceilings were increased by one
dollar a ton on hay, the OPA an
nounced March 20, effective on that
day. The increases affect all sales,
including retail sales.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-04-05
s. Million Now Employed As Industry
Breaks ALI Peacetime Records

again the old bunk being pedded by the NAM and
other "ongprofit ndustrass groups that the OPA the
greatest handicap to about production has been dsproved
OPA Administrator Paul A. Porter has simply
ndus production records of the postwar months
the smokescreen the hebent for initiation boys
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-04-05
SUPREME COURT UPH0LDS
Central EXCHANGES
right TO STATE OIL LEASE
200 Acres Involved in Potentially Rich Oh
Producing Land for Coop Refinery at
Laurel; Handel Company Asks Rehearing.

The right of the state land board lease 200
tenay rich oil land in the Cat Creek field to the Farmers
Union Central Exchange upheld by three decision
the Montana court last Saturday Associate Justice
H Angstman wrote the majority opinion, which
Cured Justices Hugh Adar and F. Morris
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on continuous trick operations.


2. Final and binding arbitration Of
all other contract issues not settled
in this interim agreement; the arbi
traitor to be selected by mutual agree
ment of the company and Union
If the parties ar<- unable to agree
upon an arbitrator within five days
after the date of this agreement, the
arbitrator is to be designated by the
Director of the United States Concili
alton Service.
8. Previous contracts between the
company and the Union, supplemented
by this interim agreement, to remain
in effect until new contracts are
signed
4. The terms of this interim agree
ment and the final and binding deci-
sion of the arbitrator to be Incorporate
ed into new contracts Immediately
upon the issuance of the arbitrator's
decision
Recognizes Production Need
In commenting on the Unions pro-
posal, Gerald Fielde, Director of the
Unions Harvester Council, said:
"The Union recognizes the impera-
tive necessity for the production of
farm machinery in the intensified food
production program. Our proposal is
intended to get the plants back into
immediate production and at the same
time protect the rights of Harvester
workers. 1t is an outrage and a ma
tional scandal that the arrogant and
unbending position of the Information
al Harvester company is permitted to
sabotage for 65 days a food produc-
ton program designed to save mil
lions from starvation"
With reference to reports of govern
ment seizure of the struck Harvester
plants, Grant w. Cakes, international
president issued the following state
ment:
"a Government Fact-Finding Panel
on February IS, made recommends
tons to end the strike. The Union i'm
accepted the panels recon-
If the company had ac-
cepted the recommendations at that
time the strike would have been over
more than month ago. The recon-
of the Fact-Finding Panel
still constitute a basis for settlement
of the strike"
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E. K. Cheadle dissented.
The Handel Oil Co., Roundup, win
ner in the district court, and holder
of the lease from 1923 to 1913, opposed
the granting of the lease to the Cen
trail Exchange During the 20-year
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-04-05

Rapidly rising prices and business toowed the 1918 ARMS
ce By 1920 prices high that people could not
them Then business sumped 5 million workers lost their jobs
100000 firms bankrupt Merchants farmers and industries
suffered inventory losses of SIC billion dollars $4,000 farmers
lost their farms.
Help keep this from happening again. Know the ceiling price of
everything you buy. Refuse pay more.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-04-05

resumption Of work as follows:
a. General wage increase of 18c
per hour to all employees, eff
fective as of the date of re-
sumption of work.
b. Uniform retroactive increase of
10 per cent effective October l.,
1915.
C. Vacations.
d. Premium pay for Sunday work
on continuous trick operations
Evening star., 1946-07-07
Ex-Chomps Aneott, Jack Offer
Nation Best Fight of Week
By George Huber

Washington becomes the boxing
capital of the country tomorrow
with Beau Jack and Sammy Angott,
both former world lightweight
champions. meeting in the best fight
of the week and what could be one
of the best held anywhere this
summer.
These two good little men met a
little over two years ago and fought
10-round draw at Madison Square
Garden Efforts to rematch them
were unsuccessful until Promoter
Goldie Ahearn grabbed it for Wash
ington. The distance is 10 rounds
and the fight will start around 10
o'clock
Jack, because of his speed and
youth probably will be a slight
favorite His busy, spectacular style
of fighting that makes him crowd
pleaser helps in this respect. He
bores in and with his elbows working
like pistons he pumps blows with
both hands all the time.
Angott Still Has Speed.
That style wears him down,
though, and in his matches since
being discharged from the Army last
September he has shown tendency
to run out of steam in the late going
This particularly was noticed in his
first fight against Johnny Greco last
February when they worked to a
draw He decisioned Greco in the
return in May
Angott is just the boy to take
advantage of late slowness. Sammy
is 81 years old and has been fighting
Evening star., 1946-07-07
AN-America Gridders
Announce So Games
For First Season
By the k..ocioted Presi

NEW YORK, July 6.-After more
than two years of planning and or
ganizing, the All-America Football
Conference. composed of teams in
Brooklyn, Buffalo, Chicago, Cleve-
land, Los Angeles Miami fla
New York and San Francisco, an
nounced today its first playing
schedule, a 56-game arrangement
opening Sept. 6 and closing Dec. %
with a championship playoff game.
Commissioner James H. Crowley
pronounced it perfect schedule
the best professional football has
ever seen, since it brings each of
our eight clubs in competition with
each other club twice
Each team will meet each other
team on home -and-home basis.
Sept. e. Miami at Cleveland nighu:
s, Brooklyn at Buffalo, New York at San
Francisco, IL, Brooklyn at Los Angeles
might. Cleveland at Chicago (night; "a,
at San Francisco; 90, Miami at Los An
eeles tnighD; New York at Chicago
might: 90, Brooklyn al San Francisco,
Cleveland at Buffalo; %. Buffalo at Chi
New York at Cleveland, San Francisco at
Chicago
Oct D. Los Angeles at Chicago fnight>.
New York at Buffalo might: 6, Brooklyn
at Cleveland; :, San Francisco at Miami
might: IL. Chicago at Brooklyn fhight,;
Miami ct Buffalo tnightD; 10, Cleveland
at New York (nighO; l3, San Francisco
at. Los Angeles; 8, Miami at Chicago
might. San Francisco at Buffalo .tnightl:
IA. Brooklyn at New York might 90,
Los Angeles at Cleveland: 25, Miami at
Brooklyn tnignO: 27, Chicago at Buff alo.
New York at Los Angeles. San Francisco
at Cleveland.
Nov ] Brooklyn at Chicago tnight); 9,
Los Angeles, Miami at New York; 10,
Francisco Los Angeles at New York: IL,
Chicago at Miami (night: Il. Chicago at
Cleveland Los Angeles at Brooklyn. San
Francisco at New York: is. Buffalo al
Miami (nighD "a. Buffalo at Cleveland,
Chicago at New York. San Francisco at
Brooklyn: % Los Angeles at Miami
tnieht: IS. New York at Brooklyn
(ThanksRivins): 80, Chicago at San Fran
cisco.
Dec. l. Buffalo at Los Angeles; ., Cleve-
land at Miami might: s. Cleveland at
Brooklyn, Los Angeles al San Francisco: q,
New York at Miami (nght: Is. Chicago
al. Los Angeles: 16, Brooklyn at Miami
might: %, championship game. winner
OF Eastern winner Of Western division
Evening star., 1946-07-07
Evans, 81, in Semis
OF Fast Golf Field
BY the Associofed Press

MEMPHIS, Tenn, July 6.-Chick
Evans, 57-year-old amateur golf
master of another era, outshot and
outlasted two young collegians to-
day to gain a semifinal spot in the
fast Colonial Country Club invi-
tation tournament.
The veteran Chicagoan was Joined
in the round of four by fellow
townsman, Wilfred Wehrle, whom
he will meet tomorrow morning and
by Don Schumacher of Dallas, Tex,
and Cary Middlecoff of Memphis,
who tangle in the other bracket.
Evening star., 1946-07-07
Hogan Gains Stroke
Lead as Columbus
Golf Wakes Hot
BY the Associated Press

COLUMBUS. Ohio. July g.
Ben Hogan of Hershey. Pa. whose
pockets already are bulging with al
most s25 900 in 1916 golf winnings
did just as expected today and
moved out front in the chase for the
$4,000 top money in the Columbus
Invitational Open Golf tournament
/ Little Ben rarely had bad mo-
ment as he fired a 4-under-par SO
for 36-hole total of 1873.
That was only one stroke better.
however, than Ray Hill of Akron.
Ohio, and Ed tPorky) Oliver of Will
mington, Del. who were tied for
second with l39 each in a tightly
packed field that had II players
within four strokes of each other.
Hill 32-year-old Army veteran
who is assistant to Herman Keiser
at Akron. Ohio, had the hottest
round of the tournament when he
blazed around the Columbus Coun-
try Club course in 66. six under par
and only stroke off the course rec
ord. That went with his first day
score of 70.
Oliver went four under par for a
80 on his outgoing trip but took
par 36 coming back for a 68 to go
with his first-round count of II.
The I40 bracket was jammed with
hot shot players. In that group
were Ray Mangrum, Amateur Frank
Stranahan, Jim Milward, Byron
Nelson and Jimmy Demaret,
Nelson, who had par 70 yester-
day, lived up to his announced in
tentions by shooting 68. Demaret.
playing with Nelson. also had a 68
TO 60 with his first-day round of 70.
Grouped at al were Johnny Pal
mer, Jim Ferrier and Toney Penna.
John Lewis of Philadelphia. who
fired SO to lead the field at the end
of the first round. skidded to a "A
today which gave him a 36-hole
total of 143
One of the days best comebacks
belonged to George Fazio of Los
Angeles. who won the Canadian
Open title last week. Fazio, who
had a dismal Is yesterday, shot a
68 to land in the l43 bracket.
Evening star., 1946-07-07

for 10 years. He's paced himself
well, however, and still can go 10
rounds at top speed. He isn't a
spectacular fighter as Jack is and
he doesn't waste lot of punches
but those he does toss all count.
He's good defensive fighter, too.
His defense isn't by running away.
but rather by expert blow blocking
and dodging and weaving, leaving
him in position for effective counters.
For all his 10 years of ring war
fare, Angott is no beatup fighter.
He's had only few more than 100
fights, less than many a boxer with
half his years in the ring. Jack is
Is years old and has been fighting
since 1910 and has had 10 fights.
incidentally, neither man ever has
been knocked out.
Both Regained Ring Crowns.
Angott was the first of the two to
win the world lightweight title,
defeating Lew jenkins in December.
l94l. The next year he retired as
undefeated champ, only to change
his mind and come back as chal-
lenger. Meanwhile, Beau Jack had
won the New York version of the
title, with a knockout of Tippie
Larkin. The National Boxing AS
sociation, in one of it's occasional
differences with New York. was
holding an elimination for the bau-
Bile. Angott won by beating Slugger
White in October of l943. The next
year he lost this NBA crown to Jean
zurita after he and Beau Jack had
fought their draw.
Jack, holding the New York YER
sion, lost to Bob Montgomery in
May of l943, and won it back in
December the same year. Came
March of 1914 and Montgomery won
it back.
Our prediction for tomorrow night
is Angott.
Evening star., 1946-07-07
Parker Easily Trims
Greenberg for Spot
In u. ). Net Final
Nv the Associated Press

RIVER FOREST, H.. July g.
National Champion frankie Parker
seeking his fourth meet title, hustled
into the final of the National Clay
Court Tennis Tournament today by
easily brushing aside veteran Sey-
mour Greenberg of Chicago, 60,
6-3, 60.
1t was an instance of Parker re-
versing rank" on the hard-trying
Greenberg, who was lieutenant in
the Army Air Force while the Los
Angeles ace was sergeant in the
same branch.
Greenberg. clay courts champion
in 1912 and 1943, was on the defen-
sive most of the way as Parker toyed
with his southpaW opponent to out
score him on placements, AZ to 20,
and on points, 106 to 81.
BY his triumph, Parker barged
into tomorrow final against De-
Tending Champion Billy Talbert of
Wilmington, Del, who yesterday
polished off Gardnar Mulloy of
Miami, Fla, in their seminal tussle
The feminine singles showdown
tomorrow will be between fourth
seeded Barbara Krase of San Fran
cisco, who today vanquished l9-year-
old Shirley Fry of Akron, Ohio, 6-3,
81, and Virginia Kovacs of Oak
land, Calf. who yesterday whipped
Marta Barnett of Miami. Fla, in
their semihnal clash.
Parker. winner of the clay courts
title in 1888 when he was 16 and
again in 1889 and l941. was under
wraps against Greenberg Frankie's
service was nonchalant but he turned
on the pressure at the net and time
and again outmaneuvered Greenberg
in the far court.
Greenberg led l to 0 in the second
set and 2 to in the 3rd set, the only
instances he set the mace
Evening star., 1946-07-07
Tigers Whip Browns
As Trout Bags No. 8
hy the Assoeioted prsss

DETROIT, July 6.-Helping them
selves to three unearned runs on
three st. Louis errors. the Detroit
Tigers whipped the Browns, to /.
today as Paul Dizzy) Trout hurled
a 4-hitter for his eighth victory.
Detroit collected only six hits off
Bob Muncrief and Ellis Kinder, who
pitched the eighth. but st. Louis
errors kept the game from being
close.
Muncrief's error led to the first
Tiger run in the second inning and
John Lucadello's boot cost two more
runs after two were out in the
seventh.
Three Of the Browns four hits
were punched in the third inning.
resulting in the only run off Trout.
who struck out seven men.
Third Baseman George Kell. with
three hits, drove in two Detroit runs.