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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-02-22
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and making of policies. There must
be discussion and study There must
be participation in caucuses, conven-
tions and public policy making meet
ing of every kind.
HOW DOES THE COUNCIL EN-
COURAGE THE USE OF DEMOCAT-
&c PROCESSES?
The first and foremost objective of
the local, county, and state organiza-
ton is to encourage citizens to regis
ter, to vote, to take part in getting
good candidates to run for office, to
study the issues, and principles at
stake, to take part in convention, and
above all to act on the level of issues
and principles rather than on the
basis of personalities. The very act
of joining up with an organization like
the Montana Council for Progressive
Political Action is a first step in the
direction of participation. At the
state, county, and local meetings there
proposed laws, and a search for can
didates who give promise Of carrying
out the general consensus of opinion.
is THE COUNCIL A POLITICAL
PARTY?
The council is non-partisan; non
sectarian, and asks no questions on
creed, color, or nationality.
WHY ANOTHER ORGANIZATIONS.
Party members are all too often
more concerned about party success
and party organization than they are
about providing for the needs and as
pirations of the people. There is need
for council which places issues and
principles above partisan politics and
personal likes and dislikes. There is
need for council to encourage bet
ter turnout at primaries and elections
irrespective of the voters party pref
erence. The not uncommon less-than-
so per cent turnout of the registered
voters is not a good sign of democrat
ic health And when we consider that
not all the eligibles register, the case
of democracy seems even more alarm
ing
is THE COUNCIL AFFILIATED
WITH ANY OTHER ORGANIzA-
TON?
No. The council is an Independent
action and educational force. While
its membership and officers are drawn
from many labor and farm organiza-
lions, from business and professional
groups, and from groups belonging to
no profession or union, the council re-
mains separate entity. That Cath
olic, Jew, Protestant, or Republican
serves in the council makes it neither
Catholic, Protestant Jewish or Repub-
lican.
DOES THE COUNCIL WORK
WITH OTHER GROUPS?
To deny that the council works with
other groups is tantamount to saying
that no other group works for socio-
civic betterment. Certainly, when
other groups have aims identical with
those of the council, its members are
only too glad to cooperate. The coun-
Gil is too new and vigorous and its
too devoted to cause to
allow an organization to stand be-
tween the people and their needs and
If and when the peoples
needs can be better met and their
aspirations better satisfied through
other channels the council is ready
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per cent of your income in place of
listing Personal Deductions and you
can find your tax in a table instead
of figuring 1t by percentages.
@. Does the 10 per cent allowance
cover all kinds of deductions? A. No.
There are two kinds of deductions
personal and business. The 10 per
cent allowance covers only personal
deductions, such as charitable contri-
buttons, taxes, interest, medical eX-
penses and union dues. Purely bust
ness deductions such as travel expen-
ses of an employee, repairs of land
lord, cost of goods of merchant, and
seed of farmer (subject to legal linn
its explained on Form 1040) can be
deducted on either a short form or
long form return (but not on a with
holding receipt.
Q. Do | count my own exemption
when | select the exemption column
of the tax table which applies to me?
A. Yes. Count the names you are eli
gible to list in Item 1, Page 1, of Form
1040. AS an example of how to count
exemptions, a family composed of a
husband, wife, and two children, u.s.
ually is entitled to four exemptions
Q. Should husbands and wives file
separate returns or joint returns? A.
Usually if their incomes are small,
joint returns are convenient and do
not increase their tax. If their in
comes are large, separate returns u.s.
ually result in less tax.
When using Form 1040, couples
must decide for themselves which
method they prefer. Mote: on with
holding receipt returns, combined
return is best because the collector
will figure the tax by whichever meth
cd results in smallest taxi.
NEXT WEEK: Facts About the long
form.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-02-22
By BRUCE SMITH, Butte

Sen. Glen H. Taylor (D.-ldaho),
quoting President Abraham Lin
coins annual message to congress,
Dec. 8, 1851: Labor Is prior to, and
Independent of, capital. Capital is
only the fruit of labor and could
never have existed If LABOR had
not first existed. Labor Is the su-
perior of capital and deserves much
the higher consideration"
4 !. !.
Dividing the economic groups in the
United States into four units, the De-
partment of Commerce of the United
States discloses the increase in in
comes from 1899 to 1915, as follows:
Corporations ...........---......-... 266oo
Farmers --..--------------------------- 1000
Small Business ...--.----------.----- 1000
Workers --.--.-...-.-.-.---..-------------- ofTo
In tn e lush-profit year of 1914
Qush for the corporations) General
Motors (du Pont) had earnings of
1852, 100000 before taxes. After taxes,
or in the present year of 1916, Gener-
al Motors (du PonD could remain
closed down and receive in kick
back" taxes sufficient to show profit
sufficient to run page ads in the
prostitute free" press, and have
enough left over for apartments and
demitasses for Management and Mis-
tresses, while Labor was looking for
handouts and being taught lesson
or busted.
These kick-back taxes were some
times referred to during the war as
incentive" taxes-that is to say that
the corporations had to have their
patriotism CO primed before they
would allow Management to put forth
it's best effort
The figures given above were read
lily available to the members OF the
house of representatives, but not to
the general public "a nebulous designa-
tom which relies to great extent
on the rporation-controlled press.
So what did the fatuous representa-
tives do? They matched the un-Amer-
lean action of the senate when the
Fair Employment Practices bill was
deprived of even hearing. Playing
up to the phoney prejudice of the Gen
eral Public against Labor, they passed
the Case bill embodying vicious re-
strictions intended to deprive Organ
lied Labor of all its effective rights.
At the same time these little misrep-
resentatives made an effort to show
impartiality by passing a few innocu-
GUS don'ts against Management, "let-
ting it be known that they expected
the senators or Truman to greatly
modify or kill the Case bill. And if
it is not killed or modified, the Gener-
al Public can feel assured that Man
agement will not go to Jail, and there
aren't enough jails in the country to
hold Labor pending an appeal to the
United States supreme court. And If
there is any person dumb enough to
think that Organized Labor is not go
ing to put up finish and winning
fight, that person should surrender to
an institution where the dogs are not
permitted to bark at the "balmy."
Surveying the District of Columbia,
with all representatives and senators
present, including Hoover Landon and
Dewey for good measure, a flock of
atom bombs could be dropped on
Washington, D. c., without destroying |
any presidential timber
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EdltorS Note. Following arc A"@
| principle features of a five-page
closely typed report on IVA made
by Wallace &. Pearson, president OF
the First National Bank of Lowell,
Wyoming after an Investigation OF
IVA and its accomplishments on the
ground.
1.-THE Missouri Valley authority, the
MVA, is modelled after the Tennessee
Valley authority, the IVA. When 1t
was first proposed | figured it would
be interesting to look over the IVA,
see what it had accomplished, and
consider whether the same plans
would work out in this country.
First / got all the information OBJ
tainable on the IVA. l was told of
the fine things it had accomplished in
the Tennessee valley. / was also told
it was a radical socialistic expert.
ment, that it was further move to
centralized government, and to gov
eminent by bureaucracies, that it was
another way of substituting govern
ment enterprise for private enterprise.
If all these latter things were true
naturally, as lifelong Republican,
was against 1t.
so when I went over the IVA and
for a couple of weeks talked with
farmers, businessmen, state extension
workers and others, | was continually
looking for the wild-eyed, long-haired,
impractical type, for socialistic expert
ments, for encroachment on private
business, for the niger in the wood
pile.
Here is what l found: The IVA
has been administered in a sound
manner, their power program is oper-
ating in the black and on basis that
will repay to the nation within 80 to
go years the entire cost of the power
development, which is the major item
in the cost of IVA. There have been
experiments naturally but ] would
class most of them as 'hard-headed'
experiments and God help us when
we quit experimenting and throw up
our hands at every new idea. | did
not find the long-haired radicals in
this management that had been rum
ored. | did not find any encroach-
ment on private business other than
in the public utility field and that
is nothing new; we have had the gov
eminent producing power at the Sho-
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Facts About the
Withholding Receipt

Q. My Withholding receipt has no
place to list deductions. Why not? A.
If you use your Withholding receipt
as return you get an automatic al.
lowance equal to about 10 per cent
of your income. If you are entitled
to a larger amount of deductions, you
should file on Form 1910.
Q. On the old form of Withholding
receipt, there was space for listing
exemptions for myself and my wife,
as well as our dependents. Why does
the new form of receipt have only
space for listing dependents? A. To
simplify the new form, provision was
made so that exemptions for yourself
and wife (unless she had income not
shown on your return) are counted au-
tomatically.
Q. My wife and / both worked last
lyear. Is it cheaper for us to file sepa-
rate returns or a combined return on
a Withholding receipt? A. If your COM
bined income is less than $4,000 you
can file a combined return on your
Withholding receipt, and the collector
will figure your tax on either the sep
arate or combined basis, whichever
method would give you the smallest
tax or largest refund.
O. worked several different places
last year and have a different receipt
from each employer. How do / use
them in filing return? A. Add I'D
your wages from all the jobs and fill
out the last receipt you received. Do
not fill out the other receipts but be
sure to attach them securely to the
receipt you did fill out.
Q. Are there any special points to
watch in filling out Withholding re-
ceipt? A. Write clearly, answer every
question that applies to you, and be
sure to sign your name in the sigma
ture space. Also be sure your correct
address is shown on the face of your
return
Facts About the Short Form
Q. Who can use Form 1040 as a
short form?" A. Anyone whose in
come was less than $4,000, regardless
of the type of income. 1t is called
short" because you tear off Pages 8
and 4.
Q. What is the advantage of using
the short form? A. You receive an
automatic allowance equal to about 10
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-02-22
Philipsburg, Montana,

Philipsburg, Montana,
February 20, 1916
Peoples Voice Pub. Co.,
Helena, Montana.
Gentlemen:
Enclosed is check for subscription
renewal Wouldn't think of being
without your paper during an election
year particularly. l want to know
what is actually taking place politi-
cally in Montana. Your paper offers
the only chance. Keep up the good
work
Very truly yours,
ALLEN S. MCKENZIE.
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OF O1IV6T BOW COUNT
y =
THE A.C.M. LEADS

A poll to determine leaders in the
Public-Be-Damned and To-Hell- With
Workers policy discloses that the
Anaconda Copper Mining company and
General Motors (du Pont) are far out
in front of the pack
1t is also disclosed that ability to
pay does not enter into the controver-
this being admitted by General Mo-
tors, and proven by events in the case
of the Anaconda Copper Mining COM
pany.
The recent announcement by the
Anaconda Copper Mining company
that it would convert the old Thornton
Hotel into recreation center for its
employees, at an approximate cost of
100000, and the more recent announce
ment by the chamber of commerce
that it would sponsor the erection of
a new hospital (non-profit), with the
Anaconda Copper Mining company
contributing $25O,0OO, effectively dis
poses of the ability-to-pay question
with respect to the A. G. M.
Ask any businessmen which would
contribute the most to the welfare of
Butte, raise in pay to the Mine
Workers or the build-up donations,
and he'll emphatically declare in IA
vor of the raise in pay.
THE HUSH-HUSH
During the recent war years there
were over 100 alleged violations of
contracts with the government by cor
porations.
Most notable was the case of the
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Opinions Of
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When the bolshevick came in, they
took all he had, and he had to work
for them. He got very little money,
left him just enough products to ex-
list. When he got sick or his family
he had to go to the commissar for per-
mission to go to doctor, that surely
don't look good to me Mr.. ]. T.
Yours truly,
EMIL GUERTZGEN.
P.S.-Enclosed check of $2.05. Send
The Voice to John Wagner of Chinook.
Dear Cap:
Enclosed find my vote ON candidate
for United States senator and also my
check for two years subscription to
The Voice.
can see no further excuse for
keeping b. K. in the senate. We are
not interested in his anti-Rooseve1t
and anti-Russia phobia We do not
find him in the ranks of progressives.
PETE.
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NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS

Please check the expiration date on
the address slip on your paper and
send in your renewals early to avoid
missing an issue.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-02-22
MARCH Is
TAX QUIZ
BY LEWIS PENWELL,
Collector of Internal Revenue.


Editors Note: This is the first
of a series of articles explaining, in
question and answer form, how to
fill out your federal income tax re-
turn.)
Q. Who has to file federal income
tax return? A Everyone Qncluding
minors) who had $500 or more income
last year
Q. Do servicemen and veterans
have to file? A. Some do, most do
not. 1t depends partly on rank and
partly on whether they had any civil
ian income. All enlisted pay and the
first $1,000 of officers pay are exempt
All civilian income and officers pay
over $500 counts toward the $500
filing requirement.
Q. If my tax is withheld from my
wages by my employer, do | have to
file? A. Yes. Withholding is only
approximate and you must file a re-
turn so that any additional tax due
may be collected or any overpayment
may be refunded.
@. Didn't congress recently exempt
a lot of people from filing? A. No.
Congress reduced taxes on 1916 in
come remember our March Is returns
are on 1916 income) but did not
change either for last year or this
year the requirements that returns
must be filed by everyone having
$500 or more income.
Q. Suppose my income was LESS
than $500 but tax was withheld from
my pay. Should l file? A. Yes. If
you are single, file return to get
refund of the tax withheld. If you
are married, you should file a Joint
return with your wife Cor husband) so
that she Tor he) can get the benefit
of any of your exemptions which you
do not need to offset your income;
in which case your refund will be APP
piled against any tax she (or he)
owes, or you will get joint refund.
What Form to Use
@. What form is used for filing in.
come tax returns? A. Most wageearn.
ers can choose between filling out
their Withholding receipts or filling !
put Form 1040.
@. Who can fill out a Withholding |
receipt as an income tax return? A. |
This form of return is designed for |
taxpayers who get all or virtually all |
Of their income from wages from |
which income tax is withheld. Form |
l040, instead of the receipt, must be |
used by anyone whose total income |
was $4,000 or more; by anyone who |
lad more than $100in dividends, inter-
est and wages not subject to with
holding; and by anyone who had any
income at all from other sources such
rs rents, annuities, sale of securities,
profit from business and trust funds.
O. Who can use Form 1910? A.
Anyone.
@. Where can | get these forms.
You get your Withholding receipt from
your employer. You can get Form
L040 from any collectors office and
most banks and post offices.
Q. Some Withholding receipts are
different than others. Which can be
Used as a return? A. The form of
receipt was changed late
asst year to improve its wording and
However, both the old
md new forms produce the same re-
jults and either one is officially ac-
,eptable.
@. I understand there is a short
orm" and long form" Where do
get them? A. Both names refer to
FORM 1910 This form is called
short form" if the tax is determined
rom the table on Page A. 1t is called
Tong form" if the tax is figured
rom the computation schedule of
'age 3.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-02-22
LABOR AND MANAGEMENT

We were a little careless, or ven
| turesome, on the morning of Feb. 18,
1916, when we picked up copy Of
the A. G. M. Co.'s morning newspaper
abortion Called the Standard, and a
darned low standard at that, as news
papers go). We turned to the edito-
rial page and read two editorials, en-
titled Montana Unlimited" and
Looking Over the Russian Election
Returns" With substitution of unde-
veloped for unlimited and adding a
paragraph stating that the A. c. M.
and the Montana Power company were
responsible for the lack of develop
ment, the editorial would be passable
and more accurate.
But when we read the flatulent edi-
tors blurb on Russian Elections" it
did things to the pit of the stomach
reminding of one of those old-fash-
toned priveys before the advent of
fumigation and sanitation. Now, we
are not even remotely interested in
the result of Russian elections. We
wish the Russians well, as we do all
other peoples. But we are interested
in forthcoming election right here
in Montana. We hope to defeat the
two company steoges-DeWART and
Buzz Wheeler-and thus remove some
of the stencil from Washington, D. G.
And later on improve the sanitary
condition of the state capital by bal
lot-box purge of Slippery Clarissa
Ford, and his company sales tax
Getting back to the company's morn
ing rag in Butte, adding the output
of Rat Pegler and the Shiny Sokolsky
to the flatulency of the editorials of
the anaemic editor, makes for the
smelliest editorial page in the United
States.
And we are willing to submit our
assertions to a vote of the citizens
of Silver Bow County.
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-05-31
Trout Season Is
Now Open; Some
Rules Are Chanqed

Thursday. May So. 1876. saw the
opening of the current trout sea
son in Arizona. This season will
remain open until September 30.
a. l.. Reid. Director OF Arizona
Game and Fish Commission. has
announced that there viii be little
change IN regulations from last
year insofar as trout fishing IS
concerned Printed pamphlets OF
existing regulations have been dis
tributed % license dealers through
uut the state and are available
to sportsmeu on request. Mr.. Reld
announced that recent commits
sion order prohibits seininr. net
ting or trapping FOR fish or min
uoWs on any trout water In the
state.
Another recent regulation es-
tablished by the Commission makes
the minimum legal length on bass
and channel catfish uniform
throughout the state Previously the
only exception To this " a 8
on Lake Havasu on the Colorado
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-05-31

. c. J Moody left Thursday for
Yuma to see his new grandson
end TO bring Mrs. Moody. who has
been there for the past week. home.
the new arrival. son OF Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Moody. was born al
Yuma Thursday. May l6.
Q Mr.. and Mrs. Marvin Caudell
have returned here from San Fran
cisco 20 make their home Mrs.
Cauldwell is the former Thresa
Burtcher. Cauldwell has recently
received his discharge from the
L. S. marine corps.
. Mr.. and Mrs. Mike Boswell OF
Tucson have recently come 10 Cool
idge to live and will be at Mrs
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-05-31

A Friend " no Ieurted tO Betete.
Lesson for May l9: John ll:7, 8,
10: R1:2429.
Memory Selection: John 20:2o.
The name, Doubling" which
has been given Thomas does not
give full credit to his charac-
ter. He was ready to die with
his Lord John 1870 but he
asked, after the resurrection, to
see the wounds of Calvary and
to put his hand in the Masters
side, that he might believe.
He thus asked for the lowest
order of proof. the crude evil
dence Of the senses. There is
an old saying, Seeing is be-
lieving," but in the spiritual
realm the order should be re-
versed - men must believe, to
see the unseen, to hear the un-
heard, and to know the I'M
known.
Thomas was an honest doubt
er who found no joy in unbelief,
no triumph in bringing others
to share his doubts. In his case
there lived "more faith in hon
est doubt than in half the
creeds." And with supreme
satisfaction and joy, when he
saw the Lord, he cried, "My
Lord and my God"
But we do not need to run all
the changes and the chances of
doubt. In our age when, as one
has written, the device is
bishops dormant, a question
mark rampant, and the motto
QUERY, be persuaded that the
spiritual is not learned with a
test tube and not measured
with a yardstick, but through
the power of faith. Spiritual
things are spiritually discerned.
''The things which are not seen
are eternal" So let us seek
those things which are above
through the blessed power of
faith TO see the unseen.
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-05-31

River where the minimum legal
length OF bass ana channel eat
fish aas inches This has been
changed to 10 inches and also now
conforms with California. which
has equal jurisdiction on the water.
Iu announcing opening OF the
trout season Reid asked spOrtsmen
90 The state 60 be particularly care
ful of range and forest fires this
year due to drouth conditions.
Sportsmen who journey through
and into range and forest areas
are requested TO exert every pre-
caution against accidental start
iug Of fires.
r d. Holtz. Superintendent Of
OF the Fort Apache Indian Beserya-
tiou at White River has announced
that Reservation fishing permits
will be available from the follow
ing distributors.
W a. Sullivan. Globe. Jimana
Service Station at salt River
Bridge. Highway 60 near Globe
Peter Riley News Stand. Clifton:
Becker Mercantile Co. Springer
willie. Mrs. VI Cookley. Holbrook
u. T. Benchoff McNary: Indian
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-05-31

Pine Service Station. McNary. Mrs.
George r. Crosby. Greer: Hubert
McEwen. Whiteriver. Charles
Jones. Heber: John Scott. Show
low. Holtz also announced that the
state fishing regulations must be
complied with on the Reservation.
that firearms and liquor are strict
iy prohibited within its boundaries
and that carelessness which may
lead 10 forest fires shall be strict
ly prosecuted.
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-05-31

Margaret Johnson's home for the
summer. Boswell and Tom Gam
mage will be I'm business together
here.
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-05-31

DONATES CORN CHECK TO
STARVING MIR. and Mrs.
Claude Canady, Bloomfield,
Nebr., are greeted by Secre-
tary of Agriculture Clinton =.
Anderson, left, as they ar
rived at Washington. They will
present check of 81 ,030, prof
II from the sale Of their corn
crop, to UNRRA to aid starv-
ing people Of the world.
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-05-31

TOWN HOUSE FOR THE QUINT CALVES The Corn
husker Qunts, living
history posed for picture in the front yard paata
Town House" which built by the Fairbury
NeD0 Chamber of Commerce. in yard their keeper
Dr. L. Smith veterinarian who the world
They will be displayed leading summer fairs Vayne photo