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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-06-28
Wheeler Wants a Pension!

The United States June 10 passed bill pertain
ing reorganization the congress- That bill carried pro-
vision calling the increase of salaries of members of
gress from $40 100000 to $4,000 90 per year.
When the vote taken there two roll calls one
an amendment passage of the bill On neither of
these roll calls did B. K Wheeler of Montana his
ballot Neither was he paired for against.
Wheeler ducked
Wheeler was afraid to the bill which would raise
his salary per year, but he would not vote against it.
How could you expect like Wheeler who has been
public payroll 80 of the Al he has claimed Montana
residence during which time he has received in
government than 1892 500 (not count
ing salary legislator and several years United
States district Attorney to turn down the chance of getting
an increase in pay?
In addition salary increase, the bill Wheeler failed
vote against provides pensions for members
Small wonder that fellow greedy Wheeler would not
vote against bill He doubtless thinking about how
handy that federal pension check would be to him after Mon
tana him out of office in the Democratic primary
election Tuesday, July 6, as consequence of his pro-naz
viewpoint
Even when is millionaire like Wheeler, it seems
can't help but keep sticking his hand out for After
having public office most of his feduring which
MORE, and MORE!
But did you ever any by Wheeler help get ade
quate oage assistance for the elderly people Montana?
Blk Also Ducked Voting On War With Germany, Japan
It will be recalled Wheeler also ucked the votes for
declarations against Japan Germany and Italy; al
though he found time to vote for against Hungary and
Bulgaria 1t will be remembered ne voted against such all
important preparation measures as LendLease winch had
more with winning the than other thing
Recently Wheeler announced he unable to to
Montana because busy with his job in Washington
He wanted to give voters the impression ne was guarding
your interests. Ha!
Now it appears he so, busy, that he didn't have
time to stand up counted the salary boost for
bill from which he be beneficiary if it
passes the house and becomes "a law
What is Wheeler busy about that he is unable to vote
even when he in Washington Voting is the most impor
ant thing member of congress When he votes he
supposedly representing and me IN the congress hat
he the Republican form OF government works. though
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-06-28
FROM EDITORIAL COLUMNS
Pressure From the Railroads

This congress- which has special
erests and lobbyists than session since the of Grundy
ism and tariff bounte under terrific pressure
last good turn for the railroads.
The Department of Justice the Georgia have
brought the railroads into charge of fixing rates
of by ncompeve methods which violate
the antitrust laws The of justice unfathomabe but
layan can see that Assistant Attorney General Wendell
Berge and Gov Ellis Arna appear to have the railroads dis
tincty on the hip.
Which explains the pass the Bull
Wrinkle BILL exemptng railroads from the antitrust laws The
house has already approved it, and the being
to follow suit at least give the railroads
mise.
If powerful corporations facing antitrust prosecution
and get exemption which knocks out the
enforcement the will be imperiled
long course congress decide wheth
industry shall be exempt from these laws But the de-
should while the industry before the
let the courts decide whether the law writ
volated then let congress- if it Wishes change
That the sound procedure and that is why the Bull
Wrinkle bill should be defeated-( Chicago Sum-
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-06-28
The OPA Legislation

AS this is written the passed the amended OPA
legislation extending the life of the for but
which renders it practically useless as measure OF
Price Control
According press reports meats not removed from
Price Controls July the senate proposed
However, the Taft amendment which would producers
the right to base their prices levels of October 11 1871
their costs retained thus
placing them practically cost plus basis the greater
the cost the greater percentage of profit which
the consumer will pay. This amendment 9TH
ers in the senate been called booby trap by Ches
ter Bowles.
The bill as passed by the sets decontrol board
as proposed amendments and the final authority
on Price Fixing this board This makes of it sort of
Super OPA able overue the Secretary of Agriculture
prices of farm products and the price administrator on
other products either of them rejected ndusty request
for higher ceiling prices.
President Should Veto acknowledgement
OPA Extension Bill
The BILL passed by the house and will probably
be approved by the senate should be vetoed by the president
with demand that the life of OPA be extended without any
changes present form limitation in its authority There
can be no legitimate for maintaining with
out authority with final authority issues divided be-
tween several agencies with different interests administered
by men with differing interests each subjected to pressure
for special by various motvaed solely
by selfish private interests without consideration for the wei
fare the nation a whole.
There is possibility that the bill if passed by the senate
and approved president could offer limited safe
guards for the consumer the president named the ode
control board the heads of the engaged
cb nrce control as we now However, is extremely
doubtful that either Bowe Price Administrator
Porter will stay ON igureheads in agencies which
dered ineffective
Only one thing certain If the bill is passed. the effect
will he felt Immediately by everyone the will begin
inflated necessities and the manufacturers
will enter upon brief time of accumulation of padded profits
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-06-28
Wheeler's New Remedy

Senator Wheelers bill to suspend receveship proceedings
the Island other major railroads
substitute his promsed-bu delvered-nves-
tigaton tactics handling rail reorganza
TONS The bill alone not likely to the public interest
useuy fucae inquiry into judicial abuse of power
Wheeler correctly points out that profteerng lawyers draw
prolongng recevershp But that is not
thing wrong with railroads Robert r. Young chair
man Chesapeake Ohio charged last week that bank
kept the roads stodgy archaic their oper
atoms should follow the passing the
Wheeler BILL the bankers reorganization plans
will shattered The investigation further
answered questions raised about the nteg
handling rail receiverships These
questions up the if the projected inquiry
dropped and Mr. Wheeers proposal is accepted
ADEQUATE aernativeno matter what benefits the bill itself
might produce-( Chicago Sum-
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-06-28
What of Industry Strikes?

While union-caed work stoppages dramatic and
get the headlines must not forget that business and indus
try often go strike against the public good and
against the Several bgproft businesses or
stance the aluminium carte struck against the United States
during the issuing ultmaum that they
would produce muchneeded materials only at their
price Such criminal reasonable strikes by M Istry get
headlines
that many business and industrial groups
Striking against the public good and in effort to smash
Price Control It's simple procedure The industry merely
withholds its products from the market
healthy things to remember when in danger of
being swept along of antilabor hysteria-(Fr
The Cooperative Builder.)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-06-28
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Washington, IF he had wanted tt
stand up to duty.
Why did he want our armies to stoI
| fighting when they had the war will
Hitler won, and were ready to invade
Germany? If he wanted to save sol
diers lives, whose soldiers lives was
he trying to save?
What was he trying to promote
when permitted in Italy after the arm
istice, when it is alleged that he ques
toned veterans if they wanted tc
fight Russia?
| Did he do one single small insight
| icant service for country in the dark
est hour of history?
Granting your argument of his abil-
ity, would you also praise Hitler, the
man he tried to sell us, for his ability.
Would you praise the ability of Musso-
lini, the Japanese war-makers, etc.
If you believe he is devoted to the
democratic tradition how do you ex-
plain his interest in siding with the
dictators who made the war.
Does Blk Seek Monopoly of
Air Waves?
You mention that he is chairman
of the powerful Interstate Commerce
commission. Can you explain why his
stooges and servants like Clements
and Craighead and others who do his
every bidding have their names ap-
pear as applicants for large number
of licenses for new radio stations in
Montana and the West? Do you think
that he would try to usurp more pow
er by trying to spread propaganda
over the air as well as through the
few papers out here?
Do you know that there is neither
Republican or Democratic party in
this state, as such, because of his
Hitlerian methods of divide and con-
quer through the machine of Wheeler,
Rankin and Ford and their many serv-
ants looking for a paycheck?
After you have thought this over,
will you please write to our Demo
cratic State Central committee and
tell them why you think he should
be rewarded for bringing disgrace on
the Treasure State when Tokyo Rose
the Radio Voice praised him in broad
casts to our fighting men in the Pa
cific, as the greatest man in America.
Why should she think he was great?
We are far away, and we have not
heard of any good thing that he has
done for country when most people
were struggling to save it, for you,
and for us.
Quoting from the press, you say |
today democracy is under attack both |
1T home and abroad, and l know of |
10 man in the senate who exceeds |
in his devotion, etc. :"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-06-28

st~ sts
Dan Milestone, Cutbank Pioneer
Press, please take note: Last Saturday
evening. crowd reported as number
ing between so and 100 turned out al
Scobey to attend a banquet honoring
the august Senior Senator from Mon
tana. By actual count there were foul
Democrats present = and would you
believe tall the rest of 'em were
bless your staunch grand old party
soul, none other than your favorite
brand of "mesmerized republicans"
X 4. i.
HeIena's Western Week (that is, the
kangaroo COURT has made it neces-
sary for your columnist to suffer all
kinds of indignities, the worst of which
(due to family pressure) has been an
half-hearted attempt to sprout a
goatee with all the flourishes, etc. At
time of writing it is $3.50 bet wheth-
err a resemblance will soon be noted to
Benjamin Harrison or Leon Trostky.
i. X !.
Coming under the interesting if
true" remarks of the week is one by
Brother Stortz to the effect a.. It's
Did hard to raise campaign money
for Blk here in Montana this year :"
Need l say more? Or will Montana vo-
tiers thake this as some more of the
usual stuff that permiates the atmos-
phere along about this time every ev-
en-numbered year? Incidently, I re-
spectfully call your attention to Bail
ey's ad this week. l have little reason
to doubt it's authenticity, but I, like
many of you will be, am puzzled as to
which campaign these endorsements
refer to-was it 1922, 1928, 1884, or
1910? Really, l shouldn't kid poor
Brother Stortz so much. He's having
mighty tough time of it-much the
same as a merchant who finds him
self loaded with shop-worn (24-year
old merchandise after the new models
are on the market.
X 4. X
Montanas customary "hurdygurdy''
politics is becoming famed in all parts
of the nation. In fact, so widespread
has become the notoriety that the
great st. Louis Post-Dispatch this last
couple of weeks has had its staff col
Richard j. Baumhoff, COW
ering the state from city to hamlet to
farm, preparatory to featuring it in
he Sunday, July issue.
X !. \
Ernest Burns, Whitefish, and Navy |
reteran of more than three years SER
rice, was in Helena this week attend
ng the WV convention. Mr. Burns
vas a member of the 1897 legislature
rom Flathead county, and made a
rery impressive record as progress
i've Also in the Capital City on their
way home to Havre from short va
;ation at Boulder Hot Springs were
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-06-28
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BY BILL

This this taking when
off
continually
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-06-28
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representation When he fails to vote any matter in
Montana losing oneha of representation in the
state has senator's When Wheeler ducked the
saaryncrease and for members of the
Montana lost half its representation that proposal
other VOTE that of Sen James Murray cast against
salary and pension for members BILL
certainly time for change in the seat which Sen B.
K Wheeler occupied the last twentyour 24 But
when Judge takes he had best thoroughly
fumgate it. miles Romney in Western News, Hamion)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-06-28


Montana. Of course, now that in itself is pretty
ENJOYABLE thought Where else in this land of ours
you find the scenic beauty of Flathead Lake the
Missions and the lofty mountains and deep blue lakes
of the Kaspell-WhtefishG Glacier Park area the rug
ged grandeur of the Thompson Falls-Plans setting
along the Clarks Fork river; the superb fishing and
hunting in the primitive adjacent to Libby and
Troy or for that matter, the medicinal marvels that
have been achieved at Hot Springs, "Montanas fam
health resort All this kind of patter gives ma
tive of the Western Montana wonderland kind of
nostalgia that makes him practically worthless for
anything except being terribly lazy with the possible
exception of idling away many an enjoyable hour
trolling for big FLATS bull trout silver salmon
in the deep green waters of Flathead Lake (P 81
Ernie Retz, now Helena undertaken, but formerly
ers trio of Poison basketball fame is in complete ac
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-06-28

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al
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-06-28

Where and with whom lay his devo-
ton when your country and ours,
really needed devotion? Did he do
any one thing for our democracy and
country?
We have been told that your are
great statesman like the fighting
Bob and we would expect you to fight
for the people and the right
Very respectfully,
Democratic Central Committee,
Yellowstone County.
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depend upon the man we send to the
senate this fall, and | submit that in
international affairs, Wheeler (anoth-
er Massachusetts NAM is a dangerous
man for the job. However, that is a
matter for Montana voters to decide
on July 16, and may their decision be
a wise one.
That this man whose record for the
last several years has been one of
duplicity and embarrassing, should
hold the future destiny of our coun-
try and perhaps of the world, in his
hands, God forbid.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-06-28

Mr.. and Mrs William Cotton, long
time Farmer Unionists in the Hill
county area. - Patrick j. Dunn, for
merly well-known in Cascade county
democratic politics, but now of Mis-
soula = George Newcomer, White
Sulphur Springs attorney.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-06-28

which short time will be of benefit them. And the
effect entire economy of nfaonary spiral rising
prices the inevitable bust that will follow the BOOM will
be disastrous.
be remarked in passing that Senator Wheeler voted
for the senate BILL which than the finally
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-06-28

DEMAND THE UNION LABEL
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-06

Approximately one half the
worlds supply of tin and three
fourths of its rubber are shipped
from the great docks along Singa-
pores water front in normal
times.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-06
'R0NS TO ELECT
OFFICERS HERE

The Wilmington RONS-Reserve
officers of the Naval services
chapter will elect officers at a
meeting tomorrow night at 7:30
o'clock in the assembly room of
the Tide Water building.
Plans will be laid at the same
time for a dinner meeting when
the national charter is presented
to the organization.
From II members the National
organization has grown in its first
year to a total of 10000 members
in 81 chapters.
Open to all officers and former
officers of the Navy. Marine Corps
and Coast Guard, RONS was form
ed for the purpose of continuing
the associations developed during
wartime, and at the same time
provide an adequate Navy and
Naval Reserve in the postwar
period.
RONS officials report that con-
siderable progress is being made
in the rganization' efforts to
put an end to discrimination by the
Navy against members of the Re-
serve components as compared
with members of the regular es-
tablishment, especially with ref
erence to the matter of disability
retirements.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-06

Co-spon 3ored by the Disabled
American Veterans organization,
and the American Federation of
Handicapped, National Employ
the Physically Handicapped Week
begins today with the blessings of
recognized groups throughout the
nation.
Congress has de signated the first
full week in October each year
to be recognized for this purpose.
The initial nationwide campaign
was held in 1915.
Wide and unprecedented use of
handicapped workers during World
War II. when labor was at a
premium. demonstrated the amaz-
ing fact that properly placed dis
abled employees are not only as
efficient and productive as other
workers. but are generally SUI
perior, it was said.
A comparatively new technique,
"selective placement" is held by
industrial experts as being reason
for the success enwded by en-
ployers in hiring physically handi-
capped workers. 1t means fitting
the worker to a OBJ that he is
able to do, and not trying to
make a job for the handicapped
employe, the industrilists de-
clare.
Actually. selective placement is
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-06
Baptist Training School
ScheduledH Here Oct. I'll
Hometown Prescriptions
Available For Veterans

Hometown prescription service
for North Carolina veterans, who
have incurred disabilities
or ailments, is now in operation,
Robert S. Matthews. Jr., local Vet
erans Administration officer, an
nounced yesterday.
The service. made possible by a
recently signed agreement between
VA and the N. c. Pharmaceutical
association, enables veteran who
has been authorized for medical
treatment, to nave prescriptions
filled by druggists in his town or
city. This will end delays for
merly caused while prescriptions
were filled free, via mail, by the
VA, Matthews said.
A prescription is now filled on
the spot, and the pharmacist sends
a report to the state Pharmaceuti-
cal association, which in urn bills
the VA for costs of service each
Matthews explained.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-06
Talmadge Said Better
In Florida Hospital

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Oct. S.
W.P)-Gov. Nominate Eugene Tai
madge of Georgia appeared to be
improving today at Sisters of
Charity hospital where he was
taken Thursday night after an at
tack of stomach hemorrhages.
Physicians said, however, that
it will be necessary for the g.
year-old political leader to remain
in the hospital several days.
Herman Talmadge, who manag-
ed his fathers gubernatorial cam
paign this year, said Talmadge
is in good spirits and anxious to
leave the hospital in time to at
tend the state Democratic conven-
ton at Macon Wednesday. If doc
tors have their way, the governor
nominate will likely still be in bed
that day and the speech he was
preparing for acceptance of the
nomination to his fourth term as
governor will be made by his son,
Herman.
For Newspaper Service Dial 2-3311
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-06
DAVAndAFHToS Sponsor
Handicapped-Job Effort

only changed viewpoint on the
part of the employer. 1t means
looking at the handicapped work
er from the standpoint OF what
he can do, rather than what he
is unable to accomplish. 1t means
stressing his abilities, rather than
his disabilities, according to men
who have successfully employed
men with limited working capa-
city.
The DAV estimates there will be
about 2,50O,0O0 compensate dis
abled veterans of World War II,
by the end of next year. With
500, 900 veterans Of previous wars
permanently injured, and about
100000 non-service connected
physically handicapped veterans,
a total labor market of 5000, 900
di 'abled veterans will be a fact in
1948.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-06
Wilmington Recruiting
Office Enlists Three

Three New Hanover county men
have enlisted in the regular Army
recently, Capt. N. G.. Cottle. re-
cruiting officer in charge of the
Wilmington station, said yester-
day.
Rupert L. Benson, Jr., of
Wrightsville beach, a graduate of
Duke university, enlisted in the
Army Air forces, and applied for
service in the Pacific theatre of
operations, Capt Cottle said.
James M. Burns, of Whining
ton, New Hanover High school
graduate, was accepted in the air
forces, and will enter Yale univer-
sity upon discharge.
Clarenre Sneed, Jr., of Carolina
beach, who also expressed a pref
erence for the Air branch of the
army, told Capt. Cottle he would
enter Duke university after his dis
charge.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-06
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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-06
Negro GPs Create
Uproar In Spokane

SPOKANE, Oct. 5.-(P)-A small
group of soldiers based at camp
for Negro aviation engineers sew
en- miles from. Spokane early to.
day raided the camp arms room.
fired several shots harrnlessly and
fled into the hills before returning
to surrender their arms, Geiger
field officials reported.
Col. Eric Dougan, commanding
officer, said investig showed
that not more than 20 to Is SOL
oiers participated in the riot. First
reports indicated several hundred
were involved, he said.
There were no injuries or prop
erty damage.
Col. Dougan said the fracas ap-
parently started in Spokane cafe
when four soldiers were arrested
after a group disbanded a mill
tary policeman.