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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-02-15
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by WAR VETERAN

In an action filed in the United
States district court this week by
Edward c. Commers of Helena the
court was asked to declare that a
person wholly or partially disabled,
had a constitutional right to urge
claims for compensation in the courts.
The grounds presented on which the
that when citizen was indicted into
the armed services, the government
was taking private property for a
public use."
John w. Mahan, former national
commander of the Disabled American
Veterans, and Charles e. Pew, former
state commander of the American Le-
gion are the attorneys bringing the
action for Commers, formerly dude
rancher who served with the Sixth
division in the Pacific sustaining in
juries and ailments.
The action is for declaratory judg-
ment, and if favorably acted on by
the court would give a veteran who
was disabled or sick as result of
his services the right to establish his
claim in court, taking the adjudicat.
ing of claims out of the hands of the
Veterans administration. 1t would
also, according to statements of attor-
neys, make it impossible for the gov
eminent to discharge it's obligations
to veterans whose health has been i'm
paired by granting them pensions.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-02-15
JACKSON DAY
FESTIVITIES In
MONT. PLANNED

Supreme Court Clerk Frank Murray
chairman of the Jackson Day dinner
committee for Montana, today an
nounced appointment of nine district
directors of finance and of chairwom
en- for the two congressional districts
Murray also has named co-chairmen
to assist him in the counties.
Montana expects to have dinners in
several communities, including Great
Falls, Missoula, Billings, Butte, Lew
-istown, Conrad, Chinook, Kalispell and
Wolf Point.
District directors of finance are o.
S. Warden, Great Falls; Grover G.
Cisel, Billings; Dola N. Wilson, Miles
City; George N. McCabe, Cut Bank;
DR.. R. V. Jones, Missoula; H. B. Stras-
ser, Butte; Desmond ]. O'Neil, Glen
dive; James J. Flaherty, Great Falls;
and Mrs. Anna Clavadetscher, Bill
ings.
State chairwomen for the congress
sional districts are Mrs. Aaron Shull,
Lewistown, second district, and Mrs.
Mary Leahy, Butte, first district.
Murray is asking his eo-chairmen to
arrange rallies or programs in all
communities throughout the state
starting on Jackson Day, March Is,
and ending March g.
President Truman will deliver a ma
tion-wide radio address to commemo-
rate the 17Sth birthday of Andrew
Jackson on the night of March 20
when the Jackson Day drive closes.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-02-15

1t is time now to inquire whether
or not the MVA is a subject for post.
norton, whether or not it has pros
poets.
Senator Murray the other day asked
the senate agricultural subcommittee
for an indefinite extension of time
This request virtually insures that the
bill will not be considered again in
this session of congress.
The senator's action, a kind of stra-
tegic retreat, was sound politically.
1t is perhaps the only smart political
step the senator has taken in handling
the MVA. A good deal of the credit
for the present temporary setback to
the bill must be laid at the senator's
door. Murray bungled the job. When
the bill was first presented in August,
1914, he was content with a full dress
speech to the senate and a pile of ia
vorable press clippings. (The senator
is taken in too easily by his press
noticesiD His would-be supporters
found early in the game little help
from the senator. Meetings in the
fall of 1914, for example, were quite
without information about the bill
or factual data in support of it. The
senator has done little, to this writer's
knowledge, to change this state of
affairs. A bill as controversial as
the MVA proposal needs from its spon-
sor a more vigorous backbone sup
port than he gave it, Moreover, Muir
ray allowed himself to be duped into
a compromise year ago on the rivers
and harbors bill. The senator has
been around Montana long enough to
know that the kind of promise they
gave him at that time was not worth,
as we used to say long time ago, "a
continental"
The MVA was quickly tagged as
Democratic" bill. This assertion was
not true, for among its supporters both
in congress and among the people
were Republicans as well as Demo
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-02-15
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The postwar period is bringing to
light many stories which could not
be told during the war-stories of
heroism, intelligence, and skill in fight
| ing for moral principles and moral
purposes in the midst of the inhu-
mainly of nazi principles.
Vicar Andre, the pastor of st. Jean
Baptiste church in Namur, Belgium,
is one of these gentle but persistent
heroes. The informal report about
him is written by Capt. Harold Saper'
stein, Jewish chaplain with the Ameri-
can forces, who describes him as a
"frail man, humble in demeanor, with
a bashful smile" But this young
priest, Mortified at the inhuman and
un-Christian persecution of the Jewish
people in his own community by the
nazi occupying forces, risked his life
over and over again to shelter and
assist in hiding Jewish children and
Jewish families, and in helping them
to escape when necessary.
He began by helping Jewish FAM
lily who had been his personal friends.
He gave up his own bed to them and
slept on the floor of his study. When
it became evident that all of the Jews
in the town were in grave hazard he
filled his house and hid them He
persuaded local Catholic Pensioners
to hide the prosecuted in their own
homes. He provided and carried food
to Jewish people in hiding, and kept
open the contacts between separated
parents and children. He rescued
and cared for Jewish children whose
parents had been killed or sent TO
concentration camps. Orphan children
he put in Catholic institutions for tenn
porary care, where they were cour-
ageously hidden and their origin con-
cealed. The nazis finally caught up
with him and he had to go into hid
ing himself. He had a good hiding
place apparently and took a number
of the children with him, where they
were discovered by the American
troops in the liberation of Belgium.
Later dispatches and reports to
Child Welfare International agencies
indicate that very many Belgium fam
lilies in other towns took orphaned or
separated Jewish children into their
homes, claimed them as their kin,
protected them, and came to love
them
These examples Of natural human
feeling are again evidence of the good
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the sound approach to an orderly
movement of wheat also had to do
with transportation and price controls.
The three bottlenecks, he said, were:
1. Transportation The so-called
wheat shortage is matter of distri-
button and not production. Railroad
transportation has broken down. Not
only are boxcars lacking, but the rail-
Grads are unable to move the cars they
have without long delays.
2. OPA price controls. Farmers
fear that the OPA price controls will
be removed June 80. 1916. They are
aware that the end of price controls
means an increase in prices with a
strong danger of initiation. They are
holding wheat back. Immediate adj
justment of all necessary price
changes and firm hold-the-price line
into 1947 is necessary.
3. Taxes. The present income tax
levy imposes an unfair burden on
farmers called on to pay on two years
income in a single year. There is no
reason to expect farmers to make a
direct contribution of as much as 80
to go cents a bushel to help the gov
eminent meet its commitments with
out some compensation.
AS the ST. Paul Pioneer Press de-
clared, on February 7, 1.-THE genius
of the surprise plan is that it goes
to the heart of the income tax diff
Guilty, which is encouraging large
numbers of farmers to hang on to
their wheat until new crop is in
sight next summer or fall"
About S5,000,00O bushels are esti-
mated to be held on North Dakota
farms alone. The total in all states
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Gratis. But the local Republicans, in
Montana and elsewhere in the valley,
organized political fight against it.
1t was made a political issue in the
Helena legislature, for example. But
where were the Democrats?
Senator Wheeler opposed it. The
senator had his reasons, both good"
and real" he gave us the good" rea-
sons, but that is another story.
Mansfield said he was studying"
the measure. Later, several months
later, he said he was giving the mea-
sure careful thought. Whom did Mans
field think he was kidding? Element
airy, my dear Mansfield When one
doesn't want to be put on the spot
for not very obvious reasons, one
Studies" a question. There are peo-
pie in Montana who haYe-publicly at
least-been Studying" questions all
their lives. Mansfield did not say he
was studying the Chinese question.
If he was, it didn't take him long to
reach an opinion about it. Fact is.
when Mansfield wants to, he can reach
an opinion about subject very fast.
For example, there was that atomic
bomb broadcast of his. Perhaps China
and atom bombs are a great deal
simpler, and safer, questions for Con-
gresham Mansfield than river valley
authorities? In any case, Zarathust-
ra Mansfield hath not spoken on MVA
to this date, so far as this writer
knows.
Then the Montana Democratic party
lodged the issue. They lodged it at
time when the Republicans were
putting up a legislative wheelhorse.
that student of national and interna-
tional issues, Wesley D'Ewart. 1t was
well known that his nomination was
reward for his valiant response to
his masters voice in the Helena leg
islature. The Democrats paid for their
reluctance. They lost the election:
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INDUSTRY PLOT
Seen BY GUFFEY,
HITS u. S. Steel.

A planned Campaign on the part
of the greatest and wealthiest corpo-
rations in America to hold up the
American people for exorbitant price
increases or to destroy American Ia
Dor" was seen by Sen. Joseph F. Cuff
| fey 3D., PENN ma speech this week
sharply criticizing the United States
Steel Corp for it's stubborn refusal to
compromise with its striking workers.
He called for congressional investi-
cation.
Meanwhile, there was no official
word from President Philip Murray
of the CLIO United Steelworkers as to
progress in settlement of the strike
involving nearly 100000 workers,
which has shut down the industry
since January 81.
The criticism of the United States
SteeTs refusal to grant the 18H
an hour increases recommended by
President Truman CAMP from Senator
Guffey during the fiffbuster by South
ern senators against passage of Fair
Employment Practices legislation
The Pennsylvania, who has been
good friend of organized labor
throughout his long period of serv-
ice, charged that "the blame for
the present strike rests squareIy on
the company. This does not seem
to be merely case of United States
Steel setting pattern and the rest
of the industry following suit-but
rather planned campaign on the
part of the greatest and wealthiest
corporations in America to hold up
the American people for exorbitant
price increases, or to destroy Ameri-
can labor.
~ have grave doubt that the pas
sage of factfinding legislation would
have solved this strike problem.
The facts have been found the
workers have cooled off for far more
than 80 days, without the compuI-
sion of law.
"The proper committees of the
house and senate should look into this
apparent joint activity on the part of
large corporations and the monied in
terests and lay bare all the facts-not
only as to industry's ability to pay
higher wages, that has been demon
strated-but as to its program for
America.
"a also hope that serious atten-
tion will be given to revising our
tax laws so that the American peo-
pie will not be substituting corpora
tons in their efforts to break the
organizations of their workers."
Meanwhile, at Pittsburgh United |
States Steel's Homestead plant, man
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| NAT. C0-0PS PLAN
STREAMLINIkG
OF ACTIVITIES

CHICAGO.-(CLNS)-The boards Of
directors of the Cooperative League
of the United States of America, Ma
tional Co-operatives Inc. and the Co
operative Finance association of Amer
lea have agreed to set up a co-ordi
mated organization of consumer pur
chasing co-operatives in the United
States and Canada. The action came
as the climax of special joint meet
ing of the boards at the Congress Ho-
tel here January 80 and 81 and Feb.
ruary 1.
The unified organization will in
clude cooperative business, education
and finance activities under a single
board of directors and executives. 1t
is expected to streamline and strength
en- activities in all fields.
About rs members of the boards of
the three national organizations met
here for the three-day session which
grew out of motion adopted by the
Cooperative congress in October 1914
calling for closer coordination of the
national activities of the consumer
purchasing co-operatives. A commit
tee of nine composed of three direct
ors selected by each board had met
several times during the last year to
work out proposals for closer co-ordi-
nation. Members of that committee
were: Murray d. Lincoln, r. N. Ben
jamin and William Liimatainen, rep
resenting the Cooperative League; I.
H. Hull, Joe Nolan and Howard A.
Cowden, representing National Coop
eratives; and Emil Selvig, Harland
Allen and William Blaisdell, represent
ing the Cooperative Finance associa-
ton of America.
After two days of discussion, com
mittee of seven was appointed to work
out the final form of agreement for
coordination of the organizations. On
that committee were Murray d. Lin
coin, Howard A. Cowden, A. ]. Sma-
by, Leslie E. Woodcock, ]. F. Yaeger,
|. II. Hull and e. A. Syftestad, with
A. J. Hayes, who chaired the three
day session, acting as chairman ex-
officio
The report of the committee as
adopted by the closing session of the
was as follows:
1. This conference agrees that the
purpose of the regional associations
in maintaining a national organization
is extension of the Rochdale cooper
alive method of doing business in the
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producer some measure OF price
protection on his crop, pending
present uncertainties over what
will happen to OPA price con.
troll legislation. The plan was
submitted to Secretary of Com
merce Henry A. Wallace, mem
Der of the presidents special
committee on wheat. Secretary Wal
lace started to work Immediately or
the plan to get the backlog of wheat
moving off the farms to terminal and
tidewater elevators.
The proposal by Thatcher is brand
new and wide departure from all
the other plans that hitherto have
been under intensive study in Wash.
ington. Thatcher's proposal almost
Immediately received considerable at
tention in the metropolitan newspa
pers.
Cracking at reports of a wheat fam
inc and days of black bread" Thatch
er said that the department of agri
cultures own figures show there is
approximately 600,000,000 bushels Of
wheat in the country. Only 400,000,00C
bushels of wheat are needed for flour
mills, export and seed up to July 1,
when the winter wheat crop moves,
he added
"The so-called wheat shortage is one
of getting the wheat moving from
country to market" he said 1.-THE
farmers have the wheat, and under
certain conditions, where they are as
sured of a parity of treatment with
other business, they are willing to
move it to market"
The whole plan Of having the gov
eminent borrow what wheat it needs
directly from farmers was discussed
directly with Washington by long dis
lance telephone late last week.
Under the plan, the government
would call on farmers throughout the
Great Plains, who still hold wheat on
their farms, to lend it to the govern
ment. The government would pay a
interest or none at all on the
loans made on the wheat. The loans
would be repaid to the farmers, not
in the form of cash, but as cash at
the full face value of the wheat when
ever the farmers wished it repaid.
Since wheat is at ceilings, the val
ne would not change unless the cell
ngs were changed during the period
If the loan.
In stressing the feasibility of having
he farmer loan his wheat to the gov
Thatcher emphasized that
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-02-15
Facility
Payment
100000
10000
10000
Total Payment $8O5,724

Montana Power company then had 310290300 kilowatt
energy retail Since this energy dumped into
the very heart of its system and probably used nearby
going that total distribution losses somewhat
and that body paid for ESQ million
kowa hours of energy Federal Power commission tabua
give the retail rates Montana for 1914 industrial
mills commercial zoo mills residential 35 mills Average
all ncudng sales to financial allies and affates)
96mi Taking the last the rate Montana Powers
take has been $000O less the S8O524 paid to the govern
ment 594 276 Not bad deal for said power
pany had money invested and has been privileged
all the energy wanted and at the times needed
JEROME G. LOCKE
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-02-15
RI 81, -. s,..... T. ;. Dover

Fort Peck has instaIIeu ating capacity of 3d.
900 kowatts of firm power This that it turn out
kowat hours of firm constantpower plus
variable amount of firm secondary year.
On July l. 1913 the United States bureau of reclamation
acted sale of the bulk of this Montana Power com
Minus noessena details and plus explanation
for Qualification this is what the contract shows
Said may be terminated after JAM 1945 by so
days written notice. given by either party The United States
reserves from sale
Energy required for operation of DAM plant and
other facilities.
Energy required by office of Indian affairs irriga
ton in vicinity of Fort Peck.
g. Energy required for other, future customers of the
United States
A. Energy losses incident operation of Fort Peck and
its system.
From delivery to be at points, namely;
Peck Rainbow Dam Great Falls and Wheeler
Montana the Montana Power company agrees to receive
all the energy and above the output of its plants
which it dispose of for the following purposes:
()-Energy required by its customers In Montana
(i)-Energy which be sold to Utah Power and Light
company under present future contracts.
(i)-Energy which be sold to the Washington Water
Power company under present future contracts
(iv)-Energy which in it's judgment be stored advan
tageousIy in its reservoirs for future
(v)Energy losses incident to the transmission and dsr
button of the energy received"
ceived half mills ($OOO25 per kilo
for the of certain facilities Grams
mission lines etc., at the $4,000 per year: PROvID
ED that said annual charge of $4,000 shall be RENTED to
the that charges for current exceed $4,000 year
The contains the ordinary mutual protective
against shortages other calamies and changes
of public policy.
transmitting data showing amount of sold to,
exchanged WITH Montana POWER company and Montana
Utility company Commissioner Stratus of bureau of
reclamation says:
194a Montana Power provides
Most the delivered the company
u.s.
facilities
the
it was
undesirable the unit required locally
will contnu
o a
power billed
During the plant
supplied credited
Tabuaons furnished by the bureau of reclamation show
that to Dec 81 1915 about Is million kowatt hours
furnished by power company during times plant
operation This repaid by like amount of current dur
periods of operation Energy billed to Montana Power
follows. Payments therefor computed
thon
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-02-15
FARM COOP SUPPORTS
THE STRIKERS

At a meeting of the Farmers
Union Cooperative council held
in GIendive this week, a discus
sion of the strike situation took
place, headed by J. J. TomaIlno
of Intake. The discussion COW
cred the effects of the strikes
and the relationship to the well
fare of the farmers of the sue
cess of the workers in their eff
forts to better their conditions.
The result of the discussion was
to pass the hat" and $34 was
collected and sent to help labor
in its fight for justice.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-02-15
SUGGESTION MADE THAT
GOVT. BORROW wheat
DIRECTLY FROM farmers

General Manager of Farmers Union Grain
Terminal Association Proposes Novel Plan
For Breaking Wheat Shortage; Asserts That
There Is No Actual Shortage of Wheat But
Farmers Lack Incentive to Move to Market.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-02-15

ST. PAUL Feb ia proposal that the government step
wheat directly from farmers order to meet
relief export needs has been proposed to President Truman
special cabinet committee by NJ w Thatcher general
ager of Farmers Union Grain Terminal association.
The proposal made Thatcher sad to give the wheat
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-02-15
MVA-POSTMORTEM OR
PROSPECT?
By PAUL MEADOWS

below the opinions writer
considered
on
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-29

The first bicycle, invented IN
1890 had no steering device, and
was pushed by the feet.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-29
0RRELL WILL RUN
FOR REELECTION
County Auditor Changes
Mind About Retiring;
Chief Jordan In Race

County Auditor J. A. Orreil toss
ed monkey wrench into the politi-
cal plans of several reported pros
pective candidates for the office
when in a change of mind" an
nouncement, he let it be known
that he plans to seek denomination
on the Democratic ticket at the
May Is primary election.
Several weeks ago. Orren an
nounced that he planned to retire
with the expiration of his present
term on December 81, and there
fore would not be candidate for
denomination. About one week
later, T. c. Ellers, clerk in the
auditors office, definately an
nounced that ne would be candi-
date for the job.
The only other event of interest
on the county political front yester-
day was cleaned at the office of
H. G.. Carney, chairman Of the
county board of elections, where
it was learned that shortly before
5 o'clock, Assistant Chief of Po-
lice James F. Jordan filed as a
candidate for constable for Will
mington township.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-29
BACK IN STATES

BACK IN STATES
1t. Russell d. Stone notified
his mother, Mrs. r. r. Stone,
Jr., 419 S. 18th street, that he
has arrived in the United States
from Germany where he was
stationed with the Army Air
Corps. Now at Camp Kilmer,
N. j., 1t. Russell said he ex-
pected to arrive in Whining
ton within a few days. He Is
an alumnus of Duke and q
practicing attorney.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-29
Guilders Lost
In East Indian Robberies

BATAVIA, Java, March 2s-(R,
|-o1tlclals investigating the theft
VI gooos valued at 1000, 900 guild
ers tSl:o75, Oo0, found in cache
Two miles southwest of Batavia
nave arrested British military
ponce captain, several British
hon-commissioned officers, and
some British Indian soldiers the
,U News agency Aneta said
Thursday.
1he goods were part of great
quantities stolen in recent weeks
from warehouses and docks at
nataVla's port and elsewhere, and
mat much already had been sold
on the black market, the story
SAID, adding the cache recovered
included 10000 automobile tires,
huge quantities of cigarettes, uni
forms, and drums of alcohol.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-29

and Mrs, Frederick Willetts,
Wilmington, he has been In the
service 81 months.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-29
Frances Utilities
To Be Nationalized

PARIS, Friday, March 29-P)-
The constituent assembly early Fri
day voted naturalization of
Frances electricity and gas in
dustries by a vote Of 512 to 81.
Socialist Deputy Paul Ramadier
said the measure will place nearly
100 percent of the two Industries
under state control.
The nationalized industries will
be directed by an 10 member COM
mission composed equally of repre-
sentatives of the state, consumers
and the industry.