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Montana labor news., 1946-08-29
BY Raymond S. Hofses

II you read the columnists who pom
tificate from day to day in the com
mercial press Of the nation you are
likely To he fooled Or. il you are
possessed of a keen eye and a Ions
memory you may come with startling
abrupfness to the conclusion thai
eteranal vigilance is the price. not
only of liberty. but also OF a clear
mind.
Feature writer George f. Sokolsky,
whose writings. appear daily IN a
number of newspapers. of which our
own Reading Times is one. gave us an
example. OF Tuesday, April l6, OF how
high priced word-mongers can fool the
American people and impose concepts
upon the public mind which are utter
ly false.
. Sokolsky took the annual report OF
the Pennsylvania Railroad company
as his inspiration and private-profit
enterprise as his text. He points to
the fact that the Pennsy is now 100
years old and says that -
49,. no government ever built,
ever added TO-. W strengthened,
this largest Of all American rail-
roads governments, federal.
state or municipal =. all took taxes
out Of its prosperity il was
created by private persons as a
private business venture"
And some more OF the same.
Clearly and without possibility of
doubt. Sokolsky wanted his readers to
believe that the railroads furnish a
splendid example of what private en-
terprise means for the welfare Of the
nation. And Sc he says that =
what is true Of the Pennsylvania
is, in large measure, true Of every
American railroad"
Now defenders Of the private-profit
economy might like to take time out
from begging the government to do
something for this or that industry
long enough to use Sokolsky's article
as the basis for a short snort about
free enterprise.
However, Sokolsky took the wrong
example and one which is vulnerable
to attack when he based his argument
upon American railroads.&c. Of which
he carelessly admits. have pretty
much the same history and back
ground.
The fact is that American railroads
are founded in graft, bribery, con
spiracy and murder.
The fact Is that the government
gave the railroads their start by
taking millions Of dollars worth Of
wealth from the people and handing
It to those private persons who
launched the railroad business in
these United States.
The fact is that the railroads paid
lobbyists who, in turn, paid law
makers. to make the kind Of laws
which would give a veritabIe en-.
pire to the railroad companies
free, gratis and for nothing.
It's all down on the records. We
haven't taken the time to look up the
figures on the Pennsy. But since the
same story goes for all railroads. and
since such roads as the Erie and New
York, New Haven and Hartford are
still a stencil in the nostrils Of many
Americans. and since we have at hand
a few figures about the Northern Paci.
fic Railroad Company. we don't have
to do too much %researching.
Probably most Of our reders have
heard of the famous land grants
which the government gave to those
private persons" who promoted the
railroad industry as a private bust
ness. Possibly columnist Sokolsky is
Montana labor news., 1946-08-29
HOW RAILROADS COT
THEIR START

the only person who hasn't heard
about them.
Anyway. rs on the record tina.
tho government gave 70 the Nor,,.
ern Pacific a total Of 43eo37os
acres Of land. which extended for
miles on either side OF tho ,or.
pany's roadway. Someone with
flair for geography and ma,hema.
tics has figured il out hal. the ,lrd
thus given to this one roas which
included some Of the fines, plne
woodlands in the nation. AGGREGATED
as much as eight states the si,. =,
Ohio and was Of greater area tina,
any country IN Europe esoep,
Russia.
We're glad that all railroads have
the same story, because this u,tl, yarn
of Sokolsky's must be ~unray,lled in
Just about a column.
But we mutst take lh, spae. ia ~.
port that in the ease OF another rail.
road. the Southern Pacific. wires wer.
being pulled to make the government,
underwrite the companys bonds ana
road received from the government
for free-were resold TO ihe same
government for Sl5.o00 Gao
The fact is that the story sokolsky
tells about the railroads is Just as far
from the truth as il possibly rould he
The fact is that The people Of This
nation have been paving through tha
all the time for permitting So
important a business 10 remain IN
private hands and to be exploited for
private profit.
The fact is that the same thing can
be said OF all businesses. little ms well
as big: namely that they all fnnc
toned in a manner and under a set of.
rules that made the American people
Montana labor news., 1946-08-29
GERMAN FIRMS ARE OFF
BLACKLIST

American business firms are rush
ing to do business with the nazis.
according to Thomas F. Reynolds. in
the current issue OF the New Republic.
German industry. which was pinned
down for the last five years by unre-
lenting economic warfare OF the demo
cracies. began showing evidence Of
life within AS hours after the United
States. Great Britain and Canada, OF
July Sth. jointly ~annulled the blacklist
Of pro-AXis spearhead companies.
The office OF International Trade. of
the Commerce Department. has issued
a statement announcing that "Ameri-
can firms are not required to check
the political standing of former pro-
claimed list firms" However. Mr.. Rey-
nolds insists. no American business
men can claim that he unwittinely
established relations with such firms.
since the Commerce Departments
commercial-intelligence division will
furnish full information on any firms
formerly included on the black list.
Montana labor news., 1946-08-29

Pay tribute To a few private owners.
And they all wanted the government
10 grant them favors. either by direct
gift or by tariff laws or by some other
devices.
Moreover. the taxes that railroads
paid and that Sokolsky points To can
be compared 10 the carfare that Il
hiehWayman hands back 10 the victim
However We do think we've learned
something from Sokolsky It's that the
eaiamnists Of capitalism are going 10
Tool us if W. don't watch out. Also
that the lying and cheating didn't
Stop when the railroad rackeferrs
drove the golden spike that completed
the span of rails connecting the At.
lantic with the Pacific.
Montana labor news., 1946-08-29
GOVERNMENT NEEDS
YOUR MONEY

II another reason Is needed for re.
storing price and rent controls In the
nation. Treasury Secretary John Sny.
der offered II July .
Snyder said an increase In federal
taxes may be needed II prices get TOO
far out OF hand. He commented that
taxes viii probably follow prices"
Perhaps the administration wants TO
prepare a fund for unemployment re.
lief In a few years-Labor
Montana labor news., 1946-08-29

The safety bicycle was first place.
on the market in 1887.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-02-22
P~oscogould Music
Club Entertained
By Mrs. Nelson

The P~ascagoula Music Club
met Saturday afternoon in the
home of Mrs. c. L. Nelson in
Escatawpa with Mrs. Robert Her
itage, Mrs. r. T. Hutmaker and
Mrs. David Upton as hostesses.
The meeting was opened with
the singing of america" After
a business session directed by
the club president, Mrs. Hal Lee,
a very interesting and enjoyable
program was presented.
Mrs. T. w. Hudson led a dis
cussion on the Harmonic Basis
of Music" To illustrate certain
phases of her subject, members
of the club presented the fol
lowing program:
Vocal solo, It'll Not Complain"
R. Schumann). Miss Katie
Thompson; piano solo, ITO A Wa
ter Lily" tMacDowelD, Miss
Kathryn Maxwell; voice (octet)
Sweet and Low" (Barnby), Mrs.
r. A. Heritage, director; vocal
solos, "Bois Epais' Uully) and
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-02-22

as a delegate from Eel Lodge
at Vancleave and Mr.. Bonham
as a visitor.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bill Billings and
Mr.. and Mrs. Mack Washington
of Long Beach were Sunday Wis
itors in the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. All Stagg.
Bill Farley of Kreole visited
Frank Ramsay Friday.
C. i. Dees was a recent Wis
itor to Washington, d. C., where
ne went in the interests of the
Rural Electrical Association.
Mrs. Norman w. Ramsay is
spending a few days in Laurel
with her sister. Mrs. Maggie Stew
art Mcclellan.
Mrs. Frances Einfeldt, who has
been in Miami, Fla, for some
time visiting her daughter, Miss
Katherine Einfeldt, and brother
and sister-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Rawle, has returned
home.
Walter Murphy has returned
from a visit to Vicksburg.
Mr.. and Mrs. Knox Broome
and son of jackson, Miss, were
guests Saturday of Mrs. w. M.
Breeland and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stone Moore of
Ocean Springs spent the week
end with Mr.. Moore's sister, Mrs.
w. M. Breeland. Mrs. H. Mckay
of Leaf, Miss, who had been a
guest in this home since Monday
left Friday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Grady Patrick
and children were weekend Wis
itors to relatives in Mobile.
Rev. Ford Parker preached
Sunday morning and evening at
the Vancleave Baptist church. At
three o'clock in the afternoon a
Sunday school clinic was held
at the church. Visiting preach
ers were Rev. r. C. Ryan of
Ocean Springs; Rev. Moore of
Biloxi; and Rev. Wyatt, pastor
of the Vestry church. The OBJ
ject of the clinic vast to plan
the Sunday school program for
1916.
The local basketball teams
again played the o. L. v. teams
at D'Iberville and were lucky
enough to win all five of the
games.
Vancleave friends of T. w. and
Curtis Mcmillan of Mt Pleasant
r happy to welcome them home.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-02-22

These young men have been in
the armed service for some
months.
Lawrence Golf of Moss Point
who vas recently discharged
from the Navy is visiting Van
cleave and Mt. Pleasant friends.
During the absence of Mrs. w.
M. Breland last week, her place
in the elementary school was
filled by Mrs. j. c. Harris. Miss
Susie Vaughan substituted for
Mrs. N. E. Taconi, who was out
on account of the illness of her
young son..
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Golf and
family were out Sunday attend
ing the preaching services at the
Baptist church.
All but one of the members
of the class of l945, Vancleave
Consolidated School got together
at Perkinston during the week
end. These included Cliff Chi
Dees, Maryon Roberts, Thelma
Roberts, Joe Groves, Doris Hay
ley, Carol Carter, and Rosemary
Faulk. The only absentee was
Johnson Ware who is in the Navy
somewhere in the Pacific.
Friends of Miss Lizzie Ware
will regret to know that she has
been confined to her bed by ill
ness for several days.
A gala event which will long
be remembered was the lovely
birthday party given in the H.
w. Woodman home Saturday
night in honor of the youngest
daughter, Miss Naomi Woodman.
The home was beautifully and
| appropriately decorated with a
profusion of colorful camellias
and a dainty valentine motif.
A number of exciting games and
interesting contests were indulg-
ed in by the merry crowd of
young people. Prizes we're award
ed the winners, after which they
all repaired to the dining room.
The center of attraction there
was a beautiful pink and white
birthday cake with pink candles
and pink candy valentines. The.
cake was served with refresh
ing punch and candy. Those pres
ent enough on this happy oc-
casion besides the members of
the family were Hazel and Louise
King, Stanley Ramsey, Leo No
BILE, Mary Alice Holder, Jean
Bond, Robert Roberts, and Mrs.
Quincy Roberts.
Misses Susie and Fannie Vau-
ghn were in Ocean Springs and
Biloxi Saturday.
Vancleave friends of Mrs. Fern
Braniger Little of Gulf Hills,
Ocean Springs, were shocked and
grieved to learn of her death
which occurred in New Orleans
last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. E. Ellis trans
acted business in Gulfport Mon
day.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-02-22

where they expect to make their
home.
Messrs. AL Stagg and Bonnie
Bonham have returned from Me-
ridian, Miss, where they at
tended the Grand Lodge of the
Masonic Order. Mr.. Stage went
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-02-22

sentences for any public official
wfo commits hostile acts, thus
putting the country in danger of
a declaration of war, or who
changes friendly relations be-
tween the Argentine government
and any foreign government"
If The act actually results In
war. the penalty is increased to
three to fifteen years in prison.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-02-22

when Irish Eyes Are Smiling
tBalD, the Rev. James Cegswell.
The following we're welcomed
into the club as new members.
Mrs. E. A. Krayat, Mrs, Hal
Brock and Miss Amelia Pickett
At the conclusion of the pro-
gram a delicious plate luncheon
was served to members of the
club and the following visitors:
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-02-22
SAFE IN

Buenos Aires, AP.-Heek.ea
State Department officials who
have to worry over county cops
refusing diplomatic immunity to
speeding diplomats would worry
less if they had one of Argenti-
mas laws.
1t provides ono to six years Jail
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-02-22
Vancleave

Mr.. and Mrs. William A. Decock
who have been for some time the
guest of the latter's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. H. T. Woodman, left
Monday for Ford City, Penn,
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-02-22

Cobalt blue, made of an oxide
of cobalt metal, is the most ex-
pensive color on most artists
palettes.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-02-22

Mesdames Robert Fox, Joe
Leatherbury, A. +. Magehee, II.
c. Nelson George Sexton and
Ray Stewart.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-02-22

Misses Susie and Fannie Vau
ghn were in Ocean Springs ant
Biloxi Saturday.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-08-03

greet the paper on Labor Day
and to solicit greetings from
others. We are planning on an
enlarged paper for that edition
and that will only be possible il
we are flooded with greetings
from all our well-wishers.
n n 4
When we celebrate Labor Day
we hope to be able to announce
the cheering news that there are
$1,000 mail subscribers to our
paper. But this can only be &C
complished by an organizational
drive by our supporters to achieve
5000 more subs in the next five
weeks. Have you secured sub
SINCE the paper first came out?
Is there Star committee work
ing in your group? Every union
list knows the value of organiZa-
ton. And it was organization by
supporters of the Star that made
possible our first 10000 subs.
4 Il
This column would like to hear
from our readers about expert
ences in selling subs and copies
of the paper. We would also like
comment on some of the follow
ing proposals that have been
made:
1. That we achieve 10000 paid
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-08-03

Chicago will be able to cele-
brate Labor Day in fitting man
ner this year.
The Chicago Star is holding its
first annual Labor Day Picnic on
Monday, September End as a
means of bringing labor together
so that working people can truly
claim this day as their own.
LABOR DAY is not just a
"stretched-out" weekend. 1t is a
national holiday which is dedi-
Gated to the recognition of the
basic role played by the workers
of our country. But Labor Day
is becoming more than just an
occasion for festivities. 1t is 4
day in which labor demonstrates
its strength, its growing unity,
its demands and its aspirations.
y ~ Il
The Stars picnic will be a
gathering point for workers from
many different unions. 1t will be
the focal Labor Day event for an
Chicago's progressives.
II n Il
AS part of our Labor Day
plans, the pages of the Star will
have greetings from organiza-
tons, individuals and commercial
groups. We invite Star readers to
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-08-03

funds to aid the anti-Franco cam
paign.
The appeal was signed by a
broad group of civic leaders, in
Guiding Sam Levin, Edward Brze
zinski, Joseph Mattson, Grant
Cakes, Ernest DeMaio, and Her
bert March of the CLIO; Peter
Larkin of the ALL Typographical
Union; Leo A. Lerner of the In
dependent Voters of Illinois; Ken
Pettus of the American Veterans
Committee; Dorothy Bushnell
Cole; Kenneth Kennedy; Lucius
Harper; Rabbi Morris Teller; and
Rev. Karl Baehr.
KEY demand of the program
is for the breaking of diplomatic
and economic relations with the
Franco government. Activities
planned for OUTLAW Franco
month are centered around this
main point and the demand that
the US. government intervene to
prevent further murders by
Franco such as the recent shoot
ing of Ramon Via, leader of
Madrid. steel workers.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-08-03

4.
Half that many more wives,
guests and visitors are also at
tending as the Farm Equipment
Union celebrates it's 10th ami
versary.
Grown from a small organizing
committee in 1886, the union now
represents one hundred thousand
workers in the farm equipment,
and allied metal working, cord
age and other industries.
Opening the convention was a
detailed officers report which
warned of the war against labor
waged by giant monopolies, laid
plans to avert the threatened
World War II; urged increased
political action in the 1916 cleo
tons and pledged FEE to work for
the eventual establishment of a
third party.
Firms whose workers belong
to FE-CIO include International
Harvester, John Deere, Allis- Chal-
mers, Caterpillar Tractor, Oliver
Corp, LaPlant- Choate, Ingersoll
Disc Borg Warner) Ludlow,
Hart-Carter, Cherry-Burrell, Co
lumbar Rope, Phoenix Metal,
Polarware (Kohler), Vollrath, as
well as hosts of other firms.
THE unions largest depart.
ment is its National Harvester
Workers Council, which alone
covers over 10000 workers in IL
International Harvester plants.
Entering the convention, FE-CIO
is organizing further in newly
acquired Harvester works, as
well as in the Milwaukee LII
works, where FEE Local 102 has
been chartered since 1888.
Top officials of the farm equip
ment union are President, Grant
w. Cakes, and Secretary-Treasur-
er Gerald Fielde, both former III
workers, from the Tractor and
Mccormick Works, respectively,
where the union was founded.
John Shaffer, a former Oliver
Corp. employee, is Vice-President.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-08-03

The announcement was made
at a meeting of the newly-spawn-
ed Western Hemisphere Com
mittee Against Communism" at
Kimball Hall, chaired by Frede-
rick Kister, national chairman of
the Christian Veterans of Ameri-
ca.
Macmillan st. George, de-
Tense attorney for.the seditjOn-
lists, said the trial will not be
re-Opened. The governments
case was halted by a mistrial
because of the death of the
judge.
JEREMIAH Stokes, another
speaker, said:
I'm spite of the terrible expert
ences we've had for the past 13
years, we still have our constitu-
tion-and with the Wood-Rankin
Committee and other patriotic or
CARNATIONS we can feel that some
members of the government still
have the welfare of the nation at
heart"
Kister introduced Norman JAG
ques, member of the Canadian
parliament, by saying that che
stood for Canada First like we
stand for America Firsty'Is5
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-08-03
;Sa.E! q q he STAR S

circulation within year.
2. That readers conferences be
held in shops and cofn1nuni-
ties to discuss the content of
the paper and methods of in
creasing circulation. ~
3. That a radio program spon-
sored by the Star is inaugu-
rated. S.4'
4. That we sponsor hospital
plan for our subscribers.
These are only some of the
suggestions. We are sure you
have ideas on the subject. Let us
hear from you.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-08-03

Meeting at 166 w. Washington
Blvd, participants will march to
the Spanish consulate, where they
will set up picket line. The de-
monstration is scheduled to start
at IL Am.
Picketing of the Spanish con-
sulate is the first of the city-wide
events planned by the two groups
for "outlaw Franco" month, de-
signated the world over by the
World Federation of Trade I'm
ions for the month July Is to
August Is, in commemoration OF
the invasion of the Spanish Re-
public.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-08-03
Aid For Tunnery
Workers In Poland

Chicago's CLIO tannery work
ers are swinging into action this
week to feed and clothe their
fellow tannery workers in Po-
land.
The decision to participate in
the campaign was made at a
meeting last week at North and
Western Avenues, where an ap-
peal for aid was made by two
representatives of Polish Relief.
Eleanor Czajka, former WAC.
described the struggle against
reaction and anti-Semitism in
Poland, and appealed to Chicago
tannery workers to adopt one
factory in Poland. The meeting,
however, voted to help all the
Polish tannery workers, and in
structed the executive board to
secure the cooperation of tan
merry locals in Cleveland, Detroit.
Boston, Buffalo and other cities.
One feature of the convention
will be banquet in honor of
James G.. Patton, President of the
National Farmers Union, to be
attended by all delegates and
many prominent guests on Au-
gust 2.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-08-03
'Seditionisfs sufe> ;
local fusoists say

gathering of 200 assorted fascists, antSemites and
professional redbaers here last Monday night hailed the
announcement that the 80 sedtonss still under U.S.
Idicment, will not be prosecuted
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-08-03
FE-O0 10th annual pureIy.
to open drive for new gains.
MILWAUKEE,

MILWAUKEE, 400 delegates in
Convention of the O United
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-08-03

demonstration against the revival of Nazsm in Ger
many World War marched down Michigan
this The protest of national
campaign President Truman keep the Potsdam Pledge
sponsored by the Chicago Committee to win the Peace
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-08-03
MEANWHILE, the COMMITTEE

has issued leaflet headed Thine
for Action" to all trade unions
and other community organiza-
tons, urging their participation
in the months activities.
The leaflet calls for a flood of
letters and kilograms to Presi.
dent Truman and Secretary of
State Byrnes, and asks coopera-
ton in circulating petitions, con-
Quoting rallies, and collecting
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-08-03

demonstration against the fascist Franco regime
been called this Saturday by the Chicago Committee for
Spanish Freedom and the Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln
Brigade
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1946-11-21
Ldbor Press Opens Fight
For Newsprint Supplies

daily newspaper the Trentonian in
Trenton, N. j., declared that the
Hearst, Scripps-Howard, and Pat
terson- Mccormick papers are get
ting all the newsprint they want.
with newsprint having already
skyrocketed from the former cell
ing price Of $50 ton to $50,
brokers and supply houses warned
Nov. IL that still sharper increases
were scheduled and hinted Of
possible rise to $3.50 a toni
Editor Wilbur L. Babe Of the
Guild Reporter, American News
paper Guild paper, said the large
publishers were unconcerned with
the rising cost as long as they
could get all the paper they want
and turn it into profitable adver-
tising and circulation revenue.
Other speakers urged a return
to the wartime quota system and
demanded that the antitrust divi-
sion Of the Justice Department in
vestigate monolopy conditions in
the industry. The meeting was
called by Victor Levitt, head of
Trade Union Service, which pub
fishes Is AFL and CIO papers.