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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-08-09
SHACK SWEEPINCS
BY BILL

Montana, the American veterans of World war II
(Amvets) in the first state convention held July 10 at
Billings, went record strenuous opposition to the
sales tax proposal Resolution No. 9 of the convention
stated Whereas believe it burdensome and unjust
to all regardless of earnings station In fe
therefore, be it resolved that there be enacted
sales tax in any form in the state Of Montana"
BY resolution, the Amvets also requested that the
federal make possible for vets
loans for homes businesses at interest rates not
exceed three percent. Strong resolutions also
approved to provide state tax exemptions for totally
disabled veterans homes personal property etc. and
for the state provide financial aid for educating
children of servcemen killed in action, who died
because of service-connected final resolution
in the form of thanks to Cong. Mike Mansfield
for his efforts in behalf of the terminal pay bill
for enlisted All in ALL looking the
resolutions, it would that the Amvets certainly
not asking anything than fair break from
the state of Montana and it is to be hoped that they
will be successful in their requests at the next egsla
tive assembly
A safety committee of a Helena service club among
other things has suggested that law be passed making
parents responsible for reckless driving the part
their offspring 1t is the committees thought that
Pop is fined ten spot for permitting his young
to the family jalopy for racing pell up and
down the streets of town, that that will be the of
said younger member having free to the
portation facilities of the household sed-as the
father of three upand-coming future speed demons,
I'm in hearty accord with the committee.
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| see by the daily press, aftermath to the
months old shooting fray in the Mint here in Helena
in which August p zoeIIer 64year old railroad engi-
neer sain that ex-attorney general John Bonner
has filed $4,000 damage suit against the MINIS pro-
prietors, for the widow of the murdered
One cannot help wondering in view of the gambling
that was alegedy taking place at the time here in
Helena, that such suit might possibly unearth
interesting chains of evidence we'll bring
of the well known closet the equallywell known skele
ton to plague of the politically wise (and
cessfuD. Rumors have been circulating thick and fast
for months that there's plenty of profits had
in certain devious lines of endeavor if you happen
be on the inside. Taxpayers do we'll to watch
the columns of The Voice during the ensuing months
since there mighty fine possibilities that the
ramifcatons of this whole smelly affair may break
wide open-and the Voice will be in the forefront
bring the truth about such corruption people of
Montana
X i. !.
Speaking about politics the lumber shortage
isn't acute that the republicans lay their lack of
platform to scarcity of panking.
Which brings the oftrepeated question: What
oh what do the COP candidates for congress and the
senate stand for besides pious plaudes profits and
procrastination?
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-08-09
Deluge OF Misfortune

World the republicans offered the country
reduction program they got into power They got into
and worked reductions for the fat boys the
theory that prosperity would start at the top and tcke
All that the people got the Hoover depression of
1929 from which the country did not until World
broke The republican icke turned to be deuge
of misfortune the people Now the COP offering the
people the kind of bride to swing the 1916 elections
Minnesota Labor.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-08-09


While not too much Is known as
to the causes Of polio, and how
it is transmitted, research for
the National Foundation for In
fantile Paralysis has produced
a number of rules and sugges-
lions under What To Do If
Polio Strikes. May I suggest
that you read these over and
then pass them on to another
parent:
II infantile paralysis (polio)
breaks out in your community,
follow these suggestions.
Avoid new contacts. Try not
to mingle with crowds unneces-
sarily. Schools and other gath
ering places, however, may re-
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-08-09

Because infantile paralysis is no respector OF race,
position and may ruthessly strike any boy or
girl at any time, all parents should take every pre-
Evening star., 1946-09-12
Mr.. Green's Protest

In a letter to The Star, published
elsewhere on this page, William
Green, president of the American
Federation of Labor, takes exception
to recent editorial commenting on
the infiationary significance of his
pledge of "a full measure of sup
port to the current maritime strike.
Mr.. Green contends that the
agreement negotiated by the Sea-
farerS' International Union would
not have an inflationary effect be-
cause the agreement" did not call
for an increase in tranSportatio
rates or in the cost of shipping
transportation" He made no specific
reference to the Sailors Union of
the Pacific, which has Joined with
the Seafarers in striking against
an order of the Wage Sterilization
Board reducing the size of negoti-
ated wage increases on the ground
that the original amounts would be
lnfiationary in their effect.
In this connection it should be
noted that J. B. Bryan, representing
the Pacific American Ship Owners
Association and presumably inter-
ested primarily in the SUP, told the
Stabilization board on Tuesday that
his organization had sought ap-
proval of the wage increases so the
shippers could recover their in
creased costs from the War Shipping
Administration. He also indicated
an intent to seek higher rates to
cover increased costs on privately
operated ships. Thus, it appears
that there will be an increase in
transportation costs to cover any
increase in wages.
But this is detail which is wholly
aside from the main point of the
editorial. This was that an enforced
reversal of the boards decision in
order to allow an increase which it
has held to be In excess of the
stabilization formula would in
evitably lead to other renewed wage
demands, higher costs, higher prices,
and, in the end, collapse Of the
Evening star., 1946-09-12
Centennial of Romance

One hundred years ago today
there emerged from a dark old
house in most respectable part of
London a young woman who, being
obviously frail and ill, leaned heavily
on the arm of her maid. The two
walked slowly to chemists shop,
where they purchased small bottle
of sal volatile. Thus fortified" says
a historian of subsequent genera
ton, the invalid lady was liable to
go on to New Marylebone Church
at the corner of Nottingham place.
She found waiting for her at the
door a vigorously exuberant young
man who "gloried proudly in the
triumph of poetry over material
difficulties and parental objections"
= Within half an hour they were
married
The story has been told innumer-
able times, but it still is popular.
People who never have read a line
of the verses of Elizabeth Barrett
and Robert Browning are familiar
with the melodrama of Wimpole
street as frequently played on the
legitimate stage, in the movies and
on the radio. Undoubtedly, the tale
has been touched up" in the direc-
ton of extravaganza. Ba's father
probably was not completely the
fiend he is represented to have been
Meanwhile, it is worth remember
ing that the wedding of September
II, 1846, was fruitful of the happi-
ness the principals anticipated.
Mrs. Browning's health improved,
her husband continued to adore
her; together in their home in Italy
they created legend of domestic
collaboration and serenity Death
broke the bond in 1851 but quarter
century afterwards Robert told a
friend: You can't imagine how
terribly miss her!" His devotion
was the greater certainly because
so many of their contemporaries
including total strangers, had SYM
pathized with it. "All the world
loves a lover" even now when all
the world is full of trouble.
Evening star., 1946-09-12
Democrats, Labor Split
By Jay q. Hayden

the Mayors charge that Teamsters Lo-
cal 807, which forced the strike in de-
fiance of Is other New York City locals,
lis completely out of the hands of its
officers and will not negotiate could
mean that the top-ranking union Of
fcers are as helpless to end the strike
as the Mayor so far has proved to be,
Mr. Tobins outstanding characteristic
as a union chieftain has been his agility
in avoiding responsibility for excesses
of his underlings-for example. such as
the Hitler like tactics of Dave Beck in
Seattle, the bitter war of many months
in Minnesota during the late 1930s and
the racketeering in Detroit, for which
local leaders of the union now are un-
der criminal indictment.
1t will be remembered also that it
was racketeering by the New York City
teamsters that caused Congress to en-
act the Hobbs law
The Supreme Court previously had
declared that there was no law to pun
ish union members who, as stated by
4. the late Chief Justice Harlan F. Stone,
lay in wait for trucks passing from New
Jersey to New York, forced their way
into the trucks, and by beating or
threats of beating of drivers procured
payment to themselves from the driv-
ers or their employers of a sum of
money for each truck-$9.42 for large
truck and $8.41 for small one-said
to be the equivalent of the union wage
scale for days work.
According to newspaper accounts, the
New York teamsters presently are en-
ploying the same violent methods to
stop all movement of outside trucks into
the city, but so long as they do not
exact cash from the drivers there still
is no law to stop them.
Reverting to the partisan political
aspect, the vital question is whether
the assorted political elements upon the
Democratic front, now tearing at each
others throats. all will get back into
the same lihe on election day.
Evening star., 1946-09-12

The Republicans have started their
drive to elect majorities in both Houses
of the Both Congress, which meets next
January, by electing one Senator and
three Representatives in Maine tthe
entire group of Republican candidates
in Maine this year,. The results would
have been more significant had the cleo
tions taken place in Connecticut, New
York or Pennsylvania. The Republicans
also reelected Gov Hildreth. This is
the natural thing to do in Maine.
The last off year election - when
there was no presidential contest-was
in 1912 Virtually complete returns of
last Mondays election, compiled by the
Associated Press, show that the Repub-
lican candidate in the 1st district,
Representative Hale, won over his Demo-
cratic opponent with vote of 38,949
to 26,26l. In 1912 Mr.. Hale carried this
district 38128 to 28,759 In other words,
despite the opposition of the CLOS PAC
this year, Mr. Hale won by a larger
margin than four years ago. His dis
trict includes Portland and is recognized
as the largest industrial district in the
State.
On the other hand, Mrs. Margaret
Chase Smith, Representative from the
I'd district, who had PAC support this
year, did not do as we'll as she did in
the same district in 1912. This year her
vote was 39,259 to 25,4l7; in 1912 it was
42,062 to 20,164. In the Sd district
Representative Fellows won this year
with vote of 29,425 to lO,827 for John
NJ Coghill, Democrat. In 1912 the
Democrats did not trouble to put up a
candidate in this. heavily Republican dis
tTict. Mr.. Coghill campaigned on the
slogan that what the district needed in
Congress was IAN old-fashioned Demo-
crat.'
Senator Brewster. Republican. was
reelected with a vote of 108,503 to
GO 1872 for Peter NJ Macdonald, a
former probate judge and former
Democratic State chairman, who had
PAC support. Senator Brewster was
first elected to the Senate in 1910, a
presidential year. Then he ran against
the most popular DEMOCRAT in the State
former Gov Brann. who won the
governorship on a Roosevelt tidal wave
and the vote was 150,l49 for Senator
Brewster and 105,740 for Gov. Brann.
His percentage of the vote, therefore,
was about per cent better than it was
six years ago.
The late President Franklin D. Roose
welt was far more popular with Maine
voters than were Democratic candidates
for congressional and State Office
except in the case of Gov. Brann. For
example, he lost to the late Wendell l..
Willkie in the Maine November election
1910, by only 9.473 votes (Willkie's vote
was 1855 95l and Roosevelt's 156,478.
Evening star., 1946-09-12

country is not in the good graces of
the Soviet leaders they make themselves
scarce as far as personal contacts are
concerned. Thus, the representative of
the President and the Government of
the United States found himself more
and more isolated as weeks went by.
Important matters he wanted to take
up with the Russian government were
referred to the chief of the American
desk. an underling who neither knows
anything about his government poll
cies or, even if he knows, is not allowed
to show his hand. He has to refer
everything to his superiors, procedure
which may take weeks or months.
Moreover, Gen. Smith, who intended
to do as good job in the diplomatic AS
he had done in the military field. soon
discovered that his contacts were linn
tied to few specially designated shut
mouths from the Soviet Foreign ONCE
and to his colleagues from other coun-
tries who Jared no better than him.
self. The American Embassy was un-
der close surveillance from the NKVD
,secret state police and no Russian
dared have any contact with either the
Ambassador or any member of his staff
Gen. Smith expected to provide the
Government with interesting reports on
Russia's postwar progress on her in
dustries. her recovery in every field and
many other things which fall within
the province of an ambassador. He
did make these reports. but in most
cases they were second hand. obtained
from scanning the numerous Soviet
publications which print only what the
Kremlin orders.
While in the United States the Rus
sian officials have the freedom of the
country and can move wherever they
like and see what they wish. the Amer
lcan Ambassador in Russia found his
movements and those of his aides strict
ly restricted to Moscow Any trip out
side the city itself has to be approved
by the government after a definite
itinerary is presented. After the ap-
proval of the trip squad of secret serv-
ice men travels with the Ambassador
or his representative for his "protec-
ton" The squad sees that no unau-
thorized person talks to the American.
Under these conditions, Gen Smith
found that his job was not as interest
ing as heading an Army post exchange
in the United States. He is said to feel
that he is wasting precious time with
out being of any real service to the
Government. Thus, his friends believe
that he will ask to be relieved of a
thankleSs chore
Evening star., 1946-09-12
Those Gifts to Sponsors

A perusal Of the range of values
represented by the gifts presented
to more than 5000 women who
launched Maritime Commission ships
during the war suggests at least one
reason for the reluctance of some
shipbuilders to disclose all the gilt
tering details for the information of
the Senate War Investigating Com
mittee. The bottle e-SmaShing cere-
mony which sends new vessel down
the ways comes under the hea ding of
public relations, which means not
only the business of getting good
publicity but spreading good will for
the company. Publication of the fact
that certain favored wives, daugh-
ters or other fair relatives of highly
placed officials received tokens" in
the way of $4,000 diamond bracelets
while other sponsors were presented
with lesser baubles, ranging down to
SIS silver pins, is positively not con-
ducive to the better varieties of good
will traditionally sought to be spread
by the average public relations man
This is not the kind of publicity
which pleases either the less fortu-
nate sponsors or the board of direc-
tors of the company
The list shows that some ship
builders were far more lavish than
others in their gifts, that the cost
of gifts seemed in most instances to
be scaled according to the promi-
nence of the sponsor or her husband
(many of the good ladies no doubt
will take exception to the rating ap-
parently implied-another headache
for the public relations boys, that
size OF ship seemed to have no bear
ing on gift outlay and that while
Rosie the Riveter and Winnie the
Welder occasionally won the right
to crash bottle of champagne
against the bow of ship, no record
can be found of diamond bracelets
being placed on their sturdy wrist
after the ceremonies.
The christening of ships and the
feting of sponsors are hallowed by
tradition. The public undoubtedly
accepts the practice as a colorful
ritual symbolizing pride of crafts
manship and stimulating production
The taxpayers have a right to know
Evening star., 1946-09-12

however, whether the cost of the dia-
mond bracelets, silver tea sets and
other inordinately expensive gifts to
a select class of sponsors was
charged-directly or. indirectly
against the public treasury or came
out of the profits of the shipbuilders.
This is point which has not yet
been made clear in every case and
which is worth further delving by
the Senate committee. The taxpay-
ers are willing to pay the reasonable
costs of building wartime ships, but
they will not relish footing the bill
for extravagant good will' expenses
run up by uninhibite6 public -rela-
tionS experts.
Evening star., 1946-09-12

A conjunction of events in New York
City has remarkably illustrated the
growing upheaval within the Demo-
cratic union labor political camp.
On Monday the Communist party
Withdrew it's nominees in favor of the
New York State Democratic American
Labor Liberal slate of James Mead for
Governor and Herbert Lehman for Sen
ator.
But on Tuesday the Democratic May
or of New York City, william O'Dwyer.
publicly charged the Communists with
responsibility for the truck strike. which
is paralyzing industry and threatening
starvation within his constituency, and
called on Daniel j. Tobin, overall head
end to the tieup.
Mr. O'DWyer is the leading Demo-
cratic oficeholder in New York State
and presided over the convention that
nominated Mr.. Mead and Mr. Lehman
last week.
Mr. Tobin long has been regarded i5
the kingpin Democrat in the field of
organized labor, having headed the
labor division of the Democratic Ma
tionals Committee through all of Frank
lin D. Roosevelt's four presidential
campaigns. He is reputedly anti Com
munist and has displayed distinct
distaste even for the CIO-PAC and its
New York adjunct, the American Labor
party.
Even so, Mr. Tobin displayed no
sympathy at all for the plight of the
New York City Democratic administra-
ton. He wired back that he and the
other executives of the International
Teamsters Union felt that their New
York members were fighting for JUS
tice and better right to live"
you cannot shoulder of your re-
sponsibilities as Mayor upon any one
outside OF New York, especially the
Brotherhood of Teamsters,' he told Mr..
ODwyer.
The fact that Mr.. Tobin ignored
Evening star., 1946-09-12
Britain UphoIds the Law

NOW That orderly court action
complete with formally dressed
process Servers-has been taken
against them, it seems doubtful that
the squatterS who have seized empty
houses and apartment buildings in
Britain will seriously resist being
evicted. Although led by Com
munists, most of them appear to be
ordinary English citizens who prob
ably have not lost their traditional
respect for the majesty of the law,
and that fact, coupled with their
inability to get gas, electricity and
other housekeeping facilities, is
likely to persuade them to follow
reasonable course
Nevertheless. the incident-Some-
what reminiscent of our sit-down
strikes in 1887 and the bonus
marcherS' encampment in this city
during the Hoover administration
is serious to the extent that it re-
fleets postwar tendency in Britain,
as elsewhere, to resort to direct ac-
ton, not legal action, to redress real
or fancied grievances. To call it
anarchy" as some Englishmen
have done, would seem to be taking
an alarmist view, but still the i'm
pulse behind it, in the sense of
violating property rights and defy
ing constituted governmental au-
thority may be regarded as essen
TALLY anarchical in spirit, the more
SO because the Communists have
been quick to make capital of it.
In the circumstances, it is under
Standable why the Labor govern
ment has lost no time in taking
firm and appropriate action Politi-
cally this may be embarrassing, but
any other course, far from solving
anything, would have been blow to
order and would in all likelihood
have encouraged more illegal
seizures. Indeed, from the stand
point of politics, considering the
laW-abiding temper of the British
people, Prime Minister Attlee and
his party stand to gain in the long
run, whatever may be their tenn
porary embarrassment-particularly
if it is found that the Squatters have
been the dupeS of criminal Com
munlSt conspiracy. In any event,
the Labor government-whos poll
cies obviously are not meant to favor
the privileged classes-ought not
to find it too difficult to demonstrate
good faith in dealing with Britain's
acute housing shortage.
The Squatters, in effect, have done
much more than dramatic that
shortage. AS group, Willingly or
unwittingly, they have followed
their Communist leaders in tres
passing on other peoples property
and challenging the law to do some
thing about it. In meeting that
challenge, the Labor government
is not merely serving order in
Britain but setting a good example
for other countries as we'll, not least
OF all our own where our legally
constituted authorities tend too
often to temporize too much with
situations whose effects on the gen.
eral welfare are far more serious.
Evening star., 1946-09-12
Not Worth the Price
With Sunday Morning Edition.
WAS SHIN GTON. ID. e

The Wage Sterilization Board has
refused to Stultify itself even at the
point of gun and therefore to bring
the National Government, of which
1t is an agent, into disrepute. For
this American citizens may be
thankful. Many of our troubles
today are directly traceable to re-
peated SurrenderS of principle to
expediency, continued backing down
in the face of threats from groups
who owing their power to the sup
port they have received from the
National Government, are using it
to belittle and to intimidate that
Government.
The CIO labor member of the
board. in his brief dissent from the
majority opinion, says that I'VE
have strike because the employers
refused to absorb an amount
13 10000 of l per cent in increased
cost Of operating a ship and which
also under a different application
of judgment by the majority could
have been approved under present
rules and passed on to the War
Shipping Administration for any
rate adjustment such minute cost
adjustment would warrant the
applicant to receive"
But it is not as simple as that.
The amount of the small increase
which the Wage Stabilization Board
declined to approve-While approx
ing SO per cent of the dollar amount
of all the increases involved-is not
important in relation to the prin-
ciple involved. The principle is
important 1t is worth preserving.
Labor and management in one
of the unions involved voluntarily
agreed to make the results of their
wage negotiations dependent upon
Wage Sterilization Board approval
Because the Wage Sterilization
Board did not go all the way in its
approval, and it had very sound
reason for not going all the way
the unions have tied up the Nations
shipping The reason they have tied
it up is not because of the difference
of S. a month between what they
wanted and what the Sterilization
Board has been willing to give them.
The reason they have tied it up is
because they are determined AFRO
gantly to assert their power TO over
ride anybody and anything which
opposes them, including the Gov
ernment.
This shipping strike has in it the
seeds of disaster for the country.
1t can and already has caused dis
locations, delays and stringencies
which will be multiplied for months
to come. It's damaging consequences
will grow worse every day the
strike continues. But if an end of
the strike is to be bought at the
price of the United States Govern
ment's knuckling down and sur
rendering on a matter of principle
to powerful minority of its citizens,
it is not worth that price