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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-02-22
MvA SPEAKER WILL
VISIT EASTERN MONT.

Jerome G. Locke, executive dlrec-
tor of Montana MVA association,
will carry the story of the MvA
fight into Eastern Montana in an
extensive speaking campaign now
being arranged. A tentative sched-
ule being worked out by correspon-
dence calls for his appearance in
Richland, Dawson, Wibaux and
Treasure Counties March 13 to 10,
in Fallon, Carter, Powder River,
Prairie and Custer Counties March
18 to % and in Rosebud, Big Horn,
Carbon and MusseIshel Counties
March rs to 80.
About 10 localities in the area to
be covered have already requested
an MvA speaker. Others who plan
such meetings can make arrange
ments for Mr.. Locke's appearance
by letter addressed to Montana
MVA association, Box 729, Helena,
Montana. Some departure from the
tentative schedule may become nee
essary but the Helena office in
charge of arrangements desires to
eliminate as much waste of time
and travel as possible.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-02-22
Tennessee and Montana

week for the first time very attractivey
ranged and printed booklet of about 25 pages being cir
cuated under the Great Seal of the state of Tennessee
of IVA development and fine pictures
of the ndustriaizaton that has followed The title is THE
FIRST PUBLIC POWER STATE. The purpose, of course
still industrial plants and to point out to such
prospects many advantages cheap abundant pub
cy power AS foreword and under the picture of
Governor Prentss Cooper the booklet says
Tennessee's government is only cooperative with
industry, but balanced budget and has
cumulated substantial surplus since 1887 This record
made possible through the maintenance of sound
financial structure that has obligation and
emergency without additional and will permit
tirement of outstanding indebtedness within IA
This has been accomplished without sales tax
personal income and without many of the nuisance
prevalent in other states.
Industrial growth Valley, since inception
IVA in 1888, has been greater than the United
whole. In the period 1888 1889 the
Valley gained the of 721 manufac-
turing industries, than % the
age gain the United States industry whole in the
period
National magazine Business Week. there recently
appeared two-coumn by 1onch advertisement signed by
Tennessee Planning Council entitled PUBLIC
POWER AND ENTERPRISE ARE PARTNERS IN TENNES-
SEE Therein another list of dozen with public
at the top why industry should move to Tennessee Yes
Tennessee things prospers FORCES
ahead than other part Of the nation Eighteen bill
lion kowatt hours of publicly owned and chean mower per
year the basic to all of it. Now Tennessee letting
the world know of its foresight its advantages and its
tunties
twice long has taken IVA to develop Tennessee
since 1920 increased naturalization all be hidden
bowler hat For quarter century population has
steadily dwindled Income taxes including state fixed
growing institution all the various kinds of
not already buried in the law somewhere had
better have special session and give the legislators another
Now the statesmen find keep the schools
open, except there be sales tax.
Yep We have all the basic that had
and The opportunity to harness and capitalize
Water, of here waste ravsh
the valleys with spring floods Millions of and
fertile land lie parched and desoae July August
Wash gues widening deepening and engthening
down the slopes Year by dust bowls spread And hydro
electric power magic builder of empires and gen that
financial life blood through their veinsa here awaiting the
of progress The kind of progress that
has been making for the last IL years. while Montanans
wanted to continue the best social circles have
from mentioning such thing MVA
and public power. JEROME G. LOCKE.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-02-22

A famous writer once said: ITO
argue with a man who has renounced
his reason, is like giving medicine to
the dead" Wholly agreeing with that
premise, l will not argue with Abe P.
Unruh, whose letter was printed in
The Peoples Voice of February 8.
However, some of his statements, COM
ing as they do from member of the
Farmers Union, and a church member
as well, are too challenging to be
ignored
For example, speaking of arguments
favoring an MVA he says: Your
stuff on it becomes not only triesome
but sinking" l have read everything
on the subject of MVA that has ap-
peared in The Peoples Voice and 1t
is my candid opinion that its advo-
Gates have kept themselves entirely
free from any expressions that were
not both clean and fair. At any rate,
none of their arguments have affected
my nostrils as. they seem to have done
to Mr.. Unruh's more sensitive ones.
Answering his defense of Senator
Wheeler: / voted for the senator every
time he was candidate, until 1910.
(Once for governor, once for vice
president, three times for senator.)3
| must confess that / hated like h
to vote for him in 1884, after watching
his actions at the Democratic state
convention that year IA that con-
vention he selected Burke Clements
as vice chairman of the state commit |
tee, knowing full well Clements con-
nections, both then and previously. |
1t was plain bid for the support of
his former political enemies nd
looked to me like a surrender to them; |
a belief which has since been amply |
justified. However, could not stom- !
ach ex-judge Bourquin; so | voted for
Wheeler.
The sponsoring of bill to re-organ- |
ize the United States supreme court |
in 1897, by President Roosevelt, af- |
forded Wheeler with the opportunity |
he wanted, to break with the presi- |
dent. 1t also gave him chance, which |
he quickly and gladly seized, to dash |
around the country lat so much per
dash?) charging Roosevelt with at
tempting to pack" the supreme court, |
packed with corporation law
yers, lame ducks" and others with |
18th century minds. The court had |
nullified almost every effort of the |
Roosevelt administration to bring re-
lief to millions of workers who had |
been unemployed over long period |
of time, and to the hundreds of thou
sands of farmers whose homes were
being taken from them by foreclosure. |
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-02-22

yelopment of the Northwest Co-opera-
tive Mills, Inc, and additional re-
quired buildings in St Paul. The other
is in oil production
Leo Doheny, president of the board
of directors whose term as a director
expired was unanimously endorsed by
the Montana delegation for reelection,
and his election was unanimously ap-
proved by the entire representative
delegation.
Edward II. Reitmeier of Crookston,
Minnesota was reelected to the board
without opposition. Mr. Reitmeier is
the present second vice president of
the organization. William e. Sander
son, Balck River Falls, Wisconsin,
present secretary-treasurer was also
reelected by a unanimous vote.
Roy Larson of Minot, North Dakota
and T. r. Moe of Montevideo, Minneso-
ia were reelected to the board with
a unanimous vote on recommendation
of the delegation from their respective
states.
Alex Lind of Williston, North Da-
kota announced in his report as a di-
rector that he was not candidate for
reelection, and his place was filled
by the election Of Fred Seibel.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-02-22
Prog. Pol. Action
Council Officials
Meet In Helena

Officers and executive committee
members of Montana council for Pro
gressive Political Action met here last
Sunday to formulate a program of
increased activities and to reaffirm
aims and detectives in the coming
campaign. The meeting was presided
over by ]. M. Peterson of Poison, and
was attended by all officials and a
generous quota of local members.
Most of the work discussed and
passed on concerned details of pro-
grams, campaigning and plans for per
manence of the organization. At the
conclusion of the meeting President
Peterson released the following state.
ment:
The council is an organization of
men and women, citizens of Montana,
who have the unyielding faith and
conviction that democracy can work,
and that democracy MUST work If
the people are to attain that full and
better life, which is made possible by
a generous nature, by chronological
advancements, and by the peoples
own intelligence, skill and industry.
The council is an organization of
people to whom the substance of de-
mocracy is of greater Importance than
its form The council members strive
to make political democracy living
reality-an instrument for supplying
the peoples needs and satisfying their
To achieve this end, it is not enough
that we proclaim for democracy or
boast of having it, There must be
actual participation by the people in
choosing candidates, electing officers,
Continued on Page Three)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-02-22
Commemorate Lincoln's
Birthday With $4,000 Gift
And Historic Message On
Necessary Unity Between
Farmer and Worker.

ST. PAUL, Feb. 21.-Ten farmers
from the farming community of Power,
Montana, today shipped carload of
wheat to the United Auto Workers
Union to help feed its members on
strike against General Motors corpo-
ration.
The action was taken on Lincoln's
birthday, when the farmers dug into
their bins and loaded the grain into
car ito show the farmers sympathy
for the rights of labor and to support
agriculture's best market, the Ameri-
can working man" according to Rep.
Ole S. Gunderson, of Power, Montana,
legislator and one of the farmers.
General Manager M. w. Thatcher
of Farmers Union Grain Terminal as
sociation, to whom the wheat was
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-02-22

then, so the reports submitted
by the officers covered two
year period.
General Manager Emil Syftestad re-
ported that the Exchange showed net
savings to be $2,931, 969.S6 for the two
year period, with 1921 1907 in 1914
and $1,64O,23SS9 in the banner year,
1915.
The association now has net worth
of $5,145, 293.20. This great accumu-
Iation of assets actually all represents
savings made from the operations.
While local co-operatives purchased
stock III the amount of $248,000 in
1913, when the Laurel Refinery was
purchased, a cash dividend has been
paid each year over the period of Is
years, and the dividends paid amount
to $339,0O0 or more than the total cash
in capital stock, by $751;
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-02-22
INTOLERANCE AT HOME

Staff Sergeant Albert Lave home to Billings the
other day after two service in the South Pacific
He his blouse bars showing he had been granted
the Purple Heart good conduct medal bronze star medal
Asiatic Pacific service medal While still in uniform he
with friend went into the Silver Dollar Inn at Billings
and asked for glass of beer The bartender told them
the Silver Dollar Inn did not Spanish people, When
Sergeant Lave protested he the bartender called police
who took him before Police Judge George j. Hutton
and Hutton promptly fined him S. The next day Sergeant
Lave and another discharged veteran, who had been
in German prison and also had the Purple Heart
and other medals went to the Silver Dollar Inn and
again asked for beer Again denied they protested and
again promptly arrested taken before Judge Hutton
who this time, though the complaining witness did not
appear fined Sergeant Lave $40 Sergeant Lave protested
that he being Disseminated against because of being
Spanish descent though born in Colorado Local ator
neys declare the saloon keeper within his legal rights
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-02-22

900. Actually, the great accumulation
of assets has cost the local co-opera-
tives in the Northwest states which
are the owners, not one cent of cash
They have been developed entirely by
collective buying on the market at the
same or lower prices than they would
have had to pay for the products dis
tributed if purchased from the profit
making supply channels.
Plans for expansion of the facilities
of the Exchange in order to give more
required services to the farmer pa
irons and owners were discussed and
the increasing necessity of expansion
into the production field considered
Two immediate steps in that direction
have been decided upon. One is the
present joining by the Exchange with
other cooperative institutions in de-
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-02-22
SENSITIVE NOSTRILS.
COMMUNISM. ETC.

Wheeler, by his speeches and by his
vote, upheld all of these unrighteous
decisions.
Wheeler's efforts to ham-string all
proposals to prepare this country
against the threat of world peace by
Hitler and Mussolini, together with
his flirtations with "America-Firsters,"
and others whose general attitude
was, to say the least, bit subversive,
made him and his actions suspect by
most patriotic Americans.
So came 1910, and the senator fail
ing, with Clements help to get the
Democratic nomination for president
Continued on Page Two)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-02-22
FARMERS OF POWER MONTANA SEND
CAR OF wheat TO AUTO STRIKERS

shipped to market for the striking
auto workers, said that "the shipping
advice shows about 1,400 bushels of
wheat were loaded in the car, which
should yield the auto workers strike
fund around $780, The gift of a
carload of wheat to the auto workers
was announced at mass meeting of
the union in Detroit Thursday night.
Thatcher's statement that "as a gift
from 10 farmers, the carload of wheat
is substantial, but as symbol of a
growing attitude of unity between ag-
riculture and labor, it is historic" was
read to the General Motors workers
by Walter Reuther, vice president of
the JAW Union
Gunderson, who is a member of the
board of directors of the Grain Term
inal cooperative, wired that, eve
want to show that the slogan Food
for Freedom works here at home as
well as abroad. We want our gift to
that the farmers of the
Northwest are coming to understand
that laboring people of this country
the farmers real market,
and that full employment at parity
prices and income is in the farmers
interest as well as in the public in
terest."
Thatcher in notifying Reuther of
the gift of a carload of wheat de-
clared that "the attitude of thousands
of our farmer patrons, who have made
Grain Terminal the nations largest
grain marketing cooperative, as to
what cars they will buy will be de-
termined by the outcome of this strike.
Be treasured of our militant support
Of the worthiness of labor's fight for
economic security"
In order to give the striking workers
in General Motors the full benefit of
the sale of the wheat on the terminal
the employees of the Farmers
Union Grain Terminal association,
paid the freight on the car of wheat
from Power, Montana to the terminal.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-02-22
FARMERS ENCOURAGE
UAW-CIO STRIKERS

February IA, 1916.
Walter R. Reuther, Vice President,
United Automobile, Aircraft and
Implement Workers, CLIO,
International Headquarters,
All West Milwaukee Avenue,
Detroit 2, Michigan.
AS encouragement to the UAW-CIO
strikers, it is with great pleasure that
CONTINUED on Page Three)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-02-22
FARMERS union Central
EXCHANGE HOLDING 18th
ANNUAL CONVENTION
Stockholders of Large Cooperative
Wholesale Hear Reports of Rapid
Growth and Expansion of Services To
Farmers in Northwest States; Over
LOO Delegates and Visitors Attend.

More than 500 delegate representatives of the stockholders
Union Central Exchange together with list
visitors of than 600 from Montana North and South
Dakota Minnesota and Wisconsin, meeting this week in
Paul and hearing reports from the officers of the asoc
most successful and decide of
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-02-22

tive wholesale.
Because of travel restrictions
in 1916, no convention was held
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-02-22

purpose this ballot cross-secon of
public opinion
Evening star., 1946-08-03
Fireman Killed, 7o Hurt
In New Jersey Collision

BAYONNE, N. j., Aug. 3 (P).-Two
Central Railroad of New jersey
trains, carrying capacity commuter
crowds augmented by week enders
bound for the Jersey shore, collided
last night before Mortified throng
at the West Eighth Street Station
here, killing one person and injurine
at least 70 passengers.
The accident, in which the Free
hold express telescoped into the
rear of the Barnegat express, oc-
CURED at the height of the COM
muter rush.
The dead man was Robert Hen
dershot of Wilkes-Barre, Pa, fire
man of the Freehold train, who, was
buried under tons of coal when his
locomotive and tender overturned.
Thirty nine of the injured were in
Bayonne Hospital, two or them in
critical condition. Most of the in
iured were passengers in the rear
car of the Barnegat train which was
crumpled down the middle and
hurled on its side against a bridge
girder.
Part of the car hung over the side
of the bridge above the city street,
with clouds of live steam cascading
over 1t from a broken locomotive
valve.
Evening star., 1946-08-03
Conference
Continued From First Page J

anew his stand at the foreign min
tsters' meetings, that the United
States reserved the right to change
its stand on any decision made
there.
He cited that on one subject he
stated this stand seven times.
This division" he cautioned the
conference, might affect not only
the decisions here but also the
Council of Foreign Minister'S
Therefore I will vote to sustain the
decision of the council"
The United States stand went
counter to the British view ex-
pressed by Hector Mcneil. British
Parliamentary Undersecretary for
Foreign Affairs. The Briton asked
whether Mr.. Molotov wanted the
peace conference to ratify all the
decisions made by the ministers
three weeks ago.
DR.. Herbert V. Evatt of Australia
and Baron Van Boetzelaer van Oos-
terhout of the Netherlands denied
tnat Jnere was any sinister motive
behind their insistence on ques-
ton of principle in naming a single
permanent chairman.
Canada to Question Reparations.
Canada will closely question" the
award Of 100000, 900 in reparations
to Russia from Italy, a spokesman
of the Canadian delegation said,
adding that the Canadians also will
ask for full review of the reasons
that brought the cession to France
OF the Briga- a-Tenda district in the
Alps,
He indicated that the delegation
may oppose the reparations award to
Russia.
Our position is that the restora-
Evening star., 1946-08-03
Atomic Study Group
Fails 10 Include Nav
BY ihe Assoeiofed Press

The congressional committee to
make continuing studies of the
work of the newly created Atomic
Energy Control Commission was
named yesterday but did not include
Representative May, Democrat, OF
Kentucky.
Mr. May, chairman of the House
Military Committee, handled the
Atomic Control Commission legisla.
ton in the House.
Speaker Rayburn, when asked by
reporters why Mr. May had not
been selected. replied,
He's sick, and that's the only rea-
son in the world
Chairman Mcmahon of the Senate
Atomic Energy Committee, and Rep
resentative Thomason, Democrat, Of
Texas was named vice chairman.
Other Senate members are:
Democrats: Russell of Georgia.
johnson of Colorado. Connally Of
Texas and Byrd of Virginia.
Republicans: Vandenberg of
Michigan, Millikin of Colorado,
Hickenlooper of Iowa and Know
land of California.
Other House members are:
Democrats; Durham of North
Carolina, Holif1eld of California,
Forand of Rhode Island and Price
of Illinois.
Republicans: Elston of Ohio,
Thomas of New Jersey, Hinshaw OF
California and Luce of Connecticut.
Evening star., 1946-08-03
American Employees Wife
Dies Of Wound in Reich
ty the kssoeioied Press

BERLIN, Aug. 3.-Mrs. Elizabeth
Burnite, 80, formerly of Harrisburg,
Pa, and wife of John T. Burnite,
a civilian employe of the Political
Affairs Division of the Office of Mill
tary Government, died of a bullet
wound yesterday in an Army hos
pital here
The post surgeon at military gov
eminent headquarters said the
wound was presumably self-in-
f7icted' An official statement said
that while the case was still under
investigation there was no evidence
of foul play"
Mrs. Burnite was shot through the
head in her family home with a
small pistol at about 9 am. She
died about six hours later after sew
eral blood transfusions and an OPP
Grafton
Friends told investigating officers
that Mrs. Burnite, who came here
seven weeks ago to join her husband,
had lately been nervous and melan-
choly" and apparently had difficulty
adjusting herself to life here.
Besides her husband she is sur
vived by two children, Jack, aged
years. and Beth, 2 years old.
Evening star., 1946-08-03
America, Britain Hint
Fiqht on Albanian Plea
For u. N. Membership
By the kssoc;o'ed iress

NEW YORK, Aug. 3.-Several
delegations to the United Nations
Security Council indicated today
they would oppose showdown or
Albanias application for u, N. men,
bership until after the Membership
Committee had discussed all apph-
cations before it.
These delegations included the
United States and Great Britain
who took the position that the COM
mittee should divide its work into
two phases-discussions and voting
Rusisas attitude could not be
learned Immediately, but some oi
the delegates expressed belief she
might insist on disposing of the AL
banian case before turning to the
others
Would Begin Monday.
The 11-nation committee decided
by unanimous vote July 81 to take
up" the applications in the chrono-
logical order of their receipt. On this
basis, it was agreed that considera-
ton of Albania's application would
begin Monday.
American and British circles con-
tend that the term take up mere
ly means discuss They say this
view is supported by majority of
the delegates who want to hear
the discussions on all the applica-
tions before doing any voting.
The committee now has before it
applications from Albania Afghan
istan, Outer Mongolia and Trans
jordan, and may get four more be-
fore the deadline of August 81 when
it must report to the Security Coun-
Gil.
Some of the delegates have ex-
pressed the belief that the applica-
tions should be handled with eau
ton and they argue that it would
be better to hear all the discussions
so that when they start voting the
same standards can be applied to all
Russia Backing Albania.
1t was pointed out that one sig
nificant factor behind this attitude
was the fact that Russia is the chief
supporter Of Albania and Outer
Mongolia, while Britain is backing
Transjordan, which has been criti-
cized by the Soviet press.
Meanwhile, Greek Ambassador
Vassili Dendramis expressed opposi-
ton to Albania's admittance to the
U. NJ, charging that Albania was
not peace loving nation and was,
therefore, not eligible for member
ship under the U. N. charter.
Other U. N. developments were:
Cuba served notice she would lead
fight before the General Assembly
in September for a special confer
ence to eliminate" from the charter
the veto rights of the five perma-
nent members of the Security
Council Australia already had pro-
posed that the veto question be
discussed, but the Cuban proposal
went much farther.
The Scientific and Technical Com
mittee of the Atomic Energy Com
mission indicated it would start
work Tuesday drafting a six-chapter
report on what controls are neces-
sary to prevent the use of atomic
energy for destructive purposes.
Evening star., 1946-08-03

1t. Gen. Sir William D. Morgan
Allied Mediterranean commander
replied yesterday at Rome to Mr.
La Guardia's charges of wholesale
differing of UNRRA supplies in
Trieste, asserting they were mot
founded on fact"
Mr.. La Guardia's statement was
made without Chis1 visiting Trieste,
Gen. Morgan said. TT is not founded
on fact and is most unjust at
tack on the local British and Amer
ican officials. The true facts have
been reported to the British and
American governments.
Gen. Morgan's reply, as released
by the State Department, ascribed
the complaint to Yugoslav "agita-
ton"
Without detail, he suggested that
the reports of pilferage may have
been invented to account for sup
plies repeatedly used for unau-
thorized purposes" There has been
considerable discussion of COM
plants, denied by UNRRA, that
goods intended for relief have been
put to political use by Gen. Tito's
Yugoslav regime.
Gen. Morgan said it was Yugo-
slav aim to gain permission to guard
the shipments with its own forces.