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have that kind of speech. 1t is an
be allowed to plead their case. The
answer to Churchill is to have the
dustry not only cost some 1920 men
directly engaged in woods and mills
president of the United States escort
a Russian representative to Fulton
or some other forum-to hear the Rus
sian story. l would name Gromyko,
Russian ambassador to the United
States.
My point is that neither Churchill
nor Wheeler is going to give us a
fair view of our own stake in the
world situation For that matter Meth
er is the American press. The Ameri-
can newspaper is rapidly becoming
our most un-American institution. 1t
is, for example; daily declaring Russia
guilty before she has a chance to
prove herself innocent.
We are deserving an important
American tradition. We are not giving
Russia a chance to be heard. Russia
must be heard-or else! Or else what?
Sooner or later Churchillian Munich
ism-open hate openly declared-leads
to a Poland, or some other act of war.
1t is just that simple-and that tragic.
A Dove of Peace
Wheeler says he is a friend of peace.
Certainly he says he is a friend of
peace for the United States. To coun-
teract this hysterical Munichism he
could very well mount that national
pulpit, the senate floor and ask for
a Russo-American friendship. In so
doing he might not spike Churchills
guns, but he could cool off
in great measure this frenzied fear
of Russia which Churchills rhetoric
to mention only one factor-is en-
couraging
Better still let him take leaf from
the notebook of the president of small
College in Fulton. He
might arrange a visit to Montana of
a Russian representative to describe
from a college platform in this state,
no less isolationist than Missouri, the
Russian stake in world peace. How
American it would be, after hearing
Churchill, to invite Gromyko-to name
One possibility-to the state univer-
sity campus at Missoula to make a
plea for Russo-American friendship
n the Churchillian sense of that !
word
After all we paid a terrific price for
that first Munich.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-03-29
CONSUMER GETS TIN THE
NECK AGAIN

An increase in the ceiling prices for
nearly all cotton textiles, to offset
increases in labor and cotton costs,
recently went into effect OPA has an
nounced. The increase amounts to
between five and ten per cent, vary
ing according to the type of fabric. An
additional incentive increase of five
per cent is allowed for staple fabrics
that are urgently needed for cotton
dresses, work clothes and mems shirts
and shorts. Much of this price in
crease will be passed on to consumers,
but the incentive premiums, aimed to
divert production from fancy fabrics
to staples, will increase the quantity
of staples and offset the increase. The
price rises are due to a rise since
August in cotton parity prices and a
four and a half per cent increase
covering increased labor COSTS
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-03-29
Statewide Lending Library
Established at MSU

The Montana State Library Exten-
sion service headquarters at Montana
State university, will begin lending
books to libraries and individuals all
over the state as soon as volumes now
on order are received, probably early
in the summer The library extension
commission was activated by an appro-
priation of funds by the last Montana
legislature.
There will be available a general
selection of travel, fiction, biographi-
cal, vocational and children's books,
according to Miss Ellen Torgrimson,
commission secretary, formerly Ii
brarian of the Choteau County library
at Fort Benton. Books can be ordered
by individuals from the university
headquarters and will be sent out on
a mail order basis, with the only ex-
pense to readers that of return pos
tage on borrowed books.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-03-29
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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-03-29
Farmers Told Labor's Fight
Also Aids Them

ST. PAUL.-Labor's fight to in
crease the purchasing power of the
masses is a fight for the farmer as
well as the worker, Murray Lincoln,
president of the Cooperative League
of the United States of America, said
in a talk at the annual meeting of
the Farmers Union Central Exchange
last week at the Lowry hotel.
His advice to the labor movement
was to get into co-operatives and then
they would not have to be worrying
about look at the books" He add
ed, "own the books yourselves, to-
gether with your farmer friends,
through co-operatives in every indus
try in America"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-03-29

ceeds it passes back with it any
amount that might have been added
by somebody else in fixing their price.
because it charged the same price. 1t
passed back that part as we'll as the
rest of the profits. But when the COM
peting business got to that same stu
alton, it kept the profit part and just
passed back the tax.
tits my opinion" Newton continued
that the farmer would rather pay
HIS taxes than Mr. McCabe's taxes.
And I think that the rules of taxation
as established by our federal govern
ment are more likely to tax him ac-
cording to his ability to pay when he
is. taxed upon the income he actually
REALIZED out of the operation, and
not upon the income SOMEBODY
ELSE realized out of the operation"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-03-29
QUESTIONS NEWS ACUMEN OF
WASHINGTON EDITOR

From the Mail Bag:
Frankly, the suggestion that Sena-
tor Wheeler is a fascist is almost too
absurd to discuss. | have known him
for almost 25 years and as editor of
LABOR 1 have had an unusual oppor-
tunity to follow his work in congress.
| haven't seen the charges to which
you refer. | would appreciate copy
and would then be glad to answer in
greater detail Sincerely-EDWARD
HEATING, Manager
In Reply Sir:
1t is strange that you, being news
man in the nations capitol have no
knowledge of the sedition trials and
the federal grand jurys' investigations
that went on in Washington for up
wards of three years. Are you just
being coy with me? Surely you must
have noted the occasion when Sena-
tor Wheeler found it necessary to de-
fend . himself in the senate on the
score of his involvement in the mis-
use of the franking privilege Surely
the use of his frank" by avowed fas-
cist organizations, in which the ex-
pense of thousands of dollars in post
age was saved, in which the circula-
ton of his speeches were regarded as
prime propaganda in favor of theirs,
the fascist cause, is no small or slight
matter. rre fw
Sir, however highly Mr. Wheelers'
friends in Washington regard him,
they cannot cast q single vote for
him. Mr.. Wheeler exists as a senator
only through the electors in the state
of Montana.-RAY GRAHAM.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-03-29
WOLF POINT COOP ELECTS
OFFICERS

Stockholders of the Union Service
Coop Store is Wolf Point held their
annual meeting last week and elected
the following officers: Percy Peter
son, chairman; John Beck, vice chair
man; Mrs. A. J. Thomas, secretary
treasurer; Amos Shrader was re.
elected as a board member, with Earl
Resvold as new member.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-03-29

taxes. So do the large regional co-operatives.
They pay corporation, property, real estate
and every other important tax that any privately
owned corporation pays.
Your Co-ops cannot pay an income tax for
one very simple reason. The simple reason is
that the savings do not belong to the Coop.
They belong to its members. The savings go
back to the members
Any corporation private company can
do the same If it distributes its net earnings
among its customers, it need not pay single
cent in income taxes on the amounts that it dis
tributes.
There's a reason for this. These savings
Cooperative makes are not net income. They
actually are a reduction in the cost of service
or in the cost of goods to the members of a
Cooperative.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-03-29
Co-ops Are Paying Taxes, Too!

Millions of Americans are now paying their
income taxes.
Undoubtedly you are one of them.
Maybe you thought your tax was pretty
stiff. And you had to dig deep down into your
pockets to pay.
But you know that it takes money, and lots
of it, to win a war. That's why you were more
than glad to do your part. You want everybody
else to do the same.
Then maybe you heard somebody whisper
that Co-ops do not pay taxes. That started you
to wondering So you want to know what the
facts are.
Here is the truth about Co-ops and taxes:
Every Cooperative pays taxes. 1t doesn't
matter whether it is local Coop grain elevator,
or creamery or an oil station. They all pay
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1946-08-23
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ing and long grange grasp of national
and world issues-not wardheelers and
hacks guided by expediency, govern
mental will o-the-whisp and the wire
pulling of corrupt political machines.
Out of the councils deliberations,
we hope, will come synthesis of the
interests of labor and the nation as
whole. To be sure, differences as to
the best means of furthering labor's
progress will continue to exist. But
when early in October the 65th AFL
convention meets in the midwestern
metropolis, the mighty voice of Amer
ican labor will be heard. 1t is here that
in the words of the convention call the
AFL "will express itself courageous
ly and constructively upon all the
problems, national and international.
which are uppermost in the hearts and
minds of the working men and women
of the nation"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1946-08-23

making united effort to remedy wrongs
that affect the work and the lives of
all has been the instrumentality that
has brought cheer and hope and better
ment to the workers.
Economic organization gives power
power to protect the workers against
industrial exploitation and injustice;
power to secure for them opportuni-
ties for development; power to secure
for them things that will make life
sane, whole and good; power to bring
into their lives something of beauty
and pleasure; power to secure political
representation for their ideals and
recognition of their demands in leg
islation.
The influence of organization in in
dustry and its infinite number of con-
facts with other organizations consti-
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1946-08-23
so Groups To Testify
At Hearings On Prices

Washington, D. C.-More than 5O
groups, representing labor, business
and farm interests, filed applications
here to appear before the Price Decon-
troll Board to advise what controls
should be removed or reinstated.
Price ceilings automatically will re-
turn August 21 to long list OF food
items and other commodities, exempt
ed by Congress for trial period, un-
less the three-man board intervenes.
Prices of many commodities have
been raised by the OPA since Con-
gress voted it's continuance under re-
stricted powers. Major items under
present consideration include grains,
livestock, cottonseed, soybeans, milk
and other dairy products, including
butter.
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that it is virtually impossible for the
average voter, enmeshed in daily toll
to find his way through the legisla-
tive labyrinth.
The question, then, revolves around
the soundness of the voters judgment
and those who advise him. What is
sound political judgment? Well, to
turn down a candidate because you
dislike his party label or have fallen
for smear slogans and cleverly manip-
ulated polls is neither sound nor dem
ocratic. America and our labor move
ment need men with the courage of
their convictions and the stamina to
stand up and be counted.
None of the other questions debat-
ed by the Council-a domestic program
against Initiation and depreSSlonS, last
ing world peace, etc.-can be consid-
cred out of context with this para
mount issue. Indeed, it is doubtful
whether mankind will ever find a
remedy for depressions and wars. But
there are ways of cushioning the i'm
pact of these evil forces. 1t behooves
labor to devote its great power to-
ward the attainment of these ends.
Equally, it behooves labor to support
candidates with wisdom, understand
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1946-08-23

FRIDAY, AUGUST %, 1916
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THE A. F. OF l.. AND POLITICS

Labor political action is again in
the forefront of public interest. There
have been garbled reports that the
American Federation of Labor was
considering d political action commit
tee of it's own-something in the ma
ture of the CIO-PAC. This, we are
glad to note, is not the case.
AFL concern with this years elec-
tion will express itself along non
partisan lines laid down by that great
American and revered founder of the
federation, Samuel Gompers. This
when so much of Americas future is
at stake-is fitting and proper. In
deed, the time has come to call upon
the 100000 AFL members and their
families to help elect Congress that
in more than a mechanical sense will
be responsive to the will of the people
and the long-range trends of our
economy.
The Executive Council meeting in
Chicago is weighing this and other
important issues. Means to stir the
sluggish civic spirit among the union
membership must be found The facts,
all the facts. must be made available
SO that the working people may freely
make their choice.
However. the issue is not collective
endorsement of one or another candi-
date. That way lies machine corrup-
tion and democracy's decay The real
issue is the awakening of the citizen
to his public obligations and respon-
sibilities. Neither is it choice be-
tween black and white, good and bad
So many factors becloud the picture
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1946-08-23
COMMENT ON WORLD EVENTS

Workers in South Korea have re-
ceived the right to organize and bar
gain collectively in an ordinance ap-
proved by the U. S. Military Govern
ment, dispatches from Seoul say.
Maj. Gen. Archer l.. Lerch, Ameri-
can Military Governor, said the or
dinance marks the end of the Japan
ese policy of suppression of labor
unions and exploitation of Korean la
bor." This is all to the good.
One wonders how soon the Russian
forces in occupation of North Korea
will follow the example of the Amer
leans and recognize the workers right
to organize in unions of their own
choice and leadership. 1t is to be fear
ed we are in for long wait. Of course
the Russians are recognizing the
right of Korean workers to form Com
munist unions, strictly devoted to Mos
cow theory and practice, but as for
free unions, devoted to economic bet
terment of the workers-tha is an
other matter.
Under the Russian Communist sys-
tenn, the government fixes both wages
and prices, the American Federation
of Labor points out in it's monthly sur.
vey.
$50 the worker" the federation con
tinues, depends on the government
for his income and the amount he car
buy with it, that is, his entire living
standard. Under the 5-year plans, wher
Soviet officials claimed they were
raising the workers living standards
they dropped publishing statistics or
wages, and living costs.
"In USA, the government publishe:
wage and price information every
month in great detail. 1t stands tx
reason that if Communism had give1
Russian workers decent living
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1946-08-23
HOW LABOR CAN PROMOTE
HEALTH

Thanks to demands by one labor
organization, the expression "mad as
a halter" need no longer apply to
those who follow that ancient and
distinguished craft, the u. S. Depart
ment of Labor points out. The muscu-
lar tremor, loss of memory, depres-
sion, irritability and other unpleasant
and sometimes fatal symptoms which
seemed for generations to character
ize many workers in the hat making
industry led the Connecticut State
Federation of Labor to demand that
mercury poisoning be controlled. A
study by the state labor department in
cooperation with expert industrial
hygienists developed controls which
minimized this menace to health.
The insistance of the labor group
representing the workers i'm this case
offers dramatic illustration of how.
through intelligent action, workers
can be protected from dangerous oc-
cupational hazards. The substitution
of materials less dangerous than mer-
curry compounds has safeguarded work
ing conditions in the hat industry.
Workers in more than 80 other oc-
cupations require protection from mer-
curry poisoning. Included are chemical
workers, dye makers, electroplaters,
fur workers, tannery workers, photog-
raphers, welders and several others.
Organized labor can do much to give
this protection by everlastingly sup
porting and demanding use of every
possible method for guarding against
the mercury danger and other occupa-
tional hazards.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1946-08-23

standard, the Soviet Union would
throw open it's doors and welcome vis-
itors to see it's achievements, letting
them roam the country at will as they
do in the USA, and would publish reg
ularly statistics on wages and living
standards. But instead workers liv-
ing conditions under Communism are
kept secret, revealed to only few
select visitors"
The Swedish Government has sent
a note the Soviet Legation in Stock
holm announcing that according to
Swedish law no Swedes, or foreigners
living in Sweden, can be prevented
from leaving the country" This note
was in reply to one from the Russian
envoy in connection with reports in
the Swedish press that small num-
ber of persons from the Baltic states,
currently resident in Sweden, has left
the country via Denmark for the
States. The Soviet note posed the
question whether these persons had
the right to leave Swedish territory
without Russia's approval.
These civilian refugees" writes
Dagens Nyheter editorially, "enjoy
the same freedom of movement as
other inhabitants under our jurisdic-
ton. The governments declaration
makes it unnecessary to indulge in any
musings about new mass exodus
based on political grounds" Svenska
Dagbladet points out that the United
Nations committee dealing with ref
ugee and evacuee questions-in which
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt is a particu-
larly active member-by a large ma
jority has voted for the principles
which Sweden, as we'll as other west
ern nations, consider basic when deal
ing with problems of this kind.
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tute an intricate force that is the most
powerful single force in society.
INVALUABLE SERVICE"

Any discussion of the agencies car
rying on workers. education would be
incomplete without paying tribute to
the invaluable service which the labor
press has performed over the years.
Many unionists have received their
first labor education through the reg
ular reading of their unions monthly
journal or the weekly labor paper.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1946-08-23

Such periodicals bring into the work
ers' home regularly not only labor
news and information but charts, car
toons. and inspirational material
which constitute of themselves fairly
complete course Of education.-John
D. Connors, Director, Workers Edu-
cation Bureau of America.
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ORGANIZATION KEY TO
RETIREMENT

The principle that has directed and
controlled all policies of the Ameri-
can Federation Of Labor is that or
ganization in industry is the key to
betterment of conditions for the work
ers. Organization for the purpose Of
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The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-01-07
Kiwanians Take
Office Tuesday

Installation of new officers of
the Wyandotte Kiwanis club by the
Council of Past Presidents under
the Craftsmanship of Ken Taylor
will be held at the meeting of the
club Tuesday.
President-elect Harold Stoner,
who succeeds w. F. Newell, will
announce committees for the 1916
club year.
Taking office with Mr.. Stoner
will be Russell SAINTS, vice presi-
dent; Clare Allan, vice president
and Howard Allen, secretary-treas-
urer