Montana labor news., 1946-01-10
JUDGE kOT-LEST
YE Be JUDGED

IL De JUUOEU
1i5. rfha.. Ii ict shouid 10 siadicd
viii sorfc 0.re Is the editor q .;hc
a,-psrat owned. morning paper.
>ame'ime. reierf,d Is ., the Morning
C,rl.eruN IN account 81 The NAM
asieroni curve, II, ed,'or - ihs paper
can shoot when = charge u policy he
eeine, necessary.
IN editorial published m tins paper
D,eenher :. lql5. condemned without
any hearing whatever I've prominent
official, 81 the department Of State.
The editorial Wa based solely on the
tc>timon, OF tina, arch impcrialist. Pat
rick J. Hurley. a staun,h Republican
aud a confidential friend Of orr one
time and one-ierm President Herbert
Hoover. another impcriali>i.
The very same day that ihi> editorial
was published oondcmn.us these tive
officials. orr secretary oi state. Mr.
Hyrne>. branded Mr.. liurley's statement
a. absolutely false. and while Blrues'
testimony was published in the corpo-
ration paper here. no apology or re-
traction was. extended these tWo oiii-
Gals who had been So hastily Cen
demncd in til, editorial Of December !.
wonder il this editor ever heard Of
Il. - .pl,I. Ii,nI Mr. Ern,rt
Case or II he remembers reading the
following headlines Anaconda Oiii-
Gals Draw Prison Terms in Rhode
Island War Fraud Case. -Four Officials
oi \. {. NJ. Subsidiary Sentenced to
Prison On Conviction OF Deiraldine
the Go,crnemnt by Selling Defective
Wire 10 the L. :. Army To lie Used for
War Purpose" These headlines were
carried in many 81 our newspapers
about 20 months ago. Of course, our
eorporation-eontrolled press gave us
very little information N this case. as
il struck too close 10 home. \ smart
editor would have remembered this story
and in remembering he would not have
stuck out, his neck at the first opportu-
ni,v oondemning persons twithout a
hearincl Of the very same crime that
the owners OF the paper he was editing
we're convicted OF after a legal hearing
in a federal court.
In passing sentence on these tour OH
Gals OF the Anaconda Wire and Gable
company. Judge llartican, who pre-
SIDED. made the most scathing denun-
citation OF a corporation that was ever
heard in any court. and in part SAID
III | were TO establish degree OF guilt
in this case. at the head oil the list
would put the Anaconda Wire and
Gable company. the CHIEF culprit in this
conspiracy. il corrupted the other de-
PENDANTS and il did not stoop to corrupt
even women employees and other la
borers.'
Con T. Kelley, as chairman Of the
board OF the Anaconda Copper Min
ing company. is the highest ranking
Official in all Of the companys sub
salaries and has complete charge o
all their actions. ! wonder il this editor
Who seems 20 anxious to convict some
one Of the crime ol treason. would hol'
that Con + Kelley WAS a traitor 70 HI
country Eotil he and his compan,
made extra profits hy dcfraudinu tn
government when il va engaged IN
liie-and death struggle.
have never heard Of the Anacond'
Copper Mining company TRYING N a dc
cent manner to sc, along with anyon
who did not agree with their policies
Ii they could not hrowhcat OF coeic'
persons into accepting their point g
view, their next move was to start
smear campaign and the more proml
nent the person was whom they Ncr
attacking. the more effective the smea
campaign.
The rcd herring they used in thei
smear campaign Tor many years was tn
term ~"wobbly' this term eventual
lost its sting and their next, red her
ring Was the word Communist whic
They are now using and have used 70
sunc time.
Their attitude toward Russia. d Con
munisiic country. is about the same q
their attitude toward Hitler, after !
invaded Poland. They had some yer
valuable mining property IN iolan
that had been coniiscatcd. 50 in order /