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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-01-11
DOES MONTANA HAVE A
POPULATION FUTURE?
By PAUL MEADOWS

opinions expressed writer
nzation rgroup,o on The subjects discussed
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-01-11
EXPERIENCE WITH RECLAMATION
STAR Huntley, Montana, January 10, 1916.
CAM stor,.
8ids: Aibra,.
Editor Peoples Voice,
Helena, Montana.

DearN If Bruce
and Dakota land The bureau important though
plan
These exto the benefits irrigation and picture new Garden Of Eden
qukened life by the magic kiss of art
the
have farm
livelihood and security However let's
pc reansuc ABOUT al 'nS p h d want the ame
that has not worked AS na npw s snow b we D een @ m
Hunley Project
the best of all those constructed by bureau reclamation in
project This
debt @ hv Ds per are their IosS pn
this longer farmed 0 Water was first turned on in 1907 major
turned Hunt Project Irrigation
District for operation and collection Of charges in 1928
Following is it's history my
Edward
April of 1914 Eight days later to pay up accumulated debt he mogaged
buildings and tage of the soil He paid original and supple
gso and Mr. Bkwod decided the property to secure Henry
holder and stepped out broke
Nibbe had better success In April Of 1922 he obtained court
$2S9o5 delinquent
took kit over on ts deed for a5sss
Henry
aggregate and
In December property
auction high bidder 25o and
the
secured elsewhere and out of wheat and cattle
Now at 40 years of age am broken IN health from hard work have
There that life will be easier or
living
this load
profit
0 living
overarden reclamatons including the reclamation
on to an avera making living
Water charges must be kept minimum This be accom-
possible
monopoies chain
ncudi might
reclamation
reclamation
A.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-01-11
Let us Do Our Part

The president appealed the people
of the United States make their demands known the
bershp of the United States He called this the
of decision Nation certain things
avoid disaster He asked support force
action by congress vital legislation, and said
at is the committees which hold action bills Indeed,
the whole committee. On these subjects,
personally individual the
respective committees who trying induce their col
leagues report the bills But often bare majority of
committee handful of by the whole
these of majority policy What
asking that these
resentatves of the people chance to vote Yes NO
these vital uesand that they give them that chance soon
The legislative program the president has asked for is
begged in committees All of share
responsibility these committees
the legislative assembly floor for record vote and
ourselves and the Nation to let
the vote expect of them.
Write the chairmen of these committees
FACTFINDING-House Labor Committee, Mary T. Nor
3D.. NJ J.)
Senate Educational Labor Committee James E. Muir
ray 3D.. Mont.)
extending price control beyond June 80 when egla
ton introduced will to- House Banking and Currency
Committee, Brent Spence 3D.. KY
Senate Banking and Currency Committee, Robert Wag
ner 3D., N. W
SECOND WAR POWERS ACT-It has been extended to
80 but Truman has asked that it be extended again now
requiring legislation which would House Judiciary
Committee, Hatton w Summers d., Texas)
Judiciary Committee, Pat McCarran 3D. Nevada
FULL EMPL OYMENT-Senate and House sub
stitute in hands of joint conference committee.
House group headed by Rep Carter Monasco d., Ala)
Senate group headed Robert F. Wagner 3D. ~ W
UNEMPL OYMENT INSURANCE-House Ways and Means
Robert L. Doughton 3D., N. c.
PERMANENT FEPC-House Rules Committee Adolph j.
SABBATH 3D.. I'D
MINIMUM WAGE BILL-House Labor Committee Mary
T. Norton d., N J.)
Senate Education and Labor Committee Murray
ID. Mont)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-01-11
T00TELL IS
HF!RMED AS
EXTENSION Dir.

BOZEMON, Jan. 10-Official confir
nation of the appointment of r. B.
TooteH as director of the Montana
Agricultural Extension service sue
ceeding j. c. Taylor, resigned, has
been received from Secretary of Agri-
culture Clinton p. Anderson, DR.. r.
r. Renne, president of Montana State
College, announced today.
Since the agricultural extension
service is a cooperative federal and
state activity, confirmation by the Sec
Rotary of agriculture is necessary for
the appointment of a director, Presi-
dent Renne said.
Tootell, whose appointment is effec-
tive as of January 1, will be introduced
to Montana Extension service workers
at the thirty-first annual extension
conference which opens at Montana
State College Thursday and continues
through Wednesday, January 16. At
tending will be extension agricultural
and home demonstration agents from
all sections of the state as well as
specialists and members of the admin
strative staff.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-01-11
SUIT FILED TO
TEST HIGHWAY
DEBENTURES

A suit to enjoin the sale of the
iS14,000,0O0 in highway tax anticipa
tory debenture bonds authorized by
the last session of the Montana legis
lature was brought this week by Pho
neer Motors, Inc and the president
of the firm, Ford johnson. The high
way commission, state board of equali-
cation, Gov Sam Ford, State Treas.
urer Porter, Secretary of State Sam
Mitchell, State Auditor John Holmes
and Attorney General R. " Bottomly
are the defendants named in the ac-
ton.
1t is understood that the suit as a
friendly action to remove any ques-
ton of the legality of the debentures
in the minds of prospective purchasers
of the bonds.
The action challenges the validity
of the bonds on the following grounds:
1. The referendum did not become
effective because it was not referred
to the people" but to taxpaying and
registered electors.
2. The law stated that the measure
should be referred to a general cleo
ton but was, in fact, placed before
the electors at special election.
8. Eight counties closed their regis
tration books on May 5, 1915, whereas
voters should have had until noon of
May 6 to enroll.
4. Some county clerks did not mail
printed copies of the proposal to quail
fled electors.
B. The measure does not fix the
date for the debt to be paid; it does
not provide levy to pay principal and
interest and authorizes expenditures
for longer than two years.
6. The measure is, in effect, an ap-
law and thus is not sub
ject to referendum.
Z. 1t assumed to revise the gasoline
dealers and distributors license tax
law by reference only and would ac-
tually increase the gasoline tax from
the present 5 cents to 10 cents gal
on
g. 1t delegates to the highway COM
mission legislative authority because
The commission is empowered to de-
.ermine what amounts of debentures
shall be sold each year from 1916 to
1866.
The Montana supreme court has as
'umed original jurisdiction in the case
md has fixed January 2S at 10 o'clock
AM. as the time when the state Off
Gals named musth present their argu-
nents why the injunction should not
)e granted.
Toomey, Mcfarland and Hall are
he attorneys representing the Pioneer
Motors and Ford Johnson.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-01-11
Il. & S. WORKERS
FIGHTING 'SCAB
LUMBER SALES

The Lumber and SawmiIl Workers
campaign against the distribution and
use of hot lumber of Montana has be-
gun to bear fruit in unexpected places.
New support for the drive against non
union and other unfair lumber came
from outside the ranks of the A. F.
of L. recently when the Montana Dis
trict Council, Lumber and Sawmill
Workers was advised that the Mill and
Smeltermen's Union (CIO) had noti-
fled the Anaconda Copper Mining com.
pany to the effect that they would not
unload or handle scab lumber "of any
kind"
Officers of the Flathead County
Farmers Union have also volunteered
assistance in advising Farm Union Co
operatives throughout the West to in
sist on lumber fair to the Lumber and
Sawmill Workers Union.
In addition to these developments,
hot lumber has been reported tied up
at Butte, Helena, and Anaconda re-
Gently, and 100 per cent cooperation
is being reported in many other areas.
OdIpeHIeIS, ledUlSI6TS, ana BUILDING
Trades Councils in nearly all Mon
tana's principal cities have refused to
handle unfair lumber and in many
cases have contacted the offices of
the Montana District Council regard.
ing the status of lumber which might
otherwise have not come to the atten-
ton of the Sawmill Workers. Several
cars of lumber from out of the state,
particularly from Idaho, have been re-
ported tied up in various Montana
communities.
Officers and members of the Mon
tana State Council of Carpenters,
which will hold its next convention.
jointly with the Lumber and Sawmill
Workers, beginning February 4, at
Missoula, have been outstanding in
their efforts to prohibit the use of I'M
fair lumber. Other unions prominent
in the hot-lumber ban are the Helena
Trades Council, Anaconda
Trades Council, and the
Butte Building Trades Council, with
Continued on Page Two)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-01-11
LABOR actively
SUPPORTING MvA

Organized labor's wholehearted par
ticipation in the drive to have Missouri
Valley authority hearings in the val
thousands of workers from Montana
to Missouri to get their views on MVA
on the record.
At the two previous hearings, held
in Washington, representatives of vest
ed interests seeking to defeat MVA
spokesman -testifying.
With excess profits tax repeal immi-
nent, chambers of commerce and their
front organizations have had no wor-
ries about travel expenses. This is
in contrast with labor organizations
the majority of which have seen their
memberships take-home-pay sharply
cut and have had to reduce expenses.
CLIO and AFL spokesman, though
few in numbers, did good job at
both the senate commerce and irriga-
ton committee hearings.
CLIO was represented before the COM
MERGE committee by John Brophy,
chairman of the National CLIO COM
mittee on MVA; William Sentner,
general vice president of the YEA &
MWA; and James A. Davis, secretary
of the Missouri State Industrial Union
council. Davis and Anthony Wayne
Smith, assistant to Brophy, testified
before the irrigation committee.
AFL spokesman before the COM
merce committee were John Wetzig,
treasurer, of the regional committee
for MVA and representative of the
Continued on Page Four
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-01-11
THE INTERDEPENDENcE between
INDUSTRIAL WAGES AND farm PRICES

others and a reduction in their ca
pacity to buy industrial goods
The clearest illustration that farm
and factory people sink or swim to-
gether is what happened during the
10 years before World War II, and
also during the war years. Between
1929 and 1882 factory payrolls dropped
from II billions to less than five. Dur
ing the recovery period when factory
payrolls got back to 10 billion dollars,
farm income rose nearly in proportion,
to nine billion dollars
The experience during the last few
years corroborates this basic common
interest in sustained purchasing power
for all groups During the prewar
five-year period 1859, all wages and
salaries for all industries amounted
to about 40 billion dollars; by 1914
they reached 113 billions, or 2.S times
as great as in 1859. This rise in
earnings made it possible for farm
cash income to rise from an average
CONTINUED on Page Two)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-01-11

There is very little, if any, prospect
that Montana will ever again duplicate
the phenomenal development of The
generation or so before the first World
War The increases of the state. like
those of the nation, are becoming
smaller and smaller. Indeed, all the
mountain states show this levell1ng
off of growth.
Like the nation as a whole, Mon
tana's vital rates have gone up during
the war; But as for the nation as a
whole, they will drop off again Like
most of the agricultural states, Mon
tana yielded up population during the
forties to the armed services and the
arming industries. Assuming the re-
turn of two-thirds of her war-imigrants
"a general and typical estimate for
most Western states-Montanas ma
tural increase chat is, births over
deaths) will provide continuing but
very slow rate of increase.
This fact suggests that any decided
increase in Montana's population will
depend very largely upon the migra-
ton of people.
Migration has played very lmpor-
tant role in the history of Montana.
A native-born Westerner is rarity.
In 1910 about half (53.7 per cent? of
the people of Montana had been born
elsewhere The state has been built
ND by successive waves of migration.
In recent years-since 1920, for ex-
ample-Montana has lost by mlgra-
ton more than she has gained. Mon
tana's net loss during the thirties
stands in glazing contrast to the net
gain from migration of the mountain
states in general during the same pc
Rod. Moreover, census data Indicate
that when the people left Montana
they did so with the intention of get
ting far away
During the war years the drainage
of the people out of the state was very
great. In fact, it was five times that
of the mountain states as whole and
six times the decrease in the civilian
population for the nation.
Predicting Montana's population fu-
tire is hazardous. One clue to the
future which we have is the propa-
ganda line taken by Montana's own
closed corporation Of wealth and wis
dom, Montanans, Inc. Their spokes-
men are beginning to voice publicly
doubt as to the wisdom of attracting
more people to the state. The come
to Montana" propaganda-se the old
+<sc lttr0 n
publicityl-which pulled the "hony-
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-01-11
January 7, 1916.

January Z, 1870.
Hon. Wesley D'Ewart,
Washington, d. c.
Dear Sir:
| thank you for the invitation ex
tended me some weeks ago, to let yot
know my interests and ideas regarding
needful legislation.
William Allen White, the Sage o.
Emporia, stands out in my mind as
one of the truly great members of the
Republican party in the generation
that went before us. He was deeply
concerned for human welfare. We
need that sort of leadership now
Where are the men who should lead
the Republican party in this time of
crisis? Far too many who claim to
be leaders have bedded up with the
pig-setye Democrats of the poll tax
states of the dark South.
1t fills me with shame that so few
Republicans are doing anything for
FULL EMPLOYMENT, for an ade-
quate housing program, for fair eco
nomic practices, for human welfare
anywhere. The Republican partys
leaders might have assayed to do
these things, and do them we'll But
no, not they A Democrat, little
known till he was elected vice presi-
dent, must speak out for these thingsl
Are Republicans afraid to speak out
and lead out in program for the well
fare of the common people? Or Is it
as their critics say, that they really
belong to the same gang as the poll
tax Democrats? Their record in the
first half of the present congress
seems to follow that line. What can
you point me to, that they have done,
save follow the lead of the worst ele-
ment in the Democratic party. Do
they plan to bring all of us down to
the level of the wretched share-crop-
pers of the South?
You have been our Representative
only a short time, but you must see
that Republican leaders have offered
nothing to compare in excellence with
the constructive program proposed by
IItSiutnt L iuludu. iHuCcug dli lOO OlL-
en- they have INSTRUCTED constructive
legislation, preferring to stand with
slum landlords and the advocates of
starvation wages. The MVA offers
an opportunity to develop cheap pow
err as well as the reclamation of arid
lands, for the benefit of our boys re-
turning from the armed services.
Why should anyone wish to give this
natural wealth to a few, instead of
it for the welfare of all?
My boys have come back, and like
millions Of other boys who have re-
turned, they want homes and oppor-
unity. Are they to be shunted into
novels, and asked to sell apples on
The street corners? Unless the lead
srs of the Republican party have some
hing better to propose, these boys of
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-01-11
By HENRY A. WALLACE,
Secretary of Commerce

Industrial wages and farm prices are
two powerful elements in the strong
bond of interdependence between
farmers and industrial workers. Farm
ers normally depend to the extent of
S5 per cent on the purchasing power
in the domestic markets, made up very
| largely of wage and salaried workers.
On the other hand, farmers represent
| the largest single economic group in
the national market for the goods and
services produced by the industrial
population. About one-fifth of our to-
tai number of consumers live on
farms.
The efforts of labor to sustain its
take-home pay, would, If successful,
give farmers the high level of consum-
er purchasing power they need to sus-
tain their incomes. And the efforts of
farmers to prevent a postwar collapse
in farm prices such as has occurred
after other wars would, if successful,
help maintain the national market for
industrial goods.
There is now general agreement on
this view of the dependence of farm
prices and income on city wages, and
vice versa. No one can argue honestly
that if farm prices were cut in two,
as they were after World War I, the
rest of us could buy more farm prod
ucts. This is theory, because, in prac
tice, allowing farm prices to drop dras
tically would cause millions of work
ers to lose jobs, their earnings, and
their capacity to buy farm products.
And no one can honestly argue that if |
wages are cut down, costs and prices
of industrial products would be re-
duced and make it possible for farm
ers and other consumers to buy more.
This too is theory, for in practice
sharp cut in industrial workers wages
and take-home pay means the loss of
income to farmers and millions of
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-01-11
PROGRESSIVE
POLITICAL.
review OF 1916

con the international scene, 1915
has recorded big advances toward uni
versal peace and democracy, but on
the domestic front, the death of Presi-
dent Roosevelt and the strike by con-
gress against the people through its
failure to provide adequately for re-
conversion and full employment pre-
sents a bad balance sheet for the peo-
pie of the United States" asserted
Howard Y Williams, state director of
the Independent Voters of Illinois, in
his 18th annual political review issued
this year from the Independent Voters
of Illinois offices at 123 West Madison
ST., Chicago. Mr. Williams was form
erly director of the Minnesota Divi-
sion of Soldier Welfare and Midwest
director of the Union of Democratic
Action
"The credit side of the international
ledger shows the end of World War
II and the crushing of Germany, ia
pan and Italy. The suicide of Hitler
and execution of Mussolini; the life
Imprisonment of Marshal Petain; the
sentence of death upon Quisling, La
val and other fascist leaders, and the
trials at Nurnberg, viii not soon be
forgotten by opponents of democracy.
The triumph of the British Labor Par
ty; the progressive vote in the French
the formation of the World
Federation of Trade Unions, indicates
that the people are again on the
march
1.-THE adoption of the San Francisco
Charter and the Breton Woods agree
ments; the discovery and use of the
atomic bomb and the determination
of the people to outlaw its use; the
UNO capital to the United States and
the growing strength of this organiza-
ton give hope for peace.
1.-THE replacement of General Hur-
ley by General Marshall in China; lib
eral political victories in several South
American republics; the growing anti
Franco sentiment in Spain and around
the world emphasize democratic prog
ress. The return of exiled leaders like |
President Benes of Czechoslovakia;
Queen Wilhelmina to Holland King
Haakon to Norway; and General de
Iaulle to France, highlight the resto-
'ation of pre-Hitler Europe
"On the debit side, internationally, |
must be placed the failure to make
democracy work in Greece, Indonesia, |
China and Italy; the failure of the
great powers to work together effec-
lively in the reconstruction of Ger
many; the famine in Europe and
Americas playing politics with UNR
2A relief; the admission of Argentina
o the UNO; Russia's power politics
n Eastern Europe; the evasion by
Great Britain of her promises of in
to Palestine and India;
he cleavage in China which prevents
econversion in that vast domain; the
.brupt ending of lend-lease with Great
Continued on Page Two)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-01-11
A REPUBLICAN ASKS PLAIN
QUESTIONS OF D'EWART

ours are going to be heard from next
November.
You are new in congress, but if the
Republican party is to live it will have
to raise up leaders from among men
who are not tied to the worst elements
in the Democratic party. What is your
program? Please let me hear from
you. Yours truly,
DANIEL T. McCORKLE.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-01-11

ockers" into Montana has changed to
a hold-the-line status quo ideology.
Fearing depression and recurring
drouth, some Montanans are begin
ming to think that we have all the
people we can handle. This is one
reason for the aggressive "tourism"
Of Montanans, Inc There is, it seems,
a fear that the state is reaching, if
it has not already reached, it's satura-
ton point.
OF course, we should never forget
that population loss is not in itself
tragic. In itself it does not mean a
declining economy or culture. Num-
bers are not per Sc important. But
they are indicators, and they point
CONTINUED on Page Four)
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1946-03-07
RAIL UNIONS
VOTE STRIKE

Cleveland (FP). - A nationwide
strike has been almost unanimously
voted by members of the Bro. of Rail
road Trainmen and Bro. cf Locomotive
Engineers (both unaffiliated) in their
fight for 25% wage increase and inn
proved working conditions.
About 90% of the votes are already
in, BRIT Pres. A. f. Whitney said,
showing $3.50 in favor Of a walkout
unless ''a satisfactory settlement" is
obtained. BILE Pres. Alvaney Johnston
said many units of his union were
voting 1000 for the strike and none
less than 9O9S. Taking part in the
strike poll We're 225,000 members Of
the trainmen and $4,000 members of
the locomotive engineers.
Date of the walkout was to be set
by the two unions March 6. Wage de-
mands of the Is other railway unions,
representing 1,25O,O00 operating and
incorporating workers, are being
heard by arbitration boards in Chi
cago.
Whitney's announcement Of the vote
conceded with a reception marking
his 50th anniversary as a member of
the BRIT.