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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-10-18

Club for Zales Ecton for United States
Senator compromises a negligible
number of individual veterans. We
are further convinced that the organ
ization represents nothing but a par
tisan, republican propaganda effort;
that no consideration was given to the
qualifications of candidates on the op-
posing ticket
We do not challenge the right of in
dividual veterans to work for the
election of candidates of their own
choice, but we do register our objec-
ton to misleading propaganda intend
ed to give the general public the i'm
preston that the only candidates for
high office acceptable to veterans in
the present campaign, are those on the
republican party ticket.
We have examined the records of
those repeatedly endorsed by the al
legged Club" on the basis of the an
nounced requirements for approval by
veterans, namely making tangible
sacrifice such as war time duty in the
armed forces" and we cannot agree
that more than one of those endorsed,
namely w. R. Rankin, could by any
stretch of the imagination, qualify I'M
der that requirement.
We further go on record protesting
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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-10-18

sand in the puhlic's eyes to cause it
to turn against price control, or that
falling, they were counting on suffi-
cient public resentment, engineered by
their Misrepresentation of the facts, to
bring about the election of an anti
OPA congress in November. There is
too much "Get the rascals out talk
going around without figuring out who
the rascals are. The voters will not
be taken in by this political sideshow
which the republicans and the Big
Four Packers staged.
The shortage of meat should not be
blamed on price control, but on the
republican members of congress who
voted to 1 to cripple price control,
and who, with the help of such poll tax
congressman and senators from the
south as Rankin, Bilbo, Pappy
O'Daniel and D'Ewart of Montana sue
ceeded in emasculating the bill with
the Taft-Wherry profiteering amend
ments. With the "cost plus" amend
ments the program was practically
impossible to administer, since no pro-
duct-by-product cost and profit figures
are available for $50 of American
business firms. The new law in effect
asked a man what he thinks he is en-
titled to, and the OPA had no discre-
ton but to give him what he demand
ed as his price. The new law specifi-
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-10-18
Rail UNIONS BACK
ERICKSON FOR
SENATOR

Helena, Oct Endorsement of
Left Erickson, democratic nominee for
u. S. senator, by the Order of Railway
Conductors of Montana was announ-
ced here today by o. A. Sheldon of
Havre, legislative representative of
the order.
Erickson now has the endorsement
of all railroad brotherhoods of the
state.
When notified by telephone at Miles
City, where he is campaigning, Erick-
son said, This is highly gratifying
news and I want to express my thanks
and deep appreciation to the order as
we'll as to the other brotherhoods
With these endorsements I am more
than ever convinced that the program
| advocate to preserve and strengthen
the hard-won rights of labor meets
with the whole-hearted approval of the
workers of our great state" Great
Falls Tribune
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-10-18
Disabled Vets Protesting Alleged Blanket
Endorsement of Tales N. Ecton
CAPITAL CITY'S WOMEN
RESENT BUTTER GOUCE

Enraged Helena housewives yes
terday took up the cudgeI to do
battle with local profiteers over the
outIandish price of butter. Butter,
like every other item which is now
subject to PRIVATE price control,
during recent weeks has been stead
lily jumping skyward, for no appar-
ent good reason except to fatten
the pocketbooks of a few hoggish
dairymen, creamery operators and
retailers. Soaring of the price of
butter to. over a buck per pound
motivated the starting of a week
long butter strike in the capitol
city.
Although, as this is written, the
strike has been under way only
few hours, the protest wave Is
spreading like wIdfire. This is be-
ing accomplished along similar lines
to the old "chain Ietter"-onIy in
this instance, each woman is con-
tacted by telephone or otherwise,
in turn calls and enlists the aid of
five or more additional women.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-10-18
HALF OF FARM HOMES
OF NATION ARE NOW
ELECTRIFIED

Farm identification in the United
States has passed the half way mark
according to an announcement of the
Department of Agriculture. However,
the detailed report of the number of
farms in Montana without central
station electric service shows that 62.4
per cent or 23,547 of the farms in the
state still lack this service.
AS a basis for allotment by states
of half of REA's loan fund for fiscal
1947, REA Administrator Claude R.
Wickard estimated that, as of July 1,
1916, there were 2,769,955 farms in the
United States that lacked central sta
ton electric service. This is All per-
cent of the preliminary total of $685.
100 United States farms reported by
the census bureau on the basis of the
1915 census of agriculture.
"The 1916 estimate indicates, how
ever, that a huge task remains to be
done In addition to the two and three
quarter million farms that lack central
station electric service, at least that
many non-farm rural homes, churches,
schools and other rural establishments
lack electricity. Rural electric coop
eratives and other REA borrowers,
which serve approximately half of the
z, 100000 farms electrified since 1885,
are prepared to push the rural electri-
fieation job to the earliest possible
completion. Despite shortages of ma
terials, REA borrowers connected ap-
100000 new rural con-
sumers to their lines during the 1916
fiscal year and are continuing to add
new consumers at the greatest rate in
history"
On the basis of the estimate of I'M
farms, Administrator Wick
ard allotted among the various states
$125, 100000 in REA loan funds, or
half of REA's loan fund for the 1947
fiscal year. Under the basic Rural
liberalization Act, half of REA's an
nual loan fund must be made available
to borrowers in each state in proper
ton which the number of unelectrified
farms in the state bears to the total
number of unelectrified farms in the
United States.
The allotment for loans in Montana
during the fiscal year ending June 30,
L947 is $1,062,608.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-10-18


resenting nothing but a partisan, re-
publican propaganda effort" the state
ment objects to misleading propa-
ganda intended to give the general
public the impression that the only
candidates for high office acceptable
to veterans in the present campaign,
are those on the republican party
ticket
The disabled veterans expressed
their belief that candidates should be
Judged more on their record of serv-
ice for the people and their independ-
ence and understanding of the de-
mands of the office which they are
seeking" than on the sole basis of
whether or not the candidate is vet
eran. They pointed out that 1--WE, as
citizens first over and beyond the cir
cumstances of being veterans, demand
on the part of the candidates for Of
flee, broad understanding of the great
issues and problems confronting the
American people, and proposals for
their solution for the good of all of the
people,
Statement
We. the undersigned veterans, pa
tients at the Veterans Hospital, Fort
Harrison are convinced that the re-
Gently publicized formation of an Or
ganization called sThe Fort Harrison
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-10-18
WORLD CO-0pS ARE ONLY effective
ANSWER TO international
MONOPOLY

proportion to the size of our under
takings We honor the name of the
Rochdale pioneers not simply because
they conceived an idea but because
they succeeded in applying it.
II feel that at the outset of this new
postwar period" Lord Rusholme de-
clared, more vigorous efforts must
be made to develop international CO.
operative trading and international CO.
operative production on scale far
SURPRISING anything that has been at
tempted in the past"
Lord Rusholme then paid tribute to
"the enthusiasm and zeal displayed by
our cooperative friends from the u. S.
to develop trading and production of
oil through the medium of our interna-
tional association. l am sure their zeal
and vigor is an inspiration to us all
here in Europe. This congress will, I
hope, give such lead on the vital
matter of international trading that in
years to come it will be remembered
as a great turning point in co-opera-
tive history"
A Great Influence For Peace
Turning to the problem of maintain
ing world peace, Lord Rusholm declar-
ed, 1.-THE principles of cooperation
must permeate the inner life of every
nation, thus substituting spirit of
peace, harmony, justice and right for
that of competition and rivalry. AS the
representatives of one of the greatest
forces and influences for peace this
congress must signify a solemn avowal
in the name of millions of co-operators
throughout the world not only of their
will for peace but of their willingness
and their preparedness TO work for
peace individually and collectively
local, national and interna-
tional cooperative organizations"
The cooperative president announ-
ced the appointment of the Interna-
tional Cooperative Alliance as a per-
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eva AUTHORITY IS
REC0MM ENDED
BY KRUG

Washington, Oct 16.-Interior Sec
rotary Krug said today he would re-
commend to congress the establish
ment of a regional power authority for
the Columbia river basin which would
coordinate all public power programs
in that region
The secretary told a news confer
ence the department had concluded,
after a study, that such an agency is
both desirable and feasible.
He said it was clear that power out
put in the northwest, including Ore
gon Washington and Idaho must be
increased. The study showed, he said,
that the northwest area, served by the
Bonneville power administration will
face a serious power shortage If new
projects are not pushd through as
scheduled in 1947, 194S and 1919.
He explained that, while the closing
of light metal plants engaged in war
reduced the demand for
power temporarily, the slack was
taken up quickly by needs of various
war-born industries, including war
built aluminium plants leased to pri-
yate producers.
The secretary said the installed
capacity of Grand Coulee and Bonnie
vile dams-now at 1,176,400 kilowatts
was reduced by 10000 kilowatts
through the recent removal of two
generators originally built for Shasta
dam but loaned to Grand Coulee to
meet urgent war demands.
He said industrial development in
the northwest is coming faster than
anyone anticipated and for that
reason I'VE have to intensity our pro-
iects for the Columbia river with con-
gress. Great Falls Tribune
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-10-18
Miners, Smeltermen
To Hold Election
November 4

An outstanding candidate for re-
election to the Executive Board of the
international Union of Mine, Mill &
Shelter Workers is William Mason
Bill, as he is familiarly known to his
thousands of friends and admirers, al
though a young man, is no tyro in the
labor movement. He started to work
age of IA years. Even at that tepder
age, he Immediately became active in
the struggle of the workers against
corporate tyranny and oppression and
during all the years of his life has
given devoted service to the working
class.
Bills rise to a position in the top
leadership of the Mine, Mill e Smelter
Workers has been rapid and pheno-
menal and indicative of his outstand-
Inequalities as a fighter for the rights
of the working man.
The Butte miners have always rec
ognized Bills ability and fighting
spirit by electing him to office every
time he was a candidate. He served
them as walking delegate in 1886 and
1887. In 1889 and 1910 he served them
as financial secretary, then the most
important office in the Butte Miners
Union.
In 1871 and 1912 Bill held the office
of International Executive Board
Member for District No. 1 Of the In
ternational Union. While holding this
office he further distinguished himself
participating in and assisting in nego-
tiations and being in large measure in
strumental in procuring larger wage
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lied to suppose, and this trend
shows every sign of continuing
into the postwar years. There
can be no turning back - no
"reconversion. "
1t can no longer be denied that
mechanization was primarily respon-
sible for the record breaking wartime
increases in farm production, which
were achieevd at a time when the
total labor force in agriculture shrank
to an all-itme low for the goth century.
Five million people-one out of every
six left the farm during the period
January 1, 1910 to January 1, 1915.
Yet the productivity per worker for
agriculture as whole was $50
higher in 1914 than the average for
the period 1859.
Gross farm production per worker
engaged in agriculture showed an av-
erage annual increase during the g.
year period, 1899 through 1914, eleven
times greater than the rate of increase
during the previous two decades, 1919
to 1899. The rate of increase averaged
5.23eo per year during the war period
as compared with only .479o during
the earlier two decades.
Not Like World War
While the mechanization of our
agriculture has been moving ahead
over long period of time, this must
not be allowed to obscure the fact
that this rapid, present-day mechanical
ton is different both qualitatively and
quantitatively. The eleven fold jump
in the rate of increase in productivity
achieved during the war testifies to
the difference between the present
day mechanization and the slow,
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-10-18
By WALLACE ]. CAMPBELL
For Cooperative News Service


Zurich.-Lord Rusholme, president
of the international Cooperative Al
lance, opened the first postwar con-
gress of world co-operatives here Oct.
7 with challenge to mark the open
ing of the second century of coop
GRAFTON with great movement for
international cooperative trade and
I'm my view," the world co-opera-
tive president continued, ''the coop
erative movement can give the only
effective answer to the international
trusts and combines. 1t is not our
words they fear, but our action; and
the good resulting from international
cooperative trade development in par
ticular spheres would be out of all
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-10-18
March Of INFLAMMATION Skips Most Farm
People Is Survey Finding

made by the U. S. Department of Agri-
culture. Unfortunately, all of these
studies are so concerned with agricul-.
ture in general that they do not an
alyze what happened to particular
classes of farmers. They deal with
total increases in wartime farm pro-
duction without bothering to investi-
gate how much of this increase was
accounted for by the big farms as COM
pared with the small and middle
groups
Myth Of Uniformity
Every Census of Agriculture taken
since 1900 has shown shrinkage in
the share of the total farm income
going to the small and middle farms.
The Census Of 1910 disclosed that the
lower two-thirds of the nations farms
got little more than 209o of the total
farm income, but the Department of
Agriculture is still trying to perpetu-
ate the myth of uniformity which adj
mits of no essential difference be-
tween a farmer" like the California
Packing Corporation with its vast
landholdings worked by thousands of
low-paid workers and a sharecropper
in the South or family-size farmer in
the North
Despite such serious shortcomings,
these recent studies by the Depart
ment of Agriculture's Bureau of Agri-
cultural Economics nevertheless shed
some light on wartime developments
Thus, the BAE has devised a new in
dex of farm output" which offers a
more accurate measure of the wartime
increase in farm production for hui
man consumption.
Why Output Went Up
Since the older index of gross farm
production" included crops and pas
ture necessary to feed horses and
mules used as workstock, it concealed
the fact that the mechanization of
agriculture had released so to so mil
lion of acres of land from the produc-
ton of farm power during the last %
years to the production of foods and
fibers for human consumption
Using this new index, which mea-
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SENATE LEADER In
HELENA next
MONDAY

Montana democrats from the Sc
counties of the state Monday will con-
verge ON Helena to attend a banquet
in honor of Senate Majority Leader
Albin Barley d., KY. The banquet
will be held at pm. at the Placer
hotel
Following the banquet, at $3.50 the
same evening huge rally will be
held at the Civic Center at which
Senator Barley will speak on the is
sues of the 1916 campaign. Other
speakers on the program at the Civic
Center will be Senator James e. Muir
ray, and democratic senatorial nomi-
nee, Left Erickson.
Senator Barley is scheduled to ar
rive in Helena by Northwest Airlines
noon, and will be in the CAPT
toll city until sometime Tuesday.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-10-18
LET'S LOOK AT the RECORD
OF THE SECOND DISTRICT CONGRESSMAN

In view people
the campaign and their desire to secure al
ton candidates stand for and what the
the 1916 campaign this week present view the
incumbent republican from the eastern dis
trict of which Cong
the of the late James oconner he
which under circumstances can be cassed
interests of either the people OF Montana or OF the
Among important had opportun
during the past his consistency toward reaction has
from or November
HOBBS BILL-RULE passed "antiracket
bill votebu noted the rule by
debate vote for the
rule was vote for the BILL
up with de pckeng and strike
activities vigorously opposed by
approved by House 2591oS, Dec H. 1915
CASE ANTLuNIoN have cut Wagner Act
lection to repealed the NorrisaGuarda anti
injunction restricted abor rights to organize and strike
Passed by 1916 vetoed by President Truman
The second district congressman supported hs discriminatory ~
guLwNkLE BILL-Under had passed
unfair and discriminatory through the
sion jurisdiction the enforcing and setting
freight Montana being one of the 81 states wncn surfer
roads bill The second district repres
entative supported this rail lobbysponsored bill
usEs-DIRKsEN AMENDMENT. The Dhksen Amendment was
intended Employment Service to the states
on June in knots of varying
state hndered the task of placing war workers
and like Republicans voted for this
shortsignted, lltimed amendment
NLRB-ELLoTT RIDER. Elliott Rider backdoor
the Wagner Act which took the form OF limiting @
appropriation barred the NlB from ag az
cases involving processing workers
only Although opposed by organized
passed by the House zl5-l5o on July To- i9 VIII ~
supporting the rider
ATOMIC ENERGY BILL-MovE REcoMMIT The key issue
on the atomic energy whether greatest potential power
would civilian by the armed
Congressional sentiment avorng CIVILIAN
military supervision sought 10 re-
commit the bill all 1t defeated IN
be House 195146 1916 The bill subsequently passed.
DEwart recommiting.
TIpELANDs removed jurlsdlc
continental shelf fedeal
to Strong support was.
major oil usually found easier
f. with The of this bill
hailed by cooperaves the nation over be-
oil interests not put in position
oil the nation may have Dwart
voted for the jurisdiction the statesnd for the in
Standard Oil
PRICE coNTRoL amendments pertaining to price
control Dwart himself opposition to and
neutrality-suspicious. period by con-
Every major amendment
h b OPA the his
or to drasicaly subsidies thus force
prices This and similar short
sighted action coalition in the
with food prices having Jumped
approximately in the past three months
of almost billions in American
Britain repaid period of so
wears is to only its feet economically after
becoming of the but also to
provide an goods Although the
good business help an ally and
lessen the the second district
the rest world voted against the
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-10-18

gradual introduction of the tractor
that began during World War l.
Whereas World War I saw only a
slight increase in farm production and
q marked increase in cropland harvest
ed, including the ploughing up of new
land, World War II witnessed a slight
increase in cropland harvested. Thus,
the trend in recent years has been to
more intensive methods of farming.
Moreover, the relatively slow mechan-
ization which occurred during World
War and also in the years immediate
ly following it was largely limited to
wheat, but in World War II mechan-
ization and electrification have made
striking, even though uneven, adj
vances in most of the major crops and
many of the minor ones.
Million Left Out
But the most important fact - one
which is almost universally ignored
is that the present great wave of
mechanization is doing no more than
to wet the feet of two-thirds of the
farmers even though the backwash of
this tidal wave will carry grave
threat to their already insecure tenure
on the land.
Despite the sharp increase in mech
anization during the war years, pre-
liminary reports of the Census Bureau
show that two-thirds of the farmers in
this country have no tractors. OF these
3.9 million farmers having no tractors,
1,539, 900 have no horses or mules, and
only slightly more than half of these
"man-powered" farms are in the south.
Several recent studies of what hap
pened during the war years have been
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cally instructed the OPA to advance
prices on thousands of articles. Thus,
OPA had to allow price increases.
COP Amendments Upset Supply
These amendments by the repub-
licans and the poll-tax democrats are
what upset the meat supply, and many
other basic cost of living items. These
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Nation S Meat Controls Now
AtMercy ofBig Four
Packers
Campaign of COP and Professors
Successful; Public and Small, Independent
Merchants To Suffer AS Result
TED SCHOENBORN

The public has witnessed the propaganda drama
of all times by the Republican National Committee and
the BgFour Meat Packers determined effort to turn the
public against O. P A. and the Democratic admins
brazeny placing the blame for the current meat
shortage administration They hoped throw enough
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-10-18
Issue Statement From Fort Harrison Hospital
Demanding Broad Grasp Of Problems
Facing Nation, By Candidates

HeenaA statement signed by 28 disabled veterans hos
ptazed Harrison protesting the blanket endorsement
republican candidates by other veterans at the Fort
was submitted today ErcksonforSenaor headquarters
Helena.
Charging that the For Harrison Club for zaes Ecton for
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-10-18
Two Thirds of Nations Farmers Do Not Own
Tractors; Over Million and Half Do Not
Have Horses; Centers La Big Farms

During years. the mechanzaon of American agri
advanced with seveneague boots AS yet the full
story revealed to the farmers and the full sgn
this agricultural revolution has by been rec
ognzed But it is already apparent that mechanzaon has
been proceeding the had been
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-10-18

intelligent approach empoyerempoyee relations since
became Secretary the of Secretary L. b.
Center Edward Brown Qef President Of the Inter-
national Electrical of America and Robert W.
McChesney President Association
fright under which 1000 eect
cal contractors will the electrical workers
to provide pensions for the latter age 65
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-10-18

The strongest bond of hui
man sympathy, outside of
the family relation, should
be one uniting all working
people, of all Nations, and
tongues, and kindreds."
Abraham Lincoln