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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-12-27

holders of private or voluntary disabi
lily insurance of equal vajlue-ie
such as railroad workers, as now GOV
cred by the Crosser bill, and the Goa
miners under their welfare fund gain
ed in negotiations last May.
Present annual wages in Montana
total $140,000,000. On a settled annual
payroll of 500 million the proposed
program would provide an annual fund
of 100000. Anticipated benefits to
be paid out annually would total ap-
proximately $S60,000. This would leave
balance larger than necessary to
cover administrative expenses, and the
difference could be used to build up a
reserve fund.
Some Other HighIights of Report
Total benefit funds collected for the
past 10 years were $32,294,736. OF
these, $27,733,S14 were paid in via
taxes by Montana employers; $2,922,-
62S were federal repayments to the
state for veterans allowances, and ST.
GIG, 139 represents interest earned on
trust funds.
Total benefit OUTLAWS over the 10
year period were $13,301,426. These
break down as follows: state UCC
benefits, $S,831,5 veterans unem-
ployed allowances, $2,951, 313, and ST.
51S,551 as allowances for selfemploy-
ed veterans.
Highest amount of benefits paid out
in a single year was $2,972,2 from
July 1, 1910 to June 80, 1871, as COM
pared with employer contributions for
that year of $2,7S7742; lowest benefit
payments came between July 1, 1914
and June 80, 1915, and were $73, 431.
Employer contributions for that same
year were $3,551,53 Highest en-
ployer contributions were between
July 1, 1915 and June 80, 1916, and
totaled $3,7S1,0S1.
The highest number of covered en-
ployers in the pre-war period was TO-
first nine months of 1916 found 49,
281 covered employers. During the
war years, reflecting the fact that
Montana had little in the way of war
industries, there was an average of
only 1892 covered employers. Commits |
sion estimates are that it is but a mat |
ter Of months before there will be at
least 1000 covered employers in the
state. This does not take into account |
he possibility that the legislature may
expand the classifications of workers |
covered by unemployment compensa-
lion.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-12-27
Author of Joe Hill
Publishes Book

All Thy Conquests by Alfred Hayes
has just been announced as Book Find
Clubs Selection for January.
Acclaimed as one of the outstanding
! literary discoveries of the year, this
/ brilliant first novel by distinguished
poet who served with the American
army in Italy, unfolds the drama of
shows, as no other book has shown,
the deep wounds, physical and spirit
ual that fascism inflicted upon Italy.
Alfred Hayes wrote the words for
two famous labor ballads, Joe Hill
and Abe Lincoln that were set to
music by Earl Robinson He is also
the author of a pageant presented by
Labor Stage entitled | Hear America
Singing from which George Kleinsing-
er developed the Walt Whitman suite.
Mr. Hayes assembled much of the
material that appears in All Thy Con-
quests when he was transferred from
his Infantry Division in Casino to
5th Army headquarters in Rome He
DCCdLIS dn dCtOi III d Sludil MILITARY
theatrical group that was one of the
first entertainment units to tour the
fighting fronts including the Anzio
beachhead where Mr.. Hayes says they
'rehearsed in the afternoon and were
bombed at night" Later he became
of a G. I. nightclub in Rome
and then guide conducting groups
of several hundred soldiers to the
Roman Forum, the Colosseum, the
Catacombs and Vatican City While
he was still in Italy he collaborated
with Sergio Amidei and Marcello Pag-
Hero, Writer and actor in the film
The Open City, on Seven From the
USA, new moving picture which re-
Gently won the Italian National Film
Award
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-12-27
GNU BACKS MURRAY

Philip Murray's recent call for ALL
CIO-railroad brother unity, the Com
mittee for Maritime Unity warned
that "the time is too short and the
danger too great to permit independ-
ent programs and actions"
Winding up a 2-day session here,
the GNU reviewed its strategy during
the autumn maritime strike and re-
asserted its conviction that "the bene-
fits won were unprecedented in the
history of the maritime industry"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-12-27
TAX EVADERS SHELL OUT

Washington.-Inve by the
bureau of internal reevnue have net
ted Uncle Sam S546,0O0,OOO in the first
four months of 1916, the Treasury
said Dec. II. Most of the money came
from unsuccessful tax evaders. Big
hauls involved Jack Berman Atlanta
truck and bus operator, and Charles E.
Prettyman, Jr, attorney and real es-
tate operator of Neosho, Missouri.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-12-27

went to Readers Digest as an editor
from 1889 to 1915.
In the summer of 1911 he prevailed
upon Readers Digest to hire Dennis to
do series of articles. In Dennis own
words: "Last June, 1871, I did some
work for Paul Palmer of the Readers
Digest I did one thing for them and I
got $1,000 in 1871. | had lunch with
(DeWitt) Wallace He is the editor
of the Readers Digest. Wallace had
lunch with me last spring :. and he
said he wanted me to line up set of
everybody in the world, and freedom
from want and poverty and all that
sort of thing, the pros and cons, and
he said he would have to be very care
full not to let it be known that he was
using me in any way.
"He said: You will have to stop
your letter before it gets you in Jail.
dennis was writing a private pro-
nazi newsletter at the time.) They are
not going to tolerate that kind of free
speech now
Wallace Paid Hush Money
Dennis said Wallace also arranged
to give him a monthly stipend" of
$500 if he would shut down his news
letter, and negotiated the deal thru
a public relations counsel Gin order to
keep the thing very confidential"
Readers Digest is very sensitive
about its relations with these men.
Top officials like Wallace are hard to
get to see but they write long letters
defending their hired men who are
known to have worked with the nazis.
One of the more important of Read |
ers Digest editors, asked by Federated |
Press about the relationship, brushed |
it aside with: you know, there were
a lot of us who opposed getting into
the war before it started And
what are you going to do, deprive a
man of the right to make living just
because of a little thing like that?" !
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-12-27
Taxes and Wages


they sayEvery person that
government.
how much of the the
anyway?
is estimated that before 20 of
proportion
high that equaled the brackets
year. With high adding
High such low incomes actually deprive
necessities II the taxes removed the would
food and clothing other necessities which
bought today family Of four less than $4,000
that reduce consumption
they the
that sold production
workers of their They
and this the production that
To develop that consumption
needed health
level Taxes should
higher incomes, exemptions
obviously higher
income
of the high wartime system
progressive Will remain that the federal
taxes in the upper brackets primarily while states impose
headed situation that
There taxes
time when capital idle savings
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-12-27

/
Eggleston wasn't paid for nothing
He and Douglas M. Stewart, as form
er editors of Scribner's Commentator
were given at least $4,000 of the
money directly by Herbert Won Strem
pei, nazi press attache in the U. S..
according to Won Strempel's own testi
mony.
The payment was made at the Hotel
Pennsylvania in New York, Won Strem-
pei told Rogge, after Eggleston and
Stewart had agreed to put out a slick
pro-nazi publication to convince the
Americans it would be foolish to enter
the war against Germany Stewart
maintained the money was thrown at
him through an open window while he
was peacefully reading a paper at
home one summer night.
Be that as it may, Scribner's Com
mentator became a lavishly pro-nazi
magazine, warmly praising Americas
little fascists, and it's articles and car
ICONS were picked up and reprinted
by the German-American Bund.
The bulk of the $4,000 that Eggles-
ton and Stewart received, however,
went into the publication of a little
4-page newspaper, The Herald, which
they put out in Lake Geneva, Wis.
That, too, was the mouth organ for
pro-nazi groups in the U. S.
Now He's Digest Editor
Stewart is under Indictment for per-
Jury in connection with some of his
testimony when grand jury looked
into his nazi ties. Eggleston is not.
Instead he is one of the editors of
Readers Digest.
Readers Digest also has other inter
esting contacts with men who had
contacts with nazis. Paul Palmer,
former editor of American. Mercury
magazine, was friendly with numer-
Gus official and unofficial nazis, ac-
cording to Rogge. Among his close
friends was Lawrence DENNIS, who
looks upon himself as the intellectual
leader of U. S. fascism, Palmer, too,
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-12-27
Growth of Fascism--
Continued from Page Two


individualism of Herbert Hoover This
may foster and build up initiative and
self reliance, in the individual 1t
also builds up combative aggressive
ness that is a fair jumping off place
for the utter disregard of the other
fellows welfare, so necessary in a
fascist system. Some of our religious
teaching under capitalism is also a
well prepared seed-bed for fascist de-
velopment The Jesuits, most ag-
gressive and powerful order of priest
hood in the Roman Catholic Church,
have long laugh against democracy
and for the cooperative state. "All
authority should come from above.
From them Hitler borrowed much of
his philosophy and ideas of world or
ganizatiOn.
So fascism, by natural and constant
growth, steals over nation and it's
people, wrapped in an attractive cloak
of false pretense. In Germany it took
the name of National Socialism, de-
spite the fact that in ideology aim,
detectives and methods of attainment
the two systems of fascism and social
ism are as far apart as the two poles.
You see, when Hitler was in process
of coming to power there were six
million avowed Socialists and Com
munists in Germany. The name INA
tional Socialism" attracted the sup
port of many of these. Two years
later they were perishing in concen-
tration camps
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-12-27
Travel Time To-
Continued from Page One)
Precedents Established

Some months back the United States
Supreme Court reaffirmed the conten-
ton of the United Mine Workers that
under the Fair Labor Standards Act
of 1898, coal miners should be paid
for collar to collar" time in the Mount
Clements case, thereby establishing
precedent for similar suits in which
employees may ask payments for nee
essary non-productive time spent on
the properties of an industry.
1t will be recalled that last summer
in similar suit against the ACM,
instituted by the Department of Labor
wage and hour division, for ACM tim
Der workers, that Federal Judge r.
Lewis Brown decided in favor of the
employees
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-12-27
10 Annual UCC-


CONTINUED from Page One)
unemployment to allow claimants to
draw against earnings in the lag quar-
ter Immediately, rather than wait until
the expiration of the current benefit
year before claiming such benefits.
Opposes Merit Ratings
Although a majority of the commits
sion is opposed to any form of expert
ence or merit rating being adopted at
this time, admission is made that pub
lie opinion-that is, non-seasonal en-
ployers-may force reconsideration. A
merit system would bring about tax
reductions for such steady employers
as retail merchants, banks, ETC., but
would place an additional tax burden
on seasonal employers such as the
lumber industry, construction trades,
etc. The ALL and CLIO. as we'll as
seasonal employers are strongly op-
posed to any form of merit, system.
While opposing experience ratings,
the commission voices the belief that
no tay increases will be necessary to
finance the proposed extension and
expansion program outlined above.
The UCC as of January 1, 1947,
will approximate $23 million. The fund
would still be in excess of $40 million,
had the additional benefits being pro-
posed to the 1947 assembly been paid
out during the past seven years. These
additional payments would approx
40
experiences no greater outlay than the
peak year of the past, and no less out
lay than the lowest previous year,
these additional OUTLAWS will average
about 100000 per year Estimated
amount of tax funds to be received by
the UCC during 1916 is $4,O00,OO0.
Note: Although the commission i'm
plies that a reserve fund of 500 million
is sufficient to meet almost any future
unemployment emergency, the Mon
tana State Federation of Labor feels
that a reserve fund of $50 million may
be necessary to bridge future de-
preston approaching the intensity Of
that Of the early 20's.)
sickness and Disability Insurance
Emphasizing the pressing need for
sickness and disability insurance as
an integral part of providing greater
security to workers in the highly-in-
dustrialized postwar period, the COM
mission, in the report presents such
proposal for consideration by the icgis-
lature.
In making the proposal, the report
points out that on countless occasions
the commission has been forced to
deny benefits to persons thrown out of
work temporarily by common illnesses
and non-industry disabilities, while
their able-bodied brothers, unemploy-
ed for other reasons beyond their con-
troll, have been granted benefits.
Under the proposal ID about 100,-
900 workers would be covered: (2) to
finance the program a one per cent
tax on all wages up to $4,000 per year
$3.50 maximum annual deductionl
would be collected by employers from
employees; CD benefits would have
a minimum of S. per week, maxi
mum of SIS, duration of Is weeks; "a
waiting period of two weeks disability,
with third full week being first COM {
pensable week; 90 exemption for !
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-12-27
Co-ops' Sales Gain 90
Per Cent In Brussels

Brussels. IONS Sales of coop
erative societies affiliated with the
Belgium Cooperative Wholesale Soci-
ETY. reached 6S4,000,0O0 francs for the
first six months of 1916 an increase
of 80 per cent over the first six
months of 1915.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-12-27
READERS DIGEST HIRED NAzI AGENTS.
SUPPRESSED R0GGE REPORT SHOWS

New Digest the little magazine with the big circulation
coatas
publication which advertising labor
sell labor
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-12-27
OUR TAX PROBLEM
BY ARTHUR A. ELDER, AFL Tax consuItant
(Second in a Series of Articles on Taxes)


proposed amendment Constitution going the
the legislatures calls limit the
that the federal individual
This called relief?
the When the
brackets the only make the
loss is the income
This
to the lower brackets.
is in direct violation of the weestabished policy that
should be established according ability
The legislatures riding
awful fall They the depression when
they begging the federal for and financial
federal will be able
to levy high income if it is the states needs
Not only they helping off of help they will probably
max he
When the brackets relieved
they
higher
they need That that higher in the lower brackets
production toward unemployment
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-12-27

594 Americans have been Iynched
since 1919.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1946-02-21
LODGES

l. o. o. F. Cabinet chapter No. SO
meets every Wednesday evening
Carl Rawlings, Noble Grand; Peter
underwood, recording secretary.
A. F. & A. M. Libby Lodge No. 81
meets End and 4th Thursdays al
Masonic Temple. Don Leach, w
NJ, Edgar Beardsley, Secretary.
Royal Arch Masons Libby lodge
No. SO meets first and third Wed.
nesdays at Masonic Temple . r. w
LIE Due high priest, D. o. Mount
secretary.
Order of the Eastern Star. Libby
Chapter No. SO meets LIST and 3rd
Tuesdays at Masonic Temple. Mrs
F. r. Baney, worthy matron, Mrs
E. E. Jaqueth, secretary.
Libby Moose Lodge No. 1899 meets
End and 4th Mondays at Moose hall.
Glen E. Leckrone, Governor; Melvin
P. Paulson, secretary.
Royal Neighbors, Mountain View
Camp No. 1888 meets End and 4th
Wednesdays at the Moose hall.
Mrs Mable, Solem, oracle; Mrs.
Bessie Clowers, recorder.
Medora Rebekah Lodge No So
meets 1St and Bird Mondays at /. O.
O. F. HILL. Mrs Pete Vandarwood.
Noble Grand and Mrs. Clarence
Daggett, secretary.
A. o. u. w. meets the End Fri
dav of each month at the Legion
hall. Harry Hartle, NJ W., S. A. Ras-
mussen, secretary.
A. o. U. W. Junior Club meets
4th Friday of each month at Legion
Hail. Janet Johnston. M. W., sRosella
Barr, secretary and Delina Carlson,
supervisor.
Rainbow Girls meet second and
fourth Mondays at Masonic Temple.
Alice Marie Rodgers, worthy adj
visor; Margery Hunter, recorder;
Mrs. Donald Olson, mother advisor.
Women of the Moose. Libby
Chapter No 695 meets on the first
and third Tuesdays at the Moose
hall Mrs. Durwood Preston, Senior
Regent and Mrs Harold Bitterman,
Recorder.
Theta Rho Club No. 81 meets LIST
and 3rd Tuesdays in o. o F. hall
at 7:15 D. m Wilma McRell, presi-
dent; Shirley Switzer. recording
Mrs. Loren Gompf, advi-
sorry officer.
Libby Rod and Gun Club. Reuben
Hamann, president; George C.
Earle, secretary. Regular meeting
third Tuesday of each month at 8
p. m.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1946-02-21
H. E. o. CLUB ENTERTAINED
AT LEIGHTY HOME

Lillian Leighty and Ida Butts
ably assisted by Mary Leighty. en-
tertained the H. E. o. Club at the
Leighty home Thursday afternoon
February z. A goodly number of
members, honorary members and
visitors turned out in spite of slip
perry roads and much snow.
Plans were discussed and arrange
ments made for the H. E. o. baz-
aar and food sale to be held in
the CYO Hall at Eureka, Satur-
day, March 2, proceeds to be used
towards meeting the Red Cross
Quota.
Beginning at noon, the club will
also serve chicken and noodles, cof-
fee, ice cream and cookies.
Following the business meeting,
Alta Borup and Bina Hudson direc-
ted an intelligence quiz, prizes GO
ing to Goldie Brock and Violet
Smith.
While a hearty lunch was being
served a paper was read which Ella
Marvel had prepared containing
much interesting information con-
corning the Hudson's Bay and No.
West Fur Trading companys trails
and experiences along the Kootenai
River. An interesting discussion
followed concerning other points of
historical interest in this section of
the country.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1946-02-21

sERYICE ORGANIZATIONS
Phone 81 0le Ralseth, Prop

Libby Chamber of Commerce
A. Agather, president, and Dexter
Shaurette, secretary.
American Legion Auxiliary No
81 meets 3rd Thursdays Mrs. A. c.
Austin, president; Mrs Emil Voves,
secretary.
Lions Club meets every End and
4th Mondays. Don Hargreaves, pres
ident, w. E. Partlow, secretary.
Libby Woman's Club meets End
Tuesday at 2:30 p. m. in community
room of courthouse Mrs. Raw Rice.
president, Mrs. ]. w, Johnston. sec
rotary.
American Legion Post No. 81
meets Bird Thursdays al the Legion
hall. Dr. Roy Sherman, commander.
Libby Farm Woman's Club meets
1st Wednesday. Mrs. Hugh Slauson,
president, Mrs. P. c. Vanderwood,
sec-treas.
Libby JUROR Woman's Club meets
second Tuesdays at 8 D. m. in the
community room of the court house.
Mrs. Owe Larson, president and
Mrs. June Hileman, secretary.
hootenal valley Grange meets lSt
and 3rd Wednesdays of month at
American Legion Hall. A. H. Shell
den, master; H. P Weydemeyer,
Sec.
Regular meetings of International
Hold Carriers, Building and Com
mon Laborers' Union of America,
A. F. L., Libby Sub. No. 1892, held
End and eth Wednesdays at Ameri-
can Legion Hall, Libby.
Lumber and Sawmill Workers
Union No. 1881. Meets End and 4th
Tuesdays of each month at 7:3O.
Abner Role, president; Harry Moe,
recording secretary.
Veterans Foreign Wars Post No.
1548. Gust Adamson, commander;
Al Lovick, adjutant; VIM. Nelson,
quarter master Meeting dates 3rd
Friday of each month
Auxiliary to VFW Post No. 1548.
Mabel Solem, president; Agnes Per-
son, secretary Meeting dates 4th
Monday of each month.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1946-02-21

| remanded if for a new trial The
case involved the liability of a land
lord for alleged negligence in fur
nishing a defective ladder and a
defective clothesline for the use of
a tenant who fell from the ladder
when the clothesline broke and the
ladder shook.
Bar Examinations:-Special, April
Is through II, this year only. Regu-
lar, 4th Monday in October of each
year. Applications for permission
to take either examination must be
filed with the Clerk of he Sup
RENE Court, Frank Murray, at least
thirty 900 days prior to the date of
the examination.
Summaries prepared and released
by Peter Meloy, Marshal Supreme
Court of Montana.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1946-02-21
Libby High Five
Is Victorious

A very extraordinary basketball
game, which was witnessed by
KaliSpell sport fans last Friday mite
was played between the Flathead
Reserves and Libby In the open
ing period, Libby. got off to a per-
feet start, out-playing and out-shoot-
ing their opponents. At the end
of the first quarter the Terriers had
a large margin on the reserves, the
score being 18 to 6. But as the
second quarter began, the tide SEEM
ed to change and the reserves took
over. The Libby squad failed to
show any of its ability for ball
handling as it had in the first quar-
Ter, but instead was constantly
fimbling and playing defensively.
The score ended at the half with
Libby leading only by l point, 81
20. Although the Libby five trail
ed the Reserves in most of the 3rd
quarter, the Terriers always kept
up their good spirit and were de-
termined to win. The 4th quarter
brought results, as the Terriers a
gain began to gradually catch up
with the Reserves. During the last
four minutes of the game it was nip
and tuck with both teams scoring
and trying to get ahead. AS the
game drew to an end. the score !
was tied, 1910. An overtime per-
iod of three minutes was played /
with both teams trying desperately |
to win. However with the Libby !
five's keen ball handling and sharp
shooting during this period they
managed to come out on top with
a victory The final score was 46-
"A Nelson was high point man
with "a points followed by Earle
with T.
This week the Libby squad will
travel to Columbia Falls where it
will play Friday night February
is. The following week they will
attend the annual basketball tour
nament at Whitefish.-by Red Roll
seth. 8
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1946-02-21
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
NO. 962

Estate of James Forsyth, De-
ceased.
Notice is hereby given the under
signed, the administrator of the
estate of James Forsyth, deceased,
to the creditors of and all persons
having claims against the said de-
ceased, to exhibit them with the
necessary vouchers, within four
months after the first publication
of this notice to the said admins
traitor at his real estate office in
Libby on Mineral Ave, in the
County of Lincoln, State of Mon
tana, the same being the place for
the transaction of the business of
said estate.
H. B. WALLACE
Administrator of the Estate of
said Deceased.
Dated at Libby, Montana. this
Both day of January, 1916.
D. LONG
Attorney for Administrator
(1st Publication Jan. 81, l946)
4t-Jan. 31-Feb. 7-l4-21
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1946-02-21
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of WENRICH M. ROBBIE
deceased.
the Estate of Wenrich NJ. Robbie
Notice is hereby given by the
undersigned, the Administrator of
deceased, to the creditors of, and
all persons having claims against
the said deceased, to exhibit them,
with the necessary vouchers with
in four months after the first pub
LEGATION of this notice to the said
Administrator at the law office of
Rognlien and Murray, suite 9 Noff-
singer Block Kalispell in the County
of Flathead, State of Montana, the
same being the place for the trans
action of the business Of said es-
tate
]. FLETCHER ROBBIE
Administrator of the Estate of
said Deceased
Dated at Kalispell, Montana, this
18th day of January, 1916.
and MURRAY
Attorneys for Administrator
At 81 - Feb. 7-l4-21