The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-11-15
SHACK SWEEPlNCS
BY BILL

Teddy Roosevelt had made himself so unpopular by
trustbusting that when he went hunting in Africa
large sign appeared the New York stock exchange.
1t read; wall Street Expects Every Lion To Do It's
Duty"
Here's for you-due to the recent collapse of
the cotton market cotton is off rs per price
and-now the boys from King Cottons empire are de-
manding that the government do something halt any
further price depressing That's rich-wasn't it the
gang who just few weeks back were putting up
such clamor for the government please decon-
troll their product and let natural processes take their
Wonder how soon the packers the food pro-
the lumber Dealers will have the of
woe to tell new tight fisted", budgetcuttng COP
congress?
Last week, readers will recall that this coumnist
predicted that members of the republican
congress would make blatant demands for anti
labor legislation Hardly had the ink dried that pre-
diction when the COPS labor expert, Senator Ball
of ball and chain fame) that would again
introduce labor sraacket legislation similar
to that which he tried unsuccessfuy to push through
in the 10Th congress- Biggest difference this time is
that Strategian Ball will, instead of trying forge all
the chains at entire series of bs-or
links for forging in the senate legislative furnace
Most important Ball proposal is to outlaw the CLOSED
shopla legislative manuever whereby the very heart
of organized labor would be cut out and labor would
find itself thrust backward to status not dssimar to
the weak economic position it held at the turn of the
century. Ho hum-and to think that millions of Amer
can workers on Black Tuesday signifed they thought
the COP better able to their federal government
than the party of Franklin D. Roosevelt It's kind of
like the old adage-"You made your bed lie in it,
!. \ !.
This marvellous coordination of American industry
isn't all it's cracked up to be- For instance, not so
months coordination between all of the big
interests seemingly perfect in their solid front"
desire to get rid of price controls that it would be
what little savings the average citizen
might have tucked away. But something wrong.
Somebody besides the American public sold bill
of goods and that somebody other than the
big biz boys who manufacture such things autos,
washing machines refrigerators, etc. Ia their God
awful hurry to get their hands further into the
ers pocket they forgot about the little matter of pro-
duction they didn't with the they had little
to offer when their COP friends in congress
lated the OPA But though they be short the things
that make for dividends at the end of each year.
were other members of the big biz fraternity such
the meat packers and producers the dairy industry the
food professors, ETC., who fortunately situa
of debating the average Americans pocketbook that
there is little nothing left for their comparios in
the durable goods industry to salvage for themselves
Seems there ought to be last laugh in this for
body but be darned if figure out whether it
little fellows who have been pretty well put through
who got there "firstest with the mostestor whether
it be- of all people, those nasty old communists we
heard so much about during the recent campaign
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International Harvester and other farm machinery
outfits have announced cent boost in the price
Of farm equipment aftermath to the OPA decon-
rolling of such items More boosts will likely forth
coming in the future Thus Immediately being
% reap the benefits" of the post-OPA dynamic
rec enterprise More and greater benefits" similar
nature to be expected many fields of consumers
goods no doubt no doubt