The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-03-15

: 1t would not be a complete story
J unless the National Association of
: Manufacturers (NAM) was brought
into the picture. This powerful bust
ness organization, with only about
$4,000 members, embraces every i'm
portant manufacturing concern in the
U. S.-Ford Motor company excepted.
Every member of this group, which
has under its control the living condi-
lions of all us Americans, is repre-
scented in the u. S. Chamber of Com
merce. In fact it is practically GER
tain that the u S. C. of C. is domi-
mated by NAM, since members of the
latter group are most frequently presi-
dent of the chamber.
NAM itself is absolutely dominated
by few giant corporations like U. S.
Steel, General Motors and General
Electric, which in turn are under con-
troll of the Morgan-DuPont autocracy.
Most lnsidious Propaganda Agency
NAM operates the most insidious
propaganda agency in this country,
the National Industrial Information
committee, (NIIC) on which it spends
millions of dollars yearly. 1t is this
committee which circulates corrupt
ing propaganda among ministers of
the gospel, farm leaders, officers of
women's clubs and worst of all, among
the men and women to whom the edu-
cation of our children has been en-
trusted
You wonder how this contemplate
agency gets the names of these local
ly important people whom it desires
to propaganda for its sinister pur-
poses? The chances are about 100 to
one that the secretary of your local
chamber of commerce supplies them.
These giant capitalist organizations
Financial unions) maintain powerful
lobbies at Washington and the vari-
GUS state capitals and fight with might
and main to prevent the enactment of
legislation intended for the better.
ment of the general public. Bills in
troduced in congress and state legis-
latures in aid of full employment, i'm
proved social security, better wages
for underpaid, undernourished, badly
housed workers in the lower income
health legislation like the
Wagner-Murray-Dingell bill; in fact
every proposal in advance of the
status quo, meets their uncompromis-
ing opposition.
The Old Public Be Damned
Just now all of these financially
controlled organizations are fighting
tooth and nail to have government
over prices removed. If that
we're done and they would, of course,
TX the price of their products to suit
themselves. So, folks, if you don't mind
having two or three hundred dollars
dded to the cost of the automobile
on expect to buy, and proportionate
mounts to your new refrigerator, your
arm machinery and what not, just
Din in the clamor for abolishing price
ontrol and see what happens to you.
Every business concern, from the
orner grocer to the mightiest corpora
ion, is in business for profit. Some
re satisfied with reasonable profit;
many are not.
But, you ask: What has all this to
70 with Montanans, Inc; and with
he chamber of commerce in my town?
Veil, your local hcamber is a part of
Inc; Montanans, Inc; are
with the United States cham
'er Of commerce, which in turn is
IL not wholly dominated by
he National Association of Manufac-
urers. Your local chamber may be
My single threat but it forms part
the whole cloth.
At meeting of the NAM a few
ears ago, Edward +. Hutton said:
Let us gang up on this New Deal
eresy." At the meeting of Montanans,
lc. Mr.. Quinn advises ganging up on
ny candidate for office who is not
in sympathy with OUR"
ay of seeing things political and eco
)mical.
Watch 'em. HOMER SIMOUS.