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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-08-30
PM WRITER POWDERS SWEET Land OF
Liberty FOR WHOM AS BIGOTRY
HOLDS SWAY In THE SOUTH

series of such outrages. Within the
were murdered by mob in Georgia,
and two in Mississippi. All the victims
had one thing in common-they were
all black And because their skins diff
fered from those of the majority, they
were killed.
All Men Created Equal
LAS a nation" Abraham Lincoln
wrote in 1855, we began by declaring
that all men are created equal We
now practically read 1t all men are
created equal except negroes When
the Know-Nothings get control, it will
read all men are created equal, ex-
cept negroes and foreigners and Cath
olics' When it comes to this, I shall
prefer emigrating to some country
where they make no pretense of loving
liberty"
The negro problem, as Lincoln knew,
is no more problem for colored men
than is anti-Semitism a problem for
Jews or anti-Catholicism a problem
for Italians or Irish These are, in
every possible way, national questions
and concern the whole people, and not
any separate segment of the popula-
ton. The cure for the peculiarly
Continued on Page FOur)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-08-30
AFL and Clio SEEKING
FACTS ON CO-OPS

Amherst, Mass CNS)-Organized
labors interest in consumer co-ops,
while developing rapidly along many
fronts, still suffers from lack of in
formation on the aims and present
growth of the co-operatives which CO.
operatives themselves must help sup
ply, labor spokesman told 275 parti-
cipants of the 18th annual Institute for
Cooperative Leadership held here.
Ted Silvey, CLIO reconversion officer,
Washington, and John Murphy, ALL
New England representative, Boston,
urged the co-operators to make full
use of the present period of rising
prices to relate cooperative methods
and achievements to the individual
workers economic problems. Both
speakers indicated increasing accep-
lance by labor leadership of consumer
cooperative action as third tool OF
the American people to achieve great
er democracy and economic stability
the other two being trade unions and
Independent political action.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-08-30

featuring company, makers of plywood
machinery, will accompany Mr.. Ram
DO to Poison.
6. The engineers will go over the
property, carefully viewing its many
natural advantages-such as it's near
ness to the Kerr dam for an unlimited
amount of electric power; it's river
frontage for a plentiful supply of the
most nearly pure water obtainable
and necessary for pulp and paper
manufacturing, transportation, and
log storage. Also observed will be
railroad and highway facilities, all
with the one thought in mind of prop
erly locating the buildings for the most
economical operation Expert engineer
ing is absolutely essential and is the
very first step necessary for success
full manufacturing.
7. With such information, the engi-
neers will set to work drawing plans
and specifications for the buildings to
house the equipment so that the COM
pany may then call for bids from
building contractors.
s. The contractors will then submit
bids and actual construction of the
first unit will begin as soon as equip
ment can be moved upon the property.
The above is a safe procedure and
carried out in detail, that is-Planned
Work, then a Worked Plan-assures
an efficient policy, safeguarding all in
teersts. Your company depends upon
you for continued cooperation and
upport.-Sincerely yours, Idaho-Mon-
tana Pulp and Paper Company, w. F.
EMORY, President
Plant Is Montana Financed
And Controlled
Financing of this new industry is
being accomplished through a stock
selling campaign, with particular en-
phasis being placed on securing the
necessary funds from Montana citi-
zens. Sufficient funds to build the saw
mill unit was raised almost a year
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-08-30

major price advances and an impos-
sible administrative task for what is
left of OPA. The agency will not only
have to recompute all ceilings on
manufactured goods according to the
higher profit formula, but it will have
no discretion about refusing requests
for new price advances unless the pro-
Queer was already covering average
production costs and making a "rea-
sonable profit" Confronted with a
hopeless administrative burden, OPA
will simply have to abandon any pre-
tense of controlling the bulk of manu-
featured products. And this so-called
"selective" price control will amount
to disorderly decontrol.
Price increases resulting from the
application of the new cost-plus for
mula will be passed on to consumers
since cost absorption was left out of
the Conference Committee bill. Dis
tributor's ceilings under the bill will
have to reflect the margins that pre-
vailed on March 81, 1916.
Sort Supply certifcation
To make matters worse, OPA will
not be able to maintain price ceilings
on farm products unless the Secre-
tary of Agriculture certifies every
month that they are in short supply.
And the three-man decontrol board can
lift ceilings on all products, thus
leaving OPA with no authority on the
vital issue of decontrol.
Special price raising amendments
kept in the bill by the committee will
skyrocket the prices of cotton and
wooden goods. Ceilings will have to re-
fleet the cost of cotton and wool or
their parity price Whichever is high
err plus average production costs plus
peak 1941 profit margins. These
amendments will bring very large
price increases. And the price rises
will be stimulated by the abolition of
the Maximum Average Price Regula-
ton which formerly required manu-
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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-08-30
CONSUMERS UNION BRANDS new OPA
LAW PASSED BY CONGRESS AS ONE
LEGALIzING BLACKMARKETING

The Senate-House Conference com
mittee, after inexcusable delays, fin
ally agreed ON mock price control
| bill First a sham battle was fought
between senate and house conferees
then they approved an alleged com
promise that will actually legalize in
flation. The only real concession made
to the people was the retention of rent
control. But on every other basic issue
the Conference committee voted for in
flation.
The Conference committees bill ex-
empted livestock, milk, grain, cotton
seed, soybeans and their edible pro-
ducts from price control until August
goth. At that time ceilings are to be
restored on these items unless the
three-man decontrol board established
by the bill decides that these essen
tial foods should remain free of con-
trolls.
Spectators are therefore free to
gouge the public as much as they like
until August goth. Even if the decon-
troll board can be pressured into re-
storing controls, it is most unlikely
that an emasculated OPA can do any
thing more than agree to price levels
above the June Both ceilings.
The public will be told that the new
ceilings represent considerable roll
back from the prices that prevailed
during the price holiday. But the new
ceilings will actually legalize most of
the inflationary advances that took
place after the old price control law
expired.
Black Market Prices LOCALIZED
The enemies of price control will
therefore have achieved their goal of
legalizing black market prices. And
then they will brazenly claim that they
voted for price control and for roll
back from the speculative peaks
reached during the price holiday.
The Conference committee also
agreed on a "cost-plus'' formula for
manufactured goods that will result in
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-08-30

electric current in 1915 than they
would have had to pay if they were
buying from the Tennessee Valley
Authority system. CHATS ONE Bill
LION COS MILLION dollars.)
The nations total power bill for the
year was $3,356,954,365. If everyone
had been getting Juice" at IVA rates,
the bill would have been only $1,74S,-
542,557-or the $1,608, 411,80S less.
Stake In Valley Fight
In other words, the utilities have a
stake of 1908 MILLION DOLLARS
annual1y-the amount of excess
charges-in seeing that there is no
MVA, eva, AVA and other valley
authorities which would spread low
cost electricity over America, making
it impossible for them to charge ex-
orbitant power rates.
A state-by-state table of excess
charges, or possible savings at IVA
rates, is carried below this article.
This table shows that in nine states
within or partially within the Missouri
Valley, savings of $152,75S,948 could
have been made at IVA rates.
In other words, the Power Trust is
fighting an MVA to protect it's "privi-
lege" of charging the people of Miss
ouri Valley states more than $150,000,-
900 annually more for power than they
might buy it for from a great public
power system.
These figures, prepared annually by
the Federal Power Commission for
John Rankin of Miss
issfppi, were put in the Congressional
record July 25 by the Mississippian,
who halls from Tupelo, Miss, first
town to get IVA power and, as a re-
suit enjoying the nations lowest cleo
tricity rates. In Tupelo and through
out the Tennessee Valley, because
present rates retire cost of distribution
systems, costs are going even lower.
In areas served by private utilities,
however, the rate payers never can
hope to have capital costs retired and
lower rates. They are stuck forever
unless they free themselves through
public power systems. National
Union Farmer
Continued on Page FOur)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-08-30

ago. This attempt to build the industry
on a completely Montana-owned basis
is a radical departure from the fin
ancing of other major industries in the
state, and may well be an important
milestone in the economic life of Mon
tana. Decentralization of economic au-
thority, like the decentralization of
political authority invariably results
in greater interest for the economic
welfare of the local community.
Eight Times AS Many Jobs
For many years, whether in mining,
livestock, or timbering, Montana has
been considered producer of raw ma
terials. Raw materials to be processed
into finished products in the indus
trialized East. This means that Mon
tana payrolls from the exploitation of
our resources are only as large as the
amount of raw products needed by
Eastern manufacturers. Our state as a
result has remained colonial depen-
dency not unlike Java, India or the
Congo, to be exploited to the hilt as
long as our native treasure lasts and
likely abandoned thereafter.
By the establishment of such multi
purpose industries as the Idaho-Mon-
tana Pulp and Paper, the trend is re-
yersed For every man formerly en-
gagged in preparing logs for shipment
to out-of-state manufacturers, such a
local industry will employ eight men.
Further, by making the finished pro-
ducts all in one plant, the wastage of
our timber resources will be reduced
The proposed combination plant at
Poison will utilize better than 80 per
cent of the trees cut, excluding the
bark, in making either lumber, ply?
wood or paper. Eventually it may be
possible to erect another plant which
will utilize the bark in making wall
board.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-08-30

it is hoped that within the next few
months the equipment will begin ar
irving at the Poison site. When COM
pleted it is planned that the plant will
also have pulpwood and paper manu-
featuring facilities.
President Emory last week sent to
the following letter to all stockholders
of the company that they might be
fully informed of developments to
date:
August %, 1916
Dear Shareholder:
lin line with a policy of keeping our
associates advised and apace with de-
velopments, it is pleasure to report
to you the following events:
/. Grading, or leveling, that part of
our property upon which the factory
buildings will be located (some fifteen
acres) is now being completed. Esti-
mated date of completion of work is
September 10th.
g The property has frontage OF
over three-quarters of mile on Flat
head river and has the advantage OF
well over mile for storages of many
millions of feet of logs. This is ma
tural asset for an operation of this
character.
8. The county commissioners OF
Lake county have agreed to build
county road approximately three
quarters of a mile long and sixty feet
wide into the mill site, the construc-
ton to begin forthwith and the road
to be permanently maintained by the
county.
4. Specifications of our equipment
have been forwarded from the Seattle
offices of Allis-C Chalmers company to
the home office in Milwaukee for Veri-
fication.
5. When the above is received, we
shall call in engineers-Mr DeGuere,
Wisconsin, for the pulp and paper
mill; Mr.. Rambo, Portland, for lumber,
plywod and cut-up plant for the pulp
mill Mr.. Conway, Of the Coe Manu-
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-08-30
s395,293 DUE TO
BE RETURNED
TO WORKERS

Minneapolis.-R of $685.
293 in back wages was found due to
6,572 employees in four Northwest
states under provisions of the Wage
and Hour Law and the Public Con-
tracts Act during the year ended
June 80, it was announced recently by
L. A. Hill, Minneapolis, Regional Di-
rector of the Wage and Hour and Pub
lie Contracts Divisions, U. S. Depart
ment of Labor.
Payment of Back wages, which in
volved sos employers, was found nee
essary by the divisions for failure to
pay certain employees in accordance
with the minimum wage and overtime
provisions of the laws. In addition, Mr..
Hill said, employers in this area paid
a total of $3.50 in S10-per-day assess
ments for each day of work perform
ed during the year by children en-
ployed in violation of the Public Con-
tracts Act
By states, the back wages payments
due were as follows:
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-08-30
WOMEN WORKERS ARE
INCREASING

Washington.-The number of work
ing women is steadily increasing and
will continue to do so, according to a
Labor Dept. leaflet based on war
time study of 10 war production areas
Indications are that in 1850, 2S9o of
all workers will be women. The figure
was 249o in 1910 and only 1870 in 1880.
One out of five working women live
alone, the study says, and of those who
live in family groups 1870 are the sole
wage earners contributing to house
hold expenses. War casualties have in
creased the number of women who
must support themselves or their
families, the study found.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-08-30
CHANGE OF ATOMIC WAR
FEARED BY JAPANESE

The Japanese people fear the posi-
bility of atomic bomb warfare between
the United States and Russia, accord
ing to an article in the current issue
of the New Republic Magazine. They
assume that in any such war, Japan
would become an American outpost,
which the United States could not
hold
If Japan were to team up with the
United States in any war with Russia,
the article continues, "the Japanese
islands would be in the position of an
advance base. The United States could
in such contingency lose Japan with
out losing the war" The Japanese
realize that whatever the final out
come of such atomic warfare, their
cities would be destroyed.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-08-30
Sheriff Gets Careless
With His Signature

Connersville, Ind. -(FP)- Sheriff
Reed Fielding of Fayette county testf-
fled he gave blank letterhead sheet
bottom to officials of the Rex Mfg. Co.
to use "at their discretion" in asking
the governor of Indiana for troops to
break a 3-week strike. The company
used it, the governor sent $50 state
troopers and 2S3 guardsmen, arrested
80 pickets and opened mass picket
lines for $50 scabs.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-08-30

"The astounding fact revealed by
our inspections" Mr. Hill said, "is
that, despite generally believed high
wage levels, some employers failed to
pay certain of their employees the
modest 40 cents per hour minimum
wage required by the Wage and Hour
Law"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-08-30
Leveling Of Grounds for Poison Pulp and
Paper Plant To Be Completed Soon
President of Montana Owned Company Reports To Stockholders on
Many Developments of Past Several Months

Grading of the grounds for factory buildings of the Idaho
Montana Pulp and Paper at Poison will probably be
completed by September TO- reports W. F. Emory Mssoua
president of the Specifications for machinery to
equip sawm and plywood units of the plant in
the hands of the Ais Chalmers Company Milwaukee, and
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-08-30
Power Trust Chaif:g;s,..-. IN As
Exceed IVA Rates By
SIG Billions
Missouri Basin States Over-Paid $3.50 Millions
In One Year; Consumers Paid Cost of Two
TWAS In Year of Excessive Costs

anyone wonders why the power companies paying
prevent the expansion of public power
glance Federal Commission study of electricity costs
S., compared to IVA rates. gives quick
American rate payers forked sos
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-08-30

"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
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-11-02
End labor detail,
JAW local demands

In a strongly-worded resolution,
the members of Local 453 of the
CLIO United Auto Workers this
week called for the elimination
by the police department of the
so-called labor detail" headed by
Captain George Barnes.
A crowd of over 1000 members
at the locals regular quarterly
meeting unanimously approved
the program, which included an
indictment of police brutality and
the use of anti-strike inunctions
in the current strike against the
American Automatic Devices Co.
The meeting was addressed by
JAW legislative director Irving
Richter and independent candi-
dates Sylvia Woods and Dorothea
S. Allen. Other resolutions passed
included one denouncing red-bait-
ing as tool of big business, con-
demned British policy in Pales-
tine, and sent telegram of sup
port to CLIO president Philip Muir
ray.
Earlier, the local had sent a
letter to the Chicago Tribune, at
lacking an editorial of October
%, in which the Tribune had en-
Enthusiastically supported the AAD
Injunction.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-11-02
ALL, Go, progressives unite
for Price, Bonieon, downsfote

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. = LABOR
and progressive forces are going
about to elect Roscoe Bonjean,
Democratic candidate for con-
gress from the 21st district, and
give smashing defeat to Evan
Howell, Republican victor in
1914 whose record is described as
being "as bad as Rankin's."
Bonjean, described as progress
sive, has the support of the Ma
coupin County AFL Non-Partisan
Legislative and Political Action
Committee, the Sangamon Coun.
ty Labor Political committe,
composed of both ALL and CLIO,
the Springfield branch of the In
dependent Voters of Illinois, and
veterans organizations. He also
has the virtual endorsement of
the Springfield Federation of La
Dor.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-11-02
New group combofs
school discrimination

In an effort to combat racial
and religious discrimination in
liberal arts colleges and profes,
sional schools, a new organiZa-
ton, Appreciate America, Inc, is
now distributing free cartoons,
posters and literature from its
headquarters at 100 N. Wells
Street. Gen. A. F. Lorenzen (ret.)
is chairman and Sydney B. La
vine is director.
A special reprint of a paper
by Robert Redfield of the Uni
versity of Chicago entitled Race
and Religion in Selective Admis-
sion" is being sent to educators
throughout the nation.
"The GIL is struck with awe
when confronted with mount
ing discrimination" declared
Lavine. There were no fox
holes with restricted signs
and bullets didn't change their
course because q racial or reli-
gious quota had been reached"
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-11-02
BowIes hits Republican
smashing Of price control

If the progressives ring door
bells to get out the vote, there
will be a peoples victory from
coast to coast, former OPA adj
ministrator Chester Bowles and
Senator Pepper declared last
week at Stevens Hotel dinner.
The affair was sponsored by
the Illinois Citizens PAC and the
Independent Citizens Committee
of the Arts, Sciences and Profes-
sions.
AS the alternative to aggressive
campaigning for Democratic and
independent n d i d S, the
speakers predicted a Republican
victory, the scrapping of present
progressive legislation, failure to
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-11-02

enact much needed reconversion
and a return to depres-
sion.
In his first major speech
since the end of OPA, former
head BOwles said: 1--WE all
know what the Republicans did
to price control, fighting it
tooth and nail. They spent bill
lions of dollars on skiilful lob
bies which licked u.s."
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-11-02

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill.-Melvin
Price, progressive pro-RooseveH
Congressman in the 22nd district
here, dashed out this week
against his Republican opponent,
Cal johnson, for evading the is
sue in the campaign.
The Citizens Committee for
Price, made up of Democrats, In
dependents and even some Re-
publicans, has pointed to the rec
ord of Congressman Price as the
strongest answer to Johnson's
campaign propaganda. The Re
publican candidates main slogan
during this critical period is
END Confusion-Stop Commu-
nisrn."
Stating that voters will not be
fooled by reactionary attempts at
creating hysteria, the Committee
has declared that its campaign
in behalf of Price is BASED on
the need for a Congressman who
will fight for the Roosevelt pro-
gram of peace and economic Sc
curity."
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-11-02

The congressional ticket of
Bonjean and Emily Taft Douglas
may put the 21st district, of
which the state capital is the
center, in the Democratic column
for the first time since 1910.
Howell won by 1900 majority
two years ago but his record has
turned many previous supporters
into Bonjean hackers.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-11-02

blissful two years, Information is out OF the
question. we may as well face the fact that we
are going to have to act in positive 1ashion
this election day in order that there shall be
1948.
am just as displeased as you with some OF
the candidates But when think OF letting down,
I take look at the opposition and get going
again. 1t would be the sheerest kind OF suicidal
folly if disguised liberals and progresslves sulked
in their tents when the bus boys for big busl-
ness and our hybrid Hitlers eased into office.