The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-08-02

During the years away from Montana their mental
aspects broadened and matured Having been in various
states they gained many impressions of things they
would like to about in their own state But,
when they returned home they realized they must
unite and exercise bloc their strength at the poll
ing places Either they must put candidates from
their own ranks else lend solid support to other
younger who had energy, ability and a sincere
desire to Montana assume its rightfu position
among other developed states of the nation
Earlier in the year. War II vets, finding themselves
and their program shunted aside and ignored by the
town dads of Miles City went to the city election polls
body and drasticay revised the complexion of the
board by putting fellow vets on the council Rebuffed
here in Helena the younger vets put Ray Wine, Jr
their candidate for mayor carried spirited 10
day campaign, and elected him.
Similarly, at the recent senate primaries Montana
exGIs carefully scanned the platforms of the two
ddates They noted that offered record widowed
with age which had been achieved while of them
were little than babes, while the other offered
positive aggressive program to bring industries
Montana now, provide lasting jobs, and to seek
greater equality for agriculture with other industries of
the nation They went to the polls and in overwhelm-
ing numbers signified that they agreed with It's time
for change.
This desire by returning servcemen to many i'm
provements Montanas economic life, to state
go ahead, it would the decisive factor in the
election The vets by their ballots tipped what ap
peared to be practically dead heat race, into five
thousand majority candidate who had vigorously
campaigned about Build Montana platform
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Montana young democratic leaders from all parts of
the state will hold special re-organzational meeting
in conjunction with the Democratic State Central COM
mttee meeting here in Helena, September s. YD state
secretary Betty Anderigg has announced. The state
club before the had approximately 800 members
and it is hoped that during the next few months an
ganization large, larger, can be built up with
active in every county of the state 1t further
to be desired, reorganization is completed, that
the club will be able to function yearround basis
and will serve as center through which, young, for
loo1ri aan and kppn
with vital One final thought has to do with
change the outlook of the more elderly members of
the democratic political fraternity, who in years past
have always evidenced great prediction interest in
the young Demos but, election is and
victory won forget about the enthusiastic and effective
campaigning done by the juniors Here again ts time
for change
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In the debunking the bunk" corner this week
couple items that should be given the bright light
publicity One has to do with the recent bump of the
price of milk down Billings way Reports that this
necessary of foods has taken fourcent price in
crease the Yellowstone city and that darymen and
retailers are laying the blame for the boost on the
dropping of the federal milk subsidy. Of it's
for price to try and assess the blame
for unwarranted increases on shoulders other than
their own but here's the facts: Before the first of
July the subsidy milk in the Billings .O97
(sghtly less than cent? quart or less than one
fourth the price increase Seems indeed strange that
in compensate for the loss of subsidy, it
to put such sharp price increase into effect
Mrs Billings Housewife bear in mind each
time you buy quart of milk for your babies that it
was anti-OPA congressman such your Wesley
DEwart who the heart out of price control and
for your increasing living costs
Another of being overly profit-hungry is re-
ported Mssoula with the pictures principal vii
Ian being local packing house This packing firm, al
though processing much bacon and ham during May
June this year it did in similar period in 1914,
withheld these meat products from the
pie of the Garden city until after July Although this
irm allegedy paid OPA prices to producers for the
neat and would have received reasonable profit under
OPA ceilings, the management not that easily
satisfied Instead it waved all moral obligations to
list in holding the price line, and effective