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Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-08-08


Inn, Monday night. Aug. IL.
and third to MrA. n. OrmAn. Each
lady was presented . favor BY Mrs.
OrmAn.
DlnAer Party: Mr.. and MrA s.
Hartley Johnson. gu lElShArt Ave-,
entertained at . garden dinner
party, Wednesday, July 80, honor
ing Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene CaNstt Of
Chicago, guests Of Mr.. and MIRA.
Courtney HilyArd, who were also
present at tho dinner. Others 90
hOnorsd were Mr.. and Mira. J.
Warden Of Kansas. Mr., and Mira.
Matthew Evans, Mr.. and Mrs. Cor
don Kirk, Mrs. James Kirk. ST., and
her daughter, Beverly.
Dinner: Mr.. and Mrs. James kiFk.
ST., 9S7 St Anthony Ave. were
hosts at q dinner Monday, Aug. I,
honorinG Mrs. Kathleen Quebec Of
New Jersey. Others present were
Mr.. and MrS. Joseph VaSSar, Mr..
and Mrs. Kenneth Wilson; Mrs.
Emile Hin. Mrs. Gordon Kirk, Mira.
James Kirk, Jr, and MiSS Beverly
Kirk.
Dinner: Mr.. and Mrs. L. X. willis
Of lA60 Sherburne Ave-, entertained
IL guests at q dinner, July -
Their guests included MeSSrs. and
Mines. Lionel West, A. J. Todd. VII,
liam Nelson, Hiram Kelly Of Mime
Apolis; Mines. Glen Beck, Dorothy
Edwards, c. B. COvinGtOn, George
Beery, ST., Jess Arnold and Horace
Msaux.
Midnight Supper: Mrs. Clyde Gil
more Of Minneapolis, was hostess at
q midnight supper, Sunday, July 20,
at the home Of Mrs. II. Meaux. 1850
Sherburne Ave-, honOTing Mrs. Geo,
Aston Of Chicago and Mrs. John
L. Hops Of Cleveland.
MIR. and Mrs. Jerry Robins,
formerly Of 643 Carroll Ave, are
now residing at 9s4 IglehRrt Ave.
Birthdays: Observing their birth.
days this month, are Mr.. b. J..
Moore, 30 W. lawson, Aug. 8, and
Mrs. Katie Leavell, % w. Lawson,
Aug.
A marriage license Was issued
this week to A. GoOdlOe, COS W.
Central Ave, and Juanita l., Nc
GrudeT, St. Paul.
A baby girl was born recently to
Mr.. and Mrs. James H. Saunders,
$40 Carroll Ave-, and n boy TO Mr..
and Mrs. James L. Hood. 743 Car
roll Ave.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-08-08

II you recent high school grad
yates can measure up 70 the high
standards for enlistment, there's
q mighty good job waiting for
you in the Regular Army.
In addition TO Privates
starting pay Of t7S a month. you
get food. clothing. housing. med
icAl care. low-cost insurance and
income tax exemption. all Of
which would cost a civilian more
than $500 annually.
You also get an exceptionally
liberal retirement plan - half
pay for life after 20 years SER
vice. and on up TO three -Quarters
pay after 80 years service.
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Mrs. Caroline l. MeWatt, 726 Sherburne Ave. returned
home Friday, Aug from months trip to Tacoma WASH
and other points West
Boy: Mr. and Mrs Willie Fields Of $40 ST. Anthony Ave.
are the parents Of q baby boy, born recently.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Walden returned home Sunday
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-08-08

Mommosh ES11ibtts
SEE Of CofsIe. Homes,
Swine, Sheep and Poultry h
RemodSIsd Buildings. OihSr
Big FSotVrsS IneIVds,
oAvIs Recess, FOVE DsyS,
AWs. a, "a, ~ SHd SOpa. !.
eve SPInO-TInSIInS Thrill
DSyS, Aug. ~ end %.
O0o-AGFS FERN Machinery
end Homo Appliance Show.
0Ns~ $4,000 AsdeVlsVrO
end hoFiICVItVSS BVIldlRS.
OFoVT Dig DayS 81 HsFnsSS
Recess, Aug. IS EhFV 10.
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code EHpOSisiOa.
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breakfast: MrS. Robert Wallace S7S Olson Blvd war
hostess to Mr. and Mrs Herbert Allen and Mr. Walter Aeo
OF Fortseo kan and Mr. Glen Allen Of St. Louis No. foo
breakfast. Wednesday, Aug. The Messrs Allen are MIRA
Wallaco'S former brothersin-law
Mn. j. h. Brown from Los AnRrIes Calf a viuitin.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-08-08

Adding II all UP, you1l be
better on financially than Q
civilian making 5000 4 year,
And you1l have sound technical
training, travel, the satisfaction
Of doing q worthwhile Job and
the cOmpanlonNhip Of q nns
group Of men beSidesl Oct the
fun facts today at your nearest
U. 8. Army Recruiting Station.
Kodiak mirror., 1947-04-12

members of the Finance Con- mittee, had pledged themselves to support 1t in that form. It was the vote of Senator Joe Green, Chairman of the Finance Committee, for the Cochran a. mendment which caused Senator John Butrovich, thoroughly in- censed because he had been be- trayed by his colleague, to make this denouement.
 As it passed, this bill will pro- duce revenue of about $375, ,000- for the biennium which is about one-tenth the amount the origin al bill would have provided.
 In the face of these facts, is there anyone who can fail to an SWer our Sb4 question TOT this week?
 "Who makes the laws for the Territory of Alaskan"
 This was your legislature. It has seld you down the river again, in the interests of it's ab- sentee land lords-its high-bracket income industries and individu- aIs. It has left you a territorial deficit of almost $4, 100000 with unlimited tax sources available to have closed that gap Your schools, your destitute and un- employable people, your crippled and handicapped children, your tuberculosis sufferers, your veter- ans, your territorial institutions will be among the casualties of
Kodiak mirror., 1947-04-12
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 business and all individuals whose income is earned in the Territory.
 D. Or there was the Engebreth tax bill that sought to levy a tax ot one cent per pound on canned red salmon, one half cent on pink canned salmon and one half cent per pound on fresh, mild cure and frozen salmon This tax would have brought in revenue of approximately $3, 800, ,000. The story of what happened to this bill IS Tn itself commentary on and an explanation of what hap pened to the entire tax program Ut IulS session.
 MT. Engebreth's bill got such a complete working over in the Finance Committee, that, when it emerged, it no longer bore his name, or remotely resembled his original bill. It had become Com mittee Substitute for Senate Bill Number Fl, and, instead of be- ing tax on the poundage basis, it was case tax It provided for a tax of 12 cents per case on red salmon, 8 cents on pinks. It worked out entirely the propos- ed tax on fresh, mild cure and frozen fish. In that state, the Finance Committee recommend ed that it "do pass".
 But the end was not yet. When it came up for discussion in the Senate, Senator Cochran, who was a lobbyist before he became a Senator, and hasn't notieeably changed his thinking since that time, decided that the tax should be reduced still further so he produced an amendment that established the tax on red sal- mon at 10 cents per case on red salmon, 4 cents per case on pink.
 And so the bill passed. Not, however, until 1t had been re- vealed, ia stormy debate, that W. c. Arnold, registered lobbyist of the Canned Salmon Industry, had written the Committee Sub- stitute Bill himself, and that ali
Kodiak mirror., 1947-04-12

its lack Of courage and vision, it's blind and slavish subservience to the big Hobbies, before the next biennium comes to @ close.
Kodiak mirror., 1947-04-12

So, iD the 6nal analysis 'fs your personal responsibility.
 What are you going to do g. bout 1t?
Kodiak mirror., 1947-04-12

business and all individuals whose income is earned in the Territory.
The people's voice., 1947-07-11
MUDDY OIL
From Washington Daily Post

|
Oil shortage or not, there is nc
shortage of efforts to make Russia ap
pear the villain in the temporary dom
estic inconvenience we are suffering
From some of the charges emanating
! from the fanatics one would think
that we were at war and that the Sow
let has been buying oil as a dastardly
trick to weaken us. This sort of ire
sponsible scapegoating, we submit, is
exactly the kind of evidence to which
Pravda points to sustain it's complaints
against warmongering- in the United
States. The truth is that oil ship
ments to Russia have had little if any
thing to do with the temporary reduc-
ed supplies of oil and gasoline in the
Middle West.
Last year we shipped to Russia ap-
proximately 100000 barrels of OIL
So far this year the amount has been
proportionately less. This compares
with American oil consumption in
1916 of 1,773,OO0,OOO barrels. In other
words, we sent to Russia only a little
more than one thousandth of the
amount we used at home Even
though we have shipped more petrol
cum to other countries, the total is
dwarfed by our own use. Nor could
we lop off these exports suddenly
without drastic effects elsewhere. We
are for instance, the principal source
of the oil used by our good friend, Can
ada. What is causing the pinch is
the shortage of steel in increasing the
facilities wherewith to meet a demand
at home which has grown till it is as
much as the worlds total prewar con-
An impartial investigation to dis
close the truth about the oil situation
could be helpful. But the demogogic
unleashed by Chairman
Weichel of the House Merchant Mar
inc committee, with its reported brow
beating of witnesses and its extrava-
CANT charges, only brings discredft
upon Congress and increases the diff
ficulty of our relations with Russia
We need facts, not headline hunting. |
Gong. Record, July 8, by Rep. George
J. Sadowski, Michigan.
The people's voice., 1947-07-11

a handful of companies to be regulat
ed" by the federal government and
would be "a virtual repeal of the act -
AS to HR. 1913 by Miller, Smith said
it would reverse a national policy
with respect to the use of water re-
sources that has been maintained for
more than half century"
Public Will Come Off Second Best
Smith declared that the Miller bills
were so filled with added provisos,
overlapping exemptions, escape claus
es and other fancily-worded ''outs'
that they would seriously complicate
the administration of the federal law
and that the public interest would
come off second best when it conflict
ed with the private interests of the af-
fected utility"
The exemption of practically all
sales of electricity at wholesale in in
terstate commerce would restore a
"no-man's land in utility regulations"
under which utilities were enabled to
pile up costs on which rates were bas-
ed and maintain them because no pub
lie agency had power to study or dis
allow them.
In the original battle with the power
trust the federal government took
over the fight the various states were
or unable to make. This
contest, consuming about 10 years,
saw Uncle Sam wiring S1.25 billion
worth of water out of utility stocks
to the lasting benefit of every house
wife who flicked an electric switch.
The power trust is protesting it
wants to return to normalcy," but the
American consumer will pay the
freight unless he awakens to this new
menace to his welfare.
The people's voice., 1947-07-11
Unity of Farm and Labor Is
Coming In South Dakota

Sioux Falls, S. D.-FP-The South
Dakota Federation of Labor has voted
to join the United Unions of South
Dakota, farmer-labor political action
group, to help defeat anti labor legisla-
tors in this state.
The action was decided on at the
state convention here after delegates
condemned the voting records of con-
gressmen and senators on labor issues
Singled out for special criticism was
Req. Francis Case (R.).
A legislative committee of II was
elected by the convention to formulate
and promote a program of pro-labor
legislation in the state
The people's voice., 1947-07-11

resources are uncoordinated and at
times actually wasteful.
The question to be considered is if
such descriptions apply to hazard
Gus degree in many places in the Uni
ted States is it not high time we did
something about them. And if the
IVA has solved and is solving such
problems for the great Tennessee Val
ley why don't we apply its program
where needed elsewhere?
Sponsoring Committee
The sponsoring committee for the
Valley Authority conference, which is
still in process of formation includes
the following:
Morris L. Cooke, chairman, and Dew
ey Anderson, conference secretary.
Other committee members are Sen
ators James E. Murray and William
LANCER, Rep. George Miller of Cali
fornia Marion Hedges, AFL; John
Brophy, CIO; A. r. Whitney, Brother
hood Railroad Trainmen; James G.
Patton, National Farmers Union;
Russell Lord, Friends of the Land
Benton ]. Stong, Regional Committee
for MVA and Walter c. Lowdermi1k.
The people's voice., 1947-07-11

for Joint examination" They asked
priority for those countries which
suffered German occupation and rem
dered support in defeating the enemy"
Germany, they said, should wait till
the Big Three agree on her future gov
ernment
Wanted UN Machinery Used In
/ Future AIlotments
Molotov also asked that the us.
make some definite statement of how
much aid will be available and advo-
Gated the use of United Nations ma
chinery in future allotments. This
sounds like basis for discussion.
The real cause of the subsequent
ruckus is plain from French official
news agency statement that "the us.
Congress would hardly vote a huge
sum for the Marshall plan if parts
were clearly earmarked for the Soviet
Union or Soviet-occupied nations' 1t
warned that mo amount of insistence
would get the us. State department
to admit any contradiction between
eAiO uihoh dOCIl luS dllu LuG MdTSUdlI
PLAN
Who expected war-devastated Rus
sia and her neighbors, which after all
are also in Europe, happily to accept
reconstruction scheme that exclud-
ed them so as not to offend, say, Sena-
tor Taft? Who could expect their
cheers over something that did not
change the Truman doctrine approach
to Greece and Turkey, which was
frankly anti-Russian and also threat
ening to any country with a large leg
al Communist party-which includes
most OF Europe, east and west?
French Fascists Planned To Fake
Communist Uprising"
The arrests of French generals for
a plot against the republic indicate
Continued on Page Four)
The people's voice., 1947-07-11


valley development.
The announcement of the
conference by the sponsoring
committee of which Morris L. Cooke,
outstanding engineer is chairman,
brings increased notice to the urgent
need for action by calling attention
to the raging, uncontrolled floods now
destroying lives and property with
rich croplands losing their fertility as
their topsoil is being washed away
Lack of coordination is stressed by
the fact that great sections of our
country are arid, and others suffer per-
iodic droughts. This lack of coordin-
ated development causes whole states
to decline in population end living
standards and brings about conditions
of scarcity of labor in one section
while in others unemployment increas-
es to dangerous levels. Over wide
areas existing industries decline and
new ones fail to come. Almost every
where electric rates are exorbitant
and electric facilities grow more made
quate. False economy sees Congress
cut reclamation and flood control bud
gets. The efforts of government ag-
encies to conserve and develop our
The people's voice., 1947-07-11

edeclared that the administration
went to great lengths to convince
the working man how outrageous the
President thought that the bill was
and how desperately he was opposing
it,"
AT the same time, Ickes said, ad-
ministration leaders both in and out
of the Senate were in effect smother
ing attempts to swing vital votes that
might have sustained the Veto
Barkley's Loyalty Provides Clue To
Real Desires of White House
Before the Senate voted" Ickes
wrote, "a suggestion was made to Sen.
Barkley (minority leader) of a posi-
bility that some Republican senators
might vote to sustain. The agile-mind-
ed Democratic leader was visibly TAX
en- aback, most unusual thing. After
g perceptible pause, his reply was that
every senator ought to vote according
to his convictions. Ordinarily polit-
ical leader fighting for his cause, will
not overlook an opportunity to win a
doubtful vote. Loyal party leader that
he is, Sen. Barkley would not have said
this unless he knew that there was no
real desire that the veto be sustained"
Ickes pointed out that although Tru-
man invited a number of senators to
the White House for lunch, "the usual
party pressure was not brought to
bear"
a.. Waste of Time -"
At the insistence of labor leaders, !
Democratic National Committee head
Gael Sullivan telephoned Sen Elbert
Continued on Page, ThreeD
The people's voice., 1947-07-11

paws out OF the pupiiC'S poCKctS-
Acting as front man for the big lob
by of public utility interests is Rep.
William Miller r., Conn., who has
two bills now before the House inter
state commerce committee.
The overall impact of the two Mil
Ter bills and measure by Rep. Robert
F. Rockwell (R., Colo.) would be to
amend the Federal Power act so as
to free most of the power companies
from us. regulations, and require pub
lie power projects (such as the TVA)
to charge higher rates for electricity
Miller's first bill would amend the
act to exempt rs per cent of the power
trust from regulations of the FPC in
the interstate sale of electricity at
wholesale.
OF Vital Importance To Montana
His second measure redefines the
term "navigable streams so as to alter
the us. supreme courts long-standing
decisions on the subject that put such
waters under control of the chief of
engineers, us. war department.
Early witnesses for the power trusts
bills included spokesmen for the Geor-
gia Power Co. (anti TVA) Detroit Ed
ison Co., Connecticut Light & Power
and the Wisconsin Public Service Co.
Their endorsement of the bills was
approved by witnesses from the pub
lie utility commissions of several of
the states And the state commissions
have been notoriously lax in their
dealings with the wellhceled utility
lobby.
Chairman Nelson L. Smith of the
FPC has advised Chairman Charles |
Wolverton (R., ND of the House in
terstate commerce committee that |
HR 1912 by Miller would leave only |
The people's voice., 1947-07-11

not new. Until these are settled,
peace-building cannot proceed, so the
job is to settle them, not throw fits.
At Paris, Bevin and Bidault wanted
a pooling of resources with western
Europe, including Germany as the
major base of reconstruction. The
Russians thought this sounded like
Churchill's' western bloc" ana asked
that each state, west or east, be invit-
ed to participate and submit its needs
The people's voice., 1947-07-11
STATE Clio AGAIN
NAMES lacey
PRESIDENT

Meeting of the Montana State In.
dustrial Union Council (CIO), was
held in Butte Miners Union hall, Mon
day, July 7. The newly elected Off
GERS were installed.
Officials elected were:
Mike Lacey of the Butte Miners
union was reelected president; Rich
ard Hill, Butte Miners union, vice
president and Michael Ryan, also of
Butte Miners Union, secretary treas
urer.
Board Members
Joseph Parr, Jr., of Great Falls
Mill & Smeltermen, was elected board
member from District No. 1.
Steve Harvey, Butte Miners union,
board member from District No. 2.
t. J. Fraker, Billings Oil Workers,
board member to represent Oil Work
ers.
John O'Brien, Butte Brewery Work
ers, to represent the Brewery Work
ers union.
Carl Rooney of Woodworkers union,
Bonner, to represent the IVA.
G. C. Mulvihill, Great Falls News
paper Guild, elected board member
to represent the workers in the print
ing industry
The people's voice., 1947-07-11
National Valley Authority
Conference Scheduled

Sponsored by eminent citizens Valley Authority Confer
will be held in Washington De- July IL and 18
which outstanding authorities will describe the
valleys of the nation and the in which each
benefit through the application of IVA technues their
ticuIar problems
The conference will be wholly nonpartsan in character
and establish the facts and shape nationwide
The people's voice., 1947-07-11
THUMBNAL SUMMARY OF what FARM BILL
WOULD DO

the skids
creased for scuttIng them when prices drop
$13438510 despite
would be completely eliminated
addition
completely
seIfIiquidaing
redtape this
might bring c
cuod
of families
rehabilitation small farms to 80
millions the bucket with the 200 250 millions
Administration;
cuff
Million certain that FiAs tied its
half
backbone of the federal
channel protest Next it would
of existence altogether.
million dollars
projects
dollars
itseIf-FACTS
The people's voice., 1947-07-11
|CKES CHARGES DEMOS SM0THERED
EFFORTS TO SUSTAIN LABOR VETO
Presidents Anguish Over Bills Contents Was Stage Play
To Gain Labor Vote In I948 General Election

New evidence that President Truman and the Democratic
The people's voice., 1947-07-11
MARSHALL PLAN CANNOT SUCCEED
UNTIL OLD DIFFERENCES END
Russians Suspicious of Anything Resembling churchs
Proposal For Formation Of "Wesiern European Bloc"
By ISRAEL EPSTEIN, Allied


liked.
The people's voice., 1947-07-11
CONGRESS MAY PUT POWER TRUST
BACK In The SADDLE
Laws Protecting Public, Dating From Teddy Rooseves
Time, Are In Grave Danger of EmascuIation

WashnsonFPThe boys really know the lobbying trade from
Evening star., 1947-05-02
Senate District GrouI
Hears Arguments on
Limiting Cabs Here

A Senate District Subcommittee
on public utilities was told today
that SO many cabs are operating on
Washington streets that drivers can
not earn an honest living.
Edwin Glenn, president OF Silver
Fleet Cabs, led the arguments in
favor of a bill to limit the number
of cabs on the streets in proportion
to population, although several
other witnesses, including Corpora
ton Counsel Vernon E. West, fa-
vored giving the Public Utilities
Commission authority to fix the
maximum number OF cabss-
Most of the witnesses favored an
other bill to prohibit issuance of
licenses to drivers who are employed
fun time In the Government and
private industry, but who operate
cabs after regular working hours.
Part Time Driver Testifies.
Sole opponent of the bill banning
cab driving by fully employed
workers was Donald Stewart, a
Treasury Department clerk, who
told the subcommittee he drove a
cab for two hours day after his
Treasury job to earn living for
his wife and four children. He
said If he could support them on the
$81.73 he gets from the Treasury
every two weeks, he wouldn't drive
cab.
Mr.. West said the Commissioners
favored the bill limiting cab driv-
ing to those who devote their full
time to it, but opposed limiting the
number of cabs in proportion to the
population.
Under terms of the bill, the Public
Utilities Commission would be au-
thorized to fix the number of cabs
adequate to serve public convenience
and necessity, but the maximum
could not exceed 500 cabs for each
100000 population in the District.
Maximum Put at 1850 Cabs.
Witnesses estimated that the
maximum fixed in the bill, on the
basis OF population, would amount
to approximately 4,500 cabs. PUG
Chairman James H. Flanagan told
the subcommittee that about 7,10O
cabs are now in operation here.
When Senator Buck, Republican,
OF Delaware asked him about cab
rates, Mr.. Glenn said the rates
were adequate for the operation of
5000 cabs, but should be increased
Evening star., 1947-05-02

t25 to so per cent II 1000 cabs are
kept on the streets.
Testifying for Local 935, Taxicab
Operators, Drivers and Garage En-
ployeS, Arthur S. Harder said he
favored limiting the number Of cabs
ION the streets but not the number
Iof character licenses issued to
drivers.
Harry G. Davis. Diamond Cab Co.
president, termed the bill banning
lEart-time drivers "class legislation. z
Chairman Buck of the full COM
mittee, who also heads the sub
teommittee, said he would see what
The House has done about taxicab
bills before making recommends
tions to the full committee.
Evening star., 1947-05-02
Teu for Mrs. Rose on Moy 9

The tea honoring Mrs. Anna p
Rose, principal Of the Chevy Chase
Elementary School for the last 20
years, will be given at pm. May
9 instead Of today as incorrectly
stated in The Star yesterday. The
tea, sponsored by the schools PTA
will be given at the home of Mrs
Dean Dinwoodie. trustee Of the
school. at $500 Meadow lane, Chevy
Chase, Md.