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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1947-12-19

suitcase" operators - wealthy DuSl-
ness and professional men-are paying
$35 to $50 an acre for land which was
a drug on the market at SIS only 10
years ago. They farm it with the big
gest and most modern mechanical
equipment, bringing labor costs down
to an all time low.
with only an average yield Of 20
bushels an acre and with the price
of wheat pushing the three-dollar
mark the article reports, zone crop
will more than cover the cost of pro-
ducing it-including the cost of land.
Three crops would be like winning a
long shot at the races
Cyril Luker, regional conservator of
the us. Soil Conservation Service;
Ross Davies, South Dakotas state con-
servator, and II. IT. Finnell of Amarillo,
Texas, a regional conservator, are all
reported to be fearful of drought and
dust storms. Every soil" man who
was asked the question, Are we head
cd for another Dust Bowl?" is said to
have answered Eyes.
The attitude of a rancher in Cochran
County, Texas, is said to be typical Of
that of the big-city suitcase" opera
tors The rancher repeatedly said;
"All my lands thin and hard =.
Some years we don't get enough rain
to make spit for grasshopper. But
they raised a lot of wheat around here
last year and they made lots of money.
If they make another killing, figure
I'll clean up too. If they don't, and it
starts to blow, 80 per cent of this land
around me will be abandoned and go
out of control. It'll be hell for the man
who tries to battle it out. I'm not 60
ing to be one of EN-"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1947-12-19

sources and their exploitation,
of the Kootenai Forest Service
for sixty years.
Leading the argument for
the position of the Forest Serv-
ice was Peter Van Meter, pub
lie relations officer of the agency.
Presenting argument for the peoples
interests and for the small lumber
ing and related organizations, was
Left Erickson, former associate justice
of the Montana supreme court.
After exhaustive discussion of the
issue, the following resolution was I'M
animously adopted by the membership
of the sportsmen's association:
Whereas, Montana sportsmen are
fortunate in having large areas OF ma
tional forest within the boundaries OF
this state, and
Whereas, Those national forests
were created for the use, benefit and
enjoyment of all of the people, and
Whereas, There has been a constant
effort by selfish interests 10 take InOSe
national forests away from the people
for one means or another, and
Whereas, The Rocky Mountain
Sportsmen's association has always
aided in the fight to preserve the peo-
pies heritage, and
Whereas, One of the largest and
finest national forest areas in the
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1947-12-19
UNIT WOULD DE COSTLY
FOREIGN INNOVATION
Would Cost Is Times AS Much
Per Conscript AS Is Spent
On Regular Schooling

What would it cost the American
people in taxes if Universal Military
Training were adopted?
How much is now being spent for
military purposes?
How do these items compare with
the amount being spent for education
Answers to those questions are
given in a statement just issued by
the Friends Committee on National
Legislation in Washington. 1t points
out that according to estimates of the
War Department, cost of UNIT for the
first six months for 100000 would
amount to $1,750,OO0,O00 or $1,S42 per
man.
That is in addition to nearly 10 bill
lion in government funds available to
the Army and Navy for the fiscal year
ending June 1913, which means about
S27 million day for every day in
the year
Not included in this are $500 mil
lion authorized for Army supervised
relief in Germany, Japan and Korea;
1858 million for military aid to Greece
and Turkey, or $212,900,000 for the
Coast Guard.
The Friends Committee contrasts
these huge sums with the amounts
spent for education. Total sum Of
money spent by federal, state and
local agencies on public elementary
and secondary school education dur
ing the school year 1944-45 was little
more than $21s billion for some %
million children or about $125 per
child.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1947-12-19
Soil Conservationists Dread
Second Dust Bowl
Big City Farmers Who Plo Up Great Plains Grass
To So Wheat, Are Blamed Land VIII Blow Sky
High With First Drought, Golfers Article Charges

Big scale wheat farmers-today' s
so-called absentee Suitcase operators
are destroying the grasslands of the
Great Plains and setting back stage
for more destructive dust storms than
were suffered in the 'thirties, Golfers
magazine charges in its current issue.
More than 100000 acres of grazing
land has been turned over, mostly by
suitcase" farmers who are gambling
on harvesting and selling one or more
wheat crops at high prices, the nation
al weekly reports Most of this land
is said to be likely to blow sky-high
with the first drought.
at is the same in all the grassland
of eastern Colorado and northeastern
New Mexico, in the Panhandle sections
of Oklahoma and Texas" Golfers
says. 1T is the same in MONTANA
and the western, parts of South Dakota
and Nebraska Everywhere, land that
was once considered adaptable only
for grazing is going under the plow."
The article says that the big-city
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1947-12-19
NAM is BIGGEST ALLY
SOVEETS have I'M
AMERICA
Sen. Morse Shows Up Stupidit.
Of Big Business Policies

Chicago. AP = Sen. Wayne Morse
OR, Ore) tonight said the National
Association of Manufacturers has 'un-
Willingly" played into the hands of
Russian Communists.
Morse said the only way to cope
with Russia is to make American cap
italism work better than anything else.
"But our system never will do that
by following the MANS advice"
Morse said
Morse said Monopoly never has run
so roughshod over our people" as 1T
is at present. He said the NAM in
tends to reduce labor to state where
it no longer is an effective collective
bargaining unit"
Morse spoke at a meeting of the
Independent Voters of Illinois.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1947-12-19
CIO-PAC Organized
For 1913 Election
I'm Montana

REPRESENTATIVE of Montana locals
of the International Mine Mill & Smell
ter Workers Union, and fraternal dele
gates from other CLIO. AFL and farm
groups, met in Helena Sunday to re-
activate the Montana CIO-PAC for the
1913 campaign. John Clark Great
Falls, and international president-elect
of the IUMM&SW, presided at the
meeting.
Theme Of the entire meeting was
the necessity of the PAC Immediately
being established at the ''grassroots'
level in every local, and then intensive
drives to be conducted by each local
committee to see that every unionist
and his wife are registered to vote.
"one Of Labor's Greatest Friends"
Speaker after speaker emphasized
the Importance of the senate race in
Montana as the Nations No. 1 polit-
ical battle of 1948". Referring specif-
icaIly to Sen. James E. Murray, Chair
man Clark characterized him g. as
one of labor's greatest friends in
Washington . we must not lose him
we must see that every smelter-
worker is registered to vote . :"
Miss Verna Barnes of the national
CIO-PAC reviewed the success being
achieved in various states in setting
up PAC organizations, and the need
for arousing workers from their COM
pIacency on political matters as was
so tragically shown in 1916. Miss
Barnes also emphasized the import
ance of re-electing Senator Murray
and men of similar high calibre, stat
ing &c. the Murrays, Taylors, Pep
pers, are fighting valiently for the
people in the S0th congress, but they
are so badly outnumbered - She
also emphasized that the Taft-Hartley
law is a delayed-action time bomb,
which, if permitted to stand, will in
time destroy American unionism.
Same Gang Brought On Initiation
Speaking on the other issues, Miss
Barnes reminded the audience that the
same people who passed the Taft-Hart-
ley act, also killed the OPA and
brought on the present initiation, cut
appropriations for reclamation, soil
conservation, REA, ETC., to the bone
w D. Murray, son of the senator,
read lengthy statement from Senator
Murray which pointed up what the
present congress is trying to do TO
the common people and FOR big bust
ness.
Also brought out at the meeting was
CONTINUED on Page FOur)
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industry. Records were kept but the
conferees were identified only by
aliases and the names of the firms
were hidden behind code numbers or
letters
In 1903 the U. S. supreme court up
held a Department of Justice injunc-
ton against these actions. SO the
then Big Five picked a loophole and
proposed to merge their own holdings,
buy up as many independents as pos
sible and form a National Packing
company.
A. last-minute hitch prevented the
full merger, but not before they had
actually bought up large number OF
independents which they welded to-
gether under the National Packing
company title. Since the major pack
ers held proportionate shares in this
outfit and since their members con-
stituted its board of directors, they
continued to meet as before and divide
up the business in the same way.
The Justice Department finally
caught up with this device, but before
it could take action the packers in
1912 voluntarily dissolved that par
ticular combination.
In 1919 the Federal Trade Commits
sion held another investigation and
found the same policies still in opera
ton Prolonged practice and the
pressures of the law, however, had
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Here's Why 75c Steak :.
SWIFT COMPANY FOUND
t917 EXTREMELY
PROFITABLE

Chicago APP Swift & Co, meat
packing and food processing firm, this
week reported that in the last fiscal
year net sales were the highest in
history and net earnings transferred
to the accumulated earnings account
were the third largest on record.
Net income transferred to the ac-
cumulated earnings account totaled
$22,334,977, equal to $3.77 a capital
share This was after deduction of
$12, 200, 900, representing provision for
high cost additions to fixed assets
Before this deduction net earnings
were $34,334,977.
In the preceding fiscal year, when
no deduction was made for high cost
additions to fixed assets, net income
was $16,394,739, equal to $2.77 a share.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1947-12-19
Sportsmen Oppose Timber Deal

about $50 interested Individuals the
Rocky Mountain Tuesday evening
arguments pro and the question of proposed
between the Nes Lumber Company of
bbv and the Forest Under the proposed plan the
lumber company be practical control of the
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1947-12-19
Federal Probe O. Meat
Packers Resumed

Chicago-FP-A federal probe of the meatpacking industry
by special grand jury of 49, including IA housewives has
here after unexplained 4yveek lapse
The Jury which late September has already
drilled top executives the Big Four packers effort to
determine whether there has been collision in bringing
The Omaha guide., 1947-04-05

Church.
Accession Sunday, March 9Th. Mr..
MCGEE and Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Pew.
On Sunday evening April Both at
7:30 p. m. our Missionary Society
presented a beautiful Palm Sun
day Program. 1t was as follows:
Mediation.
Professional
Remarks Mrs. E. B. Childress.
President.
Opening Song by the Junior Choir
prayer ----- ----lCndnI)
Song by the Junior Choir -
Devotionals.
Mrs. A. r. Jones, Vice President.
Assisted by Mesdames L. Nc
Reynolds, Mollie Dennis, Esther
Smith, and Hazel Walton.
Hymn go Preach the Gospel,
Choir and Congregation.
Missionary Offering.
Announcement.
Anthem by the Junior Choir ----..
Sermonette by the Rev. Childress,
his subject The New Vision
Mark 10th chapter and So verse.
General collection.
Missionary Collection Mesdames
w. Ray and H. Moore.
White Hour conducted by the
President Mrs. E. B. Childress.
Observation-Disclosures.
The Allen Stars will meet at the
home of Mrs. Hattie Adams on
Friday afternoon at 4 p. m.
**%
Mothers send your children to
Sunday School every Sunday
morning at $50 a. m. Attend our
morning services at 11:00 a. m.
Evening Services at 7:30 p. m. Wis
itors and friends are always well
come at st. Johns the friendly
church at 22nd and Willis avenue.
Come and worship with us won't
your
The Omaha guide., 1947-04-05
CHRIST TEMPLE CHURCH
REV. G. L. CARHEE. Pastor

REV. j. w. GOODWIN. Asst.
We are truly enjoying spiritual
services over at Christ Temple.
Sunday morning, March 30th, our
hearts rejoiced in the Lord while
u pastor, Rev. Carhee, brought
us an inspiring as well as befitting
sermon on Palm Sunday. His sub
ect was THE TRIUMPHAL EN-
TRY OF THE KING OF KINGS"
Zach. 9:9). He stressed how
humbly the Lord entered the city
of Jerusalem on a donkey and how
men spread their cloaks upon the
ground for the donkey to tread up
on while others, who had no cloaks
spread Palm branches along the
way, so that the beast might not
tread upon the ground.
Visitors: Mrs. James r. Meal
lister and son Juan McAlister, Mr..
Thomas of Thomas Funeral Home,
Mrs. Allen.
Sunday evening, the Pastor and
Choir worshipped with Rev. F. C..
Williams Mission Circle of Zion
Baptist Church. His subject was
Christ Prayer for Us" st. John
1920. Another soul-stirring mes
sage. Everyone seemed to have
enjoyed it.
Sunday night, Rev. T. T.. McWil-
liams of Lincoln brought US an up
lifting sermon on Faith. He
stated that Jesus is always near.
He has never forsaken u.s. Only
trust Him-Believe in Him and we
will forever rejoice in Him. He
climaxed his sermon with an orig
inal poem Launching Out Into the
Deep. Rev. McWilliams has been
appointed pastor of the Church of
Christ (Kansas City, Kansas re-
placing Rev. McInnis who has TAX
en- over in Norfolk, Va.
Recently, our own pastor, Rev
Carhee, was appointed by Bishop
VIM. Washington as Chairman OF
the Mid-Western District, succeed
ing Rev. McInnis. We are proud
of our Ministers. They seem to be
ever-ready to assume the respon-
sibility of lifting up Christ any
where and at all times. :.
We are proud to say that Broth.
er and Sister w. H. Middleton Of
2O16 Willis, celebrated their 5Gtf
Anniversary Sunday. Sister Mid
! dleton is a a member of long
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CHURCH GOD

CHURCH GOD
ELDER S. S. SPAGHT Pastor
MRS. MINNIE LONG, Reporter
1t is again the saints of God
bringing you the report of their
services. We are still on fire for
God and our souls are still being
abundantly fed by our beloved
pastor, who is delivering his mes
sage as never before.
We attended one of the old time
gospel meetings being conducted
by Elder A. G. Drane of Topeka,
Kansas at the Church of God in
Lincoln, Nebraska Elder Robert
L.. Moody pastor. We had a glor-
ious time being with the other
saints of God and hearing the mes
sage coming from a true disciple
of God. Words cannot express the
joy we did receive in our souls.
We attended both afternoon and
evening services. Our trip was
enjoyed by everyone who went.
The comfort of the trip was also
enjoyed a Burlington Trailway
bus was chartered.
My thought for the week is dir
ected to those who know not God
in the pardon of their sins God
God so loved the world that He
gave His only begotten Son that
whosoever believeth in Him should
not perish but have everlasting
life"-John 3-16.
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attend with their children.
Services were well attended last
Sunday throughout the day. Rev.
Reynolds delivered a very inspir-
ing and thought provoking serm-
on. Mr.. Donald McNeal united
with the church.
In the afternoon at 3 o'clock, the
Usher Board of Clair Church OBJ
served it's annual program and ser
mon. The Ushers we're present
in large numbers from various
churches. The sermon was deliv-
cred by our pastor Rev. Reynolds.
Music was furnished by the Mems
Chorus of Pleasant Green Baptist
Church and Clair Church Choir.
Several solos and addresses were
given by members from other
churches.
A cordial invitation is extended
to our friends to attend any and
all of the services at Clair church.
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Ever new and blessed in its touch
upon our souls is the message OF
Easter. To be assured once more
that the grave could not hold u
blessed Lord and Saviour, and that
he arose in victory over sin and
death, is our delightful portion in to-
days lesson. 1
: It is a very appropriate conclu-
sion to our three month study OF the
Gospel Of John and comes in the new
quarter because Of Easter Sunday.
Three helpful incidents make up.
lesson.
1. A Risen Lord and Glad Dis
ciples (~20:19-23).
The appearance Of u Lord TO-
his disciples after he arose from the
grave emphasizes the close relation
ship between the resurrection and
the life and ministry Of his followers,
Those who live for and serve the
risen Christ have a triumphant faith,
an inward peace, and an outward
authority and power. Their eonvic-
lions are based on the Lords own
words which came to assure the dis
ciples as they secretly assembled for
fear Of the Jews. !
He stood in their midst and spoke
the words of peace wv. 19-2l) and
authority wv. %. 23).
Peace Of soul Is absolutely essen
tiaI to useful and satisfied living.
Only as we are "steadfast, immov-
able" can we be Astounding in the
work Of the Lord" Il Cor. $3.50.
Steady at the center. active at the
circumference.
Commissioned and sent by the Son
,of God, clothed with Holy Spirit pow
,er, the Church of God has his au-
thority. While some have read too
much into verse %, others have read
out Of it the real authority that God
has given.
Little wonder that we read ". 200.
Then were the disciples glad when
they saw the Lord" They had rea-
son for real Joy!
II. A Convinced Doubter and Glad
Testimony GO: 1920.
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HOPE LUTHERAN CHURCH
BOTH & CORBY SITS.

H. H. SCHAULAND, Pastor
Easter proclaims the message of
Christ's resurrection. 1t is one of
the greatest festivals of the
church year. One man has called
Easter the festival of festivals.
When we consider the church at
tendance on Easter Sunday, we
may indeed call it the most impor-
tant Sunday of the year. 1t is said
that more people attend church on
Easter than on any other Sunday
in the whole year.
However, we must not estimate
the Importance of Easter by the
number Of people who attend
church on that day but in the
light of Gods holy Word. People
sometimes bring the sacrifices of
fools" says the Bible. They come
to church for reasons other than
to obtain food for their souls. For
Christians Easter is of such great
Importance because of the comfort
and joy that it's message gives.
The resurrection of Christ gives
proof and assures Christians of
four important facts: /, That Jesus
is the Son of God. 2. That Jesus
has made full satisfaction for our
sins. 8. 1t gives believers strength
to forsake sin and live cody lives.
4. 1t is sure proof of u own res
direction on the Last Day.
On Easter Sunday, 1947, let us
go to our House of God to be as
sured again of these four facts.
Hope Lutheran invites you to at
tend its Easter service at IL o.
clock.
Easter Sunday is also a good day
on which to enroll your children in
Sunday School. We welcome your
children. Our staff of teachers is
well equipped and trained to give
your children the best in religious
instruction. Visual aids are en-
ployed to help your children un-
derstand Bible truth. At present
u teachers are receiving special
training in Bible doctrine and
teaching techniques. Won't you
give us a chance to lead your
children to Jesus? Begin Easter
Sunday!
The Omaha guide., 1947-04-05
The Walters Column

The Walters Key Club extends a
friendly welcome to all.
Mr.. Frank Hughes going good at
the Highland Club.
Brother John Evans top man at
the Rome Hotel.
Mr.. George Thomas, Roy Glenn
and H. w. Smith and Mr.. Pierson
on a oath and Kansas Street Tram
car early Palm Sunday morning.
Willie Ware a North Oath st.
barber, died on March 30th.
Mr.. Ed Lee of the u. P. Dining
Car service on North Oath Street
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Church of the Lining God

Thomas made the serious error %
being absent from the gathering 81
the disciples when the Lord jesus
stood In their midst. Let those who
commonly absent themselves from
ne place and hour Of worship take
heed lest they miss a blessing. and
eerntng later add nothing to the spir-
itual life of the church, but rather
become troublers and doubters.
But God graciously turns the doubt
Of Thomas into a can of blessing
to all of us who since then have read
Of his experience. Thomas was an
honest doubter. God is always ready
to meet such with satisfactory proof.
The trouble is that there are so many
in the world who use protested
doubts to cover a life of sin.
Doubt may come to any man. In
itself it is no sin. But to cherish 1t
and hold to it in unbelief-that is a
different matter. One wise spiritual
leader rightly counseled his people,
Believe your beliefs and doubt your
doubts. Never make the mistake Of
doubling your beliefs or believing
your doubts"
When doubling Thomas saw the
Lord, his questions changed at oncd
to strong convictions and assured
personal testimony to his blessed
Lord.
III. A Restored Disciple and Glad
Service (21:15-1D.
After meeting Jesus On the first
Easter morning, Peter had been as
sured Of forgiveness for his denial
of the Lord and had been taken back
into fellowship and service with him.
But then something seemed to-
have gone astray, for we find that
Peter and the others had returned,
to their old life as fishermen. They
seem to have lost their vision, OIL
had become discouraged.
But the Lord had not forgottenl
them. He appeared and told them
where to catch fish. and then we
have the lovely scene around the fire
as they breakfasted together.
There it was that the Lord met
Peter, and as he had denied Christ
thrice he is asked to thrice DECLARE
his devotion to him.
The man who thus declared his
readiness to serve Christ to the end
had many an opportunity to prove
the sincerity Of that profession. He
met persecution and imprisonment,
but to every effort Of man to close
his mouth or to change his witness
he had the simple reply Of absolute
obedience to the Lord.
Tradition tells us that this faithful.
ness finally led Peter to a mar.
tyr's death. So we see a life made
over, made powerful, made glori-
GUS for God through the matchless
grace Of our Lord Jesus Christ. He
can do it for you. too. Win you let
him?
There could be no better time to
meet the risen Lord face to facd
than on this day when we remember
his resurrection. Let him come into
your heart, dissolve your doubts, for
give your sins-and make you gladl
The Omaha guide., 1947-04-05

standing and faithfulness in our
church. We pray that more of our
will pattern after this bless
ed and wonderful couple.
Order of Service.
6 a. m. Sunday morning prayer
service.
$50 Sunday School, Sis. Hattie
Manley, Supt.
HOO Morning Worship, Devot-
ions led by the Deacons.
11:30 Choir Professional.
11:45 Sermon.
6:0z HYPU. Sis. Dollie McCrea,
President,
7:30 Evening Worship
The Omaha guide., 1947-04-05
ST. JOHN AME. CHURCH

ST. JOHN AME. CHURCH
22ND AND WILLIS AVE,
REV. E. B. CHILDRESS, Pastor
MASON D~EVEREANX, Jr.,
Reporter.
A Coming King was the subject
of our minister's sermon on Sun
day, morning, March 80, 1947. His
text for this beautiful spiritual
message was Matthew 21st Chap
ter 9Th verse. Thoughts from the
message that stirred his capacity
congregation were as follows: A
man who has the fear of God in
his heart and soul always has a
clear vision, a man has everything
to gain and nothing to lose If he
chooses to walk with God, the
The Omaha guide., 1947-04-05
BETHEL AME. CHURCH
REV. H. w. BLETSON Pastor

CHESTE RSCOTT, Reporter.
The Senior Choir rendered Palms
and Praises at morning services.
Two we're united with the church.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alonzo Parker from
st. Joseph, Mo.
Next Sunday being Easter the
Senior Choir will present the Sa-
cred Pageant, from Bethlehem to
Calvary. Please be in your seats
at IL o'clock a. m. sharp.
Sunday School Easter Program
will be at 7:30.
All visitors are always welcome
at Bethel.