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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1947-04-11
buddy DOES HIS
BIT BY People
OF MONTANA

; Three more senate votes by Mon
tana's junior senator, Zales N. Ecton,
once again show that the confidence
placed in him by the Montana Power
company and the Montana Citizens
Council, was not placed in vain.
Week before last the senate voted
on FIR 2157, the intent of which is to
emasculate or so cripple the federal
wage hour act that it will be ineffec-
tual.. Although labeled as a bill to
outlaw collection of portal-to-portaI
damage suits, the measure goes far
beyond that objective to hit the abil-
ity of workers to collect all sorts of
claims under the wage-hour law If
approved by President Truman this
bill may we'll be the greenlight for
sweatshoppers and chiseling employ
ers.
Pointing up the real purpose behind
the measure, Sen. Johnston. ID, S. CO.
told the senate: GAS I see it, this
measure only opens the door to TAX
ing away from labor everything that
it has gained during the past IA years"
Senator Ecton, of course, voted for
its passage.
LiIienthaI Appointment
Other vote which emphasizes the
''Ecton for Reaction" position of the
junior senator, came on the motion to
indefinitely delay confirmation of the
of David Lilienthal as
chairman of the Atomic Energy COM
mission. The huge power trust lobby
for many weeks has been fighting with
everything at it's command to block
Mr.. LilienthaPs confirmation, and ma
turally, Montana's ''dirt farmer" SEN
ator took his cue and voted for such
postponement.
Wednesday Ecton voted against con-
firnation of MIR. Lilenthal.
How did Jim Murray vote? AS was
to be expected, in each instance Sen
ator Murray voted for the people as
against the special interests.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1947-04-11

mean to Montana hunting and
fishing, by William J. Priest,
issued a pointed resolution con-
demning the proposal.
Essence of the Park county resolu-
ton, copies of which have been sent
to more than 500 sportsmen's clubs,
magazines, ETC., is:
&c. =. That the Park county Rod &
Gun club, Livingston, Montana, in reg
ular session assembled this goth day
of March, 1947, realizing that many
of the problems arising from admins
tration of the federal lands of the
western states transcend state lines
and are, therefore, of national magni-
tude, and that their greatest value
lies in public ownership under federal
is therefore opposed to
the transfer of these lands to state or
private ownership, or the creation by
legislation of any vested rights or
privileges to any group or individual,
superior to those of the general public,
and, :. That we encourage the'various
federal supervising agencies to use
every medium at their disposal to ed
ucate tile public in their rights to,
and the proper use and management
of our federal lands; and :. That we
urge the public land committees of the
federal congress to hold public hear
ings, in which the relative values of
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1947-04-11

DSdCiIiSdd, Oy A&ieASA ~
grad, by Hirohito to Nagasaki,
by the British Empire to bank
ruptcy, consider!
washington, April 5 (AP)-Sena-
tor Byrd added up the money to be
laid out by the United States under
it's international commitments in the
next Is months and announced total
of seven billion, forty-three million,
one hundred thousand dollars"
At the close of World War I, the
United States government lent Eur
ope, including Britain, seven billion
dollars. Except as to about $50 mil
lion lent Finland we lost our money
and our friendships. Besides our pub
lie loans, our bankers made private
loans of some billions of dollars to
German industries. The rebuilding of
these then caused World War II in
Europe.
In the Pacific we actually financed
the war of Japan against ourselves.
Eight years ago Japanese govern
ment bonds were listed on the New
York Stock Exchange. Heavy sales
were made daily for years. Of course
our treacherous bankers were, for
commissions, peddling them to their
customers. I wrote the Security Elk
change Commission that these bonds
should be kicked out of the Exchange,
that our foolish investors were fl
De i'm 81 "
letter is unanswered yet by the Elk
change. The answer to my letter was
delivered at Pearl Harbor. The mon
ey of small American investors, in
weighed by shifty bankers, bought
these bonds. What remained after
our New York banks, went to buy
cotton, scrap, copper, ETC., which was
shot back at the sons of the Amer
lean investors.
Our Press for months has led us
to believe that our Marines were ost
Of China. But this morning we learn
that five Marines were killed guard
ing an ammunition dump in China. |
How many Marines are still in China?
Thus we break our agreement with
Russia.
More Silk Hats-Less Brass Hats
General Macarthur has done wonder |
July fine work in Japan. But it has |
cost countless millions. He says that !
4 small police force is all we need |
here from now on. Why does not |
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1947-04-11
POLITICAL angle
TO RECENT COAL
DISASTER
$25, 900 COP Campaign Fund
Was Extracted From
Operators

Few Montana people are fully aware
of the close relationship between the
Centralia, ILL.,, mine disaster and the
recent Chicago nayoralty campaign;
of how politics of the nations second
CITY had a direct bearing on the laxity
of enforcement of state mine inspec-
ton laws which led to the deaths of
III coal miners.
The ugly story has now been UNI
folded through the columns of the st.
Louis Post-Dispatch, following an in
tensive investigation dating back
some weeks before the disaster, when
Post-Dispatch correspondent Harry
Wilensky was assigned to checking up
a rumored 'shakedown" of mine OPP
orators by the Republican state adj
ministration.
First publicity on the state admin
istration having set goal of $4,000
to be extracted from coal mine OPP
orators for the unsuccessful Chicago
mayoralty campaign came on March
19-almost a week before the Cen
tralia tragedy. Wilensky's investiga-
IlOu DIOuSilb OuJ tucL W ulll1G
inspectors had come down from "head
quarters" Governor Green and his
high command - that state mine in
spectors were to solicit contributions
of 500 to $1,000, depending on the
size of the operation, from all coal
mine operators.
Dig Up-Or Else!
Reporting further, Wilensky pointed
out. :" I. in theory, all campaign con-
tributions from the mine operators
were voluntary. But the donations
were Suggested by state mine in
spectors who have the power to make
life miserable for an owner and even
to close mine if it's operating meth
DDS are deemed hazardous -
Although most operators found it
expedient to contribute, some, how
ever, did refuse. One of the latter
was Louis F. Lumaghi st. Louis, who
operates a. mine at Collinsville, ILL.,
He not only declined to donate, but
also wrote hot protest against the
"shakedown" to Robert M. MedIl, |
head of the Illinois department of
mines and minerals. (Medill, shortly
after the Centralia disaster found it
expedient to resign "for the good of
the service.") Operator Lumaghi's |
protest follows:
"Today Mr.. R. R. Schiller, the state
mine Inspector for our district, called |
on us and said he had been instructed |
by you to solicit contribution to the /
Republican campaign fund for the Chi
cago mayoralty election He said that
the smaller mines had been asked |
Continued on Page Four)s
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1947-04-11
Is America Following Road
Which Took Napoleon
To Waterloo?
By LOWNDES MAURY

Though the of American Press conceal
public happening the world, and such
big be covered enough through to
the openmnded and thoughtful that glorious and
following the road taken by Napoleon
Waterloo, the Kaiser Versailles, Musolni Anso
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1947-04-11
: position To Land Grab
Proposal Developing
In Montana

Opposition the proposed Gland grab" of approximately
142 million of public domain by large livestock interests
fast being organized in various of the state More
than million of the land question lies within Montana
Among organizations in the forefront this stea
the Park County Rod Gun club Livingston
Cascade County Farmers Union.
The Park county club composed of thousand sportsmen
upon having it's attention called what this Gland grab can
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1947-04-11
Murray On Lilienthal

The address of Sen. James E.
Murray April 8, asking confirma-
ton of MIR. LiIienthaI, is truly
masterpiece. HIighlights of the
Murray talk will be carried in next
weeks Voice.
Evening star., 1947-03-09

working properties, probably run
around $400,0oo.00o, but statistics
are not too good and 1t is admitted
that some leeway must be allowed
for error.
The United States is supposed to
have about half the foreign capital
investment in the southern country.
Interested in U. S. Capital.
In his own speech at the dinner
welcoming President Truman, Presi-
dent Aleman declared that he
wanted to encourage private Amer
lcan industrial capital to come to
MS country, but rather pointedly
he made it clear that Mexico would
lay down the terms on which the
entry was permitted.
That point, too, perhaps will be
developed further on President Ale
(See TRUMAN'S, Page C-5. Col a
Evening star., 1947-03-09

an island hill. Now the city presses
close about it, like Rome about the
Vatican.
Famed Red Square lies just out
side the Spasski Gate. There, be-
fore the tomb of Lenin, modern
Russian history has passed in re-
view. One of the toughest sieges of
the Red revolution in 1917 was cap
ture of the Kremlin, then an ar
senal.
Some buildings were damaged and
the Soviet government has built a
modern auditorium within the walls;
but time affects the Kremlin's ap-
pearance little, and reconstruction
is aimed at preserving the old char
acteristics.
1t still is the symbol of Russia to
the outside world, and one of the
most potent 80 acres anywhere.
Evening star., 1947-03-09

lations and has been extremely in
terested in watching it develop.
New York's chief executive
strongly supports the idea of the
United Nations, but feels that the
United States cannot afford to dis
arm until Russia proves she enter
tains no warlike ideas and is not, as
he now considers her, strong
threat to peace. He often has ex-
pressed concern at what he con-
siders the tendency Of the American
voter to grow soft, after rising to an
emergency, and forget about the
Nations international perils.
Favors More Home Rule.
r Dewey continues to oppose CEN
tralization of power in Washington,
enjoys making sly digs at "crackpot
economic ideas Of the New Deal, "
and frequently has declared in IA
vor Of broadened "home rule"
Although the Governor is not an
announced candidate for President,
hill interest in the White House is
so certain that none of his close
associates will deign to deny it, and
all accept it privately. AS in 1914,
he is unlikely to declare his can
didacy. He parties questions with
such statements as Il hope to serve
out my second term as Governor or
II am very happy with the house I
now have"
Few of Gov. Dewey's strongest
political enemies question his abil-
ity as an administrator. He has
surrounded himself with staff of
energetic young assistants. The
group huddles over problems like a
a college football team, agrees on
the proper signal, then slashes to-
ward the goal line.
On the floor of the Assembly and
Senate the signals are announced,
the ball passed, and Gov. Dewey has
scored touchdown. There is little
public Republican dissention and
the leaders can be. depended upon
to present united front.
As Republican legislative majori-
ties have increased during the
Dewey reign, the dispatch with
which Republican projects become
law has become more impressive.
The Democratic minority is cuffed
into corners, fiattened beneath the
Evening star., 1947-03-09

Moscow's mysterious Kremlin, po-
litical heart of the Soviet Union,
shares the world spotlight with sew
eral outside structures where the
encourages of the Big Four For
eign Ministers will live and work
during the conference starting
tomorrow. From the sidelines, it
will exert a powerful influence on
negotiations.
Accustomed to looking toward the
ancient Moscow citadel for direc-
ton and inspiration, 1877 900 900 Rus
slams also will keep an eye on
Spiridonovka Palace, the scene of
two former foreign ministers con-
ferences. There, outside the Krem-
lin, the Big -Four statesmen may
take up the momentous issues of
the German and Austrian peace
treaties, while, 1t is expected, their
Evening star., 1947-03-09

deputies confer in the Hall of Col
umns. formerly a nobleman's club.
Gen. George c. Marshall, the
United States Secretary of State,
is scheduled to stay in Spasso House,
the residence of United States Am
bassador Walter Bedell Smith.
Britain's Ernest Bevin will make the
British Embassy his headquarters,
across the frozen Moscow River
from the Kremlin. The French
Embassy, where Foreign Minister
Georges Bidault is expected to live,
also views Premier Joseph Stalins
Kremlin stronghold from beyond
the ice.
Once Court Of Cars.
Within the walled inclosure, a
citadel older than Russia as a ma
ton, all-important Soviet decisions
are made. Because of this, the
Kremlin will play an important be-
Evening star., 1947-03-09
Dewey Looks to 148
Heartened Over c. O. P. Sweep at Polls,
Governor Is Mapping His Strategy
By Norris Parton
Chief Of The Albany Bvrsou Of the
= AsSoeiafad Press

ALBANY.-G Gov. Thomas E.
Dewey, who has soft-pedaled his
views on national issues since his
defeat in the 1914 presidential race,
is moving cautiously back into the
arena in a calculated move to-
ward 1948.
Ripened by additional political
experience, intrenched more firmly
than ever in New York. and intent
on putting his best foot forward, he
is carefully building a record in his
home State and waiting for promis-
ing opportunities to display his
wares again to a wider American
public.
Gov. Dewey's exact role in ma
tional affairs in the next two years
is undetermined. He himself is un-
certain. But the 1914 COP presi-
Dental nominee, tremendously
heartened by the Republican elec-
ton sweep last fall, is convinced
that he should again begin to assert
himself.
He Steps Cautiously.
Many of Gov. Dewey's widely
spaced political moves are individ-
ually microscopic and 60 unnoticed
by the public. Occasionally they
come to light, as did his indorse-
ment of Representative Charles A.
Halleck of Indiana, elected Repub-
lican leader of the House of Repre-
sentatives.
After a conference of New York
Republicans in Congress, called by
Gov. Dewey in Albany and attended
by the new Republican Senator,
Irving M. Ives, the Governor COM
mented ''it was agreed" that Mr..
Halleck would be elected. Still later,
a close Dewey associate explained
the Governor had supported Mr..
Halleck's candidacy "for a long
time"
Mr.. Halleck was opposed, among
others, by Representative Clarence
]. Brown Of Ohio. Two favorite
Ohio sons. Senators Robert A. Taft
and John w. Bricker, have been
mentioned prominently for the
Republican presidential nomination.
Support of Mr.. Halleck and the
wholesale wooing Of New York's del
egaticn are the sort Of politically
important things Gov. Dewey is cer-
tain to continue. He can be ex-
pected to move slowly In appearing
to force himself on newspaper front
pages through speeches and state
ments on national affairs.
Man Of Strong Views.
Although titular leader of the
party he is well aware of the dam
gers of this position. The late Wen
dell Willkie. under similar circum-
stances, entertained strong views
and aired them repeatedly. Repeti-
tion of specific views unpopular with
voters who otherwise supported Mr.
Willkie brought the 1910 Republi-
can candidate much publicity-and
considerable opposition.
Gov. Dewey also is q man OF
strong views. But he chooses, usu-
ally, to air them as Governor, in
his home State. He considers him
self the father of the bipartisan
concept Of administering foreign re-
Evening star., 1947-03-09

a small apartment where he often
stays.
An 18th century building of classic
design houses the Central Execu-
tives and Council of Peoples Com
missars-key government bodies.
There are likely to be many times
within the next few weeks when mo-
mentous decisions will be thrashed
out by the Soviet hierarchy behind
the Kremlin's 50-foot-high brick
walls.
Reflects Varied Tastes.
Shaped like an isosceles triangle.
the Kremlin contains about 40 struc-
lures in all, some dating from the
18th century. 1t is an architectural
hodge-podge, rejecting the tastes
of Cars since the Middle Ages
many of the ornate edifices being
built of pale pink stone. Originally
it was an isolated trading post on
Evening star., 1947-03-09
M Enjoys Ambitions
Douglas Aims at Better understanding
And Workable Relations With British
By John L. Springer

sense Of responsibility is primary
essential to success"
Their collective sense of respon-
sibility" is one reason he thinks the
British will come out on top of their
present economic troubles. He visited
London during the war as deputy ad-
ministrator of the War Shipping
Administration and says he acquired
tremendous respect" for Britain's
ability to stand up under hard
knocks. He also served in the wars
early days as a lend-lease expediter
in London.
Has Enjoyed All Jobs.
Mr.. Douglas, whose deeply tanned
face bellies his So years, has had a
varied career ranging from soldier
to vice chancellor of McGill Uni
versity in Canada. He says he has
enjoyed every job he ever had.
He received q degree from Am
hergt in 1916 and then spent a year
at the Massachusetts, Institute OF
Technology. After serving with the
Army in France-and winning a
citation from Gen. Pershing for ac-
ton in the Argonne-he became q
history instructor at Amherst for a
year and then went into mining in
Arizona.
He was elected to the Arizona
Legislature In 1928 and served two
terms as Representative in Congress.
In 1888 he became director of the
United States budget but left the
next year. He has been called "the
last of the conservatives to quit the
New Deal"
Mr.. Douglas says he Is passion
ately fond" Of fly fishing-he fash.
ions his own hies-and of horseback
riding. He likes to read history in
all its forms and novels, particular
ly those by Stevenson and Dickens.
He is married to the former Peggy
zinsser Of Hastings, N. Y, and they
have three children son in busi-
ness in Arizona, another at Yale,
and az daughter at Vassar. The
Douglases have an apartment on
Park avenue but he Lists his home
address as simply 'R. F. D. 2, Phoe-
nix, Ariz."
He says he has no plans for the
time when his job as Ambassador
ENDS, but would like to 60 back to
the insurance company "if they'll
have me-"
lpistributed hy the Associafed Press
Evening star., 1947-03-09
By Robert N.,Cool

hind-the-scenes role in the Big
Four meetings.
Far back in antiquity the Krem-
lin was the walled town of Mos
COW. Later its 80 acres became
the court of the Czars, residence of
the nobility, seat OF the church
and fortress of the military that
clamped ever-increasing millions OF
Russians in subjection. -
After the 1917 revolution the
KremIin's palaces, barracks and Ca
thedrals became the tight center Of
the U. S. s. r. Most of the officials
and Communist Party leaders live in
the compound; visitors can enter only
under close watchfulness. Stain
has a fine home a few miles away
on the Moscow River, but in the
Kremlin is his spacious Office and
Evening star., 1947-03-09

few liberties except the right to de-
claim "for the record"
Considers Self a Liberal.
The Governor considers himself q
"true liberal" and will debate the
matter enthusiastically with any
friendly dissenter. .----s~-. =
Many close Dewey observers con-
slider him politically fright of Gen.
ter" He is in strong disagreement
and believes his record as Governor
places him, If anything, on the left
side of the somewhat mythical po-
litical line.
In his first years as Governor he
listened closely to the advice Of
labor leaders, representing both AFL
and CIO unions. He continues close
contacts with officers of the first,
has swerved strongly away from the
latter. He now finds himself in dis
agreement with. most CIO views.
Neither does the Governor hesi-
tate to support legislation unpop-
ular with the businessmen and in
dustrialists whom unfriendly critics
often assert control the Republican
Party.
In 1945 he suggested and forced
through the Legislature the we'll
publicized New York antidiscrim-
ination bill which set up a COM
mission and prescribed fines and
Jail sentences for employers con-
victed of discriminating in their
hiring practices, against persons be-
cause Of race or creed. The meas
ure was opposed strongly by busi-
ness groups, principally on the
ground that it wouldn't work"
Gov. Dewey felt the law could
be administered through the ma
chinery Of conferences, suggestions
and citations, without resort to ex-
treme penalties. He now feels him.
self vindicated. Up to the present
all complaints have been adjusted
through the medium of investiga-
ton and conference.
Realistic as to Finances. -
Although Gov. Dewey has con-
tinued to insist on what he calls
Sound" State finance and all but
throws his hat in the air when he
notes further evidence Of reduced
State debt, New York spending has
increased greatly under his admin
istration. A once widely heralded
annual buoget of $685., 100000 has
grown to proposed 1947-8 spending
Of $671. 100000 The comparison Is
not clean cut, however, as the Dewey
administration inaugurated new
State bookkeeping scheme which
automatically included State ex-
pense items previously ignored.
Although expressing strong de-
sire to keep the State free of debt,
the Governor approves a proposed
$4O0 .000, 600 bonus for World War II
veterans, to be submitted to the
voters next November. The admin
istration favors definite provisions,
even in advance of approval by the
electorate, for an expanded tax
revenue program to retire the bonus
bonds within 10 years.
While concerning himself ex-
tensively and enthusis sstically with
such State problems. Gov. Dewsy's
eyes turn often toward Washington.
Forced to pull many of his
punches against Roosevelt because
of the war, he believed then that
he could have made better race
under different conditions. 1t is a
poorly kept Albany secret that he
continues to think there is splendid
opportunity In Washington for a
smart, aggressive young man to
make good In the White House.