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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1947-05-23
is COMMUNISM AN ACTUAL THREAT TO THE
united STATES and ITS INSTITUTIONS

wants all he can get of comfort, wealth
and luxury, and is not satisfied to live
on equal terms with his neighbor. If
/ he were so content, we would today
be living in a cooperative society, a
veritable utopia, if you please. 1t is
because of the acquisitive instinct in
man that we have landlords and ten
ants, mansions and slums, million
aires and paupers.
Communism, bolsnevism, anarchism
and other similar isms, thrive only
where there is poverty and insecurity,
with attendant human Indebtedness.
Yes, we have poverty in America, an
overdose of it in fact; but those who
suffer from it are so voiceless in gov
ernmental and economic matters that
we hear very little about them.
Notwithstanding that those of us
who oppose communism Outnumber
those who support it by 1,400 to one,
men try to convince us that we are
in great danger from them. These
preachers of hate and fear actually
insinuate that the great mass of Amer
icn people are mental nin-com-poops
and moral towards and that only fear
of the communist menace will arouse
them to combat and destroy it. Lies
and smearS are the stock in trade OF
the reactiOnary no matter to what
political group he belongs; as witness
the attempts. by smear tactics of Taft
(Rel) and Mcclellan (Dem.) to pre-
vent the confirmation Of David e. Lii
ienthal as chairman of the atomic en-
ergy control commission, by the US
senate, quite recently.
Constantly Misinformed
I believe the average American citi-
zen means in all cases to be fair. The
trouble is that they are constantly
being misinformed by some of those
to whom they look for information
on public affairs. So low has become |
the standard of information reaching |
the people through the press, the radio
and the public platform (also, from |
some pulpits) that a liberal, progras-
sive minded citizen risks his or her
reputation by publicly advancing pol i
itical or economic ideas unacceptable !
to the standpatter and reactionary.
The pity of it all is, that many, per-
maps millions of we'll meaning people,
accept the lies and smears as gospel
ruth and predicate their opinions up
IN them.
Every day, these preachers of hate
and fear are dining into our ears the
of war with Russia; every
lay we are told that this country must
maintain great standing army, and
navy that can patrol all the waters of
he earth against an imaginary enemy
Who is flat on his back financially and
Every day we are being
old that Russian gold is being poured
nto this country to spread commun-
SIN, when as matter of fact Russia
has no gold for that, or any other pur-
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1947-05-23
BOOZE

To quench a mighty thirst, Amer
leans spent an all-time high of $500
millions on "booze" last year. The
Commerce Department figures that
out at $50 for every person over IS
years.
Forty per cent of the total or about
$4,000 millions, went to pay federal,
state and local taxes.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1947-05-23
Not True Communism

Russia is not, and has never been
a communist state; it's government
being based upon bolshevism, or
scientific" socialism, which greatly
differs from communism. Man is by
nature an acquisitive animal He
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1947-05-23

On a recent Sunday morning | listen
ed to a forum discussion over the
radio of the question: as Communism
Threat to the United States? Par
ticipating in the discussion were rep
resentatives of the American Fedora
ton of Labor, the Farm Bureau fed
Grafton, the u. S. Chamber of Com
merce and Cong Karl e. Mundt, reac-
tionary republican, of South Dakota.
1t was the almost unanimous opin-
ion of these gentlemen that the ques-
ton should be answered in the affirm
ative; Notwithstanding the agreed fact
that there are not more than 100000
communists in this country against
140 million non-communistS. Three
of these fellows, and Mundt, especial
ly, used the opportunity to smear ev-
cry liberal, progressive-minded citi-
zen as a communist, fellow-traveler,
or a communist sympathizer.
1t seems strange to me that men
will go on the radio and air their ig
norance of the fact that democracy,
communism, nor any other govern
mental theology can be imposed upon
any civilized people in this day and
age. They can exist in reality only
when they spring from the conscious
ness, and from the will of the people,
90oo or More
Probably 80 per cent of our people
do not know what communism really
is. Without studying the matter, they
accept the lurid, CHASTITY recital of it's
ugliness and dangerous characteris
tics, which they hear over the radio, or
read in the press, from some one who
appeals to their fears, prejudices and
hatreds. 1t is held up by such as an
imminent danger to our lives and in
Communism, in its true sense means |
that private property in essentials |
should be abolished and that all prop
erty should be held in common, to be
used according to individual needs by |
every one, without discrimination
Sporadic efforts to establish it have
been made in various parts of the
world for many centuries, but none of
them have been successful.
The early Christians were the first
of whom we have an auth
entic record. (Read Acts of the
APOSTLES, Chapters and 81 Num-
erous communist communities have
been founded in the US such as
Economy, Brook Farm, Zion City and
others, but all have failed to main
ain themselves. No nation, either
arge or small, has ever adopted real
as a system of govern
nent.
Not True Communism
Russia is not, and has never been
communist state; its government
,eing based upon bolshevism, or
scientific" socialism, which greatly
liffers from communism. Man is by
nature an acquisitive animal He J
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1947-05-23

Not to be able to bear poverty is
a shameful thing; but not to know
how to chase it way by work is a
more shameful thing yet.-Pericles.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1947-03-07
POTATOES:
Seek to Avert Loss

seeking to avert the loss of at
least 20 million bushels of surplus
potatoes taken over by the govern
ment in support Of the 1916 crop,
the department Of agriculture Of
fered them to commercial exporters
and professors for cents a hun
dred pounds. The support price was
$3.50.
The departments latest offer COM
pared with a price of IS cents pre-
Viously set for export sale. Because
OF the low food value of potatoes,
their perishability and high handling
costs, foreign governments have pre-
1erred to purchase more nutritious
and less cumbersome supplies Of
grain.
1nasmuch as they can buy wheat
nour at five to six cents pound,
the foreign governments also have
been hesitant about paying Is to 20
cents pound for dehydrating DO
tatoes. Sale of the potatoes to
professors at S cents per 100 pounds
Will bring the price of the dehydrat-
ed potatoes down appreciably, pro-
vldlng a stimulus for export.
The bargain export price will not
apply to U. S. insular or territorial
possessions supplied by regular COM
mercial channels.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1947-03-07
WHITE HOUSE:
Emergency Ending

Continuing to keep abreast of the
COP, President Truman paved the
way for an early end to the national
emergency proclaimed in 1889 and
extended in 1941.
With the Republican congress
bent on restoring normally, Mr..
Truman again anticipated COP
action by asking the Legislators to
repeal "a temporary laws, tempo
rarily extend IL others, permit an
other 10 to run out their course,
and cut back IL appropriations.
Among the "a laws the President
tabled for repeal were those au-
thorizing the secretary of agricul-
ture to buy and distribute food for
U. S. territories and possessions;
disposal of ships under lend-lease
and accumulation of 80 days annual
leave for government employees.
Laws which he said should be
allowed to run their course include
restriction of active duty of re-
serves to emergencies; government
construction and use of petroleum
lines, and temporary maintenance
of housing on public lands.
Trimming of emergency laws
would reduce the Presidents war;
time powers still in effect to those
covering the official war period,
which will end with ratification of
peace treaties.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1947-03-07

George Casely Is one Of the farm
ers who has increased his produc-
ton on so acres in Devon, England.
With daughter, Sylvia, he is pitch
ing hay.
of fat stock, milk and eggs will know
actual prices and other conditions
of sale year in advance, and mini
mum prices and conditions (which
include any cumulative limitations)
for two years ahead.
There is planning and regulation
for you!
stability, however," says Brit
aims minister of agriculture, sis not
enough" And then he goes after
efficiency with foot, horse and guns.
Two requisites for efficiency are
promotion of research into farming
problems and an organization which
will provide the Individual farmer
with technical advice. Very good.
The United States government does
a pretty good job on that score.
The point is: What does the British
government dSh Ill IStulI 1OI WlldL
it intends to offer?
both the farmer and the land
owner have parts to play" it says
and points out that "the rules of
good husbandry require the farmer
to maintain his holding at a reason
able standard of efficient produc-
ton, bearing in mind cleanliness
of the land, maintenance of fertility
and freedom from disease and pests.
The rules of good estate manage
ment require the landowner to main
tain his estate with adequate build
ings, drainage, bitches and hedges,
so that the occupier can be an eff
ficient producer.
And that is not merely suggested
in the bill, it is required. The farm
er or the landowner will live up to
these conditions or he will lose his
land. The first step against an Of
fender is to place them under for
NAL supervision after they have
had chance to state their case.
The next step will be to issue spe-
cific instructions as to what is to be
done-again giving the offender the
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1947-03-07

on the market in an effort to stabil-
ize the Chinese dollar, officials and
newspapers charged former Pre-
mier H. H. Kung with buying up the
precious metal for the purpose of
manipulating the currency and en-
barrassing the government Of Pre-
mier T. v. Soong. Like Generals
simo Chang Kai-shek, Kung is
married to sister of Soong,
making the three brothers-in-law
China's ruling family.
Chang himself took a hand in
China's deteriorating economic sit
uation, issuing a broad decree for
the repatriation of private fortunes
abroad; fixing wage-price ceilings;
prohibiting all dealings in gold and
foreign exchange; banning strikes
and lockouts; initiation of half
billion dollar import program, and
government withdrawal from in
dustry.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1947-03-07

opportunity to state his case. Il
the offender is a landowner and the
expense Of carrying out the orders
exceeds the annual rent Of the land,
ne can appeal to the agricultural
land tribunal.
The third step would be dispos.
session in IL months or sooner.
A landowner would have to submit q
forced sale; a landowner-occupier
might be forced to rent to an ap-
proved tenant; a tenants tenancy
would be terminated.
The law doesn't end there. It
deals with the past and the future
as well as the present. Experiments
will be made to adjust farm bound
aries made many hundreds of years
ago and the intent is to prevent the
splitting up Of farms into uneconom-
ic divisions.
Stability, efficiency. Liberty
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1947-03-07


And the British with their socialist
government do not intend to let it
slip back if regulation can stop it.
To that end bill is now before par
Lament which would bring the Amer
lean farmer down to Washington
with a pitchfork in each hand.
The 1.-TWO pillars" Of the new gov
eminent policy are stability and ef-
ficiency." The agriculture bill would
create stability by guaranteeing
prices. It provides:
~ That the prices and other mar
ket factors of wheat, barley, oats,
rye, potatoes and sugar beets be
fixed in the year before these crops
are to be harvested.
(2) Prices and other factors af-
fecting fat stock, milk and eggs, to
be announced for a period Of one
year and also minimum prices and
other conditions, including quanti-
ties, for a further period Of two
years. Consequently the producer
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1947-03-07
CONGRESS-:
Budget Trouble

As in the case Of reducing per-
sonal income taxes, the Republican
congress divided on the extent Of
slashing President Truman's 1913
budget request of 37.5 billion
dollars.
While COP members in the house
led by Representative Taber (Rep.,
N.Y. favored a billion dollar cut,
senate Republicans led by Senator
TAFT (Rep., o. stood out for Az
DILLON dollar decrease. It was ex-
pected that compromise figure of
billion would be reached, permit
ting 20 per cent income tax reduc-
ton and a stable surplus to be
applied against the national debt.
House Republicans charged their
senate colleagues with having sue
cumbed to military and naval pres
sure against substantial reductions
IN army and navy expenditures.
Declaring there was room for econ
omy land an end to extravagance"
In every federal agency, including
the army and navy, they asserted
that the services could take a IS per
cent slash in appropriations without
hampering national defenses in the
slightest.
Taft replied any cut in military
appropriations be held to 10 per
cent to assure national security and
1ulhllment of overseas obligations.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1947-03-07
LABOR:
Discuss Unity

Divided in 1885 over the issue Of
vertical (mass) organization Of
workers, the blouse of Labor" was
another tortuous step closer to unity
with CLIO acceptance of an ALL in
vitation to merge the two great
American labor movements with a
total membership of over IL million.
Significantly, John L. Lewis Of the
United Mine Workers, who left the
AFL to head the new CLIO and then
returned to the ALL, was named
on the ALL negotiating committee
headed by Pres. William Green. Fa-
miliar with the mechanics and per-
sonalities of both unions, John L. is
in strategic position to pave the
way for unification.
Representatives of two former
AFL unions were named on the CLIO
committee led by Pres. Philip Muir
ray. They included Emil Rieve of
the Textile Workers and Jacob Patof-
sky Of the Amalgamated Clothing
Workers. As former units in the
ALL, these two CLIO unions also can
bring their combined experience in
both labor movements into the dis
cussions to reach a common ground
of agreement.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1947-03-07
NEEDLES Study New Malady

Medicine Was on The trail of q uew
disease sUbicb has taken a heavy toll
OF life among babies ranging from
ftDo tOeeks to three years of axe in
Indiana and Kentucky.
Diagnosed as pirus TYPE of sleeb.
ing sickness, the disease infeets botb
children and adults, but older people
contract THE illness in a nuilder form
and recover.
Fifteen babies died from The disease
in tbe Evansville, Ind, area alone
tOitbin six weeks, it was revealed.
Ot6er deaths Were reported in New
albany and Jefersonpille, Ind, and
LonisDille, Ky. No more than one
child tOHs stricken in any family.
Because doctors bape not been re.
4nired to report The disease to bealfb
authorities, there has been little OBJ
porfHnity to study it. Post-morfem
Operations ON several of the pictins
disclosed similar effects, it .vas said.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1947-03-07
Hit Chinese Heads
WAR DEPARTMENT:

Ideas submitted by war depart
ment civilian employees have eff
fected first-year savings Of nearly
ITO million dollars in apartment
operations since June, 1913, it was
announced.
Under the. war department civil
ian employees suggestion pro-
gram. employees have submitted
335, 040 ideas, Of which number
58,615 ha re been adopted and put in
operation with beneficial results.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1947-03-07
FAMINE:
Aid Ron111,ia

The American Red Cross drew
upon Uncle Sans bounty to relieve
Romania's worst famine in so
years. No less than 100000 men,
women and children we're suffering
starvation in the Moldavian region
and lacking clothing and other
supplies.
Red Cross purchases of 1850 tons
Of 10-in-1 rations and $500 tons of
beans from the war department
assured the stricken Moldavians of
1000 calories a day for 16 days.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1947-03-07

I see that Winston Churchill
gave the thirsty Anglophobes fine
chance by opining that prices for
Scotch were too low.
-
These days, Democrats whether
they be dissenting or deserving, can
move around with considerable safe
ty without having to dodge brick.
bats.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1947-03-07

President Truman managed to
avoid a National Cat Week without
ruffiing anybody's fur.
. .'. -
Shortly after New Hampshire's
Republican Sen. Styles Bridges said
that Russia was trying to make Ger
many satellite, he lost his voice.
But It was laryngitis, not q Com
munist hex.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1947-03-07

the war Britain
produced l e 8 8
than a third Of
the food and feed
the islands con-
surned. By 1913
they were pro-
ducing 10 per
cent Of the war
time rations for
their own people,
plus the Allied
armies and refu-
gees, within their
borders.
owe IN m e n t
control was strict
-
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1947-03-07
Washington Digest
British Laborites Propose
Drastic Farm Regulation
By BAUKHAGE
Nssus Asslyst end Commentator.

WNU Service, 1916 Eye Street, N. w.,
Washington, D. @.
WASH1NGTON.-One by one Brit
ain is Matchmaking her basic indus
tries.
What about farming?
Agriculture was Britain's largest
industry right up to 1899 but before
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1947-03-07
HOUSING:

More new permanent homes $685.
00O were completed in December
than in any other month in 1946,
bringing the total number completed
for the year to 454, 900, the bureau of
labor statistics reported.
Almost three-fourths Of the units
made ready for occupancy in 1915
were started in the same year. More
than 10000 Of the nearly 671 900 new
permanent dwellings begun last
year were started in December and
will be completed sometime in l947,
according to revised estimates.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1947-03-07

Clothing also was provided for
ragged and hollow-eyed children.
Meanwhile, Romanian represent
atives in Washington completed
negotiations for the purchase of
large supplies of American grain
upon condition that the U. S. would
supervise distribution to guard
against discrimination for political
or other purposes.
The famine was brought about by
q two year drouth, wartime slaugh-
ter of livestock, breakdown of
transportation and heavy levies by
the Russian army.
Hit Chinese Heads
Chinese leaders were under fire
from within and without as imitation
continued to grip the country in the
face of insufficient domestic pro-
duction and the wholesale supply
Of Chinese currency.
As the government dumped gold
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1947-03-07
SUPREME COURT:
Jackson Assails Black

The "elastic and somewhat unpre.
dlctable interpretations" of the
laws by Justice Black has aroused
the ire of Justice Robert jackson.
In a separate concurring opinion on
case involving apprentice rail-
road men under the wage-hour law,
jackson sharply criticized Blacks
reasoning in his written decision.
He also took Justice Frank Murphy
to task for two decisions in which
he wrote the majority opinion.
These were the famous Mount
Clemens Pottery Co. case, on which
portal pay suits are based, and the
Jewell Ridge Coal Corporation case,
which established the portal to por-
tai pay rights in coal mining.
Blacks principal charge was
that in these two rulings and in the
railroad apprentice case, no notice
was taken of contract or custom"
prevailing in the businesses in
volved. He went on to say that the
court should "pay at least some
Difference to the customs and con.
tracts of an industry" when inter-
preting the wage-hour law, and not
put industry and labor in a legal
straitjacket of our own design"
Endless litigation, he said, would
follow from these uncertain deci
slons, profitable only to attorneys
The true function of the court in
wage-hour cases, Black asserted, is
to give decisiveness and integrity
in borderline cases.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1947-03-07
WORLD TRADE:
Must Import

There is huge demand for
American goods overseas but the
U. S. will have to accept payment
in large part in foreign goods, in
dustry and government officials told
the annual Chicago World Trade
conference.
Declaring that American exports
chiefly will be limited by the
amount of foreign exchange held by
other countries, John L. McCaffrey,
president of International Har-
vester company, urged that the
U. S. should finance shipments with
imports of goods and services which
we do not produce ourselves or can
buy more cheaply abroad. As long
as we maintain high tariffs, foreign
loans for exports could not be re-
paid and would result in losses, he
said.
Unless foreign markets are found
for American agricultural products,
farm output will have to be cur
tailed, with consequent reduction
in demand for industrial goods, Sec
rotary of Commerce Hartman
stated. The government hopes to
establish trade stability through
reciprocal agreements and creation
of an international trade authority,
he said.
Foresee Expansion
Gains in both exports and imports
this year are forecast in report on
postwar trends in United States for
eign trade issued by the Chamber of
Commerce Of the United States.
Assuming q continued high
rate Of business activity, the re.
port estimates merchandise ex-
ports may exceed $11, 000, OOO,-
900 In 1917, compared with &c.
700, 900 900 In 1916. The report
estimates imports In 1947 may
reach n, 900 ,o00, 900, compared
with N.see, ~, ~ in 1916.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1947-03-07
WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS
CO. AL Discuss Labor Unity;
us. Aids Starving Romanians;
Truman Acts to End Emergency

1s nSs:
The Nome nugget., 1947-02-10
, Seal Hunters Lost At Sea

ANCHORAGE, (P)-Three Es- kimo seal hunters braved a break ing ice pack in an effort to rescue their 2l dogs and equipment, only to be swept out to sea in a thick Boring sea fog, have been given up as drowned, father Paul C. O'Con- nor, head of the Little Flower mis- sion of Hooper Bay, revealed here today.
 The three natives, residents of the tiny community of Kashunak in the Yukon River delta, were swept into the Boring Sea Dec. 26 when a huge ice cake broke loose from the shore while they were hunting seals with two cOmpan- ions.
 Father O'Connor said the men returned to shore in two kayaks, but the trio, hoping to rescue the dogs and equipment, returned to the cake later. They were envel- oped in a quickly-rising fog.
 Four days later the dogs were heard bowling on the pack, the mission leader said, but the heavy fog denied possible rescue efforts.
 Natives, mindful of reports that other hunters in similar straits had survived by killing their dogs for food held out hope for several weeks. The passage of more than a month, however, has eliminated that chance, father O'Cononr said.
 Wives and dependents of the three men total 13 of the less than 200 population last reported for the village.