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The Nome nugget., 1947-11-24
Prices Skyrocket; Canadians Protest Import Cuts
tBY Robert Bunnelle)

OTTAWA, (P) - Protest from consumers and producers alike continued to swamp Canadian of ficials today in the wake of the governments decision to ease an American dollar shortage by cut ting imports.
 Prices of goods have scared rocketing as high as $500 in the case of some motor cars-as a re- suit of the governments "auster- ity" program announced last week, restricting imports ranging from automobiles and jewelry to fresh fruits.
 The government hopes to save upwards of $3OO,OOO,OO0 on for eign exchange and make the na- tional economy more nearly self contained.
 Meanwhile manufacturers, inn porters and consumers sought ap- pointments to present their cases to government officials as effects of the new curbs were felt throughout the Dominion. Tn Vancouver union officials warned that restrictions on inn ports of fresh fruit and vegetables from the U. s. might create 'bad situation" in British Columbia mines and logging camps this win ter.
 In Toronto there was a run on
The Nome nugget., 1947-11-24
Girl Scout News

Wilma Stephenson. Troop Scribe
 The Girl Scouts decided against having a Thanksgiving party in favor of having a Christmas party. We are going to plan it next We'd nesday.
 We are going to have a treasure hunt after Christmas and are post poning an ice skating party until spring.
 We have five groups working on merit badges. We are almost done.
 We learned several new gahes this meeting that we will demon strate next Wednesday.
The Nome nugget., 1947-11-24
Seattle May Still Celebrate 'sCOld Rush" Days

SEATTLE, (P)-A new organi- zation has stepped forward as a possible sponsor for a proposed 1948 civic fiesta in observance of the 50th anniversary of the Alaska gold rush.
 Mayor William F. Devin an- nounced that the Washingtonians, Inc, expressing astonishment that the golden jubilee proposal might be dropped, volunteered to take it over with the support of other civic groups.
 "I shall confer with a commit tee from the Washingtonians, and if they definitely want to go ahead, shall authorize them to do so," the mayor said. "It seems too bad to sidetrack the project"
 The mayor reported earlier this week that the project seemed doomed for the sidetrack after the chairman of celebration commit tee reported business leaders felt it was impractical to make drive for required S26O,OOO promotion fund,
 A strong appeal for the celebra- ton also came from Alaska. The mayor received letter from edi- tor-publisher William L. Baker of the Ketchikan Chronicle pointing out the benefits of such an ob- servance. He said Ketchikan busi- nessmen would gladly cooperate with Seattle in the venture.
The Nome nugget., 1947-11-24
fruits and vegetables.

fruits and vegetables.
 Along the Canadian border po- lice reported seizure of banned goods from returning Canadian visitors to the U. s. Canadians are permitted to spend up to $150 a year in the States, but can't bring home toys, typewriters, cigarettes, radios, electric razors or many other items included in the ban.
Evening star., 1947-12-04
Hacker in Fatal Crash
Gets Year After Court
Reverses AcquitaI

A District cab driver, acquitted six
months ago on a manslaughter
charge growing out OF fatal traffic
accident in Prince Georges County,
was sentenced to IL months In the
Maryland House of Correction after
reversal of the decision by the
Prince Georges County Circuit Court
yesterday.
He is John E. Robb, 29 colored,
1900 block of Evarts street NE.
The reversal was ordered yester-
day at Upper Marlboro by Judge
Charles c. Marbury after a rehear-
ing of the case.
Before permitting the trial, re-
suit of appeals by both the prose-
cution and defense counsel, Judge
Marbury again ruled that considera-
ton of the case did not constitute
double jeopardy" He cited Mary
land law permitting appeals by
either side after verdict of a trial
magistrate, the same ruling he
quoted Monday in a similar appeal
trial.
1t was testified that the Annap-
oils bound cab driven by Robb
struck another car after failing to
make a curve on the Defense high
way. The accident resulted in the
death of Lewis Carter, 80, colored,
1908 v street NV, a passenger in
the cab.
Evening star., 1947-12-04
Cur|ey Seeking Amnesty
For GI Minor Offenders
By the kssociofed Press

BOSTON, Dec. 4.-Mayor James
M. Curley has undertaken a cam
paign designed to obtain amnesty
for American servicemen imprisoned
for minor offenses.
On his release last week from the
Federal prison at Danbury, Conn,
where he served five months of a
six-to-18 months sentence for mail
fraud, the 73-year-old Democratic
political leader said such prisoners
should be pardoned.
He appealed to President Truman
last night to grant general amnesty
In time for Christmas to men serving
sentences for understandable and
trivial misdemeanors." Copies OF the
letter were sent to every member
Of COnRreSS
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1947-11-21
WE, the People
BACK IN PRINT.
Revised

For it's November selection, Book
Find Club has chosen WE, THE PEG
PIE by Leo Huberman. Surprising
ly, this forthcoming selection comes in
the category of history. But it is a
new kind of history! Ignoring the
usual fanfare of famous names, great
battles, and national heroes, Huber
man takes as his dramatic personae
the millions of plain, garden-variety
citizens who work the farms, man the
factories, run the cities-who, in fact,
LIVE the history.
The book is written in a fast-mov-
ing, hard-hitting, words-of-one-syllable
style, deceptively simple. 1t is not for
scholars or researchers. Huberman
writes about the people and he writes
for the people. Consequently, the
reader finds himself effortlessly alb
sorbing material generally regarded as
dry" The scope and vigor of Huber
mans presentation is such that adult
Americans (notoriously unschooled in
American history!) can thoroughly en-
joy this much-needed refresher in the
economic and political development of
their nation.
Originally published by Harpers in
1882, WE, THE PEOPLE has been
revised by the author and brought up
to date to the present postwar era.
One of the most interesting additions
is particularly cool-headed discus
sion of the effect of the New Deal on
our economic and social scene. The
book is being reissued by the pub
fishers concommitant with it's distri-
button to Book Find members. For
copies write Book Find Club, 4O1
New York IS, N. Y.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1947-11-21

tnat the majors were against this tax,
but all five independents were for the
tax and we assured the Montana Auto
mobile Association of the full support
of the oil fraternity, which was given
and this tax became law. The major
Oil company representatives kept out
OF the picture entirely as they were
warned against unfavorable publicity
IL they tried to interfere, because we
independent oil men figured more
good roads, more gasoline, more sale
from crude oil and more comfort for
the people of Montana would be the
result. Sam GOA steered this bill
through the legislature and it became
law, which made possible the oiled
roads we now have.
1t is certainty that we can't have
good secondary roads without revenue
from some source and this source
should be the people who get the most
benefit from them, therefore, we
should have a gasoline tax on every
gallon of gasoline sold in the state of
Montana, which should be equally dis
tributed throughout the state. We do
know this has not been done, but still
II we had the right kind of highway
commission it could be done and Mon
tana would be the outstanding road
state of the union taking into consider
alton its large area.
Sincerely yours,
E. B. COOLIDGE.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1947-11-21
AL UNIONS HELP SPEED
Pre- FAB HOUSES

Chicago - FTP - An arrangement
streamlining the construction of pre-
fabricated houses has been reached
here with the signing of 2-year con-
tract between LustrOn Corp. and three
ALL building trades unions.
The contract gave exclusive bar
gaining rights both for construction
of the pre-fab houses and erection at
the site to the United Bro. of Car
penters, the init. Bro. of Electrical
Workers and the United Assn. of Jour
neymen & Apprentices of the Plumb
ing e Pipefitting Industry.
The agreement reduced the number
of crafts involved in site erection from
the usual dozen or SO to three, and
the unions officers undertook to avoid
jurisdictional disputes.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1947-11-21
Housing Costs l D.
Continued from Page One)

tOsphere above even the illegal black
and other foods are keeping it com
pany in the ethereal zone, home prices
are precisely $3.50 more inflated at
this time than our costly food
The national figures show that hous-
ing prices have far outstripped every
other major item in the cost of living.
Latest BIS figures reveal that food
prices are $3.50 over pre-war (1935-39
average), clothing is 500 up, and
intellectually has risen only 24%,
compared with whacking 1870 for
housing.
While the average house over the
nation as whole costs $11,735 today
and the average buyer will still be
meeting monthly notes on it for years
in the future, when both prices and in
comes will have dropped considerably,
there still is no sign of anything con-
crete to correct the situation
Conservative Republicans and the
real estate interests generally have
condemned the rather weak Taft-El-
lenderWagner housing bill as social
istic," and the Truman administration
is more than reluctant to clamp a cell
ing on the industry in this prediction
year.
What to do about it? Simple Get
registered and then swing
that ballot as though it were meat
axe on every reactionary up for public
office next fall.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1947-11-21
Wheat Kings Patriotism Is
Questioned By Reader

Wheat King Tom CampbelPs hold
ing back of 100000 bushels of sorely
needed wheat apparently for specula-
tive purposes-and $3.50 or more per
bushel - whether hungry Americans
and Europeans eat or not, has aroused
the ire of reader A. w. Rice of Joliet.
Mr.. Rice's justifiable criticism of sucl
tactics and his opinions regarding cor
poration farming, follow:
There has been news IN our papers
the past few days that bring back
memories of old.
along back in the reign of Cal &
Herb IS or 20 years ago. We could
read in the Billings Gazette where
Tom Campbell of Hardin, Mont, the
wheat king of the world told the
people in New York, Boston, Philadel-
phia, Washington or some other big
metropolis that he could raise wheat
on his Hardin, Montana ranch and
make a substantial profit for 40c per
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1947-11-21
"Hardrock"' Coolidge Opposes Refunds. !.

We cry about good roads but no
money to build them or repair them.
This would be a source of revenue that
would certainly help out the secondary
road situation.
/ do not think | am qualified to
express an opinion on the controversy
between Ford and the State Auditor,
but do think there should be some
special revenue set aside for second
airy roads which would help the farmer
more than anyone else, but of course,
he would put up the most money. If
this were done, we would soon have
the best highway system per area of
any state in the union
Pays Tribute To GOA
While l have read many articles
claiming certain individuals to be the
fathers of good roads in Montana, |
know that Sam Coca, as
president of AAA, was the one man
directly responsible. He appeared be-
fore the Rocky Mountain Oil and Gas
Association in 1926 to get the oil
mems support of this tax. Our by
avs required five independents and
our majors and it was soon evident
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1947-11-21

Great Falls, Mont, Nov. Is, 1947
Mr.. II. S. Bruce
The Peoples Voice
Helena, Montana
Dear friend Cap:
In your issue of October 31st, I
note an article stating that my good
friend John Holmes, state auditor, is
on the spot if he obeys the law Per-
sonally, | think the law is all wrong
as there should be no exemptions of
gasoline tax, in spite of the fact that
|, as an oil producer drill wells with
gasoline and use an immense amount
on wildcat wells for which we receive
q refund. My contention is that there
should be no refund on any gasoline
as there is too much chance for fraud
and misrepresentation and the tax
should be paid by every wholesaler
in the state. All gasoline taxes from
farmers, oil men and other users who
use gasoline for other than highway
purposes, should be put in a special
fund and used only for secondary
roads to help out the farmer, stock
men, oil men and the people living off
the main highways.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1947-11-21

I bushel. The idea of course was to
sell the people of the cities the idea
of corporation farming and have them
believe if the corporation did the
farming their living costs would be
much less and to work them up to the
idea of favoring liquidating most of
the small farmers.
This past May, LIFE Magazine told
us that 2/3 of the farmers should be
done away with and more encourage
ment be given to corporation farming,
and that the LIFE could name cor
porations that were making a sub
stantial profit on Coo per bushel of
wheat.
Now behold here comes this same
Tom Campbell the wheat king of
Hardin, Montana and gets much pub
licity the past few days by saying he
is holding 100000 bushels of wheat for
$3.50 per bushel and practically asks
the rest of the big corporations to do
likewise and we will ring the dough
out of Mr.. and Mrs. Consumer.
81 wonder how well Mr.. and Mrs
Consumer would fare in eats or work
ing conditions if these corporations
controlled all the farms.
II don't suppose the editor of the
Billings Gazette or their smearer of
the man who gets out and does honest
labor, Westbrook Pegler, will
indulge in any comments on the cheap
food Mr.. Campbell is providing the
poor depressed public. | don't sup
pose Mr.. Luce in his LIFE magazine |
will let the cat out of the bag, or
Mr.. Graham Patterson will talk it over
in Pew's Pathfinder nor DO | look |
,or the Baptist preacher of Engel-
wood, Colo. to mention the incident in
lis smearing hate sheet (Harvey
5pringer's Western Voice" of anti
semitic, anti-labor nfamy)-Respect-
ully yours, A. w. RICE, Joliet, Mont.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1947-11-21
By o. M. THOMSON,
Willernie, Mimi.

Do we need third party? No, we
need a second party. We have only
one nova dual-headed Siamese twins
directed by single head-Wan Street
The only difference in the alleged
two parties is that one has the nurs-
ing bottle and the other is trying to
get it. The bottle and its contents are
supplied by the same parent = Big
Business.
Both parties are in the same bunk
together. There ought to be a sign
over the head of the bed reading
Repo-Demo Party-take, NO choice.
They are as alike as two polecats
and I apologize to those Compare
tively) nice kittens. The odor they
give off makes the scent of the skunk
smell like the ambroisia delux of the
hanging gardens of Babylon.
International cartelism, with its
head in Wall Street and it's tentacles
extending to the ends of the earth,
own them both, boots, bag and bag
gage.
The sole objective of the political
leadership of this country is feather
bed" jobs in exchange for which it |
strives to maintain the status quo
ante. No social or economic change
is contemplated
The world, under the impact of evo-
lutionary land revolutionary progress
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1947-11-21
Nation Needs Second, Not Third Party

goes on and on but the Repo-Demo
Party stands pat, pats itself on the
back and slaps smear-word libels on
all persons who refuse to sneeze when
it takes snuff
We hear much about eligible voters
not voting. Well, why should they
vote, with only Truman or Taft, or
Dewey or Stassen to pick from ?
What's the difference between twiddle
and tweedle? One is the other turned
around.
Both parties stand for yesterday and
the day before, make campaign goo
goo-eyes at Main st. and understand
ing winks at Wall Street. Wall Street
understands the winks and contributes
to both campaign funds. Whichever
one is elected forgets Main Street and
takes orders from Wall Street.
People are getting weary of going
to the polls and saying Heads we
loose, tails Wall Street wins" They
are losing interest in choosing one of
two pigs to become the hog in the
trough.
We-the masses of common people
the bearers of the worlds burdens
and sorrows, the fighters of the
worlds wars and the payers of the |
worlds debts (and its taxes added to |
our grocery bills) = must dig down |
through the heaps of double-meaning |
weasel words, the honey-bedraped |
phrases, the sound and fury of one |
thief yelling stop at another thief, |
down to solid mot mere sound) |
on which to build a peo-
pies crusade, common mans re-
and effect fundamental
social and economic change.
And we can do it.
If organized labor = just ORGAN
lied labor, if organized farmers-just
LITTLE farmers, if prog
'essives-with a little p, if 1eftists"
Eyes, we've got to get left of center,
'or center is not even neutraD, if
liberals, if organized white-collar
if pinched and protesting
consumers, if "in the same boat"
under-the-skin, if what-nots
ind what-have-yous, if all VINO want
! new deck, not just a re-deal from
he bottom of the same old marked
leck-if all these, or the leadership of '
hese. will quit chasing each other S
through the chapparral with black l
acks, stabbing each other in the back Z
With stilettos and kicking each other /
n the face with hobnailed boots-if a
ust these will get together and go q
ll-out and vote as one we can get
What we want in our time at the bal [
)t-box instead of on the battlefield
+ lose it all in concentration camps
But to do this we must, for the time t
eing, put aside our pet blue-prints, ~
etter-perfect cut-and-dried plans" and g
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1947-11-21

"hows" and concentrate, consolidate
and cooperate on the one big what"
we ALL want-and must have if we
are to become free.
What should we care whether we
get it through the front door, the
back door or side window? And
this is certain, it is not coming down
the chimney like Santa Claus.
No amount of ritualistic recitations
of nice-sounding slogans of quartering
split-hair ideals, of searching for
notes in other eyes and fist-shaking
and finger-pointing at each other is
going to get us anywhere = except
deeper in the muck and mire.
We've got to reform our lines, re-
direct our tactics if we are ever to
see the sun of a new day rising over
the hill-tops. And we CAN do it.
With multi-grouped, one-purposed,
solid phalanxed leadership spearhead-
ing the way the unorganized, frus-
trated, undecided, hesitating and halt
ing millions of timid souls who are
waiting to be led will see a real hope
ahead and help land a solar-plexus on
the fast emerging faci-naziism that is
upon us.
And all this is not as easy as is
sounds, but it can be done. And
we've got to do it or we will land
in a slavery that will make the past
and the present look like the Prom
ised Land.
And remember that most or us are
followers, even tail-end trailers. It's
fatal to say the people ought to do
The people" are not
eaders. They are followers. They
WILL follow if somebody will lead
way that looks like it leads to some
where not just around and around.
But they want to follow leaders who
LEAD, not those who say '.me too
When Wall Street says me.
And keep this in mind: if we all
land in slavery there'lI be nobody to
blame but the split, divided and sub
divided leaders who seek only to
hang onto their separate little Jobs
and making living off their fellow
slaves.
And remember the fable of the man
Tho had seven sons. He took seven
ticks and bounds them together and
1t each son try to break the bundle.
hey couldn't Then he united the
undle and let them try it one stick
t a time. They easily broke them
H.
There's a lesson in that old story.
cts learn it.
Let's have a SECOND party
If that be treason to the treachery
lat besets us, make the most of it,
Oh Underhanded Un-American Insti-
ators.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1947-11-21
CAL LABOR TO REBEL
AGAINST TIL

San Francisco-FP-Th first state
wide defiance of Taft-Hartley political
curbs was planned by the California
AFL as it voted a special assessment
to finance a drive to defeat antilabor
congressman and reapportion the state
senate to curb Associated Farmer in
fluence
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1947-11-21
"Not a Bit Too Radical"

November il, 1947
The Peoples Voice
Dear Sir: Enclosed please find M.
o. for $500 to renew my subscription.
[ like your paper, it is not a bit too
radical for me. Yours truly-E. M.
KEOWN, Moiese, Mont
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1947-06-14
ARREST z FOR
LIQUOR SALE

Florence Jones %. 9546 Him
do md Henry CLAY Thomas 43
1901 " Warren were afraigned
last Saturday before Judge O
T. Idc on charges Of violating
the state liquor laws.
They were arrested on June 6
bv squad of men undo, SGT
LaUanco johnson OF the wee
squad
pauolman George llalge req
ported that he went 10 $40 w
Warn en- a hotel on a complaint
that liquor was being sold with
out license lie SAID he rang
che b.ll on tho office door and
ed Miss Jones II CLAY was
around He said she said No.
he just stepped cut Nargc told
her he wanted 70 buy some
.whskcv and She said % | can
lc YOU have some What Ga you
want The officer paid So toi
"a pint of Calvclts Three min
uteS later Patrolpan Richard
Swanson and Sgt Lawrence
Johnson placed Miss Jones UNI
der arrest. Thomas arrived and
told them the hotel was his
and that he had no knowledge
that any liquor was being sold
from the place He was placed
under arrest
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1947-06-14
No Lyncher
Convicted
In 1905

80 convicted hncher has ~
Cr been sentenced 81 death. and
70 percent of lynChinEs have
conc unpunlshed, according 90
figures gathered rv Tuskcces
Institute and reported hy the
Associated Press
Although ynchingS have de-
creased greatly since 1922, their
number is still significant. Tus-
kegcc estimates that 1873 per
sons have been lynehed in the
U S. since 1900.
Only 81 convictions have been
obimned by state and federal Of
iIcIals. s. IN Southern States
A majority az the lvnchincS
took place In The South
The acquusl n rs confessed
lNnch n'ob members in Green
willie S. G. has revived sgl-
tstion for federal snti-lvnchinE
legislation, which can be ex-
pected 20 be opposed BY bit
ter-end fihbuster q Southern
Senators
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1947-06-14
EIkS Hold
2Oth State
Conference

More than 1000 Michigan Elks
are participating IN tho state
conference OF the lBPOEW
which Is beng held al the
Heart OF Dcroit lodge building
300 Mack, Thursday through
SUNDAY
The conference IS in ceicbra-
ton az the 20h annivcgsmy OF
the state organization y is pre-
sided over bN Brazil J Bryant
state president and an officer
of the Grand Lodge
Mrs Grace BRYAN heads the
conference of women auXlhd-
rieS held at the same time. Host
and hostess lodec arc Heart ot
Detroit and Florence AmeS Tenn
pie.
Women'S headquarters ave at
Shiloh Baptist church. Benton
and Bcaubicn
A total OF II lodges and Is
temples are represented The
conference is featured bv an
oratorlcal contest parade. a
floor show and cabaret party,
clccuon OF officers, and grand
ball.