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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1947-02-20
WESTERN UNION EMPLOYEES
FIGHT COMPANY'S
ECONOMY PROGRAM"

Washington. Feb 18-The Wes-
tern Union Division of the Com
mercial Telegraphers' Union (AFL)
has launched a campaign to fore
stall Western Union Telegraph Com
pany's entirely unjustified" efforts
To close or reduce service at a large
number of its offices where company
officials contend that profits are rot
sufficient to justify present opera
tions. CTU president j. A. Payne
announced today.
Western Union, in line with It's
so-called economy program is ask
ING the Federal Communication
Commission for permission to close
or drastically curtail service at hun
dreds of small Offices" Payne said.
con behalf of the public as well
as Western Unions $1,000 employ
ees, we intend to protect this com
pany proposal as unnecessary and
detrimental to the public interest
The CTU's case will be presented
by its general counsel, Frank Bloom
at hearings to be held by the FEC
beginning February 18th.
In addition, the CTU, by mean.
Of advertisements in areas likely
10 be affected by the Western I'm
ion retrenchment program, is ask
ing the general public to. interes'
itself in. the FEC hearings
1.-THE Western Union, as public
utility which has been given a ma
tional monopoly in its field, shoul
be made to look at the question
service and profits from an owe
all standpoint" Payne said. ''Jus
because it is not making as muc
money as il thinks 1t should at on
particular office does not mean thu
ii should be allowed to close tn
office sur marilv and leave the Pc.
nle of that vicinity without vii
telegraph service of an adequai
rature."
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1947-02-20
KOOTENAI VALLEY GRANGE
MET FRIDAY, FEB.

The Kootenai Valley Grange met
in regular session February 7, with
Master S. Kyle Beebe, presiding.
Plans were made for stunt night
March 30. and a card party to be
held April IL. Master Beebe ap-
pointed the following committees
Youth, Mrs. Kappa Rice, Mrs. Kyle
Beebe and Mrs. E. M. Slauson; Agri-
culture, Lloyd Maise, E. M. Slauson
and Harold Barenz.
A program was presented dur
ing the lecture hour by the lady
members of the Grange, featuring
a pageant, THE Homemaker at the
Wheel" depicting the qualities that
make up a desirable home. A read
ing BY Ruth Sheldon, dumb Dora
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1947-02-20
NO INCREASE IN
SUGAR SUPPLY

Helena-W.P)-Fre A. Adams,
Regional OPA Sugar Executive, has
warned that changing the value Of
ration stamps from five to ten
pounds of sugar does not mean that
consumers will get twice as much
sugaI
1T simply means that in order
to make the present supply of sugar
stamrs last longer, the rest of the
years supply will be available 10
ounds at a time instead of five,
he explained.
He pointed out that housewives
will be given no canning stamps
this year, but will have to save
their canning sugar cut of the
stamps validated during 1947.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1947-02-20

Thursday: Rep. w. d. Kemmis
noticed bill requiring examina-
tions for drivers licenses, and the
House highways committee intro
duced a bill setting up the Mon
tana Traffic Safety council.
The House gave final passage to
II bills, among them those which
would give county employees a half
holiday on Saturday and allow
county supervisors to raise the pay
of deputy county officers.
The House passed and sent to
the senate bills: Declaring vi Day
holiday; allowing county super
vJsors to levy an additional four
mill tax for county poor fnuds, and
authorizing a $4,000 deficiency APP
propriation for the State Adjutant-
Generals office.
Friday: Eleven bills were given
final House passage. Most lmpor-
tant among them was the measure
allocating S4,262,861 for postwar
construction at state Institutions
The proposal introduced by Reps.
E. A. Blenkner, R., Columbus; Dry
4 Armstrong. R., Kalispell. and Tom
Stout. D., Lewistown, carried an
amendment that new construction
provided would not begin before
Jan. l, 1948.
Other bills given final House ap-
prevail would: Empower cities to
set up free public Libraries and
levy taxes to maintain them, and
free some 30 small telephone com
oanies from gross income taxes.
Senate committee of the whole
approval was voted the bill re-
questing the national congress to
strengthen preventative measures a
gainst of-and-mouth disease.
Consideration of the Model Ar
son Law was passed in the upper
hamber after Sen w. r. Kelley,
H. Deer Lodge objected to a pro-
visor penalizing persons for burn
ing their own property.
The senate also adopted favor
able committee report on a bill
Increasing to six cents the mileage
for county and state officers using
their own cars for official business.
Saturday. The House fought off
three attempts to amend the bill
increasing the States Hunting and
Fishing License fees-which would
raise the cost of a resident big game
license to So; the charge for bird
and fishing license to So, and set up
a combination license for Sand
approved the measure in committee
of the whole; returned to the APP
preparations committee a bill which
would increase to $40 a month pay
ments to those with silicosis; took
off third reading a bill that would
allow 100000 in the next biennium
for national advertising of Mon
tana.
Introduced in the House were
bills that would: Double the fee and
require examinations for Drivers
Licenses; ask a constitutional amend
ment to limit the governor to two
terms of office
Among bills noticed in the House
were those which would: Call for
constitutional amendment provid-
ing for recall of public officers; hike
10 $50 a month total payment to the
aged and blind, and allot SIS, 900
for salaries and expenses of legis-
lators and attaches.
Given final passage in the House
was a bill which would provide for
predatory animal control from pro-
ceeds raised by a head tax on sheep,
and a memorial which would call
on the National Congress to re-
oeem Immediately terminal leave
Fay bonds given veterans.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1947-02-20
EPISCOPAL GUILD
MET FEBRUARY IL

St. Luke's Episcopal Guild met
Thursday evening, February Is with
Mrs. Ellsworth Rice at the R. c.
Rice home. Mrs. Joe McCallum was
D hostess After the business meet
the members continued their
ud5 of"St. Pauls Life and Letters.
The hcstesses served delicious re-
ssha cnts to nine members.
Evening star., 1947-12-11
Cold War Recruits

The disclosure that such unwarlike char
acters as "The Nebbs" and "Reglar Fellers"
have been drawn into the cold war should
convince the last skeptic that this struggle
between the free societies and the totali-
tarians Is pretty grim business.
There was a time when wars were fought
by professional soldiers. The average
citizen knew little about them and prob
ably cared less. Even in World War II,
when the line between the battle front
and the home front was largely wiped out,
such inoffensive figures as Gluyas Will
liams' rotund suburbanites were only re-
motely touched by the conflict. But not
so with the cold war. 1t has overrun and
engulfed them, and they stand now on the
firing line.
This has come about through an under
standable effort by the Daily Worker,
Communist Party newspaper, to gain cir
culation. The downtrodden masses were
not reading it, and something had to be
done. So the editors contracted with the
Bell Syndicate to use such comic strips as
"The Nebbs," "Reg'lar Fellers" and the
Gluyas Williams feature. Mr.. Williams,
who seems to be something of a fifth
column in reverse, is content, for he senses
an opportunity to strike few blows for
the American way of life, suburban model,
Evening star., 1947-12-11
Republican Substitute

The so-called Republican substitute for
the Presidents anti-inflation program has
been well named. For 1t is a substitute
in the second-choice sense, in the sense
that 1t Is less competent and less de-
pendable than the original.
It would extend export controls for
year and authorize the administration to
regulate some transport facilities. BY
boosting gold reserve requirements OF
Federal Reserve Banks, it makes gesture
toward tightening up on credit. Finally,
and most interestingly, it sets out what
seems to be real effort to achieve stabll-
ity through voluntary industrial agree
ments, with respect to which the anti
trust laws would be suspended. These
agreements would cover the ALLEGATION
and inventory control of key commodities,
the regulation of speculative trading on
the commodity exchanges, and the market
ing of livestock and poultry at weights
rejecting the most efficient use OF grain.
This is something that cannot be
brushed aside as of no consequence. 1t
will put to the test the claims of those
opponents of Government control who
claim that, given the chance, they can
do the Job better and more painlessly by
voluntary methods. There is at least
possibility that something worthwhile will
be achieved
But there is not much ground for opti-
nism and the Republican strategists indi-
cate that they are not any too hopeful
when they emphasize that this is special
session program, thereby leaving the door
open for more comprehensive action at
thesregular session.
Nobody wants to go back to rationing
or price control. But the fact Is that
crop failure or meat shortage of the di-
mensions which have been forecast for
this spring would leave us little choice in
the matter. The Republicans know this
as we'll as any one, and this probably is
why they have sent their substitute pro-
gram running out onto the field with men
tai reservations that cannot be concealed
and which will be widely shared.
Evening star., 1947-12-11

in the inner temple Of communism. The
creators Of "The Nebbs" and "Reglar
Fellers," on the other hand, are protesting,
and Gene Byrnes, who draws "Reg'lar
Fellers," has threatened to fill his strip
with ti-Communist propaganda. The
Daily Worker is standing on its contract
rights.
It is difficult to forecast the outcome of
this battle of the comics. Perhaps our
comic warriors will be able to capture some
of the Daily Workers readers. Or it may
be that the readers, once exposed to the
comics, will say: If this is America, Stain
must be right. But the reasonable sus-
picion is that the Communist bid for
bourgeois comics Is a confession of weak
ness rather than sign of strength. When
the editors of the Worker fall back on
Jimmy Dugan and Fatso to attract readers,
they do more than admit that the party
line is wearing thin. They also concede,
implicitly at least, that there is something
good about that evil of evils-the capital
istic press. .
Evening star., 1947-12-11
Eye-Bunk Anniversary

At the end of it's second year of opera
ton, the progress report of New Yorks
Eye-Bank for Sight Restoration makes
good reading. The bank deals in Giving"
eyes, the corneas of which can be trans
planted, by delicate operation to per-
sons suffering from glaucoma and certain
other eye conditions The bank so far has
accepted 900 eyes from the public, accord
ing to the report, and 80 per cent OF them
already are transplanted. The rest, un-
suitable for transplanting, have been used
in research
Meanwhile, affiliated hospitals are re-
ported to have increased in number to
$50, while subsidiary eye-banks have been
established In Boston and New Orleans.
This business of willing" an eye to save
some one from blindness-this passing on,
in death, of the gift of light-makes a
bold appeal to the Imagination. 1t is
form of nfe-after-death which the coldest
skeptic can apprehend. Small wonder that
the idea is catching hold; that hospitals
are sending in more and more eyes, do
mated by dying patients, and that the
demand for these eyes grows daily as in
formation on the new technique brings
hope to those In the dark.
Much, of course, remains to be done.
In Washington for example, the Episcopal
Eye. Ear and Throat Hospital is affiliated
with the eye-bank in New York and has
made several contributions. No eye-bank,
however, has been started here Given
the present demand, it may be that we
do not need one. But this obviously is an
institution in which the demand will in
crease in proportion to the spread of in
formation, to the development of improved
operating techniques and to the avail
ability of the precious material needed in
the work. 1t is an institution which
should spread, as well as grow.
Evening star., 1947-12-11
The Greek Labor Law

GreeceS new antlStr1ke legislation Is
drastic in the extreme. Under it, violators
will expose themselves to penalties ranging
up to and including death-a development
likely to repel many Americans as evidence
that the Athens government has embraced
a ruthless, antidemocratic policy of slave
labor" But though there is reason to be
very wary of the step, allowance must be
made for the fact that unless the sternest
measures are adopted the minority Com
munists, through guerrilla warfare and
economic disruption, may succeed in
destroying the country.
In a situation as desperate as theirs,
the Greeks cannot afford to deal gently
with the traitors in their midst. Those
traitors-the Communists doing their
best to betray their native land, to end its
independence, and to convert it into q
puppet existing only to promote the Krem-
Inns imperialistic designs on the Eastern
Mediterranean and the strategically crucial
Middle East. With the active support of
Yugoslavia. Bulgaria and Albania-three
OF Moscows most servile Satellites-they
have taken up arms against their country.
In addition, by means of strikes, threat
ened strikes and other civil disorders, they
are sparing no stratagem to paralyze
Greece's effort to recover with American
help.
AS President Truman reported to
Congress not long ago, the first essential
for the Greeks is to establish internal
order and security. Until that is done,
our aid can do little or nothing to restore
them to economic health and stable
political freedom. Thus, for example, as
long as the Communists are able to stage
guerrilla raids or tie labor in knots, re-
placements of wrecked bridges or railroad
equipment-vital to economic recovery
will be of dubious value. Before they have
a chance to do any good, they will be the
targets of the Kremlin- serving saboteurs.
That is why the prime need in Greece
today Is to put down subversive action Of
every descriptions fact that makes it
doubly disturbing to hear some informed
Evening star., 1947-12-11

Government. I understand that such quarters
serve ample meals.
The problem of Germany, so far as food is
concerned, is not really one of starvation Per-
haps it may not be strictly problem OF hunger,
for the human stomach can adapt itself re-
markaby so far as conscious sensations are con-
cerned. The problem, rather, is one OF MANU-
triton. On this point there can be no debate,
unless person is prepared to challenge the
most firmly believed nutritional principles held
by the scientific world Now malnutrition need
not result in death, at least not right away and
quite possibly not in way to make the doctor
write starvation" as the cause. Malnutrition is
an insidious condition. whose evils are cumula-
tive, leading to various maladies-tuberculosis
for example. malnourished person is like
house that is not kept in repair; wind that
would leave other houses unharmed might cave
IN its walls or carry off its roof. Likewise, the
winds of disease and epidemic that may leave
well-nourished persons unharmed will almost
certainly cave in the walls of resistance of NAL
nourished individuals.
Now, lack of upkeep on house may not
be noticeable instantly to person hurrying by.
The same is true of an individual who is mall
nourished. Never was the old saying more
true, that appearances may be deceiving. But
1t would be tragedy If the deception led to
reduction in relief. F. N1CHOL.
Evening star., 1947-12-11
A Good Friend of Wushinqton

1t is too bad that Representative Hebert
Of Louisiana Is resigning from the House
District Committee He has been valuable
member because of the consistently helpful
part he played in working for the best
interests Of this city.
In service on the committee Of about
seven years he sponsored much local legis-
lation and took leading part in writing
1t into law. His bill to broaden the Com
missioners' powers of regulation, which he
correctly regarded as one method of dimin-
ishing the volume Of routine matters sent
to Congress- became one of the important
local statutes enacted in recent years. He
initiated a series Of bills affecting penal
and welfare matters in Washington and
the forceful efforts he made in behalf OF
the law for medical treatment of alcoholics
as substitute for repetitious Jail SEN
tences should produce beneficial results
for years to come under wise adnninistra-
ton. He directed local police lnvestiga-
tion that was marked by its fairness and
constructive results.
In letter he has written to Commits
sioner Young, Mr.. Hebert speaks of the fact
that he has benefited from service on the
District Committee in a manner that
would have been impossible without the
knowledge thus gained of his Nations
Capital. Were 1t not for his appointment
to another committee he would remain.
This is the attitude toward District Com
mittee service which has developed SO
many fine friends of the Washington COM
munity in Congress who are working to
make it better city and a finer Capital
Though leaving the committee Mr. Hebert's
knowledge Of municipal affairs and his
continued interest will remain helpful.
Evening star., 1947-12-11
Crusade to Persuade the Kremlin

TO the Editor Of The Star:
Thank you for your editorial concerning the
cause Of the 270 Russian women and women
In Soviet-dominated countries who are not
permitted by the Soviet government to join
their American and British husbands. It is
quite right that the Department of State calls
the Soviet attitude "incomprehensble." But
tnlnK 1t Is not enough to send. diplomatic
notes and to write fine editorials.
The case OF these 270 women their American
ana British husbands and their children.
aHects all OF us. Not only the fate of some
hundred individuals is at stake The question
is whether in our day government is per-
mltted to deny men and women the elementary
right to live as they are entitled to i've The
Russian government did not prevent their
citizens from marrying foreigners. 1t, however.
Is preventing them now from Joining their
husbands. This same government took part in
The Nuremberg trial of the NaA criminals for
their crimes against humanity Public opinion
all over the world has approved this trial and
the sentence. But has public opinion already
become SO hypocritical as to overlook crimes
against humanity when the victims are only
a few and the cuiprit is government rep.
resented in the United Nations?
The Soviet government tries constantly to
CONVINCE tne world that its system Is superior
to that of the "reactionary" western democ-
racies, and there still are people, here and
abroad, who have words OF excuse for what
the soviets are doing. But can even the most
fanatic Communist or the most innocent fellow
traveller f1nd any just excuse for what the
Soviets are doing In this case?
The fate Of these women, men and children
concerns everybody who adheres to the prin-
ciple Of freedom Of the individual Everybody.
therefore, should raise his voice to help these
people. We cannot stand aside and leave it to
the diplomats to exchange votes We should
act! Churches, religious and civic organiza-
tlons, women's clubs, ETC., should hold public
meetings In all parts of this country to tell
the people what liberty means here and what
1t means in the Soviet Union and to make
1t clear that membership in the United Nations
involves the obligation to adhere to the elemen-
tary rights Of man. Perhaps, the voice of
public opinion will convince the masters of
the Kremlin. JOHANN CAsPARI
Assistant Professor at Howard University.
Department Of German.
Evening star., 1947-12-11
Burricude

Noto IN un11easurdbls silent pride hts bro,Dn
hands night-coper the children;
Pulling the gray blankets close to the curps
OF their 1ptnter-brtght cheeks; &
And breath blotos frost until zoe close the
door, &.
Turning to this ,oaym and shdde-d -dratDn
room. -
There Is, herein, the cause JoY great and
unbounded thdnksgtutng- e
For Uood heaped high: g
For apples IN the btn;
These thoughts not spoken:
/ lope you. 1t Is Ddrn1 beside you. ! am
glad your eyes are bropn;
This night OF peace ptthtn these pdus-
Brief barricade. s=.
yIRaH BERNHARDTs~z
Evening star., 1947-12-11

Americans suggest that the Athens gov
eminent, with an army of 125 900, has been
lackadaisical and woefully deficient in
fighting the guerrillas, who number about
$4,000.
In an atmosphere Of this kind, the ex-
ceptionally severe nature of the Greek
antistrike legislation is not altogether sur
prising. Although our American mission
has had nothing to do with it and is re-
ported to consider it unwise, and although
the Athens press has commented strongly
against it, it is an extreme measure de-
signed by crisis-ridden men to cope with
a gravely pressing situation. Presumably
its death-penalty feature is aimed solely
at the reasonable native Reds Like all
laws of the Sort of course, 1t is open to
dangerous abuse, but there seems good
ground for the belief that the government
OF Greece, with the free world looking on,
be disposed to use It's new power to prevent
the redress of legitimate grievances.
At any rate, the official Greek attitude
is that some such power is sorely needed.
In Premier Sophoulis' words, "The fight
in the mountains is enough. We cannot
afford to fight the Communists on two
fronts"-the economic as well as the mill
tary. Certainly, with its life at stake,
independent Greece has the right to en-
ploy every just means-no matter how
stern-to save itself. The new labor law
Is not devoid of justification in the critical
circumstances that have brought 1t forth.