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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-05-21
PROGRESSIvES FORM
ORGANIZATION I'M
YELL 0WST0NE COUNTY

Progressive democratic leaders OF
Yellowstone county met at the home
Of Mrs. Anna Clavadetscher last week.
The committee, headed by Guy Kno-
BILE, has been formed to write slate
of progressive candidates for the Mon
tana legislature.
Tentative candidates are Ishmael
(Babe) Yost, Billings farmer, Charles
Banderob, Worden, member of Mon
tana Farmers Union board; Mrs. Art
Lavelle, Billings, and Dr. Myron Trip,
professor of history and economics at
Eastern Montana Normal school,
Among others to be invited to run
are Andrew Sutton, attorney; Con Kel-
leher, insurance agent, and A. E. Kerr,
all of Billings. A meeting is slated
for next week at Laurel for the pur-
pose of interviewing prospective can
didates from that community.
Also reported as considering filing
for the legislature on the Democratic
ticket are Fred Penwell, Jess Roybal,
Glen Cormier, Tony Healow, Guy
Knoble DR. William |. King and Muir
ray Mcbride.
Editors Note: See page two for
RECORDS of Yellowstone
delegation to Goth Legislature. Also,
note that two of that delegation were
co-authors of the SALES TAX legis
lation that was killed by the House.
Those two were Reps. Gebhardt and
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-05-21
ERICKSON TAKES ISSUE WITH VOICE HEADLINE
WESTERN MONTANA TIMBER is NOT
0vER-CUT, RESEARCH SHOWS

On the front page of the issue o.
May 18th of The Peoples Voice you
carried an article headed Montana
Timber Being Cut at Terrific Rate
USES Reports.
The story deals with the volume OF
national forest timber cut in the first
quarter of 194S as compared with the
amount of national forest timber cut
in the first quarter of 1947. The story
was prepared by the publicity depart
ment of the Forest Service at Mis-
soula. The impression left by the
headline is that there is great over
cutting of national forest timber in
the region which includes western
Montana.
There is a lot of timber being cut
in the national forest but the cutting
has not yet reached the allowable
sustained yield cut in the region. The
article doesn't break down the cut ac-
cording to forests so it is difficult to
make a complete analysis of the stu
alton.
The allowable annual cut in the
Kootenai National Forest according
TO the Forest Service is 6S,000,000
feet The annual cut in 1947 was 49,,
100000 feet The permissible cut in
the Flathead was 60,000,0OO feet and
the actual cut in 1947 was 57,2390O0
feet, also according to the Forest
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-05-21

Service. | do not have the figures or
the Nez Perez or the Kaniksu.
NEED FOR MORE CUTTING
The big problem in the Montana
national forests has been to get a
sufficient cut to bring that cut UP
to the sustained yield capacity There
| is overcutting in much of the west
coast area but our forests here have
ldeteriorated to a large extent because
OF underwriting. Timber, like grain,
should be cut at its maturity. When
1T becomes Overmature it deteriorates
and deteriorates rapidly. Overage
timber is inferior in quality and can
not be harvested profitably except in
periods of high prices and big demand.
The forests of Montana would have
been improved if there had been some
overcutting in this period of high
prices to clean up average tracts and
tracts made up largely of inferior
species.
FOREST SERVICE AT FAULT !.
Lack of roads in some instances
was contributing cause to the failure
to cut to the degree that would have
been desirable. Largely responsible
for the failure to remove average
timber rested with the refusal of the
Forest Service to sell timber to oper-
ators other than the J. Neils Lumber
Company in the Kootenai
| write this letter because the head
ing to the article leaves the impress
sion that the national forests in Mon
tana are being overcut and drastic
action is necessary to save it. Under
the law, of course, the Forest Service
cannot sell timber in excess of the
sustained yield carrying capacity of
the forest as figured on a long term
basis.
The Peoples Voice has effectively
brought to the attention of the people
the evils of monopoly agreements and
know that it is not your intention
TO inadvertently aid the proponents
Of monopoly agreements by suggest
ing that the forests are being de-
Dleted. Sincerely yours,
LEFT ERICKSON.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-05-21
Small Business Is Foundation
OF Democracy, Sen. Murray
Tells Lumbermen

Eureka. May IS. - Sen James E
Murray, speaking before the Western
Montana Lumbermen's association
here, declared himself in favor of the
small sawmill operator and the small
business man.
Following former state supreme
court Judge Left Erickson's eXplana-
ton of the proposed cooperative
agreement between the forest service
and the J. Neils Lumber Co. of Libby,
Senator Murray said the small OPP
orator, if given chance, can carry
on numbering operations as efficiently
as the large operator"
Small operators are the foundation
of democracy They must be prot
tected or there won't be any small
business" he told the group of about
400 persons, representing the 50-Odd
mills Of north Lincoln county, who
assembled in the Lincoln county high
school auditorium. Half of these
people declared themselves to be asso-
ciated with small mill operations in
this area.
Speaking of congress work in or
ganizing war industries in order that
the small operators might participate
profitably, he said eve must pre-
serve the small towns and communi-
ties and not allow the small bust
nesses and operators to be showed to
the wall"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-05-21
Montand's Great
Progressive
Defeat The Mundt Bill! j..

attempt to "legalize fascism"
The un-American committee has
boosted that it can pass the bill quick
ly and with very little opposition.
Action is required Immediately on
the part of all union members and
every other person in the community.
Adopt resolutions against the bill at
local meetings; get your municipal
land state officers and legislative
bodies to protest the bill and to mem
orialize congress to beat down this
bill. Get other organizations and
prominent citizens in the community
into action against these proposals.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-05-21
CHILDREN'S CRUSADE
DIRECTORS NAMED

Butte-A five-man central commit
tee in charge of the Montana Crusade
for Children fund drive was announc-
ed by state headquarters Sunday.
Committee members include: Syl-
vester Graham, Billings, CLIO regional
director: James D. Graham, Helena
president Montana Federation of Lab
or Elizabeth Ireland, Helena, Supt.
of Public Instruction; Alex Warden
general manager Great Falls Tribune:
and Mrs. Dallas J. Reed, Missoula
Montana PTA Congress president.
Chancellor George A. Selke of the
greater university system, is chair
man of the drive.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-05-21
CLINIC FOR CRIPPLED
CHILDREN

Dr. Robert E. Mattison, director OF
the division of services for crippled
children of the Montana board of
health, recently announced that elm
les for the treatment of crippled chill
dren will be held in several key cities
of the state again this spring.
Clinics will be held in fourteen cen
tiers SO that children from every part
of the state can receive the benefits
of the clinics.
Clinic for the Helena area will be
held June at the Shodair Hospital,
and will be for those residing in JEFF
ferson, Broadwater and Lewis & Clark
counties.
Clinic for Powell, Granite, Silver
Bow, Deer Lodge, Madison and Beav-
erhead counties will be held in Butte
at the st. James Hospital May %
and 80.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-05-21
LEGAL NOTICES
office of State Auditor
STATE OF MONTANA
Insurance Department
CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE
AND AUTHORIZATION

Whereas, The National Casualty
Company
Has filed in this department sworn
statement of it's condition on December
81, 1917 in accordance with the provi-
sions of the Revised Codes of Montana,
1885, relating to insurance organiza-
tions; and whereas, said statement
shows that said insurance organization
has complied with the laws of this
State:
THEREFORE,, in pursuance of law,
I, JOHN J. HOLMES, State Auditor and
Commissioner of Insurance, do hereby
certify that the above named insurance
organization is authorized to transact
the business of Casualty insurance in
this State until the thirty-first day of
March, 1919
[ further certify that their statement
shows that on December 81, 1947, the
actual amount of Capital-U. S. Deposit
to be $1,50000000; the aggregate In
come for the year 1947 $10,S27, S44.24;'
the aggregate Disbursements for the
year 1917 $9,335, 179.72; the aggregate
Assets are $1l,122,074.94; the aggregate
Liabilities, except Capital, are $6,501,-
779.15; the Surplus over all liabilities
is $3,12O, 295.79; the Surplus as regards
policyholders is $4,620,295.79.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, | have
hereunto subscribed my name and af-
fixed my official seal, at the State
Capitol in the City of Helena, this LIST
day of April, 194S.
JOHN j. HOLMES State Auditor
and Commissioner of Insurance.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-05-21
ANGERED RAIL MEN
SWING TO WALLACE
Truman's Strikebreaking Is
Behind Switch
BY United Press

Oakland, Calif-Twenty members
of two lodges of the Brotherhood OF
Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen
changed their party registration from
Democrat to Independent Progressive
party May II. A spokesman said it
was a protest against Truman's
handling of the rail strike
Richard Stansberry, Oakland, fin
anciaI secretary of Lodge $40, said
Henry Wallace, IPP candidate for
President, was "the only man who
backed us up"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-05-21

Said Murray. Il think we will work
this problem out in favor of the in
terests of the small operator The
forests belong to the people, and we
must conserve wealth for the whole
people, not for the large corpora
tiOns."
The senator. declaring he is utter
~ against mOI0p ~ took Butte as
an example Of a ,wn that has not
Jared as well under one large oper-
ator as it did when several smaller
operators worked the mines.
Monopoly Agreement
Erickson, the 1916 Democratic sen
atorial candidate, said the proposed
pact is nothing but a monopoly
agreement" According to Erickson,
if the plan goes through, 1.-The forest
service may be required to pay j.
Niels for taking the timber" Under
the agreement, he stated, there would
be no pine left for the small opera
tors, and declared "the forest is as
obligated to stabilize the small opera
tor as it is the large operator"
In respect to the effect the plan
would have on Libby, which the forest
service plans to stabilize by the agree
ment, Erickson noted that "for Libby
this plan means not stability, but
Rep. Mike Mansfield who is also
opposing the plan, was unable to at
tend the meeting. Forest service rep
who were invited also
failed to appear--Great Falls Tribune
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-05-21
Congressional
(Continucd from Page Onel

resolution to direct the holding of
congressional hearings in Montana
and the northwest to examine into the
Forest Service policy and administra-
ton with respect to the sale of public
timber and with respect to these pro-
posed agreements"
Senator Murray assured the direc-
tors of the association that he would
take the matter up with the other
members of the congressional delega-
ton from Montana and would secure
immediate introduction of a resolu-
ton to secure the investigation.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-05-21
By DAVID SCRIBNER, UE-CIO

By DAVID SCRlBNER, UE-CIO
One hundred and forty-two years
ago workers who joined union and
asked for higher wages were found
guilty of a criminal combination and
conspiracy to raise wages
The manufacturers of that period
said that unions were conspiracies
"subversive to the best interests of
the country"
The recently introduced Mundt con-
troll bill, written by the un-American
committee and brain-trusted by Big
Business, will, if passed, try to bring
us back to the days when it was a
crime to belong to union.
In addition, any aggressive efforts
by the American people through their
unions or their social, religious and
political organizations to raise their
living standards may become crimes
under this proposed law.
1t is significant that the bill was
introduced at the very time that UE |
and other unions were in the midst
of their campaign for substantial
wage increase.
The Mundt control bill states that
the following are methods used by
the world Communist movement to
achieve their aims of ''totalitarian
NOTE THESE PROVISIONS
(a) The disruption of trade and
(b) The melting of economic, So
cial and racial strife and conflict;
Co The dissemination of propagan-
d. calculated to undermine estab
Iished government and institutions. {
The Interpretation made by the I'M :
gives us a preview of how this bill
will be applied If the bill is passed,
The following may be outlawed:
Strikes for wage increases or
other economic demands.
Membership in an effective, pro-
gressive union.
Campaigns agains discrimination s
IN account of race color, creed or ma $
ional origin and campaigns for an
effective FEPC. {
Criticism of the administration /
II monopolies on domestic issues such :
is initiation, cost of living, etc, or on I
oreign issues such as Palestine, =
spain, China etc. o
o Independent political &C n :
which the administration and Repub- n
lean party forces may consider ad- 9
-erse to their interests. "a
These are only a few of the posi- I
lie consequences in this gag bill. t
COULD BE LOST 4
Any persons who engage in such 7
may under the bill, be pun i
shed by a $4,000 fine or imprison :
nent up to 10 years, or both, and lose h
heir citizenship whether they are ma e
i've or foreign-born. d
The bill has been properly called an
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-05-21

Service. I do not have the figures on
the Nez Perez or the Kaniksu.
NEED FOR MORE CUTTING
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-03-12
Seeing Eye-w,o Unit

worked for Vice President Rich
ard GosSer is decorating the
panel delivery body line, 3rd
floor, As Bldg. He is an inspec-
tor for Dept. 325.
Owen Cusino, who formerly
presided as steward on the End
shift, Dept. 172 decided he would
like to call on his many friends
in the evenings with his wife and
transferred to the first shift.
Owen, will be missed on the End
shift, where he did a fine job.
He was cooperative in safety
measures.
Billy, the sister in Department
%, 4th floor, 10 Bldg who
works on panels of station
wagons told me to say that. No.
692 sends fraternal greetings to
her many friends throughout the
plant.
Mail Order is perking up with
its straight traffic lines through
out the many buildings. What
could be better, a new building
to house all their activities.
Congratulations to r C h r d
GoSser, Chas. Ballard and Mel
vim Schultz who are members of
our unit for a fine job we'll done.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-03-12
TWU Wins In
South Vote

S T o N E w A L L, Miss,
(LPA) - The Textile Workers
.CIO won a spectacular vic
tory over Stonewall Mills here
last week, TWUA's first collec-
tive bargaining election victory
in Mississippi.
In NLRB ballot TWUA-CIO
got 261 votes to 100 for the AFL,
and Is void or challenged ballots
Only about half of the eligible
workers participated because OF
the company's refusal to furnish
NLRB with an up-to-date pay
roll.
The NLRB was refused per-
mission by Stonewall Mills to
hold its election in the company
town. So workers had to troop
over a field flooded by a seven
day rain to cast their votes for
The union.
Robert Stanes, CIO director in
Miss, and Paul Schuler, TWUA
regional director, said that the
victory resulted from the leader
ship of a group of ex-GIs who
work in the mill. They are ma
tive boys who lost while in the.
army the. fear that had been In
stilled into the workers OF this
semi-slave company town.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-03-12
Eastern Unions
FIGHT New Laws

Trade unions in Massachusetts
and Maine are fighting anti
labor measures in their own
backyards as we'll as participat-
ing in the nationwide drive for
the repeal of the Taft-Hartley
law.
An employers association has
had a bill introduced into the
Massachusetts legislature which
would amend the yellow dog
contract" law to put unions
seeking union security contracts
on the same footing as employ
ers refusing to hire union labor.
1t would make it unlawful to
compel a person to acquire
union membership to retain his
job.
Another bill would require a
speciaIly-convened union meet
ing to call a strike and regis
tration of the strike vote with
the state Labor Department.
In Maine, anti-laborites, after
getting closed S III op ban.
through the state legislature
last year, failed to put on the
books a more drastic measure
which prohibits all forms of
union security.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-03-12
AirVay Unit

BY Herm Bick

The Red Cross has their money
drive. The Newsboys have their
Big Drive Here's ours:
Just ashes for the parking lot
TO fill up those holes, or should
we say gorges, also those who
burn Oil could donate their ex-
cess carbon so we can give il
that black top effect, then we
wont have to worry about get
ting stuck. Please be generous
and our aim can be accomplished.
We have a vegetarian at the
shop, Dick Armitage. He just
loves his celery. Is that what
the doctor ordered?
Wanted-by Bobbie OrWig,
One shoulder to cry on. Since his
buddy has been sick there is no
one to sympathize with him.
A swell time was had at the
Unit P PARTY, with everybody
bringing their appetites with
them. Those of you who couldn't
come sure missed out on the
fun. Our thanks and apprecia-
ton is extended to the commit
tee on their splendid work.
It seems as if some people
took it upon themselves to let
guests at our party know they
were not welcome because they
didn't work at the Air-Way.
What about it Danny?
Why is it some people are al
ways telling others to 60 on a
job whenever they are asked to
go. Are you Oscars new Super
visor Angie? Don't burn up the
Floor with your supposed super
vision.
Who is the handsome fellow
seen with Freida H. Perhaps he
knows she will soon be Miss not
Mrs.
Do you girls in Dept. IA know
Homer VanKrik belongs to the
Knot Hole Gang?
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-03-12
Governor Names
Conservation
Month. Arbor Doy

Governor Thomas j. Herbert
this week issued a proclamation
naming April as Conservation
Month in Ohio, the week of
April 19 to % as Conservation
Week in Ohio Schools, and Fri
day, April %, as Arbor and
Bird Day.
Tn annual observance OF Con-
servation Month tends to remind
the citizens of the importance of
the soil, water, forests, minerals
and wildlife in preserving our
principles of free enterprise and
democracy through program
of conservation education in our
schools and community activities
througout the state, sponsored
jointly by the State Department
of Education and the Ohio Divi-
sion of Conservation in coopera-
ton with state and community
and organizations.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-03-12
Toledo Stamping
Notes
By Barbara Kohler

Clara Verify is strutting her
stuff these days. Match. After
all, she is grandma of a big
bouncing baby boy.
We all send our best wishes
for a speedy recovery to Mary
Jazwieski who is i'll in the hos
pital.
Stella Tucholski had a big
houseWarming party and is now
living in a new home.
Airline Care is staying home
taking care of her husband, who
is i'll.
Have you noticed the gal on
the brazer with that streamlined
figure? Nice, eh? That's Bonnie.
We are glad to see Helen
Pugh and Anna Rybka back on
their Old jobs after a siege OF
illness.
The Press Dept. bowling team
is now in first place in the shop
league, boosting the Boosters to
the rear.
Rumors in the Press Dept. are
that Anna r. doesn't fit her
glasses because her glasses don't
fit her.
Ethel Weaver is back bowling.
She Just returned from a visit in
Florida with her father.
Ann Ernst and her bowling
mates will bowl in a tournament
in Detroit.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-03-12
Spicer News
By RAY SONIAIERS

For some time now I have
been noticing the attitude OF
peole in each department toward
their Steward.
To be gin with, does the
Steward in your department
have the respect of everyone, or
are most Stewards just elected
in order to have someone for
the people to just kick arouno
like a football?
This is a serious condition that
we do have in the shop. Some
men are trying their utmost to
do a good job as Steward, even
recognizing the fact that he can't
please everyone involved.
At times people bring per-
sonalities into the picture when
these things should absolutely be
left out.
No Steward, no matter how
efficient, can please everyone.
There is bound to be beef
somewhere.
However, the main point in
volved is whether or not the
people in each department realize
this fact.
ANY Steward that works hard
as his job, who attends all Union
meetings, and spends much OF
own time on your problem
should not be just a football for
some people.
Actually men who call them
selves good Union people are
continually finding fault.
Let's all get together and
pledge ourselves to do one thing
support our Stewards whom
we believe are trying to do their
best one hundred per cent.
Bill Wengs, Dept. SGD second
trick Just had a new edition to
his family. A 10 pound baby boy.
Congratulations Bill and Bea.
Dick Slowinski tells me he
fixes houses as a hobby. Dick
works on second trick now in
the Salvage Dept.
Did any of you read Fritz
Kulti's fine article in the Blade
Daily Forum? His subject was
brotherhood week, Really good.
John Nation was elected Presi-
dent of the Ohio Credit Union
League. Many know John as our
Secretary Treasurer h ere at.
Spicers.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-03-12

NEW YORK (LPA) - The
Textile Workers-CIO are asking
a general wage boost of 20c-an-
hour plus 5c-an-hour to adjust
present wage inequities for 35,-
900 workers in the rug and car
pet industry. Present contract
expires May 81. Other demands
include company.paid insurance
coverage and three weeks vaca-
ton for workers after 10 years.
The union research department
estimated industry business for
1947 at $350,O00,O00.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-03-12

Congratulations are in order
for Dean Jones and wife who
celebrated their 25th wedding
anniversary Saturday, March g.
A large crowd attended and
every one had a fine time in
spite of the rain and snow. This
couple do not look bit older to-
day than they did ten years ago.
To bad more members did not
attend Friday nights Unit meet
ing. When we have nomination
for our unit officers for the COM
ing year we should have a pack
ed meeting.
Tn new moving pitcure ma
chine was initiated by showing
pictures after the meeting. This
machine was bought because OF
its educational value for oum
members.
It has taken a long time for
the reactionaries in Columbus to
flaut their national colors, but
they sure went the whole way
this time. All you have to see
is to look at Ohio's 1948 license
plates.
Have you registered yet so as
to be able to vote either at the
primaries in May or next No
vember. If not you should go
to the Board of Elections, 217
Superior ST., next to Esquire
Theatre. Do it this week.
Art Biglow who form erly
worked in the Conservation De-
partment and carried a Mill
wright badge now is working in
Department 1876, 3rd floor, As
Bldg He claims he wanted to
be able to fatten his bank ac-
count by using a gun welder.
After watching him we have
come to the conclusion he is do
ing fine job on our panel de-
livery bodies.
Guy Micham, Repair man De-
partment 462 is laid up with a
bad back. We hope it is not
serious as we miss that smiling
countenance.
Harry Byers big shot in De-
partment 342 is getting ready to
jump off his pedestal of single
life. Yep, he is going to get
married to Grover Schlenk's sis
ter. We are wondering if she
took advantage of leap year.
Charlie Gross who formerly