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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1948-03-04
"A Powerful
Force Rallies
To The Fight
By Charles D. Rowe

In the weller Of confusion and
sometimes Encouragement that Is
so prevalent today, now and then
a bit of good news appears IN the
press concerning the fight free men
are waging everywhere against
Comnunistic totalitarianism d
slavery.
Sundays newspapers told OF a
powerful force that IS increasing us
efforts against this worldwide des-
potism. An item in the press quoteoi
from the American Federation OF
Labors monthly Survey, IN Wnnlch
the Labor publication tells oil d
Worldwide fight organized LABOR Is
taking UP against communism.
"As Soviet pressures m o V G
toward a climax in Europe, the Am
erican Federation Of Labor IS more
than ever aware Of the grave issues
involved" says the A. F. l.. puoh-
II continues with the statement
that cold war is on against our
democratic way of life with us
guarantees of individual rights and
human freedoms, and then con-
tinues with
las the Soviet imperialistic pur-
poses have unfolded in these post,
war years, workers in all parts OF
the world have been aroused to It's
true meaning for them, although
many were at first confused BY
Soviet propaganda and misuse OF
the word democracy.
The Labor item further states
that there have been strong groups
among Labors ranks that have
recognized this danger from the be-
ginning. Alarmed now by the prog
Tess the Soviets are making, these
Labor forces in many countries are
coming forward in struggle to
protect their freedoms against the
common enemy. The A F. L. calls
attention to the danger here with
these words:
Our ultimate danger here IN
America is as great as that Of free
workers anywhere else. Moscow has
its trained fifth column agents
working in the Americas as IN
Europe and Asia, and IS training
more quislings to replace or rein
force the present leaders.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1948-03-04
HUMOR, PATHOS AND
HISTORY IN BRO. VAN

The publishers of The Western
News have recently received a DOCK
which will be of interest to all
leaders who are interested IN good
literature. and will be especially IN
+eresting to all Montanans and those
interested in early day Montana
The book Is a biography OF BRO
Van " the Rev. William Wesley van
OTedel pioneer Methodist minister
in the early days Of Montana. II
&c written by Alison Jesse Smith,
md published by the Abingdon
Coteburv Press of Nashville, Tenn:
@Rro. Van" is a gripping tale Of
tho Montana which satisfied the ad-
venturous spirit OF many young
hIade during the '70s, '80s and at
4be turn of the century" The
e TO- If a Methodist preacher, which
many might expect to be Some" ma !
Drosaic. the Look IS filled WIN
bumor. pathos and interesting MS
torical facts and stories.
This writer picked the book up al
the close of firing days WORK
taxing also the dailies, The Satur-
dav Evening Post and faVorite
outdoor magazine. 1t was with lhe
intention Of giving the dallles a
Quick once over and Bro. Van. an
Zen quicker inspection before
turning to more interesting reading
for the evening that the book was
picked up. The heading OF the llrst
cbapter was of mild interest, draw
inc the attention to the first page.
The reading of Page One called Tor
~ reading of Page Two and the
rafher late close of the evening
came with The Post and outdoors
magazines lying untouched on a
convenient table
Many Western News Readers
knew Bro Van in person, ana 10
those who never more than heard
If him. it is a delightfully."- interest
ing manner in which to make an
ac0uaintance of one Of the truly
ereat men of the Old Days in Mon
lana There is not dull page IN
the entire book. It IS of interest tc
know that Sunday, March IA, which
will be Bro. Vans Tooth birtho7aS
anniversary, Methodist churches
tbronghout the state will observe
the d3y in memory of the old mis-
sionary and preacher.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1948-03-04

avowed purpose of overthrowing
the government.
And the next greatest phenom-
anon is that there are deluded Am
ericans who are willing to follow
The writer concluded with the
Statement We can't remain COM
nIacent as to what Russia is at
tempting to do 10 this country.
wee got 10 wake up and 60 to
work 10 save ourselves"
Another little item along the
same line was by William c. Bull
lit one-tine ambassador to France.
He was explaining why he had gone
direct 10 President Roosevelt as
World War II was getting under
wsv and had bypassed Cordell
Hull. secretary of state. The reason
he gave was because highly secret
information had been leaking out
Of the department of state and that
If was believed other nations had
broken" our department of state
secret code
And how about today? A con-
gressional committee disclosed last
Fridav that its Investigations had
disclosed "a high policy-making Of
ficials Of questionable loyalty in the
state department Read the follow
ing and then wonder if it isn't in
deed time for US to wake up ano
90 10 work to save ourselves" Say.
tn, late item.
Some reports of the investiga.
ton resemble spy tale. High Of
ficials were disclosed as revealing
White House secrets to the Soviet
embassy. Soviet espionage experts
we're hired by the department upor
! the recommendation of pro-Com-
munists already installed in key
posts.
Isn't it, indeed, time for America
u wake UP?
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1948-03-04
American Bible Society. today.

American Bible Society, today.
The Bible has wlthstood the ages
as no other book has ever withstood
them for the simple reason that 1t
has contributed so much in human
experience. It's contents are better
known in the English-speaklng
world than any other great or
classic work in literature. 1t is i'm
pOrtant not as a great piece of writ
ing, but because it has meant SO
much to so many people.
There are millions of homes
where a week never passes without
one or more periods of Bible read
ing; there are millions of people
listening to preachers read the
/ Scriptures, every Sunday; more
millions of children crowd into
Christian Sunday schools all over
the world. to hear them read there
Here in America, more Bibles
are being produced and distributed
than were produced or distributed
in any year prior to the war. There
are more people reading the Bible
in more places than ever read 1t be
fore, according to our statistics.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1948-03-04
1IRBY STUDENT AT STEPHENS
COTIEGE HEARS RUBINSTEIN

Columbia, Mo, Feb. rs - MISS
Patricia Ann Cairns of Libby, Mon,
lana was one of more than 100
Stephens College students here VINO
attended a concert last weekend In
81 Louis. Mo, featuring Arthur
Rubinstein, pianist, with the 81
Louis Symphony Orchestra.
The St. Louis visit was the second
in the annual series OF student trips
70 attend cultural and educational
nrograms. under the sponsorship of
The humanities division of the
Miss Cairns, a senior student at
Stephens, is the coordinating board
Chairman in her residence, Windsor
Hall, and is a member of the indie
nendents association. She is the
daughter of DR. and Mrs. James M
Cairns. 90l California Ave, Libby.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1948-03-04

The report states that today
American Labor is answering the
call from millions Of workers IN
many lands who are fighting to
save and rebuild their democratic
organizations. Our representatives
are working from three centers
helping with food, friendship, IN
formation and union supplies, It
says ,.
The Labor article says this work
is under way in 40 nations and one
can gather from this that it IS
stIpendously powerful force Tor
GOOD in this tremendously import
ant battle of today. Our center IN
/ Brussels" says Labor, works with
representative of 100000 union
/ ISIS in 90 European countries and
/ has been effective in clearing up
confusion caused by misleading an
+ ti-American propaganda Of the
/ Soviet union. In France more than
/ 0O0 200 workers have broken away
/ from the Communist leadership ana
/ set I'M a free union movement"
/ There are several reasons why
this news is so highly encouraging.
/ One of the most effective means by
! WnlCn the OOiuiilO4lI9t9 i'N
power in foreign lands has been
| through the penetration and taxing
over of the labor movements IN
those nations. Now evidently free
/ Labor men throughout the world
are taking up the challenge to 6attle
and are throwing their forces
against the enemy in his strong,
holds. That should exert powerful
influence in the outcome of this
contest. :.
Another reason why TINS news IS
encouraging is because france
Italy and Greece are the points
where the Communists are expected
tn make their next heaviest attacks.
! In all those countries they have APP
narentlv gained powerful support,
much Of it in the ranks of labor. II
This attack by the free Labor men
If the world can break up that
Communistic support it Will nave
performed a mighty service to"aIu
maintaining human freedoms
Here's another statement that
should set Americans to thinking.
Saws IN. B." in the Sunday Spokes-
The greatest political pheenom7,
enon in the history Of the United
States is that Henry Wallace, an eX-
vice president of the nation Is run
Ming for President with the support
iof the Communist party, Wnnlch Is
directed from Moscow WIN tle
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1948-03-04
SURPRISE BRIDAL
COUPLE SATURDAY

Mr. and Mrs. Glen Boothman
we're rendered a surprise party at
the home of Mrs. Brad the evening
of February q by between 80 and
40 friends.
a good time was enjoyed by all.
The bridal couple, who were mar
ried in Missoula February IA were
recipients of many nice gifts: Mrs.
Boothman was the former Violet
Mast
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1948-03-04
MORE PEOPLE ARE
READING THE BIBLE

Folks who should know better
sometimes tell US that the Bible is
the worlds best-selling book, and
the least read-that it is the Book
nobody knows How wrong they
are, declared Dr. Frederick w.
CrOpp, General Secretary of the
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1948-03-04

Upon graduation from the Air
Forces Cadet Pilot Training, an
Aviation Cadet is commissioned as
a I'd Lieutenant, Air Reserve, and
assigned to pilot duty with the Air
Force
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1948-03-04

Rocks are the true Jewellers; They
DoV ~ ali who will faithfully use
g sbono y the society, the spiritual pres
e e,r9ia Of the best and greatest Of our
race. w T Charming
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1948-03-04

TRY western News Classifieds.
Tbav work while you sleep.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-05-08
Frank talk

T N the kind of talk usual
Il ly confined behind closed
Wall st. doors, the magazine
Business Week currently de-
scribes Economic Consequences
of Third World War"
. "a national service sys-
tenn would have to be tied in
with the draft of soldiers the
government would decide who
works, who fights"
. Strikes would be outlawed
and Indictment to strike treated
as treason.
. Civil rights would take
an awful beating. All sorts of
ordinarily innocent activities
would become suspect"
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-05-08
BY RALPH lizard

CTRIKERS pacing the
Opicketline curse "the
meat trust" Housewives pay
ing 80 cents a pound for
round steak mutter about the
trust. Farmers, who sell their
hogs in the tightly-controlled
packers market d a m n the
trust along with the raisers
of beef and sheep.
What is this trust?
The big Four'-Swift, Ar
mour, Wilson and Cudahy =
maintain the fiction that they are
Independent and competing COM
panies. But for all purposes of
buying, selling and hiring Ia
Dor, they constitute as tight a
monopoly as is to be found in our
monopolized country.
TEN SUITS were filed against
this trust in 1912, in seven diff
ferent American cities. These
alleged various combinations in
the purchase and sale of meat
and packinghouse by-products.
In nearly all of them, Swift and
Armour were the dominating fac
tors, setting purchase prices in
the hog and sheep markets, di-
viding daily purchases on a So
SO basis, and debating consumer
price policies. Depending on the
market, Wilson or Cudahy also
were factors in such purchasing
practices.
One of the four allegations of
criminal conspiracy by the trust
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-05-08

And whatever became of that
packers promise that after the
OPA was done in there would be
meat aplentY. and at lower
prices? That. too. was forgotten,
once price control was dead.
None of the criminal conspir-
acy charges filed against the
meat trust during the Roosevelt
administration has been followed
through to victory for the people.
Two of the suits were dismissed
by the courts. Another two were
lost. Six are still pending, after
six years.
THERE have been legal at
tempts to compel the meat trust
to practice the free enterprise it
breaches for some so years. All
of them have come to nothing.
Even now another Chicago grand
jury is being presented with in
formations in proof of the gil
gantic conspiracy by the meat
trust.
clearinghouse workers suffer
from the third control practiced
by monopolies to guarantee high
prices-low wages. They have
challenged the very barons of
American industrial and finance
capital in striking against the
meat trust. The Big Four's AZ
directors are financial kingpins.
They sit on the boards of 48 9TH
er industrial corporations, %
banks and financial institutions,
10 railroads and anyways, five
giant public utilities.
Yet the packinghouse workers
are not alone on their picketlines
across the nation. With them
march all those American fami-
lies from farm and city whom the
meat trust has defrauded and
robbed.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-05-08
Danger sign

N NOE you begin support
" ing the war program,
you're liable to wind up any
where and that includes
support for jim crow.
That's the charge that nation
al CLIO leaders are now facing
especially those who are on
record for Eisenhower. When
you take Eisenhower, you also
take his policy for discrimina-
ton in the armed forces.
This week, the issue was
brought into sharpest focus by
the refusal of a group of Negro
leaders to form a "racia1 advis-
DRY committee" for the military.
Said Lester Granger of the
National Urban League: Our
group is concerned with elimi-
nation of segregation. not with
its perpetuation."
They emerged from confer
ences with Army Seer tary
Kenneth Royal and declared he
had "a brickwall attitude" on
the subject of discrimination.
Consequences are these: the
serious weakening of the fight
of the Negro people and labor
unless top drawer labor people
repudiate Eisenhower, Truman
and the Republicans on Jim
crow.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-05-08
Souvenirs

Get KE" Eisenhower is no
l. longer brass hat, they
say, having been mustered out
last Sunday in a touching fare
well to the service"
Like many another GIL, "Ike"
took a few things with him
but not the set of fatigues that
we brought home to wear while
washing the car on Sunday NOR
nings.
Eisenhower was retired with
three lifetime army aides-a
major, corporal and a WAC
plus $4,000 a year retirement
pay.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-05-08
PEAKING of cor

CPEAKING of cops, the
- Detroit police are fast
with abor-baiting, but equally
flatfooted in crime detection.
They have now run to the
end of many fruitless clues in
the shotgun wounding of UAW
Pres. Walter P. Reuther. A
number Of reputable labor men
have been smeared by the po-
lice and the newspapers but all
suspects have been released.
The cops pursued this line of
questioning on labor men: who
do you think would have bene-
fitted most if Reuther had been
killed." hoping to pin a motive
on the opposition in the UAW.
They stopped cold when former
JAW Board Member Percy
Llewellyn answered:
The man who would benefit
most is Sec.-Treas. Emil Marcy
who is next in line under the
JAW constitution"
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-05-08
Blank check

EFF Banks has got the
j F.B.I. crossed up - but
good.
Last week, jeff, a Houston,
Texas mail man, was to be
fingerprinted for the loyalty"
check required of government
employees.
But Jeff has handled so many
pieces of mail, he has no
fingerprints left!
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-05-08
Education

IRON Detroit also, we
i learn of a new develop
ment in the "educationa1' sys-
tenn which will be brought to
Chicago only over our collec-
tive dead bodies.
Teachers there are being told
to manhandle children on the
basis that "the teacher stands
in the place of the parent dur
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-05-08

ing school hours" and is author
lied to administer whippings.
Said DR.. Eugene B. Elliott,
state superintendent of public
instruction: THE flat of the
hand applied to the soft. round
part of the child's body often
does much good"
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-05-08
Cops, Cops

eeNOU now, this town is half
cops"
That was comment we
picked up last Saturday-un-
derstandable enough, coming as
it did from a packinghouse
worker.
Eight weeks on the picket
line, he got the blues looking
at bluecoats. Then Saturday, he
came down to the May Day
parade.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-05-08

control didn't halt the looming
profits of the packers, who had
their own men on duty in Wash
ington, boring legal 1oopholes in
the OPA regulations.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-05-08
E3a333}5&0.
STAR

Is owned and published WEEKLY
by The Chicago Star Publishing
Co., Inc, 166 West Washington
Street. Chicago 2. Ill. Phone
Randolph $3.50.
Cable address: Chistar
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-05-08
WHAT THE MEAT TRUST?
The story behind the greatest pork berreT

in the Chicago sheep market said
that the defendants tArmour.
Swift and Wilson in this easel
suppress competitive trading in
the Chicago livestock market :"
This is done through pre-ar-
ranged division of the total re-
ceipts of live sheep in the Chi
cago stockyards each day. The
order in which the packers buy
is determined by the toss of
coin.
OTHER SUITS cite the same
kind of practices III the purchase
of sheep and hogs in other pack
ing centers and live stockyards.
But Chicago remains the domi-
nant market in purchase price
control.
Hog prices, paid in Chicago,
says one information alleging
criminal conspiracy, &c. have
had the effect, as intended by
the defendants, of depressing,
stabilizing, pegglng to the Chi
cago livestock market and
fixing prices paid by the de-
PENDANT meat packers at the
direct buying points, of suppress
ing competition ;" among the
packers in the hog market.
This furnishes one of the three
key controls necessary to mon
opoly-control of the source of
supply. In other words, Ameri-
can ranchers and farmers who
raise the hogs, sheep and beef
cattle for American dinner ia
bles are completely at the mercy
of the packing trust.
HOW about the second sector
of the meat monopoly's three
point control-prices to the con-
sumner? Well, take Easter hams
as an example Of packers price
control.
In setting these prices the
packers use the American Meat
Institute, according to the GRIM
inal conspiracy charges filed by
the Department OF Justice. AL
though this austerely- titled Gin
stitute" speaks for all packing
firms, its voice is the voice of
Swift, Armour, Wilson and Cuda-
by.
AMI signs all packers on the
dotted line of an agreement bind
ing them to sell Easter hams at
certain set price, determined by
the Institute. This has the net
effect of restricting the indlvid-
ual liberty of trade of each of
said wholesalers and retailers, of
increasing prices paid to meat
packers" and of guaranteeing
packers profits. In less legal
language, it guarantees big prof
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-05-08

Frank M. Davis Executive Editor
Carl Hirsch Managing Editor
william Sennett General Manager
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-05-08

its for the packers.
THAT such practices do pay
huge profits is shown by the ac-
companying chart. Even price
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-05-08
SUBSCRIPTION RATES

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Postal regulations require that
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request from the person to whom
the subscription is directed.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-01-22
Other Guests

Alderman John Howard Beall was
also a guest of the Club. Alderman
L, P. Johnson and o. w Thompson
were unable to be present and AL
derman-Rotarians Will d. Wilson
and 0. L. Ellison were present.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-01-22
Cord OF Thunks

We wish to thank each and every
one for the kindness and love shown
our beloved late Mrs. William Rueff,
Tchula, Mississippi, and for the beau
tiful flowers and cards at the time of
her death.
Signed,
Will Rueff
w. N. Rueff, 1926 Monroe ST.
Paducah, Kentucky
w. N. Rueff, Jr, 1875 Monroe ST,
Paducah, Kentucky
Mrs. w. N. Rueff, 1926 Monroe
ST. Paducah, Kentucky
Mrs. E, E. Brasfield, McComb,
Mississippi
Mrs. J. P. Jones, Meridian, Mis-
sissippi
Mrs. Sophie Ellzey, Meridian,
Mississippi
Charlie Streibich, Meridian,
Mississippi
Frank Streibich, Mobile, Alaba-
ma.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-01-22
NOTICE FoR BIDS

Notice is hereby riven that the
Hol $ !, nior College desires to
purchase for the use of the school
personel on the campus the follow
ing described personal property,to-
wit:
\. The following items of laundry
equipment: three hot heads, one boil
er. one drier, one tumbler, and one
extractor, one washer, one steam
cleaning table and all connections
for installation, all delivered at
Goodman.
Sealed bids will be received at
the office of the County Superinten-
dent of Education at Lexington until
Friday, January 30th, 1948, at 2.30
o'clock P. M. The Board of Trustees
of said College reserves the right to
reject any and all bids.
BY order of the Board of Trustees.
This the 18th day of January, 1948.
l.. r. THOMPSON, Secretary,
Board of Trustees. 39-3tnp
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-01-22
High Tuxution-
Continued From Page One)

assume altogether the tax burden.
The income tax as well as the
sales tax is'.one of the most demo
cratic and fairest taxes we have, he
said.
But some of our people have rea-
ched the stage in life where they
think the government owes them
a living, the speaker said, the change
having come about almost impercep-
tably.
In concluding Mr.. Williams said
that every form of legislation should
be considered carefully because II
has led us from an impotent begin
ming to where we are today. Let us
thank our Creator, he said, every
day that we live in a country where
we can make and repeal our laws;
where we can change the trend OF
the times with our influence.
Mr.. Williams was introduced by
Miss Minnie Jordan, legislative
chairman.
Miss Jordan presented Mrs. j. r.
Williams, who beautifully sang
"Just A Song At Twilight" AS an
encore she gave a novel and inter-
esting rendition of the spiritual.
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" She
was accompanied at the piano by
Miss Kathleen Bush. guest of the
club.
Another distinguished visitor was
Miss Vivian Cook, of Crystal Springs,
former state BPW president. a guest
of Miss Tommie Foster.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-01-22

on the 29th day of December, 1947,
by the Chancery Court of Holmes
County, State of Mississippi, notice
is hereby given to all persons having
claims against said estate of Eric
Norquist, deceased, to present the
same to the Clerk of the Chancery
Clerk of Holmes County, Mississippi,
for probate and registration accord
ing to law within six months from
this day, or they will be forever bar
red.
Dated this the 29th day of Dec
ember, 1947.
ELENA G. NORQUIST, Ex-
ecutrix of the Estate of Eric Norquist.
Deceased.
WILLIAM A. BACON, Jackson,
Mississippi, Solicitor.