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Evening star., 1948-07-25

preston of the l930s led Congress
to pass what is known as "the En-
ployment Act of 1916" This act
created the Council of Economic Ad-
visers to the President, group OF
three men, together with support
ing staff, whose job it is to study our
economic system, know where it's
going, send up warning signals
when there's danger ahead. The
council prepares the Presidents
semiannual economic report to Con-
gress, the latest version of which
will go to the Capitol within a few
days.
Some Gain-Others Lose
Here are some passages from the
last report under the subtitle Why
Imitation Is Dangerous" which are
worth reading today:
During the course of an inf1a-
tionary movement there are many
who find it difficult to think that
anything is wrong. There is ready
market, every one is employed
wages are good, production is high
profits are good, and industrial
capacity is being expanded.
There are some, indeed, who fine
real merit in the situation. They
say that the cure for specific short
ages is still higher prices. They ex-
pect that these will stimulate larger
output and restore balance. But this
is a vain hope. The stubborn anc
intractable fact about an economy
already operating at peak levels il
that output cannot be expanded eX.
cept by slow degrees.
Luxury Items Hit
Nor are the immediate conse.
quences of imitation as favorable a.
specifically appears. Some people
are gaining at the expense of others
The heavy weight of higher costs o.
living bears down upon the millions
of families who are unable to keeI
up with advancing prices. Economic
relations degenerate into a hectic
struggle to catch up or keep ahead
No firm basis can be established fol
orderly and stable progress. il"
But what most fully justife.
every effort to halt an imitation il
the certainty that, if it runs it!
course unimpeded. it will spread
in its wake the disaster of falling
markets, unemployment and busi-
ness losses ="
There is ready market: Yes. fol
many things. But not for all. Peo-
pie are too pressed to pay for fooe
to have money for the food O.
goods now coming out of our indus.
tries. First to be hurt are the lux
ury items-furs, books, jewelry, en-.
tertainment. The book and station
cry business is off 80 per cent from
last year; movies and the theatel
are in postwar slump with film
box Office sales off 7 to IL per cent
The ready market is disappearing
for many things, it could evaporat'
over night for even the still hard
to-get new car.
Every one is employed: We are al
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the peak of our current capacities
and the stores are full of the out
pourings of our factories. There is
no difficulty in obtaining washing
machine today; the problem for the
millions of housewives who would
like one to end the drudgery Of the
laundry tub is how to find the
money to pay for it.
The answer, from the producers
and the distributors point of view,
is to sell it on credit. The news
papers are full of advertisements on
how to buy the fanciest kind for
$35 down and less than ST a week
This is called consumer credit.
In the process of imitation" said
the Presidents economic report,
"one of the most potentially danger
our sources of excessive demand is
the expansion of credit. This applies
to consumer credit, commercial
credit, real estate credit and credit
on securities"
There is outstanding today a very
large volume of consumer credit
although there is an argument over
whether it is excessive, considering
the growth of our population and
current income levels. The President
has asked for the power to control
this type of credit Through the Fed ]
erai Reserve System by saying that
the washing machine, for example,
can't be sold with less than a third
down in CASH. This authority ex-
pired last November.
Real Estate Dilemma
Real estate credit presents one of
our most complex dilemmas The
reason the present vast number Of
housing units-homes and apart
ments - are being built is cheap
money, with Government backing
The money market began to tighten
however, partially because Congress
failed to renew one part of the
Government housing loan guaran-
tee setup before it adjourned last
month. Today the trend is toward
large cash down payments, higher
interest rates and shorter term
mortgages-all making it tough fol
the already hard-pressed prospec-
tive buyer. Despite an the high
sounding phrases of the real estate
lobby, however, there simply is nc
decent new housing available at the
price most Americans can afford tc
pay.
! Yet to get an even more vast hous-
ing program under way would take
much Government pump priming
which in turn would increase the
demand for housing materials
many of them still in tight or short
supply, with the inevitable turthe.
rise in costs. If the Government
stands aside, the prices may even.
tually come down because there
won't be any one left able to buy a
house on the only terms at which
they will be available. That might
bring lower prices but what woulc
the millions of new families dt
for shelter meanwhile?
Also caught in this web of inf1a.
| (See (BOOM-BUST, Page C-5D
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Two Targets ofU.S. Barbs
Pledge Their Allegiance
Peron and Franco Are Potential American
Allies Despite the Diplomatic Wallops
They Have Received From Us
By Constuntine Brown

spans Genassimo
would their countries the side
O the event of with Russia
commentary relations with these two
have the relentless
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Socialists Are Heartened
As England Fares Better
British Government Thinks 1t Is Gaining
Strength With the Voters While the
Nation Shows an Improvement
By Glenn Willioms

LONDONIncreasng British prosperity propped United States
Socialists celebrating
their third year full power
probable voters
determined its slightly schedule
planning
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added using data The peak June IS this
inder Ill., The inder includes the cost OF ood cothng
housetunshings fuel other family budget items The
biggest has been for food Uh meat topping all foods
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Cost of Food Shoots Off the Chart

Middle Class Feels
Presents Challenge Government Cannot Ignore
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The measure OF todays imitation is indicated in this
chart of the price linden in large Cities including
Washington. The basic chart prepared by the Bureau
Labor Statistics Uh figures for the last and holt
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-07-28

Fifth Miami View golf tourna-
ment Saturday and Sunday, July
81 and August l.. This tourna-
ment is sponsored by the Fairway
Golf club with ideals to bring to
Dayton the leading golfers thru
out the nation. This has inspired
many to take up golf in Dayton
and the Miami valley.
The Fairway Golf club was or
granted in 1914 with the express
purpose to introduce golf to the
public. This tournament is open
to the general public.
The Fairway Golf club and
Golferettes have worked hard to
make this tournament a success
with much cooperation from bust
ness and individuals.
William Ellis is president of
the golf club, and Estella Williams
is president of the Golferettes.
Chairman of the various commit
tees are Housing, Chester Turner
and Viola Lloyd; registration, Nor
man Coleman; official arranger,
Theodore Jeter; Caddy master,
William Johnson; %tabulation, Rob-
ert Nelson; score board, Claude
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-07-28
CALIFORNIA;
RES0UCES waning

BERKELEY, CAL, July 81. co
The present rate of population
and industrial expansion of Cali
fornia cannot be permanently
supported by the available natural
resources o fthe state.
This is the warning of DR..
James Parsons, lecturer in geo.
graphy on the Berkeley campus of
the University of California, who
recently concluded a study of the
subject.
Diminishing reserves of oil and
gas, power shortages in years of
near normal rainfall and the high
cost of limited quantities of avail
able fresh water are storm warn
ings TO rthe future, DR.. Parsons
said.
The population Of the state as
a whole increased "a per cent dur
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-07-28
First 10
Serve at New York
Child Care Center

YONKERS, N. Y, July %. "a
Lois Marie Samuda, a
native of Bottom and holder of de-
grees in sociology from Simmons
college and the New York school
of Social work, is the first Negro
to serve in a professional 'capa-
CITY on the staff of Leako and
Watts home school, located on the
Hudson in the suburb of YOnk-
ers. She is M of five social work
ers who work with dependent
youngers of all aces and creeds
at the school and in foster homes
provided for them.
interviewed here last week, she
said that the school from which
her field work was performed, is
the oldest institution of it's kind
in the state and the first volun-
tary child care agency in the city
to operate under the trace dis
elimination amendment passed in
1912.
Specifically her tasks are to
supervise youngsters assigned to
her at the school and in foster
homes of the community. Those
placed in foster homes are
watched over by their home work
er until they have made suitable
adjustment to their new life. A
thorough intake study of the child
| plus recommendations of a psy-
biologist, psychiatrist and physi-
clan are means by which a clear
cut picture of each child is OBJ.
tanned.
A member of Delta Sigma sor'
GRITTY, Miss Samuda secured hel
masters degree on an Urban lea
que fellowship. Of her work, she
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-07-28
|ViFgin Isles Dolnesiies
Flee From Florida
By James B. LLaFourche

MANU., July %. (ANP) =
Eight Virgin island domestic en-
ployes, laboring under conditions
which bordered on peonage, fled
Miami last week aboard Grey
hound buses for america"
CHATS what they call New
York;. The workers., corraled in
st. Thomas and lured to Florida
for employment here, rebelled be-
cause of the mental wages paid
and to avoid further persecution
by the agency which transported
them ran away to the north.
An agent of the Florida Labor
commission, Charles Robertson,
working in consort with the writer,
forced the employment agency to
reluctantly return to st. Thomas
16-year-old "Babyface" Marion
Bonelli who had worked for more
than two and a half months, and
had received in wages only $25.
The commission representative
also warned the evasive employ
ment head that the latter must
feed and provide lodging for all
said that attitudes and racial har-
mony r of great import in the
we'll being of the child.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-07-28

SHEPPARD; tournament, Marion B.
Coleman and James Davis; tro-
phies, Edgar Nickerson, and pub
licity, Raymond Swami.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-07-28

Read It in the Daily Express.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-07-28

domestics out of work, and that
in the event any of them wish to
return to St. Thomas, he must
CONTINUED on page -
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ing the period from 1929 to 1947,
he pointed out. During the same
period, DR.. Parsons stated, factory
jobs increased &c per cent.
He revealed that the Los An
geles area has outstripped the San
Francisco bay area as an indus
trial center for California. Dur
ing the 1929-47 period, factory
employment for the Bay area in
creased only 32 per cent, while
population showed a As per cent
gain as contrasted for the much
higher gain for the state as a
whole the gain bein G accounted
for largely by industrialization of
the Los Angeles area.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-10-15

Up Choteau way the other day, and then
again Sunday in your broadcast over the
Z-bar net, you took considerable license with
the truth when you stated that your opponent
had made a deal with bunch of foolish
radicals What twaddle What careless
handling of the facts. In fact-what a lot
of NERVE you have for even bringing such
a subject up in your multi-pronged attempt
to kid the people of this state. You of all
people should never, never do such thing.
Don't you recall, governor, it was just
little over month ago that one of your
henchmen, working through benighted
wine statesmen, made vain attempt to get
the Progressives to put up candidate for
governor? Or governor, in your own con-
fusion, did you get your wines mixed, and
intend to say, that had such a deal gone
through on September A. there would have
indeed been lot of foolish radicals run
ming loose? Or, are you, with malice afore-
thought trying to switch the onus of 'po-
litical DEAF that went sour on j. Burke and
the boys, for the benefit of all the NICE
people of the state who find the aroma of
wine and other spirits mixed with state gov
eminent most nauseating?
To be sure, an overwhelming block of us
in the Progressive fold are opposed to you.
And, we're opposed to you on issues.
We're opposed to you because you in
sist on championing the Pick-Sloan plan
which, in final analysis, will leave seven out
of eight millions of irrigable acres in Montana
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-10-15
HEY, SAM, WAIT A MINUTE!

the two Dakotas and Wyoming, high and dry,
to the benefit of an impractical, wasteful
super navigation channel east of the 98th
Meridian
We're opposed to you because of your
fighting federal aid to education on the basis
it would mean dictation from Washington of
our schools. Don't you know that federal
assistance to schools is not new-going back,
in fact to the very birth of this republic, and
buttressed by SIS pertinent federal laws?
We're opposed to you because of your ad-
vocacy of state SALES TAX. Oh yes, we
know that today you take credit for no sales
of short memory, you must remember having
called for such retrogressive tax legislation
back on December H. 1916, before the Mon
tana School Boards association. What's to
stop you from pulling another "whirling
dervish'' act, should you be reelected, and
giving subrosa support to such measure at
the next legislature?
We're opposed to you because of your
narrow, intolerant position on the butterflies
"a peaceful, God-fearing people, who tend
strictly to their own business and try to live
a genuine Christian life not one, but seven
days of each week.
Those are major reasons for our opposition
to your continued tenancy in the northeast
wing of the capitol building. And, everyone
of them are legitimate. In view of the facts,
don't you think it's about time you forgot
some of the "gobbe-de-gook" stuff and SUCH
Harry L. Billings.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-10-15

helping to establish three years ago. 1t was
organized for the specific purpose of prevent
ing and it may just be possible that said
UN is not going to order either USA or USSR
into an immediate war. After all the COM
bined population of USA and USSR is only
about fifteen percent of total world popua-
ton and these nearly two billion outsiders
may not be as keen for another holocaust as
some of our local business leaders seem to be-
Of course either of the two great contend
ing nations can bypass the United Nations
and go to war anyway That may bring re-
percussions on scale that will be startling.
Since now have active military bases scat
tered over more than half the globe, and are
policing and otherwise governing the lives of
about six hundred million people who do not
vote here, are quite apt to be tagged
an aggressor as Russia is. Presumably for
eign people do not really like aggressors much
better than do.
Possibly both USA and USSR will be so
tagged by world opinion. Then the eighty
five percent of outsiders may not finally
shake down on either side. There can final
ly be third side that will put yellow races,
or brown races, black races, in the tents
of the mighty, as far as affairs on this planet
are concerned
Then there are few local considerations
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-10-15

manned and equipped to afford air protec-
ton; more active military units of all kinds,
with environments and training facilities; a
naval training station on the shore of Fort
Peck lake; dozen additional reservations
to condition and train pilots, paratroopers,
ski-bourne soldiery and marine units. These
are few of the items. Two or three type
written pages of possibilities have been
worked out and will be requested. Appar
emily, anything that will add to the tinkle of
coins in handy cash registers will be accept
able.
AS "quicky" with possibility of several
years run cash dividend producing
scheme, this new conception seems to be all
that can be desired. Possibly, just possibly,
there is another side to the picture that should
have little thoughtful consideration. 1t
may be, in this age of atomic bombs, bacteri-
illogical warfare and new schemes for steril-
izing the food producing capacities of vast
areas by simple processes that more results
will ultimately come out of World War III
than those shown by the totals on cash bal
ance sheets.
AS | understand the situation the question
of whether there is to be war between the
USA and USSR has now been referred to the
United Nations. This is the same United
Nations that we were so busily engaged in
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-10-15

/ The Progressive party s late
said eve must come to tel 5 pre-
vent ruthless men on both 4 from
taking the last steps to y war.
He pointed out lines now are being
drawn by the United States and
England in forming an alliance
against Russia.
Wallace's chief topic in this re-
spect was conferences between Spain
and the United States during the last
week designed, he said, to obtain
United Nations membership for
Spain. These talks are part of a
continuous endeavor to white-wash
Franco" he said
Wallace said there is a move
ment to free German leaders con-
victed of nazi war crimes. The
reason for this, he declared, is to
make the American people believe
they made a mistake in fighting
Germany and prepare them for
war and American fascism.
Referring to his Century of the
Common Man" speech, made shortly
after the war, Wallace said he made
it in good faith" and not for Eng
land and the United States to carry
out the program now in force. He
said new type of axis is being de-
veloped, "a London Rome Wall
Street axis which will lead America
to fascism.'
Wallace said he always has be-
lieved in capitalism but it should
work for the common man.
In his plea for peace, Wallace said,
people still will have to live together
even after eve have exhausted our
selves" in another war. A workable
plan must be devised now so people
may live together before another
war comes, he said
Wallace directed a few remarks
to farmers, raising a question of
farm support after the "cold war"
is ended. When he was secretary
of agriculture, he said, he came in
contact with groups combining
against the farmer and indicated in |
years to come opposition will develop
against farm support Great Falls |
Tribune.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-10-15
Railmen Urged To Use
Absent Ballots

Railroad workers Tuesday were
urged to be sure to make use of
their absent ballots by Lou Boe-
decker, Deer Lodge, state vice
chairman of the rail brotherhoods
joint legislative committee.
Mr.. Boedecker, who on We'd
nesday started two weeks swing
around the state in the interests
of the various candidates endors-
ed by railroad labor in Montana,
pointed out to Voice editors that
many rail men because of their
runs, cannot be in their home pre-
cincts on election day. In the past
this has led to a certain amount of
neglect in fulfilling the duties of
citizenship, by way of the absent
ballot.
"This years election is too i'm
portant for single railroad work
er not to turn out at the polls in
the interest of political friends of
labor" Boedecker emphasized.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-10-15
Aontana's Blue Print for War :. :.

that should have some bearing. Possibly
eight ten million of the boys and girls
that almost crashed the gates to get back
from the last little conflict, now want to
rush headlong into a bigger and better one,
but | doubt it. Perhaps another eight or ten
million fine women have now become en-
thusiastic about becoming gold star mothers,
but | also doubt that Certainly several
thousands of young people going around with
one arm, or one leg, or one eye are not going
to ardently recommend that their brothers
and sisters rush out into the same kind of
exposure.
The mass of people do not want war. Very
much less do they want the locality, where
they must live, set up a target for atom
explosions, buzz bombs, rocket raids and
poisonous infiltrations. Every politician on
the stump today knows this. He talks con-
tinuously to convey the idea that he is against
war His total vote would hardly furnish
pail bearers at monkeys funeral if he
did otherwise
If the gentlemen who meet in Butte are
Jealous to bring a little permanent prosper
lty to Montana they had better get behind
real program for development of the Mis-
souri, Valley and, incidentally start conserv-
ing, not blowing up our remaining natural
resources.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-10-15
One in Four Hold Union Cards

One out of every four working men
and women in the United States car
ries a union card
All told, 15,6OOOOO individuals are
union members, according to the new
Directory of Labor Unions Oils Bull
letin No. 937) published by the Labor
department last week.
There are 1877 unions organized on
an international or national basis, ac-
cording to the Labor department list.
However, six of these 1877 claim more
than 100000 members each, with sew
eral near the million mark. And 81
unions can claim more than 100000
members each
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-10-15

struction requirements for the new
Canyon Ferry dam, these transmits
sion lines later to provide outlets for
the power to be generated at Canyon
Ferry.
The convention went on record
with a demand that congress pro-
vide funds for transmission facilities
to provide electric energy for the
Tongue River Cooperative south of
Miles City.
Some changes in the bylaws of
the Association were recommended.
One change provided for change in
terms of service of the directors and
another proposed the prohibition of
proxy voting. A committee to be
known as the Power Use Commit
tee" was proposed. The purpose of
this committee shall be to consider
and make recommendations from
time to time for programs of train
ing schools for electrification adj
visers, wiring installations, wiring
and other related pro
grams.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-10-15

ment dams with preference IN de-
mand granted to government agen-
cies, co-operatives and municipalities
in the order named"
Following out this demand by the
association, it went on record asking
for liberal appropriations for the
construction of necessary transmits
sion facilities at all publicly owned
power producing installations.
Immediate action by congress to
complete the Havre-Shelby transmits
sion line and to appropriate addition
al funds to complete the transmits
sion line to connect with the Hungry
Horse dam project as soon as power
becomes available at that dam.
Demands Adequate Funds
The association also went on rec
ord with a demand that the con-
gress appropriate sufficient funds
for the Bureau of Reclamation to
build a transmission line from the
point where the existing transmits
sion line of the bureau terminates
near Great Falls to the power site
of the Canyon Ferry dam to make
Fort Peck power available for con-