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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-07-16

clean a person, too
honest a guy. His
brain had too much
that a confused and
uniformed Ameri-
can people needed.
They couldn't stop
that brain, t h e y
couldn't stop that
body, they couldn't
still the spirit that
drove body a n d
brain relentlessly in
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-07-16

DR.. Klemme will organize the work
of gathering grains, wool, sugar in
every county of the state. Local cit
liens will be expected to volunteer
for helping with the work in the local
communities and counties. Transfer
of products will be made as simple
as possible A farmer wishing to give
% bushels of wheat, for example, may
turn storage ticket for that amount
of wheat over to the CROP represent
alive.
D. W. Chapman, N. j. Dougherty
and Leonard Kenfield have attended a
number of the CROP meetings in
Helena while plans have been devel-
oped for work of the organization in
Montana
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-07-16
FARE PARAMOUNT TO EVERY
THING ELSE

If Doctor McGregor's speech to the
Butte Exchange club is correctly re-
ported he is neither a liberal nor a
Jeffersonian Democratic should not
be on a Democratic ballot as a can
didate for office-on the contrary, he
should be running as a Republican.
e. HI. M.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-07-16

Washington (FP) - Retail prices
reached new record highs during May,
the Bureau of Labor Statistics re-
ported. The price index for May 1913
was go higher than during the same
month last year, 1870 higher than in
August 1889
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-07-16
By His Utterances
BIG BIZ SHOULD
LOVE MCGREGOR
FOR A SENATOR

DR.. Harry J. McGregor, seeking
nomination for the U. S. Senate on
the democratic ticket, recently adj
dressed meeting of the Exchange
club, at the Finlen hotel in Butte.
The next day ACM newspapers de
voted 80 column inches of space to
comment on and quotations from his
speech, all favorable. The paper I
have before me says: 'His speech
was accorded rousing ovation by the
civic clubmen." And no wonder I
don't happen to know much about Ex-
change clubs. However, I am forced
to presume from their attitude toward
Mr.. McGregors talk, as reported, that
the membership of the Butte club is
with whom the good doctor seemed
very much at home. Doctor McGreg-
or described himself as "a 1ibera1-a
liberal American Jeffersonian
Democrat, etc. Like the thorough
bred standpatter he seems to be he
assailed everybody who thinks eco
nomic and political conditions in this
country can be made better. If DR..
McGregor, judging him by his re-
ported utterances at Butte, is Glib
eraF', then for nearly 40 years as
follower of first, Theodore Roosevelt,
later as disciple of Robert M. LaFo1-
lette, Thomas J. Walsh, George w.
Norris and other great liberal states
men, I have worked under misappre-
henSiOn.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-07-16
Makes Nasty, Smearing Attack
On Senator Murray

| Quoting a supposed statement from
/ per, Taylor and Murray are national
heroes, DR.. McGregor asks: "Why is
Senator Murray regarded as hero
by this leading communist organ?"
Because, says McGregor, ''he has
worked for a totaliarian state, which
is the same as pro-communiSt :. for
a regimented or managed economy,
for sociaJized medicine i. and has
sought to bring the people of Montana
under the yoke of tyrannical author
ity by advocating the despicable Mis-
souri, Valley Authority and the Column
bia Valley Authority" His denuncia-
ton of valley authorities as tyrannies
which deprive the people who live
within the radius of their operations
of all rights and liberties Qike Hitler's
theory is lie that has been told and
retold until millions of those who do
not think for themselves have ac-
copied it as truth. That DIR. McGreg-
or would stoop to the use of smear
tactics to advance his chances to OBJ
as a shock to me. | had always be-
lieved him to be above that type of
character.
Robert M. LaFolette, George w.
Norris, T. j. Walsh, Franklin D.
Roosevelt are all dead now, but the
principles in which they believed
and for which they so calamity |
fought, are being bravely upheld by
James E. Murray and other noble
men who hold the PUBLIC VEL
The Valley settler., 1948-12-10
ERIK AT SAMTARIUM

ERIK AT SAWTARIUM c.c. Erik is reported as being confined to tho Hospital at sanitarim, California. Cards and letters will reach him if they arc sent to him at the Hosp itol in sanitar- jun, alifornia. Mir. Harold s. Eddy, formerly employed at tho old Hospital boforo it burned, 1ivos at Soni tar iuun.
 ******,k Miss Ethel Dolo ,uho has been manager of tho Valley Hospit al for ovor year, has resigned and is 10 aving tho Valley.
The Valley settler., 1948-12-10

grading out very Uell and the army has been we'll pleased. rnru
 ***s*****sss,<****
 OAf2YNEN FAKE VOTE ON DOWN. BROCERseN PLAN. At recent meeting of the Dairymen call cd for the purpo so of taking action on the plan for the purchase of the Gre amery and Dairy by the Deirymen, vote taken to accept TO ject tho offer nade., T,lo offer drawn up by Nr. Dounoy and M. B=odorson uas as follows: Enc purchase price uas sot at $1 151 ,ooo.oo and included the Receiving room, tho ere anory, icecre ean end tho Anchorage Dairy and all the equip mont in all these units.
 Of the seventeen members present, voted to accept tho offer, otod to TO ject it, and refused to vote. T71ore arc at the present inc 3e Grado A Dciries del ivoring milk at the Coop TO- coiving station.
 a***>k4s<* *****
 NEW DOCTOR ARRIVES ..-a Palmer has neu doctor this reck. Dr. K. Ham arrived to fill tho vacancy created uhen Dr.. Harold Lamborton loft. At the present time Dr. Ham is living in tho nov l1OtHLs We arc sorry CHaC W0 cdunOC g1Vo you any moro informat ion or a better intro. auction to our doctor, but in tho limited amount of tino TO have for pick in g up neUs, re havo been unable to contact Dr. Garrctt or intorvieu the neu doctor ithor.
 ******* 4+ +*******
 POSTOffCE MOVED Although tho pc op1e of tho Valley knew tha the Post 'Office ras to be moved to ncu quarters, they uero someuhat surpri ised to f1nd it in the process of moving rnen thoy vent to mail lett CTS and collect mail last Saturday morn ing, cember 4. By day the Post office uas fatr1y uo11 settled in the qu arters in tho Noa1 , Ur 1ght building. Rental bo KOS uore sot up in tho new build ing in tho samo ro1 at ion to each other as they were in tho old built ing. ********ss,+ ********** No cannot say that tho people of the Val1o. ore enjoying cold weather, but they have boon putting up ri tn it for about 5 weeks.
The Valley settler., 1948-12-10
Doc emb CT 10, l9A8
SEC ONO POTA7O ADVANCE
 AUTHORIZED Cont. from pp. l

tho payment Of ano thor ono cont pound on potatoes. This makes a total of tuo cents per 1b. to date that has been allow eds
 Thoso uho may not have received any ad- vance yet or Uho are holding potatoes in acceptable farm storage may arrange for payment by call ing at the office. Harold Stephan reports that weekly car- load shipment has been go ing to tho Army at Fort Richar dson. The potatoes arc ling out very uell and the army has been uell pleased. rnnn
Evening star., 1948-06-03
immigration
Continued From First Page.)

older men, and women and children,
will be allowed to leave. He refused
to say how many Jewish men on
Cyprus were of military age, which
he defined Is between 1S and IS.
The British ban also will apply
to the nearly 400 Jewish reportees
held in camps In Kenya, East Africa.
These Jews were interned because
of alleged terrorist activities in the
Holy Land.
Emir Feisal, Foreign Minister of
Saudi Arabia, lunched today with
Foreign Secretary Bevin.
In Washington an official of the
Israeli government termed the Brit
ish action "a fragrant and unwar-
ranted violation Of the Security
Council cease-fire ORDER He added
"As finally approved by the Sc
curity Council, the resolution stated
that If men Of military age were
admitted during the truce period,
they should not be trained or mobil-
lied for the fighting forces.
THE Israeli delegate to the United
Nations emphasized as one Of his
interpretations Of the Security
Council order that immigration can
not be restricted.
This transgression by Britain
cannot but make more difficult the
work and efforts of the United Ma.
tons mediator, Count Bernadotte,
and jeopardizes the success Of the
four-wee truce.
TT is also further evidence Of
lack of q neutral stand by Britain
In the present fighting in Pales-
tine"
Evening star., 1948-06-03
FoIger Is Reelected
Red Cross Chairman;
Grew Retains Post

John Clifford Folger, who has
served as chairman OF the District
Red Cross Chapter since l942, was
reelected to the post at the annual
meeting of the Board of Directors
yesterday in the United States
Chamber of Commerce Building.
Former Ambassador Joseph C..
Grew, chairman of the Red Cross
campaign in this area during the
last two years, was elected one of
the chapters vice chairmen.
Reelected, in addition to Mr..
Folger, were Wayne Chatfleld Tay-
lor, Eliot Wadsworth and Mrs. Ed
ward w. Fay, vice chairmen; j. s.
F1annery, counsel; F. P. H. Siddons,
treasurer, and Arthur HELEN, Sec
retary.
Named to serve again on the
Executive Committee with the off,
GERS were Philip o. CONN, Mrs.
David E. Finley, Mrs. J. L. Hough-
telling, Miss Elizabeth Houghton,
Edgar Morris, Alfred G. Neal, Lloyd
B. Wilson, and Charles B. Dulcaa,
ST. Brig. Gen. F. r. Keefer, retired,
was reelected chairman emeritus.
Mr.. Folger announced that Mrs.
Finley will serve for another year
in the capacity of chairman of the
Volunteer Services for the chapter.
Mrs. Finley said that in the last
10 months, more than 1900 volun-
teers have given more than 270,000
hours Of service. More than 1000
new volunteers have been recruited
since last July l, she reported.
Mr.. Grew announced q total of
81 POI ass, or 111.13 per cent of the
81 ,080, 900 area Red Cross goal has
been achieved in the recent drive.
Evening star., 1948-06-03
as the one now running out to
sea, this was his grim warning:
Portland and Vancouver, look

as the one now running out u
sea, this was his grim warning:
Portland and Vancouver, look
out"
Portland and Vancouver-acroSs
the Columbia-are at the confluence
of the great river and the Will
lamette, biggest stream arising in
Oregon.
Snake River on Rise.
Mr.. Fisher said the Snake River
main Columbia tributary, was or
the rise. So was the Yakima River
in Washington. And overflow from
Grand Coulee on the upper Column
bia has increased in last four days
Any new flood will add to the cost
of reconstruction in the four-State
region.
1t. Gen. Raymond A. Wheeler
chief of Army Engineers, promised
adequate funds to repair all Co.
lumbia Basin levees. He arrived
here yesterday from Washington
Senators and Representatives from
the region asked Congress yesterday
to appropriate SIS, ,000, 900 for recon-
struction of public works. President
Truman requested $500 900 for emer-
gency relief. ~r
Ruptured gas and telephone lines
between Portland and Vancouver
were being replaced. The Seattle
Portland & Spokane Railroad start
ed rebuilding washed-out tracks
hoping to restore Portland-Seattle
trafnc by Saturday. The Oregon
State Highway Department began
work on 4 new approach to- the
interstate bridge between Portland
and Vancouver.
Dikes Are Danger Points.
In the Portland area, the critical
points were soft levees protecting
Portland airport and the Reynolds
aluminium plant further upstream
at Troutdale The plant was closed
and all workers joined dixie bolster
ing crews.
Nine dikes were the danger points
along the 40-mile stretch drive of
the current crest to the sea.
The most serious was Magruder
Dixie which was described as in
poor" condition with only six inches
freeboard. The Midland almost broke
last night. Beaver, Midland, Web,
Marshal and Svenson also were en-
dangered. Only Westland and
Brownsmead were described as
good"
In Astoria civilian volunteers were
organized to work in the nine-dike
area in relays of 100.
Dangerous dikes also were being
bolstered in the Longview area of
Southwestern Washington. Some
were seeping badly but Army engi-
neers believed they would hold.
Pressure eased on Portland s
waterfront. The swollen Willamette
still licked into union station, the
city's only rail terminal, and thinly
covered rail yards and some other
industrial areas. The river was re-
ceding slightly.
In British Columbia, however, the
Columbia flood began seeping into
the Easements in the business dis
trict Of Trail, q smelter city. Some
residential areas also were affected.
At Creston, British Columbia,
there was a battle Of the dikes. The
Kootenay River already has poured
over its banks in spots and swept
thousands of acres of grain fields.
Evening star., 1948-06-03
Flood
Continued From First Page.

multiplied by a high tide coming up
the river.
1t was touch-and-go. Workers
strained to build up the earthworks
protecting the fertile lowlands.
Their fight was against property
damage only. The people were
evacuated days ago.
Upriver, too, the struggle against
soft dikes went on around Portland,
even as the gears of rehabilitation
finally meshed. Federal and State
agencies have co-ordinated plans
and have turned to the task OF
rehabilitation for some $1,000 per-
sons and repairing damage running
into untotaled millions-perhaps
$1o0, 900 900.
Communications Restored.
Snarled communications and dis
rupted transportation are slowly
being restored. Refugees are being
sheltered and fed. Contributions
of clothing from the more fortunate
are pouring in.
The time of greatest suffering il
over for the moment In the Port.
land area-the hardest hit-until
the new crest mounting uprive,
plunges down through the rocl
walls Of the mid Columbia Gorge
How bad could the new one be:
Even Veteran River Forecaster e.
mer Fisher wouldn't make q pre-.
diction.
But II the new crest rises As high
Evening star., 1948-06-03

does not act on the legislation within
the next week or so. discharge
petition movement might get under
way.
MILITARY IN CIVVIES-The
action of the House Appropriations
Committee in denying the Army
and Navy Departments requests to
hire an additional $1,000 civilian
employees probably means that mil
ltary personnel will be used In con-
siderable numbers in civil service
jobs.
Government employees groups al
ready have complained this practice
is going on in Army and Navy, and
the appropriation groups action
yesterday indicates the use of mil
itary personnel in normal civil
service jobs will be increased.
incidentally, Army and Navy de-
partmental employees needn't worry
about their jobs. Although the
committee not only refused the re-
quest to hire additional workers,
but actually ordered a reduction of
present personnel. Army and Navy
aren't likely to fire any of their
Washington employees.
Instead, any personnel cuts that
will have to be made probably will
occur in the field. And its very
likely that the more generous Sen
ate Appropriations Committee will
take action to make any personnel
cuts unnecessary.
The majority Of the II 500 addi-
tional civilian jobs in the Air Force
Department approved by the House
committee will be outside Wash
ington. But several thousand new
openings will open up in the De-
partment here.
NO CHRISTMAS PRESENT
Unless the unexpected happens.
Congress isn't likely to pass the bill
which would make December "a
holiday in the Government service
this year.
Various complications have
begged down the measure, and its
prospects are rapidly fading.
It's sponsors, however. intend to
give it one more try. The bill was
introduced to give Federal employees
a three-day holiday weekend va
cation. Christmas this year falls
on Saturday.
President Truman could, If he
wanted to. issue an executive order
giving Government employees the
day oil.
GSI-There isn't any chance Con-
gress will get around to acting on
the bill to take the operation Of
Government cafeterias away from
Government Services, Inc.
But sponsors of the legislation
say they expect to press for early
action when Congress reconvenes
in January. The bill would set up
a new Government corporation to
operate the cafeterias and snack
bars.
Meanwhile, there Is a possibility
the Public Buildings Administra-
ton will decide to act during the
congressional recess on GSrs petit
tion to raise its prices.
| 'n+& 4+
RED RIDER-As we predicted
here last week, the Senate APP
Evening star., 1948-06-03

hours a day. six days a week. In
yestigating the situation, the GAO
expressed the belief these employees
are not entitled to the benefits.
The GAO is giving the Library
some time to look into the situation,
but it Is expected to issue . formal
ruling denying the annual and sick
leave privileges to these employees.
If this is the case, 1t would affect
all other part-time employees in the
Government.
So ~
CONGRESSIONAL HI-JINKS-
The staid Congressional Record oc-
casionally goes in for a bit OF humor
in reporting the speeches OF men,
bers Of Congress.
For example, it placed the follow.
ing headline over the speech Of
Representative Schwabe, Republican
of Oklahoma who complained that
there were too many employees In
the Interior Departments Bureau
of Indian Affairs:
heAY IlChty Dui iC@~SA~
ENCOURAGEMENT - The off,
again-on-agaip Federal pay raise
legislation seems to be on again
today.
Paw raise hackers are little more
encouraged today than they were
on Tuesday, following the session OF
the Republican Steering Commit
tees. They feel the bill, definitely
has q good chance of passage, al
though they are realistic enough tt
know nothing is certain at the
moment.
What caused pay raise hopes tc
rise again was the reinsurance yes.
terday by Chairman Taft OF the
Senate Policy Committee and House
Speaker Martin that Congress wall
act on Federal pay legislation before
adjournment.
Speaker Martin told Federal en-
ployes' union officials yesterday Con-
gress will approve pay raise bill fol
all Government employees. And Sen
ator Taft told the Senate, in answer
to a question by Senator Chavez
Democrat, of New Mexico that
action will be taken on pay raises
before Congress goes home.
Meanwhile, some members OF Con-
gress who are friendly to the pay
raise cause, want to discharge the
pay bill from the House Rules Com
mittee for immediate House action
But Government employees groups
are cool to the idea right now-they
feel 1t would antagonize the leader
ship. However, if the leadership
Evening star., 1948-06-03

! preparations Committee has voted
to eliminate the Keefe RED" rider.
This just about dooms the rider
since House leaders have agreed
to strike out in House Senate con-
ference the amendment tackled on
by the House to the various 1o49
appropriation bills.
The rider would have meant the
dismissal of thousands of Govern
ment employees, including District
teachers and Federal printers. who
belong to the CIO United Public
Workers of America and the In
ternational Typographical Union.
4 \ 4
SIDE BY SIDE-When career
man Charles r. Brannan was sworn
in yesterday as Secretary of Agri-
culture, the one Cabinet officer
present at the ceremony was Post
master General Donaldson.
What makes it a story is this:
Mr.. Donaldson is the only other
Cabinet member who is a career
man. Both he and Mr.. Brannan
started at the bottom of the iadder
and worked their way to the top.
CAPITAL ROUNDUP-The Sem
ate has approved legislation grant,
ing temporary custodial employees a
$100-a-year pay raise. -. The Sen
ate also enacted bill creating six
additional jobs In the Air Force
Departments at salaries up to $l5,-
600 year. The positions are in the
scientific and professional cate
gories.
Evening star., 1948-06-03
Trumun
Continued From First PageD

OF determination to stick to the enc
in the fight for reelection despite
intra party troubles, was included
in an exchange of correspondence
with DR.. H. H. BrummaI, Salisbury
(Mo0 dentist, which was given ou
for publication by the Americans fol
Democratic Acknowledged lib
eral political organization. Oficial.
said they received the letters from
DR.. Brummall.
The exchange began May IS, wher
the dentist wrote Mr.. Truman thai
he should sacrifice personal prestige
and political power" for the party
welfare.
He said that in order to win, the
Democratic Party leadership must be
able to "elsctrify the electorate" anc
added:
Il believe both popular opinion
and opinion of liberals everywhere
Is that new leadership Of the party
is essential to victory"
Fought Truman in 1910.
DR.. Brummall supported former
Gov. Lloyd Stark against Mr.. Tru-
man in the bitterly fought Demo
cratic primary in Missouri in 194C
which the latter won to get his. Sec
ond term in the Senate.
To this communication, President
Truman replied on May "a:
Dear DR.. Brummall: Il
It read your letter of the 18th
with q lot of interest and for your
information I was not brought up
to run from a fight.
"A great many of you Democrats
in 1910 ran off after a certain Gov
ernor who was trying to cut my
throat and he didn't do 1t success
fully-they are not going to succeed
this time either.
Il am certainly sorry that you
feel the way you do. 1t is not a
good way for Missourian to feel At
this time.
Sincerely yours.
Signed HARRY S. TRUMAN"
On May 27, DR.. Brummall an
swered that he had not opposed Mr..
Truman in 1910 as a person, but
that he helped Mr.. Stark, because
OF the latter's opposition to the
Pendergast machine.
He added: Never in any public
utterance by you have I heard you
assert that the exercise of civil
liberty at any time constituted the
citizen exerciser thereof as a cut
throat"
Little Hope Of Success.
DR.. Brummall also recalled that
he had not opposed Mr.. Truman
when the latter was elevated to
grand master of the Masonic lodge
in Missouri.
He added that if Mr.. Truman Is
renominated, he will vote for him
for President, but without much
hope for party success. He closed
with the suggestion that "the road
to glory is the road Of
personal sacrifice for a great cause." "
Asked about Mr.. Truman's letter,
Presidential Press Secretary Charles
G. Ross told reporters: If such a
letter was sent, it was sent as q
personal letter. We have no in
formation on personal letters"
President Truman is being ac-
companied on the trip only by men,
bers of the White House staff. Mrs.
Truman and their daughter Mar
garet will join him in Omaha.
Evening star., 1948-06-03
WhottheRussions
Are Soyinq of Us

The MoscoU radio, broddcastin
in Romdnian to Ronania, said:
"As is known, the United
States has become wealthy as
result of the last war. In spite
of this, imitation is increasing
there, too, making the workers
conditions more difficult.
"At the beginning of May,
wholesale prices were IA per cent
higher than in March of last
year. Profiteers on the United
States markets are buying large
numbers of shares, feeling cer-
tain that prices will continue to
increase"