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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-03-12

ity concerts and public institutions.
Welfare Fund Was "Taft-HartIeyized"
The fund was knocked out by
provision in the Taft-Hartley law,
bringing the union again face to face
with the problem of rapidly spreading
chronological unemployment. TIL e
decision to impose a new record ban
followed.
The nature of the unemployment
problem, Petrillo said, can be seen in
the figures for the top three record
ing companies, which show that not
even the cream of the profession, able
to meet the most exacting musical
standards, could exist by making rec
ords alone.
In 1916, he pointed out, RCA Victor
employed 2,S44 musicians exclusive
of leaders,, paying them at union
rates an average of SIT for the
year. Columbia employed 1,942 must
clans who earned an average of
$213.75 per year. Decca hired 1852
who averaged $1O3 While the COM
$165 million in 1916, the musicians
received a little over a half-cent per
record sold.
eff recordings are permitted to go
unchecked" Petrillo warned, "a hand
full of musicians can supply the mus
ical needs of the U. S. and Canada,
either through recordings or through
chain broadcasting
"The public, the congress, the radio,
the recording and juke box industries
must realize that unless something is
done to stop the ravages of unemploy-
ment among the musicians, not only
will the art of music die, but there
certainly will be no incentive on the
part of coming generations to adopt
music as profession, and the sources
from which are now drawn our great
artists will diminish until they are
completely destroyed"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-03-12

record ban in a statement is
sued to all RIM members and
published in the current issue
of the International Musician,
official union publication.
First indication of Petrillo's willing
ness to ease the ban came January
II, when he testified at house hear
ing called by Rep. Fred Hartley Or,
ND. Petrillo said then that the
union would permit immediate manu-
facture of records for home use, pro-
vided they were not diverted to prof
liable use by radio stations, Muzak,
juke boxes and other forms of me-
chanical competition
In his latest statement, Petrillo de-
clared: ct is not the desire of the
musician to stop or prevent the use
Of his work any more than it is the
desire of the writer, composer or in
ventor to prevent the use of his crea-
tive efforts. The musician merely de-
sires the means to regulate CONNER
cial exploitation of his work and to
prevent the unjust enrichment of
these commercial exploiters"
elimination of Years of Suffering
The recording ban, Petrillo said,
''was not imposed by single individ-
ual. 1t represents the elimination of
years of suffering and years of plead
ing by the musicians to their parent
organization for help to escape this
self-destructive process This ac-
ton was not capricious or hasty. 1t
was made in complete desperation,
and only after all efforts through the
years for just settlement had failed"
A previous recording ban ordered
by the union in 1912 lasted 81 months,
ending when the record companies
agreed to give the ATM a royalty on
every record sold. The royalties went
into an employment fund, which last
yesr spent $1,498,304 on free per-
formances for veterans hospitals, jul
venile delinquency programs, commun-
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-03-12

"a father = taxpayer = veteran, who
promises representation without tech
nical evasion"
He also stated he favored:
Continuance of Democratic Farm
Program, Rural Electrification, Mon
tana Industrial Development, Intelli-
gently Strong National Defense, Long
Range Tax Reduction, Reclamation,
Soil Conservation, School Lunches,
Veterans Housing, Truman Civil
Rights Programs"
And is opposed to:
Returning Public Lands to Private
Hands, Peace-time Consumption, Sales
Tax, Any Communistic Movement,
Republican Attempt to Return Labor
to Pre-Roosevelt Level, Restricting
Cooperative Movement, Military In
filtration into Civilian Government,
Forced Specialization, Hutterite Anti
Social Groups entrenching Commu-
nistic Cells into Montana"
Mr.. Fraser was engaged in Public
Relations until the outbreak of the
war Upon the opening of hostilities
he entered the Army and served with
the 8th Infantry Division in the ETC.
He was twice returned from Europe
as patient.
He is a member of the American
Legion, VFW, and Amvets, Masonic
Lodge as well as several other civic
and fraternal organizations.
Earlier Fraser had informed CLIO
President Murray that if elected, he
would vigorously fight for repeal of
he Taft-Hartley act
Fraser has lived in Billings since
-912, and is the father of a thirteen
rear old daughter, Robin. He built
,wns and manages the Fraser build
ng in the Yellowstone city.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-03-12

and the countrysides are torn I'D
factories have been bombed, farms
lack equipment, there are shortages,
etc. Is it any wonder there are starry
ing idlers in Europe? Europe needs
aid and it needs it badly so that it NAV
again be able to support itself. May
draw his attention to the statement
on European aid as stated by James
Patton in the February 1948 issue of
the National Union Farmer.
American boilers Don't Buy
Russian Wheat
Being in Britain at present, I can't
resist attacking him on his naive re-
mark concerning the American loan
to Britain and the British purchase
of grain from Russia. His statement
concerning the loan shows a complete
lack of understanding of the condi-
lions that surrounded the loan. |
shall not go in to this matter but will
only remind him that none of the
loan money is being used to purchase
the 100000 tons of grain from Russia.
Britain is paying for this grain by
machinery, produced by
the blood, sweat, and tears" of the
British worker, for the grain.
l should like to ask him what price
he feels America should be willing to
pay for world peace and prosperity
My conception of Communism GER
tainly isn't as he sees it. dislike
Big Biz Backed policies as he does but
NY dislike of Communism appears to
be greater than his. At least what
.hink of as Communism certainly
sn't what he naively considers it. :
yours, JERRY REDLIN.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-03-12
ARE YOU a GOOD CITIZEN?
By WILJAPE

All Labor and Farm Unions should
Immediately appoint a Register Com
mittee" to check every member to see
that he or she is registered and all
organizations should Immediately AIR
MAIL Senators Murray and Ecton
and Congressman Mansfield a
D'Ewart to uphold the constitution
and bill of rights, especially article
and Is even if they have to support
cloture rule (thus shut off a fill
buster by southern senators) which
has nullified article Is of the Bill of
! Rights for so years.
Eleanor Roosevelt stated Henry
Wallace is unpredictable" Thank the
Lord that he is, as any union member
can predict year in advance Tru-
mans appointments, which are either
g representative of the oil companies,
big business, a former Republican
(Herbert HoOver) or brass hat. We
do know mo one will tell Wallace
whom he MUST appoint"
My prediction is that neither Tru-
man or Dewey will be the candidate
selected by Republicans or Demo
Gratis could it be possible that dark
horses were selected in January?) Il
do predict that shortly before the
convention Democratic leadership will
listen to the audible voices of the
rank and file and ask Henry Wallace
to select list of names of men whom !
he would support for the Presidency
and Wallace will do so and thus ac-
cOmplish the purpose he and his fol- !
lowers set out to accomplish liberal |
leadership in the Democrat party |
which we have to have in America
to save the country from Communism
or Fascism. | predict that StaSsen
will win over Taft in the Ohio pri-
maries, not because he is strong but
because Taft is so weak he was only
elected by less than 10000 votes ma
jority as senator.
Were you good citizen last No
vember, did you vote, if not make up
for it starting today ask your friends
and neighbors to go for ride to the
courthouse. Do you remember 1910 /
in Montana.
Unity of All Labor Can Swing
Any Presidential Election
Roosevelt had 145,69S votes Wilkie
99,579 in 1914 FDR 1885 Dewey
SO, 1863. Do the Republicans realize
that in 194S union membership has
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-03-12
Big Steel Claims S.
Price Hike Was In
Public Interest

U. S. Steel Corp, which cleared 127
million dollars in net profits last year,
is looking for your sympathy.
The company raised prices about
S. ton on many of its products, fol-
lowing series of other price boosts
during recent months.
The action-apparent to the cor
pOration's surprise - got everybody
mad.
CLIO Pres. Murray, speaking in Bos-
ton, called it licensed extortion"
Senate Republican leader Taft
who had hoped the break in COM
modify prices would make the pub
lie forget about COPS share of re-
sponsibiIity for the cost of living
screamed like man hit in the mid
die of his campaign.
Sen. Flanders (R, VT who has
shown more anger at rising prices
than most of his Republican col
leagues = accused the company of
printing only half-trutbs in a series
Of full page newspaper advertise
ments.
But Ben Fairless, head of U. S.
Steel, blithely told a congressional
hearing that the new price increases
are 'in the public interest" - CLIO
News.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-03-12

CITY. Jerry was one OF SIX young
American farmers and trade unionists
to receive Oxford scholarships, out of
several hundred present at the 1947
encampment)
His answer to Mr.. Maury follows:
Ruskin College, Oxford, England
27 February 1913
TO the Editor:
I have just finished reading the
January 23rd issue of the Voice" and
have noted with particular interest
land disgust) the article concerning
the Marshall plan by Lowndes Maury.
How he can consider such state
ment as a serious analysis or con-
elusive statement of European aid is
beyond me.
He carelessly states that since vi
day we have spent rs billion dollars
to support shiftless foreigners. He
laments the fact that in return we
have realized nothing as yet Need
one remind him that there has just
been the most devastating war in the
worlds history and that there is a
great reconstruction problem facing
the world. We, as the country most
able to aid reconstruction and ease
suffering, should assume the lead i'll
this task and meet the challenge
He states that European aid means
pouring Is billion dollars down a rat
hole and that European statesmen
don't want their workers to lose a |
sense of responsibility for their own
livelihood He consistently refers to
the idlers of Europe living off the
blood, sweat, and tears" of the Amer
lean workers. May l remind him that
they would gladly assume any burdens
provided they were able to. Cities
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-03-12
JOHN w. BONNER files
FOR governor

Helena.-John W. Bonner, Helena
attorney and former attorney general
of Montana, who announced some
time ago that he would be candidate
on the Democratic ticket for governor,
filed his petition for that office Satur-
day with the Secretary of State. In
his platform he states that if he is
nominated and elected he will, dur
ing his term of office:
Maintain efficient, economical gov
eminent and eliminate red tape; aid
veterans and their dependents; advo-
cate adequate housing and superior
public schools adapted to needs of
Montana youth from kindergarten
through college; squeeze politics out
of liquor and administer Liquor Con-
troll Act on business basis; create
highway organization which will i'm
mediately place federal funds under
contract that more funds may be util-
lied for feeder roads and primary
state highways; stimulate Montana
industries for Montana people; de-
velop irrigation and reclamation;
raise standards of state Institutions;
aid agriculture labor and business;
SAFE GUARD old age security; pro-
tect organized labor; promote fish
and game"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-03-12
A Letter From Wallace

Dear Friend: Thanks so much for
your words of encouragement. We
want and need your support and help.
You will hear from us with the begin
ming of the new year as to how you
can help in your community
We can prevent depression and war
if we only organize for peace in the
same comprehensive way we organ
lied for war.-Sincerely yours, HEN
RY A WALLACE, 40 East 49th St,
New York II, n. Y.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-03-12

grown from a snow ball to an ava
lanche-AFL has 7,578,000 members
CLIO 100000 and other unaffiliated
unions 1,83600O that's 15,4OO,0OO mem
bers and if each union member has
three dependents or relatives that
means a total of over 45,000,000 votes
So you see union members stick to-
gether you can elect any candidate
you wish as in 1914 Roosevelt only
received 25,602,505 votes and Dewey
22,006,278 with another million votes
divided between Watson, Thomas,
Tiechert and others Don't forget
that over 2096 of the voters in Mon
tana are dropped from the rolls be-
cause they have not re-registered. Are
you one of the many2 Won't you
please register today.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-03-12
Willard Fraser Files
For Congress In
End District

Willard Fraser, Billings business
man, and World War II veteran Satur-
day became the first candidate on
either ticket to file for the second dis
trict congressional post currently held
by Rep. Wesley D'Ewart.
In submitting his nominating petit
ton to the Secretary of State, Fraser
asked that the following slogan ap-
pear on the ballot after his name:
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-03-12
First COP To Seek
CONTINUED from Page One)

Continued from Page One)
AL Winkler, Kalispell, are also anx-
ious to get into the race should Gov
Sam Ford not seek denomination.
On the Democratic side VFW State
Commander John Bonner and Billings
Attorney Art Lamey have already
filed and District Judge Vernon How
en-, Plentywood, has announced. Word
is going the rounds in the Capital
City that ex-Associate Judge Left
Erickson and Chief Justice Hugh
Adair are also very definitely possible
candidates for the governorship.
YOUR SACRED HERITAGE-YOUR
RIGHT TO VOTE-REGISTER NOWI
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-03-12
More Should Read Voice

A friend OF mine gave me copy of
the Peoples Voice to read, and liked
it very well. and l am sending in my
subscription. More people should
read papers like it.-B. L. Runyan,
Whitefish
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-03-12
MUSICIANS May PARTIALLY REMOVE
ban ON RECORD MAKING

New York-FP-The "once and for al ban records
by the AFL
looked little less permanent February 27 Pres James
c. Petlo said his union ready any agreement
with the recording companies that will safeguard the vel-
hood of the membership Petrlo his position the
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-03-12
Can't Get Along Without 1t

It's too bad I'll have to be reminded
of my subscription to The Peoples
Voice, when it runs out A paper 1
can't get along without
am enclosing check for $500 for
a 2 years renewal, and two subscrip-
tions to the following addresses
Yours truly, GEO. OLSON.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-03-12
A Family Mainstay

Enclosed find check for $500 to ex-
tend our subscription to your publ
cation It has been in our family for
many years and we couldn't be with
out it-Clara G. Prestbye Kalispell.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-03-12
LETTERS FROM READERS OF THE VOICE
Keep Telling The Truth

am enclosing $500 for my renewal
to your paper, The Peoples Voice.
| like it and trust that you will keep
right on telling us the truth.-Conrad
Endermo, Kalispell.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-03-12
Good Luck

Enclosed please find check for $500
to renew my subscription for another
year Wishing you lots of luck and
many new readers l AMI. D. Mccoy,
Stevensville.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-03-12
Likes The Voice

Enclosed find my check for $500 for
another year, as | like your paper very
much. Thanking you,-A. J. Connally,
Poison, Montana.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-03-12
JERRY REDLIM WRITES AN ANSWER
TO RECENT kaAURY ARTICLE

M strong with recent article by Londes Maury
aid TO Britain Redn
Sidney has written reply to Mr. Mau based his observations
Note: jerry vet
annually New York
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Best Paper In State

The Voice is the best paper in the
state. Hope you have a daily pretty
soon.-P. A. Peterson, Hamilton.
Evening star., 1948-10-06
JUS. Pilots Investigate Odd Tale
OF Mad Empress of Galapagos

not to they were stripped and beat.
en-, and their bleeding bodies thrown
into boat which was cast of. A
passing steamer rescued them the
next day and they were the first to
bring the tale to the outside world
Soon afterward q shipwrecked
sailor was found on a rock of this
island. The baroness welcomed him
because she was tired of her two
male friends. But after a month,
the story has 1t she emptied her re-
volver at the castaway.
Has Companions Fight Daily.
Things were palling for the young
woman. She had to have new pas
times. So she had Robert and Al
fred engage in daily fist fights for
her favor and entertainment. Al
fred kept losing. Then she stunned
him with blow on the head from
her gun and tortured him.
Sometime later the Wittmers on
the other side Of the island had be-
come deeply suspicious. They in
vestigated. only to find the en-
presss house in disorder. They
found Alfred alone He said the
girl and Robert had left in a boat.
There was no clue to their fate.
Two skeletons were found four
months afterwards on the Island
of Marchena, 160 miles from Santa
Maria. Alfred's passport lay be-
side one pile of bones but 1t couldn't
be proved the remains were his. 1t
was believed the other skeleton may
have been that of a man taking
him back to the mainland. Maybe,
as they were making the journey,
the boat capsized and their bodies
were washed ashore.
Pilots Seek Explanation.
But if that actually was Alfred
then where were Robert and the
empress? If they left on a boat,
as Alfred said, why haven't they
shown up somewhere else in the
Galapagos or elsewhere? Did Al
fred kill them and throw their
bodies to the sharks in q fit of re-
venge?
There are several possible answers,
but the truth probably never will
be known, because it vanished with
the Mad Empress of the Galapagos.
But anyway, the pilots of the Carib-
bean Air Command. who fly the
1000 miles between here and Pana-
ma every day, are still trying to
find out. It's the kind of q story
that doesn't die.
Evening star., 1948-10-06

Morris Lavine, defense counsel,
Immediately filed notice of appeal.
Mr.. Lavine tried for hours to have
the conviction set aside on grounds
that coercion and undue influence
had been exerted upon the jury.
Kawakita-called "Meatball" by
IS ex-servicemen who testified
against him-was convicted of trea-
son September 2.
In pronouncing sentence, Judge
Mathes said that to spare Kawa-
kita's life would dishonor the men,
ory Of Pvt. Sadao Munemori" tNisei
winner of the Congressional Medal
of Honor.
Judge Mathes said the sentence
was not based on the brutalities
with which Kawakita was charged.
His crime" the jurist explained.
is that he said from 1943 on he
did everything he could to help
Japan win the war. The testimony
left no doubt that he would will
ingly have blown up the Pacific
Fleet or disclosed the secrets of the
atomic bomb If he had the ability
to do So Why he wished to return
to this country remains his secret
Evening star., 1948-10-06

alysis will be made. A man com.
panion left the hotel Monday morn.
ing. police said, and has not been
seen since.
She divorced Park Benjamin II,
New York financier. in 1910 at Reno.
Caruso, who was married to the
financiers sister, sang at their we'd
ding in 1923.
Mrs. Benjamin came here in 1885
after a singing career, as Gladys
Gale, in New York Reared in Seat.
tie and Wichita, Kans., she started
singing professionally with Billy
Sundays evangelistic party and later
studied in Paris.
After a few film roles, however,
she dropped from prominence.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul B. Sickner, who
identified the body. said Mrs. Ben.
jamin had been under treatment
for cancer.
Survivors include her mother. two
sisters and brother. all of Wenat.
chee, Wash,
Evening star., 1948-10-06
By Harry Lever
Sfsr Stoff Coyvesp pendent

| SANTA MARIA, Galapagos Is
lands, Oct. 6.-This rmote volcanic
rock In the south central part oi
these islands is the constant scene
Of investigation by United States
Air Force pilots to determine if the
strange story of the Mad Empress OF
the Galapagos Is truth or fancy.
With the exception Of a Caribbean
Air Command installation built here
seven years ago, the Galapagos are
almost uninhabited. That's why no
body really seems to know if the
tale Of passion and violence told of
this young woman has definite sub
stance. Yet the story persists And
if it didn't happen here, the bleak
ness Of this Pacific rock makes you
wonder why it counldn't.
Down in this lonely place, the
pilots say the name OF the Empress
was Baroness Eloise Bosquet de
Wagner Wehrborn. When she sud-
denly flashed across the social hori-
zon in Guayaquil, Ecuador, in 1882,
they say she was known as a beau-
tiful dark-eyed European from a
good family. That's the last good
thing said Of her.
Straps Gun Around Waist.
The story. as told by 1t. Col. c.
H. Scott, pilot, has it that she
went to Ecuador with two good
looking young men, Alfred Rudolph
Lorenz and Robert Phillipson, both
Of whom admired her. One day
she decided to leave Ecuador for
the Galapagos, 800 miles distant,
to establish q summer resort. They
went with her.
The three settled on this island,
according to the story, and soon cut
place of habitation out of the
jungle, as far as possible from the
shifting grey volcanic sand. Then
things started to happen.
The girl stripped down to a pair
Of silk shorts and = brassiere,
strapped revolver around her
waist, and declared herself Empress
Of the Galapagos. She had two
obedient young men in her court.
That was in August, 1882.
Proves Vicious Ruler.
She put them to work at once con-
structing clay living quarters.
Sometimes, because of her de-
meanor, they wondered If she was
sane. She welded her authority
in vicious fashion, especially when
she discovered there were other peo-
pie on the island, a DR.. Ritter and
his secretary" and a Mr.. and Mrs.
Wittmer. She found 1t was hard
TO scare them of.
According to the story as learned
by Col. Scott, . man and woman,
scarcely alive, were washed up on
the beach one morning. They told
the Empress they were honeymoon
ers and that their boat had cap
sized during . storm. They were
invited to leave. When they decided