The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-05-20
SHORT SHOTS
By WILLIAM J. PRIEST
Livingston, Montana

5-tO-4 decision upHoldS Cne right or
free speech, even if it stirs up dis
sension and brings out facts. They
also have ruled that state laws and
decisions regarding organized labor
would be upheld. Remember our
supreme court in Montana in the
Butte and Billings cases ruled that
"What an individual could do within
the laws was applicable to a group"
Therefore picketing and issuing of
eve do not Patronize Lists" is per-
missable.
President of Teachers Union Tom
Newland of Deer Lodge fired. School
trustees figured they could secure
some one who would do better job.
If that is logical reasoning, every
company could fire every employee,
not alone on the railroads but state,
county and city employees. The
courts would be full of divorce cases.
Every wife in Montana tells her hus-
band what a wonderful husband Mr.
Jones or Mr.. Smith makes in COM
parison with you.
Unions in Deer Lodge should So
licit a dollar donation from each I'M
ion member in the state to carry
this case to the supreme court.
We had a concrete example here |
in Livingston of a president of a
union fired for inefficiency, although |
he had worked for five years with
out any criticism of his work.
Large mail order house an
nounces price reductions Is to
500 in mid summer catalogue.
The greatest supreme court JUS
tees of all time, Holmes and Bran
deis based their decisions on "The
intent in the minds of the trainers
of law" instead of the weasel word
ing of the law
American lawyers are starting
suit against the u. S. government
in behalf of German industrialists,
Krupp and others for one billion
dollars, on account of property
seized by the u. S. government.
Did you know that the potential
vote by which senators in 1914 cleo
ton won out were: Hill of Alabama :
10; Hayden of Arkansas, 20@o; {
Downey of California, 26&o; George {
of Georgia, a Il %; Taylor of Idaho, t
300; Hoey of North Carolina 8 u %; =
Morse of Oregon, 30h % Johnston G
of South Carolina, 11%c. See how :
the poll tax laws prevent you voting. !
The Rural Identification Ad- :,
ministration has asked congress to !;
consider a program to build rural :,
telephone lines on same basis >
REA. The Farm Bureau failed to ;;
appear before house committee to
testify.
The Farmers wife said 81 did not
live though the last depression
starved through it,. The price the
farmer receives for his wheat has
nothing to do with the price of bread
to the worker. The farmer receives
less today than under OPA for his
cattle and hogs while the retail price
of meat, like the price of bread re- e
mains at high level. Senators r
Wherry, Ecton, Bricker, Taft were (
elected by the votes of those who W
OPA done away with The y
next election will see the wives of t'
labor members and farmers casting n
the deciding votes against those who Il
killed OPA. II
Are farm price supports nee
essity? The answer is yes-until
that day when workers are paid
the health minimum set by Univer-
sity of California Heller's commit
tee which calls for a minimum
weekly wage of $1,000. 1t can
be done as corporation profits
from 1945 to 1948 increased $50
to an all time high of $35 billions. w
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| have been asked several times f.
Who Owns The Peoples Voice" the IN
answer is, "Members of Labor I'm al
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