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Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-03-25
Politics and Human Misery

HWELL BREAK that housing short
w age in spite of the real estate lob
bv." That was President Truman speak
ing to the American people on Oct. Z, l948
when he was transforming the country IN
his campaign for reelection. The Demo-
cratic party platform, adopted at the
Philadelphia Convention, also promised
the American people continued rent con-
troll and a housing program to provide
decent low-cost homes for the American
people
Mr.. Truman, in way, kept his prom
ise. He proposed to the Congress that rent
control be extended for another two-year
period. He also has before the Congress
low-cost housing program that has not yet
come up for action
Unfortunately for the American people
a coalition of reactionary democratic and
republican senators-following a similar
action in the House-has just scuttled this
entire program. The so-calied trent con-
troll" bill, just passed by the Senate 45 to
35, gives permission to municipal authorl-
ties ito remove rent controls with the app
porval of the governors" whenever they
chose to do so. The House approved ver-
sion of this bill goes along the same vein,
except that it specifically provides for rent
hikes at the discretion of the landlors
Both senators Taft and Bricker voted
for the BILL with Senator Bricker playing
a leading role in beating down Admins
tration forces who attempted vainly to up
hold President Truman's Rent Control
proposals.
This is a shocking example of playing
politics-dirty politics-With human mis-
cry. With the cost of living already out of
reach of workers, the inevitable hiking of
rents that this bill will certainly bring
about can only result in increased suffer-
ing for the people.
The action of both the House and the
Senate in this case is a betrayal of the
American people who elected President
Truman. And on the part of the democrats
who knitted the Presidents program, it is
base sell-out and cheap double-cross.
President Truman should storm the
country and rouse the American people,
as he did last year, for last ditch fight
against these political charlatans who per-
petrated this fraud and grand double
cross on the American people.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-03-25

an end to such silly talkathonS. Their long
range purpose was to save the filibuster for fu-
ture use against President Truman's civil
rights bill,
The picture was not an inspiring one. 1t
was only slightly amusing. One windy speaker
brought his carpet slippers along so that his
feet would not tire as he stood to deliver his
hour-long TRADE. Others, planning to talk
through meal times, laid in a supply of candy
bars. But their audiences were small A half
dozen legislators at best lolled In their seats
while their colleagues spouted endlessly. The
rest went to their offices, their homes, restau-
rants or the nearest bar.
It's hard to understand how a country,
which prides itself on its democracy, will put
up with this type of parliamentary shenanigan
which is, in effect, a minority veto over the
will of the majority, Because, even though the
majority of the Senate wanted to vote out the
flibuster, the minority, by talking continu-
ousy was able to keep the majority from ever
having a chance to vote.
Actually, the anti-filibuster bill never got
to the floor of the Senate. All the ruction was
over permitting the bill to be introduced.
1t wouldn't be so bad if it were just par
liamentary fight among dissenting Senators.
But the thing reached out from Capitol Hill
to take strangle hold on the entire nation and
thwart the majority of the American people in
their determination to have the liberal pro-
gressive program they wanted when they went
to the polls last November, Once again the fill
buster has violated the basic principle of de-
mocracy-the rule of the majority.
While the DixicratS, anxious to preserve
those "fine" Southern traditions, racial dis
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-03-25
An Amozing Suggestion

CHESTER BOWLES Gov. of Connecti-
cut, suggested to group of textile manu-
facturers that they raise an organizing
fund of $5O0000 to help the union organ
iZe the Southern textile mills" Mr..
Bowles made this amazing suggestion be-
cause he knows that in the South textile
mills are paying starvation wages to their
employees thus making it impossible for
the once prosperous New England manu-
facturers to compete with their Southern
rivals. Actually, this situation is becoming
so acute in many New Eng an mill
towns" that many concerns are on the
verge of bankruptcy.
The truth of the matter is however,
that most of these great and CROWN &
southern textile centers are owned and
operated by ort her operators, These
operators moved their facilities to south
ern localities precisely because they want
ed to take advantage Of these starvation
wage rates. The CIO, now engaged in a
bitter organizational drive in the south,
reports that in many instances workers
employed by these mill owners are not
even paid the miserable 40 cents per hour
minimum wage rate that the law provides.
II the Congress would adopt the minimum
wage standard proposals now pending be-
fore it and providing for rs cents per
hour minimum pay, this situation would
be greatly eased. Such law would tend
to equalize competition etwee these
northern and southern mills and at the
same time elevate these southern workers
from the depths of poverty and degreda-
tion where they now find themselves
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-03-25
We Just Cent See II

PRESIDENT TRUMAN, lashlng out
bitterly against the gigantic real estate
lobby and branding it as the real enemy
of the American home" expressed opti-
rnism with respect to his relations with the
Congress. Addressing the U. S. Conference
of Mayors, the Chief Executive declared
that only trouble makers" talk of bad
feeling between himself and Capitol Hill.
The extremely conciliotory tone of the
speech came as a surprise since most OBJ
servers expected the President to blast
into the Congress for snagging his So
called "fair deal" program.
Frankly, we don't understand the Pres
idents attitude either. To say that there is
harmony between the White House and
The Hill is to completely ignore what Is
taking place. The undeniable facts are
that the unholy coalition of reactionary
Southern Democrats and Republicans has
just about killed every hope of any Civil
Rights legislation that President Truman
might propose Rent Control is all but
eliminated if the bill passed by the House
should become law. The Senate is showing
every indication to 60 along with the
emasculated House bill just at far as 1t
dares.
Maybe there is harmony" and peace"
between the White House and the 8lst
Congress. But if that is so, than it shall
mean the death of President Trurnan's
"fair deal" program. Such a peace means
complete capitulation by the President to
the arch reactionaries in the US. Con-
gress. We know that the Dixiecrats and
the Wherry-Taft-Van type OF re-
dictionary Republicans will never have
peace, unless it is on their terms.
There is hope, however, that all is not
lost. 1t is not yet too late to salvage the
fair deal' program that the people voted
for last fall. We can still have Civil Rights,
proper Rent Controls, extended S Socia a
Security, Medical and Hospital care. Yes,
all that and more. But the people must
FIGHT! And that fight must be led by
President Truman with the same lashing
vigor and unrelenting courage that was
80 characteristic of his historic campaign
struggle
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-03-25

elimination, poll taxes ard lynchings, must
bear most of the blame for what has happened,
the Republicans are not overlooking their
golden opportunity in this situation
Claiming piously to be against the filibus-
ter they voted to continue sessions of the Sem
ate until the Southerners were worn out,
fight-to- -the-finish attitude they called it. But
at the same time they were chortllng over
propaganda blasts in which they accused the
Democrats of failing to pass any of the leglsla-
tion promised during the election campaign.
Had the Republicans, who professed them
selves in favor of the civil rights program and
against the filibuster, acted in good faith, they
would have voted with the majority of the
Democrats to uphold Vice President Barkley
when he sought to rule in favor of a cloture
motion, that is motion to shut off debate.
But, taking refuge in a parliamentary techni-
cality, they voted against the chairman and so
prolonged the debate.
An examination of the so-called compro-
mise which finally closed the show, reveals
that the Senate actually has taken step back
ward and strengthened the chances for sur
vival of the filibuster. Now, it not only re-
quires all senators to be present on the floor
with 64 voting aye, to close debate, but the
motion to close debate cannot be applied to
any proposal for further changes in the Senate
rules. This last, of course, is aimed directly at
another anti-filibuster bill
In the meantime irreparable damage has
been done to the liberal, progressive programs
of both Democratic and Republican forces.
There is every indication that some vital legis-
laton will have to go by the board because of
the delay
1t can only be hoped that in 1850 and 1852
the voters will remember with sufficient bitter
ness those Dixicrats who were willing to sac
rifce democracy to special interests and jeop-
ardize the very security of their nation by
monopolizing Is days of this Congressional
session. 1t also is to be hoped that American
voters will examine closely the records of
those Republicans who lent support to this
disgraceful piece of business for the sake of
party politics.
The filibuster, however, has made one
thing crystal clear to me- The CIO never un-
dertook a more important project than Oper-
ations Dixie. Until Southern workers are
strongly organized, until they are made aware
of the Claghorn- thinking of their representa-
tives now in Congress, we cannot hope for too
much progress in our affairs of state
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-03-25
Whats New?
BY Edward J. Duck
Journal Columnist

GUESS what m going to write about this week!
surprise It's going to be about for the umpeen s'
time. And why not?
the Importance of this thing with few others
Now lot of people understand the idea and they're
doing something about it, too So why stop writing about 1t In
this column, l say?
Isn't it important people able free for atne
the year? Is there who wouldn't
jump they could their groceries at co Doesn't it1
deal for to be part of chain of
getting his share of the profits each year for
only twenty five dollar investment? ''S
That's why I'm writing about the coop each week And
going write about nothing else until the drive over "
The campaign is going swell But since it began two
months we've changed minds couple OF thngs
talked about needing 1000 members for our first
store More than $500 to Fair We found that people
city demanding stores for their neighborhood
instead of talking about 1000 members for that
first store should have been thinking in terms OF at least
for stores The for this be-
to contact all the people join who don't
happen to have the SIS to spare at the particular moment
they're contacted
For another thing has political football of
it. Some people misunderstood the thing thinking it
bes that natural thing when UAW elections being
speakers have been courteosy received in the var
meetings and they wisely kept their out of the cleo
tion campaigns
HE AFL is doing good job coop committee has
sent letters all local unions asking per capita
donation dollar capita investment and the immediate
formation of individual committees to sell SIS member
ships - the shares of Class A Common Stock.
At AutoLte the MESA people are signing up One of the
coop supporters at Wllys MESA man. At
Dura the lam people doing outstanding job The AF
Carpenters agent Ernie Reger has dozens of
promoting the stock sales and helping arrange the acv
tiles of the coop The AFL Union going aout
No opposed to the except perhaps handful
individuals don't understand it. How could anyone be
opposed the credit unions except the finance and
loan sharks? Similarly only opponents are the big chain
that have stolen from for and forced the small
grocers out of business
IVES everyone for the idea Memberships coming
But want to put it across in bigger way than
had originally planned The bigger the success the greater our
sign don't just talk about think of what swell idea
1t is
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-03-25

uERE in Washington, we're being exposed to
n new front for the real estate lobby
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-03-25

DRESIDENT TRUMAN'S
L bold, fighting speech at the
Jefferson Jackson Day ban
quet in Washington was a re-
minder to minority Republi-
cans in Congress that they lost
the election - because they
lacked the confidence of the
people
The President made clear
that he intends to 60 ahead
with his program - the pro-
gram which reused the popu-
lar interest during the summer
of 1948.
The speech made good read
ing to CLOS Phil Murray, con-
valescing from an appendicitis
operation. Murray, in a letter
to the White House, used such
adjectives as fortnight,
'heartwarming", "gratified"
to describe Truman's speech
and his reaction to it.
And Murray concluded;
with determination such as
you expressed in your address
and the loyal cooperation of
the Congress, the fair deal
program can be promptly en-
acted into law"
y
Republicans and special in
terest groups are waging a
bitter fight against the Presi-
dents program. The Chief Ex-
ecutive mentioned full page
ads, which are popping up
all over the country in pro-
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-03-25

fusion. Ads like that cost plen-
ty, plenty of cash. "a page in
the New York Times alone
costs close to $4,000)
One Congressman, though
- Representative Gwinn -
seems to be letting the public
share the cost of special-in-
terest lobbying.
New York Post and CIO
News disclosed that Gwinn
has had hundreds of thousands
of copies of three or four of
his speeches printed at the
Government Printing Office.
Those were not paid for at
government expense but
they are being placed in
franked envelopes (postage
free) for distribution.
Reporters, looking at the
bales of reprints, estimated the
number at between one and
three million. Government
employees do the envelope
stuffing, government-paid
postal workers will distribute
them.
There's strong indication
that the group of public spir-
tied citizens who paid several
thousand dollars in printing
costs were the National Apart
ment Owners Association and
Constitutional Government -
the reactionary Committee for
of which Publisher Frank
Gannett is the leading light.
AS you might expect, the
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-03-25
Inside America

Gwinn speeches which were
reprinted are vicious attacks
on rent control as danger to
free enterprise" !"
MANY CIO unions are pre-
NA pairing to seek major i'm
provements in wage levels and
health and welfare provisions
with biggest units of Ameri-
can industry.
steel workers union hasn't
yet announced plans for bar
gaining talks, which start
about the middle of June.
But union has been making
close study of welfare and
pension problems.
electrical workers expect
to be talking to GE, RCA and
General Motors by May. Cen
eral Electric has already said
mo" to any wage increase un-
ion may decide to ask,
Auto workers are prepar-
ing wage demands and wei
fare plan proposals for talks
with Chrysler and Ford. UAW
contract with GIN doesn't pro-
vide for opening this year (al-
though there's an automatic
productivity increase" of 8
cents at end of May); but
UAW leaders feel confident
GM won't be able to remain
isolated" from the rest of the
industry if union wins SUBJ
stantial new benefits in pacts
with Chrysler and Ford.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-03-25

IeglSIdtlOn as CIVIL rIBnLs, re-
peal of the Taft Hartley Act
and renewal of rent controls,
was crying for attention, a
group of self-interested Sen
ators deliberately blocked
the way to speedy action on
the mandates of the voters
by clowning and Grating end
lessly to empty seats in the
wee hours of the morning.
Their immediate purpose was
to prevent change in the
Senate rules that would nut
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-03-25

Russia has now matched our defense
budget of about IS billion dollars with
a like sum for her own defense budget.
AT this rate the two greatest powers on
earth" should soon be ready to turn the
"cold war" into a very hot shooting
war.
Or, will somebody wake up on both
sides and start talking" before the "last
chapter" of the human race dawns on us?
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-03-25

Time For Plain Talk
BY TOM BURKE

NOW THAT the smoke has cleared away
~ somewhat, we can get pretty clear view
of what's been going on in the Senate filibus-
ter.
The plain truth is that while such important
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-11-03
National Forest Timber For Sale

Sealed bids will be received by
the Forest Supervisor, Libby, Mon
tana, up to 400 P. NJ, December .,
l949, for all live timber marked or
designated for cutting and all mer-
charitable dead timber standing or
down located on an area embracing
about 100 acres within Sections 3,
10 and II, T. 33 NJ, r. "a w., M. P.
NJ, Pine Creek, Kootenai National
Forest, Montana, estimated to be
800 M #. b. m larch, so M fit. b. m.
Douglas fir, 375 cedar poles, 3d.
600 split cedar posts and an un-
estimated number of round cedar
posts, more or less No bid of less
than $4.0O per M for larch and
Douglas fir, 1c per lin. #. for cedar
poles 20 and Is feet in length, &C
per lin. #. for 30 and 35 foot cedar
poles, SC per lin. #. for 40 and 40
foot cedar poles, &c per lin. #. for
so and SIS foot cedar poles, &c per
lin. #. for cedar poles so feet and
over in length, &c each for split
cedar posts and 12c per lin. 1T. for
round cedar posts will be consld-
cred In addition to payments for
stumpage, purchaser will be re-
CURED to deposit into special funds
in the Treasury of the United States,
SIPS per- M for larch and Douglas
fir. / nc per lin. #. for cedar poles
and 1c each for split cedar posts
to cover costs of slash disposal. $500
must be deposited with each bid,
to be applied on the purchase price,
refunded, or retained in part as liq-
Undated damages, according to con-
ditions. of sale. A bond of not less
than 5000 will be required The
right to reject any and all bids is
reserved. Before bids are submit
ted, full information concerning the
timber, the conditions of sale, and
the submission of bids should be OBJ
tanned from the Forest Ranger, Troy,
Montana.
ct Nov 3 Dec. y
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-11-03
National Forest Timber For Sale

Sealed bids will be received by
the Forest Supervisor, Libby, Mon
tana, up to 400 P. M, December z,
1949, for all live timber marked or
designated for cutting and all mer-
charitable dead timber standing or
down located on an area embracing
about 100 acres within SWA Section
S, T. "a NJ, r. "a W., NJ P. NJ,
Kingsley Creek, Kootenai National
Forest, Montana, estimated to be so
NJ it, b. m. white pine, 10 M. #.
b. m. ponderosa pine, 200 M fl. b. m.
Douglas fir and 100 M #. b. m. larch,
more or less. No bid of less than
$1,000 per M for white pine, $1,000
per M for ponderoSa pine and $500
per M for Douglas fir and larch
will be considered. In addition to
payments for stumpage, purchaser
will be required to deposit into spec
ial funds in the Treasury of the
United States, SIPS per M for total
timber cut to cover costs of slash
$500 must be deposited
with each. bid, to be applied on the
purchase price, refunded, or retain
ed in part as liquidated damages,
according to conditions of sale. A
bond of not less than 5000 will be
The right to reject any
and all bids is reserved. Before
bids are submitted, full information
the timber, the condi-
tions of sale, and the submission of
bids should be obtained from the
Forest Ranger, Troy, Montana.
ct Nov. 3 Dec. Il
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-11-03

of Kalispell were visitors at the
Jack Jystad home last Tuesday
evening.
Mrs. Orville Mustard and Mrs
Chas Cope returned Tuesday from
a trip to Anaconda and Hamilton,
where they had visited relatives and
friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wayne Burnside
of Birney, have been guests at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. l. c. Lestrud
for several days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Orlo johnson and
family and Mr.. and Mrs. Olaf John
son, all of Libby, visited at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. H. P. Weydemeyer
Sunday
Winton Weydemeyer was in Kali
ispell and Columbia Falls on Grange
business last Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert H. Quilting
have moved to the former Oscar
Carlson place a mile and a half
from Fortine.
The two rooms of the Fortine
school joined together for an en-
joyable Halloween party last Fri
day afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Gables and
Joan of Spokane, were
recently at the I. c. Lestrud
home. Mrs. Gables is the former
Mrs. Aragon.
Marshal James was in Missoula
last Sunday.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-11-03
RexfOrd Local News

RexfOrd Local News
Mrs. Bud Leighty was a KaliSpel
business caller the first of the week
Rexford school children were
treated to a Halloween party al
the school, Monday evening.
Mrs. Fred King and Mrs. Tee
Higle visited Russell Miller al
Whitefish Thursday. Mr.. Miller was
a patient at the hospital
Wilbur Melvin who had been i'll
was taken to the Libby hospital last
week. Word was received here
Sunday that Mr.. Melvin passed
away few days after going to
Libby.
Miss Phyllis DeLapp was a week
end visitor in Spokane.
Bill Fewkes flew to Libby Sun
day.
We had a thunderstorm here Fri
day afternoon, accompanied by high
wind and near cloudburst.
There was no school Tuesday. The
teachers, Miss Retta Nelson and
Douglas Ruthford attended a teach
ers' meeting in Libby that day.
Mrs. Coed Scholp and Mrs. Clara
Hurst were business callers in
Whitefish and Kalispell Monday.
Mrs. Ella Marvel accompanied
Mrs. Archie Thompson to Libby
Tuesday, where they attended a
meeting of School Trustees and
Clerks of Lincoln County.
Clyde Milliron was a Kalispell
caller Monday.
Lloyd DePratu was appointed a
member of the Rexford School
Board to fill the vacancy left by
the resignation Of Carroll Gates.
Mrs. Lloyd DePratu and Mrs.
Clara Hurst received twenty-five
dollar awards in the Norge Count
the Dots" contest.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. B. Hudson made
a trip to Missoula Wednesday with
a load of cattle.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. R. Baney and
sons, Duke and Force, of Great
Falls, and Miss Edith Butts were
dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs. H.
B. Hudson Sunday evening.
Mrs. Horace Hudson motored to
Troy Wednesday to give demonstra-
tons to the new Home Demonstra-
ton Club at Troy She was accom-
panied by Mrs. Baney as far as Lib
by.
Mrs Geo. Rich attended teachers
convention in Missoula the first of
the week.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-11-03
Enameled utensiIs

Enameled utensils save dish.
washing time because their sani-
tary glass coatings require only a
brief soaking period and a soap and
water washing. They may be rinsed
with hot water and allowed to drain
dry.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-11-03
Just Neighbours Club

The Just Neighbors Club cele-
brated their sixteenth birthday last
Thursday, meeting at the home of
Mrs. l, c. Lestrud Mrs. Lestrud,
president, presided at the business
meeting.
Much valuable information was
included in the responses to roll call
which were items for first aid.
The president turned in the five
dollar check from the Fair Associa-
ton for first prize on the club booth.
A receipt was also turned in for
the $40 which the club contributed
to the Volunteer Polio fund
A letter was read from the Flor
ence Crittenden Home at Helena
thanking the club members for the
box of hand made baby garments