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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-05-20
By LOWNDES MAURY

The national debt is above two
hundred and fifty-two thousand mil
lion dollars. This fiscal year, July
1st to July LIST, we are spending for
|unproductive war preparation, for
our war in Greece, for support of
the Army, the Navy, the Air Service,
and donating to foreign countries
above thirty thousand million dollars.
The Hoover analysis points to a
waste of billions going on in various
branches of the government. I'M
perial America is holding and feed
ing a subject Empire in the Orient
of 70 million Japanese, in Europe a
subject half of the former German
Empire, 40 million Germans. The
appropriation of 100 million for our
royal war in Greece had, according
to General Mcbride (last Memorial
Day. been exceeded This had cost
1000 million dollars by May Goth of
last year.
The rulers in Washington confuse
in their minds a million with bill
lion. They do not apprehend that a
billion is one thousand times a mil
lion. In the House of Representa-
tives six weeks ago, 271 voted to
send Is hundred million dollars to
Europe, and only 1, Marcantonio,
voted against it. Public Economics
is a science. While it is not an exact
one like physics, yet its laws as to
trends, or tendencies, or one might
say, movements, are as unvarying as
the phases of the Moon. These lows
are not learned by ear, but by years
of patient study
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-05-20
PARK COUNTY LABOR URGES CONGRESSMAN and
GOVERNOR TO SUPPORT PUBLIC POWER Lines

Mindful of the Importance of low
cost hydro-electric development and
the need for transmission lines such
as Havre-Shelby, if Montana is to
progress, the Park County Trades &
Labor Council of Livingston, recent
ly went on record in strong reso-
luton, urging our congressional del
egation, Governor Bonner and state
legislators to get behind the public
power development program. The
resolution follows
Whereas, The Tennessee Valley
Authority has not alone proved to
have been of great benefit to the
people in the territory of the IVA,
but the entire United States, and
Whereas, the IVA is set up to
repay to the government and the
states every dollar invested in the
construction of dams and public
power transmission lines, and
Whereas, private power companies
do not retire their bonds although
the rates to consumers in the Mis-
souri, valley are $100,000,000 great
er yearly than to consumers in the
IVA although the IVA rates are not
as low as in Tacoma and other cities,
and
Whereas, the building of dams by
the government to develop power and
selling the power to private power
companies at Few mills per XVIII
and permitting the private power
companies to distribute this power to
consumers over their own power
lines at a greatly increased rate; is
not good business for the citizens of
Montana, and
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-05-20
CTA Buys Superior.
WISE. Elevator

st. Paul, Minn.-M. w. Thatcher
general manager, Farmers Union
Grain Terminal Association, an
nounces that GTA has acquired
Spencer-Kellogg & Sons grain ele-
vator at Superior, Wisconsin.
The 100000 bushel elevator has
been taken over under lease. 1t is
situated at the head of the Great
Lakes. The acquisition of this space
is in line with the policy of expand
ing grain handling and storage facil-
tiles which was laid down by the
co-op's Emancipation stockholders at
their last annual meeting in ST. Paul
last winter.
This is the third elevator acquired,
or under construction, by GTA in the
last year. About a year ago GTA
purchased a modern concrete term
inal facility from the Great Northern
Railway at Sioux City, Ia. A short
time ago GTA started construction
of a 100000 bushel concrete house
at Great Falls, Montana. The lat
ter will be ready for handling the
new crop in the coming fall.
The elevator at Superior was
leased from Spencer-Kellogg & Sons,
Inc, of Buffalo, New York. 1t ad-
joins the present 100000 bushel
GTA elevator there and has its own
slip for Great Lakes ships. Unload
ing capacity is so cars per eight-hour
day.
Thatcher said the new elevator
will be operated as an annex to the
present house.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-05-20
Living COSTS UP
in March, BIS
REPORTS

Washington-He it is in bolc
type, in case you missed it hidden
away in your daily newspaper.
While earnings of factory work
ers and the number of workers en-
ployed were declining from Feb
ruary to March, the cost of living
was going up.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics re-
vealed that retail prices of goods and
services bought by moderate income
families in large cities increased
three-tenths of one per cent from
February Is to March Is. This re-
versed a slight but steady decline
reported over the previous five
months.
While newspapers had prominent
ly reported the slight decline of
prices during that period and bosses
had used the ballyhoo to start pro-
paganda campaign against wage in
creases, the latest BIS report show
ing rise in the cost of living has
generally been kept under wraps in
the press.
Increased costs of foods, miscel-
laneous goods and services, and
further rises in rents were given
as reasons for the cost of living
increase. Apparel and house furn-
ishings continued to decline, re-
fleeing a shrinkage in consumer
purchasing power.
Despite the much ballyhooed pro-
paganda about the previous slight
drop in prices, the March 1949 BIS
price index was still 1.6 per cent
higher than for March 1948, and 72
per cent above the prewar level of
1889.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-05-20
THE HORRORS OF NATIONAL
HEALTH INSURANCE

Two weeks ago the New York
World Telegram (Hearst) ran a
picture of damned British dent
al clinic as an example of the hor-
rors of National Health Insurance,
established in England last year.
Picture was checked by British
Information Service. 1t was TAX
en- in 1886.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-05-20
WEIGHED In THE BALANCES and
FOUND WANTING

| All wealth is made by the labor of
head or hand. All expense of gov
eminent, paid in cash or credit, is
present or future burden on labor,
and on no other class in society. The
farmer is as truly worker as the
miner or factory hand. That i'm
mense public debt will be all paid
by labor, or it will be repudiated.
This nation fears Communism. The
first act of Communism is repudia-
ton of debt, all public and some
private. A new start for all.
The Truman administration is cry
ing for heavier taxes; chiefly in
creased taxes of the upper brackets.
This might make sense if the money
thus seized were being spent for
roads, river improvement, schools,
hospitals, medical service for the
children of the workers who produce
it all, but get little of what they
produce. There is no good common
sense in taking it even from our
rich just to send it to Europe, or
fatten the Big or Humble Brass at
home.
Selling public bonds is a war
measure, necessary then for national
preservation. In peace time, it is a
means of establishing a leisure class,
who live on the interest on the public
debt. This class hope the principal
of the debt will never be paid.
In few days, the Truman admin
istration will whoop it up for you
to buy another 1000 million dollars
bond issue. The press of the leis-
ure class will cry about your patri-
otto duty to buy these bonds. Your
banker will suggest that it is a good
place to put your pathetic little saw
ings. They are minions of the leis-
ure class. Foolish farmers and
workers will buy these bonds. These
are adding to the burden of them
selves and their children. This bur-
den may grow so heavy that relief
from it may be found only in Com
munist Reputation.
The Atlantic Pact is to make your
military burden permanent. 1t is
CLS way W Wal against q lldGlOu
for 10 years, before the old League
of Nations, the new United Nations,
has been pleading for complete dis
armament.
This nation we invaded in 1915
1916 at Archangel and Vladivostok
Instead of spending 20 billion for
war and entangling alliances, and
borrowing another billion at home,
why not cut 10 billion dollars from
the war effort, lower the taxes, put
the soldiery to building highways
and reduce the debt by about 10 bill
lion dollars the year? The reason
why this is not done is because the
administration and the congress are
run by the big leisure class; the Big
Brass are it's satraps, here, and
wherever our flag flies in the world.
1t is all running to a war or a
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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-05-20
CONTINUED from Page One,

the two plans was that in MANY re
spects they were bitterly contradict
DRY of each other. The Engineers
downstream would be dredging g
channel to serve the needs of unnec.
essary river traffic; upstream, Rec.
lamation would be building a storage
damb for irrigation that would de-
prive the channel of water it re-
quired.
In 1914 President Roosevelt
recommended a Missouri Valley
Authority similar to the Tennessee
Valley Authority. That did the
trick. The President didn't get his
MVA, but the bitter rivals, Engi-
neers and Reclamation, were driv-
en- into each others arms for self
preservation. "A shameless, love-
less, shotgun weddingp' James C.
Patton, president of the National
Farmers Union, termed it.
Anyway, Pick-Sloan plan was
agreed upon-a constituencies bit
of political compromising. For ex-
ample, whereas Sloan formerly OBJ
jected to two proposed Engineers
dams-Garrison and Gavin in the
Dakotas-as wholly unnecessary and
wasteful, he now agreed to the two
projects, which will cost some SILL
100000. Garrison already is under
construction, and Gavin is planned
for the future. The Pick-Sloan Plan,
which is under way, will cost the
taxpayers some $6,3OO,OOO,00O-an
'estimate"-and it will not serve the
needs of the Missouri Valley ade-
quately, as it still is a crazy-quiIt,
nonintegrated program.
| will go a step further and predict
that, unless firm steps are taken,
President Truman will have trouble
bringing about his proposed Column
oia Valley Authority plan. Both
Engineers and Reclamation have
;taked out claims on the area. | have
seen the fourteen volumes of plans
hat the Engineers have prepared
or Columbia river development; the
documents weigh Al pounds and
make stack more than a foot and
lalf high. Unless the President can
,e effectively tough-and the Engi-
leers have sabotaged the wishes of
Presidents many times in the past
mother Pick-Sloan deal may result
or the Columbia Valley.
cts no wonder that both Presi-
Tents Hoover and Roosevelt used to
xclaim privately that, if someone
'nly could show them how to curb
he Army Engineers, they really
ould save some money for the Unit
d States. -.
slaring Example of Duplication BY
'wo Bureaus
Hell's Canyon project on the Snake
liver along the daho-Oregon border
5 ripe example of what happens
yhen Engineers and Reclamation get |
o competing with each other. This
; part of the Columbia Valley pro-
ram, where both agencies are jock
ying for position.
Each agency got up a set of !
plans for the project, and prepare
ton of the rival plans alone cost
the taxpayers some SAB, 1000
most of which was spent by the
Engineers-before a shovel even
was turned.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-05-20

Did you know that the potential
vote by which senators in 1914 cleo
ton won out were: Hill of Alabama
10; Hayden of Arkansas, 2096;
Downey of California, 26@o; George
of Georgia, AZ %; Taylor of Idaho,
3Oq5; Hoey of North Carolina, 8 Y % ;
Morse of Oregon, 3O1A %; Johnston
of South Carolina, 11%. See how
the poll tax laws prevent you voting.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-05-20
SINCLAIR OIL FOUND 194S MOST
PROFITABLE YEAR

The Sinclair Oil Corporation had
the most profitable year in it's hist
DRY in 1948. Profits rose to $751;
048, SOP in 1948 as a result of in
creased prices on petroleum products
and volume, as compared to $751;
1921 in 1947.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-05-20

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.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-05-20

| have been asked several times
"Who Owns The Peoples Voice" the
answer is, "Members of Labor I'm
ions and Farm Unions" who put their
money on the line, knowing they
would not secure any monetary re-
turn; but that Montana needed a
paper that would give you factual
information and present the peoples
side of the questions. What other
paper in the state has gone to bat
against abe Taft-Hartley act?. Has
gone all out for workmen's compen-
sation benefits? Better schools?
Higher wages and better conditions
for teachers and pupils? Where
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-05-20

Whereas, Montana is a state that
contains vast amounts of raw mate
rials, which can only be developed
by new industries supplied with
cheap power, thus providing employ
ment for a greatly increased popu-
lation.
Therefore, Be 1t Resolved, that
this body go on record, that the gov
eminent build more dams and build
their own transmission lines for the
distribution of power to cities, towns
and REA in preference to private
power companies, so that Montana
may be developed.
Park County Trades and Labor
Council, Livingston, Mont.
JOHN P. O'NEIL, President
(SeaD w. J. PRIEST, Secretary.
Copies of the resolution have been
mailed to the President, our senators
and representatives, the governor,
state legislators, and all locals affil-
lated with the council.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-05-20

else would you find out how your
representatives and senators voted?
Educate your neighbors, fellow
workers, and relatives. Hand them
your copy then ask them for one or
two bucks for a subscription, five
months or a year. Make it easier
for us to elect in 1850 those who are
friendly to organized labor and farm
groups.
100000 men out of work,
$4,000 in California. Veteran
organizations in California claim
the steady drain on their treas
uries helping out members has
practically broke them.
The new bond drive is on. Don't
wait until you have $3.50, start
buying savings stamps with those 2,
4, and 6 bits change, instead of play
ing the slot machines. You will be
amazed at the amount of money you
have stuffed the last year.
Marshall plan provides for funds
for movement and expanding of
u. S. industries in Europe, to man
ufacture goods, using cheap labor.
They expect to ship the products
to United States for sale. Here is
a tip-I predict by the first of
June you will be able to buy a
new typewriter at your own price,
or at least great deal lower,
than present prices.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-05-20

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.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-05-15

cents for tne HrE pound and 4
cents for the second. II would
seriously menace gitt-boo SEND
Ing. q practice which booksellers
have tried 10 promote. he sad.
Protest To BE Urged.
Convention members w1l b
urged 20 visit their representa-
tiFes and Senators 10 protest the
increase. Mr.. Campbell said.
Registration for the booksellers
will begin al 2 pm. today and
viii continue Though 6 O'Clock
A trade book exhibit, in which
the Library OF Congress VII! os
represented. will be on display
through wednesday when the
convention will close with q BAN
quet at I pm. at which David
E Lilienthai. chairman Of the
Atomic Energy Commission, Will
speak.
Activities tomorrow will open
with greetings from Mr.. Camp
bell and Samuel Pocker Of Wash
ington. convention chairman. and
a discussion Of Can the Book
Store Grow Without Diversified
ton" Participants will be How
ard Klein of Cleveland. Albert
Rice Leventhal OF New York and
Hubert Wilson. former president
OF the Associated Booksellers of
Great Britain and Ireland. John
Remington OF Baltimore Will pre-
side.
AT a luncheon meeting at I2.l5.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-05-15
Leader Of Booksellers
SAYS TeIevision Holds
No Threat 10 Business

Television is no threat to the
book business in the opinion OF
Robert B. Campbell. Los Angeles
president Of the American Book
sellers Association which will open
a three-day convention at the
Shoreham today. Eight hundred
booksellers representing all "A
States are expected TO attend.
AS a matter OF fact. Mr.. Camp
bell pointed out. recent survey
showed that television keeps peo-
pie at home. While they are wait
ing for their favorite programs
they're very likely to pick up a
book.
When the movies first came in
they said it would eliminate the
book business" Mr.. Campbell said
Then when they got the radio
they said it would not only elirni-
nate books, but teachers. If Meth
er of them could do 1t separately
I don't think a combination OF
them will. There's no reason why
television and the book business
can't work together"
BY way Of illustrating the point.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-05-15

Luther Il Evans. L4s-a~aA1 es
Congress-. w1Ll Ep~Ak Tes* after
nooa proxrxn wsg1 feature .
scassaon o. A Practical AZ
preach 70 the Sale e. Chl3crea .
Book s
The business a. The Tsarsssx )
afternoon meeting w4l ae elcx
ton Of officers and reading ~ r.
ports. Tuesday evening all SEE
a book ard author program n
90 al Constitution Hall With
John Mason Brown EStAer
Forbes. Quentin REYNOLDS ARD
Arnold J Tuynoee scheduled &c
speak. Philip Graham pae.1s.leE
o! the Washington Post. will PR
SIDE.
The Ohio Book Prosecs. q Lab
oratoTy on BOOK Distribution all
be discussed at the Wec3neSeay
morning session.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-05-15

Mr. Campbell viii take part In .
panel discussion over Star televis-
ion station wafAL-Tv al Q pm,
tomorrow. The question Of how
to bring more books 20 more
people" will be considered. Car
ter Brooke Jones. book critic OF
The Star. George A. Hecht. general
manager Of the Doubleday book
shops, Walter V. Mckee. sales
manager of Pelligrini g. cudahy
and Merle Colby. author Of the
new Washington novel. The Bis
Secret" also will give their opin-
ions on the subject. The telecast
which will be presented by the
booksellers association. has been
arranged by The Star and WMAL-
Tv.
Mr. Campoeii answer to thc
question of wider book circulation
is fewer and better books. He
also believes that booksellers would
do well TO emphasize the sale OF
children's books with an eye TO
forming reading habits in the
young.
The only problem clouding the
booksellers current optimism over
present and future sales. Mr..
Campbell said. is the proposed in
crease In book postal rates. which
have gone up 500 per cent since
1888 when a presidential order
fixed the rate at / u cents pound
New legislation. now in committee.
would bring the cost up to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-05-15
Sd Division TO Show Film

A two-reel motion picture his
tory OF The Third ArncTed Diys~
sion III Belgium and Germany
during World War II will be
shown BY the Spearhead Division
Association AZ > 30 pm. tomorrow
in room 5Ai070 OF the PensaEon
building. The film. which In
cludes all known action shots Of
the Third Division. also includes
views OF the lo4th Division in
Cologne.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-05-15

deposition in the case is sched-
uled TO be argued In District
Court.
Capt. Latta Lawrence is repre-
scented by Attorneys Joseph Leo
McCreary and George L. Quinn.
His wife's attorneys are David
Cobb and I. S.h Weissbrodt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-05-15
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-05-15
Gen. Eisenhower Returns
To Work at Columbia
BY the kssoeio.ed Press

NEW YORK. May IL. Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower was back on
the job at Columbia University
today after a tour of military duty
in Washington and convalescence
in the South from an Illness.
The university rpesident worked
at his official residence for several
hours. In the afternoon, he got
in a round of golf
Gen. Eisenhower was called to
Washington in February to serve
as temporary presiding officer of
the Joint Chiefs of Staff in work.
ing out number of knotty prob
lens confronting the armed
forces.
He returned to Columbia briefly
each week until his illness forced
discontinuance of the visits.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-05-15
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his native Fire, sent house in
advance.
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1t means more tender, juicy meat in
every pound you pay for. "a bigger
value for your meat dollar at Safeovay!

V7oU SEE ABOVE how Safeway removes ex-
cess waste, bone and fat from rib lamb
chops before weighing them. And the test
purchase report presented here shows you
how important it is to compare trimming
as we'll as price.
We prepare other cuts in similar fashion
each according to its special require
ments This waste free cutting is part of
Sideways Guaranteed Meats plan. We
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When you compare meat prices, renerr-
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TRIMMED cut free of excess bone,
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If ever you're not satisfied the meat you
buy at Safeway is trimmed the money
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-05-15

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