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test, and a personal appearance
check. Drivers must have an ac-
cident-free record for at least a
year prior to the contest.
Winterberger's feat was re-
markable in that, although he has
been a driver for II years, he
had never entered a truck roadeo
prior to this year, when he de-
feated the best in his state to win
the Missouri tractor-trailer cham
pionship.
Drivers in the Roadeo are given
a free choice of equipment Win
terberger elected to drive a REQ
E-22 with the Observation-Disclosures
Gold Comet engine - also making
its Roadeo debut.
In the tractor-trailer class -
the big jobs most commonly used
for over-the-highway hauling
Winterberger scored 368.375
points out of a possible 400. For
rest Garrison, Illinois state cham
pion, placed second, and Russell
LaForge, Rhode Island, title
holder, finished third.
, 1949-12-28
S IA ENGLISH
by W. l. Gordon
WORDS OFTEN INFUSED:


Do not say, He had no other
faults but those of a weak charac-
ter" Say, 'than those of a weak
character"
OFTEN MISSPELLED:
Unguent (ointment). Pronounce
ung-gwent, u as in run, e as in
went unstressed, accent first sui
liable, and un-juent.
OFTEN MISPRoNoUNcED:
Kidnapper and kidnaper; both
are correct.
SYNONYMS:
Misshapen, unshapely, deformed
disfigured, crooked. Q
WORD STUDY
COMPREHENSION; the mental
grasping of ideas, facts, etc. 1T
requires comprehension to under
stand this subject"
, 1949-12-28

BOSTON, MASS. = Maneuver-
ing a huge tractor-trailer COM
bination over a course that would
bring nightmares to the average
passenger-car driver, 38-year-old
Ben Winterberger of st. Louis
thrilled a crowd of 5000 in Bos-
ton Garden and became the ma
tons new truck-driving cham
pion.
To do it, Winterberger defeated
81 of the country's best profes-
sional truck drivers in three days
of steering around barrels, between
rubber balls, through posts with
only an eyelash to spare, and past
other obstacles that simulate the
toughest problems a driver must
overcome in the course of his reg
ular work,
The Roadeo is a highlight of
the annual convention Of the
American Trucking Associations.
Contestants all state cham. ions
- also must pass a stiff written
examination on safety and rules
of the road, al equipment defects
, 1949-12-28
PUBLICATION

given that naccordance with
the PenthenysEmployees Com
Ipensation Act of August %,
1916, Jas amended, all Employ
ers Of three or more employ
eeS are liable for compensa-
ton to employees performing
work for them, forl
disability or death arising
from such employment, except
those engaged in religious ser
vice, domestic service, or work
in their homes, and shall, sub
iect to a penalty of not exceed
ing $500, or imprisonment for
not more than six months for
failure to insure, secure the
payment of compensation un-
der said Ordinance by insur-
ing with the Municipal Insur
ance Fund, and it shall be the
duty Of every employer af-
fected BY this Ordinance to file
with the Assistant Commits
sioner of Finance, not later
than January IS, 1850, a state
ment under oath, showing the
number Of persons employed,
the kind of occupation or in
dustry, and the total amount
of wages actually paid during
the calendar year 1949. Copies
Of the required form are being
sent all employers believed to
be subject to the Ordinance,
for filing this report, which
shall be used as a basis for the ad
justment of the advance pre-
MUM paid for said year. This
report shall also be used as a
basis for computing the an
nual advance premiums for
the calendar year 1850, the
amount Of which will be pay
able in equal semi-annual in
stallments by January 81, and
July 81, 1850. It shall never
theless be the duty of any en-
ployer subject to the Ordin-
ance, who may not have re-
ceived forms to request them
from the Assistant Commits
sioner Of Finance, and to make
the required report by Jan
uary IS, 1850. No individual
salary or wage shall be report
ed at a rate in excess of $40.
per week.
Every employer affected is
required by Section % of the
Ordinance to keep an accur-
ate record Of the number of
his EMPLOYEES and the wages
, 1949-12-28
Commissioner of Finance.

VI 1I1o1lNSs
In addition to the penalty
for failure to insure, employers
failing to file statements on
the date specified will be sub
ject to a fine of not more than
$500, and for failure to keep
proper records of wages paid,
a fine of five times the amount
of the difference between the
premium paid and the pre-
MUM which should have been
paid, which fine shall be as
ssessed and collected in the
same manner as the premiums.
Christiansted, st. Croix
December is, 1949
L. r. CONRAD
Asst. Comm. of Finance
St. Croix. Custodian, NUM-
cipal Insurance Fund.
12-21-22-23 & "a
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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-09-30
FIRST CHARGES MADE
BY MANSFIELD

According to New York Post
Home News, Sept. 10, Rep. Mike
Mansfield was the first to charge
existence of 'brazen lobby to
work for more China aid
Mansfield urged the house lobby
investigating committee to find
out whether American money,
originally appropriated to aid the
Chinese government and illicitly
diverted to private use is actually
being used to promote new legis-
lation for aid to China by which
more money would be made avail
able.
The Montana congressman also
suggested that the investigator
committee find out whether mon
ey appropriated to help China is
being used to finance attacks on
our Secretary of State and other
officials charged with conducting
our relations with China"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-09-30

! OF wall Street finance, CnflS-
tan Front activity, Tammapy
Hall politics and big-time pub
lie relations.
In less than two years, according
to Justice Department records, Good
win has contracted for $4,000 from
the Nationalist government, first to
"get help from the United States, :"
then to influence leaders of
thought" and urge them to approve
'flarger measures of American sup
port and material aid"
With this money Goodwin has Civ
en- intimate dinners in Washington's
exclusive clubs and hotels for more
than 100 members of congress. He
has campaigned for legislators, even
while registered as a foreign agent,
contributed to their campaigns, and
sent some of them flowers and at
least one a congratulatory present.
His checks for entertainment" have
run as high as $640.
Goodwin, once an arch-isolation-
ist who has "politicked'' for both
major parties and himself, admit
ted last week he was a member
"for a short time of the Christian
Front, strong-arm Nazi-type
ganization.
He was hired first in March 1913,
by Counselor Chen Chihmai of the
Chinese Embassy, who was looking
for man who could supply senators,
and national leaders
with answers to their questions about
China. Chen said he had been en-
oarrassed by efforts of Americans to
obby for China aid, some of whom
asked for 1 per cent contingency
fee.
When asked why his government
had thought it necessary or advisable
% hire a lobbyist, Chen paid tribute
% Goodwin's ability to win friends
nd influence people. He explained
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-09-30
Jeanette Rankin
Leaves On Lengthy
Trip To India

Jeanette Rankin, in congress
when this nation was forced into two
world wars, is heading for India to
study the non-violence theory which
won independence for that great
country.
Sprightly Miss Rankin, now in her
COS, has been proponent of world
peace for many years and she hopes
to bring back to America sonre sec
rets from the followers of the late
Mohandas Gandhi.
India may yield a substitute for
war;" Miss Rankin said Certainly
the world needs one, in the face of
the powerful weapons of destruction
which are being developed"
Miss Rankin acquired an intense
interest in India during a six-month
stay there in 1916. She interviewed
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, prime
minister and follower of Gandhi, who
led millions to independence through
non-violence.
On this trip she will seek out those
closest to Gandhi's spiritual move
ment.
Miss Rankin left Helena Wednes-
day and will sail from Seattle Octo-
Der 7. She and Mrs. Lola Kerl of
Occur d'Alene, Idaho, will take an
automobile with them.
Miss Rankin was one of Sc u. S.
representatives who voted against
the declaration of war against Ger
many in 1917, and she was the only
of the assembly to vote no
against the war declaration against
the japanese.
These votes were necessary, she
said, because she was an official of
a world peace organization Great |
Falls Tribune.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-09-30

Operation due to higher labor
costs. They also point to de-
creasing revenues as another
reason for the rate boost. Rail-
road attorneys are hanging
much of their argument on the
favorable report they received
from the Interstate Commerce
Commission August 2, 1949,
granting an 8 percent increase
on western interstate freight.
The full freight rate increases
granted by |. G. G. since 1916 total
an estimated average of 62.6 percent
on interstate traffic and the state
commission has gone along with cor
responding intrastate rate increases
except for the currently demanded
8 percent. The Montana railroad
commission denied the carriers a re-
quest of a percent increase last
March 9.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-09-30

Five transcontinental railroads
operating in Montana are seeking the
rate increase. They are the North
|ern Pacific, the Great Northern, the
Chicago, Milwaukee, & st. Paul, the
Union Pacific, and the Chicago, Bur-
lington and Quincy. These carriers
are joined by the short lines the
Montana Western, the White Sulphur
Springs and Yellowstone Park, the
Bttte-Anaconda, the Montana, Wyo-
ming and Southern Coming in from
the south) and the Minneapolis, ST.
Paul and Saulte St. Marie Coming
into northeastern Montana.)
Conrad Olson, Northern Pacific
lawyer, led the battery of attorneys,
accountants and traffic experts for
the railroads. Piles of data-bearing
exhibits were introduced by the rail
roads all purporting to show the need
for the rate raise.
Continued on Page Three
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-09-30
More Aid Pledged
Striking Miners of
The Occur d'Alenes

Additional support for the 5000
miners of the Occur d'Alenes in their
strike for a living wage came this
week when the Flathead County
Farmers Union went on record to
aid the strikers in their appeal for
foodstuffs.
Besides this action, several resolu-
tons were also adopted, including:
insistence on the enactment of a
farm program guaranteeing 100 per
cent parity; public hearings on eva
MVA legislation; and, continuation
of the unions efforts to get badly
needed improvements for the county
hospital. The convention also ex-
pressed disapproval of the stand of
the board of examiners regarding al
location of greater university build
ing funds.
Officers elected for 1850 at the
convention are: Harold Ridenour,
president; Roy Burch, vice presi-
dent; Mary Motichka, secretary
treasurer; Florence Slethaug, legis-
lative chairman, Lawrence Sonstelie,
organization chairman; Fred Kuehne,
Coop chairman. Florence Slethaug
was named senior delegate to the
state convention and Robert Lynn,
junior delegate.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-09-30

Goodwin was hired because he was
skilled politician who was better
equipped to handle relations with
congressman than embassy staff
members.
(These facts on the handspring of
the China-aid lobby were developed
in joint inquiry by The Washington
Post and the ST. Louis Post Dispatch.)
Switches to News Agency
Detailed statements on file with
the foreign agents registration sec
ton of the Justice Department show
that Goodwin first connected with
Nationalist China in March 1913,
when he was hired to interest Amer
lean money in China. He worked at
$4,000 year for the Natural Re-
sources Commission of China, who'll
ly owned fundamentally of the Ma
tionalist government.
When the Chinese civil war made
this work academic, Goodwin switch
ed to the Chinese News Service, also
a wholly owned instrumentality of
the Nationalist government. The
news service has spent 1854, 815.71
on Nationalist China's behalf since
1916.
His present contract, signed July
7, 1949, calls for Goodwin to Eek
plain to leaders of thought in the
United States, including members of
congress the danger of the Com
munist movement to the security of
the United States, and conversely to
urge confidence in the Nationalist
government of China and to seek for
it large measures of American sup
port and material add
For the Chinese News Service,
which Chen described as conven-
ent agency for Goodwin to work
With, Goodwin estimates he has given
1T least 20 intimate dinners for more
han 100 congressman. Habitually,
either Chinese Ambassador Yelling
on Koo or Chen are present at these
functions to answer questions and
rive congressman their views on the
controversial issue of aid or no aid.
While registered as a foreign
agent, Goodwin said he had cam
'aigned for several senators, includ-
ng Zales N. Ecton Or, Month, to
whose campaign Goodwin said he
contributed $500; Chapman Rever-
Continued on Page Four
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-09-30

the action of the Board of Edu-
cation in approving rent in
creases was a direct violation
of the purpose and intent of
the National Rent Control Act.
Since this order was issued, Gov
ernor Bonner has requested Mr..
Tighe Woods, national housing ex-
peditor, to continue rent controls in
Montana and as a consequence, Mr..
Woods has agreed not to decontrol
any of the present rent areas in this
state.
We now have unparalleled
situation whereby the State of
Montana is demanding that rent
controls be continued as far as
private landlords are concerned,
but when the state acts in the cap
acity of landlord it refuses to
abide by the self-same regulations
it seeks to impose on others.
Furthermore, the time-worn ex-
cuse of higher operating costs,
offered by state university system
units is exactly the same excuse
that private landlords have been
using without avail, to secure in
creases in their rental rates.
This claim of higher operating
costs is utterly ridiculous when the
given the university
system this year by the 31st legisla-
ture are taken into consideration.
The combined appropriations for
the university system both from the
millage fund and the general fund
for the present 1949-1951 biennium
is $8,994, 054.61 in comparison to the
previous 1947-1949 biennium appro-
oriation of 1924, or an in
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-09-30

crease of $3,719, 229.61. This ap-
preparation of course, does not in
clude any of the remaining postwar
building funds or any portion of the
S., 100000 bond issue voted by the
people at the November election. If
these additional sums are taken into
consideration, the university system
will have $14,484,174.20 to spend
during this and the next fiscal year.
VIII Take $50 of State
Governments Income
AS an illustration of the enormous
cost of operating our university sys-
tenn, the states income during this
same two-year period will probably
not exceed S35, 100000 and this fig
ure includes all revenue derived from
the 6-mill higher education property
levy. Therefore, on the basis of this
past sessions $8,994,054.61 appro-
priation for the university system, it
can be easily seen that approximate
ly 25%o of the entire income of the
state is being appropriated to sup
port higher education in Montana.
When seeking approval of the
millage increase from 3 u
to 6 mills at the past election, pro-
ponents of the increase made it clear
to the voters that if the 6-mill levy
was approved it would adequately |
take care of all the university sys-
5em's financial needs. However, if |
,he present appropriations were fig !
lred entirely on millage basis, they |
are now spending at the rate of 10 |
mills instead of 6 mills and still seek
ng more.
In the face of these huge appro-
)riations, it isn't difficult to deter
nine that increases in board and
Dom schedules are entirely without
justification. 1t was on that basis
Is well as violation of the purpose
md intent of the national rent con-
rol act, that issued my order freez-
ng rates in the residence halls of the
system.
| am glad to report that the School
f Mines at Butte, Western College
f Education at Dillon, and Northern
fontana College at Havre have adj
cred to the freeze order and at the
resent time are not placing any in
reases in effect. In fact, Northern
lontana College at Havre has found
possible to reduce rates for board {
nd room. Eastern Montana Col {
,ge at Billings does not operate resi- :
ence halls.
The only units which are still en-
eavoring to increase board and room
ates are the university at Missoula 1
nd the State College at Bozeman.
The tax payers as well as the
parents of students attending units O
IF our university system are en- :
titled to some relief from this con-
inued pressure for more and more
for the operation of our G
higher education system whether a
f is in the form of appropriations o
~ increases in board and room C
:harges. In order that more and II
more Montana families may be en- e.
,bled to furnish their children a 8
ollege education the trend in edu- C,
alton costs should be downward q
lot upward as it is at present N
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-09-30
Hog Support System

A change in the governments hog
support price system was made public
last week by the Department of Ag-
riculture.
Under the change, the government
will attempt to keep the national av-
erage hog prices at support levels.
Previously, prices were maintained
for individual markets.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-09-30
Kenfield Discusses Controversial Rate
Increase Being Sought By Railroads
By LEONARD KENFIELD, Great Falls

By Great Falls
The Montana Railroad and Public Commission heard
for and against percent freight
for shipments within state Helena September
with host of Montana people protesting.
The railroads asking the plea mainly
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-09-30
CANNON fires ANOTHER WOLFE s 4
UNIVERSITY BOARD ROOM FRAv.s
Points Up Inconsistency of States Position In Opposing
Lifting of Private Rent Controls, While Approving
Increased Rate Assessment On Students

Following action by the Board of Education last week in
permitting Montana State u Montana State College to
student board and rates. Lieut. Governor Paul
Cannon Tuesday released the following statement defense
of his freeze order" of April IA, to the press:
my order of April H. 949 directing the presidents of
the university system maintain existing board
all sae-owned residence halls pointed that
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-09-30
tent Worked For Ecton In 1916

Ex Nazi-ophe Brought To Montana BY Junior Senator's
Campaign Committee For Vicious Last Minute Attack On
Judge Left Erickson (See Edtorial)
Chang Kashek Now Pays Former Christian Front Lobbyist
And Political Propa gandist SIS, 900 Annual Salary
The Washington
The Chinese Nationalist hired 000-a- lobby
list for Chang Kahek and to sabotage Adj
minstration plans to withhold funds.
The Observation-Disclosures William j. Goodwin of
Roslyn N.Y. and the Metropolitan Club in Washington
sered lobbyist and foreign agent with stormy background
, 1949-03-22
Recent Visitors Like
ST. Croix: To Return

Three new visitors to st.
Croix who came over the last
weekend for a "look-see /"
have expressed themselves as
being delighted with the Is
land, They are Mr.. and Mrs.
Raiford Brown and Professor
Robert G. Armsley.
Mr.. Raiford is with the Soil.
Conservation Office in Maya
guez, Puerto Rico. Professor
Armsley who teaches at the
University of Puerto Rico, was
instructor at the Atlanta Uni
versity last year, and plans a
two year study in East Africa
shortly.
, 1949-03-22

"The development of air
transportation" the speaker
added, "opens vast new oppor-
tunities for its exploration ac-
ton, to unlock these opportu-
mites"
Few areas anywhere, the
speaker indicated, enjoy such
a climate of glorious sunshine
and brilliant waters as the Ca
ribbean, and few have a more
rightful claim to being a region
of comparable romance and.
vivid historical background.
Listed by the speaker as most
important among the recon-
mendations to the Commission
by the delegates at the West
Indian Conference were the
following:
ID Industrial development
of the areas under control of
the four powers participating
in the Caribbean Commission
France, the Netherlands, the
United Kingdom, and the Unit
ed States. Financing of such de
velopment, it was recommend
ed, would be through the ECA
and the international Bank &,
Continued on Page ~
, 1949-03-22
Toby Tells Mothers
Let Children Earn
Weekly Allowance

Republican Senator Charles
Toby of New Hampshire gave
what he thought was some
good advice to mothers yester-
day, when he said, Don't give
your child an allowance make
him earn it,.
The Senator told a chapter
of the American Association
of University Women that
they should teach their chill
dren that money and security
is the reward of hard work and
economy. Then, he said,
"once the child learns this,
when he grows up he will not
expect the Government to give
him health benefits and old
age pensions without his hav-
ing put anything into them.
, 1949-03-22
Mrs. Roosevelt Says
Live Democracy
Don't Talk Il

Mrs. Eleanor. Roosevelt said
yesterday that the United Sta
ties will win over communism
by living democracy rather
than just by talking about It.
The former first lady, spoke
on Human Relations at Col
gate University in Hamilton
New York, she said the deci-
sion of the down-trodden peo-
pies of the world will be made
by watching democracy work
in America.
, 1949-03-22
SONAL MENTION

Cyril Fabio of the 10 ca |
Cable B. Wireless Limited here
returned yesterday afternoon
from a five-months stay on the
mainland. His sister, Mrs. Eu-
gene Schuster, who accompa-
MED him to New York, return
ed with him.
MIR. Fabio resumed his duties
this afternoon.
, 1949-03-22
De Castro Discusses
BudgeturY Meters
With Administrator

Government Secretary Nor
ris F. de Castro arrived on the
early plane today and held
conferences with Administra-
tor Taylor on budgetary mat
tiers also matters affecting the
Agricultural Station here.
He is scheduled to return on
the afternoon plane.
, 1949-03-22
MUNICIPAL COUNT
TO MEET IN5EXTRA-
ORDINARY SESSION

An extraordinary meeting
of the st. Croix Municipal
Council has been called by the
chairman, the Hon. Ludwig E..
Harrigan, to convene tomor-
row at 8 o'clock pm.
Several items are scheduled
to be taken up.
, 1949-03-22
Ward W. Canaday Forecasts
Regeneration of Caribbean Area

MIAMI, FLA, March 2l-Regeneration of the entire Carib-
bean area which reflects the whole gamut of economic misery
and economic wealth" was forecast today by Ward M. Cana
day, co-chairman of the %fourpower Caribbean Commission
and chairman OF its1U S. Section, as a result of a program re-
, 1949-03-22

cOl1l1IleIlQeu Dy the re Mt
West Indian Conference.
The concrete proposals of the
conference held at Guadelope,
French West Indies, last De-
cember, Mr.. Canaday predict
ed, would bring both short &
long term results of social and
economic betterment of the
Caribbean peoples.
Mr.. Canaday gave the first
public report on the Confer
ence before the Hispanic-Amer
lean Institute of the University
of Miami which, throughout
this year is devoting its ses-
sions to Caribbean problems.
Mr.. Canaday, Toledo auto
motive industrialist, named by
President Truman to head the
American Section of the Com
mission, also is co-chairman of
the Commission which repre-
sents France, the Netherlands,
the United Kingdom, and the
United States.
The Commission has its head
quarters at Trinidad, British
West Indies. Of its auxiliary
bodies the WestIndian Confer
ence is made up of two dele
gates from each territorial gov
eminent. and the Research
Council is composed of scien-
fists and others having a vast
and intimate knowledge of the
Caribbean area.
IF the national governments
who are politically responsible
for this great region continue
to cooperate in the solution of
its problems" Mr.. Canaday
said, "the Caribbean can con-
tribute a brilliant new chapter
to the life of the western hemi-
sphere"