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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1950-09-15
Not Inexpendable

"The methods employed Tin firing Pres G. H Vande Bo
gart) unethcal unprofessona with
presentday procedures business industry the
sions Thus the opinion of the American Association OF
Colleges which recently investigation
Vande Bogar dismissal by the board of education
April
In handing this "backeye" our higher educa-
system the association did itself with
the merits dement's of removing Vande Bogart That
proper and line with the taken by many
North Montana to continue the head of that institution
question because conducted the
education board bring the facts his competency
Therefore, the people of the outside of the
crafty that he un-cooperative have nothing
to his fitness
of education admission that majority of the boards
members ase that does behoove them to take
the public into their confidence.
this not the only indictment that be leveled
against the boards majority by all fair-mnded AS
pointed time and time again by this paper whether
Vande Bogart qualified in the of the board not the
question of the moment The thing that bringing dscred
the board rather that its majority has repeatedly refused
give Vande Bogart public hearing bill particulars and
the right face his accusers.
This arbitrarness, contend contradiction all
the letter of the oath that each and member of that
assuming office Article XIX Section of
the state constitution states in part II do solemnly wear(
afirm that will support protect and defend the Constitution
the United States and the constitution of the state of Mon
:" Emphasis added.
under the Sixth Amendment to the u S. Constitution
criminal prosecutions the shall enjoy the right
informed of the nature and of the accusations
be confronted with the witnesses against him :"
Admittedly, this criminal matter-unless
the action of the board of education criminal But the
spirit of the law plain namely to be informed of the
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1950-09-15
Must Legislation
Continued from page one

spread out over 81 other Montana counties Of the
559 465 are located in Silver Bow "a in Lewis &
Clark % in Musselshell, 10 in Madison, and Is in
Jefferson. Silver Bow has over II per cent of all
Silicotics receiving benefits in Montana.
But silicosis is not the only occupatonal disease
in Montana 1t is the most publcised, and probably
kills more than any other occupational disease
in the state
Although research studies far from complete
represent only sampling-there is alarming
ly high incidence of lung among both
and women in Anaconda. This would indicate that
smeterworkers alone not the only victims in that
cty-that various poisonous gases from the smeter
permeate the air of the 'ssmelter city,. Similarly
smeter officials in Great Falls have advised that
there have been number of among
smelterworkers there which they believe directly
traceable to sanitation conditions in the smelter
East Helena union officials have repeatedly informed
this Editor of the gout that hits smelterworkers fol-
lowing an overdose of arsenic fumes And we've
had reports from the lumber and oil industries of
numerous of dermatts (skin dsease).
1t thus becomes apparent that occupational dis
of wide variety and may present prob
lens in any industry.
And, by the very fact that they are general and
oftimes serious enough to impair or end workers
wage earning ability the need is shown for legisa
tive action making such diseases the financial re-
sponsibility of the employing ndustry-or-in other
words, making those diseases basis for compensa-
ton for such injured workmen.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1950-09-15
Seven Courageous Men

Forgive them, for they know what they do" Ger
tany this ageess Biblical thought applicable the 354
members of the House and the 70 members the who
within recent days voted for the repressve legislation
the past $50 years of American history
That only Senators and 20 Representatives should
have the to unpopular votes support of Ame
can democracy sad commentary how supposedly ne
gent have permitted themselves fall
of blind unreasonng fear That Monanas Senator Murray
of the will be to his everlasting cred-a
amidst pigmies.
feel particularly sad Congressman Mike Mansfield
having participated in this proposed nchng of the Goddess
of Liberty isn't pleasant find that
esteemed friend and a student of democracy
falling to the fear psychos currently gripping America
AS matters presently stand the only hopes that
House conference of the McCarran proposals
will not become law, rest with President Humankind
quick adjournment of Congress- This that
dent carries out his announced intention of either ang his
Veto permitting to die by of pocket Veto after the
Congress adjourns Otherwise Americans of all
cal opinion count themselves in rough handling
of their civil liberties
in preev
Bill Rights Graham, NJ
N. Leahy, R.. and Taylor dahoa
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1950-09-15
Must Not Run Away From
Moral Issue Involved

eve cannot run away, and should
not run away, from the great moral
issue which is involved in the excess
profits tax amendment. The issue is
whether or not we are going to draft
also the high profits of America to
fight the war, or whether we are GO
ing to draft and expend only the lives
of American boys.
The question is whether or not we
are going to attempt to pass to flu
ture generations of America the bill
we ought to pay now" Sen.
WAYNE MORSE, (R.-Ore.), Cong.
Record, August 30.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1950-09-15

industrial diseases but for their working under con-
dtions that foster such diseases the burden of such
compensation in all justice should be placed squarey
on the industries wherein the diseases contracted
Placing the financial burden where it properly
belongs via of Workmens Comp. Act, will Law the
foundation for accomplishing two things:
l. Least important, it will take an unjust tax bur
den off the shoulders of the general public and
charge 1T directly to industry just at present in
dustry must carry adequate disability compensation
insurance for all employees
z. Most mportant-and the goal that must be
sought-the placing of such diseases under Work
mems Comp. will develop in industry conscience"
wa pocketbook extractions. Industries having a
high incidence of occupational diseases will also
lind That such compensation insurance to provide
benefits Will cause them heavy financial drain The
result Will be to spur them into launching plant
wide projects OF sanitation and ventilation improve
ment. Such improvements once made will mater
Tally reduce the frequency of such dseases-and-
at the same time, also materially reduce the payroll
percentage payments that they must make into the
compensation fund.
Thus the real goal of such broadening of
the aw-the overall improved health status of work
ers IN lndustry-will become nearer. And for the
decreasing number of unfortunate men who become
there will be compensation to keep their
families from utter restitution
Passage of occupatonal disease legislation should
be one of the musts in labor's legislative program
for 1851 Likewise, it is to be hoped that Montana
LABOR unions between now and next January will so
impress GOV. Bonner with the need for such legisIa
ton, that he will incorporate it in his 1851 MESSAGE
The Legislature
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1950-09-15
More On Thought Control"

a.. But surely the way to succeed
in this purpose (of curbing Commu-
nists) is not to impose such curbs of
freedom of speech and press and po-
litical association as to render sus-
pect, all but the most orthodox, the
most conformist. That is not the way
democracy grew to its present
strength and that is not the way
democracy will survive NEW
YORK TIMES, editorially comment
ing on the McCarran bill, Sept. 6.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1950-09-15
To the Point On Excess Profits

upon the one hand, we have re
quests for the huge appropriations
which we know we must make, and
upon the other hand. we in Congress
are sending a notice to men with fam
lilies that they must be drafted and
serve the country's call. Yet we are
told that we must hesitate, defer,
and delay with respect to the taxa
ton of corporate profits which have
reached a peak so high that no one
ever before imagined that profits
could reach such a peak" - Sen.
O'MAHONEY (D.-Wyo.), Cong. Rec
ord, Aug. 81.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1950-09-15
Pot Calls the Kettle Black

The Kilgore concentration camp
idea is g. unconstitutional, I'M
American and the first blue print for
dictatorship Sen. FERGUSON,
Or. Mich.) and co-sponsor of the
Mundt-Ferguson bill, predecessor to
the McCarran thought control meas
ure passed by the senate this week.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1950-09-15
Chalk Up One For Zales

Sen. Zales N. Ecton told the AP this
week he thought is very unfair" for
any federal employee to have to sign
an oath he hadn't seen before, when
parts of it had been deleted. The oc-
casion had to do with Senate investi-
cation of charges leveled against
Oscar Chapman.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1950-09-15
Too Much For Taft

"The policy committee disavows all
responsibility for Sen. Schoeppels
charges ;" Sen. TAFT, chairman Of
the COP senate policy committee, in
commenting on the ridiculous charges
hurled against Secretary of Interior
Chapman.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1950-09-15
''Midstream America
He's So Right

''There isn't one of our workers in
the country who doesn't need wage
increase STEVE HARVEY,
Butte Miners Union No.. l, before
the International Union of Mine-Mill
& Smelter Workers Convention in
Denver, Wednesday.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1950-09-15
Strong Words, Professor

s'This great nation belongs to the
workers and the citizens and the peo-
pie; it doesn't belong to the monopo-
lists DIR. JEROME DAVIS, pro-
fessor of sociology, University of
Colorado, before Mine-Mill convention
in Denver
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1950-09-15

~ have no money to leave my
family in security. | have only my
reputation. And by the grace of
God no man is going to take 1T
from me.'-OSCAR CHAPMAN
in reply to charges made by Sen.
Schoeppel.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1950-09-15

and accusation;
witnesses against him ="
Because majority of that boards has violated this sacred
of American and for the sake academic
dom Montanas institutions higher learning, would
they should gracefully retire from official
ton with Montana education. They not mexpendabe.
havec
a hearing M Brandborg D. Kalpel;
Mrs Agnes Ulman Big Tmber Boey, Falls; C. w.
Lund, Reserve, and Mrs. F. N Miles City
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1950-09-15
We Agree

Marshall is the most reliable man
the President could have picked for
the job at this time :" - Sen.
JAMES E. MURRAY.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-05-13
Workers Must Be Accepted on Equal
With All Others Says Catholic Bishop

NEW ORLEANS, La. (ANP)-
Labor unions must accept Ne
groes as equal members and en-
ployers must accept Negroes as
equal workers if we are to have
a democratic economic system"
That challenge was thrown at
labor leaders and representatives
of management by Rev. Joseph
FL. FIGHTER, S. j., at a forum stag
ed by New Orleans Institute Of
Industrial Relations recently.
Hitting at Authoritarian ideol-
ogies like Communism, Fascism
and Dixiecratism," the clergyman
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-05-13
Spring Festival
Friday

The Willard Parent-Teachers
Association will hold it's annual
Spring Festival next Friday, May
10, from 700 pm. to $3.50 pm.
The following concessions will
hold forth during the evening:
Country Store, Baked Goods, Hot
Dogs and Pop, Fun House, For
tune Telling, Fish Pond, Novelty
Booth, and several other activities.
Highlight of the evening will be
the browning of the King and
Queen of Willard school.
Since the proceeds of this af-
fair will be used to sponsor
school projects throughout the
year, it should be supported by
the entire public.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-05-13

declared:
"The concept of a labor union
as a private club is ANTICIPATED in
our kind of society -. Labor
unions policies affect too many
peoples lives to allow them ex-
clusionist and discriminatory
practices on race, religion or natl
onality."
The Jesuit priest spoke at 10y
ola University as a representative
Of the Race Relations department
of the Catholic Committee Of the
South. He is head of the sociology
department of the university.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-05-13
announcement

The Levitt Sister, singers from
Cincinnati, Ohio will present a
program at st. Johns Baptist
Church, located on the corner of
Fifth and Summit Streets.
The program is to be an event
of Sunday, May 13, at 800 pm.
The program is being sponsor
ed by The Jubilee Choir of St.
Paul.
The public is invited to attend.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-05-13
Skater Penn
Relay Mark
In Mile
By Bill Ash

PHILADELPHIA (ANP)- A
legend of invincibility came TO an
end before $4,000 yesterday on
Franklin Field. The legend con-
cerned one team, New York Uni
versity, and one man, Reggie
Pearman.
For three straight years, NYU,
anchored by long, lean bespectacl-
ed Reggie Pearman, had won the
mile relay, feature baton-passing
event at the annual ~Penn~relays.
No team had ever won the classic
four times in a row and no man
had ever anchored the same team
four times.
NYU had it's chance yesterday
inthe seth running ofthe famed
! Carnival. Ordinarily the Violet
might have done it again, but
arrayed against them was no or
binary team.
Morgan state college which had
been disqualified here last year,
had recorded the best times of the
sason, but NYU with eParman al
ways in tip top form on Franklin
field c~incers, was confident. They
had upsetthe Baltimore school by
Friday in thespring medley relay,
and had won the half mile relay
yesterday morning.
With George Rhoden, the Natl
onal 44O-yeard champion pitted
against him on the final leg, it
was a made to order scrip. But
though Pearman gave all he had
Continued on Page ~
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-05-13
Mems Day
Observance

PHOENIX, Ariz. (ANP) Negroes
who fail to register and vote re-
gularly betray those heroic men
and women inthe south today, who
in the face of bombs, night-riders
and economic reprisals are stead
lily and relentlessly pushing for
ward the battle for effective de-
mocracy in American life, said
the Rev. Frederick D. Jordan here
recently.
The Rev. Jordan, minister of
renowned First African Methodist
Episcopal Church, 9Th and Towne,
Los Angeles, California, and en-
ergetic civic leader, was the an
nual Mems Day speaker at Tanner
Chapel yesterday.
Tracing the history of the Ne
gro's struggle in America, the
speaker pointed out Richard AL
lens decisive contribution to the
emancipation of the religious life
of his people.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-05-13
Enters Race To Gust Talmadge
As Georgia's Governor

ATLANTA, Ga. (ANP)- Mrs.
Helen Rortch Longstreet, widow
of the famous Gen. James Long
street and daughter of the late
Col. James Speed Dortch, an
nounced here recently her candid
acy for the governorship Of
Georgia, with the full intention Of
ousting the incumbent Herman
Talmadge and instituting some
basic reforms which would be a
boon to Negroes.
Of principal interest to Negro
es are two basic planks in her
platform which advocate uphold
ing civil rights" and unmasking
ofthe Ku Klux Khan" In a press
interview, Mrs. Longstreet is
speaking about these two points,
stated.
"I'l make this state a place
wherethe humblest Negro can go
to sleep at night and be assured
of waking inthe morning, unless
the Almighty calls.
81 will unhood the hooded ruff
fans of the Ku Klux Klan."
Other planks in her platform
include the implementation of a
minimum foundation program for
education, support for state well
fare institutions and adjustment
ofthe county unit system.
In announcing her candidacy,
she said: "It is almost UNIVERSAL
ly conceded that Gov. Talmadge
cannot de defeated by anyone now
inthe race, and I feel that the OBJ
legation falls on the women Of
Georgia to furnish the type of
governor the state deserves"
She will run in the general ell
ection as an Independent, provid-
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-05-13

sic Edmondson, ALP Norwood ave.
and Mary Bethune, of 46 Haw-
thoron street. Haskin Clark, 1915
Roosevelt ave., was fined $40 and
cost for a repeat offence of the
numbers game.
The vice squad with Pits. Jack
Peaks, and H. R. Stewart, with
state enforcement officers c. J.
McGue and Martin Spak raided
the Thockie's cafe, Wayne ave.
and arrested Mrs. Elnora Throck-
morton, the owner and charged
her with having her daughter Mrs.
Gale M. Davis, 10, serving liquor.
According to the officer Mrs. Da-
Wis served McGue a glass of 2O%
in which the charge was for al
lowing an under aged person to
serve Intoxicating beverages and
with out a health card also a
city violation.
To many watches in the hands
of one person caused the arrest
Of Johnnie Williams, %, Of SIS
S. Williams street and charged
with the theft of three "Tickers"
valued at $110 and charged with
grand larceny.
According to bet. w. G.. Ste
vens, Williams sold the watches
for the following prices, $40 for
one and SIS for another. The
watches were taken from the down
town jewelry store April goth.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-05-13

ed "some patriotic citizens sup
plies the campaign funds" and
believes that her entrance in the
field will cause Talmadge to setp
out Of the running.
Said to be in her eighties, Mrs.
Longstreet has had a lifetime car
eer as a leader and a statesman.
She entered the newspaper field
when Is and became editor of the
Gainesville, Ga, newspaper. La.
ter she became editor-publisher
of the Milledgeville (Ga.) Daily
Chronicle and led the way to elect
William Atkinson as governor.
She left the newspaper field to
become the first woman to hold
office in the state government on
the library staff. She was then APP
pointed postmaster at Gainesville
At her reappointment by Presi-
dent Truman, she became the first
u. S. postmaster to be confirmed
by a president. She was also the
first woman to hold the post as
disbursing agent for the erection
ofthe federal building at Gaines
vile.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-05-13
from Police RL0tter
By Jimmie N. Jones

Probate Court Judge Rodney
Love assessed fines of SIS to two
women who sought to pull each
others hair outside his court room
following a hearing concerning
the adoption of a child of one of
the participants in the row.
They were: Mrs. Ethel Taylor,
Of 81 Washington street and
Minnie Johnson Reeves, of Lake
view ave-, who according TO re-
ports the so-called hair pulling
came about when Miss Taylor ad-
mited she had been keeping
company with James A. Reeves,
20, the husband of Mrs. Reeves,
. no was on his way to the county
Jail after being found guilty Of
contempt of court for not answer
nc 10 & subpoena Mrs. Tay-
lor told the Court she was struck
from behind by Mrs. Reeves, who
$50 had her side of the story
hich was that Mrs. Reeves had
zcn talking about her and to the
cnt that she went to her place
of employment and to the neigh
so4s Judge Love told them
he was not concerned about their
2~rsonal problems, but that they
would have to find some whore
a!se tosettle their differences and
sine they had apoligized for their
lction in the Court era, he would
5e lcnient with them and fined
them each the amount of SIS.
Clarence jackson, 621 Webster
street, fit the wrath of Municipal
Judge aul Sherer when he faced
him with the charge of driving
while drunk and fined him 500
and cost and revoked his right
| right to drive in the state OF
Ohio for a period of five years,
and gave him a suspended sen:-
ence of six months in the w. II.
Another fine of 500 and cost was
levied onthe offender and another
sentence of six months when the
court was advised that jackson
had been driving while his license
was under suspension All but
two days of the w. H. sentence
lnthe latter case was suspended
on condition of future good be-
havior.
Frank Schacherer, 54O1 Old
Springfield Pike received a fine
of SIS and cost for the D. w. I.
offence.
For the first offence in the
numbers game and having slips
in their possession when arrested
and fined $26 and cost were: Su-
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1950-04-12
NANCY Goes To Rio
MEMS Big Musical T lit

70 Nancy, he leaves her with the
Inference that he is in love with
her. In Rio, Nancy's mother and
grandfather Louis Calhern) at.
tempts to force Paul into a shot
gan marriage with Nancy, but
with the help Of mis- secretary
Carmen NiinanC;a) the amusing
contrctempts is Strengthened out,
with Paul finding romance with
Francis and Naitcv returning to
her own-age sweetheart lScUttJ'
Beckett.D
Nancy Goes To Rio" has a ich
musical score, with songs to fit
every principal of the cast. Miss
Powell gets the lions share, her
solos including the famed Gersh-
win turnes "Embraceable YOU"
Musctta's Waltz from "LaBohemc
and the romantic Love Is Like
This. She also joins Miss South
ern and Louise Calhern in the de.
lightful "Shine In Harvest Moon
song and dance routine and duets
with Miss Southern in Magic Is
The Moonlight. Other songs in,
clude Miss Southern's Time and
Time Again." and Carmen Miriam.
da's "Yipsec-I-O" and "Carom Pa
Pa" and "Nancy's Going To Rio"
a rollicking number sung and
danced by Miss Powell, Scotty
Beckett and a chorus of enthu'
siastic dramatic students.
There is an infectious gayety a.
bout Nancy Goes To Rio" which
makes it appealing to filmgoers OF
every age and taste. Robert Leon
ard has handled the direction with
originality ard flair and Nick
Castle deserves a hand for h'T
eractacuta" dance routincs. 1t All
adds up to honey of a musical,
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1950-04-12

Nancy Goes to Rio. starring
Jane Powell and Ann Southern
on the Ritz screen, is the latest
II M-G-M's string of tunefull TO-
mances produced by Joe Faster
max and stands out as the first
iaag-up musical of 1850.
With the engaging, thrust
throated Jane Powell cast as a
young girl VINO falls in love "a
situation complicated by the fact
that the man she chooses happens
to perfer her youthful mother)
the plot moves rapidly between
two continents and unfoldS it's
dramatic, romantic and Song-and-
dance sequences amid a variety
CT colorful backgrounds among
them a cruise ship, South Ameri-
can night clubs and backstage
Broadway.
In d brief summary of the plot
Nancy, Jane POWELL. seventeen
year-old daughter of actress Fran
els Elliott (Ann SOUTHERN, gets
the leading role in South Amerl-
2an playwright's newest drama,
unwittingty snatching the plum
from her mother. When she folllWS
her mother to Rio to get the bene-
lit Of her coaching she memories
the passionate lines of the play
aloud in her deck chair, leading
her attractive but older fellow
passenger, Paul Berten, Barry
SULLIVAN, to believe that she is
going to heve an illegltlmate
child. In trying to be sympathlc