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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1950-08-25
"MARRI0RSD- BASIC
CAUSE OF OUR TROUBLES

The Peoples Voice
Helena, Montana
To the Editor:
So much trash is being written on the
cause and cure of the war in Korea
that / may as we'll add mine.
First, what type of men have we had
administering our hated regime in
South Korea Warriors What type rep
fesents us in every embassy in foreign
countries? Mostly warriors And war
riors are warriors. They know moth
ing but force. They have been con-
ditioned from early youth to rely on
force. They believe the end justifies
the means,-any means however saw
| age.
Second, why do so-called Christian
people support war in which millions
of their sons will be liquidated? or
what is even more horrible, become
professional murderers themselves?
Again, because they are so conditioned
Childhood environment conditions them
to an acceptance of war as it does to
belief in certain political parties the
Roman Church. turnip green's or race
hatred. We are tradition bound to the
past and very few are able to free them
selves from blind acceptance of be-
liefs, superstitions, cruelties, fears, hab-
It's and customs that the race could
long since have left behind. And we
continue to hand down to our helpless
children our own vices, fetishes and
false gods that they also may carry on
this bloody social system.
Even our Christian churches are
tradition bound to the primitive phil
osophy of early Jewish tribes and can
not be emancipated, but must carry on
the farce of trying to reconcile the
words of Christ with the warlike hab-
its and behavior of nomadic tribes
in the Near East, dead these thousands
of years. To me it seems the nadir of
tradition enslavement has been reached
when christian" people can slaughter
their fellowmen - mothers. children,
babies and all-and convince them
selves the Almighty is blessing the
barbarous procedure. The slaughter on
the Korean battlefields, our news
casters tell us, has been so horrible
that even seasoned veterans of the past
war are sickened by it, Yet General
Macarthur is confidently relying on
Gods blessing. Here we have mental
and moral slavery to tradition raised
to the nth power; we have reached an
impasse in the forward march of the
race from the law of the jungle toward
a decent social system
A nation, ANY NATION, cut in half
by any parallel or superimposed mag |
mary line, is tinderbox, whether it |
be Korea or Germany or any other. |
ana most surely our warriors nave Deen
aware of this fact. The only possible |
is that they, supported by re-
dictionary and bigoted groups here and
abroad, have expected and planned this |
war; that the people have been sys- |
tematically lied to and no honest and
sincere effort has been made to keep |
the peace. Instead of warriors in high |
places all over the world we could have
had men with the understanding, tact |
Buncne
on a real peace program; there
must be such men somewhere; and our
boys would not now be dying in that
hell in Korea.
Mrs. GERTRUDE S. HURDLE.
Billings
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1950-08-25
Office of State Auditor
STATE OF MONTANA
Insurance Department
CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE
AND AUTHORIZATION

WHEREAS, The Bankers Life and
Casualty Company
Has filed in this department sworn
81, 1949 in accordance with the provi-
sions of the Revised Codes of Montana,
1895, relating to insurance organiza-
tons; and whereas, said statement
shows that said insurance organization
has complied with the Laws of this
State;
THEREFORE,, in pursuance of law,
I, JOHN J. HOLMES, State Auditor and
Commissioner of Insurance, do hereby
certify that the above named insurance
organization is authorized to transact
the business of Life and Health e. Ac-
cident insurance in this State until the
thirty-first day of March, 1851.
I further certify that their state
ment shows that on December 81, 1949,
the actual amount of Capital to be ST.
600, 100000; the aggregate Income for
the year 1919 $20,S72, 03S.61; the aggre-
gate Disbursements for the year 1949
1867, 273.15; the aggregate Assets are
$12,213, 762.6S; the aggregate Liabilities
except Capital, are $9,193, 1872. 81 ;the Sur
plus over all liabilities is 1,519,S29.71;
the Surplus as regards policyholders
is $3,019, S29.71.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, have
hereunto subscribed my name and af-
fixed my official seal at the State Cap
tol in the city of Helena this second
day of August 1850.
JOHN J. HOLMES, State Auditor
and Commissioner of Insurance.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1950-08-25
Monfana's Greatest Asset
(COntinued from page one)

Continued from page one)
Governor stated: "What we are doing
in water conservation is not only for
today Most of the dams and works
we are building will be here for gen
erations- many hundreds of
years. Benefits will be felt during
their entire existence. In one place
flood danger will be minimized-in
another life-giving waters will con-
tinue to flow on crops and so on
down the line.
Even the fishermen, hunter and va
cationist will have improved facili-
ties Increased values of land,
increased production of food, increas-
ed security for livestock operations
and increased farm income will re-
suit in increased tax base and in
dustry but probably most important,
proper utilization of our water re-
sources results in increased security
to our farm homes for many genera
tions :"
Demand Price Ceilings as of sEFx-DAY"!
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1950-08-25
WANTS REPUBLICANS TO
TELL HOW THEY WOULD
HAVE AVOIDED WAR
Dear Editor:

Last night on the radio Mr. Harold
StaSsen indicted the Democratic ad-
ministration for bungling the Far East
ern problem for the last five years
He went on to lay out plan for our
future diplomatic and military action.
/ did not agree with his proposal but
he may be right: l do not know much
about such action
/ do wish to say that a lot of time
will be saved between now and Novem-
Der if the politicians who are going to
use the Korean war to attack the Demo-
cratic administration will point out
specifically when they in person or
when their recognized leaders in the
Congress proposed a definite line of ac-
ton, and the men and money to back it
up, which they think would have pre-
vented this war. No doubt mistakes
have been made; what we voters want
to know is who would have avoided
the mistakes and how?
/ myself think one tremendous mis-
take has been made during the last
five years and Mr.. Stassen has been a
main party to that mistake. For many
years and especially during and after
the last war there has been move
ment toward socialism in democratic
Europe. The Scandinavian countries
are considerably socialistic and are
finely progressive and democratic under
that socialism. England has made far
better recovery under socialism than
have any of the other European states
that we have been preserving to make
hold on to our American patterns of
free enterprise.
Last night in his radio speech Mr. |
Stassen disparaged socialism. And was
ii not Mr.. Stassen himself who urged |
some months ago that we give England |
no more financial aid if she was going |
to go on with socialism? Mr.. Stassen, |
like the editorial writer of our Daily |
Missoulian, is party to the spread of |
confusion that let's many Americans be-
lieve that English socialism and Rus
sian communism are about one and the
same thing.
This confusion and the resulting re-
sentiments both here and abroad can
easily have given Russia reason to be-
lieve that the United States and the
democratic European states were NOV
ing apart in their sympathies and once
again the democratic world would not
pull together in a common cause. And
we are not pulling together very well
yet, are we?
1 am hoping that the whole demo-
cratic world will stand together against
mperialistic aggression. / am also hop
ng that American political leaders will
nave the vision to see that socialism
IAN be part of democracy in fact al
-eady is a part of democracy. Where
socialism is weakest in Europe is where {
here is most fear of communist in ]
'urrection. 1t is my judgment that
when Mr.. Stassen or a Montana editor
mixes up a challenge to fight for de-
nocracy with an indictment of social
SIN he is confusing some patterns of {
money making in the United States
With the cause of democracy in the '
world. When old men have no vision,
'oung men will perish.
EDMUND FREEMAN, Missoula :
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1950-08-25
ANOTHER TRIBUTE TO
JERRY LOCKE

Friend Harry:
What fine and fitting tribute you
paid Jerry Locke in the August 18th
issue of the Voice. / remember Jerry
from the time he was Industrial Ac-
cident Chairman under Joe Dixon. He
has consistently fought the battle for
the common man all these years and
never once sold his soul to the greedy
corporations of his times. He has chos-
en- the prettiest part of the state to
retire to, the old Prospect Creek, noted
for being the best fishing stream in
the state 80 years ago when I first
landed there. AS time goes on Jerry,
we like to hear from you thru the
Voice, how fishing is and about some
other subjects you are so well Informed
on.
Also in the same issue 1 enjoyed
immensely your editorial headed
WHAT'S AHEAD. 1t was a splendid
recapitulation of the times we are go
ing thru, and which will be interesting
to refer back to in 10 or Is years from
now. AS the politicians, brass hats and
capital took the German peo-
pie for a ride during the years 1888
IS, so the same forces today are taking
the American people for a ride. No one
can tell where we are headed for, but
the prospects for the next 10 or Is years
are certainly not bright.
[ am writing these lines from the
shores of Flathead Lake, opposite Fin
ley Point, where another crusader for
the people has retired to, our mutual
friend Cap Bruce. Here we have a
chance to realize what Harold Bell
Wright meant when he wrote these
words: tt
I'VE have turned our backs upon the
city made by man, and set our faces
oY.1c ha in
peak. crag and canyon the signature
Of Cod
II. O. extern,
Dixon
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1950-08-25
Wage Workers Face
Cheerful Prospect

Administration tax proposals
(made on the basis of the Korean
war;, call for a 20 per cent in
crease in taxes on lower income
brackets and a 10 per cent in
crease on upper brackets. This
means that those least able to pay,
which of course includes wage
workers, will have to pay proper
tionately more than the rich.
An excess profits tax, however,
which would cut into the profits
of big business, is being played
down in Congress, although it is
n e d d by administration
spokesman that profits for big
business are running-quote: III
per cent higher than last year"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1950-08-25

erich oil man, Republican angel, who
owns countless other magazines) car
ried an article ''Too Many Farmers"
The Editor of Labor" called the
Farm Journal on the articles, as
| 500 of farms are now owned by
corporations and Factory Farm
ers". Did not Kline of the Farm Blu
reau make this same statement in
Wisconsin?
Uncle Sam is digging up 500 mil
lion to buy all surplus sugar in Cuba,
Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands and
Hawaii. American business men and
financiers own most of the planta-
tations so you will not read anything
about Welfare State cutting down
expenses.
Reports show that American cor
porations profits were 1870 higher
in the second quarter of 1850 than
in the same period of last year. If
this is ruin under a welfare state and
Truman's brand of Socialism, lot
of people would like to be ruined.
Draft Labor, freeze wages, increase
income tax on the little fellow but
wait until 1851 before heavy tax
is put on profits. Thus again we have
a shining example of the difference
between the Republican party prop
erty rights" and the Democratic
party's Human rights.
General Motors declared an extra
dividend last week of $3.50. That is
besides the $3.50 quarterly dividend
that had been paid. They should pay
out around s to 9 per cent this year.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1950-08-25

The Farm Journal, owned by Pew
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1950-08-25

Demand price Ceilings as of "K-DAY
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1950-08-25

Demand Price Ceilings as of "K-DAYs.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1950-08-25
SHORT SHOTS
By VIM. j. PRIEST, Livingston

An American Expert told Interna
tional Cancer meeting in Paris, can
Ger cases are definitely higher among
cigarette smokers than non-smokers
Remember when Henry Kaiser was
told the U. S. has all the steel plants
] it needs and that excess plants should
be closed down? Now the United
States is buying steel from Germany.
w by should Montana Pension
checks go down or up? You can't
! tell the landlord or the grocer my
pension check was reduced this month,
you have to cut prices.
Every citizen who has been in the
state 80 years and is IS years of age
should receive 500 a month regard
less of whether he owns bank or
owes a dozen banks. The citizens pay
for support for these old persons in
every county, why not tax on the
natural gas we give free to North Da-
kota to pay the bill?
The Montana Federation of Labor
should consider this matter as these
citizens with 80 years in the state
made it what it is today.
| National Association of Manu-
facturers are pushing an excise
tax. This is nothing more than a
national sales tax in place of ex-
cess profits tax. Who is backing
this plan? No one but Senator Taft.
Rep. Doyle called attention to vote
to aid in Korea, Jan. 10, 1850. 1t
lost 1913 to 191 Second vote was on
Feb. 8, 1850, and won 240 to 1874.
To keep the entire record in the open
in 1949 the administration asked for
$3.50 million to aid South Koreans
for period ending June 80, 1850.
The Republicans delayed the action
until Jan. 1850 then cut the fund to
$50 million. Then house Republican ]
and Democratic conservatives de-
feated the entire bill 1872 to 191.
Representative D'Ewart's vote I'M
fortunately helped make the 1872. The
result is our boys are now paying
with their blood for too little and
too late.
In fact D'Ewart voted wrong on
lot of bills, which we will give you in
later issues.
The adviser of Nehru of India
stated Atomic bombs are only used on
:" are we people of India
any different from those in Japan
or any other country inhabited by
England conquered coun-
tries with a Bible in one hand, sword
in the other. Can we do it with atomic
bombs? Countries do not stay con-
quered.
The Farm Journal. owned by Pew
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1950-08-25

An American Expert told Interna'
tional Cancer meeting in Paris, can.
Ger cases are definitely higher among
cigarette smokers than non-smokers.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-11-15
Null and Void
Cincinnati Enquirer)

Cincinnati Enqurer) For the invasion of Tibet by the Chinese Com munist Army there is no rational excuse This means that one will have to be invented and it will assume the usual guise of liberation"
 To ask, Liberated from whom?' would elicit no sensible answer because Tibet has been autonomous for more than 35 years In of speaking, the remote plateau between India and China always has been out of this word-a remote spot rarely visited by outsiders.
 Tibet for all its inaccessbility, does present void-strategically, that is. The Communists regard 2 void as something that must be filled and, since the end of World War II, have been filling all volds. For the Chinese Communists, who seem to have been frustrated by the of affairs in Korea and to be certain as to what the United Nations might do Tn ease they the Red Chinese, should attack Formosa, have evidently decided on Tibet sort of consoa- tion prize It can gain them little, though not even prestige
 There is increasing doubt whether Mao Ize-tung will go all out in his plans for military action against Tibet however By the threats already made he has forced the Indian Government to reexamine its en- fire policy respecting Red China. And this is a serious matter for India in the last six months has been Communist Chna's best friend - far better friend in reality than the Soviet Union
 India is not only the country most directly tlreatened bv the proposal to enforce Communism m Tibet It also is the country best able to punish Mao,s regime. simply by withdrawing the friendly s,,nnort it has given to Red China, at the LIN and in DOlticS,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-11-15
REPORTED MOVING ON TIBET
 VIA pUTA0, BURMA

ABINGDON, Burma, Nov. 15|R- The newspaper Rangoon Daily said today Chinese Communist troops had crossed into the northern tip of Burma in an apparent drive to- ward invaded Tibet from the south.
 (Thfs dispatch gave no indication that the newspaper dispatch was confirmed by official sourceso
 The newspaper said frontier au- thorities had reported to the gov. ernment the Chinese had penetrated 50 miles and were pushing toward the northernmost city of Putao. The authorities were said to have asked the government for strong security measures. (
 Such a drive would be rounds about way of approaching the Him. alayan country the Chinese Reds have undertaken to "liberate."
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-11-15
COMMUNITY EVENTS
T o D A Y

T O ID A Y At 8 pm.-Elks Lodge. At 8 pm.-Regular meeting ACCA, penthouse of AELP Go.
 November 16
 At noon-Chamber of Commerce, Baranof.
 At p.m.-Well Baby and Child Health conference at Health Cent CT.
 At 6 pm.-Taku Toastmasters meet in Gold Room, Baranof. At 8 p.m.-Women of Moose meet. At 800 pm.-CDA Card party, Par ish Hall. At 8 p.m.-Juneau-Douglas Concert
 Association meets in City Council Chambers.
 At 7:3O pm.-Basketball team man.
 agers meet in Room 3, high school. At 8 p.m.-40-8 will meet in Dugout. At 8:45 p.m.-Juneau Singers re- hearse in Methodist church. November F At 7:30 p.m.-Martha Society to hold bazaar in N.L.P. Church. At 8 pm.-Past Noble Brands meet
 at home of Evelyn Kelly, 1286 Sixth Street.
 At 8 p.m.-Elks annual Thanksgiv-
 ing Turkey Shoot, Elks Hall.
 Public invited. /.
 November IS
 At l pm.-Methodist Church ba-
 Zaar.
 At 10 am-Rummage sale at Lu- theran Church. At 10 p.m.-Shrine Dance in Scot tish Rite Temple. November 19 From 3 to 5 p.m-Reception honor7, ing the Rev. and Mrs A. B. Nor gan in Methodist Church. Essf, November 20 :, At noon-Lions Club, Baranof. is, At noon-BPW luncheon, Terrace room at Baranof. At p.m-Ameriean Legion Post meeting in Dugout. .~ At pm-Juneau P-TA meets in study hall of High School. November 21 At noon-Rotary Club, Baranof. At 7:45 p.m.-Civil Defense Coun- cil meets City Council Chambers. At .8:30 p.m.-Community Center night for adults at Teen Age Club. m November 22 At noon-Kiwanis Club, Baranof: November g At 10:30 am.-Noon Thanksgiving Services at Northern Light Pres ! byterian Church. ~N ! November A | At 2 p.m.-Christmas bazaar of Home League Ladies of Salvation 1 Army.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-11-15

tribute to the destruction of your home - and that of your neighbor well.
 We'd like, too to express our appreciation of the wonderful job that the Juneau Fire Department has done. year in and year out-weather notwithstand- ing And we'd like to repeat what Juneau firemen have so often said - that the time to stop a fire is before 1t starts
 Juneau's Fire Department will answer your call at any hour of the day or night but we hardly think it fair to ask these men, volunteers all to risk their lives and limbs to the proper you might so easily have protected by little caution.
 Fire Prevention Week has come and gone = but we think every week should be Fire Prevention Week in Juneau.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-11-15
Wednesday, November 15, 1850
FIRE PREVENTION - HERE

The tragedy at the Northern Rooms, in which two children lost their lives, warrants, believe few words on the subject of fire prevention
 The fire was described being of unknown origin" We incline to differ with that Insurance companies tell us that all fires are preventabe- and that they only when proper precaution has been neglected
 However, We have wish to quibble We sug- gest instead, that every householder and property owner in Juneau make thorough check of his prem ises or the premises he rents and see to it that any unsafe conditions are corrected at once. The fire hazard that continues uncorrected may day con-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-11-15
Daily lessons in English v v. L. GORDON

WORDS MSUSED There of speaking at the end of sentence sanction of high authority
 MIsPRONOUNCED with syllable with first syllable often
 MISPELLED: Tranquil; L. Tranquility; two Us.
 SYNONYMS: Knack skill dexterit cleverness expertness
 STUDY Let each Todas word SUBSTANTIATE been telling
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-11-15

two thirds of Russia right down to the Caucasus-all because Rus sian troops and peasants almost welcomed the invader.
 The only way Russia was ever deefated in major war was through politics. Napoleon invad- ed Russia and was swamped. Hit ler's invasion of Russia in 194l finally got begged down at Stalin- grad because he didn't understand politics. He starved the 3,60O0O0 prisoners so shamefully that the Russians quit surrenderlng. :. But in 1917 when the Kaiser want to defeat Russia, he supplied sealed train for exiled Lenin and Trotsky and sent them back to Russia. The Bolshevik revolu- tion which followed brought on the Brest-Litovsk Treaty in 1917, by which Russia, pulled out of the war. Internal revolt did it. Now we have some topnotch Russians exiled in this country, but aside from letting them act as seamstres- ses, cabaret dancers and profes- sors, we are overlooking our best bet to. penetrate the Iron Curtain In west Germany is an Allied camp of about 2,000 escaped Rus sian officers. We supply them with food, uniforms, etc, but we don't even bother to give them books to study the U.S.A., let alone use them for propaganda. They could form an important nucleus outside Rus sia-a League for a Democratic Russia" through which peace full cooperative government some day would be established in Mos COW.
 Woodrow Wilson set up similar committee in Pittsburgh for the Czechs and Slovaks in World War IT. Czechoslovakia was actually founded in Pittsburgh by Profes- sor Thomas Masaryk at that time In fact, it was politics that won World War I almost as much as force of arms. .Lenin and Trot- sky caused Russia to surrender, while the unwieldy, top-heayy Aus tro- Hungarian empire fell apart through the rebellion of the Czechs and Slovaks, plus part of the Yugo- slavs and plus part of the Poles.
 Russia today has swallowed the old Austro- Hungarian empire and is having indigestion. In addition,
 Russia consists of about 150 differ | ent nationalities, a score or so of small republics-a heaven-sent op-
 portunity which our Shortsighted
 leaders have completely overlook ed.
 While the job isn't easy, war
 isn't easy either. Nor can we with
 easy conscience look forward to the
 killing and maiming of our sons.
 Nor will it be easy to pay our crushing taXburden. At this point J in writing a column, editors decree 1 that I cease and desist, else for l space reasons they apply the scis-
 sors. However, my disagreeable and
 unquenchable persistency will prob
 bably force a return to this sub- feet shortly.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-11-15
THEATRES RE0pEkED AT FAIRBANKS WITH. SCHOOLS ON MONDAY

FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Nov. 15-iR -Theaters reopen here tonight after a 12-day shutdown because of poliomyelitis.
 Dr. Robert P German, city health officer, lifted the ban-for adults only-after disclosing that no new polio cases have been reported.
 Schools, closed at the same time as the theaters, will reopen next Monday-the same day on which children will be permitted to go to the show.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-11-15
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