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Montana farmer-stockman., 1951-05-15
DAIRY EQUIPMENT

Surge dairy farm equipment distributed by
Montana Dairy Supply P o. Box 326 Hamil-
ton Montana
Montana farmer-stockman., 1951-05-15

IN STOCK Now-New and used structural
steel TT beams. rods shafts strap iron.
angles. channels. sheets, pipes and plates No
priority needed Carl weissman & Sons. Great
Falls Mont
Montana farmer-stockman., 1951-05-15

MASSEY-HARRIS combines tractors irnple-
ments. F1athead Implement Co.. Authorized
Dealer. Kalispen Montana
Montana farmer-stockman., 1951-05-15

new 32-volt appliances and radios available
Write for cataloE Farmaide- Dept. NJ Shelby.
Montana
Montana farmer-stockman., 1951-05-15

P1PE-Water well pipe and casing. al sizes,
Midwest Wire & Steel Products Co. 535 So
Concord ST. South st. Paul Minnesota
Montana farmer-stockman., 1951-05-15

CRESTED WHEATGRASS Csc pound. order
now Also have alfalfa, bronze, sweet clover.
Write for prices Prompt shipment. Lakin
Seed Company, Miles City Montana.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1951-03-09
SAFETY CODES BILL WAS
nGUTTED" IN SENATE

Despite the prevalence of unsafe
working conditions such as claimed
the life of young Claude Butler at
the American Smelling & Refining
plant at East Helena, few weeks
ago, the state senate saw fit to pull
the teeth from the house-approved
Safety codes" bill, HB87.
House Bill 81, as originally intro
duced by Reps. Vallach, Emmons,
Sykes and Haines (Flathead), call
ed for the setting up of industrial
safety codes by five-man commits
sions, two of whom would be from
labor, two from management, and
fifth public member named by the
Workmen's Compensation Commits
sion. Codes drafted by the commits
sion from each industry would have
had "the effect of law" under terms
Of lib 81, as originally passed by the
house.
Although the house gave HB 81 a
resounding 1924 vote of approval
following Buffers death, the bill did
not receive a similar reception in the
upper chamber.
First off Sen. Padbury (Lewis &
Clark successfully moved that the
bill be reduced to nothing more than
a standard" to be sought in each
industry by having the words "effect
of law strickened. Then Angstman
(HilD asked that the measure be
Indefinitely postponed His move
also prevailed. Later the bill, with
Sen. Padbury chairing Committee of
the whole" senate, was brought back
to life. Since "the effect of law
amendment had been washed out
when the bill was first killed, and
Padbury was III the chair, another
senator moved that Padbury's origi-
nal weakening amendment again be
in HB ST. Thus amend
ed, the bill passed the senate-a
MUCH "watered down" measure as
to the valuable piece of
legislation it was when sent to the
senate by the house.
NOTE: At the houe public hearing
N HB 81, Roy Glover, head ACM
obbyist also urged that "the effect
# law" clause be removed from the
ill.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1951-03-09
NO INCREASE I'm BENEFITS
FOR SILECOTECS

Montana's victims of silicosis,
most of whom reside in Silver Bow
county, unlike state employees, district
judges, firemen, policemen and city
mayors, did not receive "cost of liv-
ing increase" from the 32nd Legis-
lature.
lib %, by Emmons Deer LODGE
stayed safely bottled up in Sen. Win
ters (Ravalli) senate compensation
committee, despite all efforts of
Sen. Moss (Flathead) and others, to
bring it out before the senate. Orig
inally Emmons' bill called for an
halfway decent increase in benefits
to these victims of mining and smelt-
ing operations-an increase of S25
per month. By the time the bill
cleared the house the increase had
been cut down to SIS. Silicotics, un-
like other industrially disabled work
ers, will continue to receive $50 per
month from the state
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1951-03-09
LABOR MADE SOME GAINS in 1851 LEGISLATURE

Finally, although it could hardly
be called much of a gain, the 32nd
did generously consent
to $3.50 per week increase in bene
fits for disabled workers who may be
injured AFTER next June 80.
Silicotics, although they too must
eat, did not receive one cent of in
crease in benefits from the legisla-
ture.
3" Although the Montana Power
crowd got off to flying start by
railroading SD 8 Cabinet Gorge
through both houses, and had little
difficulty securing House approval
of five pet" measures-HB 80,
40,41,42 and 1856, the Company
ran into trouble in the senate and
via the gubernatorial veto route.
HB 40 and Al were killed in the
senate-with Lieut. Gov. Cannon
casting the deciding vote against
HB 41-and the other three meas
ures as noted in Lead story, were
vetoed by Gov. Bonner.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1951-03-09

While the 32nd Legislative AS
sembly was principally dedicated to
putting through program to further
entrench Montana Power Cos and to
further restrict the civil liberties of
Montana citizens, still some few gains
were made by labor.
Probably labor's most important
gain was the reduction of the five
per cent discount on lump sum pay
ments to totally disabled workers or
their survivors to two per cent. Under
existing compensation laws, without
considering the $3.50 per week in
crease in benefits approved by the
1851 session, this percentage reduc-
ton can amount to as much as $1,280
additional lump sum settlements of
disability claims.
Another gain, although not major,
calls for private insurance companies
operating under Plan II of the Work
mems Compensation Act, to pay one
per cent of their receipts into an
accident prevention fund.
Still another is the setting up of
a $4,000 Second injury fund to
help pay benefits for disabled vet
Grams and other previously disabled
workers should they receive further
injuries in their present employment.
Enactment of safety code bill,
which, although without enforcement
does constitute the set
ting up of a procedure to establish
safety standards in various indust-
ries. (See Safety Code story else
where in this issue.)
Establishment of separate De-
partment of Labor in accord with
the mandate of last November, thus
a decades long Struggle of
Montana labor to secure department
which would be exclusively devoted |
to the problems of labor and manage
nent.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1951-03-09

the United States amply provide
penalties for those in the Army of
the United States who refuse to
undertake their duties in the mill
tary service.
at should be noticed also that
this State does not have jurisdic-
ton over members of the Army of
the United States because they are
exclusively subject in these matters
to the laws of the United States,
as far as the subject of this bill
is concerned.
''The approval of this law would
be meaningless because penalties
already exist, perhaps in greater
degree, for a violation of the mill
tary laws of Montana and of the
United States than we find in this
BILL"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1951-03-09
MIME-MILL UNION SCORES
SMASHING WINS IN UNION
SHOP ELECTIONS

Montana's oldest industrial union,
the Mine, Mill & Shelter Workers,
in recent days has scored smashing
union shop" election victories in
major mining and smelling operations
in the state. Mine-Mill was chosen
bargaining agent by vote margins of
better than thirteen-to-one in each
election.
Butte miners chose Mine-Mill by
vote of 3,248 to 240 at 1.-THE ACM OPP
erations. In Great Falls at the ACM
smelter the score was 975 to sc, for
the union, and at the same company's
Anaconda operation, the tally was
1888 to 166.
Since the outside Steel Workers
union, who were not on the ballot,
publicly urged miners and smelter-
men to vote mo union" as an in
dication of dissatisfaction with Mine
Mill as bargaining agent, the cleo
ton results are being taken as de-
cisive reputation of the "raiding"
union by members of the Montana un-
ion. The election was conducted under
provisions of the Taft-Hartley Act
by NLRB field supervisor, H. E. Hill
burn.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1951-03-09
Legislative Roundup

Press of work makes it impos-
sible for us to give you a summary
on the activities of the 32nd Leg
islature all at one time. However,
during the weeks ahead, we're GO
ing to try and give you pretty
comprehensive coverage on the
many types of legislation consider
ed. just continue to save your
VOICES-they'll provide you with
a wealth of informatio for year
round discussion of state issues as
you look forward to taking "re-
medal action" at the 1852 cleo
tons.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1951-03-09

In applying the veto to House Bills
80 and AZ, the Governor, in each in
stance pointed out: "This bill does
not clearly show that it will not in
jure the Rural Identification pro-
gram in this state, so, therefore, l
believe it should not be enacted into
law"
The Governor also pointed out in
each veto message that:
Rural Identification is of great
benefit to the State of Montana,
even though it is yet in its infancy.
It's usefulness to the people of this
state is so clearly demonstrated at
this time that it behooves the State
of Montana to do everything pos
sible to see that it maintains a
steady growth so that all the farm
ers and ranchers in this state who
want rural identification may have
it. We, therefore, should be caut-
ious in order to see to it that legis-
lation introduced shall in no way
deter the Rural Electrification pro-
gram in Montana"
MILITARY INCORPORATION"
In vetoing the third important leg
islative measure Glib 1879 Monday,
the Governor advised Secretary of
State Sam w. Mitchell:
"This bill provides penalty for
every person who shall refuse to
undertake either combatant or non
combatant military service in the
United States or the State militia
when regularly called upon to do so.
There is absolutely no reason
for this bill because the present
laws of Montana provide sufficient
penalties if anyone refuses to und-
ertake any type of military service
in the State militia and the laws of |
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1951-03-09
Quote of the Week
Montana's Best Newsman
Evaluates 1851 Assembly

The 1851 session spent
entirely too much time trying to
do things TO people, while the
1949 session seemed to be trying
to do things FOR people. -
w. P. (Luke) WRIGHT, Tribune
capitol correspondent, in address
sing Great Falls Rotary Club We'd
nesday.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1951-03-09
ANNUAL STATEMENTS OF
FOREIGN CORPORATIONS

The fourth major proposal to re-
ceive the gubernatorial aXe-SB87
would have relieved such out-of-
state corporations as ACM,, Montana
Power, ETC., from filing annual
statements in Montana. In vetoing
this bill, the Governor stated:
"This bill has deleted from Sec
ton 15-1704, the requirement that
foreign corporations, in addition
to the statement required by Sec
ton 15-1701, file a statement con-
tanning the following information
l. Gross amount of business in
Montana for the preceding year.
2. Amount expended in Montana
for transacting business.
3. Net profits of business in Mon
tana.
II believe that the information
deleted should be given the people
of this State as required by the
Statute as it now stands"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1951-03-09
Governor H@ Field Day Using
Veto Auth, ${Ity, Monday
Montana Powers Pride and Joy-HB 80 and lib AZ,
Tossed Into GubernatoriaI Waste Basket

So far eight legislative measures concerned
gloomy around the state house Monday John
Bonner slapped veto after veto bills that his desk
following their approval by both houses of the 32nd Assembly,
Most important Monday those of House Bills
3d. AZ and 167 and Senate Bill 81 The first
highly controversial Montana Power-suppored
atng extending city street lighting for period
Is years. and providing for exclusion lighting
from existing provisions covering munich
paties lib had to do with jecors
SB 81 would have relieved corporations
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1951-03-09
No Nuisance" Tax After
This Year On Autos

Rest easy, folks. Although Sen.
Cremer (Sweet Grass tried hard to
tack use tax of So on up on the
family jalop, his hopes were dashed
by stubborn House resistance to
again placing such a tax on Mon
tana's hundred thousand odd auto
mobiles.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1951-03-09
OTHER MONDAY VETOES

Two other vetoes concerned Sen
ate Bills so and rs, relating to the
refusal of drivers Licenses to people
suffering from epilepsy, and relating
to the duty of physicians to report
communicable diseases as we'll as cpl
lepsy to the state highway patrol. In
refusing to approve either measure,
Governor Bonner advised Secretary
Mitchell: '"The intent of this bill is
good; however, as between doctor
and patient, such information as re-
quired in the bill concerning epilepsy
is deemed to be confidential and pri-
vileged."
The final Monday veto was of HB
354, an act to empower 'the fish
and game commission to issue special
permits for the killing or taking of
certain game animals when such ami
mails are increasing in number and
damaging property In vetoing
this measure, the Governor pointed
out that the drawing system" con-
Continued on Page Two
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1951-03-09

exception that it does not apply to
insurance companies having capt.
tai in excess of 100000. am
certain that such was not the in
tent of the Legislature in passing
this bill"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1951-03-09
PLAN ii CORRECTIVE
LEGISLATION

Also vetoed Monday was SD 90,
which, in the form it left the senate,
would have done much to correct the
abuses prevalent under Plan II priv
ate insurance plan) of Workmen's
Comp. Commission. AS amended in
the House, the hands of the Chair
man of WCC would have been tied,
and the bill retained little if any real
value. The Governor also pointed
out some additional objections to SB
80 in his veto message:
"This bill seeks to put financial
floor of 100000 under companies
writing Workmen's Compensation,
but by placing an exception in the
law providing that reinsurance
shall not apply to companies having
a minimume financial structure of
100000 results in repeating our
present law which requires all in
surance companies to re-insure all
risks in excess of 10 per cent of
their capital structure.
''In other words, the trainers of |
the bill incorporated the provisions
of the present law and then repeal
ed the present law by adding the !
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-01-29
Social Scientists
Come Out for Acheson
By the Associated Press

NEW YORK. Jan. 29.-Secre-
tary of State Acheson today had
the firm support of 875 Ameri-
can social scientists in his fight
against Republican opponents.
The scholars, from II colleges
and institutions in 80 States, in
statement released yesterday,
described Republican efforts to
GUST Mr.. Acheson as a "disturbing
danger"
They said his policies ref1ecte /
imagination, world understand
ing and hard-headed practically
and deserved support in spite CT
the position recently taken by the
Republican majority in Congress- y
Replacement of Mr.. Ache5on,
said the statement, would in no
way strengthen American aims
but would constitute a tragic re-
treat opening our policy to dis
Indignation, and so confusing AMI
weakening our leadership in the
world"
The statement was released On
behalf of the other signers by
Harry D. Gideonse, president If
Brooklyn College; Allen Nevins,
history professor at Columbia
University; Dean Paul Appleby of
Syracuse University and Dean
Edward S. Mason of Harvard Uni
VerSity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-01-29
Shah Will Wed Daughter
OF Tribal Leader Feb. Il
BY the Associated Press

TEHERAN. Iran, Jan. 29.-An
Iranian court communique an
nounced today that Shah Moham-
med Reza Pahlevi will marry pretty
~ year old Soraya Esfandiari
February r.
The wedding, originally sched-
uled for last December 81, was
postponed because the bride-to-b
recovering from a serious attack
of typhoid fever, had contracted
the grippe.
Soraya will become the 32-year-
old rulers second wife. He was
divorced from former Empress
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-01-29

This is the first of series by
North American Newspaper Alliances
Far Eost correspondent in which he
discusses the elements OF Red Chino's
power in Asio.
proper and now live abroad, OF
whose parents were born in China.
Their Stranglehold on the econ
omy of Southeast Asia is so great
that, were they to be banished to
their homeland today, the bust
ness life of the Philippines, Siam.
Indo-China. Burma. Malaga and
Indonesia would be virtually par
alyzed. Besides their Importance
to the national economy of
China'S neighborS, the overseas
Chinese yearly remit to their rela-
tives at home unknown millions of
dollars-which had given the Mao
regime a foreign-eXchange fund
to buy vital raw materials before
the American embargo on ship
ments to China.
The overseas Chinese in Asia
are estimated to number 10 mil
lion.
Most of them left China poor,
with only a willingness to work
and an Unborn shreWdness. Not
afraid of hard work they started
as day laborers and after accumu-
lating a little capital set up small
shops. Some own vast inter
national Wholesaling establish
ments. They control IS per cent
of the Philippine retail trade. Is
per cent of its foreign trade and
go per cent of the rice selling in
dustry. Again in Indonesia they
monopolize the domestic business.
Chinese Control Siam.
The Chinese have Slams bust
ness and finance by the neck.
They dominate the purchasing,
shelling and distribution Of rice
the country's richest industry-as
well as the lumber, tin, pig-raising,
fishing and salt-production indus
tries. Agrarian finances and
Bangkok's pawnshops are in their
hands.
In Indo-China it is the same
story. Eighty per cent of the rice
polishing, 30 per cent of the for
eign trade, and a greater part of
the banking and money lending
is run by Chinese.
In British Malaga the English
man keeps the upper hand nomi-
nally. Half of Malaya's popula-
ton is Chinese, giving that coun-
try the second largest overseas
Chinese colony-about 25 million.
Eighty per cent of the country's
tin mines and 20 per cent of the
rubber plantations are worked by
Chinese laborerS whose educa-
tional level is high The Chinese
exert a greater influence on the
life of Malaga than do any other
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-01-29
Navy Weighs 0cS Plan
For lis Enlisted Men

The Navy today said it was
considering plan to set up two
Ottcer Candidate Schools for the
training of qualified enlisted men.
Although all the other services
nave had such schools, the Navy
has relied since the war almost
solely on the Naval Academy,
Naval ROTC units in the colleges
and the aviation cadet program
for it's officer material.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-01-29

group of overseas Chinese on their
adopted" land.
Why They Support Mao.
One may ask: Why, with all
these capitalistic successes, are the
overseas Chinese pro-Communist?
Because, despite their economic
strength, they have lived abroad
as minorities and have often been
Disseminated against. They have
also a natural tendency to shift
with the winner. Their long in
tercourse with foreign ideas and
ideals has given them a liberal
outlook. They have an inclination
to favor the revolutionary ele-
ments and to side with any po-
litical party which they deem ca
pable of uniting the vast masses
of Chinese and organizing them
into powerful race.
They gave financial assistance
to Sun Yat-sen in the 20s and
to Chang Kai-shek in the 30s
of course, the younger elements
have been the most ardent Com
muniSt Worshipers. The Chinese
Young Mems Communist League
in Burma has set up a radio sta
ton and is broadcasting to over
seas Chinese in Southeast Asia
to cooperate with the Peiping
regime
Peiping is not overlooking this
giant potential fifth column. Time
and again the Peiping radio, Off
cial voice of the Mao government,
has assured the overseas Chinese
that the peoples government is
working for the promotion of
their interests and that it will
assist their families remaining in
China. The government claims to
be making welfare loans to their
families, to have simplified Gus
toms procedures, increased the
number of tax-free items return
ing Chinese may carry, and to
have made easier the renting
Of foreign currencies. Peiping has
enticed young overseas Chinese to
return to their homeland for
"orientation and education" by
Offering them financial aid while
they acquire a revolutionary out
look on life"
Threat Is Realized,
The leaders of Southeast Asia
are aware of the overseas Chinese
threat to their countries. But,
except for the British, they have
done little about it. According
to the Peiping radio and British
authorities in Singapore outlawed
the Al Hua Sheh, an overseas
Chinese patriotic organization,
and arrested its secretary, WI
Shang Yu, December 20, 1850.
Another report from Canton
states that a group of 727 over
seas Chinese arrived in Swallow,
Kuangtung province, on January
2, after being deported from Ma
laya. This is believed to be the
third group of deportees since
November.
In Manila the government has
organized league for the preser-
walton of the national economy
and taken measures to suppress
the growing Chinese influence. In
Indonesia there is strong anti
Chinese feeling and incidents have
broken out But all these gov
ernments are too weak and shaky
to act effectively against the Chi
nese fifth column.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-01-29

we're to report for duty before
the first mass today.
The threat, a crude note signed
Mason" said a bomb would be
exploded during one of yesterdays
masses in your barbaric cath
edral." It was delivered Saturday.
The continued police action
showed officials were taking no
chances although Sunday passed
without incident.
Persons carrying luggage or
briefcases were obliged to open
them before entering the edifice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-01-29
Japanese FHemen
Throw Sake Party;
IT Casualties Listed
BY the Associated Press

TOKYO, Jan. 29.-The fire
department. at nearby Gyodo
had its annual party yesJer-
day and all II members
wound up in the hospital.
The Kyodo News Agency
reported that at the height
of the festivities an alarm
sounded. The firemen set
down their sake cups and
manned their truck. Round
ing a sharp curve, the truck
overturned, injuring the en-
tire department.
Firemen from a nearby
town, who were not having a
party, finally put out the fire.