The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1951-03-09
SHORT SHOTS
By WILLIAM j. PRIEST,
The Retired Railroader from
Livingston

William o. Douglas, Associate JUS
tice of U. S. Supreme Court, who has
returned from a trip covering the
far east states:
America is barking up the wrong
tree in backing the old rulers in var
ious lands in Asia. This policy will
doom us to disaster. The plain fact
is that the World is in a revolution
than cannot be bought with dollars
and there are rumblings in every vii
lage from the Mediterranean to the
Pacific. We think of that force as
Communism, but it is not. The Com
munists only exploit the situation"
Thus Douglas confirms Nehru of
India statement: 'Who ever could
make two ears of corn, or two blades
of grass grow upon a spot, where
only one grew before, would deserve
better of mankind and do more es-
sential service to his country, than
the whole race of politicians.
Republican Senator George Nor
ris of Nebraska prevented the sale
of Muscle Shoals dam to private in
terests by a parliamentary query on
the last day of the session and the
bill died. Norris knew his Roberts
Rules or Order" which for rs years
has governed parliamentary proceed
ings and even today the book sales
amount to over $4,000 a year. Every
leader in. every group should have a
copy.
One for the book. Senator Ke-
fauver, chairman of the Crime in
vestigating committee and John
Brookfield a Federal Trade Com
mission official states, "The COM
mon punchboard takes a billion
dollars a year away from the suck
ers." "Ordinarily," Brookfield
states, "the storekepper keeps half
of what he takes in as his profit
but one California concern is sell
ing Keyed punchboards which per-
NIT the merchant to punch out any
or all of the winners before Civ
ing his customer a chance.
Replying to queries where do l
obtain my facts and figures? Most
IF them from the Congressional Rec
,rd, BIS and Government publica-
ions. Please be specific gladly give
you the source.
Union Labor is up in arms on ac-
cunt of Truman brushing off the
hieftains of Railroad brotherhoods, (
AFL, CLIO, and appointing members
f National Association of Manufact-
rers and Chamber of Commerce to
write the rules Greece Wages let
'rices go up"
Leaders of all Unions assumed they
we're supporting platform of the
Four Freedoms" in helping elect
ruman and the Democrats. Now they
re sadly disillusioned.
Union memers in England went
through this cycle and formed
.abor party to protect themselves
gainst involuntary servitude. 49,
100000 union members plus their
voting for their own inter
SITS, would be catastrophe for the
democrat party.
The Christian Science Monitor,
Feb. ID, states, "The Men around
Mr.. Wilson, mobilization director
and former Pres. of General Elect
rio, are mostly top-level indust-
rialists and MOSTLY REPUBLI-
CANS. The Trade Unionists views
are much the same as the bankers
would be if they saw the top mobi-
lization jobs in Washington being
filled with trade Unionists." May
be rank and file unionists will go
along with Mr.. Truman's idea and
fill every job with Republican in
So, including his own.
There are now $4,000 doctors in
lie U. S. By 1854 about 100000 I
i'll be needed Medical schools under g
resent setup can only graduate g. I
90 doctors year. That means a u
portage Of $4,000 doctors in the y