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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1951-05-18
BUCK PASSING

! On March 2. News Commentator
Eric, Sevareid9 talked over the Co
lumbia Broadcasting System (CBS)
about the defense program. Some of
his remarks follow
.a"In a wartime period, by some
battling process of reasoning, it is
always the attitude and condition of
labor that are unfavorab1y COM
pared with those of the soldiers
fighting in the foxholes. Business
men, professional men and farmers
are somehow immune from the obi
Gus comparison. And it is perhaps
worth noting that the people and pa
pers most roundly denouncing labor
now for withdrawing its strength, are
the people and papers that never
wanted organized labor to have this
much strength in the first place
"Only one-eighth of organized la
Dor enjoys contracts in which wages
rise as the cost of living rises. So,
prices rise rapidly, rents creep up
ward, a new tax bill is prepared
which will hit lower incomes hard.
And only that one eighth of labor
has even a temporary kind of parity
guarantee of protection, while the
farmers have a guarantee written
into the basic legislation, and retail
ers everywhere now have a guaran-
tee through the protection of their
m ark-ups-their margin of profit on
the things they buy from whole
salers and sell to consumers"
"Worst off of all, of course, are
the lower middle class people the
teachers, the civil servants, those
living on pensions and insurance, and
so on. They are in such a hopeless
position in the face of rising living
costs, that Price Director Disable
told Congress today it may have to
5hink about increasing social securi-
" benefits 9af
"The Government lost far too
much time in delaying, from early
all to midwinter, any serious moves
% put halter on runaway prices.
They got away ahead of the average
small earner's rise in incmoe. In the |
asst year only 3 million workers got
aises of as as much as 10 per cent
|. .''-Typographical Journal. ~
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1951-05-18

LIBBY, Mont.-LSW Local IN
ion 22S1 has adopted a new SICK
Benefit Fund which pays a member
in good standing $40 per week dur
ing disability due to sickness OF
accident. Benefits begin with the
sectiond week of disability and con-
tinue to a maximum of $3.50. In case
of death, the maximum amount Is
paid to the members beneficiary
Complete rules governing the Sick
Benefit Fund are as follows:
"The purpose of this fund is to
provide assistance to the members
of the union in case of lawoff due
to sickness or accident, and to
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1951-05-18
FARMER GETS LITTLE
FROM SALE OF PRODUCTS

WASHINGTON, D. C.-(CNS)-
According to the Bureau Of Agrl-
cultural Economics, the farmer gets
a small share of the total retail price
of some commodities. Using last De-
cember's prices as basis:
If the farmer gave away the wool
in a $50 suit of mems clothing, the
suit would still cost $4,000.
Ii he'd give away the wheat IN
16-cent loaf of bread, the loaf would
still cost the consumer 1874 cents.
If the dairy producer furnished
the milk in 22-cent to 23-cent quart
oil milk absolutely free, it would still
cost the housewife 11.5 cents.
If the farmer would give away the
beans in 16-cent can of pork and
beans, the can would still cost you
IA cents at the grocery store.
For cigarette smokers-if the to-
bacco grower gave away the tobac-
co in a 2O7cent pack of cigarettes,
the girl behind the counter would
still ask you for IT cents for the
pack.
BAE also estimated that during
World War II, clothing soldier for
a year took the wool produced by
26 sheep.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1951-05-18
BELL SPEARHEADS CAMPAIGN TO
SCUTTLE RURAL TELEPHONES

| that borrowers must extend service
to the widest practicable number
of users"
''That means your REA borrowers
are required to do that under the
Act" snapped Written. at says moth
ing about private companies.
"Why should telephone company
be allowed to come in and skim off
the cream and let the rest of it go?"
demanded Wickard. "Why should a
wealthy utility be given special privi-
leges?"
1T is not skimming off the cream
when there is no telephone co-opera-
tive there" argued Written, adding
that the Mississippi legislature has
banned phone co-operatives.
Wickard told the Committee that
REA is studying the possibility of
setting up another type Of organiza-
ton so that farmers can obtain phone
service.
IF Bell Telephone company were
to say that they would give service to
everybody in a neighborhood," Wick
ard declared, "there wouldn't be any
difficulty about this matter. We've
tried to work it out {. but the
company is not interested"
Several members of my delega-
ton have come to me about this
said Written. "They had
been led to believe that REA was
going to cooperate with private bust
ness, but this does not sound like
it,"
"That is not the case" retorted
Wickard. BELL Telephone company
IS fighting in several legislatures to
stop constructive legislation so that
phone co-ops can be set up. They |
nave what are called Bell amend
nents' whose sole purpose is to Grip |
Die all co-ops. The plain fact is that |
Bell is not in sympathy with our pro-
gram" !
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1951-05-18
LIBBY LUMBER & SAWMILL WORKERS UNION ADOPTS
INSTABILITY Benefit PROGRAM

eliminate as far as possible the ne
cessity of circulating petitions.
"The fund will be supported bv
a 50 assessment levied against all new
members. and additional amount of
81 per month from each member. Ad-
ditional assessments may be made bv
vote of the membership.
Payment will be made as fol-
lows, subject to the qualifications
set forth below, and insofar as funds
are available:
after seven CD days of dis
ability due to sickness or acct
dent a member shall be entitled
to $40 per week until maximum
of $3.50 has been drawn. In case
of death of a member, his benefici
airy shall be entitled to the sum of
$3.50.
Qualifications A member must
be in good standing with union be-
fore he or his beneficiary may draw
any benefits from this fund.
"A doctors certificate is required
as proof of disability"
Successive periods of disabiIi-
ty separated by less than two weeks
of continuous employment shall be
considered as one continuous pc
riod of disability unless they arise
from different an d unrelated
causes.
THE Fund is to be administered
by a committee of five, one of whom
shall be the treasurer of the union
and the other four elected by the
Disputed claims may be
settled by a majority vote of the
or by agreement of three
members of the committee, one of
whom shall be the treasurer of the
union. The committee may from time
to time recommend changes in the
rules governing the use of the fund
to the membership at a regular or
special meeting.
"All claims must be signed by a
treasurer of the union and at least
3ne member of the committee or shop
steward of the department in which
he member works Dues books must
De presented at the time of making
lain as proof of good standing.
Properly signed and certified
claims will be paid by the treasurer
# the union"
The new Sick Benefit Plan has
developed from several years ex-
,erience by Local 1881 with preced-
ng plans and is considered by off
.ers of the local and the sick fund
committee to be sound, workable
,lan, providing all members in good
landing with a minimum of cost
er member. - LSW Register.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1951-05-18
6I,500 BUSHELS OF wheat
STATE CROP. GOAL

The Montana State CROP COM
mittee executive board met at Great
Falls on April &c and set a 1851
state goal of 1900 bushels of wheat,
or its equivalent in other farm COM
modities, for distribution through
church. relief agencies through the
world to hungry children, the i'll, aged
and refugees. go
+ The Christian Rural Overseas Pro-
gram is sponsored by Catholic Rural
Life, Church World Service and Lu-
theran World Relief. Through the
program food commodities donated by
rural people are shipped in ship load
lots overseas and distributed to the
starving irrespective of their race
or creed.
4 Present at the CROP executive
board meeting in Great Falls were:
D. r.. Larson, state director; Al
fred Anderson. Helena. state agri-
cultural commissioner who is chair
man of the executive board; Wilson
Railway, Chicago, regional CROP sup
ervisor; DR.. Arthur w. Seebart, Hol-
brook Congregational church, Liv-
ingston, representing Church World
Service; Rev. A. B. Holland, Ameri-
can Lutheran and st. Paul's Lutheran
churches, Fairfield, representing Lu-
theran World Relief; Rev. Ralph |
Great Falls; Rev. Martin
S. Whalen, st. Marks Catholic
church, Belt, representing Catholic
Rural Life.
Governor John w. Bonner is hon
orary chairman of CROP in Mon
5ana.
The first half of our lives is ruined
~ our parents and the second half
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1951-05-18
By ROBERT S. ALLEN,
In Texas Coop Power


WASHINGTON, D. C. = A far
flung undercover drive is under
way to destroy the Rural Telephone
program.
Using the needs of the great re-
armament effort as a smokesereeni
a group of the largest telephone cor
porations is furiously attacking the
Rural Telephone program in Con-
gress, the various defense agencies,
and in many state legislatures.
Confidential information in the
hands of one member of the House
Appropriation Committee reveals
that the American Telephone & Tele-
graph company and the Northwestern
and Southwestern Bell companies are
spearheading the heavily financed
campaign to scuttle the budding rural
phone program before its second
birthday.
SECRET PLANS
The phone lobby's carefully-laid
secret plans call for the following:
1. Employment of a high-pres-
sure Washington lobbyist-eompar-
able to Purcell Smith, sos, 000-a-year
agent of the National Association of
Electric ompanies-whoseS job will
be to get Congress to slash the phone
loan fund under the guise of "econ-
omy" This job will probably go to an
ex-senator.
2. Work closely with telephone
officials, who have been carefully
planted in key jobs in National Pro-
duction Authority and the Defense
Production Administration, so as to
block ALLEGATION of critical materials
and equipment to co-ops and. small
independent phone companies.
8. Secretly support legislation
known as the BELL amendments" in |
state. legislatures. These amendments I
would bar the formation of rural
phone .co-ops or drastically curb their
operation and financing.
4. Promote a nationwide "spite |
lining drive to make it unecenomical
for co-ops and Independents to serve
areas.
The phone industry already has
made, disturbing. progress in this
scuttle drive.
On the recommendation of the Bur-
eau of the Budget rural phone loan
funds have been drastically slashed
for the second straight year. Cut
TO S9,O00,000 from an original $780,
100000 program, the fund is in SER
Gus danger of further reductions.
Further, the industry has asuc-
.eeded in inducing several important
to challenge the policies 4
f REA Administrator Claude Wick
I'D on the phone program Some of
he challenges have been virtual /
hreats. FL
An example of this was Wickard's.
experience at ,closed-door meeting
f the House Appropriation Sub
ommittee on Agriculture.
Chairman, Jamie L. Written, Miss, 7
uestioned Wickard sharply about his :
efusal to allow the Southwestern !
'eH Telephone company to use the !;
oles of REA Co-ops to serve hand c
licked customers.
81 understand that you have stop
ed several co-operatives in my State =
rom entering into agreements with T
ell unless the company agreed to {
i've area coverage," declared Whit =
IN. 'tSeems to me what you are do 7
lg is trying to drive private COM
any into a practice that might be
ad business =. have seen a copy Q
the contract. and it is a pretty e
,rong one"
''The contract was taken right out
the Telephone Act" replied Wick b
I'd. Congress provided in that Act b
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1951-05-18

The first half of our lives is ruined
by our parents and the second half
by our children.
Seward seaport record., 1951-04-24
ON THE LIGHTER SIDE OF THE WATER SITUATION

Seems there is lighter side to the water supply business. To- day Alex Petrovich, manager of the Seward Water Supply, inves- tigated complaint from housewife that the water pres sure at her home was practically nil, and found that the Army transport Frederick Funston was using water so fast for her regular needs that the pressure in the higher part of town could not be kept up.
 Simple" says Alex, 'Tll just ask 'em to shut the valve from the city supply However, he had to go throuhg the chain of command in reverse from the
Seward seaport record., 1951-04-24
JUNIOR-SENIOR BANQUET SATURDAY NIGHT

The Juniors and Seniors are getting in a dither over the ban quet which will be next Satur- day. The annual affair is to be held in the school cafeteria, with the Juniors mothers plan ming and preparing the banquet, and Freshman girls serving
 A prom is scheduled for after the banquet, with all high school students invited.
Seward seaport record., 1951-04-24
KIBH HAS NEW ENGINEER

The new "Voice' heard on KIBH is that of Dave Hassen- ger, formerly of KMPC, Holly wood, California, who arrived in Seward Monday night 10 as sume the position of engineer.
 Mir. Passenger is expecting his wife to arrive in Seward in a few weeks. They will reside at the transmitter for the time being. -::.
Seward seaport record., 1951-04-24
TO INSTALL TELEPHONE SYSTEM AT HOMER

MT. and Mrs. Homer Higt formerly of San Francisco, wen through town last weekend O. their way to Homer where the are preparing to install an auto matic telephone system, equiv ment for which is now on tn way from the States.
 The Highs are also having pre-fabricated house and sho building shipped to Homer. The made an inspection trip to tn Inlet town last summer, at Whic time they decided to establis the telephone exchange.
Seward seaport record., 1951-04-24
VA. REPRESENTATIVE HERE

MT. p. M. Lynch, Veterans Ad- ministration representative from the Anchorage office, is in town to assist veterans with any prob lens coming within the jurisdic- tion of the Veterans Administra- tion.
 MT. Lynch will be at the New Seward Hotel until Thursday when he will return to Anchor age by train.
Seward seaport record., 1951-04-24
MRS. STAUTER EXPECTED NEXT WEEK

Mrs. Dorothy Stauter, wife of Jay Stauter, manager of kIRH, is expected to arrive on next Mondays train to join her husband. Mrs. Stauter has been employed at Berts Drug Store in Anchorage for the past five years.
Seward seaport record., 1951-04-24
Whc+ Is Emergency DollUr Worth?

Juneau-The next few months will be the crucial ones in de- termining how much your dollar is going to be worth for the duration of the present emer- gency, Fred c. Hanford, Terri torial Director of the Office of Price StabiliZation, says.
 This will be the period of time during which farm crops will reach their parity level and final increases of all types of com modities will be reflected on in- voices of goods to reach Alaska. Under present regulations, farm products are allowed to reach parity levels before their prices are frozen. AS to other commodi- ties, the lag caused by transpor- tation sometimes brings about a gap of two to six months before an increase at the source reflects to the consumer in Alaska.
 This lag is our biggest head ache at the present time," Han- ford said. People are asking why prices keep going up when they are supposed to be frozen. The reason, of course, is because an increase at the manufacturer or producers level is allowed to be passed on in the actual dol lar-and-cents amount, through the wholesaler and retailer. Some of these increases went into effect last fall and are just now reflecting in Alaska
 Hanford emphasized, how ever. that these increases will be the last of any consequence since manufacturers and pro- fuCers are also under control of the OPS. Once the leveling- off point has been reached, he said. the consumer can be as- sured his dollar will at least retain it's value for the duration of the frcn7e. Present estimates are that this levelina-off will be at point about 4 per cent above present levels, excluding possible new taxes. ."
 ''The price control rroor9m has shown more rapid results in the states than anticipated. ' Hanford said. 2'The net result, from our standpoint, is feeling of encouragement that as soon as the time lag caused by trans portation has been caught up, we will have our lcveljng-of and prices will remain stable. This should be within the next two to four months.
 Hanford took cognizance of the fact that under the dollar and-cents markup method, re tailers will be squeezed on their customary percentage of profit 'The intent of the law he said, lis to prevent a pyramidin9, or compounding of invoice costs. This is a little rough on some merchants but the regulation requires some absorption of in- creases all the way along the line"
 He gave word of encourage ment to retailers, however, by pointing out that once the level ing off point is reached, the base from which markups are computed will remain constant. Under a new manufacturers regulation expected soon, some prices will even be rolled back, Hanford said.
Seward seaport record., 1951-04-24

top down to about the 4th assist ant plumber to get someone to shut off the water so Stewards housewives could go on with preparation for the evening meal.
Seward seaport record., 1951-04-24
RAINBOW GIRLS INITIATION

Order of Rainbow for Girls will hold initiation at special meeting Wednesday evening, April 25, at 7:30 o'clock in the Masonic Temple.
 All MasOns and Eastern Stars are invited to attend.
Seward seaport record., 1951-04-24

MT and Mrs. Ralph w, Fuske are parents of a little daughter born April 20 at Seward Gen eral Hospital. Her name is Layne Chrisanne, who w e i g h e d ' pounds, 8 ounces at birth
 MT. Fuske is employed by the Bureau of Public Roads in Sew ard.
 MT. and Mrs. Joe Wesley of Mile 20 became parents of a girl April 22 The stork caught up with them on the way to the hospital and after a brief stop at the home of Robbie Douglas at Mile ', a family of three proceeded to Seward General Hospital, where mother and baby are reported to be doing nicely. The young lady weighed , pounds, ? ounces.
Seward seaport record., 1951-04-24

10O.13 miles per hour was made at Daytona Beach, Fla, in a Chrysler New Yorker four-door sedan, powered by the new 180- horsepower V-8 FirePower engine. McCahill entered the trials on the spur of the moment with a car
Seward seaport record., 1951-04-24

The right viewpoint will q much to tighten life's burden
Seward seaport record., 1951-04-24

that had been driven only 400 miles and that had been given no special tune-up. W. Brewster
 Shaw, Jr., Chrysler dealer in Day. tona Beach, shown standing at the right, loaned him the vehicle. taking it off the showroom floor.
Seward seaport record., 1951-04-24

Tom McCahill, featured auto motive writer for "Mechanix H. lustrated" (center), receives trophy emblematic of the 1851 of ficial unmodified stock-car record from Bill France, President of the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing. The record of
, 1951-12-11
Trans Prime
sssinister Forced
/ 0 Flee

TEHRAN, Dec. II (INS)-
Violent fighting broke out in L
lan's Mails (Parliament) today
and Prime Minister Mohammed
Mossadegh had to flee through a
side door under the protection of
machine-guns and revolver-wield-
ing guards.
The members, egged on by on
lookers'in the galleries who shout
ed Death to Mossadegh" and
''long live Opposition Leader) D.
Continued On Page 4
, 1951-12-11

LATE
international News Service
VOL. IX-NO. 248
PRICE FIVE CENTS

International News Service
MUNSAN-RED NEGOTIATORS HAVE reneged O n an implied
compromise offer O Korean truce terms and demand a blanket
exchange of all war prisoners, instead of a man-for-man swap.
EIGHTH ARMY HEADQUARTERS-NEW AIR BATTLES have
been fought v northwest Korea; four Red jets we're hit, two
probably destroyed.
~TEHRAN-vIOLENT FIGHTING OCCURRED inside and outside
the lranian Parliament today when opponents of the government
twice drove Premier Mossadegh from the speakers stand.
BALTIMORE BLOODHOUNDS ARE SEARCHING for an ex-
convict wanted in the Staying of a Cleveland policeman and be-
lieved wounded in a gun battle with Maryland police.
WASHINGTON-THE u. S. GOVERNMENT ordered the nations
junk dealers to give up M four million wrecked autos needed
a scrap metal for the defense program.
WASHINGTON ATTORNEY GENERAL J. Howard McGrath
testiies today before the subcommittee investigating tax irregul-
ardties. Senator Nixon () Calf, predicts McGrath will be- out
before year end.
PARASITIC BIG FOUR urges establishment of a disarmament
commission but the West accuses Russia of still demanding surren-
er of atomic bomb, its main defense weapon.
, 1951-12-11

The Senator dashed out at Nc
Grath, calling him a political
hack" and declared that "a man of
unquestionable integrity and a.
bility' should be given the Attor-
ney Generalship. He suggested F.
BI Director J. Edgar Hoover as a
possible candidate.
Nixon would not reveal who
gave him the information upon
which he based his prediction. But
he said the same source had prov
ed reliable in the case Of the re-
signation of Democratic Chairman
William Boyle.
Nixon explained his position on
McGrath this way:
"No investigation Tin the JUS
tice Department Tax Division) by
special prosecutors will be effect
i've unless the President first fires
McGrath. ....
"McGrath as Attorney General
controls the FBI and other investi-
gative units Of the department.
From the testimony already made
public and from other charges and
allegations, it is apparent that he
Continued Page Four
, 1951-12-11
NAAP Lawyers Barred
From GroveIund Trial

TAVARES, Fla, Dec. IL =.
Judge Truman J. Futch Of Lake
County Circuit Court today barred
Thurgood Marshall, special coun-
sci, and Jack Greenberg, assistant
special counsel, Of the National
Association for the Advancement
of Colored People, for defending
Walter Irwin, the remaining de-
PENDANT in the Infamous Grove
land "rape" case. Judge Futch said
that the attorneys could not take
part in the case because the Ma
ACP has stirred UP trouble in the
community.
Alex Akerman, Jr. Of Orlando,
VINO represented the defendants
for the NAACP in their original
, 1951-12-11
War Production
Causes Civilian
Cutbucks

WASHINGTON, Dec. II (INS)
Further cutbacks in civilian pro-
duction shaped up today as the
government put into effect plans
to speedup output Of guns, tanks,
planes and other military equip
ment next year.
Defense Production Administered
tor Manly Fleischmann said he ex-
poets to order new reductions in
the manufacture Of cars, refrigera-
tors, washing machines and SINH
lar products before spring. /,
Moreover, he announced a nine
point program to prevent short
ages Of industrial parts such as
motors, engines and turbines and
other related items from holding
back military output.
The DPA chiefs plan provides
"spot assistance" to the military
to make sure that all equipment
Continued On Page Four
, 1951-12-11
Most Wanted"
Captured

NEW YORK, Dec. II (INS)-
FBI agents made arrangements to-
day to transfer to Detroit Giachino
(Jack) Baccolla, a "disarmingly
quiet man" who was listed among
the nations ten "most wanted
criminals"
Baccolla, who despite his ap-
pearance was labeled by the FBI
as San extremely dangerous GRIM
inal who may kill without the
slightest provocation," was arrest
ed last night as he walked into a
Broadway office building.
The one-time east side hoodlum,
who was listed last August on the
"Ten most wanted" series distri-
buted by international News Ser
vice, surrendered without a strug-
BILE to the FBI men who closed in
on him.
He said simply, 81 surrender"
Baccolla, who had disguised him
self with a neatly cropped mus
tache and horn-rimmed glasses will
be taken to Detroit to face charg-
es of murder and obstruction of
justice as the paid killer of a
jeweler who turned States evil
dence in a $4,000 photo film
theft.
The jeweler, Albert A. Swartz,