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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1951-04-20

was absolutely necessary for sur
vival that little merchants band to-
gether for buying purposes if they
are to compete with chain organi-
cations and stay in business. That
it is even more essential that farm
ers pool their resources to secure a
more favorable position in our econ
omy, Kelly also called attention to
the fact that the farmers are the
only group in our country who have
been forced to sell at wholesale and
buy at retail" and that this in
equality is a certain road to rural
bankruptcy.
Looking at farm co-ops through the
eyes of a small Lake county business
man, he pointed out that farm coop
savings had in his county alone re-
suited in several millions of addi-
tional dollars finding their way into
retail merchants cash registers in the
past twenty years.
Calling attention that two-thirds
of the nations business is now di-
rectly controlled by less than 200
corporations, and that, many of these
major corporations are the ones
carrying the bulk of the financing
of NTEA, Kelly told his listeners
of one concrete step he plans to
take in expressing his disapproval of
its untrue propaganda cam
paign, and its financial angels. Hav-
ing noted that, according to the Con-
gressional Record of March 20 that
Montana Flour Mills, Great Falls, is
a consistent $500 per year contrib
utor to NTEA, Kelly forthwith is
his flour buying to other
milling concerns.
TAX STATUS OF CO-OPS
Sen. Weydemeyer in discussing
the "Tax Status of Co-ops," en-
phasized that the tax equality groups
in their determination to destroy
farm co-operatives are attempting
to g. place tax on money (pat-
ron's overpayments) that is not in
come :"
The Lincoln county senator then
vent on to point out that almost
al farm co-ops pay every tax paid
by individual businesses and part
lerships, and, on undivided savings
must also pay corporation income
axes. Only very small percentage
If farm co-ops take advantage of
Sec. 101 of the Internal Revenue
AK status, since, to comply with
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1951-04-20

| In SubStantlat1on OF his charge ina
the legislature did nothing, Cannon
cited as examples the failure of thai
body to do anything about orderly de-
velopment of Montana resources, and
the totally inadequate $40 per cent
| highway construction and mainten-
ance program hammered out in the
closing days of the session.
Emphasizing that power produc-
ton holds the key to future growth
of our state, Cannon cited the fact
that all of Hungry Horses initial
production capacity of 100000 XVIII
has been contracted for although the
project is only half completed at
this time. Then, the Lieut.. Cover
nor raised the question whether the
Republican party actually wants
power development and industrial
growth in Montana. He concluded
that their record in the 32nd Legis-
lature would indicate they do not.
Cannon also accused the COP of
being anti-public power and anti-REA
and cited several important pieces
of legislation in substantiation of
his charge. Calling attention to the
fact that the majority party earned
&c. . the gratitude of a large public
utility concern which operates in this
state y. :" by breaking all records in
steam-rolling SD 9 Cabinet Gorge
billy through both houses in 48 hours,
he noted that no protective provi-
sions were written into this act
for the benefit of the state, saying:
"GIVEAWAY"
''No provision was made WhatSo
ever to recompense the state of Mon
tana or the county of Sanders for
permanent loss of taxable valuation
in the land and buildings which would
De flooded. Nor was there any ex-
press agreement to reimburse Mon
Jana for furnishing educational facil-
ties for the families of workers in
The neighboring state who would |
i've in Montana during the dams
No provision was made |
'or the cost of relocating roads and |
highways or other damage that would |
De suffered by the state or its citi-
sens. In otherwords, we gave away |
IS miles of Montana's waters, abso-
utely free of charge. No compact |
vas negotiated with our neighboring
state over the control of this water.
md Montana did not receive any al
ocation whatsoever of the power
which was to be generated by the
of the Cabinet Gorge. |
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1951-04-20


Featured speakers at both meetings
were Senators Winton Weydemeyer
(R-Lincoln) and master of Montana
State Grange, and Ray Kelly ID
Lake,, Poison retail grocer. The Ro-
nan meeting was chaired by w. d.
Mcdaniel, Moiese, master of Lake
County Pomona Grange, and S. R..
Logan, county legislative chairman of
the Farmers Union presided at the
st. Ignatius meeting.
In addition to these two organiza-
tions, other sponsors of the newly
organized Lake County coop lac
tivities group included: Consolidated
Diaries, Farmers Union Trading Co.,
Arlee; Lake County Wool Growers,
Farmers Union Oil, ST. Ignatius; Lake
County Mutual Insurance, Farmers
Union. Cannery, Poison; Lake Coun-
ty Dairy Breeders, Lake County Seed
Growers and Lake County Credit I'm
ion.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1951-04-20
Preservation Of Co-ops atures
Joint Lake County Mee'y<,e

, X
this section they must subject them
selves to legal restriction so sur
rounded with red tape that it is eX-
tremely difficult to carry on business
operations.
Concerning the leaving of patron
age overpayments in coop for
expansion purposes, Sen. Weyde-
meyer, used a number of illustrations
to clarity the tax status of such
overpayments. For example, when a
privately-o~ned business borrows
money at the bank the borrowing
concern doesn't pay corporation Ii
cense tax on such money since a
loan represents a liability against
the business rather than income to
the business. Similarly with over
payments that the patrons vote to
leave in their coop. Such overpay-
ments constitute loan to the CO.
op-a liability-and not income.
Like money borrowed by private
business from a bank, such overpay-
ments do not place a tax burden
against the co-ops. Overpayments,
whether paid out in cash, or left
in the coop by the patrons must be
considered income by the patrons.
Accordingly, patrons must pay in
dividual income tax thereon.
Pointing out that federal and state
70 lou q
same for corporations and co-opera-
tives, Weydemeyer stated that any
corporation by refunding part of its
net profits to its patrons at the end
of each year, can also avail itself
of exemption from corporation in
come tax to the extent of such pat
ron refunds.
Looking to the future and the
very definite danger that another
legislature may place discriminatory
taxation upon farm co-operatives,
Sen. Weydemeyer told his listeners:
eve of the co-ops have not been
on our toes as much as we should
have been in telling the facts about
co-operatives to the people q. If
we show them the facts, the peo-
pie will pretty we'll stand behind us
:. Congress is pretty well informed.
They have found time and again, in
special studies, that co-ops are pay
ing their rightful share of taxes :. :"
In several counties of the state, CO.
Ups once each year purchase dis
play advertising space in local papers
they list all the various kinds
If local, state and federal taxes and
licenses they pay. In Lake county,
Diaries is the third larg-
est taxpayer, being exceeded only
~ Montana Power Company and the
Northern Pacific-both of whom are
actually only tax collectors since
Utility rates are regulated by the I
public Service Commission, and rate
chedules make ample allowance for
III taxes assessed against either cor
,oration.
Joint EFFORT TO CONTINUE
Because of the keen interest of
he upwards of 800 Mission valley
armers who attended the meetings,
representatives of the ten groups in
olved have decided to make the coop
ctivities association a continuing af-
air for the purpose of preventing de-
truct1on of their co-opS and for sup
orting legislative candidates who al
o believe in cooperative principles.
n the recent legislature, Sen. Kelly,
Ike Sen. Weydemeyer, worked hard
D prevent passage of HB 1888. Lake
ounty house members, Reps. Weld
ian and Atkinson voted for the anti
o-op measure.
I'LL County REA To Build
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1951-04-20
Hill County REA To Build
1876 Miles of New Line

Hill County Electric Coop at
Havre has been granted a loan of
$235, 600 by the Rural Identification
Administration, Washington, W h
which to build 1876 miles of additional
distribution lines. The lines when
completed will serve 81 new rural
consumers.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1951-04-20
Says Lieutenant Governor
Says Lieutenant Governor :.
32nd Legislature, "a
6O-Day Fiasco"

Castigating the 32nd Legislature 'sorrys affair."
fiasco" Lieut. Gov Paul Cannon Wednesday, charged
that the Legislature failed perform any
people of this " -Cannons volIey fired
before Yellowstone County Democratic Club
annual Jefferson-Ja ckson Day dinner in Billings.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1951-04-20

Meetings at Roman and ST. gnaus attended by members Of
Lake County Pomona Grange Lake County Farmers Union
Others this week emphasized that the preservation and
strengthening of farmer co-operatves muss with peo
pie the Mission Valley determined that legs
HB in the Legislature shall
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1951-04-20

I'm debate, the proponents stated
that this private utility (Washing
ton Water Power) would see that
Montana's rights were protected and
that we would be recompensed for
the tax loss. The fallacy of this
argument was proven a short time
after passage of the bill when it was
announced this concern was selling
out to several public utility districts
in the state of Washington :"
ON THE OTHER HAND
However, though wishful thinking
held sway when SD was up for con-
lsideration, because a private utility
was seeking special privilege. such
generosity with the states resources
did not prevail when the legislature
considered Estates rights" in con-
nection with future federal constru-
ctaion of public power projects with
in the state. Cannon pointed out.
In reference to construction of
the million-kwh Libby dam, he cal
led attention to sum 6, and noted
the majority party was right on the
ball in insisting that the federal
government 9. =. in providing funds
for planning and construction of the
Libby Dam and other similar fed
|eral projects in Montana that may
be approved, make provision for re-
placing tax income losses and for pay
ments in lieu of taxes to local and
state governments for adequate
roads to replace those destroyed,
and for federal participation in pro-
viding adequate school facilities, po-
Icing, and relief to unemployed dur
ing the period of planning and con-
THE ANTI-REA ATTITUDE
Stating that ''this anti-public power
attitude of the Republicans persisted
throughout the session." Cannon cal
led attention to the strenuous effort
made by the majority and by power
company lobbyists to hamstring fur
Their REA development in the state via
four power trust bills-HB 80, 40,
Al and AZ. If these bills had been
Zone was killed by his
breaking a tie vote in the senate, and
two were vetoed by Gov. John Bon
ner) Cannon said, it would have g.
enabled the private utilities to set
up or form lighting districts in in
cities and towns as we'll as
in unincorporated settlements
Continued on Page Two)
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or S''i M soT,1 fSSEx R66LD DESTROY
' YOUR C0-OPS

Here their and the amounts donated to
the NTEA and/or the Tax Equality Association of Mon
ana to aid in propagandzng against the coops and to
secure enactment of such legislation as
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lib 388

Marshall-Wells, Duluth 23, 900
Montana Flour Mills Great Falls --.-..-...-. 1900
International Elevator, Minneapos .--- 300
Montana Elevator Co., Great Falls ---...-.-- 1,500
Standard Oil Company ,------.-----..-.--.-. 5000
Montana Retail Lumbermen, Missoula - 1900
ST. Paul Livestock Exchange -..-.-..-.-.-..- 1000
Montana Power Company -------------.-----.- ALSO
(also S1,535 to Tax Equality Assn of Montana)
Maytag Washing Machine Co.. Newton, Ia - 1000
Kelly How Thompson Duluth --..--.-.-.------ $500
Schtz Brewing Co., Milwaukee -----.----..-- 5000
Strong Scatt Co., Mnneap. elevator belts) 1850
Janney-Semple-Hill Minneap (hdwe.) --.- $500
This partial list of NTEA
Buchanan House Committee Report Lobbying by Corporations
and from Cong Record, March 90 only
firms contributing $500 the
Evening star., 1951-01-06
University and Cemetery
Share in Doctors Estate

A Pennsylvania university and
a Virginia cemetery will receive
bequests under terms of a will OF
a retired physician who died here
last November 5 at the age of 80
The physician, DR.. John Will
liam Brown, colored. left an es-
tate valued at more than $780,
900. according to a petition for
probate of his will filed yesterday
in District Court. He lived at 1880
Thirteenth street NV.
DR.. Brown left $4,000 to Lin
coin University in Chester County,
Pa, where he received an ACADEMIC
degree. He also left 100000 to a
colored cemetery at Winchester,
Va, where he is buried. The re-
mainder of the estate was be-
queathed to his sister, Miss Nancy
Fairfax Brown, also of 1880 Thir-
teenth street N. w.
Miss Brown said her brother
was a native of Winchester and
that he practiced medicine in
Pittsburgh, until retiring about 80
years ago. His estate included
real estate in the District, Vir-
ginia and Pennsylvania. in addi-
ton to personal property valued
at $111,800, according to the
court petition.
Evening star., 1951-01-06
| International House
To Honor DR.. LIeras

DR.. Alberto Lleras, secretary
general of the Organization OF
American States, has been named
an honorary member of the In
ternational House Association.
He will be inducted into the
group by Meyer Kestnbaum,
chairman of the World Affairs
Council of Chicago. and president
of the Hart. Schaeffner g. Marx
Co. The ceremony will be held at
the Pan American Union at $50
pm. Thursday.
Other honorary members of the
association are Mrs. Franklin D.
Roosevelt, John D. Rockefeller,
jr., and President Miguel Aleman
of Mexico. The International
House Association was established
in 1947 to promote friendship and
understanding throughout the
world.
Evening star., 1951-01-06

dolph HALEY, the committees
chief counsel, said records OBJ
tanned by investigators linked him
with gambling operations in Chi
cago and Miami.
The contempt action against
Adonis. one of the Nations big
time gamblers, was based on his
refusal to answer questions at a
committee hearing last month into
gambling and racketeering in the
Northern New Jersey-New York
area.
Evening star., 1951-01-06
Crime Probers Put Off
Contempt Actions as
3Hint They Will Talk
BY the Associated Press

Chairman Kefauver said today
the Senate Crime Investigating
Committee has deferred contempt
action against three recalcitrant
witnesses because of indications
they now may be willing to testify
Without naming them, he told
reporters that the trio could fur
nish the committee with i'm
portant information if they would
answer questions freely.
Senator Kefauver said the wit
nesses have put out feelers through
their lawyers limiting that they
now are ready to cooperate with
the committee in hopes of avoid
ing a possible contempt of Con-
gress citation.
Two Weeks of Grace.
The committee decided to allow
them two weeks to show whether
they have had a genuine change
OF heart, Senator Kefauver said.
The committee voted yesterday
to ask the Senate to cite Joe
Adonis, Anthony j. (Tony) Ac-
cardo and a number of other un-
derworld figures for contempt of
Congress because of their refusal
to answer many questions.
Senate citation would send the
cases to a United States District
Attorney for presentation to a
grand jury. Contempt of Con-
gress is punishable by a $1,000
fine and year in jail on each
count.
The breakdown on Accardo
followed swiftly on his refusal
at public hearing to answer
questions about his sources of
income, his associates and other
matters.
Tagged as Capone Successor.
Accardo said his answers might
tend to incriminate him or else
contended that the questions were
not pertinent and simply were an
attempt to pry into his private
affairs. e
The committee already had
tagged him as the reputed sue
cessor to the late AL Capone. Ru-
Evening star., 1951-01-06
Service Supper-Donce

A supper-dance for servicemen
and women will be held from $50
to 1870 O'Clock tonight at the
American Legion Clubhouse, 2437
Fifteenth street NV, under spon-
sorship of the Navy Department
Post, No. 58, and Jane A. Delano
Post, No. 6.
Evening star., 1951-01-06
Films Aid Bond SuIes

Two films promoting the sale
Of United States Savings Bonds
were shown to about $4,000 per-
sons in Washington last year. the
District Savings Bond Division
estimates. Both movies-"Power
Behind the Nation" and America
the Beautiful" are available from
the division to groups wishing to
show them.
Evening star., 1951-01-06
Stephen Pace Appointed
| To Agriculture Post
By the As.ocioted Press

The Agriculture Department an
nounced yesterday the appoint
ment of former Representative
Stephen Pace, Democrat, of Geor-
gia as a director of the Central
Bank for Co-operaSive under the
Farm Credit Administration.
Mr.. Pace retired from Congress
last Tuesday. He was, a member
OF the House Agriculture Com
mittee.
Evening star., 1951-11-12

for any social reforms, laudable
as they may be from a strictly
theoretical point of view.
Mr.. Churchill's apprehension
of what may happen to his own
country and to the peoples in
Western Europe if important
American economic and finan-
cial help is not forthcoming is
fully shared by American OBJ
servers stationed in those coun-
tries. The situation was fully
revealed to President Truman
by Gen. Eisenhower last week.
We are now faced. according
to the best available informa-
ton, with only two choices:
Either we resume economic and
financial assistance to the key
states of the NATO or we had
better start considering the
withdrawal of American soldiers
from Europe and plan a pro-
gram to resist the Soviet on
slaught by ourselves. These al
ternatives will be submitted to
the United States Congress early
next year by Mr.. Churchill either
directly, in the event he is in
vited to address Congress per.
sonally, or in private conversa-
tions with congressional leaders
when he visits the President at
the White House.
Evening star., 1951-11-12
Constantine Brown:

Unless the United States
comes forth with additional dol
lar help, Great Britain is faced
with bankruptcy. Prime Min
lister Winston Churchill said so
plainly in his speech at the
Guild Hall in London Friday
night. Because of the implica-
tions of such bankruptcy on
the security of the free world,
the British leader has no doubt
that the American Government
will do it's utmost to remedy the
situation.
Conditions in France are not
much better. The French peo-
pie are not on a starvation diet
like their neighbors across the
Channel. France is self-sup-
porting in as far as food is con-
cerned. But the flight from the
franc and the increased dissatis-
faction among the working and
the middle classes because of
the uncomfortable rise in the
cost of living is such that no
government can maintain itself
in office unless the United States
is willing to make further sacri-
fees and extend a helping hand
in the immediate future.
Unlike in Britain, the Com
munists and fellow travellers
in Western Europe are just
biding their time and hoping
for an economic collapse to
bring about social unrest and
revolutions. On the surface the
situation appears less tragic in
Italy. But according to reports
from Rome, economic eondi-
tions worry the de Gasperi
government more than the
threat of Soviet aggression.
This is the picture of Western
Europe at the end of 1851.
Last spring and summer the
American people were told by
men in authority that the
Marshall plan had been a spec
tacular success and by the ex-
penditure of a dozen or so bill
lion dollars we had managed to
restore the economy of the bene-
flciaries to point where they
would be once more on their
feet. Congress was asked then
to appropriate $6 billion more
as the first slice toward the
$25 billion needed for COM
pletion of the solid defense
wall against Red aggression.
These billions were to be spent
principally on the military pre-
paredneSs of our allies. That
the economic situation had def
nitely improved was demon
strated. it was said. by the an
nouncement from the Labor
government In London that it
no longer needed ECA dollars.
This rosy picture has now
been shattered. Mr.. Churchill
stated bluntly that he has found
void not only in the treasury
but also in the stocks of food
and other essential commodities
Evening star., 1951-11-12
Lodge Right on Loyalty Board
Inquiry of Stote Departments Method Of Wedding Ou
Risks Is Needed to Restore Confidence in Stoff

was talking only of what has
happened since 1947. Yet Mr..
Snow says that if Alger Hiss
had been in the Department of
State under present loyalty
board procedures, he wouldn't
have been continued in employ
ment a single day after his acts
were discovered. 1t was Mr..
Snow who introduced the Hiss
case into his public speech. In
fact, he was attempting in the
same speech to evaluate the
harm done by Hiss with refer
ence to classified papers and he
gave the clear impression that
he was familiar with what Hiss
had done prior to 1947. Other
wise. he couldn't make the COM
parison he did.
This, however, was not the
truly important weakness in
Mr.. Shows speech. 1t was the
fact that FBI information
doesn't get the consideration in
the State Department that it
deserves. Mr.. Snow in his
letter to this correspondent
confirms that FBI files do not
get to him in all cases. He says:
IF an employe resigns dur
ing loyalty investigation and
before his case comes to the
board, his file is never even
seen by the board. If he resigns
after the case comes to the
board, but before adjudication,
the board loses jurisdiction, and
the file is withdrawn from the
board. If it served any public
purpose to discuss publicly in
dividual cases, these files could
be examined and statements
made regarding the derogatory
information contained therein.
This would, however. be no part
of the function of the Loyalty
Security Board. would be con-
trary to the Presidents order.
and would serve no useful pur-
pose.
These 40 persons have sew
cred their connections with the
department, and their separa-
ton was referred to in my
speech only to substantiate my
statement that there are no
known Communists in the de-
partment. I do not know that
any of the 40 were even al
legged to be Communists, and it
is unfair to draw conclusions
without adjudication. In any
event. they have left the de-
partment.
Evening star., 1951-11-12
Fletcher Knebel:
Potomac Fever

Argentina for president Dictator Peron believes in
fact you him. ballots
liable to remain secret forever
Turkey joins in Middle East defense pact The Turks
strange people, given them already and
they still don't dislike
Roosevelt offers 1900 family of furniture
of chairs actually used by
before there public
offices o
"less likely" President
Republican He he's likely
stop running long enough to a deep breath.
Russia is voted down in another effort to get Red China into
the United Nations We embarrass the
China the NJ we'd ask them divisions
to help throw themselves out of Korea.
Chairman Investigating Committee
to he ntervened a
called testify, King will rights
examine the chairman.