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Evening star., 1952-04-25
Nonresident ENJOYS
Can Get D. {. Taqs

Diplomats living in Maryland
can get District diplomatic license
tags, the Commissioners ruled
yesterday.
The decision came after Mary
land officials informed the Dis
'trlct that Maryland could not ex-
empt diplomats from the 2 per
cent excise tax paid on regular
auto licenses. Such an exemption
is allowed in the District.
A bill to exempt diplomats from
the tax failed to pass the Mary
lard General Assembly. A similar
bill was passed in Virginia, and
tEat State expects to begin issu-
ing diplomatic tags June l.
The Commissioners said diplo-
mats can use their embassy ad-
dress to obtain the tags. Request
for such a move was made by r.
d. Muir, acting chief of protocol
for the State Department.
Evening star., 1952-04-25
Chino Says U. S. Uses
Leaves in Germ War
BY the Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO. April 25.-
The Chinese Communists yester-
day added a new chapter to their
long and violent story of germ
warfare, charging United States
planes dropped various micro-or-
ganisms" in Korea to kill plants.
The Peiping radio said that
leaves infected with micro organ
isms were dropped April 2. Both
United States and United Ma
tlons officials have denied Com
munist allegations of germ war
fare. The broadcast was heard
by the Associated Press at San
Francisco.
Evening star., 1952-04-25

Tomorrow - Extra at 1 PM.
Matinee; Chap. | Thrilling New
Serial KING OF THE CONGO"
Cartoon Show. $50 Bicycle given
away. Free Candy to all Chill
dren, courtesy Of Harvey Dairy.
Evening star., 1952-04-25
Talk by Mrs. Bethune
Put Off in New Jersey
After Red CHARGES
BY the Associated Press

ENGLEWOOD. N. j., April 25
"A speech by DR.. Mary Mcleod
Bethune, prominent Negro edu-
Gator, was postponed last night
by an American Legion auxiliary
after some local citizens claimed
she had Communist affiliations.
Instead of making her sched-
uled speech in a public school, DR..
Bethune talked before group at
a Negro church, where she said
she is "a loyal, uncompromising
American citizen"
DR.. Bethune, rs, is founder and
president emeritus of Bethune-
Goodman College in Florida.
Some local citizens protested the
scheduled talk. charging that the
elderly educator had been affiliated
with several organizations termed
subversive by the Government.
Miss Evelyn Seufert, attorney
for the Henry Doulas Post So, a
Negro American Legion post, said
last nights speech was postponed
because of insufficient time to re-
flute the protests. Another invita-
ton to speak will be extended to
DR.. Bethune when the charges are
Irefuted. Miss Seufert said. adding,
"and she will be cleared"
In New York, meanwhile, Walter
White. executive secretary of the
National Association for the Ad-
vancement of Colored People, said
he was amazed and distressed
over the speech-postponement ac-
ton, and termed as utterly ab-
surd" the charges of communism
against DR.. Bethune.
Evening star., 1952-04-25

has been likened for many years
to Booker T. Washington and
other leaders in the field of edu-
cation. Mrs. Bethune was at one
time an associate director of the
National Youth Administration,
and was State Department rep
to the San Francisco
United Nations Conference.
Evening star., 1952-04-25
Mrs. Bethune Prominent
Here for Mony Years

Mrs. Mary Mcleod Bethune has
been prominent in Washington for
many years. For IA years she
was president of the National
Council of Negro Women, which
she founded.
On her retirement from that
organization in November, 1949.
she was honor guest at a dinner
attended by more than 1000 per-
sons. Special tribute was paid
her by Interior Secretary Chap
man.
The daughter of a slave, she
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1952-05-02

ing demand for handbook miners in
the metal mining districts. Most en-
phatic decreases in labor supply dur
ing March occurred at Missoula, Liv-
ingston, Great Falls and Helena, all
important railroad centers. Increased
supply was shown at Billings, Kalis-
pell, Libby, Poison, Cut Bank, and
Hamilton, in most of which areas
the spring breakup of roads idled
logging and sawmill crews.
"Hiring during April is largely for
construction of d m s, highways,
bridges, and power facilities" said
Miller, "along with concurrent de-
mand from trade and service estab-
lishments. AS spring advances there
will be increasing demand for main
tenance of rail lines, forest and park
operations, transportation facilities
and the lumber-logging crews will
be called back into action"
Job placements by the employment
service in March are reported by
Miller as 1900, exceeding by more
than 500 the number hired through
those offices in March, 1851. Whole
sale and retail trade edged out con-
struction and mining in hiring vol
ume, followed by the service indus
tries and manufacturing. Farm hir-
ing likewise was heavy, principally
for general farms and livestock. Grain
and beet farms reach their active hir-
ing season in April and May.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1952-05-02
threat OF LABOR SHORTAGE IS EASED .U,c,C

Threat of general labor short
age in Montana labor markets was
less acute at the end of March than
it was a month earlier" says M. Joe
Miller, chairman of the unemploy-
ment compensation commission.
The more optimistic view rests up
on annual comparisons of active Job
seeker volume at Montana offices of
the employment services. There were
9,400 jobseekers this March, 10000
year ago, showing a deficit now of
only 1,400. A month ago the the COM
parison was 10,400, against 1890,
disclosing deficit of 1900. The sup
ply is thus 500 nearer to last years
figures which proved sufficient to
meet industry's demand. In-migra-
ton and new entrants into the la
Dor market will assist in filling re-
quirements.
Labor demand has been heavy
during early April" Mr.. Miller con-
tinued, despite the annual spring
slow-up in lumber and logging en-
ployment. A year ago that demand
siphoned off $500 from the jobseeker
list. Two years ago it absorbed A.
600. This month should see a COM
parable shrinkage in the states la
Dor supply"
No pronounced labor shortages are
reported from area labor markets of
the state other than the long-stand-
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1952-05-02

Jackass couldn't be tied with a rope;
he'd learned to unite it, and he dearly
loved young corn, so about once every
day it became necessary to lead or
drive him out of the cornfield I no.
ticed that he had been very careful to
walk BETWEEN the corn rows. He
didn't trample out every third row of
corn, as our politicians were vocifer-
ously advocating some ten years ago.
And the mule-I recall what an italian
coal digger with whom I once worked
said about the mule. In broken Eng
fish he would say I'm da fall, mine
whistle blow. Man come runa wit
lunch pail, biga smile on face-Mule?
no. Gotta pulla heem wit rope. Spring
come mine shutta down. Man have
long face. Go home sad. Mule? No
Keeka uppa hees heel. Run out in
No pasture Live happy. Fall come.
Mine whistle blow again. Man come
runa. Happy. Biga smile on face.
Mule? MOI Pulla heem wit rope again.
Now you tella me, who gotta da mos
sense, da man or da mule?"
So much for the intelligence of these
four-footed dumb" animals. But it
seems that "Adamn Politician" has mis-
understood my statement for he as
sumes that 1 have placed the intelli-
gence of our politicians on a par with
that of the Jackass, and insists, rath-
er acrimoniously, that I should public
~ apologize for so doing Well, if I
gave the impression that the intelli-
gence of our Democratic and Republi-
can politicians was equal to or on
par with that of the Jackass, such a !
statement should deserve an apology. |
assure Adamn Politician that moth |
ing was farther from my thought and |
herewith tender my most humble and |
sincere apology-TO THE JACKASS. |
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1952-05-02
Engineer Comments On Off
Shore Oil Controversy

Editor Peoples Voice:
Consider the off shore oil lands con
troVerSy. Whenever oil is mentioned
most people think only of a million dol
lars apiece for everybody Being an
engineer accustomed to assembling
facts before arriving at decision, per-
NIT me to- suggest that we assemble a
few facts on the above subject.
In the first place, a drilling rig must
have solid foundation. Try to imagine
if you can, a floating drilling outfit
with an 120 foot derrick, with waves
feet to 25 feet in height, and with
winds from so to 125 miles per hour
velocity. The derrick would be oscil-
lating in an arc of 25 feet to 100 feet.
Imagine trying to drill under those
conditions. 1t is impracticable if not
impossible to establish solid founda-
ton for drilling in more than about
20 fathoms of water.
The shore line of California, Texas,
and Louisiana is not to exceed a total
of 1000 miles. The continental shelf
along this shore line, averages less than
miles in width with a depth of water
of 20 fathoms or less, or a total of
less than 5000 square miles.
If we assume that the United States
is 1000 miles wide and 5000 miles
long, it has an area of 100000 square
drilling might be possible along the
shore line of the states mentioned
is .01, or 1/1O of % of the area of the
United States.
1t is the estimate of all our best oil
biologists in the whole United States,
that not to exceed 25 billion barrels
of oil, or say So billion dollars worth
of oil, is the most production that can
be expected.
There
shore lands will be more productive
than on shore lands. Therefore 1/10
of 10 of So billion is all that might
be expected to be produced from off
shore lands or say $5S,000,000.
That is the total production, but the
Government only gets the royalty, or
1/S of that, or $7,250,000. 1t will take
at least SO years to get all the pro-
duction, so the average annual number
of school students of all ages to be
rs, 900, 900, and that all the Government
off shore royalty was 'distTibu to the
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1952-05-02

schools of the nation, they would re-
ceive SCOOP per pupil annually, or zoe
annually for each 100 pupils. Even if
off shore production was times more
than on shore production, it would
only amount to 1c per pupil annually.
How crazy can we get anyway. On
the basis of the above figures, if Mon
tana has approximately 900 pupils.
it's share of the take would be a total
of $3.50 per annum.
Now as an old dirt moving stiff,
may I suggest that we take another
gander at the situation, and assemble
a few more facts. According to the
last report available, Government roy
atty oil produced on Government land
in Montana, amounted to $3.50, 900, per
2nnum. OF this amount, 81 u % or $780,
600 went to the State of Montana for
schools and roads. This is $0.S3 per pupil
in Montana, or 402 times as much as
we would get from off shore produc- |
ton, or 40,2006 more. If we got the
entire Government royalty in Montana,
it would amount to $2.03 per pupil per
year, 1015 times as much as off shore |
production would give us, or 1O1,-
200%o.
What are we waiting for anyway.
Let us get behind the move to give
the states their off shore production,
with a little modest amendment to
give all states, the Government royal
ty oil produced within their borders.
Judge R. V, Bottomly please note.
e. j. PARKINSON Great Falls
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1952-05-02
Office of State Auditor
STATE OF MONTANA
Insurance Department
CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE
AND AUTHORIZATION

I, JOHN j. HOLMES, State Auditor
and Commissioner of Insurance Elk Of
ficio, in and for the State of Montana
do hereby certify that the Phoenix Mu-
tuaI Life Insurance Company, having
filed sworn statement of it's financial
condition as of December 81, 1851, and
having complied with the laws of this
State relating to insurance and insur-
ance companies, is authorized until the
31st day of March, 1853, to transact
such classifications of insurance as are
set forth in it's present existing license.
L do further certify that a synopsis
of the duly filed annual statement is
as follows:
The actual amount of Cap.
u. S. Deposit to be :. None
The aggregate Income
for the year 1851 $ 7S,19S,934.50
The aggregate Disburse.
for the year 1851 - S,346.SS
The aggregate Assets are 572,607, 903.14
The aggregate Liabilities,
except Capital are .. 6,341.14
The Surplus over all
liabilities is .................... S6,251,56
The Surplus as regards
policyholders is - 36,251, $4,000
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, l have
hereunto subscribed my name and af-
fixed my official seal at the State Capt.
toll in the City of Helena, this first day
of April, 1852.
JOHN j. HOLMES, State Auditor
and Commissioner of Insurance.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1952-05-02

been approved as compared with sup
port on 20,045,494 bushels of the
1850 crop. Although the total volume
of the 1851 crop offered for sup
port is considerably larger than the
1850 total, the volume of all commod-
tiles except wheat is down. Nearly
60 per cent more wheat is now under
loan than year ago but barley cur
rently under loan is only trickle
compared with the quantity sup
ported last year.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1952-05-02
Silicosis Takes Kyle Pugh,
Another Ex-Butte Miner

The Peoples Voice:
This is to inform you that my long
time friend. and your subscriber, Kyle
Pugh, of Yuma. Arizona, was taken by
death the 18th of this month.
He was a booster for The Voice and
several other progressive papers and
magazines.
| regret his loss as a friend since
1884, when / first met him in Oregon.
He later worked in the Butte mines
where he contracted silicosis which
caused his death.
he. was always a worker for the well.
fare Of the Common man.
Yours for Human Progress,
VAL S. WARE, Long Beach, Cal.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1952-05-02
Increased Price Support
Totals Announced for State

Montana farmers are making great
er use of price support programs this
year than last according to the 1851
loan and purchase agreement sum-
mary released March 20 by the State
Production and Marketing Admins
tration committee.
Loans and agreements covering
25,43O,O89 bushels of small grains
and flaxseed produced in 1851 have
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1952-05-02
office of State Auditor M
STATE OF MONTANA
Insurance Department
CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE
AND AUTHORIZATION

I, JOHN J. HOLMES, State Auditor
and Commissioner of Insurance Elk Of
ficio, in and for the State of Montana,
do hereby certify that thewest Coast
Life Insurance Company, having filed
a sworn statement of it's financial con-
dition as of December 81, 1851, and hav-
ing complied with the laws of this State
relating to insurance and insurance
companies, is authorized until the 31st
day of March, 1853, to transact such
classifications of insurance as are set
forth in it's present existing license.
L do further certify that a synopsis
as follows
The actual amount of Cap.
u. S. Deposit to be .....$ 1000, 000.0 90
The aggregate Income
for the year 1851 ......... 10,001, 366.18
The aggregate Disburse.
for the year 1851 . 9,55S,039.33
The aggregate Assets are :. 52,007, 674.0S
The aggregate Liza abilities,
except Capital, are ....... 4S,137,05
The Surplus over all
liabilities is - 287O,624.03
The Surplus as regards
policyholders is ..... 3,S70,624.03
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, L have
hereunto subscribed my name and af-
fixed my official seal at the State Capt
toll in the City of Helena, this first day
of April, 1862. !
JOHN j. HOLMES, State Auditor
and Commissioner of Insurance.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1952-05-02
My Two Bits Worth
BY LEVERNE HAMILTON,
Thompson Falls, Montana

suppose that anyone may be par
doned a certain degree of pride in haV'
ing accomplished a difficult feat anC
so hope / will not be accused of un-
due vanity when | say that I am con-
graduating myself upon having per-
formed a feat which l had hitherto
deemed impossible, L have offended
yes possibly even inSulted-'A Pol1t1-
cian", Cat least that is the way my
otherwise unidentified correspondent
signs himself). I suppose the initial
"Ap stands for "Adam-n M. Since the
communication bears no letterhead and
the envelope only the mark of a rail-
way post office I have no means of
knowing his actual name or location
so / am compelled to respect his in
cognito, which | would do so anyway,
for in these days of guilt by asSocia-
ton" few respectable citizens care to
incriminate themselves by claiming to
be politicians.
But to return to the communication
itself; Adam (I'll use the full name)
Politician accuses me of having cast
aspersions on the intelligence of po
litical leaders of both parties and he
insists (rather bitterly it seems to me)
that 1 should publicly apologize for
comparing their intelligence to that
of the Jackass.
While I haven't a copy of my pre-
vious communication, to which he re-
TerS, De1Ore me, assume that IL is the
one in which I endeavored to combine
the party symbols of the Republican
and Democratic parties and stated if
memory serves me correctly, h a
while the brain of the elephant would
have to be eliminated, that should be
no serious handicap for we would have
the brain of the Jackass remaining and
the brain of one good jackass should
be sufficient for the politicians of both
n r. N
would probably be considerable guam
tity left over.
Now Adamn Politicians objection
to that statement simply indicates to
me that he hasn't the faintest concep-
ton of the really high intelligence
of the Jackass. Oh, no doubt in his
career as a politician he has met hun
dreds, yes possibly thousands of Jack
asses, but L am referring to the really
intelligent, fOur-fOOted kind. You see
as youth it was my good fortune to
be employed on several farms, or ranch |
es, where these Jackasses, or Jacks, |
as they were called, were kept for
breeding purposes, and it was in that |
way that / learned to appreciate the |
quality of intelligence displayed by the |
Jackass 0m still referring to the
four-footed animal. No Jackass, or
even any of the offspring of his "mor-
ganatic alliance" the mule, ever
'foundered" Gnjured himself from |
overeating) nor would they ever go |
hungry when there was plenty of food |
to be had Nor would they destroy
food just because it was plentiful. |
distinctly recall a Jackass on one of ,
the ranches where was employed This |
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1952-05-02

The World War | veteran has had
wide experience in affairs of State,
having served as State Purchasing
Agent, Warden of the State Prison,
and Registrar of Motor Vehicles, in
addition to his present position as
State Treasurer.
AS Warden of the prison he in
stituted many improvements, result
ing not only better rehabilitation
program for the inmates, but at the
same time effecting greater economy
in the operation of the institution.
National publicity acclaimed Henry's
project for the collection and reno
walton of toys and their distribution
at Christmas to needy children of the
State. Civic clubs and welfare agen-
cies throughout the State co-operated
in this program.
Prior to his appointment as State
Purchasing Agent by Governor S. G.
Ford, Henry was engaged in the field
of wholesale distribution, at the same
time owning and operating a ranch
in Gallatin county. Mrs. Henry is a
member of a pioneer Gallatin county
family.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1952-05-02
HENRY ANNOUNCES he
WILL SEEK PUBLIC SERVICE
COMMISSION POSITION

John E. (Jack) Henry announced
Wednesday that ne Will file for the
Republican nomination for Railroad
and Public Service Commissioner.
Henry, who in 1850 was elected
to an unexpired term as State Treas
urer, received the largest vote of any
State candidate on either ticket.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1952-05-02
Office of State Auditor
STATE OF MONTANA
Insurance Department
CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE
AND AUTHORIZATION

/, JOHN j. HOLMES, State Auditor
and Commissioner of Insurance Elk Of
ficio, in and for the State of Montana,
do hereby certify that the Phoenix In
demnity Company, having filed sworn
statement of it's financial condition as
of December 81, 1851, and having COM
piled with the laws of this State re-
lating to insurance and insurance COM
panies, is authorized until the 31st day
OF March, 1858, to transact such claSSi-
fications of insurance as are set forth
in it's present existing license.
[ do further certify that a synopsis
of the duly filed annual statement is
as follows:
The actual amount of Cap.
u. S. Deposit to be IS 1000, 100000
The aggregate Income
for the year 1851 .............. IL, 237 ,000.59
The aggregate Disburse.
for the year 1851 ........ 9,S99,323.44
The aggregate Assets are :. 1859 1906
The aggregate Liabilities,
except Capital, are $500. 13,441,675.0z
Contingency Reserve .. 636,S37.64
The Surplus over all
liabilities is ..... 2,51O,654.39
The Surplus as regards
policyholders is .. 5,147,492.03
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, l have
hereunto subscribed my name and af-
fixed my official seal at the State Capt.
toll in the City of Helena, this first day
of April, 1852.
JOHN J. HOLMES, State Auditor
and Commissioner of Insurance.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1952-05-02
The Steel Seizure
Continued from page one

Continu dfrompa one
legislation
gardng supply
Executive
ton the npemening legislation prescribe
the President shall authority
mas done TINS IN respect securing men Tor military service by
such laws the select Service Act So
higher call of duty to their the armed services
The situation hghghs the inequi of the
labor willing
employer
holding back and the remedy labor Surely there
punish
their patriotic
failed
gage strike that mpe the safety OF the nation and invoked claimed
Railway
employees work under conditions that unsatisfactory the
of the Railroad unions if it constitutional
that were less ideal than it would B b f undt % @
legislation that industry
national defense when it is the employer that AS result
of this failure
justified
people of the United States
In its a law Congress
brought the breakdown
Court defining and deiming the
President good of the whole situation
But Congress must take the responsibility of mperng the safety and
security of the nation by its failure
cbinev for tho sezue Of i and en t id h s
have neither the vision the patriotism
nation 1t would be cody calmly
peace It unfortunate
during controversy But Congress must
bear it's Constitutional burden
safety security
overlook the basic
an administrative officer arbitrarily
essential
unreasonable the
inherent
power by the legislative
Labor and alike
law that will
of
ees OF both
neded law that has brought
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1952-05-02
LETTERS TO THE Editor

"Democracy IN bnsed upon the con-
yiction that there are extraordinary
possibilities In ordinary peopIe."-
DIR. HARRY EMERSON FOSDICK.