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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1953-05-01
PUBLC-RELAT0NS HUCKSTERS PLAN TO SUGAR-COAT
A FEDERAL SALES TAX AND MAKE PEOPLE LIKE IT

campaign, is to be aimed primarily al
public officials and business groups
who feel aggrieved about their taxes
Then the bombardments of the
public mind starts. The memoran-
dunn suggests, Create an event
which will develop new items on the
subject"
This is done by "letters to import
ant congressional leaders and COM
mlttee chairmen on the subject, or a
speech at some important gathering
by an industrial leader" The univer-
sites and colleges are to be used in
this program of softening up public
resistance. The memorandum suggests
that Institutes on the sales tax be ar
ranged under the auspices of a bust
ness administration school" of the
leading colleges and universities.
"They provide a good public rela-
lions vehicles for launching a point
of view," the memorandum says.
Strangely enough, the memoran-
dunn fails to suggest that the churches
also be used in this campaign.
However, it does suggest using such
organizations as the chamber of com
merce, the General Federation of
Women's Clubs, and various economic
clubs. This could doubtless be expand
ed to many of the knife-and-f
clubs throughout the Nation, though
the memorandum does not contain
this suggestion.
1t then recommends the use of the
various radio and TV forums, setting
forth number of those that could
be used for this purpose. The speak
ers must be carefully selected for
their showmanship, because tax sub
jects are considered proverbially
dull. No doubt taxes would be given
the soap-opera treatment.
Here is behind the-scenes view
of how political issues that deeply
affect the welfare of the American
people are being created and pro-
NOTED in this country. Is the future
of American politics to be handed
over to the huckster whose only be-
lief is that the public can be sold
anything if there is money enough
to do the selling?
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1953-05-01
POSSIBILITY OF wheat
QUOTAS ARE UNDER
CONSIDERATION

Secretary of Agriculture Ezra
Taft Benson has announced that pre-
liminary work will begin Immediately
I in preparation for possible acreage
allotment and marketing quotas on
the 1854 wheat crop.
The Secretary emphasized that a
final decision on whether allotments
and quotas must be imposed on next
years crop will be made later when
more is known about supply and pros
pective demand situations. The deci-
sion and proclamation of marketing
quotas must be made by July 1, the
decision and announcement on allot-
ments by July Is.
eve will wait until the latest pos
sible information is available before
the deadlines," Secretary Benson
said, "but prudent administration de-
mands that we start getting ready
now. If we wait longer, and then find
that we cannot escape controls, it
will be too late to do the necessary
preliminary work.
'On the basis of information al
ready available, it is apparent that
mandatory controls on the 1854 cot
ton and wheat crops must be consid-
cred as probable. While we want to
avoid controls to the fullest extent
possible, the existence of mandatory
price supports on these crops at 90
per cent of parity levels may, without
restricted production, hold the threat
of a huge buildup of government in
vestment in loans and inventories, and
the danger of large ultimate losses"
The necessary advance work, in
for possible allotment and
quota programs, will include collect
ing and compiling basic data on in
dividual farm production and on
many other factors which must be
considered. Starting this preliminary
work for wheat is particularly urgent.
If wheat marketing quotas are pro-
claimed by July l, national refer
endum among all wheat growers must
be held not later than July 25. Two
thirds or more of all wheat farmers
who vote must approve the proclaim
ed quotas before they can be put into
effect. If farmers fail to approve
quotas, they will be subject only to
acreage allotments but price support
will drop to so per cent of parity and
be available only to growers who COM
ply with allotments.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1953-05-01

WASf1INOlO YIN, IL. ". - Two Top
officers of the International Union
of Mine, Mill & Shelter Workers
have told the Senate Labor Commit
tee that the main concern of Con-
gress should be the growing crisis in
the non-ferrous metals industry and
not further restrictions on unions
through Taft-Hartley amendments.
Speaking for over 100000 workers
in the industry, John Clark and NJ
E. Travis, President and Secretary
Treasurer of the Mine-Mill Union
linked the depression" in lead-zinc
and the threatening crisis in copper
with new employer-proposed anti
labor legislation ''aimed at rendering
this and other unions impotent to re-
sist unemployment and wage cuts :"
Clark and Travis cited serious I'M
employment and mine shutdowns al
ready creating depression" in the
lead and zinc producing areas of the
west. In detailed analysis the I'm
ion officers expressed fear "that the
ailments from which the lead and
zinc industries are now suffering
may soon infect other metals, includ-
ing copper" And they said, eve De-
lieve that relief for the small opera
tors in these industries will mean
restoration of good health and sta
bility for the entire industry"
Pointing out that lead-zinc con-
sumption in the U. S. has not de-
clined, they ascribed the recent slump
in lead-zinc prices to the fact that
"the metals which normally were
flowing from Mexico, Australia, Can
ada and Africa to England and the
rest of Western Europe have been
pouring into the u. S. market in
flood during the last 8 to
10 months"
The Mine-Mill officers disclosed
that the special significance of the i'm
ports lies in the fact that control
of the most important metal opera
tons abroad is in the hands of U. S.
corporations" "The major increases
in lead and zinc imports from Mexi-
co, for example, came as the result of
decisions made by men who run the
American Smelling & Refining Co.
and the American Metal Corpora
tion," they said.
'These metals are foreign only
in the sense that they come from
mines located in other countries;
the control-and the profits are in
the hands of corporations which |
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1953-05-01
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

, the pork you could find in the whole
/ can wouldn't make an echo at a hog
calling contest. The only excuse [ can
think of for calling it Pork" and
beans is that possibly some farmer
drove past the cannery with load of
hogs while the canning was in process
(maybe it was the week before).
That started me thinking about our
American way of life and the mani
fold blessings we enjoy in this free
world" especially in the things we buy.
Work shirts-we now pay approx
mately three bucks for work sllirt
which, after it has been Numbered
three times the sleeves come apart in
the neighborhood of the elbows. Of
course, you can 'cut EN- off" and call it
sport shirt for one or two more
launderings, but who wants to wear
sport shirts" like that. I've bought
better quality at one fourth the price
in depression days.
And overalls-recently I had to buy
one of those garments, they call them
cowboy overalls." Well they might get
by with a drug store cowboy" but a
self-respecting cowboy that had any
riding to do wouldn't be caught dead
in pair of them. L think they were
made for a scotchman, so tight you
can't get your hand in the pockets and
if you do, after herculean effort, you
can't get your hand out with anything
in it.
And work socks-they go to the other
extreme, after you wear pair about
three days they have assumed the
shape and sylph-like proportions of q
two-bushel grain sack. There is one
redeeming feature about them though,
after about three launderings you can
get into them from either end.
49, ~ ~
type-well, maybe l just "ain't built
right" but whenever have tosworlz ont
in the rain l get mighty tired of pack
ms around two hip pockets full of
water all day simply because the manu-
q little more profit by cutting off three
inches from the bottom of that tin
coat" And shoes-three years ago I
paid fifteen bucks for a standard brand
of work shoes and after wearing them
three weeks they looked like they had
ben made for a man with club feet.
I've discovered a way % beat
that now, I'm getting elkskln moccAsinS
made to fit at practically the same
price, that give three times longer
wear, And that's an idea too, I think
I'll go down to the reservation AMI
have the Indian women make my work
clothes. From all accounts the Indians
haven't yet discovered our American
way of life" Maybe Mccarthy hasn't
got around to investigating them yet.
I could go on and on, bandana hand
kerchiefs made from cheese cloth.
they're only good for one blow any how.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1953-05-01
DO SOMETHING ABOUT LEAD-zI
CRISIS, MIME-MILL TELLS CONGRESS

have their headquarters in New
York City"
The officers, on behalf of the I'm
Congress to meet and solve the crisis:
1. Relief of the industry through
immediate stop-gap legislation like
the Premium Price Plan bill Is.
1880 introduced by Senator James
Murray of Montana; increased un-
employment compensation for laid
off workers; a substantial wage
increase for those still employed;
and lower taxes for all workers.
2. A long-range construction
program including the building of
new low cost housing, schools,
roads, river valley and rural cleo
trification projects to increase pro-
duction and consumption of metals
at home; and expansion of foreign
trade.
Outright repeal of Taft-Hartley and
reinstatement of the Wagner Act was
called for by the officers who took
a strong slap at TIL injunctions as
directed wholly against labor" They
an employer-proposed ban
on industry-wide bargaining and
strikes as Restricting labor's rights
and unavoidable"
Clark and Travis also recorded
total oppoition to the American Min
ing Congress endorsed Goldwater-
Rhodes bill as seeking "to deny en-
ployees the right to select their own
unions as we'll as their own leaders,"
Declaring that "the basic principle
of modern labor relations in America
is the free choice by labor of its rep
for the purpose of col
Iective bargaining with employers"
the officers pointed out that "the cor
rollary proposition that workers are
free to choose their unions is that un
ions are free to choose their leaders.
Without one, you cannot have the
other"
They also stated flatly that the
Mine, Mill & Smelter Workers "do
not engage in political strikes,
that we strike only as a last re-
sort, that only our membership can
call strikes, and that anyone who
thinks that any strike of ours has
concerned anything but wages
hours and working conditions is
either a fool or a demogogue."
Republican Senator and Congress
nan from Arizona.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1953-05-01
Sends Good Wishes to
Voice Staff

To the full staff of our only true
progressive newspaper.
have been slow in making my re-
mittance for a continued subscrip-
ton, so thought would say hello and
give my good wishes to the entire
staff.
l have not taken the time out that 1
promised to do as an effort to get
some new subscribers so l will add one
as q gift sub and will make a small
donation of my own.
If it was not for the VOICE we all
would be of the opinion that the peo
pie of our state had just enjoyed the
service of one of the most active and
progressive legislative bodies to have
ever served them.
take that feeling from the local
newspaper in Missoula and from what
was published in it of a talk by my
good friend personally but not polit-
ically Senator Don Worden.
1 do enjoy the service that is be-
ing given out by the little paper but
it would be lot more effective if
we could get more readers, but the
citizens are easily pleased at the pre-
ent time. $50
am on a run which comes into Hell
ena every other day but it is too late in
the evening when we arrive to visit
the plant and L just never go out of
geHSg((k*ward in the morning and we
leave here at 1850 a. m. but there is
not much value in my interrupting the
staff while they are busy, as we have
no money to be oVerStaffed.
1 must inform Gretchen Billings that
her article in the April issue is very
and deserves a good COM
ment from myself
With Best Wishes,
M. A. McCLAIN, Missoula
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1953-05-01
Does Life Begin AT 40?-
CONTINUED from page one)

Continued from page one)
in Kalispell by the Evangelical Lu-
theran Churches of Montana to be To-
Gated in Kalispel and to be known
as Sunset Home"
The local committee for the church
group made the following statement
After working for several months
and having many meetings, talking
with hundreds of people, the COM
mittee has come to the following con-
illusions:
81. That such home is needed in
Kalispell. The State Board of Public
Health in Minnesota estimates that in
1860 one out of every 10 persons
will be IS years or older, and we
have many of them in the Flathead
Valley.
''2. People are interested in this
project and many are waiting for
work to begin.
''3. The home should be large
enough to provide rooms for 60 peo-
pie and when funds are available an
additional wing containing chapel
and infirmary could be added &C
commodating 80 more people. The in
Urinary would be large enough to
take care of 20 people.
"a. This home would be ,self-sup-
porting when built. The interest on
the bonds and the indebtedness on
the home could be retired by lega-
cies, gifts and monthly payments by
residents.
80. Funds are needed: We hNeavkas
raise $225,000 by means of voluntary
contributions, by wills and legacies,
by the support of the Evangelical Lu-
theran Church, and by the sale of
per cent bonds so written that they
will mature and be redeemed at in
tervals from 5 to Is years.
'6. This institution is to provide
home for all people desiring such
place to live regardless of church
or religious convictions, and the sup
port of such place to be welcomed
from everyone interested"
Those wishing further information
may contact DR.. E. o. Bartsberg,
Ernest Iverson, Pete Saverud, Art
Rasmussen, Paul Knapp, Bob Fyll<en,
liver Iverson or Pastor j. M. Grims-
rud.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1953-05-01
ONLY ONE WHOSE TERM
EXTENDS BEYOND JANUARY ,!

Of the eight council members on
Sen. Mackay is holdover. The leg
islative terms of the other seven ex-
pire December 81, 1854. Some or
all of them may not seek reelection,
or may be defeated in the 1854 cleo
tons. Thus, one, or all seven, might
well be ''lame duck Legislators, con-
tinuing on the payroll for two months
after their terms of office as legis-
lators had expired.
Mithcell further contends that the
interim council act violates the con-
stitutional oath of office requirement
in two respects. Under Article XIX,
Sec. /, all officers of state govern
ment must take an oath of office be-
fore they enter upon the duties of
that office. That section also for
bids officers of the state receiving
"any money or other valuable thing"
for the performance of non-perfor-
nance of any act or duty pertaining
to their office, "other than the COM
pensation allowed by law . -
The petition points out that, as of
the date of filing, although eight new
offices. of state government were set
dp "6y the legislative council act, not
a single member of the council has
filed his oath of office for that po-
sition with the Secretary of State, as
required. The act also provides that
donations by "private agency, per-
son or corporation :" may be &C
copied by the council to help defray
expenses of council members and
other costs of the council. Mitchell
contends this to be violation of the
state oath of office.
This is a case of vital Importance
to the government of the State of
Montana, for in it is found brought
into operation all three coordinate
branches of our state government
legislative, executive and judicial.
The question concerns Interpretation
of the fundamental principles of our
government.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1953-05-01
NV 1.-TWO Bits" Worth
BY LEVERNE HAMILTON,
Thompson Falls

Coming inathis evening from a rather
light afternoons work and not hav-
ing much of an appetite L decided to
make out my evening meal with a can
of Van Camps pork CD and beans, be-
ing somewhat fed UP on my own va
riety, and not having eaten any of the
commercial product for some time.
You can believe it or not but
turned over every individual bean in
that can, looking for the pork and all
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1953-05-01
Legislative Encroachment-
Continued from page one)

Continued from page one)
crease of salary or mileage under any
law passed during such term"
The council act also provides that
committee members shall hold office
until the end of the 1866 session.
This, according to the Mitchell pc
tition, is a clear violation of Article
V, Sec. 81, which states: &c. no law
shall extend the term of any public
officer, or increase or diminish his
salary or emolument after his cleo
ton or appointment ;"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1953-05-01

Republican Senator and Congress
man from Arizona.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1953-05-01

Democracy is based upon the con-
victiOn that there are extraordinary
possibilities in ordinary peOple."-
DIR. HARRY EMERSON FOSDICK.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1953-05-01
From the Madison (Wis.)
CAPITAL TIMES,
April 10, 1853

ApIH III, 1900
In an exclusive story Thursday, the
CAPITAL TIMES published Sc
cret memorandum prepared by one OF
the slickest public-relations firms in
the Nation on how to prepare cam
paign to sugar-coat a national sales
tax and make it acceptable to the
American people. The memorandum
was prepared by the public-relations
firm of Carl Byoir & Associates of
New York for the Shaeffer Pen Co.
A spokesman for the Byoir firm
has admitted that the memorandum
was prepared in that office, but has
denied that it was prepared for the
Shaeffer Pen Co. The memorandum
contained a notation saying that it
was prepared for the company and
the name of Mr.. Shaeffer is mention
ed in the text. This is a reference to
Craig r. Shaeffer, Assistant Secre-
tary of Commerce, and the head of
the pen company.
The memorandum reveals what an
important part of American political
life the slick huckstering firms have
become. They are becoming an in
dispensable part of the campaign of
powerful economic groups to put over
their pet political schemes. They have
become standard equipment in any
campaign launched by the Republican
Party in this country.
They are the shock troops of
Republican politics today. To them
is entrusted the duty of softening
up the public for the special-in-
terest grabs achieved through con-
troll of government.
The hucksters have been rising to
new heights of prominence since the |
day when Ivy Lee, one of the pio- |
neers in modern public relations, set |
about rehabilitating John d. Rookie |
Teller, ST., in the public esteem by
having him hand out shiny new dimes
every time he appeared in public. A
newspaper photographer always SEEM
ed to be on the spot.
They were the masterminds of
the 1852 Republican campaign. 1t
WAS TIC nuCkSlGfS WHO were TGSpOn-
sibIe for the radio and TV "satura-
ton" programs put on by General
Eisenhower. They brought discus
sion of most serious political is
sue to the level of soap opera in
the national TV and radio hookup
in which Senator Nixon explained
the $4,000 fund set up for him
by California millionaires.
The memorandum published by the
TIMES Thursday reveals
how they work. Their purpose in this
case is to sell the American peo-
pie on a national sales tax, like they
would sell them breakfast food or
beer. {
The hucksters are not concerned
with the merits of any issue. They
are Indifferent to the effect on the
public welfare. The memorandum
points this out graphically by saying
Of the sales-tax proposal. "a propos-
ed campaign is a matter of careful
timing to get public acceptance, +
rather than the merits of the pro-
posal."
Once timing has been set, then
,he purpose is to create a demand for !
he proposal. The memorandum there
for suggests that the best approach !
S to present it on "the premise that 5
his is the time to begin to plan to
'traighten out the inequities in the
AK structure" This phase OF the ,
IN fprIE pIsTnICV COURT OET TTE .
FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF !
THE STATE OF MONTANA, IN
AND FOR THE COUNTY OF LEW {
is x& CLARK 6
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1953-05-01
SUMMONS
No. 23737

NO. Z0l
VIVIAN J. YOUNCE, Plaintiff
VS..
GENES H YOUNCE. Defendant
THE STATE OF MONTANA Sends
Greetings to the Above Named Defend
ants and to Each of Them: .r Is.
You are hereby summoned to answer
The accountability this action wk 49,
fned I'm the office of the Clerk of this
Court, a copy of which is herewith
served upon one of you in each County
wherein any of you reside, and to file
your answer and serve a copy thereof
upon the plaintiffs attorney within
twenty days after the service of
this Summons, exclusive of the
day of service, and in case of your
failure to appear or answer, Judgment
will be taken against you, by default,
for the relief demanded in the COM
plant. This is an action for an abso
Lutte divorce on the grounds of mental
cruelty. For more particulars, please
refer to the Complaint on file herein,
which is hereby made part of this
Summons
Witness my hand and the Seal of
said Court this 21st day of April 1858
DAVID r. KEMP, Clerk.
COURT SEAL)
JERRY j. OCONNELL,
Attorney for Plaintiff
305 Barber-Lydiard Bldg.
Great Falls, Montana
April "a Nav l. g. Is
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1953-09-04
Do YOU KNOW
THE LAW?
Ignorance No Excuse
DID YOU KNOW?

That a person who attempts to
induce challenge to fight duel
is guilty Of misdemeanor or that
you can be guilty Of assault, even
if you do not actually strike an
other person. The least illegal
touching constitutes an assault!
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1953-09-04
Friday. Sept. A. 1853
Searchers For Hall Find
Wreckage Of B-36 In BIC.
Wilderness Lost In 1850

McCHORD AIR FORCE BASE,
Wash, R-Wreckage Of plane
discovered in northern British
Columbia Wednesday is that of
the first B-36 bomber ever lost
by the Strategic Air Command,
Capt. James Lonch, Pho officer at
this base, said Thursday night.
The wreckage was sighted
about 80 miles north Of Smithers,
BIC, by airmen searching for Ellis
Hall, Albuquerque, NM, Gilman,
and four others who disappeared
in Halls plane August II.
The big plane was lost Feb. A.,
1850, while on a flight from AL
aska. Its crew members para
chuted when the plane expert
enced motor trouble near Princess
Royal Island, just off the British
Columbia coast.
Twelve Of the crewmen were
found but the other five never
were heard from again. The spot
where the crewmen parachuted
is over 200 miles southwest of
where the plane wreckage was
found.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1953-09-04
San Diego Steno Breaks
Channel Swim Record,
Tries Make Return Trip

W1SSANT, France, Up - Flor
ence Chadwick, San Diego steno-
grapher, swan across the English
Channel from Dover, England, in
the record time Of IA hours, AZ
minues Friday and then immedi-
ately started her return swim.
She hopes to be the first ever
to make a non stop roundtrip
swim Of the channel.
Actually Miss Chadwick did
come ashore briefly in France -
just long enough to eat an orange
and take some sugar. Then she
Waded back into the water "to
see how much further I can
swim"
Although she said she was not
tired she expressed little hope of
completing the return to Dover.
The successful attempt against
the official record Of Is hours 81
minutes held by England's Tom
Blower came after about Is post
ponements and one unsuccessful
attempt this summer.