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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1953-10-30
TEN M0NTANANS I'M
'fCATTLE CARAVAN

Ten Montana cattlemen were in the
350-man delegation Of stockgrowers
from 80 states who met with Secre-
tary of Agriculture Benson in Wash
ington Monday to discuss the serious
financial straits the cattle industry
is currently in due to sagging live
stock prices.
The ten from this state were
Charles Smith, Roundup; Don Daven-
port. Opheim; State Senator J. M.
Holland, Vida; John Breitbach, Cir
Gle; John Shoal, Plentywood; Lee
Ellsworth, Glasgow; Charles Miku-
lecky, Rudyard; Ed Black, Big
Sandy; Bill Muir, Gainesville, and
Fay Minor, Peerless.
The Seattle caravan" was organ
lied by Pres. James G. Patton of
National Farmers Union, and had as
it's purpose the bringing of national
attention to bear on the drought and
depression-ridden cattle industry, and
the need for Secretary Benson to i'm
mediately impose 90 per cent price
supports under cattle. Cattlemen,
while in Washington, also plugged
for complete expose of the reasons
why consumer meat prices remain
high while cattle prices continue to
slump
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1953-10-30

Saving existing farm programs and
stopping the private power interests
from taking over public developments
of hydro-electric energy are two of
the most important issues facing
American farmers today, speakers at
the 38th annual convention of Mon
tana Farmers Union told the upwards
of 1900 people in attendance at the
annual affair.
Montana farmers also heard re-
ports on their various cooperative
business institutions, such as Flu
Grain Terminal Association, Flu Cen
trail Exchange, Flu Marketing AS
ISOLATION, Flu assurances, and their
state Farmers Union. In addition,
short talks were made by Farmers
Union leaders from other states, in
Guiding Henry Young, president AL
berta Farmers Union, and Paul OPP
sahl, president South Dakota Farm
ers Union. James S. TIMBER, presi-
dent Montana State Federation of
Labor, and John Dusak, president
Cascade Trades & Labor Assembly,
extended best wishes to the conven-
ton from Montana organized labor.
One of the outstanding addresses
before the convention was presented
by DR.. R. R. Renne, president Mon
tana State College, and was review
of the Mutual Security Administra-
ton rehabilitation work being carried
on in the Philippine Islands. DR.. Rem
ne spent two years with MSA on this
work. Cor more details, see "What
Do You Think" page A.
LETS MAKE 1T GALLOP"
AS always, the annual talk by Ma
tional Farmers Union President James
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1953-10-30
Farmezy Union Vows A||-Out
BattI 81 O Save Farm Programs

eve of t Union do not propose to stand idly by
while of hard work and experience in develop
ing farm is being cast aside' Thus did delegates
the largest venton in the history Montana I'm
challenging the Eisenhower Benson team to
influence of the u Chamber of the
National Association Manufacturers the and
the Grange shaping agricultural policies for the than
four million farm families of the nation.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1953-10-30
Political Pot Begins to Simmer
Former State Senator
Announces For Congress

Theodore J. Johnson, Glendive,
former senate and house member of
the state legislature, last week be-
came the first to announce for any
state or federal office in the 1854
campaign.
Mr.. Johnson, the first and only
Democrat ever elected to the State
Senate from Dawson county, made
an excellent record for the people of
the state while in the legislature.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1953-10-30
Farm Program, Power Policies,
High|ightGd By Speakers
At MFU Convention

G. Patton was one of the convention
highlights. Patton this year concen-
trated on the bill of goods the power
trust is trying to sell the American
public under the guise of creeping
socialism" Reviewing the progress of
rural identification the past Is years
because of availability of low-cost
public power, and what power has
meant to rural Americans, Patton
said:
eff REA, IVA, Bonneville Pow
err are creeping socialism then,
let's make it gallop instead of
creep"
Patton branded the drive to turn
Hells Canyon over to the Idaho Pow
er Co. of Maine as an opening wedge
for the private power interests to
gain control over all of the nations
remaining power potential. If this
drive should prove successful, he
warned, "your national forests will
go and your public lands will go too"
Of the need for farm price sup
ports, Patton said that the well-being
of the nations entire economy de-
ponds on farm prosperity. He also
spoke out in opposition to the Ben
son "blue book" plan which would
do away with the farmer-elected COM
mitteemen and put "brain trusters"
in charge of the farm program.
Patton also outlined to the con-
vention the reasons for MUS "cat-
tie caravan" to Washington, and
spoke out emphaticaly against Ben
sons proposed "two-price plan" for
farm price supports. Regarding the
latter, and the proposal that farmers
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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1953-10-30
Power Trust Drive
Alarms Delegates

The current about campaign of
the private power trust to take over
public power developments and de-
stroy REA, under the pretext of
saving the nation from creeping So
cialism" was branded by the con-
vention a.. as shameful attempt to
wreck one of the most beneficial pro-
grams developed by and for American
farm families during the past 18
years.
"The new (Eisenhower-Mckay)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1953-10-30
ALL M.F.U. OFFICERS ARE
REELECTED

Don w. Chapman, former Daniels
county state senator, was elected to
a thirteenth term as president of
Montana Farmers Union at the or
ganization's 18Th annual convention
in Great Falls last weekend. He was
unopposed.
Richard Shipman, Brooks, who dur
ing the. past year was acting president
of MFU while Mr.. Chapman was re-
covering from a serious illness, was
elected to serve a ninth one-year
term as vice president. He was OPP
posed for reelection by R. j. Nc
Kenna, Bozeman, former chairman of
Production & Marketing Administra-
ton in Montana, and Judith Basin
county farmer.
Three incumbent board members,
F. F. Dexter, Circle; Roy Mann, Ar
cher, and Claude Johnson, Stevens
vile, were reelected in five-way
contest for the three board seats up
for filling this year. Defeated were
J. J. Ming of Dawson county and
Fay Crusch of Sidney.
Reelected without opposition were
Don Wallis, Roberts, doorkeeper,
and Gordon Twedt, Rudyard, con-
ductor.
Delegates to the NFU convention
in March are Richard Shipman, Jas
per DeDobbeleer, Claude Johnson,
Charlotte Holtz and R. ]. McKenna.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1953-10-30

policy on electric power develop
ment is a complete surrender to
the private utility interests. The
sharp change in top government
policy opposing continuation of
construction of multiple-purpose
dams and transmission lines will
drv up the sources of low-cost pow
err badly needed for meeting the
expanding farm requirements
Condemning the Dept. of Interiors
new "power marketing criteria" as
shameful violation" on the part of
new government leaders of their
solemn pledge to uphold the laws of
the United States, the convention said
that this new policy twill result in
dangerously higher electric costs for
rural electric co-operatives and pub
lie bodies and will hamper if not
completely prohibit local citizens from
setting up new co-ops and municipal
ly owned systems" In addition, g.
the new policy in the power field ends
the yardstick effort of competition
for non-profit power systems where
by private utilities have been forced
to reduce their rates in many areas"
Under the new policy "co-ops will
be forced to contract years in adj
vance for their estimated power
needs. IF they underestimate they
will have to suffer on shortages. If
they overestimate the pay the rela-
lively high demand charge for any
unused energy which will go to the
private utilities at the give-away
dump prices.
CAT least II of Montana's rural
electric co-ops will be at the mercy
of Montana Power within three to
five years under the new COP power
policy, since they are without pub
lic-owned transmission lines from
power dams, and can
in no way exercise their preference"
right to any power produced at those
dams between now and the January
1, 1854 deadline for exercising that
right.)
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Mcclure in holding the workers in
eligible.
Commissioner Albert F. Root, in
a strongly-worded dissenting opinion,
disagreed, accusing the two-man ma
jority of completely ignoring the evil
dence and overriding provisions of
the Montana Unemployment Com
pensation Act. (Section 87-106 of the
Act provides in part: employees shall
not be disqualified if the labor dis
pute is due to employer violation Of
state or federal law
1t is understood that Castles and
Mcclure issued no formal opinion
giving any findings of fact or rea-
sons for their decision.
Commissioner Roots dissenting
opinion follows:
| sharply disagree with, and dissent
from, the opinion and decision of
the majority of the Commission in
this matter.
Unfortunately, to my knowledge,
the majority has not prepared an
opinion nor set forth in any man
ner whatsoever for the record any
reasons for their decision which, as
understand it, is simply to uphold
and sustain the Findings of Fact"
Reasons for Decision" and de
cision of the Appeals Referee"
Accordingly, the reasons for my
dissenting opinion are primarily based
upon my objections to the decision
of the Appeals Referee at the time
of his decision.
FOLEY PRECIPITATED STRIKE
Those objections, briefly summed
up, point out that Appeals Referee
overlooked and ignored the fact that
the strike was precipitated by en-
ployer's refusal to negotiate or con-
fer with the Union; that efforts of
the Federal Mediation & Concilia-
ton Service to get the employer to
meet and confer with the Union
were rejected by the employer as
was an effort by the Commissioner
of Labor of the State of Montana;
and that this evidence is undisputed
and uncontradicted in the record.
| now point out that the Commits
sion is ignoring the same evidence
and further ignores a refusal to con-
fer or negotiate with the Union stated
by Mr. Foley before a meeting of the
Commission during the period the
Commission was considering the de-
cision of Appeals Referee.
BY so doing, the majority of the
Commission lends itself to accusa-
tions of bias in this matter, as it
has lent itself to accusations of
bias in previous similar matters in
which it has overturned all pre-
vious past policy of the Commission
in cases involving labor disputes.
1t appears to me as member of
the Commission that the majority
seeks to find way to deny individual
employees rights guaranteed them by
the Unemployment Compensation Act
of Montana simply on the grounds
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ton, and other programs designed to
give more opportunities for better
rural living =. We call for an expose
of this big business alliance against
agriculture :"
Continuing, delegates representing
the more than $4,000 Montana farm
families who comprise the fighting
farm organization called g. for re-
peal of the sliding scale price sup
port program. We call for the enact
ment of national farm legislation as
surfing 100 per cent of parity for all
agricultural commodities based on a
price index that reflects the true re-
lationship between the things farm
ers have to buy and the things they
have to sell :"
Taking note of the disastrous
slump in livestock prices and the
the fight National Farmers Union is
carrying on-including this weeks
cattle caravan" to Washington
to save this important part of our
agricultural economy from bank
ruptcy and ruin, the convention
went on record with request that
-. the Secretary of Agriculture
and the President Immediately de-
clare firm price supports for live
stock at 100 per cent of parity by
making available non recourse
loans, direct to the producer
another recent move by Secretary
Benson came in for sharp criticism
by the delegates. Said they, owe
thoroughly condemn the Benson Blue
Book plan to turn administration of
the federal farm program over to the
Extension Service and the land grant
colleges as a dangerous step away
from farmer and local control to
highly centralized dictation by soul
less type of management"
Of similar nature were resolutions
opposing the cutting of appropriations
for Production & Marketing Admin
and Soil Conservation, and
other moves to weaken or destroy i'm
portant farm programs.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1953-10-30

This selfish alliance" said the dele
gates, "is destroying rural electrified
ton, federal farm credit, soil con-
servation, farm housing and owner
ship administrations, rural educa-
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1953-10-30
COMMEND HOPE COMMITTEE

Commentator was expressed to
House Agriculture Committee Chair
man Hope (R-Kans.) for the commit
tees efforts to "obtain the views of
farm operators on farm programs
through grass roots hearings -
Farmers are urged to write the COM
mittee, expressing their opinions of
the kind of farm program American
agriculture must have to remain on
an even financial keel.
More storage facilities, provided
via REA-type loans was requested
of the congress g. to help build
proper facilities for orderly market
ing and stockpiling of food on the
farm and in or near the population
centers."
Additional federal funds for farm
to-market roads and revision of pres
ent state laws to facilitate construc-
ton of greater mileage of such roads
was also requested as a necessary
part of any program to help agri-
culture in its efforts to keep the ma
ton we'll fed and contribute it's part
toward world peace by producing
abundantlV
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1953-10-30
CASTLES, MccL URE, ACCUSED OF
VIOLATING Law U.C. Commission Is
SUPPOSED TO Administer
Root Charges Majority of State Board Showed Bias In
Handling of Unemployment Compensation Claims
Against Strike-Bound Foley MIL In Helena

After several months and putting off
what turned be inevitable Monana's Unemployment
Compensation Commission has finally ruled employees of the
strike-bound FoIeys Mill Cabinet Works in Helena inel
gble for Unemployment Compensation benefits.
Chairman Wesley Castles joined with Commissioner Paul
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1953-10-30

Chairman Wesley Castles joined with Comm1Ssl
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1953-02-20

HAPPY HoLDUP - Cleveland
Indians general manager, Hank
GreenbePg, pretends no was held
up at the safe By first baseniAn
Luke Easter (FightD. Luke eventus
ally signed . $4,000 contract Tor
'Bs, and also promised 20 hit 30 or
20 homeFS this year. tNewsprcss
Photol
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1953-02-20
49, - g@s~as

HE'LL BE REMEMBERED - Veteran exploRcR
Matthew HenSen ueft), who accompanied ConmOs
doro Perry his memorable trip 20 the North Pole
In 1909, n shown here with bust Of himself made
By sculptor John LAFfAfge (righN. The bust waa
turned over TO the New York Explorers Cub By the
NAACP. NewspFess Photol
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Jackson advocate., 1953-09-26
Negro Is Top Point -Four Agricultural
Worker In Ancient Land OF Persians

Tehran, Iran, Sept. 21.-Shooting
possums and squirrel in Alabama
is not the same as hunting wild
boar with the Kurdish tribesmen of
western Iran, and neither is teach
ing agriculture in high school in
AToombsboro, Ga, the same as re-
organizing schools in an Iranian
province the size Of Georgia. But
Nathaniel "Doc" Farsi, thirty
four year old American Negro of
Tombstone, has an envialble rec
ord at doing them all, and more
besides.
"Mr. Farris has earned the right
to be considered as one of the out
standing Point Four employees in
Iran through his ability to accept
responsibilities beyond his original
assignment" says William E.
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Police Investigate
Youth Rowdyism

Local police started investiga-
ton this week of widespread re-
ports of Youth Rowdyism by NEGRO
citizens and business establish
ments in West Jackson.
According to reports for the last.
several weeks crowds of w White
Youth in speeding automobiles and
throwing stones and shooting air
rifles into crowds, and breaking
out windows in business places.
They seem to be attacking plac-
es frequented by crowds of College
Students. One place has had its
front window thrown into four
times during the past several
weeks.
Police promise to intensity their
INVESTIGATION following a Tuesday
NIGHT incident.
Jackson advocate., 1953-09-26
MAYOR ANNOUNCES PLAN TO
REPEAL PART OF BIRMINGHAM
SEGREGATION ORDINANCE so
NEGRO PLAYERS CAN PLAY WITH
WHITES ON BALL TEAMS IN CITY
Cite Negroes Playing In Montgomery
The Cradle OF The confederacy
ACTION ON PLAN DELAYED AS
BARONS LOSE IN PLAYOFF

Birmingham, Ala, Sept. 22.-
(DSN)-The announced plan to
repeal section of the city's seq
regation ordinance barring Negroes
and whites from playing together
in sports events here is seen as
having been delayed by the defeat
of the Birmingham Barons by the
Nashville Vols in the final game of
the Southern League Shaughnessy
Playoff Monday night.
Mayor James N. Morgan, who
announced the plan last Friday
said at the time that he and as
sociate commissioner Robert Lind
bergh would adopt the repeater at
the meeting of the city commission
here today. The meeting was held
with a large crowd on hand but
the matter of repeal of the segre-
cation ordinance was not brought
up. - -.
A third member OF the commits
sion is Eugene "BulP Connor,
staunch advocate of white suprem-
acy, who rigidly enforces the seq
regation laws as Police Commits
sioner of the city.
Observers here who saw the plan
as primarily move to permit Ne
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mlDMESTERN CONFERENCE
RIVALRY PITS JACKSON COLLEGE
TIGERS AGAINST NATIONS
TOP FOOTBALL TEAMS
Open 1853 Season Here Saturday
Night Before Predicted Record Crowd
COACH MERRITT SENDS TIGERS
ON FIRST TEST AGAINST ALABAMA

A record crowd is predicted to
be on hand when the 1853 version
of the Jackson College Tigers roar
into action for the first time this
season against already tested Ala
bama A. & NJ. College, at 1880
Saturday night on Alumni Field
at Jackson College.
Fo the local football fans the
opening game Saturday night will
be foretaste of things to come,
with membership in the Mid west
ern Conference and its strong riv-
airy pitting the Jackson College
Tigers against the best college
football teams in the nation. in
cluding Alabama A. & NJ, whom
thev face here Saturday night.
Coach big" John A. Merritt.
beginning his first season as the
Jackson College mentor, will send
the Tigers to the battle field for
the first time Saturday night.
With cautious optimism Coach
Merritt, who saw the Alabamans
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Four Negroes Official Candidates For
Borough President OF Manhattan

NEW YORK (GlobaD His
tory was made i'm New York last
Tuesday when four Negroes were
nominated in the primaries to run
for the office of Borough President
of Manhattan. They are Elmer A.
Carter, Republican nominee; Hulan
+. Jack. Tammanv Hall nominee.
Rev. James H. Robinson. Liberal
Partv nominee: and Andronicas
Jacobs. American Labor Party
candidate.
The only contest in the primary
election was between the two Dem
ocratic PARTY designees. Hulan r.
Jack, running on the Tammanv
Hall ticket headed hv Manhattan
BOROUGH President Robert r. Wac
ner. and Colonel Chsuncev Hooper
who ran on Mayor Vincent Impel-
litteri's ticket.
This history-making event had
its beginning when the Republican
Partv named Elmer A. Carter a
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MaIan Jim Crow
Bill Defeated

Capetown, Africa, Sept. PA
bill TO segregate the names of non
whites from those of whites in
South Africa's election lists as
sponsored by Prime Minister Dan
iel F. Malan was defeated Wednes-
day by the opposition United par
ty.
The third reading of the bill at
a joint session Of parliment was re-
jected after failing to get two
thirds majority as held by party
opposed to Malan's Nationalists.
A parliamentary caucus of the
United party unanimously reject
ed Malan's constitutional and fran
chise bill on Tuesday, gibing the
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Jackson advocate., 1953-09-26
New Farmers
Annual Meet
To Be Held
In Atlanta

Atlanta, Ga, Sept q = More
than 1,2Oe Negro boys from seven
teen states are expected 20 attend
the Nineenth Annual National Con-
vention OF the New Farmers of
America to be held in Auanta's
Municipal Auditorium, September
29 to October 2.
The New Farmers of America
is the national organization for
Negro students of Vocational;Agri-
culture in the public schools which
operates under the provision of
the National Vocational Education
Acts. 1t is an educational, nom
political, of voluntary membership,
designed to develop agricultural
leadership, character, thrift, coor-
GRAFTON, citizenship, and patriotism.
National officers presiding at the
convention will be John w. John
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Negro And White
Leaders Spark
kosciusko
Com. Project

Kasciusko, Miss, Sept. 21-
(SpeciaD Work Of the Negro COM
munity development clubs in At
tala was spanked with a meeting
Thursday night at the Attala
Training School in Kosciusko of
Negro and white leaders, repre-
senting the Chamber of Commerce,
county and state extension service
and community development clubs.
Features Of the development
work was explained to the group,
emphasizing both the responsible
ties and opportunities for the par
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African Tribesmer,
Sentenced To
Death For Mau
mau Massacre

Nairob,i Kenya, Sept. l8-Forty-
four ,Kikyyu tribesmen were SEN
fenced to death and four others
to prison terms by this British
colony's Eupreme Court for the
Mau Mau's Lari massacre.
The 48 were charged specifically
with killing 1-year-old child who
was among $50 natives, loyal to
the British, hacked and burned to
death by the anti-white Mau Mau
sevret society in a night raid on
the village of Lari March 26. A
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Christians In
Britain Called On
To Oppose Racism
In South Africa

London, Sept. q - Another at
tack on South Africa's racial laws
and the color bar was made at
st. Paul's Cathedral Sunday, Sept.
6, by Canon l.. j. Collins, Chan
cellor of the Cathedral.
He suggested three practical
measures by which Christians in
Great Britain might oppose the
present trend in South Africa.
He asked the congregation to
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National Baptist
Urged By Elk
Leader ToJoin In
Nationwide
Register And
Vote Campaign
Johnson Warns Again
A VOteless People Is
A Helpless People

MIAMI, Fla.-One of the bio
gest propositions placed before the
huge National Baptist Convention.
Inc, at it's session here last week
was the request of Grand Exalted
Ruler Robert H. Johnson of the
Elks-through Lieut.. George w.
Lee, head of Elks' Education, for
a united front in a nationwide
campaign to get NEGROES to Reg
ister and Vote"
Not only did the progressive and
inspirational leader of the nations
biggest Negro fraternal order ask
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the write-up which described the
program of the college in detail.
The major purpose of FPS is to in
form the people in 8S countries of
the world, the truth about the
United States relative to its people,
its institutions, its policies, and the
United States part in the quest
for free world. These materials
receive only limited distribution
in the u. S. The only other college
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