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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-03-19
ike CONFUSED ON FARM
SUBSIDIES, SEN. MORSE
TELLS F.U.C.E. Meeting

ST. PAUL-(CNS)-The Eisen-
hover administration is confused on
subsidies, Senator Wayne M rs e
(Ind.-Ore.) told a crowd of 5000 at
Farmers Union Central Exchange an
nual meeting here, March Pa. For
farmers, they're socialism; for big
business, they're okay, Morse said.
He cited fast tax writeoffs to giant
corporations and interest-free billions
deposited with banks.
By preaching that farm price sup
ports are disaster relief" Agricul-
ture Secretary Ezra T. Benson chad
magnificent success in demoralizing
commodity markets while farm prices
fell" Morse said. The administration
has done what reactionaries have
always sought to do-to pit farmers
against city workers and business
against both"
Local co-ops in Minnesota, Wis
consin, the Dakotas, Montana, and
Wyoming bought $50.4 million
worth of farm supplies for their
Patron-members through FUCE in
1853, General Manager Emil A.
Syftestad reported. That's a 1887
increase over the previous year.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-03-19

Montana's list of active jobseekers
numbered IL, AS on February 25, an
increase of only IT'S from the 1920
reported in January, according to a
labor market summary issued by the
unemployment compensation commits
sion. The spread from January to
February was less this year than in
five of the past six years, the report
says.
Moderate resumption of hiring"
Chairman Wesley Castles of the COM
says, was reported through
out the month from nearly all sec
tions of the state, indicating that the
peak of joblessness has been passed,
and giving promise of the normal
back-to-work movement this month
and next"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-03-19
Legal Advertising
INVITATION FOR BIDS

Sealed proposals will be received by
the State Board of Examiners at their
office in the Capitol Building. Helena.
Montana, on Monday, April 5. 1854. at
10 o'clock A. NJ. for work of enclosing
loading area beneath Russell Room.
Veteran and Pioneer Memorial Build
ing Helena, Montana.
All bids shall be on the printed forms
attached to and made a part of the
proposed Contract Documents. The
specifications and Contract Documents
may be obtained from the office Of the
State Board Of Examiners Engineer,
Room AIS, Mitchell Building. Helena,
Montana
Each bidder Will be required TO have
license from the Montana State Board
Of Equalization in a classification that
Will allow the bidder to execute the
contract
Each bid shall be accompanied by
Certified Check in the amount of 70
or more of the amount of bid. Checks
shall be made payable to the State
Treasurer. a Surety Completion Bond
of 1907 of contract amount will be
required, bond to be in force for one
year after completion of the contract.
Your proposal must be enclosed in
an envelope addressed TO the under
signed and clearly marked across the
face, Proposal for work of enclosing
loading area beneath Russell Room.
Veteran and Pioneer Memorial Build
ing Helena, Montana"
The right is reserved to reject any
and all bids and to waive such tech
nicalities as the best interest of the
State may warrant.
STATE BOARD OF EXAMINERS
STATE OF MONTANA
By: G. l.. Bryant,
Acting Executive Clerk
T-March IL, 10, 20. 1854
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-03-19
INVITATION FOR BIDs

Notice is hereby given that sealed
proposals for the construction of 9
DOrmitory Buildings located at the
State Training School, jefferson Coun-
ty, Boulder, Montana, will be received
at the office Of the State Board of Ex-
aminers for the State of Montana in
the Capitol Building in the City of
Helena, Montana, until 1000 A. NJ.
(MST) on Monday. April 1854. and will
be publicly opened and read aloud at
that time
All bids shall be on the printed forms
attached to and made a part of the pro-
posed Contract Documents. The Con-
tract Documents may be examined at
the office of the Architect and at the
office of the State Board of Exam
iners The said Contract Documents
may also be obtained from the Archi-
toct, J. G.. Link e Company, Ill North
Montana, Butte, Montana, on the de-
posit of the sum of $4,000. This deposit
Will be refunded upon the return of
the Contract Documents ~ good con-
dition within a reasonable time after
receipt of the bids, to each actual bid
der. The amount of $500 will be re-
turned to non bidders upon receipt of
same.
Each contractor must bid both build
ings as called for on the bid sheets.
Each bid shall be accompanied by a
certified check in an amount of at
least five per cent (5%) of the total
bid, including the total of all alter
mates, made payable to the Treasurer
of the State of Montana.
No bidder may withdraw his bid for
at least fifteen (15) days after the
time scheduled for the receipt of bids
Each bidder will be required to have
a license from the Montana State Board
Of Equalization in a classification that
will allow the bidder to execute the
Contract.
Surety Completion Bond of at
east one hundred per cent 10000 of
he Contract amount will be required
The complete construction of the
building will be let under four con-
.racts: No. l, General Construction; No.
,, Plumbing, Heating, and VentiIating;
No. 3, Electrical; and No. 4, Painting.
The right is reserved to reject any
ind all bids and to waive such tech
localities as the best interest of the
state may warrant.
STATE OF MONTANA
STATE BOARD OF EXAMINERS
By: G.. l.. Bryant,
Acting Executive Clerk
T-March IL, 10, 26, 1854
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-03-19
LETTERS TO the EDITOR

tracted the power as private individ-
uals, Hey you, get off the line. We
are princes of privilege and are TAX
ing over. You can go without light
for your homes and power for your
businesses, go broke and move away.
We were created superior to you, and
you are VaSSalS. We are co-opS and
therefore superior. You are the scum
of the earth and we spit in your eye"
There are many other instances of
superiority and special privilege. In
many localities, one must be a member
of a union to get a job, and like the
water front in New York, either join
a racketeer controlled union, starve
TO death, get killed, or move away.
Probably the most outstanding ex-
amples of princes of privilege and
preference are the farmers High parity
prices won't help the farmer much in
the long run unless his customers
have the funds with which to buy. 1t is
easy for a commodity to be priced
clear out of the market Butter today
is good illustration. Beef was about
as bad about year ago. However, a
reduction in price to near the happy
medium of what the stockraiser would
like to have and what the consumer
could afford to pay, raised the con-
sumption of beef about 800 and APP
parently stabilized cattle prices. Also
the purchase by Secretary of Agricul- |
ture Benson of the equivalent of $50, 900 |
head of cattle to go into surplus beef |
at cost to you and I, the taxpayers |
Of around $15O,OOO,00O didn't hurt any.
Parity of price Tor the farmers pro-
1uce through price supports at the con-
expense, is stressed as being
fair and equitable 1 must beg leave
% differ with that point. I could go
along with parity of income for the
armer, providing everybody else was
n all fairness given the same guar
lntee. l don't know what the aver
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-03-19

age income is in the United States but
will assume it to be about $4,000 per
year. Why should the farmer be guar
anteed more than anybody else for his
time and labor. Especially when he
almost always has Cor can have) his
house rent, water, milk, butter, eggs,
meat potatoes, and many other food
items without cash outlay good times
or bad. Even when one is out of work
and times are so tough that he can't
pay his house rent or much of any
thing else, he still must donate to the
farmers prosperity in order to get his
daily bread or starve to death. The
farmers today seem to be producing
for Government storage instead of for
consumption by hungry people.
We may all be created free and equal
as our founding fathers declared, but
they evidently were unaware of the
fact that it doesn't take long after
we are born to separate the sheep
from the goats. A large proportion of
us belong in the latter category. Free
and Equal" Huh.
E. j. PARKINSON, Great Falls
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-03-19
Mental Health Conference
Speaker Will Also Have
Chance TO Visit Son at MSU

When DR.. Edward Engberg, sup
erintendent of Minnesota School and
Colony, Faribault, Mimi, comes to
Montana to speak to the conference
of the Montana Society for Mental
Health, March 27 and 20 in Helena.
he will also have chance to visit
his son and daughter in Missoula.
DR.. Engberg's son Robert w. Eng
berg is Captain in the Regular Army
and is an instructor in military sci
ence in the University R. o. T. C.
Captain Engberg came to Missoula
two years ago with his wife and
daughter directly from duty in Ko-
rea where he served with the Sec
ond Division at Heartbreak Ridge and
received the Silver Star and Croix
de Guerre.
Miss Kay Engberg, daughter of
the noted neuropsychiatrist, teaches
the fourth grade at the Franklin
school in Missoula.
DR.. Engberg also served as a Cap
tain in the U. S. Army, in World War
| in the medical corps. Except for
his War service he had been engag-
ed in the practice of neuropsychiatry
from 1914 until 1887 when he ac-
cepted the appointment of superin-
tendent of the Faribault school for
the mentally deficient. He is promi-
nent in civic organizations pertain
ing to his field of mental health
and has written many articles on
the subject.
The doctors daughter will attend
the Montana Society for Mental
Health Conference in Helena and he
will accompany her back to Missoula
to visit Captain Engberg and his fam
lily. !
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-03-19
STATE NEEDS MORE INDUSTRIES TO PROVIDE
JOBS FOR GROWING WORK FORCE

"The February count of 12,445
job applicants" Castles added, "com-
pares with 10,995 in February a
year ago, 1916 two years ago, 49,
336 three years ago, and 1856 four
year ago. These figures represent
the active applicants for work listed
at the 21 local employment service
offices in principal population cen
tiers of the state.
At the same time Castles pointed
out that 1900 more persons were
working this February than in Feb
ruary, 1868. Estimates are 145,800
this year and 144, 500 year ago. The
highest count in any previous Febru-
airy was 40,700 in 1862. The COM
bination of more at work and more
out of work reflects a substantial
increase in the total labor force and
points to the states economic need
for more industries and more jobs.
Benefit claims during January
and February followed about the
same pattern as the total count of
Job applicants" Castles said. "There
we're 9,697 in active claim status the
asst week in January, 10,861 at the
peak of February unemployment, and
down to 1921 the week ending March
I3. A year ago 1881 were claiming
unemployment benefits.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-03-19
All Men Are Created Free
And Equal

There is greatly revered document
in the history of the United States
which declares that All men are ere
ated free and equal" 1 suppose that can
be construed as meaning women too.
1t would appear however that our
founding fathers were not very well
informed according to present days
standards. Some are created who are
far superior to the ordinary rank and
file.
For instance, if the citizens on one
side of the street decide to engage
in business and form a corporation for
that purpose, they must pay a corpora
ton income tax of 52Go on their prof
it's before declaring a dividend. Then
the stockholders are taxed second
time on the balance of 1870 of the
profits at the rate of 229o and up to
as high as 929o.
If the citizens on the other side of
the street decide to engage in Identical
ly the same kind of business and call
themselves co-ops, they are not re-
quired to pay the 5296 income tax on
the profits on the grounds that it is
a saving instead of a profit, even
though 1870 of the saving may be
profit on goods sold to the customers
who are not members of their coop.
Just why the term "co-op" makes the
residents of one side of the street
sanco sanct and superior to those on
the other side of the street, 1 have never |
seen satisfactorily explained.
Again, members of the REA and |
others claim preferential rights to fed
orally produced power. They even claim
the preferential right mind you, to
come in, even Is or 20 years from now,
and tell their neighbors on the other
side of the street who originally con-
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-03-19
OFF AGIN, ON AGIN,
GONE AGiN

"Off agin, on agin, gone agin, Fin.
negan" SO wired the section fore.
man who had orders to briefly report
car derailments. Things move about
that fast but not with such simplicity
in the field of national public power
policy said Col Jerome G. Locke
when asked for comment on the latest
reported changes yesterday Mr..
Locke was formerly engineer for Re-
gional Committee for MVA and later
a hydrologist on the staff of Missouri
Basin Survey Commission.
In commenting on several recent
changes he explained: Federal power
marketing criteria, or regulations,
were completely changed by the In
terror Department last fall There
soon arose veritable tornado of
protest on the part of REA Co-ops
and other preference customers. Then
Assistant Secretary Aandahl came
west From Iowa and Eastern Ne
braska came press reports that the
new regulations had been changed
back sufficiently to save the present
coop system in eastern Missouri Ba-
sin. A day or two later came reports
that the new regulations would be
modified sufficiently but in a differ
ent manner to save preference custo-
mers in the western Missouri Basin.
A week later Mr.. Aandahl was in
a series of conferences in Wyoming
and at Denver. Here he met organ
lied public power groups, delegation
Of officials from private power com
panies and state officials who are
taking a hand in the scramble of
power marketing affairs. Here Mr.. !
Aandahl left unanswered a question
involving $1,000 kilowatts of power
and said, Its hot question no mat
ter which way we go on it. Ny sug-
yestion is that all groups get busy
and decide who is going to build more
steam plants" Where Missouri Basin
power policy stood at press time-no
body knows.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-03-19
ATTORNEY GENERAL GOES
TO HIGH COURT FOR GAS
FIGHT DECISION

Contending that "the legal ques-
ton involved" in whether or not the
Attorney General has the duty to
protect the public whenever its in
terests are threatened" is "of great
and fundamental Importance to this
state" Attorney General Arnold Oh
sen said Wednesday in taking the is
sue to the State Supreme Court. Ear
lier, District Judge c. B. Elwell,
Havre, had ruled adversely on the
Attorney Generals contention.
In filing his appeal, Olsen said 81
do not believe the people should be
deprived of the service of the Attor-
ney Generals office by default, and,
unless and until am told to stop by
the Supreme Court of Montana, |
will continue to try to protect the
citizens.
eff the Attorney General can
not bring suits in the public inter
est, one of the elementary pro-
tections of the people is gone. |
have always thought, in public
utility rate matters, that there were
two lines of defense for the peo-
pie: one is the commission itself
which was set up primarily to pro-
tect the public, the other is the At
torney General who is also elected
and paid to guard the rights of the
people.
eff l am not allowed to maintain
the present suit, the individual citi-
zens must shoulder the heavy finan-
cial burden of doing in the courts |
what they already have two elected |
and paid public agencies to do for
hem. Further, if an entirely new pro-
,eeding is necessary to outlaw these |
ncreases-and outlawed they GER
,ainly must be-then all the money
which has been improperly taken
rom the consumers under these rate
orders will never be refunded to them
as it should be.
81 believe that, under our laws, l
must maintain these suits
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-03-19
We Were Warned Three Years Ago

American participation other than
through this government agency is
made plain in several of the labor
department news releases. One, on the
hosiery industry, notes that a COM
mittee studying the situation in order
to make recommendations sis equal
ly representative of employees, en-
ployers, and the public, and its MEM
bers are residents of both Puerto Rico
and the mainland"
These two violent episodes could
be like the shooting pains which
warn you Of trouble in your body
So far, no body has shown signs of
wanting to attack anything except
the symptoms.
By an unusual coincidence, the at
tack on Truman missed by two days
coinciding with report on mass pow
erty, disease, and suffering in Puerto
Rico. Called "The Needs of Children
in Puerto Rico" it was announced
November 3, 1850, by Federal Sc
curity Administrator Oscar Ewing.
A news account of this report
cited per capita income of less than
half that of Mississippi, the poorest
state in the union 1t referred to
crowding in slums which menaced
health. 1t mentioned a material death
rate more than two and half times
that in the U. S., shortage of doctors,
and other conditions.
The bullets of would-be assassins
are nowhere near as dangerous to
the webbing of the United States
as the ammunition given to Commu-
nists by situations like the one in
Puerto Rico
1t used to be said that wars would
soon stop if those who make them
were to go on the firing line. Per-
haps now that congress has come into
the line of fire growing out of misery
on that unhappy island, something
will be done about it. Or could it be
that our congressman were scared out
of what little brains they had?
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-03-19
An Editorial from
DUBUQUE Ia.) LEADER
"a Cooperative Newspaper Devoted
to the Cause of Labor"

Ever since the time of Cain ant
Abel, violence and killing have erupt
ed frequently between the HAYES anC
have-nots. The Gains of this world
stand condemned at the bar of moral
judgment in most cases. Many times,
however, the Abels don't have even
enough concern to save their own
hides.
Overtones from this ancient theme
can be read into the shooting this
week from the gallery of the U. S.
house of representatives. The pas
sionate episode is something which
might be expected in a Latin Ameri-
can dictatorship. Why did this thing
have to explode in the capital of a
republic which boasts Of its good
neighbor policy and of its humane
colonial policy?
Somehow name pops into mind
from years back = Sarajevo. Ever
hear Of it? Sarajevo is a little town
in Bosnia and Herzegovina, now
Jugoslavia. It's claim to fame is that
Archduke Ferdinand of Austria Hun
gary was assassinated there June %,
1914. This was the event which pre-
cipitated World War l.
Bosnia and Herzegovina was an
oppressed little Countrywide Puerto
Rico. Archduke Ferdinand represent
ed the government over it-like the
congressman who were shot Monday.
He was shot by fanatic-like the
ones who tried to kill President Tru-
man and those who shot five con-
gressmen.
Oddly enough, Puerto Rico has
been given PART of its independence
since the attempt on Truman's life
The wage scales in many of its in
dustries, however, are held down by
American employers. They are de-
termined, in fact, through an agency
of the U. S. government.
Patience of undepaid workers of
Latin temperament might we'll be
strained by the slow procedure for
raising their minimum rates.
Take the button, buckle, and jewel
ry industry, for instance.
Last April Administrator McComb
of the U. S. wage-hour division pro-
posed new minimum wage scales for
six sections of this industry In May
he announced an extension of time
for filing objections. In June the
changes were announc-
ed for two sections of the industry.
The first actual order, on costume
Jewelry finally became effective Jan
uary 4.
A proposal for the hosiery indus
try announced in May was still pend
ing in October, with no word since
then.
Or take the shoe industry. The U.
5. minimum wage went to rs cents
FOR interstate industry generally Jan
lary Is, 1950-BEFORE Korea. The
minimum for making shoes in Puerto
Rico didn't go to 35 cents until after
| procedure started in October 1851.
The rate finally went to 40 cents
January 4, 1854. That is both unfair
competition and oppression all wrap
ed up in one package.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-03-19

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT, STATE
OF MONTANA, IN AND FOR THE
COUNTY OF LEWIS AND CLARK
SUMMONS
FOR PUBLICATION
No. 24239
CHARLES E. HILL, Plaintiff
VS..
NELAA F. HILL, Defendant
THE STATE OF MONTANA Sends
Greetings to the Above Named Defend
ants, and to Each of Them:
You Are Hereby Summoned to an
sWer the complaint in this action which
is filed in the office of the Clerk of
with served upon you, and to file your
answer and serve a copy thereof upon
the Plaintiffs attorney within twenty
days after the service of this Sum-
mons, 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 demand
ed in the complaint. This is an action
for an absolute divorce on the grounds
of wilful desertion. For more particu-
lars, please refer to the Complaint on
file herein, to which reference is made
and by such reference made a part of
this Summons.
Witness my hand and seal Of said
Court this 9Th day of March, 1854.
(SEAL)
DAVID r. KEMP, Clerk
By H. C. HARLEM, Deputy Clerk ,
O'CONNELL e. DAILY
Attorneys for Plaintiff
'05 Barber-Lydiard Bldg.
Great, Falls, Montana
T-March II, 10, rs, April 2, 1854 :,
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1954-08-13

ing Ton which Helen Ward is sup
posed to deliver the lyrics but
doesn't, so you'll have to dig up an
old platter to get this), How Am
I To Know, Four Or Five Times
(the Goodman vocal touch on
this) and Bye Bye Blues (Colum-
bia.)
This is also on as rpm discs,
sans the I'm" and I've numbers
(Columbia).
Another choice Lester Young
12-incher sports the headline,
THE President" honoring the
tenor-man for his Goodness" and
modernity which was evident long
before the two words became the
new fad in the jazz language.
In this musical portrait of the
Pres" there is selected 10 tunes
which enable him to give full sway
to his style. Using Oscar Peterson,
piano; Ray Brown, Bass, Barney
Kessel. guitar and J. c. Heard,
drums. Lester cools his way
through Stardust, Confessin', I
Can't Give You Anything But