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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-08-27

The amount of money people have
in their pocketbooks seems certain
to be the major campaign issue this
fall. All administration speakers who
have taken to the political stump re-
Gently have stressed this issue.
Latest in the parade of speakers
to expound the "you never-well,
almost never-had it SO good" line
was Secretary of Labor James z.
Mitchell who last week talked to the
New Jersey Savings Bond Committee
in Spring Lake, N. ].
Mitchell contended that employ
ment all over the country is going up
this month for the first time since
September. He said his confidence
that the tide has turned after a To-
month decline is based on 'prellml-
nary figures for August" which show
IAN overall improvement in the en-
ployment situation despite weak spots
in steel and automobile production"
Mitchell added, "The word now
which best describes the American
economy is stability. can tell you
that the American economy is sound"
Officials at the Bureau of Sta
tistics in Washington said the Sec
rotary of Labor must have infor-
nation which hasn't reached them
as yet. They were unable to give
any details of MitcheIPs disclosure.
The President also took something
of the same line speaking on behalf
Of a Republican senatorial candidate
in Illinois. Eisenhower said he was
getting pretty tired of the "clack,
clack of the prophets of doom" and
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-08-27
OFFICIAL STATISTICS DO NOT Bear
OUT ADMINISTRATIONS OPTIMISM

he told story which, he said, Abra-
| ham Lincoln had used.
The line has some Of the economic
experts within the administration ner-
vous.
In a column on the same page as
their report of the Presidents Illinois
speech, the WALL STREET JOURN-
AL, which keeps sharp eye on bust
ness trends, reported:
"Bullish words from Ike are
tempered by his aides in private
-. A White House seer broods
over steePs slow comeback. Says
Federal Reserve governor: This
upturn just isn't going to be as
spectacular as some political state
ments might make you think.
GA fall pickup is traditional. Crops
come to market; shops start building
stocks for winter trade; factory in
ventory taking is over. Republicans
count on the seasonal up-swing to
quelch Democrats depression talk
A less-than-seasonal squirt would hurt
the COP. 1T would be a clear danger
signal for us, too,' says one econo-
rist."
But despite private doubts it seem
ed clear the propaganda drive is 60
ing ahead.
A copyrighted story by John Herl-
ing appearing in Scripps-Howard and
other papers reported Pres. Eisen-
hover is planning to accept the AFL's
routine invitation to speak to its
national convention next month in
Los Angeles.
Herring reported that it is tradi-
tional for both labor groups to invite
the President to speak to their con-
ventions. 1t is equally traditional
that they decline and send substi-
tute, usually the Secretary of Labor.
Last year the President sent Vice
President Nixon to the AFL conven-
ton but Nixon didn't do so well.
This year the President plans to go
himself, according to Herring. The
CLIO convention, as usual in election
years, will not be held until after
the election to permit concentrated
activity in the political field.-CIO-
PAC PIPELINE.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-08-27

(Olsen's ire was aroused by con-
tents of a resolution, which among
other things, accused the attorney
general and two fellow state land
board members, Secretary of State
Sam w. Mitchell and Supt. of Pub
lie instruction Mary M. Condor, of
arrogant acts" in refusing to let
school oil leases under the 1858 leas-
ing act. Following passage of that
law and its approval by Governor
J. Hugo Aronson, the land board re-
quested Olsen for an opinion as to
its constitutionality. Olsen's office,
after exhaustive legal research, held
that the law was UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Continuing his blast at the Re-
publicans, Olsen pointed out for
the last 80 years there has always
been somebody trying to get away
with the oil that belongs to Mon
tana's schools, but until the Re-
publicans turned their party over
to the give-away crowd there was
no group IN the state OF montana
that would sanction it."
(Some idea of the stakes involved
can be gained from realizing that
the state of Montana holds in trust
for the education of Montana chill
dren about six million acres of land.
Surface value of this land will aver
age $40 per acre. Potential oil-bear-
ing acreage of school lands is esti-
mated at two-and-one-half million
acres.)
Further attacking the Montana
COP, Olsen asserted; They lie and
they know it when they talk of
permanent loss of revenue to the
Continued on Page Four
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-08-27
no HUM, MORE
COP STATISTICS
by Labor's Daily News Service

WASHINGTON, d. C.-The Com
merce Department has placed the
average 1858 income for each man,
woman and child in the country at
the record level of $1,709 but the
report failed to show what percentage
of the population was getting less.
The per capita figure is reached
by dividing the total population into
the gross national income which was
$270 billion in 1853.
The per capita average was widely
varied from state to state with Della
ware reporting the nations high of
$2,304 and Mississippi in last place
with 1884.
The Commerce Department report
meant that each family of four should
have an average income of $6,836 an
nually if distribution was equal. Close
to rs per cent of the nations families
make less than this amount.
The report showed a decline in
agriculture income in 81 states and
an increase in II.
For the first six months of this
year personal income was running
about 2 per cent below last years
figure.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-08-27
NO BREAK IN
SIGHT IN Mine,
Mill. STRIKE

Despite efforts of federal
mediators, as of press time, no
immediate break appears i'm
minent in the strike of miners
and smeltermen against Ana
conda Copper Mining Com
pany.
The strike, which got underway
Monday morning, came about follow
ing months of fruitless negotiations
which found the company making no
offer of any kind to negotiators for
Mine-Mill local unions in Montana.
An estimated 5000 miners and smell
termen are out in Butte, Anaconda
and Great Falls. In addition, up
wards of $500 AFL craft union mem
bers have been idled because of the
Mine-Mill strike.
Leaders of the striking union con-
tend that Anaconda is well able to
pay higher wages and make other
contract improvements, pointing out
that in the first six months of 1854
the ACM made net profits averaging
better than two million dollars per
month. They also point out that while
ACM's Montana management has Of
fered absolutely nothing to it's work
men in the several months of nego-
tiations, ACM officials in eastern OPP
erations of the company have made
some offers as a basis for further
negotiations. The other three COM
panies in the industry's "big four
have made offers valued at between
five and seven cents an hour increases
over present contract provisions.
In addition to practically all of
ACM's non-ferrous metals operations
being strike-bound, Mine-Mill mem
bers are also striking most Kenne-
colt, Phelps-Dodge and American
& Refining Company opera
tions as a means of improving con-
tracts, following negotiations which
found the industry offering unsatis-
factory improvements in contracts.
Metal workers wages in Montana
dropped Is per cent between July
1853 and July 1854 because of
shorter work week To the average
miner or smelterworker, this wage
cut amounted to about fourteen dol
lars a week, even though his cost
of maintaining a family continued
at record high levels.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-08-27
DEMOCRATIC P0W-W0W
BEGINS TOMORROW
I'm BILLINGS

H. B. Landoe, Bozeman, Demo-
cratic State Committee Chairman,
Wednesday announced that the Demo-
cratic State Convention called by law,
will be held at the Rio Theater start
ing promptly at 10 a. m. Saturday,
August %. The Convention will elect
a state chairman, vice chairman, a
secretary, and 2 congressional COM
miteemen, also congressional COM
mitteewomen. The National Commit
teemen and National Committee
women are hold-over officers.
National Committeewoman Mrs.
Bernice Kingsbury will be the prin-
cipal speaker at the noon luncheon
at the Northern Hotel August 20 for
Democratic Women.
National Committeeman Leo c.
Graybill will be one of the speakers
at the noon luncheon August % for
State Senators and Legislative nomi-
nees, according to State Senator
David F. James, Joplin, and House
Member John J. Macdonald of Jor-
dan.
Chairman Landoe also appointed
the following committee for the con-
vention on rules and order of bust
ness:
James H. Higgins, White Sulphur
Springs; Patrick F. Hooks, Town
send; Mrs. Eta Lees) Bessette,
Butte; Tom Mangan, Missoula; James
B. Meagher, Great Falls; Jerome
Kohn and John C. Sheehy, both of
Billings.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-08-27
Labor Affairs

Upwards of a dozen resolutions
dealing with labor matters of i'm
portance on the state and national
levels were considered and approved
by the convention.
Concerned over II states having
now passed so-called "right-to-work"
Continued on Page Five)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-08-27
Business Failures i'm Week
OF Aug. IL Hits 233

NEW YORK CITY.-More bust
nesses failed in the week ending Aug
II than in any of the previous IL
weeks, Dun and Bradstreet reported.
The number of business failures in
the Aug. IL week totaled 233, or 26
more than for the previous week,
and 83 higher than the figure for
the corresponding week in 1853.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-08-27
Billion Dollar Industry
by Labor's Daily News Service

By LabOr'S DafIy News StTNIct
NEW YORK.-The American toy
industry was expected to have its first
billion dollar year IN 1854. A survey
showed that retail sales are ahead
of last year by about 10 per cent and
the industry feels there is good
chance to top last years $99O,00O,-
900.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-08-27
Study Made To Stop
Lightning Fires

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.-In the
interest of fire prevention, research
ers from Idaho and California met
with Fire Control Officers of State
and Federal Forest Service offices
in the hope of ultimate prevention
of lightning fires.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-08-27

In reiterating the position taken
by the 1853 federation convention
opposing the perpetual leasing law
passed by the last legislature, dele
gates noted that since land board
members Arnold Olsen, Sam Mitchell
and Mary Condor refused to recog-
nize the validity of the new law pend
ing determination of it's constitution
atty, "the oil companies have sought
by political action, legal action, and
in other ways, to force the land
board to give away the school oil
lands d.. =" The convention then urged
the land board majority "to continue
to fight to protect the school lands
of our state from selfish exploitation"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-08-27
EXCESSIVE RATES AGAIN
CONDEMNED

Recalling that the seth convention
in Kalispell year ago censured 'the
Public Service Commission Comm
Middleton, Henry and Young) for its
action in approving excessive utility
rates, this years convention restated
its opposition to gas and telephone
rate increases granted by the COM
mission in the summer of 1858. In so
doing, the convention noted that the
new rates "have been proven to be
even more excessive than was antici-
pated year ago, as evidenced alone
by the order impounding the in
creased income to one gas company
Montana Power) to be more than
the one million dollars estimated by
that gas company At its rate hearing"
Because of his fight in the courts
to "protect consumers from those
excessive rate increases, Attorney
General Arnold H. Olsen was highly
commended by convention delegates.
A third resolution of statewide
Importance found the convention
endorsing and recommending ito
all taxpaying citizens of the State
of Montana" the passage of Refer
enda 81 and So, the bond issues
to provide So, 100000 for the State
Training School and the State Hos
pital for badly needed improve
ments.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-08-27
Federation of Labor
Resolutions Commend State lind
Board, Censure Service Con- 55Iission

The steadfast position taken by majority of the State
Land Board against giving Montana school oil lands
received solid support from the upwards of 200 delegates
attendance at the 57h annual convention of Montana State
Federation of Labor, in Billings last week.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-08-27
Attorney General Fires Back
COP. Anguish Caused by
Being Caught Attempting
To Give Away School Lands
Attorney General Fires Back

The resolutions Of the Republican convention are merely
angused who their hands in the pub
cash and the drawer slammed on their fingers
Attorney General Arnold H. Olsen this week an
aftermath of sharp attack eveed at him by the COZ con-
vention in Helena last weekend.
Evening star., 1954-10-26

CONTEST-If the radio-Tv
editor had to have that week
off. he couldn't have picked q
better one than last week. Last
week, the accumulated mail in
dicates, was the one when two
Evening star., 1954-10-26
Onfhe Air $50
A Four-Network video Show,
Even GOOD, Is d Monopoly
onthe Air
By Harry Macarthur

At the risk Of sounding like
an old kfll-joy. it is necessary
to file q vote of dissent today in
the matter Of that two-hour,
four ur-network television show
Sunday night. This was spon-
sored. as you undoubtedly know.
by some 800 light and power
companies. Presumably, these
are the same privately owned
concerns which tell us Cor at
least used to tell usl on the
radio all about the joys of free
enterprise.
They didn't have to, sell this
listener, but apparently they
failed to get the message across
in some quarters. The fellows
who did the talking for the
power companies seem not to
have listened very closely to
what they were saying.
Now ] yield to no man in
admiration for Thomas Alva
Edison. who invented the cleo
trio light and almost everything
else except the nutburger and
who. according to Bill Stern, the
noted sportstwister. owed his
deafness to a beaning admin
istered in a youthful sandlot
Evening star., 1954-10-26

baseball game by Pitcher Jesse
James. I prefer the expression
of this admiration to be a free
enterprise, though, such as re-
fusing to use candles except dur
ing hurricanes. Having 1t thrust
upon me is something else.
Almost any one would prefer
Helen Hayes and T hom a
Mitchell to 80 per cent of the
other players likely to be en-
countered on TV, of course. And
any one with discriminating
taste surely would rather listen
to Dorothy cambridge than to
Walter Winchell.
Putting the same program on
all four networks. however. is
just plain monopoly in restraint
Of free trade. Those 800 sponsors
would blow all their fuses stimuli
taneously in q magnificent burst
Of electronic dudgeon If the
Tennessee Valley Authority tried
the same thing. It will serve
the hungry networks right If
some last surviving gas mantle
manufacturer hears about this
and steps forward demanding
equal time and facilities.
y \ \ II
The power companies, 1t must
be admitted, did 60 to the right
man when they decided that
some fitting attention should be
paid the electric light bulb on
is 18th birthday. The construc-
ton of q mere two-hour tele-
vision show offers no insur-
mountable obstacles to such a
man as David 0. Selznick. Mr..
Selznick, after all, is the fellow
who made "Gone With the
Wind" which clocks at every
unreeling today at 8 hours and
AZ minutes.
Size, Of course, is not every
thing. It seems safe today to
say that Mr.. Selznick may not
Evening star., 1954-10-26

be the saviour Of television that
some of the advance publicity
limited he would turn out to be.
A lot of entertainment came over
the air during the Lights Dia-
mond Jubilee" version of the
spectacular, though.
There was a great deal more.
in fact. than In almost any two
hours of regular TV fare. But it
still was Omnibus" with a mil
hon-dollar budget. o glittering
all-star cast and some Hollywood
delusions of grandeur. There also
was a certain pompous whim-
sicality in some areas Of the
script written by Ben Hecht.
These. naturally, are not SUR
prising qualities to find in q
scenario which travels from
Genesis to a fireside chat by
President Eisenhower, with
glinpses along the way Of our
electronic past. present and
future.
It was somewhat disconcerting,
too, to come across, in the flesh
as it were, an old joke attributed
to Hermione Ginghold. The Eng
lish comedienne once was re-
ported to have expressed her un-
bounded delight with everything
about New York, especially that
divine statue Of Judith Anderson
in the harbor." Sure enough,
Judith Anderson turned up here
impersonating the Statue Of
Liberty.
There is not much point in
recapitulating what went on
during Lights Diamond Jubi-
lee." If you didn'tssee it, some
body already has been telling you
what you missed. A high point
in one corner of one living room
was achieved by George Gobel,
who was called upon to "ex-
plain" the working of a giant
electronic brain. The scientists
who made it, he declared,
worked in complete secrecy;
there wasn't a one Of them knew
what they were doing"
Helen Hayes and Thomas
Mitchell made quite an effec-
tive thing Of Max Shulman's
Chance for Adventure" with a
musical assist from Dorothy
cambridge. Walter Brennan and
young Brandon de Wilde Law
ished some more fine acting on
John Steinbeck's Leader of the
People" Lauren Bacall and
David Niven did well enough by
Irwin Shaw's New Yorker short
story, "The Girls in Their Sum-
mer Dresses"
A lot Of film was used during
the show and it was expertly
blended with the live scenes by
Selznick and crew. Film, for
instance. brought on Robert
Benchley. still mighty funny
demonstrating baby care. Film
also allowed Edison himself to
get in a word, though he didn't
/ get it in until 10:30, an hour
and a half after Mr.. Selznick
started.
Entertaining as all this and
more was, there still was one
shortcoming that seemed glar-
ing to this viewer. It all seemed
lacking in unity, done well but
done for no particular reason.
It's theme was more announced
than adhered to.
\ 4 \ 4
CONTEST-If the radio-TV
editor had to have that week
off. he couldn't have picked a
better one than last week. Last
week, the accumulated mail in
dicates. was the one when two
Evening star., 1954-10-26

local broadcasting stations
raced to be the first to air, of
all things, Dimitri Shostako-
vitch's 10th symphony. If all
went as planned. WGMS won at
11:05 am. Saturday. with
WMAL second at 1880 pm.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-27
Americans
Advance In
British Open
BY TOM ocHlLTREE

MUIRFIELD, Scotland R-Bill
Campbell and Frank Stranahan,
two United States favorites, along
with three other Americans were
up to the fifth round of the British
Amateur Golf Championship today.
The three other surviving Amer
leans of the original 40 were 40
year-old M. Sgt. Harold Ridgley
of Hayertown, Pa; Dick Davies,
23-year-old sailor from Annandale,
Calf; and Maj. w. d. Henderson
of San Francisco.
The field also included seven
Englishmen, eight Scots, two South
Africans, four Canadians and five
Australians.
Ireland had only one player IN
the running but he is the big one
defending champion Joe Carr, the
Dublin clothing merchant.
Campbell, from Huntington, w.
Va, is paired today against R. F..
Stevens of Australia. Stranahan,
of Toledo, Ohio, takes on Alan
ThirlweH, English amateur cham
pion.
Ridgiey and Carr fight it out in
what was expected to be one of
the top matches of the day. Davies
goes against Walter McElroy, a
Canadian, and Henderson is pitted
against w. G. Deighton an English
man.
Campbell had a rough time yes
terday but rallied to defeat John
Mill of Scotland 1-up while Strana-
han, the 1913 and 1850 champion,
played steady golf to easily trounce
DR.. R. ]. Henderson of England
4 and 8.
The biggest upset of the. day
was Frank Strafaci's loss to Aus
tralia's steady Peter To0good 1-up
on the 18th green in fourth-round
play.
Strafaci, of Garden City, L. l.,
missed an easy three-foot putt to
lose a heartbreaking overtime
match which lasted seven extra
holes and almost two hours beyond
schedule.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-27
Haney Pleased With His Pirates

NEW YORK R Pittsburgh Man
ager Fred Haney peeked out of
the National League cellar today
and saw what many observers
didn't think existed for the Pirates
Ia ray Of sunshine.
81 know we haven't looked Like
much 50 far" be observed, .'but
some of our kids have come along
even better than / expected.
Take Bob Skinner. He's sure to
be one OF the best hitters in the
game in a year or two. He takes
beautiful cut and doesn't get
fooled by the same pitch twice.
Bob's only had a year of pro ex-
perience and that was in Glass D.
'"Then there's our new second
baseman, Curt Roberts, one of the
best fielders around and good
leadoff man. (Catchers) Jack Shep-
ard and Jim Mangan also look
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-27

impressive and (shortstop) Gair
Allie is doing all right too"
H~-ev IS 49,
pitching Of his veteran right-hander
of the Bucs' II games.
"Max is really going good. He's
dropped a lot of weight and has
made a good showing almost
every time out. They say he doesn't
go SO well once the hot weather
sets in, but / don't think that's
good reason he won't continue to
win for u.s."
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-27

garded Philippe Washer and Amer
lca's veteran Gardnar Mulloy..
In the last three months he has
beaten Art Larsen of San Lean
dro, Calf, whom he faced in to-
days semifinal, and knocked off
Americas Bulge Patty and Tony
Trabert, who make up the other
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-27

seminal match. He also downed
Australia's Lewis Hoad.
The modest Argentine admits TO
being in the best form of his
career. Also he plans to play for
He credits his improvement part
ly to his ability to go to the net
for drop shots and leading a "sim-
pie life" with plenty of practice.
The Argentine teamed with Lar
sen in the doubles and yesterday
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-27

Win or lose, the 3o-year-old
Morea's entrance into the semi
finals has served notice he is now,
after years of Indifferent European
play, ready for center-court treat
ment.
To get to the rounS of four he
knocked over Belgium's highly re-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-27
Real Hot Rod

SACRAMENTO, Calf. R,-Police
won a chase with hot rod that
was really hot.
Officers in a patrol car were
chasing an old model auto. It was
getting away, but its brakes caught
fire.
Fred Lukens, II, aHegedly the
driver, and four other youths were
taken into custody-after police
called the fire department.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-27
ITCH-ME-NOT.
IN Is MINUTES.

After applying Itch-Me-Not. you
must b pleased. OK your 40c back
Ut any drug store. Danish exter-
nallY caused itch Of eczema. ring.
worm. athletes foot. poison ivy.
insect bites. surface rashes. To-
day at GARDENERS PHARMACY.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-27
Morea Surprises Tennis Fans In Play In France

PARIS, @-The big surprise of
the French international Tennis
Championships is the tan, gang
ling Argentine Enrique Morea, who
has been quietly defeating the big
names of the sport for the last
year.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-27

dropped 81, Sc, 6-s, 20, g.
match to Mulloy and Patty.
The top women's match today
sent tournament favorite Maureen
Connolly against Sylvanna LAMAR.
mo of Italy in the semifinals.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-27

In Canada, moose often attack
locomotives and in some cases,
trains have been deraled by them,
although such attacks usually
mean death for the moose.