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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-10
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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-04-15
My "Two-Bits Worth"

Well, here | go again. 1t isn't that l
object to offering constructive sug
gestions, nor that l object to seeing
them ''grasped', but that 1 dislike to
have them used purely for campaign
purposes (promises) and then mutiIated
in enactment ss happened under the
New Deal camouflage of the Roose-
welt administration. True many of
the New Deal programs were socialistic
in origin, such as WPA, but they We're
diverted and devoted solely to the pur-
pose of bolstering UP the old capitalistic
economy (Which was already on the
verge of collapsed by putting money
into circulation with no intent of eco
nomical expenditure or efficiency of
accomplishment and either by accident
or design to- as E. ]. puts it, to pull
the rug out from under" the socialistic
movement and discredit socialism.
Were space available, / could cite
hundreds of examples such as WPA il
1T Were necessary, but anyone who re-
calls those days of insane and ineffi-
cient spending needs no proof offered.
No. the socialist party is not dead,
lethargic though it may be, nor will
SOCIALISM ever die for it is in itself
the very essence of that democracy for
which humanity has been striving for
over two thousand years and which is
so plainly indicated in our own declara-
tion of Independence
Yes, f. j., could be I'm "out of step"
but with a race of humans marching
to an insane tune hell-be for self
destruction l much prefer to be tout of
STEP.
Now for one of those constructive
suggestions. / can go e. j. even one
better and tell the u.S.A. and in fact
the entire world how to save several
HUNDRED BILLIONS of dollars Let's
have a TOTAL DISARMAMENT CON
FERENCE. No, not like the PHONY
ones of the past. Let's make it world
wide and really DEMOCRATIC with
no nation excluded. Let's have the dele
gates ELECTED from EVERY nation
on earth having an actual or a de
facto'' government. That would include
both RED" China and Chiang's little
group and above all let's not send rep
resentatives of our "moneyed powers"
Such individuals often derive a large
portion of their income from the sale
of war materials and therefore have
little desire for the abolition of war
and it's attendant profit to them. Let's
send delegates from the common or
working class of people, the ones who
are REALLY INTERESTED in ABOL-
ISHING WAR. Despite the fact that
their education and intelligence is
often sneered at, I've found more good
sound horse sense" among them than
among many of the wealthy and pro-
fessionally educated classes. Then when
these delegates are assembled let's lock
the doors and tell them not to come
out until they have reached an agree
ment satisfactory to majority of the
world. That agreement would eliminate
the expenditure of hundreds of billions
of dollars, save millions Of human lives
and Dust Incidentally administer Eek
IRENE JUNCTION" to the capitalist econ
omy.-LEVERNE HAMILTON, Thomp-
son Falls.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-04-15
Head-Binding VS..
Mind-Binding

Certain primitives bind their skulls
with strips of hide so that their heads
grow on bias. In our society, many
bind not their heads, but their minds,
and as a result of this tournaquet on
their imagination, their thinking Is
biased and their opinions hidebound. -
(The Reporter).
Mind-binding has taken on alarming
proportions. Accelerated by the rear
and uncertainty of the times 1t is
assuming comparable status with the
brain washing" of those we look upon
as our enemies.
1t is no longer commendable to think
in terms of social progress such as
may be associated with the New Deal,
World GoYernme or national health
insurance. The tombstone of today is
conformity and he who dares to violate
this uncompromising formula is Iost.
The reformer has been silenced. Fear
has closed his lips and he sinks along,
unheard and unseen, somewhere in the
crowd. Perhaps fear and uncertainty
has convinced him that he was wrong.
The press, the radio, the din of manu-
featured opinion has bound his mind,
firmly and securely, so that he is now
speechless and inarticul8te.
And this is the result of our fear or
Communism. Americans now fear Amer
leans more than Communists. Alan
Barth wrote that nothing the agents
of Communism have done is so danger
Gus to the United States as what they
have influenced us to do to ourselves
Perhaps some day another Sam John-
son will raise his head and dare to say
patriotism is the last refuge OF
scoundrel" Or it is conceivable that
another Thomas Jefferson will walk
the earth who will have the courage
to repeat, "a little rebellion now ana
then is a good thing''-and make us like
it, This is the hope the future holds
out to us.-MARIE EATON, Hinsdale,
Montana.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-04-15
Parity For Farmers

AS a farmer / hear about parity Tor
farmer every day,~and as a farmer
naturally would be interested.
AS parity stands today | don't think
we have enough, particularly for the
small farmer.
There is no question a man farming
3,O00-4,00 acres can farm more eco
nomically than man farming 6OO-1,000
acres.
Both farmers, big and small, have
to have expensive machinery in trac-
tors. combines trucks and what not.
The big farmer has enough land TO
keep his machinery operating at all
times The little farmer has not yet
he has to have big enough machinery
to get his work done to save moisture
talking of dryland farming here IN
Montana.
There has been a lot of talk about
an economical dryland unit-that is
for a family farm.
I think a dryland farm here in Mon
tana should be 1900 acres, and part
of that should be in pasture enough
for a milk COW and calf, for milk and
meat for the family.
This in time 1 think could be ac-
complished in enc of these ways.
If we are to have parity, which
think we should, it could be done this
way:
Full parity on 5000 bushels of wheat.
7OGo parity on TO- 900 bushels of wheat
500 parity on $1,000 bushels of wheat.
209o parity on 10000 bushels of wheat.
None on Is, 900 bushels of wheat
Or, in this way:
No acreage cut below 800 acres ana
full parity on wheat raised on this
800 acres. Let us call this the base
acreage. If additional 300 acres are
seeded to wheat, set the parity at 1870
and another 800 acres at 500 and the
next at 20%, ana the next 300 acres
at no parity support
Tbis in time. / am sure, would take
care of the wheat SURPRISES, and at the
same time give the government some
cheap wheat to ship abroad.
program like this is not going to
cost as much as the present program,
as the government will not be paying
a subsidy on as much wheat as now.
I think this program could also be
applied on livestock, dairy and the
like of that.-GUSTOV GUNDERSON,
Ledger, Montana.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-04-15
Secretary for Disarmament

A new cabinet office has been made:
Harold u. Stassen appointed to fill it.
If Wendell Wilkie were alive and in
it, with his views about One World,
if Vincent Mailman or Henry Wallace
or Wayne Morse held it, in 10 days it
would be the prime power in the world.
Sometimes high office brings out latent
faculties of the holder. More often,
however, he does not swim against
the current.
Stassen has called on radio for sug
gestions.
He will get thousands of letters.
Most of these will tell him that the
obstacles are in the United States.
But clerks will read them and screen
that kind from being read by him.
The munitions makers, the daily
press the witch hunters, the McCar-
thys, Knowlands Parnell Thomases,
paid perjurers, Fascists, spies, haters
of labor unions, government prosecu-
tors, have spread amongst us foolish,
but deadly fear of peace and total dis
armament.
Eisenhower said at Minneapolis that
preparation for war has kept us from
economic breakdown.
Communism is not dependent on war
Capitalism survives only by war or
using the surplus product of farm and
labor in preparation for war, AS soon
as the Communists were victorious in
work on flood control. Russia would
gladly put all it's army into building
power dams, irrigation and drainage
canals, and other useful works.
Imagine our proud men of the Penta-
gon mussing their gaudy uniforms
moving mud for valley authorities of
Ohio Missouri, Columbia; even the
girls would rather marry service
man than a man actually in productive
service.
General Macarthur says we are
doomed to die if we use our armament.
China's atom plant has been going
for two years in Synkiang Province
under Russian engineers. Britain has
cheap method of making hydrogen
bombs.
Ninety per cent of Americans prefer
that we keep our agreement made at
Cairo December /, 1913, that China
should have Formosa. 1t costs more
to keep the Seventh Fleet in the China
Sea than the trade in Southeast Asia
is worth We were beaten in Korea.
Besides: The financial structure Of
the United States cannot stand another
war. If it comes, we are busted. The
Communist nations have insignificant
public debt Poland has been on the
Gold Standard for three years last
October
When I was young, the belief in the
Free Coinage of Silver at 16 to l Of
gold was called heresy. Now, if we
count United States bonds as currency
Everybody uses them as such), we have
free and unlimited coinage of paper
pulp at ratio of so to l of gold.
Stassen can become the biggest man
in the world. 1t is up to him. -
LOWNDES MAURY. Butte.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-04-15
FAKE ADS Laid TO MORE HEAL tn
INSURANCE firms

policy or developing within a speci-
fled period thereafter"
Moreover, the ETC charged the
companies Conveyed by their ads
that actual surgical fees up to speci-
fled maximum amounts will be paid
for many, rather than a very few,
kinds of operation" Actually, in
most cases, "only small fraction of
the amounts represented will be
paid"
Also, the ads allegedly misrepre-
sented when benefits would begin
if the policyholders got sick with a
combining illness. Some of the COM
panies, in addition, misrepresented
how healthy you had to be when
taking out a policy and misrepre-
sented the coverage granted to
other members of your family, the
official complaints said.
Similar charges of false advertIs-
ing, were levied by the ETC last year
against % other health insurance
firms, representing a stable segment
of this billion-dollar industry. Two
of those companies agreed to drop
their false claims, but the others are
fighting the ETC in the courts.
LABOR.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-04-15
Germany's Unification
Postponed

When France ratified the Paris
Agreement, She added another nail to
the coffin of Germany's future as
great nation 1t definitely puts Ger
MANY in line with such other great
notions as: Egypt, Greece and Spain
as the has beens- of the-past. England's
pet scheme of keeping Germany and
France lined up against each other
is now altered to keep Germany lined
UP against herself The same holds
good with France, as she has less to
fear from West Germany re-armed
to a unified Germany, who has caused
her so much trouble in the past.
Germany had to put a sixty cent duty
on coffee in order to pay for the high
cost of keeping the occupation troops
there. When these troops are with
drawn, the money saved will now be
used for re-armament purposes. in
stead of school and home building so
badly needed in Germany. No longer
will we have to send our students to
Germany to finish their education
there, once considered the hub-of-edu-
cation, but now a thing Of the-past In
stead of following the example of
Sweden and Switzerland of raising her
literacy standard, which so badly
sIumped during Hitler's regime, she
will now be used as an expendable, IN
case of war. What Europe needs, in
stead of ornaments and grave diggers
are EQuCdLlOH anu liiS llSi olobdoi ~
of living. That holds good for Eng
land, too.
This puts Europe in no immediate
danger of war, but in an excellent shape
for the ones who profit by war, yet
not so jittery as U. s., the Middle and
Far East, where the Undertook is more
imflammable. AS long as Iran and Trad
holds the worlds largest oil reserve,
it will always be a target for world
conflict
In dealing with New China, we are
taking the same supercilious attitude.
Japan recently did in her conflict there.
In boosting Chang Kai-shek, we may
have a white elephant on our hands
and. possibly bite off more than we
can chew His high-handed acts in the
Formosa Strait don't add to our pres
tige there, and may lead to serious
consequences. - A. e. ANDERSON,
Butte.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-04-15

Uncle Sans breakdown on phony
health insurance advertising took an
other forward step recently as the
Federal Trade Commission issued siz-
cling new complaints against five
firms selling such policies.
The companies named in the COM
plants are the Educators Mutual In
surance Co. of Lancaster, Pa, the
Beneficial Standard Life Insurance
Co. of Los Angeles, the Firemen's
Fund Indemnity Co. of San Fran
cisco, the National Casualty Co. of
Detroit, and the Federal Life and
Casualty Co.. of Battle Greek, Mich.
Altogether, these firms collected $35
million in premiums on health and
accident insurance in 1853 alone.
Here are some of the phony adver-
Using claims they made, according
to the ETC complaints: They "mis-
represented in advertising that their
policies are renewable indefinitely or
until the insured had reached an ad-
vanced age" Actually, the companies
can cancel the policies at any re-
newal date.
Furthermore, the ETC charged,
instead of the broad coverage, the
policies are actually hedged with
limiting qualifications. Typical OF
these are provisos that mo benefit
shall be paid for sickness which can
be traced to any contributing cause
existing prior to issuance of the
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-04-15

But meanwhile, the New York
World Telegram & Sun reported
from "unimpeachable sources" that
the vaccine is 1909 effective in pre-
venting polio. Seven big drug makers
Eli Lilly, Parke Davis, Cutter, AL
lied, Wyeth, Sharp & Dohme, and
Ditman-Moore- sure enough of
its results to busily stockpile the
vaccine, Wall Street Journal said,
March 81.
The Foundations medical direc-
tor, DR.. Hart Van Ripper, points out
that it has bought So million worth
of the vaccine with donated public
money. This, he says, belongs to all
the children. He'll agree to let the
doctors do the job, if they'll guaran-
tee that no child is left out.
81 don't see how such assurances
can be given when the program is
left entirely in the hands of private
physicians" Van Ripper said.
Several doctors told the Chicago
Daily News that the Foundations
plan "smacks of socialized medicine. +"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-04-15
The Readers Forum

lacked the integrity to admit he wars
a Socialist and disguise himself as a
liberal Democrat.
However, such a statement could
not be further from the truth.
Were +. ID. r. true disciple of Nor
man Thomas he would not have allowed
himself to be run by a corrupt political
machine.
Perhaps that is the great difference
today between the so-ca1led Liberals
within the Democratic ranks and the
too few remaining Socialists, banded
under Dave Dubinsky (who in all
probability if the opportunity present.
ed itself would be the greatest presl-
dent this nation would ever see).
However, let us get back to the mat
ter on hand
Much too few liberals" in the Demo
cratic party are willing to speak out
against the vice kings. the men who
deal in flesh and narcotics, the corrupt
city officials who pad their wallets
on "bookie" payoffs and the rest OF
this ilk that has mulched the gulllble
public, huckster fashion in the rank
age of mercantile capitalism.
Perhaps that is why n. Thomas
threw up his hands, and quit as you
put it, L. j. The odor from the two
factions from the right of him We're
to much to stomach. - ROBERT X.
EAMON, Anaconda
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-04-15
CROOKED DOCTORS
HURT HEALTH PLANS

Fee-splitting, unnecessary opera
tions. fee kiting, kickbacks and other
dishonest or unethical practices by
some doctors and commercial insur-
ance agents victimize many workers
who think themselves protected by
commercial-type health insurance
plans. two AFL representatives have
told a Senate Labor subcommittee.
"The value of health and welfare
nlans. in terms of real benefits to
workers, has been more seriously
undermined by such practices than
by other types of abuse that have hit
the headlines" Nelson H. Cruikshank,
director. and J. Lane Kirkland, assist
ant director, of the AFL Social In
surance Department said.
They stressed that the ALL con-
dennis all abuses of such plans, no
matter what kind, and supports hon
est and objective Investigations of
conditions existing in the operation
of these plans" The senators are in
vestigating welfare an pension
funds.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-04-15
office of State Auditor
STATE OF MONTANA
Insurance Department
CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE
AND AUTHORIZATION

I. JOHN J. HOLMES, State Auditor
and Commissioner of Insurance Elk Of
ficio. in and for the State of Montana,
do hereby certify that the The State
Automobile Insurance Association, hav-
ing filed a sworn statement of it's fl
nancial condition as of December 81,
1854 and having complied with the
laws of this State relating to insurance
and insurance companies, is authorized
until the 31st day of March 1856, to
transact such classifications of insur-
ance as are set forth in it's present
existing license.
1 do further certify that synopsis
of the duly filed annual statement is
as follows:
The actual amount of Cap.
u S. Deposit to be :. NONE
The aggregate Income
for the year 1854 ........ ,0Sasb
The aggregate Disburse-
ments for the year 1854 9,l32634.6f
The aggregate Assets are 11,927,5S5.Ss
The aggregate Liabilities,
except Capital, are S,2SS,0S5.3I
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, have
hereunto subscribed my name and aft
fixed my official seal at the State
Capitol in the City of Helena, this
first day of April, 1865.
JOHN j. HOLMES, State Auditor
and Commissioner of Insurance.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-04-15
LEGAL ADVERTISING
office of State Auditor
STATE OF MONTANA
Insurance Department
CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE
AND AUTHORIZATION

T, JOHN T. HOLMES, State Auditor
and Commissioner of Insurance Eek Of
ficio, in and for the State of Montana,
do hereby certify that the National
Travellers Insurance Company, having
filed a sworn statement of it's financial
condition as of December 81, 1854, and
having complied with the laws of this
State relating to insurance and insur-
ance companies, is authorized until
the 31st day of March 1855, to transact
such classifications of insurance as are
set forth in it's present existing license.
1 do further certify that % synopsis
of the duly filed annual statement is
as follows
The actual amount of Cap.
u. S. Deposit to be :. NONE
The aggregate Income
for the year 1854 .~... 3,l5S,946.27
The aggregate DisbuTge
ments for the year 1854 2954l5l2I
The aggregate Assets are 2,533,64lzo
The aggregate Liabilities,
except Capital, are -. l,464,00S29
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, have
hereunto subscribed my name and af-
fixed my official seal at the State
Capitol in the City of Helena this
first day of April, 1855
JOHN J. HOLMES, State Auditor
and Commissioner of Insurance.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-04-15
PHYSICIANS WANT THEIR CUT
FROM MARCH OF Dimes VACCINE

CHICAGO CNS) Doctors seem
determined to make polio vaccine pay
off for themselves. Chicago Medical
Society has gone on record opposing
mass innoculation with the new Sall1
vaccine, developed with March of
Dimes money. They want families to
get the shots from private physicians,
at their offices.
National Foundation for Infantile
Paralysis wa ats to give the vaccine
to all first and second grade students
throughout the nation-20 million
of without charge.
Under the doctors plan, every child
would pay SIS or Sc for the series of
three shots, plus the Doctors regular
office fee for each visit.
A year ago, the Foundation innoc-
ulated nearly a million school chill
dren with vaccine developed by DR..
James E. Salk of Pittsburgh. Dr.
Thomas Francis, Jr., of Michigan Uni
versity is Analysing the results, and
he has promised to have his report
ready April IL.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-04-15
COURT HITS TRICKY
INSURANCE POLICIES

The u. S. Court of Appeals IN
Washington recently blasted health
insurance companies that use tricky
language in ''fine print" and "mis-
leading advertising" to sell policies.
When disputes arise over such OBJ
scure language contracts, the court
declared, they should be decided IN
favor of the insured.
Reversing lower court rulings, the
u. S. court held the Massachusetts
Protective Association, Inc, had no
right to cut disability payments on
policies issued to a Washington man.
Payments were cut in half when the
policy holder reached 60, through an
obscure clause not fully explained,
the court ruled.
sThe motive for purchasing health
and accident insurance is to provide
a modest but steady income during
period of disability" the court said.
The insured must be protected against
companies engaging in "obscurantism
which conveys one meaning of their
contracts to lawyers and another
meaning to laymen," the court added.
Mountains of Assam, a province OF
India, have averaged annual rainfall
of 480 inches, the heaviest IN the
world.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-04-15
An Answer to E. j.

Free thought, so literally exhibited
in Readers Forum" (and throughout
PEOPLES VOICED is itself monu-
ment to the courage of men like H.
Billings, L. Maury and even E. j. Park
inson.
That Leverne Hamilton warrants an
entire column for rebuttal by the Great
Falls progressive reactionary" is
proof of Mr.. Hamilton's sound, and
constructive line of thought.
If. as Mr.. Parkinson states, IF. ID. X.
is the greatest Socialist of all time"
should ever prove true, | would be
deeply disappointed that Roosevelt
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-04-15

LETTERS: No letter over $50
words will be accepted for publica-
ton. All letters must be signed by
writer, although, on request, name
will be withheld.-P.V Editor.