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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-11-18

40-hour week, Monday through Fri
day, inclusive, where federal con-
struction is involvd. This should con-
stitute the work week. At present,
there is no legislation on number
of days in the week an individual
may work on federal projects just
so long as he does not work over
eight hours in any one day. If he
works over eight hours he receives
time and one-half."
In view of the Christie study and
the availability of other information
on this matter in both congressional
and Labor Department quarters,
Christie asks 'why has it taken the
Secretary of Labor all of three years
to make this recommendation" to
the Congress.
''The Secretary would like to leave
the impression that this limiting tae
work week to 40 hours is something
that the Republicans have initiated, +"
Christie continues. ''As my report
shows it is nothing of the kind.
Senator James E. Murray, Stan
ley E. (Mutt) Thompson of the Elec-
trical Workers, and James S. TIMBER
in fact, all of labor in Montana,
were responsible for this recommend
alton, and the repcrt on these deplor-
able conditions. Labor in Montana
led the fight which at long last has
been picked up b5 the Building
Tra dos Dana1-tm anf-A TT,
"The Republicans and Secretary
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-11-18
The Palestine Question

When the Jews took over Palestine,
they did more than just change the
name to Israel: They arranged to make
the desert bloom at cost of one thou
sand dollars per acre. by digging canals
and making dams. They made quite Il
showing right from the start, both
from their own efforts, as well as from
outside aid. By the Arab Nations, they
We're looked upon as interlopers, re-
sulting in serious trouble from tn be-
ginning as well as later on. They We're
better financially equipped and more
thoroughly organized than Egypt and
the surrounding Arab states. Much or
the land is hardly worth fighting for,
but the precious water spells life or
death. Even at the heavy cost of water,
there is only half enough avallaDle'
at any price. Unlike western methods,
waterholes there can't be taken up ana
kept from individual and domestic use.
It's as free as the air they Dreathe'
THE BIG BLUNDER
Somehow, thousands of war refugees
became stranded there, and were put
on United Nations relief, while the
hard-up natives got nothing, regard
less of their needs. Had the refugees
been put in the middle of Sahara, they
would have stood a better chance 70
help support themselves than there, 10
say nothing of worsening the water
situation.
Israel and Egypt need wholesome
water ten times more than they need
war equipment; and to put out Ilre
by adding fuel to it is poor way TO
put it out 1t does help the armament
makers and has tendency to Keep the
cold war hot. Had the big powers kepl
out of it, the chances to blow over with
less damage than now would nave
been greatly improved.-A. e. ANDEfS-
SON Butfa.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-11-18
RickshaW PuiIers Use Coop
To Bypass Owners Profits

PEPSU, Sangrur-(C NS)-Rick-
shaw pullers, who come from the low
est-income group in India, have or
ganized coop here so they can own
their own vehicles.
A rickshaw costs $40 and lasts u
years. Men who pull them never have
this much money at any one time.
They rent them at SIC a day. The
rickshaw puller makes most repairs
himself. This gives the owner a re-
turn of $500 before one wears out.
With the help of a government
loan, the II rickshaw pullers in town
organized coop. Each pays 26c a
day-21c to pay off the 1-year loan
and SC to build up reserve so when
a rickshaw wears out the coop can
buy another.
Coop members are also putting
about 1 II C day into a sickness fund.
If one of them is sick for more than
Is days, he gets help from the fund.
Since they got the loan nine months
ago, the coop and its members have
never been in default.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-11-18
minimum ""se TOT Farmerss
Our Mounting Farm Surplus,
One Solution

1t is quite obvious that so-caIled
parity of price for farm products can
not be continued at an annual loss and
increase in the national debt indefinite-
w Some other rational solution of the
problem of parity of farmer income
must be found. OF course maintenance
Of parity of price and subsidy are syn
onomoCs. The trouble with parity of
price is that it does not maintain par
fty of income. and a policy that pro-
yides a loan of maybe 100000 for one
small farmer and provides $3.50, 600 90
for Tom Campbell at Hardin in sup
port of wheat prices at taxpayers ex-
pense does not seem equitable or justi-
fable. Even Campbell is opposed to it,.
believe in the principle that no one
should criticize a plan or policy unless
they can offer an alternate plan or
policy that might be an improvement.
One can hardly know what is wrong
unless he also knows what is right.
Conservation payments are limited to
not to exceed $1,000 per farm per year.
The same principle could be applied
to parity price support. Let there be
no restrictions on planting, seeding,
harvesting or selling any amount
whether it be grain, dairy products or
meat Let all commodities seek their
own price level on the free and open
market.
The average income for every man,
woman and child in Montana last year
was $4,000 or about 100000 for the
average family of four. The income
from the family size farm should also
average about 100000. Let the gov
eminent purchase or loan at 1909
parity of prices up to 100000 on the
farmers basic crops. The farmer could
then sell any surplus at the going
market price or store it. In this way
farmers, labor and everybody else
would enjoy equality of income and
everybody would be Free and Equal"
Eve hope). Our farm surplus would
evaporate, that much is certain. If any
one has a better plan, let's hear it
f. J. PARKINSON, Great Falls.
Editors Note: On this chilly Tuesday
morning CPD it is quite warming
to find that, for rare change Ed,
and the editor are in substantial
agreement on 1.-The minimum wage
for farmers" solution he has pro-
posed to the farm problem.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-11-18

are the predestined offsprings of the
system of Free Enterprise" eu-
phemistic expression for the true and
ugly one of explcitation-and l fail to
perceive any worthy objective attain
able by merely criticizing and expos
ing these ever-recurring states 1t Is
a course of action which future histor-
ians will rightly record as Sisyphean
experience.
Furthermore all liberal political or
CARNATIONS which uphold Free Enter
prise" are now merely threadbare poll
teal garments which no longer incite
the respect of the disillusioned wage
Garner and the hackneyed songs which
the liberals are constantly grooming
he regards as soporific lullabys.
In conformity with above statements
have decided to sever my connections
with all liberal organizations, all lib
eral periodicals, and all self-professed
liberal politicians, because under their
aegis and guidance we, in the language
of baseball, never shall reach first
base. Your Truly.-GEO. w. OLSON,
Galata
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-11-18

of Labor Mitchell will not be able
TO fool labor in Montana. Labor IN
Montana knows the background and
the conditions which brought forth
this recommendation for did it not
live with these deplorable conditions
for years on end?
cit has taken the Secretary too
long to ask the 40-hour week on fed
eral projects. Why the delay? Could
it be that SO is an election year,"
Christie asks in concluding his let
ter.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-11-18
The Readers Forum

LETTERS: No letter over $50
words will be accepted for publication
All letters must be signed by writer,
although, on request, name will be
withheld. Editor.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-11-18
Reader Disillusioned
With Voice, Liberals, Etc.

The PEOPLES VOICE,
My consciousness has attained the
state of awakening in which appre-
bend that ali the evils prevalent in our
nation today. such as frauds, sham5,
steals" "giveaways," "rackets," spec
ial privileges, foreign aids, cts. etc,
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-11-18

3 YES!
~ I. too. am of Southern stock, but
am unable to understand how any
person can profess to be union
man" or "Christian" and believe
in segregation, and the evils OF sec
ond class citizenship it fosters: In
ferior schooling, inferior jobs, denial
of civil rights, ETC., Whlch are the
handmaidens of segregation.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-11-18
Objects To VOICE Article
On Till Murder
Peoples Voice?
Indanapdapt2

Peoples Voice?
Independent?
Believe it or not was almost ready
to subscribe to this paper (due to a
friend) When 1 noticed. this account
of case in Mississippi. And look who
sponsored the article? (The Till Case is
Far From Closed
WORKER CIO, reprinted in VOICE,
October 1G.
DO you really believe unions in gen
eral have more character than South
ern jurymen?*
This article is full of falsehoods. |
don't know how the case will turn OUT
even l am undecided but I'll be FAIR.
And Mr.. Editor I'm a Southerner GO
vaarsl a rnion man GAM and AFL),
a Westerner, a believer in segregation
and Christians
That white southern jurymen ola
their best. Your race riots are IN the
freedom North Taking sides in the
race question requires great intellect
Sincerely.-W. w. McGILL, Stevensvllle.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-11-18

, Minimum Wage For Farmerss !.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-08-30

on August ~ the MilWood
Home Demonstration Club met
with Nh r l. Hunt us host
esa SIX members were present
and three new members were
welcomed
Mrs Alfred ruce president
called the meeting To order and
gave the H1momak~r> creed
Future plans and important meet
lnR dates were discussed
The demonstration featured
easy and attractive Christmas
gifts Each 81 the members pre-
sent showed an idoa Tor a gift
The @tptetnhcr meeting viii be
held at 'hc home Of MIS- V V
Gordon
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-08-30

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tehSlVely ande N addition TO Eng
hsh he speaks German. Spanish
Italian ana a Snsattefng Of Japa-
nese he has fried to master Ara
DC 100 but sif..ce the language,
IKE JAPANESE has syllable sounds
ana y written IN hieroflyphlcS,
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in Austria fox two years while Nj
Struck service as radio consnltant
for The Allie, Radio Commission
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-08-30
BY JACKIE WALL
BY JACKIE WALL )
Public Relations Man Rec0unts
Work In Entertainment World

hIaIIuI NiNfU STRUCK mas lad
experiences many people can only
dream about
He has been on Broadway play
cd ~ the movies. made rec0-d =
jnRs for a number Of years served
as ptoducer-difeetor for the Col
umbia Bfoadcasting System and
has met lot Of interesting pco-
pie
The past three WEARS he has
spen. AS 4 motion picture d.
rcct0r-p producer n Okinawa W0rF :
ing for The q S Army Prior to
that NJ was ia charge Of radio,
teleyslon and motion pictures for
the OPS coffee of Price Stabili-
lationl IN Washington, and at
the end Of the war. he built the
Red White-Red German language
radio network for occupied Aus
trIa
Above an he says be Is a pub
Tic relations man
A few DAYS after his return
from the RYukus Islands. he was
interviewed last week by this re-
porter in his iamily's Oak Street
Apartment HIS wife moved here
from Falls Church the first part
q the summer 10 become manager
of the Dorothy May Store Duke.
fher l7-year-old son. enters
FaTmyille High School this fall as
a senior and Il-Near-old Judy
will enroll at the Elementary
School
Mr. Struck was born IN Eliza.
heath N J but he feels spccia
kinShlp with the Old Dominion
HIS forebcarcrs came over from
Germany IN 1880 and originally
settled in Virginia Eventually The
family separated part going to
Nrw Jersey and part to Ken
lucky
He Saws he Just fen into the
theatre JUS mother. Sara h
DAVIS sang ii tho metropolitan
Opera during It's golden age lie
was never stage struck and con
sdcr> the entertainment world as
strictly business and a tough way
~ make 4 LIVING
Begins Career
iils career began At New York :
Columbia University He took
part in a number az amateur
thcatrcals there and he recalls
the brightest spot III his under
graduate days AS playing thf
cello under chat famous conduct
ol Walter Damrosch
Daring the years Immediate.
following his graduation. he acted
IN number of Broadway shows
did a couple OF juvenile leads and
toured with the popular roadshow
Madame X as the leading male
actor
III the EOS he broke into radio
rs singer and actor and al>c
played IN several silent films
Somewhere along the line M
made Few recordings 81 suct
tayortes as Cant You Hear Nj
Calling Caroline They sold well
much 20 Ass surprise He had al
fh.a.as.f. - -
Evening star., 1955-05-21

along the 17th parallel and
brought about a cease-fire in
the eight-year Indo- Chinese
war.
The British spokesman said
first word of the extension came
in a note from Russia Wednes-
day. She was answering a re-
quest which this country filed
May 7. Britain and Russia pro-
vided the co-chairmen of the
Geneva conference and thus
they have a special role in try
ing to see that the terms of
the Geneva accords are fulfilled.
Evening star., 1955-05-21
Police Win, Army Agrees
.ToTurn Over Accused GI

a copy Of the original deed which
ceded the post to the Govern
ment. 1t says:
"All civil processes and such
criminal processes as may be is
sued under the authority of the
Commonwealth against any per-
son charged with crimes COM
mitted outside said tracts of land
may be executed therein in the
same way and manner as if this
grant and cession has not been
made"
Maintaining civil law was on
his side, Chief Pumphret ordered
a squad of police to compel
everyone-including Col. Stiness
to show identification on leav-
ing or entering the fort.
After a conference with the
police, the Army agreed last
night to turn Pvt. Schmidt over
to civilian authorities. Col. Sti-
ness said the decision was made
ION the advice of higher head
quarters"
Evening star., 1955-05-21
Beaten $500 Times,
Wife Drops Divorce

CHICAGO, May 81 (P.-John
Benjamin, At, whose wife Anna
said he had beaten her at least
twice weekly in their Is years
of marriage. says he won't beat
her any more.
In Superior Court yesterday
Mr.. Benjamin raised his hand
and told Judge Elmer N. Holm
gran: Il promise never to strike
my wife again."
The pledge brought about q
reconciliation between Mr.. Ben
jamin and his estranged wife,
who had filed divorce suit
charging cruelty. The couple, at
the judges instructions, kissed
and left the courtroom.
At an earlier court hearing
Mrs. Benjamin's attorney said
her husband, a painter and dec
orator. had beaten her more
than $500 times during their
marriage. He said Mrs. Benja-
min, Al. had endured the beat
ings for the sake of their son
Ronald. 18.
Evening star., 1955-05-21

WINTHROP, Mass, May 81
(P.-The Fort Banks soldier the
Army refused-for 10 hours-to
turn over to local police will ap-
pear today in East Boston Dis
trict Court.
Police Chief William F.
Pumphret ordered a blockade OF
the fort yesterday after Army
officials refused to hand over 20
year-old Pvt. Charles Schmidt of
Brooklyn, N. Y. He is accused
of indecent assault on a 16-year-
old Winthrop girl.
Col. Philip B. Stiness, COM
manding officer of the suburban
Boston fort, originally refused to
release the soldier until a request
was made through the proper
channels, from the district at
torney's Office to the command
ing general at Fort Devens.
Banks is a satellite post" of
Devens, which is a class I install
lation.
Chief Pumphret. however, read
Evening star., 1955-05-21
SHOOTINGS
Continued From First Pas

C0ntlnue0 from tlrSL rage
son started to get out of the
cab but was felled by two shots,
one striking her in the left
breast, the other in the left arm.
The bullets passed through her
body and struck Mr.. Johnson
who attempted to flee through
the right side door.
Fired Two More Shots
Pvt. Harrison said he ran to
the front of the cab and fired
two more shots which struck
Mr.. johnson in the back.
Pvt. Harrison then went to
the home of his mother, Mrs.
Lucille H. Haywood, at 815
Fourth street NV. where he
called police to report the shoot
ing.
Pvt. Harrison was a graduate
of Armstrong High School. His
mother described his as having
never been a "disobedient child
and one who never gave any
one any trouble"
Pvt. Harrison was born in
Rocky Mount, N. c., served 19
months in the Navy during
World War II and was a postal
clerk before joining the Park
Police force.
Fellow policemen said he was
quiet, polite and never drank or
smoked. He was we'll liked and
respected. one of his fellow Of
ficerS said.
Evening star., 1955-05-21
Store Sales Drop
q Pct. in Week

Department store sales in the
Washington Metropolitan Area
last week declined % per cent
from figures of the busy previous
week but remained 3 per cent
above the totals for the COM
parable 1854 week, the Federal
Reserve Bank of Richmond re-
ported yesterday.
Area sales in the four weeks
ended May IA were S per cent
above those of a year earlier,
and those for the year to date
were up 3 per cent.
Excluding suburban branches,
downtown department store
sales last week were % per cent
behind the previous week but 2
per cent above those Of a year
earlier. Four-week sales also
were up 2 per cent, and those
for the year to date were even
with those of a year ago.
Evening star., 1955-05-21
Foe of Mccarthy
Joins News Stuff

MAUSTON. Wis, May 81 up
The Mauston Star announced
yesterday that Leroy Gore
former Sauk City weekly news
paper publisher who sought a
recall election for Senator Nc
Carthy. Republican. of Wiscon-
sin. has Joined the editorial staff
of the Mauston papers.
The Mauston Star and the
Juneau County Chronicle are un-
der the same ownership The
Star did not name Mr.. Cores
exact capacity. but indicated he
will work on the editorial staff
of both Mauston weeklies.
Mr. Gore sold his Sauk- Prairie
Star earlier this year. He said at
the time he couldn't continue
publishing the paper amid local
pressures stemming from the
movement Mr.. Gore had started
last year to recall Senator Nc
Carthy from office.
Evening star., 1955-05-21
404-Yeor-OId School
Closes After Strike

LIMA, Peru. May 81 (Pl.-The
404-year-old University of San
Marcos was closed down by its
governing board last night until
a more favorable climate for
scholastic activities develops"
The decision was prompted
by a students strike protesting
results of admission examina-
tions conducted at the medical
school. About $50 applicants
f1unked and five went on a
hunger strike. Most of the uni
versity students walked out in
sympathy.
Evening star., 1955-05-21
Wet Nam Refugees
Granted Extension

LONDON, May 81 P.-North
Wet Nam extended for a month
the time in which residents of
North Wet Nam may move to
the non-Communist South, the
British Foreign Office announced
yesterday. The original deadline
was midnight May 18.
A Foreign Office spokesman
told a news conference the gov
eminent of Moscow-trained He
Chi Mini notified the Interna-
tional Control commission in
Hanoi yesterday that it has
agreed to give thousands more
refugees time to travel south
ward.
About 100000 refugees already
have quit North Wet Nam for
the south. Western officials esti-
mate there are 400, 900 more who
want to leave.
The May 18 deadline was laid
down in the 1854 Geneva agree
ment which divided Wet Nam
Evening star., 1955-05-21
Stute Bans Union
Political Donations

MADISON, Wis, May 81 (P.-
A bill prohibiting labor unions
from contributing to politica
campaigns has become law ir
Wisconsin.
The States Republican Gov
ernor. Walter j. Kohler, reported
through his Office yesterday that
he had signed the measure. II
was fought bitterly by outnum-
berfed Democrats in both the
Assembly and the Senate. The
bill was passed by strict party
line votes of 54-35 in the Lower
House and 14-9 in the Senate,
with five pairs in each case.
In a message accompanying
the bill Gov. Kohler said it "ac-
tually restores rights to indi-
vidual union members, rather
than depriving them of political
rights"
Democratic opponents said the
bill was an attempt to deprive
the State Democratic Party of
an important source of it's CAM
paign funds. Republicans said
it merely applied to labor unions
the restrictions which already
regulated corporations and CO.
operatives.
Gov Kohler's message said
Under present laws the regular,
ordinary dues of union members
can be expended for political
purposes. Thus a union member
of one political viewpoint may
often find that union dues which
he is required to pay are being
expended to defeat the candidate
of his choice"
Evening star., 1955-05-21
PRINCESS ANNE, a,
TOPPLES OFF JEEP,
BUMPS ROYAL NOSE

LONDON. (P1. Four
year-old Princess Anne fell
fiat on her royal face yes
terday before a large crowd
watching the European
horse trials at Windsor
Great Park.
But there wasn't a single
royal tear. The princess,
perched with her 6-year-old
brother Prince Charles on
the hood of a British jeep,
tripped and fell. She caught
herself before she toppled
off.
Queen Elizabeth, II, watch
ing nearby, leaped 10 her
feet in alarm and rushed to
her daughters side. But
Anne just rubbed her royal
nose and said it was all
right. But the Queen, still
perturbed, summoned q car
and sent the kids nome.
Evening star., 1955-05-21
East Germany to Get
Seized Documents

BERLIN, May 81 IR.-The
Soviet Union will turn over to
East Germany a great number
OF documents seized from Ger
man government archives at the
end of World War II, East Ger
man authorities announced yes
terday.
Among the papers are docu-
ments filed by the German min
istries for Foreign Affairs. JUS
tice. Propaganda, Interior and
by the Reichstag (parliament)
from 1887 to 1945.
Soviet Russia previously an
nounced it would return to East
Germany $50 valuable paintings
Evening star., 1955-05-21
Seven Men Found
Hanged in Mexico

MEXICO CITY, May 81 (P1.-
Military authorities reported yes
terday bodies of the District At
torney and six other men were
found hanged from trees at the
edge of Uvero. a farm village
in the Tehuantepec Isthmus Of
Southern Mexico.
Regular troops were sent to
hunt an armed band believed to
have carried out the mass execu-
ton. Reports from Uvero said
about 20 armed men entered the
town Wednesday night and
rounded up their victims.
Military sources said the hang
ings apparently resulted from a
dispute between villagers and
neighboring farmers after a
villager complained to State
authorities about the Staying of
his brother Monday. He blamed
farmers for the Staying.