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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-12-23
Is There A Racket?
Is There A "Racket"?..
INJURED WORKMEN, I'm LONG RUN, ARE REAL
VICTIMS OF 'SHARP'' COMPENSATION PRACTICES

Several doctor-lawyer-judge combinations are seemingly
operating workmens compensation system This
they operate The insurance company lawyer refuses
to make reasonable with the injured worker The
injured worker goes lawyer X Doctor then declares the
injured worker 1000 totally disabled Judge then awards
500 weeks of compensation (about I20OO
doarsl no matter how minor the real injury.
highly probable the fat fee of lawyer is then divided
among the players This division of spos cannot dnItey
be proven at this time the legislature should nves
activities of these players However is known that
IN some cases the players close relatives.
racketeering combinations draining 20O0OO to
dollars of the workmens compensation system
every year employers indirectly the bill but this
the best interests of the working
hope improve the workmens compensation
this egitimae drain of funds is stopped
The Industrial Accident Board cannot stop this racketeer
of the courts The board the
impossible for the board to stop this racketeer
cooperation of tn courts The board in the
the facts Questions of fact esab
shed the board should lightly by the court
should themselves primarily with
questions of Iaw--D. w.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-12-23
LOW-INcOME GROUPS PAY
MAJOR SHARE AT
STATE, LOCAL LEVELS

WASHINGTON, ID. C.-Low-in-
come families pay out more proper
tionately in state and local taxes than
families in the $4,000 year brack-
ct, it was disclosed by Raymond A.
Musgrove, Michigan University pro-
fessor. He presented his findings to
the Joint Committee on the Economic
Report.
Families with incomes of less than
$4,000 pay on the average of 11.2 per
cent of their incomes in state and
local taxes. Families with incomes in
the $4,000 and over class pay an
average of only TT per cent in
taxes, he said.
SALES TAX HITS THEM
The chief reason for this, of course,
is state sales taxes, which hit the
lower-income groups hardest proper
tionately. They are generally opposed
by organized labor.
In the federal tax field, the families
with less than 900 year pay about
1877 per cent in taxes, while those IN
the $40, 900 and over bracket pay 1872
per cent, on the average.
Taxpayers with incomes of $780,
600 a year and over are supposed to
pay as much as 81 per cent in taxes,
according to the intent of laws passed
by Congress. Actually, through var
ious sorts of loopholes, they pay an
average of no more than As per cent,
according to estimates by Randolph E.
Paul, former Treasury general coun-
sci. That's counting the capital gains
loophole.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-12-23

those who remember the 1854 cam
paign.
But what kills me is the title OF
his broadcasts. Do you know what
they call them? They are going to
be the "What Do You Think" tele-
casts.
Well, all can say is I'm pikerl
It's been said: "a conservative is
one who does not think anything
should be done for the first time"
Candidates, candidates-all Demo
Gratis for governor. Vow
Of course / don't think anyone IS
under any delusions why there are
so many Democrats filing for gov
,ernor. Undoubtedly there will be only
one Republican.
The rumor factory is hauling in
a lot of coal (they can't afford gas)
and the steam is beginning to issue
forth
There are attempts to connect the
advent of Charles Murray into the
state with the filing of John Bonner,
but I do not believe the Murrays will
be getting into state affairs, and they
are saying the O'Neil who filed last
week will bow out in favor of the
late governor, and that attempts are,
or will be made, to bow out Paul
Cannon, in whose favor | couldn't
say-rumors are like that.
Bonner is being called a 'Smoder-
ate" by the Republican press-Whet-
stone, Immel, ETC., but in filing for
the 1856 race the statement of his
position on issues was pretty liberal,
and included a number of things he
might have furthered before he was
defeated in 1862.
There was nothing, according to the
press releases we heard, about his
stand on the oil issue or the gas case
the issues listed by the seers as the
coop de grease for the opposition to
Olsen.
Anyhow at this point it is wide
open on the Democratic ticket with
my number of Ethiopian hands di-
.ecting the show.
But so it goes within the Demo
ratio party. While they stop by the
ide of the road to take a bite out
If each other the Republicans move
nerrily along fighting while they
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-12-23
Editorial
Legislative Attention Required
L0OPHOLES I'm W0RKMENS COMPENSATION LAW
SHOULD BE REMOVED


the of racketeerng the settlement of work
mems compensation It would that lawyers
and an smaller number of doctors involved in what
amounts to bleeding the compensation fund
How widespread this practice do not know but there
sufficient facts available indicate the racket fouhng
in some of the major cities of the state
In major western Montana city, lawyer and one
doctor frequently involved compensation of doubt
full validity. district judge has been than liberal
ruling for the clients Of this combination ct understand
ing the state medical society is of having charges
prepared for this doctor show why he shouldn't
expelled from the society,"
ton also repeatedly at work trimming the
fund In that instance the lawyer involved the questionable
settlements is a son-in-law of district Judge
We have other examples at hand of dmiking
TONS One disabled worker who because
willing seek settlement of all proportion to his injury
suggested by lawyerdocor combination saved the fund
between five and ten thousand dollars This worker had
slight injury The doctor suggested you probably
back injury should to the hospital The worker
said he didn't want to the hospital for all of the doctors
nsistence that his workmens compensation and
that he the DOCTOR knew just the lawyer for the slightly
disabled
by DOCTORS In this instance the doctor treated minor
The worker the bill back to the DOCTOR explaining that this
workmens compensation and that the company
should be billed for the dressing The then received
the bbut of 3d. the doctor had the
The sent the Industrial Accident Board sharp letter
asking there two types of medical fees in Montana for
the for patient and another considerably
hgher when the bill being paid out of compensation funds
Workmen's compensation established to protect
poyes against by workers.
time, provide the disabled with during dis
ability Inn to 900 weeks in Monanal The comnenston fnnd
provide lush money for
few unehca lawyers and doctors Yet because the intent of
the compensation system is perverted by few Legislature
after legislature has cited such cseng practices
excuse for not bringing workmen compensation in Mon
into line with the disability insurance laws of other
states This legislative reluctance has done ncacuabe harm
the overwhelming majority of the disabled who have in
sought free ride" off the fund.
suggested that the Legislature take careful look
the records of the Industrial Accident Board and then draft
and enact legislation which will take out the 1oopholes
whereby few INSCRIPTIONS lawyerdocor combinations
attenng themselves at the of all the disabled
This first step if labor is to achieve its goal
abled
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-12-23
20 Per Cent for Unions

Unions continue to get the approval
of about 70 per cent of the workers
voting in representation elections, the
National Labor Relations Board re-
ports on the basis of 1,216 elections
held from July through September.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-12-23

Letters -.
Some of habitues of the Readers Forum gradu-
ally nchng further further above the 35Oword limit
dscourses matters of which the light
day through the forum We do not want to cut
pondens for fear of changing its intent Neither do
like to file such communications in the basket
it's up to you guys! Need be said?
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1955-12-23

chasing high tend to slow the downward spiral
prices and possibly keep the boom rolling just little longer
maybe past November 1856.
Domestic prosperity not military necessity very likely
be the underlying for the sudden about face by the
Eisenhower Administration holding the line military
spending
Evening star., 1955-01-28

tsee GRAHAM. Page A-24.,
Evening star., 1955-01-28
HoLLYWOOD.

hOLLYWOOD.
George Gobel said he was i'll,
which was why he couldn't at
tend the George Burns Oracle
Allen $100-a-plate (benefit for
charity dinner. Hosted by the
Friars. And at the preceding
cocktail party. Sam Goldwyn. re-
ferred to Oracle as Portland
Allen" Paging Fred.
Gloria Swanson lost is pounds
In 10 days on this formula: she
mixed q lot Of fresh vegetables
in q pail Of water at night. and
In the morning took out the
vegetables, and drank 10 glasses
Of the magic Juice.
Clark Gable, asked about his
quote that he will retire after
three more pictures. demanded,
did they spell my name right?"
Whatever happened to that
promising actress named Marilyn
Monroe? i. The Cafe de Paris
in London is after Tallulah
Bankhead, offering her q bigger
salary than they gave Marlene
Dietrich.
4 4 Ak
Gary Merrill, who has been all
ing with q bad throat, may come
west with wife Bette Davis to let
the California sun help cure it.
Marion Brando's picture, '"The
Wild Ones" has been banned in
England. The reason - too
brutal.
Liberace gets q complete stan
Of secretaries, on the house, to
Evening star., 1955-01-28
Where and When
Current Theoter Attractions
And Tine Of Showing

| Current Iheafer Attractions
| And Tine Of Showing
Stage.
Arena-The Miser": $50 pm.
National-"The Dark Is Light
Enough: $3.50 pm.
Screen.
Ambassador-Reap the Wild
Wind; /. $40. $40. 8 and
l0:25 pm.
Capitol Carmen Jones': II
am. lilo. $40. $50. TAO and
$50 pm.
Colony = illicit Interlude";;
$50. sos and 9:45 pm.
Columbia - .Six Bridges to
Cross; ll:40 am. 1:40. $40,
$40. TAO and Gas pm.
Dupont Romeo and Juliet:
IL am. 1885. Ais. 6:55 and 9:35
pm.
Keith's- 10000 Leagues Un-
der the Sea-: 10 q In, 1920, 2:40.
SOS, 7::25 and $3.50 pm.
Little - Garden of Eden;
1880, Sis, ASS, $40, $40 and
1905 pm.
MacArthur--"High and Dry;
6:15, 8 and $3.50 pm.
Metropolitan Reap the Wild
Wind: 1l:25 am. 2. 4:S0. 7:05
and 9:40 pm.
Ontario-"So This Is Paris;
/. sos. 5:l5. 7:25 and e:35 pm.
Palace - "Vera Cruz; 1880
am. 1:35. $40. 5:45. 1850 and
9:55 pm.
3 Playhouse 1.-The Sign Of the
Pagan: II an, 12::45, 2:35. 4:25.
$40, S:15 and 1918 pm.
Plaza - THE Detective; ~.
1:40, $40. s, 6:45. $3.50 and 10:l5
pm.
Trans-Lux - "Phffft";: 1l:25
am. 1:30. $40. 4:50. 6:35. 8:l5
and 10 pm.
Warner-"This Is cinerama'::
| / and $50 pm.
Evening star., 1955-01-28

W dCb at aAks ~ - tklC UCOb dStO8
in the rnelodrarna which opened
today at the Columbia Theater.
Boston's role is that of back
ground. an alley here, tene-
ment there, the Charles River
somewhere else, and q skyline
whenever the big poetic impi-
cation Is needed.
i It Is quite possible that seeing
the hlm. self -exiled Bostonians
all over the world will give their
landlords notice and return to
the kindly shadows Of South
Station.
As for six Bridges to Cross"
obliquely based upon the famous
Drinks $2.5 million robbery, it
offers little competition to its set
ting in terms Of reality. 1t Is one
sof those custom made thrillers In
which the studios paternal af-
lection for q son-1ike star re-
strains It from showing what
Q punk he might be If he could
& act
Joseph r. Dinneen's story,
They Stole $2.500, 600 0--And Got
Away With It." is the inspiration
kof the Columbia's picture.
1T relates the case history Of
young Jerry Florea who began
by stealing from corner fruit
Stands and worked his way up to
400 pounds of high denomination
bills. While Director Joseph
Pevney's film takes q disap-
proving attitude toward this. It
cannot help revealing a grudg-
ing note Of admiration for the
boys cleverness. The same in
telligence and energy devoted
Ito. say, politics might have made
him mayor Of Boston.
s A detail in which six Bridges
to- Cross is superior to some
5i1ms Of its kind, however, is that
IL does not descend to the fash
back. 1t picks UP young Jerry's
STORY when he is a gifted delin-
quent In the slumS and follows
him until he drops dying into the
arms Of the policeman who made
= career Of trying to salvage the
boy.
q The stress Of the screenplay is
aim ost exclusively concerned
with this relationship, attributed
ITO the pity the officer feels for
having incapacitated the lad for
parenthood with q too well
aimed bullet. Thereafter, de-
spite their antithetical attitudes
toward society, the two are in
separable save when Jerry Is
actually serving a rap for which
his pal has had to apprehend
and convict him.
One who evaded reading DIM
mems original story is IN no
position to say how closely the
screenscript follows it. Never
theless, the climactic sequence
sounds as If it might be a lit
eral account OF how a clever
criminal might find the chink In
D money company's arnlor. tIt
takes character to avoid a pun
like "the chink In Brink's.")
It is q good pace at which
Director Pevney keeps his pic-
ture moving, the more impress
sive to anyone who has ever
tried to hurry through Boston's
, traffic. This tempo is useful in
concealing the fact that the
script makes somewhat unrea-
sonable demands upon its prin-
cipal performers.
Actually. the best bit Of acting
Evening star., 1955-01-28

in six Bridges to Cross" Is that
Of youthful Sal Mineo who plays
the young criminal IN his ju-
venile delinquent days before
Curtis takes over. This is Q con-
vincing portrait of the peril
ously wise brat, considerably
more so than the pictures star
manages when he begins to smile
his way into and out Of prison.
George Nader makes a trim
looking figure Of the reforming
young policeman. but he is hard
put to achieve the intelligence
uuotient the script asks of him.
He might much more plausibly
have given up his gunshot vic
tim at, say, the, sixth fruit stand
instead Of waiting through 80
arrests and the more than 81
million haul.
Such q policeman might en-
barrass Boston In real life.
- &AA
OUR TOWN: It is almost in
eyitable that Magician Russell
Swami viii leave his Statler en-
gagement q pretty awed fellow
himself by the local magic.
Mr.. Swami who asks for dollar
bills to make disappear got q $40
bill first time around the other
night. Impressed, he aimed
higher, first q $50, then 500. He
got them. When he went to
$500 in q spirit Of he'd show
them, he got that, too. This Is
100 times more than the high
est bill ever donated before to
Mr.. Swann's act.
He thinks this is a-of o
city. Which, Of course, 1t Is.
\ \ \ =
BULLETIN BOARD: Next on
Catholic University's schedule,
its third play Of the season, is
Synge's "The Playboy Of the
Western World" with Rob-
ert Moore playing the title role
and Margaret O'Brien (another
one) as Pegeen Mike. The
cast also includes such gifted
non-Irish types as Philip Bosco
and Connie Schneider. =. The
play opens q two-weeks' run
on February 4. As usual,
its annual Rodgers and HAM
merstein evening tomorrow night
promised to be one Of the most
popular events Of the National
Symptoms season. Henry
MAJOR viii conduct. And
soloists will include Marijane
Maricle, Winifred Hickman,
Donald Grimm and William
Carson. A benefit perform
ance for the Junior Guild Of
Goodwill Industries win be Of
fered tonight in Georgetown-on-
the-Aisle's revival of Light Up
the Sky" Additional per-
formances will be presented to-
morrow afternoon and night. ;.
Talent for Cry of Freedom" q
historical drama based upon the
Life of Patrick Henry. win be
sought in tryouts tonight. Z
pm. at American Legion hall,
433 Third street NV.
Evening star., 1955-01-28

Want to Reduce?
Try GIorio S Way
-BY Sheiloh Grohom

answer his fan mail when he
performs ct the new nine-story
Riviera Hotel at its plush open
ing in Las Vegas in April.
Cleo Moore is selling her Tar
zana estate.
Doris Day worked 40 days In
Love Me or Leave Me" without
one day OF. Nat king
Cole, writing q friend from AUS
tralia, stated he will make q
(See GRAHAM, Page A-24.)
Evening star., 1955-01-28
The Posing Show
Boston, ofAH Cities, Steals
AMovie From / ony Curtis
BY joy cormody

Boston, city on which this department Is VIGOROUSLY soft
has no trouble stealing the @ six Bridges to Cross from Tony
Curtis.
OF course older experienced but this does
account altogether for its triumph Tony Without trying
Evening star., 1955-01-28

SIX BRIDGES TO CROSS. . uni.
Neutrality-suspicious. picture, produced b
Aaron Rosenberg. directed By JOSEPH
based on the story They etols
81, SOC, ,0O0--And 66t Away With IT.
by Joseph r. Diuneen. title song By Jen
Chandler and Henry Manetni sung b,
Sammy Davis, 5r. At the Columbia.
The Cast.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-21
ROOSEVELT

NUukluuCU EEUm age O@S
negotiates as one professional
to another and you make the
best bargain you can" he says.
Definition of Rare Book
According to the English
man, the fayorite parlor game
Of book men is trying to find
a foolproof definition of a rare
book. "A book ! want badly
but can't And" constitutes a
pretty good definition, says
Mr.. Carter.
Rarity in itself is not sufi-
cidat," he adds. IF it's rare
and no one wants it, what good
does rarity do. It's basically q
question Of supply and de-
mand."
The subject Of first editions
is an endless and complicated
one, but their basic attraction
to collectors, says Mr.. Carter.
is something Of q sentimental
nature-sentiment based on q
keen sense Of the past.
In book collecting, as all
things, there are fads. During
the 18th century 1t was very
important to have handsome
bindings suitable for a gentle
mans library.
To-day, it is considered bad
form to change the binding
and infinitely more desirable
to have the authentic bind
ing, no matter how shabby" ne
says.
Not a Collector Himself
Strangely enough. the Brit
Usher Is not a collector himself.
"You can't be both a pro-
fessional and a collector. 1t
can cause a conflict Of con-
science. If you find a rare item
for a client and are yourself
a collector, you might find 1t
hard to part with the book"
However, he does have a
few small collections, mostly
acquired before entering the
profession.
He has acquired books on
early printing; is very fond Of
the works of the Latin poet
Catullus, and since his famous
expose has collected almost all
the so or 60 volumes Of Mr..
Wise's forgeries.
Still Searching
AS a professional, there are
two works which challenge Mr..
Carter's detective instincts.
II would love the find the
first book ever printed in
Italy-an edition of Donatus,
a Latin grammar. It is known
that at least $50 were printed
but none have ever been
found.
1.-THE other challenging item
is a perfect copy Of the first
quarto of Hamlet published in
1903. Two copies are in exist
ence, but each lacks one leaf. "
he says.
Mr.. Carter is himself the
author of "ABC for Book Col
lectors, Taste and Technique
In Book Collecting" and with
Mr.. Pollard IAN Enquiry into
the Nature of Certain 10th
Century Pamphlets" described
above as the Wise forgeries."
Evening star., 1955-03-07
Chicago Livestock

CHICAGO. Mar. 7 Up, fUsDA)-Sal-
able hogs 1900; general trade uneven,
moderately active; butchers and sows
steady to 25 lower. mainly steady TO
weak; most choice 190-230 ID. butchers
y aS 5S IB head ch9ce 10 and I'd
butchers IA .75-l5.5o; 3oo:S6o ID. 4 25-
1913; choice sows 450 Id. and lighter
13,00-14 90; mostly 1925 and ahoVe'
Salable cattle 10000; .salable calves
300: average prime to high prime steers
absent: high choice to low prime grades
about steady; steers average choice uisI,l an
"Wednesday; heifers fully, steady with
Wednesday; cows steady; bulls steady to
weak; yealers steady; a few loads OF
mixed high choice to low prime LOO
1925 ID. steers 29.00.31 90: top 81 90;
bulk choice steers and yearlings "A 4;oo.
low choice steers ,2o.oO-24,0o; 9 load Of
prime heifers goo: load of high
choice / .003 lb heifers 25.00; bulk good
and choice heifers 1S.5o-23.50; com
| mercial grades. down to 800: utility
and commercial cows 1075-13;50 can;
ners and cutters 9;oo:l1oo; o. utility Utility e sne
choice vealers 81 1.00-25.00; most utility
and commercial grades 100000 90
stockers and feeders scarce, a few sales
steady; q load of choice SAT lb. feeding
saiable sheep $500: slaughter lambs
week week slaughter doesg shee9 about nt STEADY
down 22.50-24 00;. deck of choice anc
prime 103 ID weights 24.25: Gull to low
good lambs Is. .00-22 90: small lots cul
to choice slaughter ewes 5000 80.
Evening star., 1955-03-07
Nationwide Phone PurIey

Sales personnel of Admiral
Distributors, 2046 West Vir-
ginia avenue NE. will join a
Nation wide closed-circuit tele-
phone sales meeting at / pm.
tomorrow. The new line of Ad-
miral refrigerators and freezers
will be discussed.
The program, originating at
Chicago headquarters of Ad-
miral Corp, will be transmitted
simultaneously to distributors in
IS other cities throughout the
Nation. L. F. Lisee, general man
ager, said. More than 10000
miles of telephone line will be
utilized in the discussion. Heard
on the program will be: Ross D.
Siragusa, president; Wallace c.
johnson, vice president-sales.
Jack M Tenney, sales manager,
refrigeration division and Will
liam B Doyle, sales manager,
freezer division,
Evening star., 1955-03-07
FOREIGN Exchange

NEW YORK, Mar. Z R.-ForeiRn ex.
change rates follow Great Britain ir
dollars. others in cents unchanged un'
less otherwise noted):
market / I3I32 per cent premium OF
I0I 40ss United States cents up ID
Europe: Great Britain tpound> So e
up,.; 80 day futures 2.7S9s. up 1/52
80 day futures 2.7Sss. up 3l32; 80 daI
futures 2.7sie. up ,s Belgium tFranc,
l.9Ss, off .00is; France (Franc) ;2Ss'
Of a cent; Germany l.Western) fdeut'
sche mark 3s5: Holland tguilder
26.32, up 90; Italy Qiral .16ls OF
cont; Portugal (escudo) $50: Sweder
(krona) 1894; Switzerland Franc,I
(freel 23.33l2, up .00A; Denmart
tkronel IA so.
Latin America Argentina Gree.
7.24; Brazil free) 1,:}5 Mexico e.o2
Venezuela tBolivarl 30.03.
Far East; Hong Kong dollar lT.45.
Evening star., 1955-03-07
By William A. MiIIen

The Lawyers Title Insurance
Corp. Richmond. Va. whose
Washington Office is at Six
teenth and K streets NV. to-
day said it had $1,447 ,593
business increase in 1854.
In its annual financial state
ment, it said capital stock. sur
plus and reserves at the end of
1854 totaled s12,337,014 COM
pared with $1O,8s9,421 at the
end of 1858.
]. c. Coppinger, manager of
the Washington branch Office.
said: Comparison will prove
Lawyers Title to be financially
stronger than any other COM
pany engaged exclusively in the
title insurance business.
He pointed out the company
is now qualified to insure titles
in 43 States. the District of CO.
lumbia, Puerto Rico and
Hawaii.
Total listed assets of the firm
were S14,906.913. the report
showed.
Evening star., 1955-03-07
Tito Says Yugoslavia
Is Well Advanced in
Atomic Research
sy the As,oeieted Pres.

LONDON, Mar. President
Tito said today Yugoslav scien-
fists are engaging in atomic re-
search and soon will seek to gen.
crate nuclear power for produc-
tive purposes.
In a statement prepared for
the Yugoslav parliament and
broadcast by the Belgra d e
radio, Marshal Tito said: well
equipped Institutes have been
founded in Belgrade, Zagreb and
Ljubljana for nuclear research.
-. Yugoslav has ample raw ma
terials for exploitation of nuclear
power for peaceful industrial
purposes and it is in the posi-
Evening star., 1955-03-07

themselves more and more to the
armament race"
He contended the only way of
avoiding new world war is "ac-
tive co-existence" between states
with different social systems.
Yugoslavia has been Coop
Grating broadly with Western
nations ever since Marshal Tito
was blacklisted in 1948 by other
Communist countries for his ma
tionalistic tendencies. In recent
months. however. he has signed
trade agreements with a number
of Iron Curtain countries.