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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-02-17
HISTORICAL ooCIETy
POULTRY INSPECTION MEAsu IRE
INTRODUCED I'm u. S. SENATE

and sanitation" the Montana senator
said. "But there are a significant
number of chiselers in the fast-grow-
ing industry to make legislation neces-
sary. Not only do these men, who are
after the fast buck endanger health,
but they are unfair competition to
the honest poultry professors who go
to great expense to maintain modern
and sanitary conditions and sell only
healthy poultry"
A voluntary federal inspection pro-
gram does exist, Sen. Murray said,
but it covers only a small part of the
poultry processed and is ineffective in
guaranteeing wholesomeness for even
this portion. The Food and Drug Adj
ministration currently has neither the
authority nor the appropriations to
carry on effective inspection. And
very little adequate state and NUM-
cipal inspection legislation exists.
''The problem clearly one for
new legislation from Congress" he
declared.
The poultry inspection legislation
Sen. Murray introduced is an amend
ment to the Food, Drug and Cosmetic
Act. It would establish a Poultry
Service in the Food and Drug Ad-
ministration to inspect poultry for
wholesomeness both before and after
slaughter. The Service would also
enforce sanitary standards and prac-
tees, which are to be spelled out in
detailed rules by the Secretary of
Health, Education and Welfare.
The bill provides for injunction
proceedings and penalties up to three
years Imprisonment and $4,000 in
fines for violations. Punishable are
such acts as shipping Or selling I'M
inspected poultry in interstate and
foreign commerce, failing to allow
inspectors access to the plant and
wilfully misleading and defrauding
the public concerning the inspection
and the wholesomeness of the poul-
try.
A companion bill to Senator Muir
rays measure has been introduced
in the House by Congressman Percy
Priest (D-Tenn.), chairman of the
House Committee on Interstate and
Foreign Commerce.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-02-17

A bill which would "drive filthy
and diseased poultry from interstate
commerce" was introduced in the
Senate last week by Sen. James E.
Murray and 7 other senators.
Sen. Murray said that the measure
would assure consumers a clean and
wholesome product by providing COM
pulsory inspection of all poultry in
interstate commerce.
''It is amazing, but true" he de-
clared, "that today, SO years after
the enactment of the Meat Inspection
Act, poultry still need not be in
spected. Filthy and diseased poultry
may be, and often is, sold with i'm
munity."
Co-sponsoring the measure with
Sen. Murray are Senators Bender,
Douglas, Humphrey, Kuchel, Nc
Namara, Morse and Scott.
Calling the poultry inspection leg
islation zone of the major and vital
health needs of the nation today"
Senator Murray said that serious
health hazards are created both by
diseased poultry and the "filthy con-
ditions" under which some poultry
is processed.
"Some plants are rodent-infested
Sewage disposal is primitive and even
non-existent. Dust, dirt and fecal mat
ter are allowed to stick to the birds.
Shiny and rotting poultry is pro-
cessed," Sen. Murray declared.
He said this ''intolerable situation"
had brought "dire results" He quoted
the Public Health Service that one
third of the reported cases of food
poisoning are traced to poultry dishes.
Some 26 diseases, including the Gin
and sometimes deadly
psittacosis or ornithosis;" the infec-
ton, salmonellosis; the viral New
castle Disease and fungus infections,
are transmissible from poultry to
man, he said.
Other illnesses, he continued, such
as typhoid fever, dysentary and chem
ical poisoning, may result from poul-
try contamination by filthy process
ing conditions.
"The overwhelming majority of the
industry attempts to maintain good
standards of product wholesomeness
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-02-17
State Trade Commission Contends Oil
Companies Violating Montana Laws

Continuing the investigation of the
high Montana gasoline price struc-
ture, authorized by the 1855 Legisla-
ture, the Montana Trade Commission
last week contended that oil COM
panies are violating state price-fixing
laws in setting lower retail price
in Great Falls than in other cities of
the state.
Although oil company spokesman,
during hearings on the legislation
the investigation, stoutly
denied exercising any control over re-
tail gasoline prices, MTG through it's
secretary counsel, John T. Vance, has
conclusively proved that the oil COM
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-02-17
THE CASE OF SAM ROGERS

Last October Sam Rogers was the
proprietor of Rogers Service Station
at Sol Central Avenue in the city Of
Great Falls, Mont. Today he is an
employee in that station.
Rogers operated filling station
under a lease from a major oil COM
pany. Company representatives start
ed working on Rogers in August,
1866 to get him to reduce his margin
of profit on each gallon of gasoline.
They told him that all of the other
dealers had agreed to the reduction
and that he was the only holdout.
They told him that it would increase
his volume and that he would make
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-02-17

office in the Montana Building and
sign up for membership in the Office
Employees international Union, pre-
paratory to establishing local of
| OEIU in Helena.
LOTS OF PROBLEMS AHEAD
Assistant Regional Director Leary
stated that there will be many prob
lens to be worked out in the new,
merged organization; problems of
jurisdiction between rival unions, de-
velopment of closer cooperation
within labor, but that the labor move
ment has "the intelligence, courage
and good Judgment" to reach salts
factory solutions of the problems as
they arise.
Leary said that although labor had
suffered because of division the last
two decades, there were some bene-
fits achieved during that period be-
cause of the division. He cited the
fact that the two rival camps had
spanked each other to more vigorous
organizing campaigns with the result
that, whereas there were only about
four million members Of labor in
1886, there are now 16 million mem
bers.
The assistant regional director de-
plored the inter-union raiding that
had gone on during those two decades.
Likewise, he pointed out that during
those years, politicians had played one
group of labor against the other to
the detriment of both. With a united
labor movement, he said, labor will
not be going in opposing directions
in the political field and that as a
result it's voice will carry far greater
weight than in the past.
Leary said that with completion
of the merger, there will be only one
major block of labor in Montana out
side the fold (Mine-MilD. He ex-
pressed the hope that the time will
not be too far distant when the 5000
members of Mine-Mill in Montana
will be a part of the united labor
GRASS ROOTS" SUPPORT
The merger to be effective, how
Continued on page two)
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panies do set the retail price.
Because the majors do set the price,
and have seen fit to set lower retail
prices in Great Falls than elsewhere
in the state, the commission is of the
opinion they are in violation of the
State Constitution as we'll as statutes
of Montana.
The following story, substantiated
by signed statements, recordings and
investigation reports, has been re-
leased by MTG Counsel Vance, show
ing how service station operators
were coerced into obeying pricing
policies laid down by the majors, by
being threatened with loss of fran
chise:
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-02-17
CONTRACTS AWARDED FOR new
M.E.A. HOME Near CAPITOL

insurance companies, an MEA spon-
sored insurance plan, also has his
office in the MEA building.
1t is planned that with the addi-
tional space provided by the new
building, the educational research de-
partment will be expanded and addi-
tional stenographic help will be en-
ployed.
The association of educators in
Montana has as it's detectives: The
best education possible for the boys
and girls; and to provide service to
it's membership. The MEA is Joined
by approximately 80 per cent of the
public school teaching force in Mon
tana. Most school systems of Mon
tana have organized local units of
the MEA serving teachers on the
local level.
Cooper said in Helena in regard
to the new office building, 'The pro-
fessional teachers of Montana will
have in their new nome in Helena,
an educational center which will bet
ter enable the organization to serve
their needs at a time when teachers
and education in Montana greatly
need that service"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-02-17

pumps. When he handed them over
they unlocked the pumps and changed
the prices to agree with the two
signs. Rogers didn't say a word, nor
did he try to stop them. He felt that
there was nothing he could do.
Rogers is a disheartened man. He
gave up his lease with the company
station that he once operated as a So
called Independent businessman. The
volume in the station has not in
creased and the proprietor is making
less money.
On October 20, 1866 the Montana
Trade Commission issued a press re-
lease in order to inform the public
what was going on in Great Falls.
The press release pointed out that
investigation showed that Phillips,
Carter and Continental were reduc-
ing the price of gasoline in Great
Falls and nowhere else in the state.
1t pointed out further that each deal
er was asked to take a reduction in
his margin of profit.
The situation in Great Falls today
is chaotic. At the time of the October
Goth press release Carter Oil Com
pany gave the IA cent reduction in
price only to those dealers who agreed
to reduce their own margin of profit.
Following the press release the re-
duction in price was granted to all
their dealers, including one who re-
fused to go along with the company.
DEALERS THREATENED
All Continental dealers were Of
fered the reduction in price. However,
many only reduced the price an
amount equal to the price saving to
them. About a month ago all Con-
tinental dealers were summoned to a
meeting in the Rainbow Hotel where
a representative of the Continental
Oil Company asked them all to reduce
their margin of profit in return for
the reduction to them by the COM
pany. The Continental dealers re-
fused to be inundated by the COM
pany representative and as result
none of them get the benefits of the
Continued on Page Four)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-02-17

Construction will start soon on a
new office building for the Montana
Education Association to be located
at 1882 E. Sixth Ave. in Helena. Con-
tracts were signed this week with the
L. P. Barney Construction Company,
Palmquist Electric, and Reber Plumb
ing and Heating, all Helena firms, for
erection of the one story frame build
ing, at a cost of 500, 700. Designing
architect was S. L.~Berg, also of
Helena.
The building will house the staff
of the MEA currently located at 422
N. Park in Helena. The MEA is a
voluntary organization of Montana
educators and is supported by dues
payments of it's members.
The association employs staff
of seven people: D. D. Cooper, execu-
tive secretary; Andy R. Ola, manag-
ing editor of the monthly publication,
MONTANA EDUCATION James C.
Nicholson, director of field services;
office secretaries, Mrs. Betty Jockey
and Mrs. Evelyn Kelley; part-time
employees, Bonnie Currell, stenogra-
pher; and Brian Tierney, student
at Carroll College. David L. Jones,
state manager for the Horace Mann
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-02-17

to Director Smith, Assistant Region
al Director James Leary, Butte; State
Federation of Labor President James
S. TIMBER, Helena, and Con Riedl,
Carbon county, secretary of the CLIO
State Industrial Union Council, spoke
to the gathering of Helena labor peo-
pie. Don Rice, vice president of the
local assembly, presided
Smith, in emphasizing the import
ance of a united labor movement,
told his audience that labor has for
too long wasted money and energy
in inter-union fights, and that while
ALL and Clio were fighting, the real
enemies of labor had not been I'M
aware of the opportunity presented
to secure enactment Of labor-restrict-
ing legislation.
The Taft-Hartley Act, he said, was
designed to destroy labor unions and
that the only reason it hasn't done
so up to the present is because the
nation has not experienced Wholesale
unemployment since it's enactment by
the 80th Congress. In connection with
the Taft-Hartley Act, he pointed out
that because of provisions of that
act, the way was cleared for passage
of so-called Fright laws. The
latter, he said, have resulted in lower
living standards for wage earners
and have made unions into little more
than social organizations. He also
called attention to legislation cur
rently pending in Congress, by Gold
water of Arizona, which, if enacted,
would forbid union members from
making voluntary contributions to the
political action arm of labor, COPE.
Referring to the natural gas bill
passed by the Senate last week, he
asked what will they give away
next?" He deplored the fact that
Montana's two senators who have
usually stood fast for the people,
should have fallen by the wayside
in voting for bill which, if signed
by the President, will cost gas con-
sumers hundreds of millions of
dollars annually in higher gas
charges.
Pointing to the plight of white
collar workers, Smith urged labor
people to contact them and advise
that they go to the state federation
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-02-17
TIME TO FILE FOR FOREST
GRAZING PERMITS

Observation-Disclosures Forester P.
d. Hanson has announced that the
next ten-year term permit period for
grazing of the national forests begins
this year. All permittees holding graz
ing preferences must file formal APP
plication for term permit with the
forest supervisor of the forest on
which the applicant proposes to Craze
his stock. He stated that application
forms may be obtained from the for
est supervisor or the district ranger.
The applications, when received,
will be reviewed by the forest super
visor to determine the commensur-
ability and other qualifications of the
applicant. Providing the applicant is
commensurate and otherwise quail
fled, it is anticipated that, subject to
any existing agreements, the prefer
ence permittees will have their term
permits renewed for the same number
of livestock that were authorized dur
ing the last year of the present per-
NIT period. Upon determining the
above qualifications, the forest super
visor will notify the applicant of the
action taken on his permit.
The regional forester stated that
no major policy changes are contem-
plated in connection with the forth
coming renewal of preference per-
mits.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-02-17
Deeper In DEBT
THEME OF COP

WASHINGTON, D. C.-Apologists
for industry have been trying to be-
little the popular song "Sixteen Tons"
as being out of date in the coal in
dustry, but that deeper in debt"
theme clings to the statistics of the
Republican national administration.
In three years the national debt has
increased nearly $13 billion, as fol-
lows:
*1-2O-53 --$267, 274,819,74
1906 ------- 28O,131, 998,482
State the COP took over in Wash
ington.-DUBUQUE (Iowa) LEAD
Err.
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up the loss per gallon by increased
sales. Rogers didn't believe this and
told them he wasn't making enough
as it was. The company representa-
tives agreed to reduce the cost to
him 1.4c per gallon if he would re-
duce his margin of profit 1c per gal
Ion on regular gas. Since the COM
pany had only recently increased the
price of gasoline to Rogers $40 of q
cent, it was selling it's gasoline only
6/10 of cent cheaper than last
March when the Legislature ordered
an investigation into the pricing of
gasoline in Montana. Rogers was
eager to see the price reduced, and
was willing to reduce the price the
amount of the reduction to him.
PRESSURE APPLIED
Rogers kept telling the company
representatives that he didn't think
it was right for him to make less
money. He was already working more
hours than he liked and making less
money than he needed. But the COM
pany representatives kept the pres
sure on.
1t was Thursday, October IS, 1866
that two company representatives
came into Rogers Service Station,
each carrying sign stating in bold
letters the new reduced price. They
placed the signs in front of the sta
ton without consulting Rogers. They
asked Rogers for the keys to his
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-02-17
AH-00 Merger H!9hed As
Major Forward SID
Murray, Mansfield Sharply Criticised For Voting For
Natural Gas Legislation

Uniting the house of Labor after 20 of division
pointed major step forward for the great of
American citizens by Charles Smith, Boise director of the
newycreated Region 20 of AFICO at meeting in Helena
Monday evening.
The meeting sponsored by Helena Trades & Labor
Assembly held in the Helena Labor Temple In addition
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-31
How to
STOP KILLING
YOURSELF
CompIoiners Might Heed Helen Keller
By DR.. PETER J. STElNCRoHN

Many people who are phys
ically healthy go through life
complaining about their bao
health. Usually they are the I'M
fortunate Grade 2 hypochon-
driacs who magnify every symp-
tom. They tell you that the
cough must be tubercular, or the
headache is surely due to a brain
tumor.
If kind and patient manage
ment of these unhappy people
does not produce good results
we usually call in a psychiatrist
to help us. However, such pa
tients are in the minority. Most
of the unhappy patients who are
not oreanically sick are in the
higher alphabetical scale of hy-
pochondria, They are normal
Grade A hypochondriacs. In
other words, they are people like
you and me. They complain oc-
Casionally of backache. head
ache or indigestion and let it go
at that. Only if it persists longer
than it should do we need to
sit down with them and explain
that they are wasting the pre-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-31
FAMOUS FABLES
BY E. E. EDGAR

CONFLICT: When Catcher
Yogi Berra joined the New York
Yankees. it was apparent to all
that here was a hitter with great
natural power.
Yogi had one failing. however
He went after too many bad
pitches. If the ball was any,
where near the plate he would
swing.
Chuck Dresser, then a coach
with the Yankees, decided to do
something about this. In the
ldugout before the game he said
Ito Berra:
When you're up at the plate
think before you swing. Don't
let the pitcher make a sucker
out of you. Just keep thinking,
is this ball going to be in the
strike zone or isn't it. If it is,
take a cut. If it isn't, let it 60.
But before you move your bat,
think"
Yogi nodded his head, then
stepped up to the plate and let
three strikes go past without
moving the bat from his shoul-
der. He trudged back to the
dugout, a picture of bewilder-
Iment.
What does that guy expect
me to do" he moaned, think
and hit at the same time?'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-31

ciouS days of their years in I'M
necessary worry about them
selves.
In a way they really go about
killing themselves because they
only half Live" in self-pity
They take all of their pleasures
for granted. l have seen people
with everything to live for COM
plain about their bad luck be-
cause they have to put up with
occasional sinus attacks. Others
shake their fist at the heavens
because they have to endure a
bursitiS for few weeks or
months.
Real Sufferers Brave
l am not making light of any
type of suffering. 1t is easy to
belittle and to minimize. Only
the one who suffers knows how
much he suffers. Discomfort is
an intensely personal thing. But
what I do decry is the loss of
good living such people endure.
l have often wished l could take
them around to see real suffer-
ing. To have them observe peo-
Mo in terminal cancer or heart
disease; to see the fortitude and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-31

business. They know now. They
are not reconciled to the compe-
tition for the customers atten-
ton and time. But some new
book buyers are coming into the
stores.
The booksellers have their
gripes. They don't like the sales
by publishers direct to book
readers by subscription and sales
directly to schools and libraries.
And they feel the competition
of the book clubs.
H. Joseph Houlihan. owner of
the Morris Book Shop at Lexing-
ton. KY, objected to the prac-
tice of the book clubs giving
high-priced books as premiums.
He said it creates a distrust on
the part of the bookbuyer in the
prices the stores have to charge
for the same books.
Death KnelI TOlled
Leonard Schwartz, vice presi-
dent, and Miss Lillian Friedman,
buyer OF Rrentano's in New
York, were the ones who tolled
the knell of sweet romance. But
they also said that despite the
fact that 259 million low-priced
paper back books are sold each
year, there are more good books
and more people are reading
them.
Mr.. Houlihan's election as
president was announced today.
Elected vice presidents were
Samuel Pocker of Pocker's, Inc,
Washington; Cynthia Walsh,
Northampton. Mass. and Georgia
Leckie of Atlanta. New directors
included Mrs. Doris Thompson
of the Francis Scott Key Book
shop, Washington.
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convention which ended yester-
day at the Shoreham Hotel.
They agree generally that book
buyers are getting more sophisti-
Gated and are demanding more.
Ellsworth R. Young of the
Phillips Book Store, Cambridge,
Mass, who is concluding his term
as president of the booksellers
organization. said people are
reading more non-fiction books.
He cited how to do it" books,
volumes in the inspirational field
and books giving specialized in
formation to help people with
their jobs.
InSpiratiOnal Works
On the inSpirational side. he
named The Power of Positive
Thinking" by Norman Vincent
Peale. and Anne Morrow Lind
berghS Gift From the Sea, ="
both best sellers. Their popu-
larity is reaction to tensions.
he said. and people read them
for help in finding meaning to
life.
Mr.. Young said that. in COL
lege community such as his store
serves. humor does we'll. When
a new Walt Kelly Pogo" book
comes out, several hundred
copies are sold quickly. He ex-
planned it was due to the over
tones in the book on current
events and persons.
College students are not overly
preoccupied with sex. apparently.
for Mr.. Young said sex does well
in all stores.
TV Effect Studied
All the booksellers wondered
what television would do to their
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-31
GETTING ALONG SWIMMINGL'

will to get better in the attitudes
Iof people much sicker than they.
l think much of good living is
IoSt-and never recaptured-by
people who become too intensely
bound up with their own prob
Ilems. They miss the simple yet
important pleasures. in life
Many of you have probably read
Helen Keller's philosophy. How
ever. it bears restating. 1t is as
fresh and meaningful at the 10th
reading as at the first. If any of
you are by nature chronic COM
planners it may do you good.
Here it is in part: Most of
us take life for granted. Only
the deaf appreciate hearing, only
the blind realize the manifold
blessings that lie in sight. 1t is
the same old story of not being
grateful for what we have until
We lose it. or not being conscious
of health until we are i'll. But
who am blind can give one hint
TO those who see: Use your eyes
as if tomorrow you would be
stricken blind.
Use Other Senses Same Way
And the same method can be
applied to the other senses: Hear
the music OF voices. the song Of
a bird. the mighty strains of an
orchestra. as if YOU would be
stricken deaf tomorrow.
Touch each 1ject YOU want
to touch as if tomorrow your
tactile sense would fail.
Smell the perfume of flowers.
taste with relish each morsel, as
if tomorrow you could never
smell and taste again.
MAKE the most of every
sense: glory in all the facets Of
pleasure and beauty which the
world reveals.
Thus. at last. you will really
see, and new world Of beauty
will open before you"
There lies the answer to milk
ing every possible bit of pleas
ure out of life. To really see"