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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-08-10
Fast Tax Write-OHs
Draw More Criticism

Humphrey pointed out that the gov
ernment's tax loss as a result of the
policy would be $3.50 million in the
current fiscal year, and he added that
this might we'll stand in the way of
'more general tax reductions for all
taxpayers which would be of import
ant assistance to all business and to
our continued economic growth"
1t is on the tax write-offs granted
to private utilities that the dispute
is sharpest, with public power ad-
vocates throwing back at private
utilities the charge of Subsidy"
which they have long raised against
public power.
A compilation of the American Pub
lie Power Association shows $2,846,-
475, $40 in private utility development
eligible for the five-year write-off.
The association claims that this in
terest-free loan, as it has been called
by the Federal Power Commission, in
vested at per cent for the account
ing period of 33 II years, would real
ize a subsidy of $4,276, 811, 1862. The
utilities say this is nonsense, since
what is saved in five years goes to
pay later taxes.
The same argument touches the
claim of Admiral Lewis Strauss, chair
man of the Atomic Energy Commits
sion, that private utilities must be
allowed to develop atomic power with
private capital.
The Duquesne Light Co. at Pitts
burgh has under construction the only
large atomic power development. Of
the total investment of roughly $107
million, the Commission is supplying
1872 million and Duquesne, under the
contract, SIS million. But after the
contract was signed Duquesne APP
piled for five-year tax write-off,
which was granted on sos million.
1t is charged that over a 33-year
period that will be equivalent to near
ly the amount that the utility supplied
to the project.
All this is so complicated that it
hardly comes within the scope of
ordinary politics. But if the economic
climate should change, it is not hard
to imagine how these tax privileges,
and the search now going on for new
ly opened loopholes, could be exploit
ed in a sensational congressional in
vestigation.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-08-10
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SALES Still ) F, But
CAR invent : DOWN

DETROIT, Mich.-(PAD Auto
workers here are sharply watching
two sets of figures-auto production
and auto inventories. From the view
point of labor they're both still dis
appointing.
Automobile production is still on
the down-grade after reaching a high
in March of 1866 and another peak
last November. In June of this year
it was running at an average of some
what over 100000 as compared with
the March, 1855, peak of almost $780,
900. With some 100000 auto workers
unemployed, there were no indica-
tions that a sudden or swift upturn
was in prospect.
Automobiles still on dealers lots
have dropped some, but the picture
is not too bright on this level either.
Reaching a high point of about 900,-
900 in May, unsold autos dropped to
little over 100000 as of June 1.
Automotive News said that the
June figure was the lowest level of
the year thus far, but that it still
meant there was 50-day supply of
cars on hand at the May rate of sales.
The paper said that May sales were
disappointing"
1t added, "June 1 inventories COM
ing in the height of what normally is
the best time of the year for sales,
have never come remotely near 800,
000-plus except this year and last
year. The comparable 1854 figure
was 565,719 and the 1853 figure
7,046."
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-08-10

fornia (1849), Oregon (1858) and
Kansas 1850. In all cases, the states
were admitted within two years of
the premature election.
In May, 1896, after the House had
voted to admit Tennessee but the SEN
ate had refused to concur, Senators
Elect William Blount and William
Cooke, claimed their seats. But the
Senate refused to recognize them and
voted instead, IL to IL, that they
'fbe received as spectators, and that
chairs be provided for that purpose. "
In January, 1850, CALIFORNIA; dele
cation Of two senators and two repre-
sentatives arrived in Washington to
press for statehood. Their presence,
according to one history book, was
regarded by some of both sections,
but especially by the South, as unwar-
ranted, even impertinent. The states
admission was deIayed until Septem-
Der, when angry debate over the slav-
cry issue was ended by Henry Clay's
famed Compromise of 1850.
In Oregon's case, according to one
source, its two senators and one rep
resentative diligently sought out and
interviewed the members of both
houses, and were eager to get their
seats and to begin drawing their pay"
Sen. Delazon Smith wrote friend,
"You may bet high on the admission
of Oregon early in the session
The sergeant-at-arms of the Senate
has had desks, chairs, etc. made for
the Oregon senators, and they will
occupy them before the close of the
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-08-10
FTC SHUTS Off GAS ON
CARBURETOR AID

WASHINGTON, D. C.-The Fed
eral Tade Commission has charged
the makers of "Gane Air Flow
Needle, an idling pin used in car
buretors, with misrepresenting it's
economy and efficiency.
Named in the commission complaint
are Octa-Gane, nc, San Gabriel, Cal,
and Newhouse Automotive Industries,
the partnership of Ernest J. New
house and Don Forester, Los An
geles.
The complaint alleges the firms
have represented that the product:
Saves gas, improves engine perform
ance with easier and quicker starts,
faster pickup and smoother and better
idling, and prevents carbon deposits,
over-rich mixtures of gasoline and
air, stalling, and the dilution of oil
by unburned fuel and provides the
proper gas and air mixture and i'm
proves the gas and air ratio.
The product will do none of these
things, the complaint alleges, and
such claims deceive the public in vio-
lation of the ETC Act.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-08-10
ARBITRATION SETTLES
95 PER CENT OF TIFFS

NEW YORK-(PAD-The Ameri-
can Arbitration Association, founded
some 80 years ago, reports that arbi-
tration of labor-management disputes
is proving more and more popular
and that 95 per cent of labor dis
agreements are now settled by arbi-
tration panels.
There are some 1000 organizations
and corporations in the United States
that have contracts containing arbi-
tration clauses. The AAA services
several thousand labor-management,
commercial and international trade
disputes every year. A national panel
of arbitrator is maintained in about
1900 cities, consisting of $4,000 vol
unteers who are experts in every
trade and profession.
Both sides in a dispute pick an
arbitrator from panel provided by
the Association while the third arbi-
TRAITOR is named by the Association
itself. Verdicts are usually returned
within 80 days a. are enforceable
in the courts.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-08-10
REVIEW DUE ON FEDERAL
CONTRACTORS

WASHINGTON, D. C.-(LDNS)-
The Presidents Committee on Gov
eminent Contracts said it will make
annual reviews of employment and
promotion practices of $50 major gov
eminent contractors in 25 cities.
The reviews will seek to determine
whether discrimination is being prac-
ticed against members of racial or re-
ligious minorities. The reviews will be
used to make improvements in the
program.
Discrimination is forbidden in work
done under government contract.
Reviews will be made in Atlanta,
Baltimore, Birmingham, Cleveland,
Chicago, Cincinnati, Dallas, Detroit,
Houston, Indianapolis, Jacksonville,
Kansas City, Los Angeles, Louisville,
Memphis, Nashville, New York and
New Jersey metropolitan areas, Nor
folk-Portsmouth, Philadelphia, Pitts
burgh, Richmond, st. Louis, San
Francisc Oakland and Washington,
d. C.
At least $4,000 negroes live in each
of these areas.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-08-10

/ tenth day of the session"
SHORT WAIT
Smith was destined to wait a little
longer, as the session opened Dec. 6,
1858, and President Buchanan signed
the admission bill Feb. IA, 1859.
Territories are now represented in
the House by non-voting delegates.
Alaska's E. L. Bartlett CD and
Hawaii's Mrs. Joseph R. Harrington
(R) both acknowledge strong contin-
uing opposition to granting statehood
to either or both of these non-contigu-
Gus territories.
Last year, the House voted 218-
ITO to recommit Senate-passed bill
admitting both as states. Of the 105
Democrats, along with 113 Republi-
cans, voted to kill the measure, 80
represented southern states.
Southern opposition is aimed chief
ly at Hawaii, whose 1850 population
of 100000 persons was predominantly
non-Caucasian. Natives of japanese
ancestry made up 81 per cent of the
population.
Republicans contend that Alaska Is
not ready for statehood. The territory
is one-fifth as large as the entire
United States and twice the size of
Texas, but had an estimated 1855
civilian population of only 10000.
Next January, however, Congress
will get an earful of Alaska's claim
to being the "Last Frontier" when
the territory's three would-be mem
bers arrive to lobby through state
hood bill for one or both claimants.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-08-10
THE GROUP" WORLDS MOST
Amazing BUSINESS empire

that it has two heads, one in London,
one in The Hague, but these heads
think as one.
EXPANDS AGGRESSIVELY
Shell in England and Royal Dutch
in Holland are just holding compa-
MES. Their holdings are combined in
three basic operating companies. One
is Bataafsche Petroleum Maatschap-
PHI, called BPM for short. 1t does
most of the management of oil pro-
ducing, refining, chemical production
and research, operating out of offices
in The Hague.
Royal Dutch Shell, despite some of
the old-fashionedness of its financial
picture, is an aggressively modern
operation. 1t is moving heavily into
chemicals. The company is throwing
close to three quarters of billion
dollars a year into expansion, taking
every cent out of it's profits.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-08-10
From UNION NEWS,

Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers
1t isn't company. 1t isn't cartel
The short name for it is Royal Dutch
Shell, which is really a combination
of names of two separate corpora
tions. In financial circles in London
and The Hague, where it is controlled,
it is referred to as ''The Group"
"The Group" is the worlds largest
business headquartered outside the
United States. 1t is the second biggest
oil operation in the world, ranking
behind only Standard Oil Co. of New
Jersey.
Royal Dutch Shell consists of
"about 500" companies. Not even the
top officials of the company can tell
you at any given moment how many
companies these are.
One of these companies is Shell
Oil Co. of the United States.
Shell Oil Co. of the United States
is 60 per cent owned by Shell Carib-
bean Petroleum Co., which is owned
by Canadian Shell, which is owned by
Bataafsche Petroleum Maatschappij,
which is owned 40 per cent by the
Shell Transport and Trading Co. of
England and 60 per cent by N. V.
Koninklijke Nederlandsche Petroleum
Maatschappij CHATS Dutch for
"Royal Dutch Petroleum Cory.
Aforementioned canadian Shell"
is not to be confused with Shell Oil
Co. of Canada. Canadian Shell owns
U. S. Shell through Caribbean Shell,
but u. S. Shell owns Shell Oil Co. of
Canada.
Confusing? Just sample. Here's
how big it is:
Royal Dutch Shell produces 60 per
cent of all Indonesian oil and % per
cent of all South American oil. Weak
point in the Shell picture is the Middle
East, where the company has only
a seven per cent share.
But altogether, Royal Dutch Shell
produces IL out of every hundred
barrels of oil produced in the world
today.
Documents of the company are
written in "a different languages and
it operates with 81 different national
currencies.
While you can't quite call it a COM
pany, Royal Dutch Shell does operate
completely as one company. It's just
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-08-10
By MARQUIS CHILDS In

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Three years after the end of the
Korean War and in the midst of the
greatest peacetime boom the country
has ever seen, the Office of Defense
Mobilization is still issuing certificates
for fast tax write-offs to industry that
are, in effect, interest-free loans.
The policy Of the five-year tax
write-offs was initiated after the start
Of the Korean War under the Truman
Administration to give indirect help
to firms building facilities for de-
Tense production that might otherwise
not have been built.
But it has continued down to the
present, with the latest report of the
Office of Defense Mobilization show
ing the total of tax amortization GER
tificates at 36,271,5 1000, of which
22,001, 691, 900 can be written off in
five years. In the period from May 81
to June Is of this year, tax certifi-
Gates amounting to $148,056, 1879
were granted.
New Deal Democrats sputter indig-
nantly over what they say is bonan-
"a by business administration to big
business. AS one of them put it:
''They screamed about mink coats
under Truman. But this is hun
dreds of millions and even billion
for a favored few. guess the
trouble is you can understand about
mink coats but the quick tax write
off doesn't get across"
Actually, although like many of the
controversies in the Eisenhower Ad-
ministration it never showed above
the surface, there was a sharp dis
pute over whether the fast tax write
off should be continued.
Opponents in the Administration
argued that the privilege was being
granted to construct facilities which
would have been built in the course
of the peacetime boom in any event,
that the defense" justification was
in most instances no longer valid. AS
a result, the practice was in part sus-
pended for re-evaluation.
During the suspension, Secretary of
the Treasury George M. Humphrey,
who has shown that he does not tailor
his convictions to political expediency,
spoke out strongly, calling the ac-
celebrated tax write-off "an artificial
stimulus of dangerous type" Tes-
tifying before House committee, he
said:
"Our defense capacity cannot
soundly be separated from the broad
base of productive capacity in general
on which our nation relies for its eco
nomic strength. Artificial stimulants
may we'll become artificial controls
Because this one is not of uni
versal application but is bestowed
only upon some who especially qualify
as against others who do not, it could
become hindrance to sound, bal
anced, vigorous growth of our whole
free economy. 1t is not the American
way"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-08-10

Chemists are losing war on in
sects," a Science Service report says.
1t tells how flies, mosquitoes, fleas,
bedbugs, cockroaches and some other
insects are developing Immunity to
DOT and other insecticides which
were hailed as miracle" bug killers
when they were first used.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-08-10
Huge Harbor

New York harbor covers some 1 500
square miles. Sprawled across parts
of two states, the port handles about
half the nations foreign trade in dol
lar value. Of the 4 million persons
painfully employed in the New York
New Jersey area, one out of every
eight makes his living directly OF in
directly from port commerce.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-08-10

tenth day of the session.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-08-10
Bolivia Tmnorts Cattle

LA PAz, Bolivia-Some $50 Cebu
cattle are being imported by Bolivia
from Brazil in an effort to improve
it's livestock industry. The animals
are being driven over a 750mi]e
overland route to the Benz district,
where they will be crossed with the
districts native cattle.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-08-10
THROWING AWAY MONEY

A Scripps-Howard report tells
where some of the taxpayers money
is going. 1t says: "Army has spent
$18.5 million for 15-year maneuver
rights on Louisiana swampland,"
which could be bought outright and
permanently for only $50 million.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-08-10
NTEA Readies New Film

CHICAGO (CNS) 1.-THE Sena-
tors Daughter" a new film produced
for the National Tax Equality Asso-
citation, will be released in the near
future.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-08-10
FRENCH MILK OUTPUT RISES

PARIS-France produced slightly
more than 4O,86O, 100000 pounds of
cows milk in 1866, slight increase
over 1854 production.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-24

people to stay indoors until 2
pm. at least, because plumber
ing" elements were Still at large.
/ 8. At 8:15 am. the radio an
nounced Macy would become the
new Premier and the Communist
Party leadership would be re-
IShuffled.
10. Shortly after 8 am. radio
Budapest announced that the
Hungarian government. now pre-
sumably under Mr.. Macy, had
appealed for the aid of Russian
troops stationed in Hungary to
help put down the rebels in
Budapest and elsewhere. Mar
tial law was proclaimed and il
was announced that summary
courts could impose death pen
alties on breakers of the peace.
IL. At l pm. Radio Budapest
reported, More and more rebels
are surrenderng." But it made
no claim that the uprising had
been crushed.
One Goal Not Enough
The rebellion apparently per-
sisted in spite of the fact that
the rebels had gained one OF
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-24

sisted into the evening. Then
the students decided to march
on to the Hungarian Parliament
buildings on the banks of the
Danube and talk to Mr.. Macy
personally.
4. Radio Budapest reported al
ABOUT 10 O'Clock last night that
Mr.. Macy had received the stu
dent leaders for discussions.
5. Then came a radio and tele-
phone blackout over Budapest
Only dance music, including
American jazz, was broadcast
The midnight broadcast gave
only foreign news.
6. At 4::30 am. today Radio
Budapest announced: Fascist
reactionary elements have at
tackled public buildings ano
armed police. All public meet
ings are forbidden until order is
restored"
/ Z. At 6 am. Radio Budapest
warned the people of the capital
to stay indoors until 9 am. be-
cause Operations are still going
on against rebellious elements. >
8. AT 8 am. the radio told
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-24

their major aims-the reappoint-
ment Of Mr.. Macy as premier.
Apparently the Communist
leadership acceded to the de-
mandS for restoration of Mr.. Macy
but held firm for ties with the
Soviet Union.
Mr.. Macy said in his speech
that he will carry out his gov
eminent program of July 1855
with all power" AS premier
in 1858 he promised more con-
sumner goods and less emphasis
on heavy industry.
Mr.. Macy also promised con-
iSistent execution of democratic
cation" on the basis of his 1855
program. He called on the rebels
to return to peaceful and con-
Istructive work"
The decision to reorganize the
government and leadership of
the ruling Communist Party
was made at an extraordinary
meeting of the party's Central
Committee called during the
night when the rioting got out
of hand.
The meeting decided to retain
See HUNGARY, Page As
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Snow, Cold Delay
Antarctic Task

AUCKLAND. New Zealand
Oct "a (P)-Blizzards and SUBJ
zero temperatures in the Antarc-
tic are retarding American plans
for airdropping men and mate
rails at the South Pole to estab-
lish a scientific base.
Wind driven snow on the Nc
MurdO ice landing strip on the
Ross Sea is reducing visibility
enough to force some United
States Air Force Globemasters
carrying equipment to turn back
to their Christchurch base.
The Navy icebreaker Glacier is
battling through a 200-mile bar
rier Of pack ice 1900 miles north
of McMurdo, First priority wher
weather permits is the build.
ing of an intermediate air.
strip on Beardmore Glacier er
route to the South Pole to aiC
Navy aircraft attempting to lane
Seabee teams and equipment al
the Pole,
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Continued From First Pag
manded the expulsion of Sovie
troops from Hungary. But wher
the Communist government CAV
In to the demands for Mr.. Macy
apparently the rebels were not Il
be appeased without some indi
cation the Russians would ge
out.
The cry "RuSskies go home
mingled with machinegun flr
near a statue of Stain tina
young workers tried to topple.
Today's accounts of the fight
ing came from the official Buda
pest radio and from traveller
who reached the Austrian from
tier. Direct telephone communi
cation with Budapest was cut OF
after Endre Marion, Associate,
Press correspondent there, gave
detailed account of the earl
hours Of the uprisings.
The rebellion was far more VIC
lent than that in Poland, wher
emphasis was on independents,
of the Communist Party from
Kremlin domination.
Possible Crackup Seen
tIn Washington top Ameri-
can officials expressed belief
RuSsia's Eastern European
satellite empire is beginning to
crack up)
As the new Premier took ovel
he issued surrender ultimatun
TO the rebels to put down thei
arms by 2 pm. 70 am. EDIT
He promised them full amnest,
If they would do this. and prom
iSed to carry out the program
he laid down when he was Pre-
n1ier in 1953-more consume
goods and less heavy industry.
Later, despite Budapest radi,
claims that more. and more O
the counterrevolutionaries art
giving up," the surrender dead
line was extended to 6 pm
Once again the government
promised not to punish thosI
who surrendered. 1t said thosl
who did not would be left Il
their fate"
Great Damage Admitted
The government radio, layinI
the revolt to "counterreyolu-
tionary gangs" reported grea
damage was done to Budapest
But the broadcast added: "Ther,
are enough supplies of basic
foods, and shops will be re.
opened ION the re-establishment
of order"
Immediately after the re-
establishment of order in Hun
gary, the broadcast promised,
Soviet troops will return to
their bases. Workers. please re-
ceive our friends and allies with
love E"
The statement said the Soviet