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The people's voice., 1956-12-14

ST. PAUL-Despite increased opera
tion costs, Farmers Union Grain Ter
minal Association has completed the
fifth best financial year in its eighteen
year history with net savings of $3,-
100000.
The earnings figures for the huge
st. Paul grain marketing cooperative
was revealed Monday morning in the
annual report of Secretary-Treasurer
Ole S. Gunderson of Power, Montana,
as the coop opened its three-day an
nual stockholders meeting in st. PauPs
Municipal Auditorium.
Gunderson said the same price-cost
squeeze that has worked such hard
ship on the nations farmers has also
worked to the disadvantage of farmers
co-operatives, as he pointed out that
the co-operative's $3,200,000 savings
for 1856 represent a decrease of ap-
proximately 100000 from the previous
year. At the same time, the Montana
GTA official revealed that each year
the big coop is handling a larger per-
centage of all the grain that passes
through the Minneapolis and Duluth
markets.
POWERFUL MARKETING FORCE
The Grain Terminal is composed of
some several hundred thousand farm
ers from the spring wheat states OF
Montana, Minnesota, North Dakota
and South Dakota. Organized in 1888,
it has become powerful force in grain
marketing, handling about One-fourth
of all the grain in the Minneapolis and
Duluth exchanges. At Superior, Wis
consin, it operates the largest port
terminal elevator in the world-12,-
865,000 bushels. Other GTA terminal
facilities are at Minneapolis, St Paul;
Shelby, LewistOwn and Great Falls,
Montana; Rush City, Minnesota; and
Sioux Falls, Iowa. The $500 farmer
The people's voice., 1956-12-14
MOntan
every me

every me it's command to secure
Legislative auUp zion of the party's 1856
labor plank State party chairman Left
Erickson and other party leaders as
sured Montana organized labor, Sun
day, at a general meeting of the party S
labor advisory committee in Helena.
Party spokesmen at the meeting
chaired by Robert Weller, Kalispell,
newly-named chairman of the advisory
committee, included in addition TO
Erickson, Sen. Dave James, Joplin,
who will be one of the top 1857 Senate
leaders when his party organizes that
body early next month; Sen. H. H.
Anderson, Libby, Democratic western
district congressional committeeman;
Rep. Eugene Mahoney, Thompson
Falls, 1855 House majority leader and
candidate for 1857 House Speaker; At
torney General Arnold H. Olsen; Sec
ond District Cong. g.-Elect Leroy An
derson; Secretary Of State-Elect Frank
Murray, and Cascade Rep.-Elect James
Meagher, Great Falls.
Following statements by party lead
ers concerning the importance of leg
islative approval of the various Sec
tions of the Demo labor plank, Attor-
ney General Olsen led panel discus
The people's voice., 1956-12-14

The Montana Democratic State Cen
tral Committee held it's first post
election meeting in Helena, Saturday,
December 8, and went over the finan-
cial condition of the party on the state
level and made plans for meeting a
$2,S00 deficit as well as their obliga-
tions to the national organization.
The states Democratic high COM
mand passed resolution opposing
the appointment of Republicans to
any key or responsible position in
the legislature, on the grounds that
Democrats had the responsibility
and were equipped with members
we'll qualified to hold down those
positions.
Chairman Left Erickson pointed out
Democrats had collected twice as much
money in Individual contributions for
the 1856 campaign as had been col
lected in each of the two previous
campaigns. He said they had collected
$4,000 in individual contributions
compared with $6S,000 received by
the Republicans.
Erickson also compared total ex-
penditures for both Democrats and
Republicans by their state commit
tees and state candidates as report
ed, to be: Democrats, $4,000; Re-
publicans, $2o8,000.
OVERWHELMING APPROVAL"
OF 1856 PLATFORM
In opening the meeting, Left Erick-
son, said Democrats were ''disappOint
ed" at the failure to elect Governor
and Superintendent of Public Instruc-
ton, but "for the first time since 1889
Democrats have control of the legis-
lature." This, added to the fact they
elected Democrats to all other state
offices showed "overwh Ginning ap-
proval of the Democratic platform
Erickson stated.
The people's voice., 1956-12-14
SUBSTANTIAL BENEFIT RATE
INCREASE NEEDED

Compensation rates need to be sub
stantially increased for injured work
ers who have large families to sup
port Our experience indicates that
the present rate for a single person
is probably too high. Far too many
single persons must be persuaded to
return to work. Injured workers with
large families to support, frequently
come to the Board asking for partial
lump sum payments to pay bills, and
several times, they have returned to
work too soon thereby re-injuring
themselves. These facts suggest sub
stantial increase in compensation rates
for injured workers who have large
families to support.
"The dollar limits on medical pay
ments and on prosthetic appliances
should be repealed. Only a few cases
every year exceed the present dollar
limits. Plan III, the State Insurance
Plan, has only about ten cases per
year. The increase in cost will be
small. However, these dollar limits
impose severe economic hardship upon
the severely injured workers. One case
should be cited: About two years ago,
a worker was injured by a steel plate
which was driven thru his throat,
tore out most Of his jaw and nose and
blinded both eyes. This injured worker
has used almost all his compensation
benefits (about $14,O0O) for extensive
surgery. The present act did not ade-
quately compensate this injured work
er We must remember that coverage
under the Workmen's Compensation
Act denies him the right to sue the
employer, which in this case would
The people's voice., 1956-12-14
GTA Had Good Year,
Convention Informed

delegates attending the annual meet
ing represent $50 cooperative eleva-
tors throughout the four-state area.
One hundred of these elevators are
in GTA's Zine division" and consti-
tute wholly-owned and operated coun-
try elevator facilities.
All, of these facilities, with their re-
sulting volume, have made GTA the
nations largest marketing co-opera-
tive.
The people's voice., 1956-12-14

sion on the plank, with labor people
expressing their interpretations of
each section, and what, in detail, labor
is seeking to achieve in the 1857 Leg
islative Assembly.
For the information of VOICE read
ers here is the Democratic party labor
plank in full.-EDITOR.
The people's voice., 1956-12-14
Demo Labor Plank

In6 D6mOcrdJlC GdTIy is cOSQ1Zd0L
of the fact that the real wealth of
Montana is dependent directly upon
the productive skill of those who
toll To this end we reaffirm our his
toric position as the party of the
workingman and farmer.
STRENGTHEN STATE LABOR
DEPARTMENT
The State Department of Labor and
Industry was created as a separate
constitutional department of govern
ment Since nothing substantial has
been done to render effective the will
of the people in creating this Depart
ment, we propose that all boards, bu-
reaus and divisions of state govern
ment dealing with labor and industry
be consolidated under the State De-
partment of Labor and Industry and
that this department be adequately
financed and stated.
We urge that a general wage earn
er's lien law be enacted.
We urge strict enforcement of laws
eliminating the possibility of the free
wage Garner being compelled to COM
pete with the product of convict labor
and the product of any other forced
and unpaid labor.
We urge passage of reasonable and
enforceable child labor laws to pro-
tect the children of Montana from ex-
ploitation.
We support the establishment of
minimum wage law consistent with
decency and health in these days of
rising costs, to protect the Workmen
The people's voice., 1956-12-14
REDUCE ABUSES BY
LAWYER-DOCTOR COMBINES

"The act needs to be redesigned so
as to reduce abuse of the system by
unethica1 doctor-lawyer combinations.
The back cases and exaggerated claims
are running away with the funds. The
Commissioner of Labor estimates that
at least 100000 per year is now being
paid out to exaggerated claimants and
these unethical doctor-lawyer cOmbi-
nations. This is how they operate:
The insurance company lawyer refuses
to make a reasonable settlement with
the injured worker. The injured work
er goes to Lawyer x. Doctor x then
declares the injured worker 1000
disabled. Judge X then awards the
injured worker 500 weeks of compen-
sation (about $15,000), usually in a
lump sum, no matter how minor the
real injury. 1t is possible, that the fat
fee of Lawyer x is then divided among
some of the players. The Commissioner
of Labor feels that fifty per cent
5000 fees are too high; that the pur-
pose of the Workmen's Compensation
System is to adequately compensate
injured workers, not to compensate
lawyers.
Several workers with minor in
CONTINUED on Page Four)
The people's voice., 1956-12-14
To Raise Funds
Democrats Planning Roosevelt
Memorial Dinner For January

| The Central Committee made plans
for twenty-five dollar a plate fund
raising Roosevelt Memorial Dinner to
be given in Helena the last of Janu-
ary Frank Murray, Secretary of State
elect, was appointed chairman of the
dinner committee.
Senator Humphrey has been invited
to be guest speaker. In the event he
is unable to accept alternative names
suggested were Senator John Kennedy
or Eleanor Roosevelt.
They accepted the resignation of
Walter Marshall Helena, as radio and
TV director and the resignation of
Stanley e. Thompson as state chair
man of labor activities. Thompson is
secretary of the State Central Com
mittee
WELLER NEW HEAD OF
LABOR ACTIVITIES
Robert c. Weller, Kalispell, was ap-
pointed to replace Thompson as labor
activities chairman and he will in turn
appoint a director of labor activities
in each congressional district.
Democrats will have headquarters
in the Placer Hotel during the legisla-
tive session manned primarily by leg
islators' wives and part time help.
CONTINUED on Page Four)
The people's voice., 1956-12-14

Sullivan recommended the following
legislative program to Governor Aron-
son for his consideration in preparing
his State of the State message to
the 1857 Legislative Assembly.
"1. The repeal of all out-of-date
Labor Laws.
''2. The simpIfication and con-
soIidation of other Labor Laws.
"3. The enactment of minimum
wage law for the larger cities.
"a. A drastic overhaul of the whole
Workmen's Compensation System.
'The present Workmen's Compensa-
tion Act is not adequately protecting
the younger worker who has severe
injury and large family to support.
Also, the present act needs to be re-
designed so as to reduce present abuse
of the system by unethical doctor-law-
yer combinations
The people's voice., 1956-12-14

probably have resulted in judgment
close to 100000. The severely injured
workers should not be required to ac-
cept mere pittance in exchange for
their rights to sue.
COVER ocCUPATIoNAL DISEASES
"The act should be extended to
cover siIicotics and occupational
diseases. Most other states require
the industry to bear the cost. The
industries in Montana have no moral
right to shift this cost to the tax
payers and thereby force workers
with silicosis and occupationaI d.
seases to accept the social stigma
CT living on welfare.
"The act should be revised working
toward an integration of the Work
mems Compensation System with
other social insurance systems, such
as Federal Social Security. All Social
Insurance Systems should be consoli-
dated into a comprehensive social in
surance system, and thereby eliminate
duplication of benefits. Duplication of
benefits tends to keep the benefit
scales too low. Only the few persons
who can pile benefits from the differ
ent systems on top of each other
profit by non-integrated social in
surance system.
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Arms Cut Plan
Seen Aimed at
Red Objections

The new American proposal
for Soviet-American arms re-
duction apparently is another
move to find out the Kremlin's
sincere objections to disarma-
ment and meet them.
] Russia's Khrushchev and Bull
ganin. in conferences and letters
have advanced many criticisms
of American proposals for mill
tary inspection and arms reduc-
ton. Which objections are sim
cere and which are propaganda
is difficult to determine.
But if this country NETS all
objections, real or fancied, while
still holding fast to basic in
spection safeguards. then prog
ress toward disarmament may
be M lie, American policy
makers believe.
Also, by meeting Soviet objec-
tons and by continually present
ing positive proposals for steps
toward disarmament. this coun-
try can counter Kremlin peace
propaganda and make some eff
fective propaganda Of its own.
Aims at Major Objection
The latest proposal by Harold
Stassen, the Presidents dis
armament adviser, is aimed
squarely at what is thought to
be a major Soviet objection to
the Presidents open skies" and
blueprint exchange" inspection
plan.
Mr.. Khrushchev has said that
if the plan is supplemented and
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about 10. per cent in American
land, sea and air forces, now
Itotaling about 90 million men
With Russia's armed strength
estimated at million men. it
would take 81 per cent of her
men out of uniform.
The United States proposal
made no specific mention of Red
China, whose army alone is esti-
mated at 3l2 million men.
The subcommittee is still con-
sidering 1854 British French
plan which would pare down the
forces of the Big -Four and Red
China. 1t places ceilings of Ia
million men for the United
States. Russia and Red China
and $4,000 men each for Brit
ain and France.
Yesterdays proposal was the
second the United States made
in two days. Earlier Mr.. Stassen
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proposed that 10000 to 10000
square miles of United States
and Soviet territory be opened
to arms inspection by the sub
committee members - the Big
Four and CANADIANS a conf
dence-building experiment in
control and inspection.
Mr.. Stassen stressed the in
spection angle again in connec-
ton with his new proposal.
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but accepts 1t as the SYMBOL OF
its free association" with the
other commonwealth nations.
In an impressive ceremony at
Karachi, Maj. Gen. Islander
Mirza-until yesterday governor
general of the Dominion of PAX
istan-was sworn in as the new
republics first president.
A 31-gun salute doomed cut
for Gen. Mira as he took a
golden chair beside his wife, the
Begun Nahed.
Many ENJOYS Present
Some so special foreign ENJOYS
represented virtually every ma
jor country at the event. Presi-
dent Eisenhower sent Jefferson
Gallery, a diplomatic veteran in
the Moslem world who retired at
the end Of 1854 after beirg
United States Ambassador to
Egypt. The Soviet Union sent one
Of its top officials and a veteran
negotiator for foreign trade con-
tracts, First Deputy Premier An
aStas Mikoyan.
Throughout PakiStan. thanks
giving prayers were offered by
Moslems and nom Moslems. Free
food and clothing were distrib-
uted to the poor and a number
Of death sentences were COM
muted.
A flood of congratulatory mes
.sages poured in from world
leaders and rulers, including
President Eisenhower, Prime
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u. S. Asks Reds to Join
In Cutting Armed Forces

cuts by Britain. France anc
other nations, calls for a paral-
lei reduction in ornaments ano
military spending of each coun.
try.
Mr.. Stassen insisted, however
that first the nations would have
to agree on satisfactory control
safeguards and an effective mu-
tual inspection system. This has
been a major stumbling block
in the years of previous East
West disarmament negotiations.
The new United States pro-
posal would mean a reduction OF
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Minister Eden and Queen Eliza
beth II.
Pakistan was voted a republic
last month by the constituent
assembly over the protests OF
the non-Moslem opposition
They objected to including Is
.lamic in the republics name
and to a provision in the con-
stitution that the President
must be a Moslem.
Promise Protection
Moslem leaders gave assur-
ance that the name Islamic Re-
public was only symbolic and
that minority groups would be
protected.
The assembly named Gen
Mira provisional President to
serve until a presidential cleo
ton is held. There has been no
indication when the voting
would take place.
The constituent assembly now
becomes the republics first leg
islature, the National Assembly.
Elected in June, 1855, it finally
produced a constitution early
this month.
With India, Pakistan won its
independence from British rule
in 1947. India became a repub-
lie in 1850 but remained within
the commonwealth, setting the
constitutional pattern which
Pakistan followed
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Youno NuturuIists

Registration for children from
10 to II who want to qualify as
junior naturalists in a six-Week
training course conducted by Ma
tlonal Capital Parks naturalists
will be held tomorrow from $50
am. to 1880 pm. in the Interior
Department auditorium, Nine
tenth and C streets NV.
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LONDON, Mar. % (R.-The
United States has asked Russia
to join in a military manpower
cut which would whittle the
armed forces of each nation to
2l2 million men.
The plan was placed before the
five-power United Nations Dis
armament Subcommittee yester-
day by Harold E. Stassen, Presi-
dent Eisenhower's personal ad-
wiser. The Russians made no
immediate comment.
Mr.. Stassen said the plan,
which would seek proportional
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the United States sees what
armament the Soviet Union has
and vice verSa-then both
sides will increase their arms
spending in order to match the
other sides weapons.
The result, according to Mr..
Khrushchev, would be a new
arms race, rather than arms re-
duction.
To counter that objection, Mr..
Stassen proposed at the United
Nations Disarmament Subcom-
mittee meeting yesterday that
the Soviet Union and United
States cut their armed forces to
2l2 million men and cut military
expenditures proportionately.
This, it is hoped, will convince
the Kremlin that arms reduction
can accompany effective inspec-
ton.
Shows US. Willingness
If the Stassen proposal leaves
the Soviet Union cold, the pro-
posal still will help show the
world that America stands ready
to take steps leading toward an
end of the arms race.
/ The likely Soviet response
might be judged from the fact
her armed forces outnumber
Americas, while her atomic
arsenal trails this country's. A
cut in armed forces to a COM
mon level would remove the cur
rent Soviet advantage in man
power, while a pending Ameri-
can proposal to freeze atomic
stockpiling would preserve the
American edge in atomic weap-
onS,
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Pokiston Celebrates Z
New Role as Republic

KARACHI Pakistan. Mar % 0F1-Paksan formally becam
tepubc within the British Commonwealth today amid oy1u
prayer and gllering ceremony.
Henceforth the Nation million people-85 cent
them Mosem-ll the Isamic Republic Of PAX
allegiance to the British Crow
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DISASTER AVERTED AT HOSPITAL
PHILADELPHIA homemade bomb described as deadly
enough blow up part of the Philadelphia Psychlarlc
Hospital private mental institution is examined by an
Army explosive expert T/Sergt Albert Meyers and Police
Sergt William Pogson after discovered IN the luggage
of patient admitted to the hospital Police said the
patient disclosed he had brought the bomb to prevent doc
tors from giving him shock treatment-AP Wirephoto.
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BruziI Coast Attracts

RIO DE JANEIRO.-Three-
fourths of Brazils total popula-
ton is concentrated in a narrow
strip along the coast.
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AUTOMOBILES For SALE

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