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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-01-15

On Apf1l y, 1900, Cnero was an IN
tense struggle in the United State
Senate between advocates of 90%
of parity price supports and sliding
supports test of Benson's ability
to destroy the old farm programs
in Congress. The Senate tied on al
amendment to remove mandatory
900 support for millable wheat by
a 45-to-45 vote.
Vice President Nixon broke the
tie in Benson's favor, voting for
sliding supports. Nixon thus per-
sonally killed 900 supports and
put wheat on the skids as Benson
desired.
Later that fall, according to the
New York HERALD-TRIBUNE of
October IS, 1856, Vice President Nix
on again defended the Benson isen-
hover farm program in a speech at
Columbus. Nebraska, at the National
Mechanical Corn Picking Contest.
The HERALD-TRIBUNE reported
"He (Nixon) contended the Ad-
ministration's farm program is work
ing =. because it cuts to the heart
of the problem.
''He supported Secretary Benson's
thesis that the Administrations pro-
gram of flexible price supports can
achieve prosperity ON the farm in
peace time and the accompanying
charge that high supports bring farm
prosperity only in war time.''
Then Secretary Benson was in hot
water in 1857 with members of his
own party, the NETWORK TIMES
as follows:
ASKED if Vice President Nixon
was among the Republicans he said
had come to him with assurances of
support, he replied that he had EVERY
evidence of the support of the Vice
President a. nd Mr.. (Sherman)
There was never any contradiction
or denial of Benson's statement.
Mr.. Nixon's record of voting and
going on the stump in defense of
Benson personally and of his policies
IS much too extensive and clear cut
for pundits to absolve the Vice Presi-
dent at this late date from closeness
20 the Secretary.
If the Vice President will pitch in
and vigorously help defeat the Adj
effort TO destroy the
wheat price support program next
year, and help the Democrats enact
good farm program, he might estab-
ish himself as a disillusioned and re-
'entant Bensonite. But, as of now,
lie is the chief Benson fire fighter
With 7 years experience. NORTH
DAKOTA UNION FARMER.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-01-15
Sen. Murray Nails Nixon $
Dreury Farm Policy Record

Senator James E. Murray has sug
gested that Vice President Nixon hell
defeat Administration efforts to de
stroy wheat price support programs
| if he desires to establish himself as {
"disillusioned and repentant Benson
ite."
It's too late, the Senator says in 6
statement tracing Nixon's farm rec.
ord, for him to claim that he has
"never gotten along well'' with Sec
rotary of Agriculture. Ezra Benson
and knows "that the Benson tag can
be deadly"
Replying to a Washington news
paper column describing the Vice
President as always having been aloof
from the Secretary, Senator Murray
said:
Carroll Fitzpatrick, in a recent col
umn, stated that Vice President Rich
ard Nixon has never gotten along
well'' with Secretary of Agriculture
Benson and is one of those Republi-
cans "who know that the Benson tag
can be deadly
Perhaps he now knows that ''the
Benson tag can be deadly" but the
facts are that the Vice President
has been the chief of the Benson
fire department., rushing to the de-
Tense of Benson personally, and of
his farm policies, whenever the
political fires got warm.
Speaking in Des Moines, Iowa,
April FL, 1854, Nixon said:
81 predict that the verdict of his
tory will be that Secretary of Agri-
culture Benson has been one of the
best secretaries of agriculture in our
history, and that he was the friend
of the farmer in the program he adj
and put into practice.
In. speech to the National Mech
anical Corn Picking Contest at Wa
bash, Indiana, on September II, 1856
"a speech which U. S. NEWS &
WORLD REPORT. regarded import
ant enough to carry in full-the Vice
President defended the Benson lower
orice-lower production thesis. declar-
ng:
'On the production front, a new
slexible-parity formula has been
adopted so that farmers will not be
encouraged to grow crops already in
surplus
Indicating his intimacy with Mr..
Benson, the Vice President told his
audience:
II talked to Secretary Benson just
,efore | left Washington and he is
encouraged that we
hall find additional foreign markets
or our farm products"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-01-15
NO SUBSTITUTE FOR
EXPERIENCE

Railroad equipment is complicated
and there is no substitute for the
practical experience acquired on the
job in training firemen to be future
locomotive engineer.
Applicants for position of fireman
must pass rigid physical examinations
and must have at least high school
education. Generally he has to have
three or four years experience to
qualify for promotion to engineer.
AS a rule he is required to take exam
nations, including mechanical, in
three consecutive years, the last of
which, if passed, qualities him as a
locomotive engineer. These examina-
lions include mechanical and electri-
cal equipment, air-brake systems,
safety, timetable, train orders and
operating rules. So you can see by
all of the required training and ex-
aminations he is very important part
Of railroading. He has many other
duties.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-01-15
st4 Ntt1
LANDRUM-GRIFFIN ACT 3
OUTLINED

Other highlights of the institute
as excepted from the GREAT
FALLS TRIBUNE, included tall
on the Landrum- Griffin labor con.
troll bill by we1l-known labor attorney
Charles V. Huppe of Helena.
The preamble of Landrum-G Grit
fin. Huppe said, declares it to be in
the public interest to protect the
right of employees to organize and
to choose their own representatives.
But the body of the act seriously
impairs this right of choice, he said.
Huppe explained that the bonding
section of the act requires that every
union employee, agent or officer who
handles funds must have an individual
faithful performance bond. Unions
may not have an interest in bonding
companies, but employers may. $50
who do you think is going to exercise
veto power in the choice of union Of
ficers and agents?" Huppe asked.
''This act passes the power of selec-
ton from the membership to the in
vestigators for bond houses
If a law were passed to regulate
business firms in the many ways labor
unions are now regulated, Suppe said,
'Swe would all recognize it as a totali-
tartan act. Landrum- Griffin makes
every union an agency of the federal
government, under the supervision of
the Secretary of Labor. The union
movement has been seized by Con-
gress, and is no longer free insti-
tuition of free men. This is a threat
not only to organized labor but to
free men everywhere"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-01-15
HELD IN GREATER
ESTEEM IN SWEDEN

| 3 Teacher salaries and per child edu-
cational expenditures in urban and
rural schools are identical in Sweden,
Ben sLundquist, Great Falls High
School teacher, told the Institute.
Speaking at the final event of the
two-day institute, Lundquist, who has
travelled and studied extensively in
Sweden, also, pointed out the Swedish
government pays half of school con-
struction costs, provides maintenance
grants and pays all salaries of teach
ers.
Cost of living adjustments are made
automatically, on an area basis, to
keep real income even, Lundquist
said.
''This income parity for rural and
urban teachers permits teachers to
become rooted and effective mem
bers of their communities" he said.
In Montana, rural elementary
teachers get an average of $4,000,
while urban teachers get $4,000; both
ranging from low of $4,000 to highs
of $1,000 in the country and $4,000
in the city systems.
This results in a tendency among
teachers to move out of rural posi-
tions, Lundquist pointed out.
Swedish elementary teachers get
an average income about twice that
of industrial workers, Lundquist said,
whereas American university profess
sors do well to get 1 u times the
industrial scale.
One result is that there are three |
men for every two women teaching
grades three through nine, since men
IN elementary education are able to
support families, Lundquist said. In
stead of teacher shortage, Sweden
1as great surplus of applicants for
is colleges of education, and only
he most capable are chosen.
Teachers in all Scandinavian
countries are represented on local
school boards and take part in
policy and administrative decisions.
They are influential and esteemed
members of their communities and
many are members of national
parliaments.
The two-day institute was sum-
narized and evaluated by Mrs. Ronald
Ioltz of Floweree. o
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-01-15
LABOR AND FARMERS
HAVE SAME ENEMIES

Robert Handschin, ST. Paul, re-
search director for the Farmers Union
Grain Terminal Assn, spoke on "Con-
sumner Interest In Farm legislation y
He declared that "the same people
who are trying to beat down labor
are trying to beat down farmers, and
to tell workers and farmers that each
is responsible for the high cost of
living of the other. This myth has
and the Department of Agriculture.
We've had seven years with the wrong
secretary, who is not a Secretary of
Agriculture at all but Secretary of
Middlemen." gsUa 81 saa
Handschin pointed out that farm
costs have gone steadily up, farm
prices and income steadily down,
yet prices of processed foods and
apparel have advanced.
PUBS, TO PROMOTE
MORE INDUSTRY
L. P. Tonner of Martin City. Flat
head county legislator who introduced
the public utility district bill in the
1859 Legislature, discussed the PUD
system Of locally controlled public
power now in effect in a number Of
other states.
'To provide low-cost power" he
said, lis one of the best ways to pro-
mote existing and new private enter
prise Tonner added that his pro-
posed legislation would give full pro-
lection to labor and to the owners of
water rights, and would provide
needed competition for private power
companies.
Gretchen Billings of Helena, of
THE PEOPLES VOICE, discussed
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-01-15
The@Fireman's Role
By Montana Railway Brotherhoods Legislative Board

operation the engineers eyes are al
most constantly on the switchman or
brakeman, and the fireman Is then
the safety lookout. n1s9
He is a locomotive trouble shoot
err. He not only has to have expert
knowledge of diesel engines, but he
also has to have knowledge of high
voltage electricity, account of the
complex electric locomotives. He pa
trolls the engine rooms and many
times because of his knowledge and
Judgment he saves the management
untold amounts of money by either
correcting the trouble of isolating the
unit. The fireman's duties have not
changed down through the years, as
many are lead to believe. The only
thing time has changed is his meth
cd of furnishing the power. In the
days of steam engines he had to
furnish the steam that created the
power. With the advent of the diesel
locomotives he had to school himself
in the knowledge mentioned before,
because there are many things that
go wrong with the diesel while in
operation and if at all possible he
has to keep this diesel operating in
order to get the train over the road
Consequently he is still doing the
same job.
For safety reasons, he has to
have equal knowledge with the
engineer of train orders and nearly
all of the LIPS operating rules
that we work under.
From the moment he hires out he
is a trainee to the engineer because
his craft is the training ground for
the men who pilot electric and diesel
electric locomotives. Records prove
that in many instances, he has had to
take over when something happened
to the engineer. In other words he is
The same as a co-pilot to the engi-
neer. In the human body it can be
either mentally or physically, and if
in either capacity should
happen to the engineer in either yard
Or road service this co-pilot is the
only one that could prevent serious
and if passenger train
we're involved it could be many lives
aved.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-01-15
WORKERS DETERMINED

WONhENS LIE IENMAiNGD
He said he was amazed at the de-
termination and spirit of the miners
and smeltermen and that 'the strug-
gle has been too long, too much has
been sacrificed on the part of the
miners for them to think in terms OF
giving up and they are not going to
spend five months of sacrifice and
wash it out unless they are starved
OUT.
The International leader appealed
for encouragement to the striking
miners and said they need financial
and vocal support.
James TIMBER, president of the
Montana AFL-CIO, said, Ga terrible
wrong has been done the copper work
er and his children, and added, 81
hope 1 live to see the day the aACM
goes to South America and stays
there. LAIN s,aa 4
The AFL-CIO leader said miners
were in supreme need of friends at
this time when the ACM was out to
destroy them. He said it is the prob
lem of all labor in Montana.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-01-15

Government is a trust, and the Of
ficers of the government are trustees;
and both the trust and the trustees
are created for the benefit of the
people.-HENRY CLAY.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-01-15
TRAIN CREWS DOWN
ACCIDENTS UP

Train and engine forces have de-
clined since dieselization from 300,-
$50 in 1914 to 206,219 in 1859. In
this same period railroad accidents
have increased. Last years ICC sum-
mary of accidents reports a total of
27,724 human beings killed or in
jured on the nations railroads.
Now it seems to us that where
human lives are concerned. any
thing and everything should be
done to protect those lives and the
elimination of the fireman is surely
not step in the right direction.
We would like to inform the public
that it is through no fault of ours
that rail service is not what it was
in the past, that local freight service
is almost extinct and local passenger
service is thing of the past. The
railroad Brotherhoods have spent
much time and money in opposing
train abandonments which
we thought were contrary to public
interest. Now by the railroads re-
quest, they want to abandon the fire
man and brakeman and we do not
think that would be in the public
interest either.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-01-15
Fundamental Changes Of

the telephone rate cases recently con
sidered by the Montana Public Serv
ice Commission.
Mrs. Billings said telephone users
have saved $500, 900 since con-
sumers organized, hired rate ex-
pert to challenge an increase re-
quested in 1857 by Mountain States
company, and won complete de-
NAL of this increase by the Public
Service Commission.
P.J. Gilfeather Great Falls attorney
and Cascade county legislator, dis
cussed Taxation in Montana" Gil
feather defended the classification
system as an effort to tax properly
according to it's ability to pay; praised
the property and income tax struc-
ture as Ssbasically correct" and
warned against Progressive measures
like the sales taxi "Watch out for
people who talk glibly about broad
ening the tax base," he said. "You
farmers and working men are the
base some of them have in mind"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-01-15

It's easier to get ulcers from what's
eating you than from what you eat.
S. KERR.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-01-15

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pany to divide the workers have been
unsuccessful.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-01-15
SECOND PAIR OF EYES"

The physical characteristics of To-
comotives create areas that arc blind
to the engineer, but are not blind to
the fireman. He therefor serves as
the engineers second pair of eyes
and ears. This is especially true in
switching operations, because in this
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-01-15

In a recent article the publicity
committee of The BLF&E made a
statement that railroads big business
doesn't think in human terms or of
the needs of working men and women
or of safety. 1t thinks only in terms
of dollars and cents and more profits.
We would now like to present some
concrete facts to prove our statement.
On November 2, 1869, we of the
operating department of the Great
Northern Railway were served notice
by management in which they seek to
abolish our present working contract.
Heading their list Of proposed
changes is a request to eliminate all
agreements, rules, regulations and
practices however established, which
require employment or use of fire
men in any class of freight or in any
class of yard service.
BY this request the railroad is
throwing to the winds both safety
and efficient operation.
Unknown to some of you who read
this letter, you have had either serious
injury or your life saved by the alert
ness and actions of this fireman on
our many railroad crossings. Evidence
of the fireman's role in safe railroad
ing can be recounted by thousands
who benefited by his attention to duty
and there are many cases of his
herOiSm on record
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1960-01-07

cause Shaw dominated the
boards, they went ahead to
lead 27-20 at the half.
The Cardinals looked like a
different team in the second
half as they scored % points
in the third quarter and %
points in the last quarter. Sc
nior center Bill Morris was top
scorer and rebounder with &c
points and 13 rebounds.
Senior forward Bill Mess did
a fine job also as he hit 81 per
cent of his shots from the field
and 100 percent from the foul
line for Is points. He also
gathered in eight rebounds.
This Friday, the Cardinals,
who are tied for first place in
the Lake Erie League with
Lakewood, plays host to the
Euclid Panthers. The Panthers
have a 3-3 season, but in two
of their losses they did not have
their 6 ft. 6 in. center, Wal
don Kyle, a fine rebounder.
Also 6 ft. 3 in. Tom Davis,
their top scorer, and Dave Col
bow, 5 #. 10 in. guard, who is
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1960-01-07
Carpenter Is
Fined $500
On DW| Charge

Marvin Batig, 45, of 1911
Richmond rd., was fined $500
and costs for his second offense
of driving while intoxicated
Mr.. Batig was arrested Nov
18th at Superior and Eddingtor
I'd.
His six-month Jail sentence
was suspended to five days or
the condition that he sign an
affidavit once a month saying
that he had not driven car
without waiting eight hours
after taking an alcoholic bever-
age.
According to statute the of
tenders license must be sus-
pended. Judge Stanton Addams
suspended Batig's license fol-
only one hour when he heard the
case Dec. 31st, because Mr.
Batig needed his license to en-.
able him to carry on his work
as carpenter.
First offenders on the charge
of driving while intoxicated
Ralph Lanese Of Stevenson rd.;
Joseph Glists Of Bellevue, and
Alfred Wolfram of Forest Hill
ave-, were each fined $3.50 and
costs and given two-day Jail
sentences by Judge Adams.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1960-01-07
How America
Seems To Her

Her impressions of American
life as an exchange student at
Shaw High School will be given
by Kristen Poulsen, of Denmark,
before the East Cleveland XII
wants Club Monday noon in the
East Cleveland YMCA.
Miss Poulsen is the fourth
student brought here under the
auspices of the American Field
Service, the East Cleveland pro-
gram of which is administered
East Cleveland Kiwanis Club.
Her American foster mother,
Mrs. Roland Doles, will also be
introduced.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1960-01-07
Shaw Rolls
To victory;
Albums Show

After a poor first half, the
Shaw High Cardinals rolled in
the third and fourth quarters
to notch a 72-49 victory over
Brush in an independent game
last Wednesday. Poor shooting
and defensive work were evil
dent in the first half as Shaw
hit only 29 percent Of their
shots from the field. But be-
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1960-01-07

a good playmaker, led their
team.
Prior to the varsity game, the
Shaw alumni athletes who
graduated in the past four even
numbered years played the
alumni who graduated in the
past four odd numbered years.
The even numbered alumni won
45-44, led by Harold Klug's nine
points.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1960-01-07

MISS EDNA P. RIsTAU,
1878 East l42nd ST., was
honored recently by She'll
Oil Company on compile
tion Of 80 years Of service.
She was presented q did,
mond pin at q luncheon
given in her honor at the
Sheroton-CIevelond Hotel.
Miss RistoU is q secretary
in Shells Cleveland Divi-
sion Office Administrative
Department. A native Of
Cleveland, she Joined the
company offer graduating
from Spencerion Business
School,. She has served in
various clerical capacities
until 1854 W h en- she
assumed her present posi-
tion. Miss RistoU is q men,
Der Of Eastern Star and her
fovorite hobby is travel.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1960-01-07
CROSS WOMEN
BREAK BANK

JdIudTy Is Dfcdh the DdIlk
month for members of the
Woman's Society of Christian
Service of Windermere Metho-
dist Church. Jan. 18th, at 1880
p. m., members of the Society
will bring in the banks in which
they have been dropping a penny
for each meal during the year.
This project came into being
several years ago when the an
nual bazaar was discontinued.
The program for the evening
is titled an "Historical Sketch
of Windermere," and is under
the direction of Mrs. Grace Toy
Davidson. Participating will be
members of circles Z, 8, and 10.
Miss Caroline st. Clair will bring
the meditation for the evening.
Hostess circle is number 6
with Mrs A. E. Griffith as chair
man. A White Elephant Sale
will add to the fun of the eve-
ming.
World Religion Day will be
observed by Baha'is in many
parts of the world on Sunday,
Jan. 17th, 1860. In our locality
there will be two observances:
in East Cleveland at 3 p. m. at
126OO Euclid ave-; in Cleveland
at 8 p. m. in the Society for the
Blind building, 1858 East 93rd
st. Mrs. Helen Reech of East
Cleveland and Mrs. John Bus
tard of Urbana, ILL.,, will be the
speakers at the respective
meetings.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1960-01-07
Three Travel
Movies At Library

The East Cleveland Public
Library invites the public te
attend the library's film pro.
gram Jan. 14th, at 8 p. m
Three movies will be shown
that evening.
1. HALEY National Park will
be in evidence of the natural
beauty of India's parks.
2. Magic of the mountains
will depict the greatness Of the
Himalaya.
8. Hawaiian Express will pre-
sent our newest state-the mid
Pacific paradise.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1960-01-07
Scouts Cubs
Have RoundtabIe

The Scout and Cub leaders of
the Western Reserve District,
Boy Scouts of America held a
monthly Roundtable at the East
Cleveland Baptist Church, 14516
Euclid ave., Monday.
The monthly Roundtables are
an important part of the lead
ership training program. Each
troop and pack in the district
was well represented.
Ted Weber is the district
executive and John Andree is
district commissioner.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1960-01-07
Churches
WINDERMERE HEARS
OF EVANGELISM

The members of the Winder
mere Presbyterian Church vii
hear the Rev. Mr.. Robert B
Clapp, pastor of the Boulevard
Presbyterian Church, speak or
evangelism Jan. 10th.
Rev. o. C. Sappenfield on the
same Sunday will be speaking
twice at the Boulevard Presby-
terian Church on the topic "The
Big Dose"
This pulpit exchange comes
as a part of the Presbytery-
wide program recognizing the
Importance of Evangelism Sun
day.
The Rev. William E. Towner
pastor of the East Cleveland
Baptist Church will preach on
Whats in a Name 2" Sunday
at the II am. Morning Worship
Service. That same evening, the
Ivy Club from the Church will
have a Progressive Dinner.
Jan. 9Th at s p. m. members
of the Philathea Class will meet
at the home of Mrs. Harold
Harrison, 1882 Hastings Ave.
for their first meeting of the
New Year.
The January meeting of the
Women's Society of Christian
Service of the Church Of the
Cross will be held on the 18th.
The official board meets at ten
a. m., and prayer service at
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1960-01-07

Denise Mary was born to
Mr.. and Mrs. James Sullivan,
1853 Stanwood, Dec. 22nd.