The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1963-12-06

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educ vIuate all public
safeguard their the greatest extent of their
vote" Cour emphass)
The chow" behind the starting of embodied
seless dedication of handful of Montanans who with
from end of Montana the othe
selling stock the parent cooperative corporation Money
hard to by in those days Some bought tendola
shares nstament Others more afuent paid cash. ane
in instances even managed hundred dollars for the
project when the site back the State Capitol had
the building started, number of building
trades unonists traded labor for stock
The easy and without the determination OF
Editor H. S. (Cap) Bruce the late Walter Good
president of the Peoples Voice Publishing Co.,
Manning first president of Coop Pub others, there
grave doubt whether VOL NO would have the light
ofday
Internationally that chow" to finance the VOICE didn't
disappear the first print many you
we'll know each you've contributed the extra dollars
needed to keep the paper gong)
The who among the early hackers of the publication were
the Farmers Union Railroad Labor the AFL the
CO. legislators both Democratic and Republican
DOCTOR among the business people
of these have since passed Others like Don W.
Union; Senator Lee Meca Glenn K Cou Richey former
of Union Central Exchange; Senator
George McKenna of Judith Basin County; Raoader M. A.
umbo) McCan Missoula, and Farmer Carl Ahlgreen Pol
still exhibit active interest the continuing pub
LEGATION.
What were of the stories headlined in INo1?
story be expected in view of the
behind setting the publication in 1887 had to do with the
Anaconda Copper Mining Company ownership of most of the
until 1850 That lead story pointed Editorial policies of
the Montana daily clearly controlled by the corporate
reflect the of those interests to be
publish only which favor big business and the editorials
generally when not covering nconsequental trivial sub
ect batantly reactonary Tone The ownership has
changed and the better but the editorial pol
of the daies by and large continue fit
the "blatantly reactionary in tone" Indictment.
Another story reported Congressional study of monop
oily in the oil industry which concluded that two
the Rockeees and the MELONS controlled most of the major
oil companies of the nation.
Still another story pointed infant Rural Elecr-
cation Administration making possible for 1000 farms
per day receive electricity for the first time.
There them in the past the
five University teachers had wide repercussons eventually
leading the backistng of the institution by the American
Association of University Professors story from Chicago
noted the of MSU graduates and other former Mon
tanans Among those named in the story S. Logan
longtime educator living Charlo Marion Rus
SELL teacher at Hardin and Milwaukee Attorney James
Dorsey who recently accorded MSU distinguished
grad" citation at the 1868 MSU homecoming
Almost quarter of century patronowned
vs under sharp attack from stock insurance companies
a page three story related
Scosis miners and the immediate need for
tive legislation almost of later that Immediate
need met after continued logged opposition by the 1859
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