The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-12-24

political machine built up that I die
not believe any other democrat could
defeat, and felt at that time that Sam
Ford was the only man who could
turn the trick. l have since thought
that | should have supported Sam
Coca instead of Sam Ford, as he
would have been much easier to elect
and he is man with wonderful
personality and one who can shake
hands with more men and call them
by their first names than any man in
the state of Montana.
did not expect Governor Ford to
disrupt the whole administration, but
we did expect him to eliminate the
key stool pigeons" who fought him
SO bitterly, knowing full well that his
administration could not be a success
with these men still holding office. l
did not expect or want him to replace
all Ayers appointees, but they should
stand in their place on first, loyalty;
second, honesty; third, efficiency.
Rest assured that Handbook had no
blueprint on operations as he is not
that kind of an engineer
| was informed on good authority
after Ford's election, that Ford had
agreed and that the major companies
had been approached and given the
assurance that he would cooperate
with them and would not hurt them
IN any way. This is the reason for
making the statement that he was in
directly controlled from the Sixth
floor of the Hennessy building, and
wish to state further that there was
no desire on my part for the admin
istration to help or hurt any corpor-
alton in Montana, large or small, as
they are all entitled to fair considera-
ton providing they live up to the
same rules and regulations that apply
to all such organizations
1t is easy enough to determine why
a man should be called a "Stooge"
or stool pigeon" and Mr.. Stout per-
sonally knows the full qualifications
OF such person without me elaborat-
ing. Many people disagree with me
WIN dle uOC SlOOI pigeons.
Now let me state publicly that
have no ambition whatsoever to serve
as the governor of Montana for the
reason that l have ample RESPONSE
bilities that take the major portion
81 my time, but l would like to help,
sitting in the sage brush, to eliminate
and Inconsistencies. |
which elimination would make a bet |
.er place for our posterity to live in. |
am glad to know that Mr.. Stout |
would hesitate to urge me to tackle |
he job of governor, but 1 can assure
lin that if did, there would be fair
treatment to all and there would be
10 conditions that now exist at our
tate capitol during every legislative
ession. For his further information.
do not claim any monopoly on hon
sty, as | firmly believe that 90e5 of
he general public are honest, but l
10 know that many politicians fall |
rom grace after they are elected and
want to say further that l have
more respect for man who, with
lack mask over his face and armed i
WITH a gun, holds up a bank, than
ave for the politician who raises his
lght hand, takes the oath of office CT
llegiance to the county, state or ma
ION, and uses this advantage to make
profit of one five cent piece for
lmself or relatives.
One thing l am grateful to Mr..
tout for, and that is he gives me
red1t for being consistent in con-
rast with these wishy-washy guys
Tho sit on the fence waiting for the
ind to blow and fall over on either
lde that gives them the most advan-
age.
ThirtY-fiVa cents an hour ia tho !