The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-12-10

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son by his actions and his trend, and
by the appointments he makes or does
not make. This would lead any sane
man to judge from where the control
was coming, which is the reason for
my suggestion from where you were
being influenced. l do know that the
first requisite in business, social life
and even politics should be loyalty;
the second is honesty; third is eff
cheney, and l can't help but believe
you missed the mark in many in
stances and many of which are in
excusable. ! always try to judge a
man by his actions and say exactly
what l think and I do believe the
company has not been Inconvenience
in any way since you assumed office,
and l do think they were given that
assurance before you went in. In my
own mind have decided what the
final outcome will be. I know human
nature pretty we'll as I have come in
contact with the general public for
long time as | have handled lot
of business and come in contact with
lot of workers and l do know what
constitutes good business in most
every line of endeavor
Do not think for one minute that l
have in any way wanted to dictate
or control your actions and | did be-
lieve, when / first approached you to
run for governor of this state, and
stated that in my opinion, you were
the only man who could beat Roy
Ayers. I did not question your hon
esty or integrity, knowing full well
that you were one Of our outstanding
attorneys in the state and knew the
law, at the same time knowing that
you had very little, If any, executive
experience in handling men where the
equation of human nature was in
volved, particularly in the spending of
large sums of money and doing en-
cheering work. You or any other
surrounded yourself with few
friends with whom you could counsel
and advise, but in the final analysis
it was up to you to make the final
decision. That is what your office,
as head of the state administration,
would signify.
You know full we'll that Bert Kath-
an was the logical man to appoint as
commissioner of agriculture, because
that is the one thing that he knows
and is his hobby, but l do firmly be-
lieve that Bert Kathan is honest and
sincere, and will serve the state well.
You make the statement that l
stand alone in trying to bring pres
sure for appointments on the highway
commission. This appointment came
to me unsolicited, but I did say l was
willing to serve in any capacity that
would be for the benefit of your adj
ministration and the state. | merely
suggested Dan O'Hern or some other
liberal to serve with me but we do
know that Donohue was put back into
the highway department until McKin-
non offered him a better job and also
this dude from Missoula who was
chief engineer, and there is no doubt
in my mind someone else brought
pressure and succeeded. In my opin-
ion, all appointments have been made
by Sam Ford with the latent approval
of Mr. Holmes and the commission,
but that, under the Hitler law, is
your privilege.
I certainly want to be fair and
want to see your administration sue
coed and l want to see you clean up
the faint and favoritism that has sur
rounded the capital for many years.
You had the greatest opportunity of
any governor elected, but in the minds
of hundreds of your supporters, you
have hopelessly failed to date.
You accuse me falsely when you
say that | wanted to control the COM
and dictate it's policies. The
policies of the commission should be
dictated by the majority of the board
and the engineer should pick his own
with the approval of the
and they could criticise
for only one reason and that would
be inefficiency. | will say that as
outlined in your letter, you have a
noble desire to serve the state, but
your first year in office has not shown
the general public that you wish to
clean the slate and give us new re-
gime. We also know that every nor
NAL man makes mistakes and you are
not excepted. have made many and
the man who does not make mistakes
never does anything, but when man
is elected to office as public servant |
he is expected to do the greatest |
good for the greatest number and for |
The benefit of the constituents who |
supported him during his campaign |
and not try and make the general |
public believe that he is tin god and |
above reproach and criticism of his |