The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-12-03

pupils were killed 10 miles north o
1 Dillon by truck running go miles al
: hour, "a inches to the left of the
| center of the highway. 1 was hired
] by the parents to assist Mr. Leonard
) Schulz of Dillon to prosecute suits fol
: damages. The truck owner was in
J sured. I asked Col. Charles L. Sheri
, dan, head of the highway department
for the report in his office. 1t was
, denied 1 appealed to the governor
He refused, quoting me some funny
ambiguous statute. Schulz finally
found rancher who had followed
back the track of the truck to the
collision, and by snow lines was posi-
tive it was "a inches over on the chill
dren's side. Then the insurance COM
pany settled. Hot on news of the dis
ster, insurance friends began peddling
ISLANDERS about the girl whose father
owned the car being reckless driv-
err" 1t finally developed that a boy
was driving, that was noted for being
the most careful driver in Beaverhead
county. The girl whose Careless
driving" was public insurance COM
pany rumor in Dillon was in the back
seat
You Dopey Dupes who sit on juries
want to know all the facts in the
case. You mistrust any attorney who
would conceal from you a relevant
fact about the case. But no matter
how truthful an attorney may be in
stating to jury in an injury or death
case that defendant carried insur-
ance, it causes mistrial No legis-
lature of plain citizens ever passed
such an absurd law as this. This is
judge-made law. Our supreme court
is not alone on this. 1t prevails all
over the United States. It's original,
continuous present purpose is merely
to protect insurance companies from
being made to pay losses that they
get high premiums for underwriting.
No bunch of bankers or retired CAPT
talists is compelled by law to enter
the insurance field. If they do, why
not make them pay the shot if they
lose throw? Any gambler would be
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courts to save him from paying when |
he loses.
In the legislature 20 years ago, w. |
P. Pilgeram and I put in bill to
put the annual premiums paid by the |
state for fire insurance in fund, and |
let the state carry its, own fire in
surance 1t did not carry. If it had,
the state would be far more than a
million dollars ahead on the deal by
now. Governors, as members of the
Board of Examiners, carefully appor
ton state insurance premiums to
prominent agents with the present
thought of coming elections.
Pressure groups are nicely allied.
The Anaconda company daily press in
Helena, Billings, Butte, Missoula,
serves also the railways, power inter-
ests, insurance companies, chain
banks.
Some years ago the United States
government wanted to divert quite
moderate flow of water from the up
per Madison into Idaho. The subsid-
lied press raised Juror among our
dopey dupes in farming communities,
farmers! Several years later some
farmers near Townsend wanted water
rom the Missouri below the Madison
confluence. 1t was soon learned that
/ power company owned the Missouri
liver
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been made about the Army raising
Elathead lake seven feet. From the
governor to every chamber of COM :
nerce and insurance agent in the
tate, a hue and cry arose against the
administration, which brought Mon
ana farmers and workers land bank
,rs) out of the Poor House in 1888,
md is waging the most successful
and necessary war; in history. Head
ines appeared, Farm lands worth
], 100000 an acre will be ruined"
oubt whether $500 the acre was
aid farmers flooded when the power
ompany raised Flathead lake, 10 feet,
ONE years ago. These boys look far
head The lease on the Flathead
over site is only so years-with less
han 35 still to run. If the govern
1ent were using part of the Flathead
axe power when the lease expires,
might more readily want to use it
II. Many an honest dopey dupe who
oined the big noise about Flathead
ike would have remained silent if
e had thought twice instead of not
linking at all.
The national debt incurred to pro-
sct us from death and slavery can
g paid in only one way. The ma
onal government can take over all
)rms of life insurance. Thereby,
18th no greater burden on the people
Ian the present, net profit of five
illion dollars the year can be raised.
he states can take over all other in
frances. Thereby the state taxes
ould be eliminated. l pay taxes in
inc counties. Naturally, ! favor this
Ian. l am very rugged individ-
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