The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-12-15

each year bring disaster the lower section of the Mis-
souri, valley, be accomplished that only by the adoption
of Missouri Valley Authority the monopoly control
of state water be broken and
developed for the greatest benefit to the people of Mon
tana and the industrial development of the state be
sured that the establishment OF Missouri Valley Author
y for the development of this great water resource with
out abrdgment of the interests of other states within
the Missouri river basn will bring Montana pop
ulaton establishment of INDUSTRIES great oppor
tunites for employment and fuller life for all of the
people of the state.
State Hospital
2. A demand for a thorough investigation by the
Montana legislative assembly in 1915 of the State Hospital
for the Insane at Warm Springs that medical care
better housing and food be provided by adequate appro
priatons
A committee of the 1913 legislative assembly in it's
report to the assembly, pictured conditions obtaining
this state institution which constituted indictment of
the ordinary humaneness of the citizens of the state
Failure of that legislative assembly to make provision for
the remedyng of the conditions found to exist them and
the failure of the insist upon provisions
places them in the position of considering the saving
money important than the comfort and well
fare and indeed the lives of the unfortunates confined
IN the institution. This must not happen again.
Old Age Pensions
g. The passage of legislation which will insure our
aged citizens security and comfort in the declining
of their lives.
Pension law and finds itself at the bottom of the
list of all states in the amount of pensions paid Our aged
citizens have earned security by their services to society
during their working To grant this security not
charity is the acknowledgment and payment of debt
owed by society.
Social Security
4. Action by the 1916 legislative assembly in the
form of joint memorial to the for the speedy
enactment of the Wagner-M urray-Din bill, with its
broad provisions for social security.
1t is contention that every citizen of this, the
richest country in the world should want for med
cal care adequate housing and food Pending the enact
ment of federal legislation assuring this it must be the
responsibility of the state to provide for it,
Occupatonal Diseases
s. That the 1916 legislative assembly, make all oc
cupatonal diseases such scoss compensate under
the provisions which the Industrial Accident Board
operates.
The totally inadequate compensation now paid by the
Public Welfare to sufferers from scoss disgrace not
aeviaed by the fact that with customary political Chi
canery the Anaconda Copper Mining Company through
it's influence succeeded in placing the burden of compen
saon the general public instead of upon itself where
it obviously belonged.
Department of Labor
g. Legislation for the creation of separate depart
ment of labor with adequate appropriation for efficient
functoning
Montana the bottom of the list of states provd-
ing for protection of the interests of its aboring people,
The Liquor Monopoly
7. That the 1915 legislative assembly, make thor
ough investigation of the states liquor monopoly and
make such amendments to the law will provide greater
of businesske administration of this service to
the people of the state.
Under an Interpretation of the law by decision of
the majority of the court to which Associate Justices Adar
and Erickson dissented the State Liquor Control Board
now is in effect functonng private business using
state funds This condition not conducive to admins
tration for the good of the general public
Other Measures
We living in rapidly changing times. We do not
bind ourselves to support of only the outlined
above We shall support any measure which is designed
to advance the public good.