The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-10-06
Governors or People

Valley Authority Like previous attack which this write
Imperative language openly displayed prejudice and it
apparent lack of conception of what is implied in the
proposed measure.
If there any meaning the harangue
intended put the St. Louis PostDpatch ION the spot
for ventunq to express itself in favor of Missouri Valley
Authority The editor however, wanders off the reservation
devoes considerable and Incorporate
LANGUAGE to attacking the Farmers Union the G O. and the
"TVAers he calls them He charges them with what he
consider henous crime in supporting Senator Murray
proposal.
After what this editor apparently considered a
clever arragnment of various supporters he
this gem which real evidence of refreshing ignorance
his part He says:
"Hext were the IVA boys, themselves One of them
Mr.. Lienthal has written fine sociastic book, which
when read through the glasses furnished with
the book lat price OF course just simply ranspants
the IVA into the Missouri valley and makes it grand
and glorious redinged garden spot"
This must inevitably compel the intelligent Montanan who
Mr. Lenthas book to arrive at the definite
cusion that the editor has not bothered read the book that
he has at its contents and thinks he impose his
"epinions of ignorance on Intelligent people
After something column of vituperatve, "smart
aecky dissertation he brings his heavy artillery he
doubt considers it, by presenting the following:
"In the meantime state governors met at Omaha
consider the Pick and Sloan plans after extensive
ings both before various committees of 1t
apparent to the governors, it would be to any
reasonable person. that there good points in both
plans good engineers in both of those departments of the
government So the governors adopted resolution adj
dressed to wherein they asked
vide authority for the coordination of the plans.
That is what everybody wanted both in the upper
and lower basin states Such request to congress
necessary because the Army Engineers plan had been
gotten up under one authorization OF congress- while the
Reclamation Bureau worked under different authorize
ton, and only could coordinate and ntegrate
the two.
Shortly thereafter our Senator Murray without one
of consultation with those most vitality interested
his state, introduced bill in the United States
calling for the creation and authorization of vast bu
reaucratc sociasic scheme to be called Missouri Val
ley Authority We read the senator's speech in the
gresonal Record upon the occasion of the introduction
of his bill Fully two-thrds of his remarks given
over to laudation of the IVA the bows who created it.
of the
has come to be associated with the IVA Comparatively
little was said bv the senator in regard TO the real nrob
lens of irrigation and consumptiye of water the
Missouri
can now the latest recruit to the fold of an MVA
other than the President of the United States
few days he sent to congress asking
adoption IVA set-up Missouri river and cited
the resolution adopted by the at Omaha
the basis for his request for the creation of this
authority Nothing farther from the minds
seven than the creation of authority for
the Missouri This subsantiaed by public
of Governor Ford of Montana and Governor Hunt of Wyo
ming both of whom present at the Omaha confer
Said Governor Ford: Montanas state government
and its state officials have any
providing for basnwde authorities Missouri or
Montana rivers Senator Mllikin of Colorado
quoted by the Associated Press calling the
suggestion "a very unfortunate msake.'
The conference the to and the con-
illusions arrived at by them, major
Importance will be noted that Governor statement
quoted above did not take into consideration what the
pie of Montana might want He the position
that what the Estate government and it's
wanted was the important consideration When he recently
ports the senator told him flaty that he didn't consider
important what wanted but did consider the peo
pies wishes the determining factor And probable that
this is also the views of the majority of Montana citizens
1t undoubtedly and admittedly presumptous
piece of advice to learned colleague the editor the
Miles City Star However since this writer has been
noted for for supeors this the
all frendness Don't get too far out the Republican
with promiscuous attacks the Farmers Union
and the c. o. not making votes for party
which is purpose Realize you
Farmers Union with II 600 members in the
kindly to surs the organization and that will
of the republicans we'll the democrats in the organization
and believe not will find that most of them sup
porters of the MVA proposal The c. O. with its 10000
members its auxares and friends will not be pleased
your sneering remarks about the c. l. o. r
The membership of these organizations
with but bet your last Montana Power Company
lar Mr. Editor that they don't like and in the vernacuar will
swallow bunk such Sunday editorial There
are among thenl-and state this with confidence-who
know lot more about the MVA than, dgng by your
nents you have the capacity to kdow Ii
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