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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-08-25
A WORD ABOUT WORDS
BY JOHN STAHLBERG

| A Sunday Muscular editorial of
two or three months ago proffered a
curious bit of historical incarnation.
In the pontifical style of journalism's
three-for-a-nickel pundits it asserted
that the Old West did not like new
Corners who talked. Since most of
the people of the Old West were new
corners and talked pretty freely, espe-
cially in disparagement of the old set
tiers, whose skins happened to be a
shade darker than their own, the as
sertion is less notable for accuracy
than for the obviousness of its aim.
That aim was to warn bad boys like
President Melby of the state univer-
sity, who had stated that education
has enemies in Montana. %
1t is of course unimportant that
President Melby happened to be right
Not only education but every mani
estation of intelligence and decency
have enemies in Montana. This is
distinctly NOT to say that all Mon
tanans are enemies of these things,
or that no place but Montana harbors
such enemies.
The point this reader would like to
see cleared up, however, is not wheth-
er DR.. Melby was right or wrong
Why did the newspaper pundit, like
the good educator, set geographical
limits? Why the West? Our simian
society is much the same everywhere;
and precisely because it is simian
(but here | had better start new
paragraph
Because it is simian, our society
is never unfriendly to talk Not chat
ter offends it, but silence There is,
of course, such a thing as talking too
much; but no one has ever been hated
for talking too much. Human society
may laugh at chatterbox, but it re-
serves its suspicion and deepest mall
ice for the man who talks too little.
Perhaps the average person will
read this statement with a start of
But if the same average
person will reflect for a moment, he |
will be pretty certain to remember |
incidents, observations, even attitudes |
of his own which support It. AS for |
the person who is inclined to be la |
comic or downright taciturn, he will |
ask for no support for my generaliza-
ton. His whole experience will have |
its truth.
Humanity collectively can never
a man for whom speech |
Is difficult. 1t is so excessively easy
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-08-25

for most of u.s. Some silent men
train themselves to talk, not easily
but acceptably; some try and fail.
Whether they fail or succeed, they
know the true meaning of loneliness.
The limitless din of jabber in which
their fellowmen gambol like fish in
an ocean is not their element. They
are never at home in It.
Those who fail entirely-the men
for whom ordinary conversation re-
mains a daily ordeal and the idiocy
of small talk" an mpossibility-learn
day by day and year by year to live
with other mems dislike and distrust.
Queer guyi" they hear when their
backs are supposed to be turned.
Don't say much, does he? Stuck-up,
guess" Or. in a tone of jaw-clamp-
ing. fist-clenching rage: why, that
blank, blank, thus and so such and
suchi Too this and that to even
speak to a guy!" Or, worst of all, in
the mucky knowingness of obscene
suspicion: "Whadja spose is wrong
with that egg that he don't seemta
have nothin' to say to nobody? Must
be kinduva-" (This emetic variant is,
thank God, unknown in the West
except within the moral spheres of
influence of certain prominent news
paper editors.)
By and large, you are fortunate if
you can chatter like a magpie, like a
like a main-street stuffed
shirt. Avoid a pause-even a brief
pause for station identification-as
you would avoid a pestilence Per-
sons who recommend silence are per-
sons who have never tried it,
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-08-25

to the war, new chemical and light
metal industries established them
selves in the valley drawn by the
available raw materials and ample
low cost power. Existing heavy in
dustry expanded and a substantial ex-
pansion and addition of existing or
new enterprises ranging from the
manufacture of aircraft, stoves,
ground mica, metal dies, forestry and
timber products took place rapidly.
All of these developments are re-
Elected in the story of what happened
to the level of income in the Ten
nessee valley between 1888 and 1910:
in the seven Tennessee valley states
per capita income increased 73 per
cent as compared with Sc per cent
increase for the country as whole.
Bank deposits increased rs per cent
in the Tennessee valley states while
the whole country showed an increase
of 46 per cent. Retail sales increased
81 per cent compared with II per cent
for the country as a whole.
The Tennessee valley is moving to
the front among the regions of the
nation. 1t is no longer regarded as
our Number One Economic Prob
lem" The Tennessee valley is now
known as the region of great promise
and rapid fulfillment, the region of
expanding opportunity.
Mr. President, what does the Ten
nessee valley possess that we lack
in the Missouri valley? The people
of the Tennessee valley know and
they will tell you. They have an
agency-an expert partner-charged
with the overall purpose of showing
how the people can develop, conserve,
and use all of their natural resources.
They have working partner able and
willing to see the problems of their
valley as whole-not just flood con-
troll, not just navigation, not just
navigation, not just power, not just
big business, not just agriculture. The
people of the Tennessee valley have
an agency which makes its decisions
in the region, not in Washington. It's
experts, its engineers, it's technicians
and managers work under board
of directors, with offices in the re-
gion, with doors open to the people
and their agencies and institutions.
The people of the Tennessee valley
know that the IVA is not the special
agent or advisor of one interest
against another. They know that the
IVA is under mandate from con-
gress to see each problem and OPP
of the valley as it is re-
lated to other problems.
The people of the Tennessee valley
know that the iva cannot escape |
and accountability for |
what it does or fails to do. 1t must |
i've face to face with the people it |
Is there to serve. The distance be-
tween the Tennessee valley and
Washington is no protection to the
accountability of the IVA. 1t is al
ways on the spot, always at hand, it
s always held to the task of a full
development of all the resources of
he valley for all the people.
/ say this is what we lack in the
Missouri valley. Our destiny is not
Until we get it.
Concluded next week.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-08-25

lands are periodically inundated by
the unruly and uncontrolled Missouri.
At the same time, in the upper parts
of the great basin extensive areas
thirst for water which would turn
nearly 100000 arid acres into fer
tile production.
In many parts of the area, report
of the Mississippi river committee of
the Public Works Administration,
made several years ago, shows serious
lowering of the water table-the level
of subsurface water upon which So
per cent of the people outside the
large cities depend for domestic and
stock watering purposes. This is a
serious matter = it affects the lives
and livelihood of the people of the
nation as well as those in the Mis-
sissippi valley. In North Dakota, for
example, the water table was lowered
during a period of 10 to 25 years by
anywhere from to "a feet. In Ne
braska, in 16 to SO years the lowering
= taken from county to county -
ranged from 10 feet to more than 20
feet. In South Dakota, changes are
irregular, ranging from less than 10
feet in some counties to more than
35 feet in others. Iowa shows a fairly
uniform drop throughout the state,
areas with less than 10 feet lowering
of the water table being about equal
to those with a drop of more than
10 feet.
Some of our modern agricultural
methods appear to accentuate this
catastrophe tendency Even in areas
where water is sorely needed the rain
drop instead of being held where it
falls has its course to the sea expe-
dited In the mainstream of the Mis-
souri, and on thousands of miles of
its tributaries, water runs unchecked
and Embarrassed; only very small
proportion of the potential water pow
er of this extensive river system is
captured by turbines and generators
for useful work.
Mr. President. it is clear that the
job to be done is tremendous 1t
challenges the imagination 1t throws
down the gauntlet to our engineering
skill, our scientific knowledge, and
our know-how as to methods and man
agement.
With the Missouri ranked as the
greatest single river system in the
United States, the full development |
of resources proposed under this bill
might well rank as the most import |
ant national development since the
Louisiana Purchase, of which much of |
this territory was part. The Louis
lana Purchase opened the way to |
tremendous, pioneering expansion
Sturdy and daring souls pushed west
ward with ox-team, pillow, and AK to
build the foundations of an empire
The time for such pioneering is
past, but a new era of different |
kind of pioneering is at hand. 1t is
pioneering of intensive development |
rather than of expansion, pioneering
founded on the skills of the techni-
clan, the soils scientist the geologist,
the electrical engineer, and the ex-
pert in water control 1t is a pioneer
ing in the use of our managerial abil-
tiles and knowledge to put the re-
sources of great river and it's valley
to work for the benefit and advance
ment of our people.
The people of the Missouri valley
have long sensed the possibilities for
the development of their natural re-
sources and they have sought to bring
it about
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-08-25
A Missouri Valley Acknowledgements Murray

And the people want results:
They want the valleys waters thor
oughly and efficiently husbanded.
They want the periodic floods meas
urably controlled, the damages mini
mized.
They want the development of navi
cation for cheap transportation.
They want the rivers harnessed ant
put to work to provide electric powel
for homes, farms, and industry.
| They want the basic resource o
soil fertility protected and built VI
GUS agriculture.
They want industry deyeloped-in
dustry indigenous to the area ant
based on its raw materials, spreading
it's activity and the opportunities fol-
employment widely throughout the
territory and not concentrated in 6
congested areas.
They want the arid and semi-arid
lands of the upper basin irrigated and
made rich and productive.
Piecemeal efforts at development
for some purposes have been made
over period of many years. But the
people know that the results fall far
short of the needs of the region. Mil
lions of dollars have been spent to
improve the river and to reclaim the
TALLY developed for navigation, al
though a deeper channel is needed to
make it fully effective. Levees have
been built and rebuilt year after year
in efforts to check the ravages of
floods Certain irrigation projects
have been built for flood control. But
the people know from their own ex-
perience that something is wrong.
Something is missing. They know
that the overall development, COM
mensurate with the potential strength
of the Missouri valley, has not been
accomplished.
Instead, we have found the various
and piecemeal developments conflict
ing with one another. Although they
DIT oil uCdlihS Win bhO ilfOl ,
the interests of one section of the
valley view with concern and are fear
full of the effect of projects in other
parts of the region. These differences
of view are brought to the fore at the
present time by the conflict between
the proponents of two plans, both of
which are claimed to be comprehen-
sive. One is the Pick Plan of the u.
S. Army Engineers, which is aimed
at providing flood control and navi-
cation on the lower reaches of the
river The other is that of the Blu
reau of Reclamation, which proposes
a system of reservoirs to provide wa
ter for irrigation. There is conflict
between the two plans as to the res
ervoirs to be built and the uses to
which the impounded waters shall be
put.
The conflict between these two
plans epitomizes the reasons for fail
ure to achieve proper development of
the river. The reason is no reflection
upon the abilities or the integrity of
the two organizations or their engi-
neers. The simple fact is that the
methods which have been applied to
the problems of the Missouri basin
have not been suited to the job. Each
Of the many agencies of the federal
government is expected and author
lied to become familiar with ONLY
A PART OF THE RIVER. Each
agency is concerned with only a part
Of the many purposes to which the
river can be put
Evening star., 1944-03-19
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NOTE: We win pay - in War Savings Stamps for
each question and accepted for use in this
column Proof nsust accompany Address: Tom
Henry, THIS WEEK, 400 Cr.yb.r Building. 40 Lex
inston Ave-. New York II, N Y. Unaccepted contriba
lions cannot be acknowledged or returned.
Evening star., 1944-03-19

!. DooHl11 -. Why i the immediate burn
Ing of sA empty bosses snd packing material
from sevricsnsen overseas urseup
To prevent new insect outbreaks. Pink boil
worms and ether insect pests found in packages
from scrvicemen overseas are . threat czops-
Mrs. p. n. S, ABuny. Ga.
I. YIoU1A1IVELY SPEAKnf0 Out Of
the s., ~, ,eee spon.en in the U.s., hos many
hsue Joined the armed servicesf
liz, ,621 - about one in every 800.
I. no FoXHoLE1 Why can, fozholes be
dug in the Gilbert IsLsnds?
Because . foxhole two three feet deep be-
comes . well. Instead, miniature shelters
built of coconut logs banked with sand.
4. TIRED PLANES :. What does the Army
do .cith airplanes and parts Of planes retired
because Of old age?
Hish-school boys will use them ~ laboratory
models in pre-Aight aeronautics programs.
3. SleoKuNo LAMPS Cigarette lighters
burn fuel oil and matches burn sulphur, both
of schich scarce in England. What has that
country done for her sn'okerss
Most towns in England burn gas jets from
which smokers catch . light. These have
been found more economical.
Mrs. 4. F., Crosse Potuae, Mich.
6. GOOD SHEDDING {. Why are ru.ehide
thongs used insteod Of bolts in wooden tToTspoTt
sleds for arctic troops?
>%>J. rs.,t,. Sfr
Z. SLOGANS What Army slogan about food
at nsealti,e should civilians fotIo'c, too?
ssTake all you want, but eat all you take
Mrs. P. r., Springfield, III.
3. LUXURY {. . Ho.c does Pullman rail t.apel
expect to compete .cth tyarel otter the soars
BY providing triple-decked Pullman berths at
. dollar a nisht and private-roon, cars . little
more than the present cost of a lower berth.
Conducted b, W. M~->
NOTE: We win pay - in War Saving. Stamps for
each question and accepted for use in this
column Proof accompany snsscer. Address: Tom
Henry, THIS WEEK, 400 Cr.yb.r Building. 40 Lex
ins,on Ave-, York II, N. " Unaceepted coatriba
.ions cannot be acknowledged returned.
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-04
|vEMALE HELP WANTED


AVAILABLE now. openings for typ
list. stenographsr. clerks. general Of
flee work: 4s TO 81 hours per week /:
new equipment. downtown Office. ca
$500, ext. 205. Continental Aviation
q Engineering Corp. 81 Henry.
BAKERY help; woman or girl, rs
years or over hours to suit no ex-
perience necessary: eteadyi good pay;
overtime. good working conditions.
Russell street coach stops al door
Farmerest Bakery 5st5 Russell
BAKERY Help-Giris cake icers.
wrappers and packers; essential In
dustry. good pay. time and " over
40 hours; days, no sundays or holt
day work Apply In person. Ward
Baking Co.. $500 Toledo.
BEAUTY OPERATORS. earn war
time wages In our modern beauty
salon. Excellent working conditions.
~. A. Woodwork Co. Wanda At
Jarvis. Ferndsle,
BEAUTY operator for scalp treat
ments, one just out OF school pre-
ferred. top salary and commission.
United Scalp specialist. $3.50 Grand
River.
BEAUTY operators for permanent
and nnger waving. Can earn 50 TO
y
cepted. 1914 Griswoid.
BILLING machine operator. Interns-
tionsl Electric experience. Progressive
war future. Write personnel dept.
Harry Ferguson. Inc. Dearborn.
BILLING cLERK-Experiencs be-
tween 20 and 30. high school educa-
ton good handwriting. See Mr.. Ago.
BILLING typist. Detrex Corp. 13O05
Hillview. near Fenkeil and Meyers.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, able 70
take trial balance. New Method
Laundry, 4643 Moran.
BURROUGHS Bookkeeping machine
operators moon Hopkins. Detrez
Corp, 1905 Hillview, near Fenkeil
and Meyers.
BUS, Counter and Kitchen Help
tcoloredD In large cafeteria In north
end. Birth certificate necessary. Call
CA 1854
CAPABLE girl: general; no cooking,
no laundry; stay or 90. TO s-oos7.
CAFETERIA positions In clean,
pleasant surroundings. Any good
housekeeper can qualify. Z TO 2:30;
6:i5 to ] 30 and 8 TO Q. Closed
Sundays and holidays Apply Colon
made Cafeteria. 1881 Criswold.
CAFETERIA help; cooks and bakers.
A postwar JOB with excellent work
Ing conditions. Employment Office
open q. m. 10 5 p. m. Michigan
Bell Telephone Co. 1888 Cas- Ave.
CAsHIERs-Experienced preferred /:
will train. Full time. permanent. No
night work. Peoples Quitting Co..
80 Michigan Ave.
CAsHIER-Experien nights. APP
ply after Noon. Brass Rail. 20 West
Adams.
CASHIERS for super market: good
pay; steady work. Toms Quality
Market. 1886 Gratiot. AR 55i5
CERTIFIED Magniflux operator;
east side defense plant. ASIA Z.
Grand Blvd, At 81. Aubin.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-04

POWER sewing machine operators.
Coveran Mfg Co. DOT W. Congress.
corner Wayne, ! block south OF
post ofice.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-04

WE PAY excellent commission for Sc
curing new customers: lack OF space
prevents details. II. v. Kreger. Cook
Coffee Co, $3.50 Hamilton. MA $3.50.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-04

WELDERs on navy landing craft:
5s-hour week: high rate OF pay.
Whitehead a Kales Co., Jefferson at
Coolidge. River Rouge.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-04

( TYPIsT Clerks. general office work.
Apply Continental Aviation and Ensi-
neering Corn 364l Milwaukee
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-04

TYPISTs Permanent positions.
Michigan Consolidated Gas Co.. Cliff
ford and Bagley.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-04

lkcRAFT manufacturer needs o.
%. grinders, screw machine operators.
receiving room help: 5t-hour week;
pieasant working conditions. Rolls
koyos. Inc, i+4fi Lfvernois, o, Rail
fead.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-04
IpTcist NorIcrs

SCREEN AND STORM
COMBINATION WINDOWS
veg wood frame windows: painted
and Installed; prompt service. free
estimates. Csn 81 stsi now. starr
payments Nov. LIST. Easy Terms.
los discount on orders taken In
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-04

WILL take few applications for help
In packing and icing departments.
National Biscuit Co. s8s '. Bsiti-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-04

IBLE.BoDfED men with autos. de-
liver telephone books: extra gas oou-
pons avainbis: full or part time.
Write Boz B-i3s. Detroit Times, il.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-04

PROCESS Inspectors--Apply at Re-
public Aircraft Corp, 5sif Federal.
REGISTERED nurse: no nights, sun.
day or holiday work. Apply Emp.
Office, i4th a., The j. L. Hudson Co.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-04

a Furniture refinisher wanted. fun
Or part time. STEADY position. good
wages. Benjamin. Appliance and fur-
biturs shop. 1891 Lverrois, block
oorth Fsnkeii.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-04

UTO MECHANIC wanted al once
Essential work. 54-hour week. Good
wages. time and one-hsf over 40
hsurs. Clean, light, modern shop.
white Motor Co., 1850 Twelfth ST.,
petroit.
AUTO mechanics; percentage with
guarantee; vacation with pay; sstur-
day aft. closed; permanent postwar
position; new Ford dealer. Floyd
Rice, 1900 Livsrnois.
AUTO mechanic t7) with tools; good
psy. te-hour week, overtime over 40
bours Knorr-Maynsrd. Inc, s7t3
woodward.
AUTO mechanic 70 work So days:
- pay boS and close Saturdays ~
aeon: need Z good men. Woodward
6Ssvrcist, 1883 woodward.
AUTO mechanic; make up 70 $50 VIZ.
- q vosk Can Bob II t-s1oo.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-04

~ PERMANENT POSITIONS mere " ms
opportunity you have been looking
for: free living quarters: good salary /;
mao and wife: janftor and msints-
nance work. Apply Manager, 1880
Dexter Blvd, Dexter Thestsr. after
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-04

STOCK movers. oilers, designers,
sweepers NJ A. Woodwork Co.,
Wanda q jarvis, TsrndAse.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-04

WOMEN for food preparation; day
work: closed Sundays and holiday;
new, clean kitchen; good pay: steady
employment. Apply 100 Oakman
Blvd a. m. to s. Fred Sanders.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-04

MATTRESSES wanted steady days;
no Sundays. i554o West Warren
MATTRESSES: exceptional salary.
Harich's Victory Hamburger. se43 w.
Warren.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-04

ARC welders on navy landing craft;
SAVIOUR week: high rate OF pay.
whitshesd 4 Kales Co., Jefferson at
Coolidge, River Rouge.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-04

sALESLADIES-F Ladies Shoes,
Mems Furnishings. Women's Dresses
Experienced and inexperienced: will
train. Full time. permanent. No night
work. Peoples Quitting Co.. $50
Michigan Ave
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-04

PHOTOGRAPHERS wants solicitors
for outside work; top salary and
bonus. UN 2-slOs.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-04

sALESCIRL - Experienced: highest
wages. Apply Meyers Jeweiry Shop,
as s. washington ROYAL Oak
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-04

ALTERATIONS, HEPA1KS
Your credit 10 good. Use our budget
payment plan for buiicing. repair.
maintenance. insulation. storm sash
or anything We sell.
REsTRICK LUMBER co.
i4t00 Wyoming H0gsrth 7i7f
A 20-yr. roof. $40 up. A Ford-v-
Neer siding job. tf7s up. Easy terms.
ton. For free estimates. LIE fi37.
BEFORE making home improvements
gestions and IDEAS, no obligation.
Ia $500. REsTRIcK LUMBER co.
.sincf 1884
Carpentry, House Raising. Piers
Al Foundation Repairs
CITY WIDE sERvICE X s-ssof
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Trade ScHooLS-FEMALE

SWITCHBOARD SCHOOL
Nov open In Detroit for training girls
and women OF all ages. Day or eve
ring. Students learn BY actual en-
persnes on boards connected with
Bell Central. under expert. practical
and professionaI supervision. Demand
great. Enroii now. Free employment
service. Come. Phone. write Amer
cas- larges, switchboard schools
FLORENCE UT
Sie United Artists Bldg. CA So7S
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-04

WHc Regulations governing eligible
tty for smploymsnt II you we're
last employed a. an essential or
tecsliy needed activity. you must have
q statement OF availability. II you
ara qualified for employment IN o
critical occupation, you must es re-
.-rrsd through the United states
aployment Service.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-04

woMEN-4o years or over. help the
war effort and keep In physical trim
by working a. a walking messenger.
days. no night or Sunday work. See
Mr.. swarthout. Western Union Teie-
graph Co., 538 Shelby street.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-04

TYPIsr-Apply in person, United
near Woodward and Grand Blvd.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-04

ARCHITECTURAL. heating and ven
tiiatinK craftsmen wanted. Expert
ancs necessary. Boz B-77f7, Detroit
Times, IL.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-04

OrrlCE positions 49, Stenographers
typists, accounting and posting clerks
1000 defense plant; good postwa r
prospects. must have release. Detroit
Transmission DIV, 5f40 Riopelle.