The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-11-02

PIE W edCH uOclOF. Wnen allowances
are made for the number of registered
physicians who are not engaged in
of grazing lands owned by the state
Provide more adequate old-age as
sistance and to adequately meet the
needs for funds for the Child Welfare
department
Provide adequate appropriations for
the Montana University units for
building, repairs and extension of
services to adequately meet postwar
demands.
To liberalize unemployment COM
pensation.
To create a separate Department
of Labor thereby relieving the De-
partment of Agriculture and permit
ting the broadening of its special
services for the farming population.
The state Legislature took the fol-
lowing actions, all contrary to the best
interests of the majority of the peo-
pie:
| ooookoO VI ietN lOl tOliNC
lions for nominations of candidates to
| fill vacancies in the United States
congress instead of providing for prim-
airy elections for that purpose.
And, we hereby serve notice on any
and all members of the legislature,
and upon Governor Ford, that those
among them who continue to act as
the representatives of the monopolies
and the enemies of the people of Mon
tana, will have their acts made known
to all our members. And we hereby
urge all our members to do all in their
power to keep such men from being
reelected, and to elect true represent
atives of all the people in their place.
We endorse the National Farmers
Union proposals and program for agri-
culture, as expressed in the 1916 Ma
tional Farmers Union program
The establishment of national land
policy, which would favor the family
type farm, long considered the basis
of democracy is essential.
We must have an agricultural pro-
gram based on adjusted production
of an abundance of needed food and
fiber for a high and rising standard |
of living and for use in cooperative |
trade with other nations.
We ask adoption of conscious and
deliberate policy Of assigning progress
sively larger shares of needed produc-
ton to family size operations.
The Montana Public Service Com
mission has ignored the findings of
the Federal Power Commission and re-
quired reduction of only S19,011,-
5S9.S4 from the valuation of the Mon
tana Power Company for rate-making
purposes, while the Federal Power
Commission findings would have re-
quired a reduction of $51,97S,025.
This action by the Montana Public
Service Commission indicates re-
fusal to base Montana Power rates on
the actual valuation with consequent
benefit to Montana Power users We
favor the initiative of law requiring
the Montana Public Service Commits
sion to fix rate-making values on ac-
tual value as determined by the Fed
eral Power Commission.
We endorse the resolution of pre-
vious conventions pertaining to our
"Historic stand on a system of taxa
ton based on ability to pay applicable
to national, state, and local taxes.
We oppose any attempt to establish
permanent peacetime CONSUMPTION
while plans are being formulated for a
decent peace that will make national
istic militarism unnecessary.
The Montana Farmers Union organ
ization has,. from time to time, passed
resolutions favoring certain needed
and desirable state legislation, which
in most instances was only vaguely
and uncertainty expressed in resolu- {
tions introduced to the convention {
body.
Therefore, this convention directs
the state executive board to draw, or
cause to be drawn by competent legal {
proper bills covering such
needed legislation and further, to see
hat such bills are properly introduced 1
N our state legislature. I
We also commend the state boards !
action in the past of sending a rep (
-esentative Of our organization to O
Helena during the legislative session
o work in the interest of our program a
md recommend that the practice be d
continued. e
The Farmers Educational and Coop I
srative Union Of America insists upon I
lust and fair treatment of individuals C
md groups, and unequivocally con- {
lemns all actions by any person or i
group of persons which in any manner f
INJURIES such individual. t
1t has been brought to our attention t
hat Miss Violet Eastman, teacher il
N the Helena High School for the a
asst seven years has been unjustly t
against by the Helena S
school Board by its refusal to renew n