The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-09-14

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project? Is not the government per
mitted to sell its current from thu
lTVA more cheaply TO the consumer.
than the Southern California Edison
Power Company charges the consum
ers? What is the point in getting the
MvA up along the lines of the Boulder
Dam project?
The basic point at issue in the prop
agation of various regional authori
ties, imposed by the President as
essential in his drive for so million
jobs, involves an answer to this ques.
ton. Shall our states continue as
vital agencies of government of this
republic, or shall they be Jumped for
federal administration superceding
state authority in everything? Why
is the word everything" used here
Are we lead to believe that everything
will be taken over by the government
| if the MVA becomes a reality? Are
the corporations afraid they will lose
their monopoly? Who is raising the
question of everything, the people
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large corporations? Is it true the cor
poration commissions in the various
states affected, control utilities cor
porations doing business? The Cor
poration commissions also prevent
competition as we are sure If we had
100 million dollars and desired to sup
ply the people with cheap electric
current in the city of Butte, the com
mission would deny us the privilege.
They would inform us facilities are
ample. Why is it that we would be
unable to invest our 100 million dol
lars supply current to Butte? How is
it that the corporations supplying the
current is protected from competition.
Who determines when competition is
not needed? If corporation commits
sions can do that with utilities why
is it they can not regulate competi-
ton for the farmers, and the small
grocery merchant? Why cannot the
commission safeguard the man who
tolls for living against losing his job
or prevent someone else working for
the same employer for less wages?
If the administrative purpose of the
commission is so helpful for utilities,
why is its field not broadened? The
farmer, the small merchant and the
la boring people would like to be in
Guided as they stand to lose every
thing, on account of the ruthless COM
petition from within and without. |
The states are not going to lose every
thing by the federal government tax
ing over job that is too large for |
one state or a number of states to
do. Did the states make an issue |
when the federal government took
over the postal department in Feb
ruary of IT'S? Every school boy
knows we own IA billion dollar bust
ness in the Postal Department. Every
school boy knows that the entire de-
'icits in the Postal Department from
L843 to and including 1943 amounts
% less than 2 billion dollars. Our
government officials, whether they
we're republicans or democrats rein
rested IL billions of profits so that
his business became a IA billion dol
ar business. Every school boy knows
hat Internal Revenue Collectors, the
federal Judiciary, and many other
government agencies pay no rent to
he Postal Department for the space
hey occupy. Any school boy past the
Eighth grade can easily figure the peo-
lie in America save over billion
Iollars annually by the government
,wning the Postal Department. If a
,rivate corporation owned the Postal