The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-12-14
Authorities Valley and
Otherwise
By JEROME G. LOCKE

An old friend Pete Rorvk Pablo always blessed with
and nquisitve mind, wants to know why bureau
cannot good job of Missouri basin development
authority Also why be easily influenced as
another why politics will not appear in the picture in
either case All pertinent and timely questions.
Authorities public corporations, set up by congress
and are NOT at all new in American life or government
governmental agencies, departments authorities
power specifically conferred them by
They legally exercise neither nor less power than is
conferred by that them This of
the that consuona confer
of other government this the
OF that determines neces
sary to do the job at hand
Authorities agencies set and authorized to perform
that we'll be performed by other existing state
federal agencies For instance how can fores planting "a
Forest funcon soil conservation Ga Soil Conserva
ton Service functon fish and protection and propa
CATION Ca of Wild Life Servce) phosphate develop
function of Geological Survey and Bureau of Mnes
Reclamation Neither of these has superior to-
or dominance over, other federal agencies.
For full SCALE complete and coordnated development of
Missouri valley and activities of twenty of
separate governmental agencies will be required Congress
neither time talent to reconcile conflicts fill
in gaps out grand plan that will do the job all
along the There has to be overall authority Mis-
valley will get half planned op sided incomplete and
wasteu program and wake five hence
regret ill advised action and lack of foresight for all
time to come
century ago. planned regulated and directed all matters
pertaining and transportation for third of
foreign bound traffic to and from the United States Nobody
ever regarding its operations Other author
interstate shipping and traffic at sites
involving activity in two states These perform
the expanded larger region has worked
magnfcenty the idea do for the Missouri valley
It is granted that inefficient evil men may be
appointed of authority Such and
sometimes gain temporary by either appointment
or election kinds of government posts This is chance
that democracy take In the of MVA their
and duties rather closely defined by law Then there
the fact IVA has set remarkable pattern from which
will be difficult to depart and survive in office.
Of course there will be politics in set that made
There is and will continue be- politics every single de-
partment of the government IVA u.s. and MVA will be,
committed by public ownership of and to
era curbng of all monopostic practices Very few other
governmental departments agencies committed
Officers employees of all public agencies generally follow
the political policy that laid down the law under
which they work IVA has voting machine that is
fair match the voting strength of the companies
and onopoies that it is crbng MVA be expected to
do the thing.
Thus we get right back to the real ssuethe only real
issue in That who shall have control and
custody billion dollar babies called Power One
H. E. hydro eecrc and the other E. (poltcal economic
Power That what the shooting and shouting all about