The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-04-20
The Montana Issue

candidates the named by the
two major parties two Numerically opposed
points the legislative issue of major interest to the people
of Montana at the present time This issue is whether not
Montana together with its sister states in the Missouri
valley to have its developed in accordance with
coordnaed plan for the benefit of all of the of the
region if the usual hit and miss piecemeal plans to
the development in the immediate future AS matter
of fact be said without material exaggeraon that the
actually whether
development of our natural resources in the state
DEwart the candidate of the Republican party opposed
suggestion of development of the natural of
Montana by authority modelled after the Tennessee Valley
Authority In taking that stand he merely following out his
regular policy of supporting the interests of the great
lions against the interests of the people and the state
whole This not attitude with him. He has demon
stratd during all of his service in the Montana legislature
that he is willing to be their errand boy.
Leo Grayb the candidate of the democratic party dem
onsrated in his service the Montana legislature that he was
nobod erand boy but that he sincere his effort to
the best interests of all of the people of the state In
the last session he was one of the leaders in the fqhhch
actually fight by his party asoaganst the passage by
the Republican majority of the legislature of memorial in
opposition to the Missouri Valley Authority.
While the of whether not the establishment of
Missouri Valley Authority desirable for Montana
peared party in the legislative session.
whole and this writer believes that Mr.. DEwart will discover
that his in his campaign for the congressional seat
The interest in securing coordnated development of the
of the state anscends party feay with hosts of Re-
publican party members.
interesting speculate the probable possible
plan of campaign by DEwart and his corporation support
Will they begin again to drag the red herring into the pic
ture? Will they again resort to lies expressed and mped
Will they have the crust to begin to label as communist Leo
Grayb prominent lawyer banker and churchmember? Will
designation
him? Judging by the tactics that of the
Republican party the last political campaign is quite pos
sbe that they will try all of smearng tactics they
invent.
It improbable that anything like that happen
but observer must have to the conclusion by this time
that with the powerful and ruthless corporations pulling the
strings of it's puppets they perform werd gyratons How
ever it quite probable that aside from vficaon of
Grayb by the corporations scandal Sheets their candidate
DEwart will make the MVA issue his principal subject of
ponca speeches. doubt prepared for him by erude
corporation lawyer editor He will probably
ng about super-governmens and bureaucratic govern
ment tell the usual faehoods about probable abrogaion of
water rights by authority and picture other imaginary and
utterly false dangers.
We do believe that the people of the second Montana
congressional district want representative who
will be aligned with the most reactonary members of the
Republican party who already there Mr. DEwart
doubedy will be if by any mischance he should be elected
We believe that the voters of that district will elect Grayb
by large majority and thereby notice congress that
they all forwardookng policies of the present admin
istration carried out.
And that the people of the second congressional district
want Missouri Valley Authority established with co-ord
mated development of natural resources assured.