The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-12-28
FROM EDITORIAL COLUMNS
Some Digressions Upon Causes of Certain
Conditions and Remedies

Some day people going become suspicious of organ
zaons There organizations always passing
oluons Now will all doubtless agree that manifesto
lions of interest in public affairs is healthy condition and
should be encouraged Unfortunately little investigation
the many of organizations promoted
for the express purpose influencing public opinion Action
bogus groups played up people the public prints
elsewhere spontaneous outburs viewpoint by the
people themselves.
Take for example the Montana Taxpayers ASSN with
slick paper quarterly publication Montana Taxpayer This
propaganda outfit with its mouthpece conducted by
Fred Bennon of Helena who gets his monthly check from
certain big corporations which interested keeping taxes
in Montana as low as possible but even more interested in
retaining the present structure Mr. Bennon assemblies
wealth of statistical data for his quarterly publication much
of most interesting but ne so msinterpre that the nd
vdual reading the material is likely to conclusions
which much against the general welfare they
of Mr. Bennons employers The fly this
particular ointment that people led believe the Tax
payers Assn movement of Montana taxpayng in
dvduals who are genuinely interested IN the tax problems
they affect the Treasure State Actually the the
the Association is the personal property of privileged
corporations such the Montana Power company.
There of these organizations the state and
nation all ndusousy endeavorng to pull the wool the
of the public With each there inevitably
of genuinely interested the problems
and working toward solution that to them
Such folks the wndowdressng of these organizations
They known in the respective communities fine people
and their adherence to the organization in question gives
standing among their acquaintance.
Last week in Mssoula the Montana Reclamation associa-
held meeting According to the corporation-owned Mis-
ouan the outstanding thing done at this session
resolution urging against further senate committee hear
ngs the proposed Missouri Valley authority bill! Now
that brave and intelligent stand for group dedicated
imagine the kind of brain that could
conceive If such policy followed no
consideration of this important problem would
that the members of the senate and the people
the nation who presumably the
ress both branches know all there know about the
subject The be closed because pitul handful
led by the nose by corporation
appauded corporate press decided
against public interest because apparently against
he interest of the Montana Power Pray tell
when the interest of the Montana Power and the pub
ic become and the same?
Ford the wise of the corporate
point for other have made much of
alleged that the proposed MVA mpers Estates Rights
whatever they These opponents of the MVA claim that
engineers plan and the reclamation program
between them and merged will accomplish all that needed
the development the Missouri River valley We have
waited these organizations for long time and all il
accomplished spend considerable funds without
An outstanding example found nl
the reclamation dido it
for about six and still examy where we fl